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Paul
@paul.hades.town
Queer character from Leeds
I like music, film, comedy, nature, cats
Computer man but don't hold that against me
Formerly Admin of Kith.Kitchen
Trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

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If I were to start using #atproto, do I need to find a PDS to join, or does it not work the same way?
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are Brother printers still decent quality?
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Reposted by Paul
Uinneag/ teachdaire.
Ionad anarchach, Lerds.

Window/ messenger.

Wharf Chambers, Leeds.

#dihuinneag #Fensterfreitag #windowfriday #leeds #punk #anarchism #politics #livemusic #freepalestine
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I started taking pictures with an old analogue camera, went to get holiday snaps developed but the film didn't actually catch on the spool so all this time I was just taking pretend photos
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Interesting campaign (discovered through the Bylines Network newsletter): Give the public an active and direct role in the 2027 BBC Charter review
https://www.mediareform.org.uk/key-issues/bbc-charter-review-2027
Media Reform Coalition
Media Reform coordinates the work of advocacy groups campaigning to protect the public interest in light of the Leveson Inquiry and Communications Review.
www.mediareform.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Love too have a resilient decentralised data network #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Can't do my job until the cloud is able to flare again... better have lunch
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I used to use a particular CD-ripping software on windows when I worked at the student radio station. I can't remember the name of it, just that part way through the rip the message above the progress meter would change to something like "this meter is now used for nothing in particular"
Ring […]
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hades.town
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hi fedi, does anyone have recommendations for a music discovery #podcast? Ideally independent and UK-based
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
thank u bill gates for helping me write more gooder at grammar
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Gonna try and make soda farls on an electric hob, wish me luck
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A good #webdev article on using honeypot fields as a more user-friendly alternative to Captcha fields:
https://css-tricks.com/building-a-honeypot-field-that-works/

I experimented with something like this when prototyping a contact form for the bfi website, it was very easy to implement but I […]
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hades.town
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
FYI if you ever write "an historic", I'm reading the rest of your writing in a cockney accent in my head
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hi fedi, anyone got lunch recommendations in #leeds? I'm thinking of trying somewhere new
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Parsley
September 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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"I finally saw the bleeding obvious: you cannot speak truth to power if power controls your words" – George Monbiot

This also is the truth.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/20/journalist-40-years-forces-profession-power
September 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I would love it if Pidgin came out with an Android app so I can uninstall the last picee of Meta software from my phone
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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"Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape"

https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

Truly, we live in an age of absurdly wasteful wonders.

(Although the vapes aren't running Android. Yet.)
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Someone's trash is another person's web server.
bogdanthegeek.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
That's another web dev RSS feed for the bin after publishing articles on AI coding
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Where's good for brunch in #leeds city centre?
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On Tuesday I'm screening Dr. Seuss's 1953 musical adventure The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T in #leeds as part of the #scalarama DIY film festival

Only a few tickets remain! https://scalaramaleeds.co.uk/listings/2025/the-5-000-fingers-of-dr-t/
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#webdev news: I just noticed `commandfor` and `command` (aka command invoker buttons) are in Firefox nightly, and probably will be in the next release of Safari too - excellent, now just give me anchor positioning and I'll be a happy developer
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Playful Hacker trope: so prevalent in movies and TV shows of the 90s & 2000s.

Ofttimes they were the plucky upstarts…the misfits, the rebels…mere clever keystrokes away from Power to the People!

So what happened?

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the […]
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indieweb.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM