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Derick Rethans
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Hi, I'm Derick.

I work on PHP as part of the PHP Foundation.

I am the author of @Xdebug.

I like #walking, #languages, #photography, #astronomy, and #space, and […]

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My union UTAW (with others) is hosting a session with @pluralistic on enshittification of the Internet next week: https://tuccampaigns.typeform.com/to/cWeW7uQ2?typeform-source=tech.unions.org.uk

It has an open registration.

You should still join a union: https://utaw.tech/

#enshittification […]
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November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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📷 Avenue Gardens

🚩 Princess Road, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
The straight path of the Avenue Gardens in Regents Park is bounded by trees whose leaves are turning yellow. There are a bunch of people walking on the path.
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📷 Yellow Trees

🚩 St John's Wood Road, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
Three trees with yellow leaves stands among a pitch of grass with many of its fallen leaves. There is a path in front of the grass upon which three people are walking.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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HMRC makes it harder than it should be to register for, and use their "Check a VAT Number" API to replace me manually having to check through their website (https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-vat-number/enter-vat-details).

The EU Vies Service is a doddle.

#productivity
What is the UK VAT number you want to check? - Check a UK VAT number - GOV.UK
www.tax.service.gov.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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📷 Bodø

🚩 Rishaugveien, Bodø, Norge

#photography #norway #lofoten
A sea on the left is bounded by green spaces with a village in the lower right. There are a few islands, and there are some clouds in the nearly fully blue sky.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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📷 Bodø

🚩 Rishaugveien, Bodø, Norge

#photography #norway #lofoten
A sea on the left is bounded by green spaces with a village in the lower right. There are a few islands, and there are some clouds in the nearly fully blue sky.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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📷 Filtered Sun

🚩 The Terrace, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
The sun filters through green and yellow leaves. The tree is set among a green lawn, but there are brown leaves under the tree.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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📷 Værøy

🚩 Nordlandsveien, Sørland, Norge

#photography #norway #lofoten
A bay lays at the foot of a mountain range in the background, and on the left side of a slightly steep mossy slope.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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📷 The Temperate House

🚩 Melliss Avenue, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
The Temperate house at Kew Gardens stands on top of a mount of green grass. The sky is blue, and a tree with brown leaves flanks the picture on the right.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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📷 Canal Path

🚩 St Mary's Close, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
A canal on the right-hand side has trees on the right, and a dirt path on the left of it, dug out in some grass. There are trees on the left, and the path is strewn with fallen yellow leaves. The sky is blue.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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📷 Avenue Gardens

🚩 Princess Road, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
The straight path of the Avenue Gardens in Regents Park is bounded by trees whose leaves are turning yellow. There are a bunch of people walking on the path.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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📷 Red Berries

🚩 Millfield Lane, London, United Kingdom

#autumncolours #fallcolours #photography
A bunch of very red berries hang of branches in a tree. Some leaves are as red as the berries.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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📷 Tiny Dinosaur

🚩 Inner Circle, City of Westminster, United Kingdom

#photography #birds #birdphotography #aves
A tiny moorhen swims among twigs.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📷 Beardy Goat

🚩 Deanland Road, Wealden, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A white goat with a black head and a grey beard lies on top of a corrugated metal tunnel.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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📷 Baaah

🚩 High Peak, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A sheep in a field, with rolling hills in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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📷 Sheep on the Edge

🚩 United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A sheep and a lamb on a green steep slope.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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📷 Lamb

🚩 United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A lamb in a grassy field.
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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📷 Posing Sheep

🚩 Sumburgh Head lane, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A sheep mother with a lamb on each side. On a grassy slope with water behind them.
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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📷 img_20251018_132705

🚩 Gravensingel, De Steeg, Nederland

#FungiFriday #photography
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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📷 Ram Laying Down

🚩 East Hill Road, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A white ram with horns lays down in a field.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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📷 Mum and Lamb

🚩 United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A lamb and its mum behind it. In a field of grass with other sheep.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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📷 Sheep on a Slope

🚩 Coldharbour Road, Ashford, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A flock of sheep in a brown-green field of grass. Lots of clouds in the sky, and a path just to the right of the frame.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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📷 Sheep Gossip

🚩 Wassenaar, Nederland

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A bunch of sheep stand in the dunes huddled under bare small trees.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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📷 A sheep

🚩 Tangwick, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A sheep looking to the left, on a field of grass.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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📷 Resting Time

🚩 Westerham Road, Tandridge, United Kingdom

#Defaidodon #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #sheep #photography
A white and grey lamb lays in the grass looking straight ahead. Next to it is a black headed sheep eating grass.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM