Colman Reilly
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European, IE, UK. Ballet. Martial arts. Maths. Science. Politics. Economics. History. Food. If I was richer I'd be a dilettante. @colmanareilly on the bird site.
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Today’s jobs: watchmaker, cook sommelier, diplomat. Possibly bouncer.
December 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today’s jobs: watchmaker, cook sommelier, diplomat. Possibly bouncer.
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In case you don't know: there is a #latex package on CTAN called #realhats, that can put Santa hats on your nice Quantum Mechanics operator friends.
#github: https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats
#CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/realhats
Homepage (with links to […]
[Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
#github: https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats
#CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/realhats
Homepage (with links to […]
[Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In case you don't know: there is a #latex package on CTAN called #realhats, that can put Santa hats on your nice Quantum Mechanics operator friends.
#github: https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats
#CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/realhats
Homepage (with links to […]
[Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
#github: https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats
#CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/realhats
Homepage (with links to […]
[Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
Looks like I’m making baguettes for Xmas day due to a failure of my flying monkeys. #christmascooking
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looks like I’m making baguettes for Xmas day due to a failure of my flying monkeys. #christmascooking
So who else is mostly cooking for the next 24 hours? Anyone interested in a #xmascookalong?
@feijoa
(And see this thread from @neonsnake if you're new to it and looking for ideas.)
@feijoa
(And see this thread from @neonsnake if you're new to it and looking for ideas.)
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So who else is mostly cooking for the next 24 hours? Anyone interested in a #xmascookalong?
@feijoa
(And see this thread from @neonsnake if you're new to it and looking for ideas.)
@feijoa
(And see this thread from @neonsnake if you're new to it and looking for ideas.)
Resisting telling the computer discourse havers to turn theirs off and smash their routers.
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Resisting telling the computer discourse havers to turn theirs off and smash their routers.
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The future Trump class warships.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The future Trump class warships.
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Why has this not happened: a gameshow where 10 audiophiles have to tell the difference between expensive £1k - £10k audiophile gear and a £300 setup.
I would watch the SHIT out of that.
I would watch the SHIT out of that.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Why has this not happened: a gameshow where 10 audiophiles have to tell the difference between expensive £1k - £10k audiophile gear and a £300 setup.
I would watch the SHIT out of that.
I would watch the SHIT out of that.
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I've just asked my second son. "Do you use AI at work?". The answer was, literally: "Yeah, a little bit. We are meant to. Usually it takes longer."
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've just asked my second son. "Do you use AI at work?". The answer was, literally: "Yeah, a little bit. We are meant to. Usually it takes longer."
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Greece’s brown bears rebound as protections reshape rural landscapes. Brown bear numbers in northern Greece have risen to an estimated 870, roughly four times their 1990s population, after hunting bans and long-term conservation efforts. Wolves and boars have expanded too, reaching the outskirts […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Greece’s brown bears rebound as protections reshape rural landscapes. Brown bear numbers in northern Greece have risen to an estimated 870, roughly four times their 1990s population, after hunting bans and long-term conservation efforts. Wolves and boars have expanded too, reaching the outskirts […]
The @mindnode app has long been my favorite mind mapping tool but I fell out of using it because it was a closed garden for a long time. The recent (to me, anyway!) shortcuts and deep linking make it much easier to integrate into workflows with other tools like #obsidian.
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The @mindnode app has long been my favorite mind mapping tool but I fell out of using it because it was a closed garden for a long time. The recent (to me, anyway!) shortcuts and deep linking make it much easier to integrate into workflows with other tools like #obsidian.
The M-mount to Z-mount adapter for my Nikon Zf arrived and I’m finally reunited with my poor languishing M-mount lenses, including my 15mm/4.5 and 40mm/1.4 Voightlanders both of which are lovely and useless on crop sensors. #photography
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The M-mount to Z-mount adapter for my Nikon Zf arrived and I’m finally reunited with my poor languishing M-mount lenses, including my 15mm/4.5 and 40mm/1.4 Voightlanders both of which are lovely and useless on crop sensors. #photography
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As technology and infrastructure get ever-more complex and society becomes ever-more interconnected, we need to realize something important:
We cannot do it alone.
We can exert some measure of control over fields in which we have developed some expertise […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
We cannot do it alone.
We can exert some measure of control over fields in which we have developed some expertise […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As technology and infrastructure get ever-more complex and society becomes ever-more interconnected, we need to realize something important:
We cannot do it alone.
We can exert some measure of control over fields in which we have developed some expertise […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
We cannot do it alone.
We can exert some measure of control over fields in which we have developed some expertise […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
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@fak Sudden realization that if we play out cards right, we could get Alex Kingston playing Billie Piper's wife. #totp #1998watch #doctorwho
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@fak Sudden realization that if we play out cards right, we could get Alex Kingston playing Billie Piper's wife. #totp #1998watch #doctorwho
RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-XaNtDfAbQTSc_m2GHjberg%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0
Maybe llm image generation does have applications.
Maybe llm image generation does have applications.
flipboard.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-XaNtDfAbQTSc_m2GHjberg%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0
Maybe llm image generation does have applications.
Maybe llm image generation does have applications.
Time to see what playing vaccination roulette with my immune system (which tends to be a little overdramatic about these things) bring this year. Covid and flu done. Will I sail on through, need a little nap or spin 24 hours asleep?
December 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Time to see what playing vaccination roulette with my immune system (which tends to be a little overdramatic about these things) bring this year. Covid and flu done. Will I sail on through, need a little nap or spin 24 hours asleep?
Don’t think I’ll ever stop being perplexed at recipes for celebratory dishes that complain the traditional version is “very rich”.
How fucking often are you people eating Beef Wellington? Or Christmas pudding for that matter.
<wanders back into cookbook library muttering about baby food and […]
How fucking often are you people eating Beef Wellington? Or Christmas pudding for that matter.
<wanders back into cookbook library muttering about baby food and […]
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mastodon.ie
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Don’t think I’ll ever stop being perplexed at recipes for celebratory dishes that complain the traditional version is “very rich”.
How fucking often are you people eating Beef Wellington? Or Christmas pudding for that matter.
<wanders back into cookbook library muttering about baby food and […]
How fucking often are you people eating Beef Wellington? Or Christmas pudding for that matter.
<wanders back into cookbook library muttering about baby food and […]
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Ran into a problem in prod?
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.
#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.
#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec
December 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Ran into a problem in prod?
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.
#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.
#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec
I sometimes wonder if my preference for 40mm as a “normal” lens is down to my over trained peripheral vision. Partly martial arts but mostly horse riding: when you’re sitting on a metric ton of muscle that’s occasionally afraid of plastic bags or pigeons you tend to pay attention to the edges of […]
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mastodon.ie
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I sometimes wonder if my preference for 40mm as a “normal” lens is down to my over trained peripheral vision. Partly martial arts but mostly horse riding: when you’re sitting on a metric ton of muscle that’s occasionally afraid of plastic bags or pigeons you tend to pay attention to the edges of […]
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
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3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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💯 @jon over on Bluesky:
> If European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU!
>
> And don't give me the bullshit you have to be there for "balance" or "reach" - the rules are stacked against you […]
> If European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU!
>
> And don't give me the bullshit you have to be there for "balance" or "reach" - the rules are stacked against you […]
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norden.social
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
💯 @jon over on Bluesky:
> If European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU!
>
> And don't give me the bullshit you have to be there for "balance" or "reach" - the rules are stacked against you […]
> If European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU!
>
> And don't give me the bullshit you have to be there for "balance" or "reach" - the rules are stacked against you […]
Can I again suggest that if you stopped elevating inevitably flawed humans to heroes — *especially* artists — and then expecting saints, intrinsically evil corporations to your personal brand and software projects run by your “heroes” and beloved corporations to your “darlings” you’d experience […]
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mastodon.ie
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Can I again suggest that if you stopped elevating inevitably flawed humans to heroes — *especially* artists — and then expecting saints, intrinsically evil corporations to your personal brand and software projects run by your “heroes” and beloved corporations to your “darlings” you’d experience […]
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And here comes our former ally with its new National Security Strategy of interfering in our internal affairs and actively opposing our collective action. (What do we think “cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations” means?)
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
And here comes our former ally with its new National Security Strategy of interfering in our internal affairs and actively opposing our collective action. (What do we think “cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory within European nations” means?)
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Disclaimer: I’m sharing this which was posted here as an extract from the new US National Security Strategy, I don’t know if it is, Christ I hope it isn’t because it would mean the US is now openly and formally opposed to European integration.
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Disclaimer: I’m sharing this which was posted here as an extract from the new US National Security Strategy, I don’t know if it is, Christ I hope it isn’t because it would mean the US is now openly and formally opposed to European integration.