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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
@lothianbuses.bsky.social could you make the temporary bus stop for the 26 west of Kirk loan more visible? (Or tell the responsible people to do it) - The bus drivers can’t see it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@lothianbuses.bsky.social could you make the temporary bus stop for the 26 west of Kirk loan more visible? (Or tell the responsible people to do it) - The bus drivers can’t see it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
It’s been a tough week on the railways. Thanks to the lovely staff on @lner.co.uk @tpexpress.bsky.social and Northern for getting me where I needed to be yesterday and back against today: despite the landslip, the derailment, the weekend’s horror and every other problem you deal with daily.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It’s been a tough week on the railways. Thanks to the lovely staff on @lner.co.uk @tpexpress.bsky.social and Northern for getting me where I needed to be yesterday and back against today: despite the landslip, the derailment, the weekend’s horror and every other problem you deal with daily.
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"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
"Il est coriace !" : cet homme de 77 ans a survécu trois jours au fond d’un ravin après une chute de 40 mètres à vélo
Un homme de 77 ans a été retrouvé sain et sauf mardi après avoir passé trois jours dans un profond ravin dans les Cévennes dans le département de la Lozère. Il avait chuté de 40 mètres en rentrant à v...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons
After 14 years, 223 parkruns, and 3 half-marathons, I've *finally* completed the 9-week "Couch to 5K" program: last 30 minutes run completed without stopping today...
(Lesson learned: stopping and starting again does not mean failing, if it means you still get there in the end)
(Lesson learned: stopping and starting again does not mean failing, if it means you still get there in the end)
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
After 14 years, 223 parkruns, and 3 half-marathons, I've *finally* completed the 9-week "Couch to 5K" program: last 30 minutes run completed without stopping today...
(Lesson learned: stopping and starting again does not mean failing, if it means you still get there in the end)
(Lesson learned: stopping and starting again does not mean failing, if it means you still get there in the end)
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £838,222,656 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
Wasted Wind
Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.
wastedwind.energy
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £838,222,656 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
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Some notes on the insecurity baked into Perplexity's Comet "AI Browser" - the Brave security team reported serious prompt injection vulnerabilities in it, but Brave themselves are developing a similar feature that looks doomed to have similar problems simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/25/...
Agentic Browser Security: Indirect Prompt Injection in Perplexity Comet
The security team from Brave took a look at Comet, the LLM-powered "agentic browser" extension from Perplexity, and unsurprisingly found security holes you can drive a truck through. The vulnerability...
simonwillison.net
August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Some notes on the insecurity baked into Perplexity's Comet "AI Browser" - the Brave security team reported serious prompt injection vulnerabilities in it, but Brave themselves are developing a similar feature that looks doomed to have similar problems simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/25/...
This was a powerful piece of writing about a time I had hoped we’d moved on from
Forgot this. Was a good piece by errr me
2. The amount of casual violence in everyday life. Fights outside the pub were a regular feature of life in the 90s in a way they aren't anymore. I often think of this piece by @twlldun.bsky.social on this subject: medium.com/@twlldun/a-b...
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This was a powerful piece of writing about a time I had hoped we’d moved on from
@jedberg.bsky.social looking forward to trying out DBOS, it looks really interesting
July 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@jedberg.bsky.social looking forward to trying out DBOS, it looks really interesting
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"Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence"
June 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence"
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"Federating @ghost.org means publishers no longer have to choose between owning their work and reaching an audience. You post once, on your own domain, and it travels everywhere—the network effect without the lock-in."
Ghost w/ ActivityPub and Bsky bridging via Bridgy Fed incoming!
Here we go 🌐🚀
Ghost w/ ActivityPub and Bsky bridging via Bridgy Fed incoming!
Here we go 🌐🚀
Ramping up for expansion
Ghost 6.0 is coming soon
activitypub.ghost.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Federating @ghost.org means publishers no longer have to choose between owning their work and reaching an audience. You post once, on your own domain, and it travels everywhere—the network effect without the lock-in."
Ghost w/ ActivityPub and Bsky bridging via Bridgy Fed incoming!
Here we go 🌐🚀
Ghost w/ ActivityPub and Bsky bridging via Bridgy Fed incoming!
Here we go 🌐🚀
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“Your contribution to our health service, our care homes, our businesses and our communities is immense.
“You are part of us. You will always be welcome. And we thank you for making Scotland your home.”
See, Starmer? *That's* how you talk about immigration.
“You are part of us. You will always be welcome. And we thank you for making Scotland your home.”
See, Starmer? *That's* how you talk about immigration.
May 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“Your contribution to our health service, our care homes, our businesses and our communities is immense.
“You are part of us. You will always be welcome. And we thank you for making Scotland your home.”
See, Starmer? *That's* how you talk about immigration.
“You are part of us. You will always be welcome. And we thank you for making Scotland your home.”
See, Starmer? *That's* how you talk about immigration.
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Don't count your quiet engineers out. I have a quiet engineer that always does a great job getting their work done, but through talking to people in & outside of my team, I've learned they do waaaay more work than I ever realized. Quiet storm 💜
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
April 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Don't count your quiet engineers out. I have a quiet engineer that always does a great job getting their work done, but through talking to people in & outside of my team, I've learned they do waaaay more work than I ever realized. Quiet storm 💜
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
Quiet people, don't be afraid to talk about your work!
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A wonderful opportunity for two young people who don't have much by way of cash or connections to get started in (digital) media. I'm a trustee of the charity, founded to commemorate my great mate Andy, who wanted us to help kids like the one he used to be.
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
our work | andytaylorfoundation.org
our work. DIGITAL INNOVATION BURSARY. We are proud to partner with the Royal Television Society on their Digital Innovation bursary scheme. We'll suppo ...
andytaylorfoundation.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A wonderful opportunity for two young people who don't have much by way of cash or connections to get started in (digital) media. I'm a trustee of the charity, founded to commemorate my great mate Andy, who wanted us to help kids like the one he used to be.
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/?fb...
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Docker Bake is a great improvement over using scripts and Makefiles to manage Docker builds. It went GA last week, so I wrote up a brief tutorial to help you get started!
www.chainguard.dev/unchained/do...
www.chainguard.dev/unchained/do...
Docker Bake and Chainguard Images
Docker Bake is a great resource to define build configuration using a declarative file that integrates well with Chainguard Images. See how.
www.chainguard.dev
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Docker Bake is a great improvement over using scripts and Makefiles to manage Docker builds. It went GA last week, so I wrote up a brief tutorial to help you get started!
www.chainguard.dev/unchained/do...
www.chainguard.dev/unchained/do...
Queensferry Road completely blocked between Barnton and Clermiston
November 21, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Queensferry Road completely blocked between Barnton and Clermiston
I’m confused. Why does a town council in Canada need to swear an oath to someone from a different country?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles
Council locked in standstill, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM
I’m confused. Why does a town council in Canada need to swear an oath to someone from a different country?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...