William Morland
@williammorland.com
Software engineer and corgi dad. Into privacy, open source, maps, self-hosting, musical theatre📍London, UK 🏳️🌈🇬🇧(👬🇵🇹)
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time." werd.io/i-want-you-t...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time."
werd.io
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time." werd.io/i-want-you-t...
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Update
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Update
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
Anything involving a badge is exciting to me. I would be an eager beaver if I could get a cybersecurity merit badge. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
October 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anything involving a badge is exciting to me. I would be an eager beaver if I could get a cybersecurity merit badge. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...
"Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout" from @quinnypig.com www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
www.theregister.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout" from @quinnypig.com www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
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I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
How trans visibility became a trap
People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.
www.theverge.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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This is one I've been thinking about for a long time, and I do hope you'll read it, and share it. The stakes have never been higher, but it'ss never been clearer: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is exactly what NYC's entrepreneurial community needs. www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/z...
Zohran Mamdani is the leader NYC needs for innovation and entrepreneurship - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is one I've been thinking about for a long time, and I do hope you'll read it, and share it. The stakes have never been higher, but it'ss never been clearer: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is exactly what NYC's entrepreneurial community needs. www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/z...
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No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
![Code to add "i have the solution: wolves" to most of the text on a website. Produces stuff like "Tim Stanley
Netanyahu is committing a strategic blunder that will alienate the world. I have a solution: wolves."
javascript:(()=>{const PHRASE="I have a solution: wolves.";const SKIP=new Set(["SCRIPT","STYLE","NOSCRIPT","IFRAME","TEXTAREA","INPUT","CODE","PRE","SVG","CANVAS","MATH","SELECT","OPTION"]);const w=document.createTreeWalker(document.body,NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT,{acceptNode(n){const t=n.nodeValue;if(!t||!t.trim())return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;const p=n.parentElement;if(!p||p.isContentEditable||SKIP.has(p.tagName))return NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;}});const chunkRe=/[^.!?…]+(?:[.!?…]+)?(?:["')\]]+)?(?:\s+|$)/g;const terminalPunctRe=/[.!?…]$/;const closersRe=/(["')\]]+)\s*$/;const alreadyRe=/\bI have a solution: wolves\.(?=(?:["')\]]+\s*)?$)/u;while(w.nextNode()){const node=w.currentNode;const original=node.nodeValue;let out="";for(const m of original.matchAll(chunkRe)){let s=m[0];const trimmed=s.trimEnd();if(!trimmed){out+=s;continue}const words=(trimmed.match(/[\p{L}\p{N}’']+/gu)||[]).length;if(words>=6&&!alreadyRe.test(trimmed)){const trailSpace=(s.match(/\s+$/)||[""])[0];let body=trimmed;let closers="";const cm=body.match(closersRe);if(cm){closers=cm[1];body=body.slice(0,-closers.length).trimEnd()}if(!terminalPunctRe.test(body))body+=".";body+=" "+PHRASE;s=body+(closers||"")+trailSpace}out+=s}if(out!==original)node.nodeValue=out}})();](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpjse36yorgmic7iv625ehub/bafkreicatc56eq2lbygdrb2cy2ji52fncqggnytl7sqxmxtd2ozbvaeanu@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
Whoops! techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful dete...
techcrunch.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Whoops! techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/k...
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🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will:
- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender
What we know so far 🧵
- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender
What we know so far 🧵
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will:
- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender
What we know so far 🧵
- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender
What we know so far 🧵
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the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right
And blowing its credibility in the process.
www.theverge.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the new york times got rid of its public editor some time ago, so I took the position out for a spin www.theverge.com/culture/7000...
The heavens have opened and I know I'm getting old as I am thrilled for my garden. I spend yesterday afternoon weeding and deadheading the roses 💖
a man is dancing in the rain in front of a store that says mayout
Alt: Gene Kelley is dancing in the rain in front of a store. From the movie Singing in the Rain
media.tenor.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The heavens have opened and I know I'm getting old as I am thrilled for my garden. I spend yesterday afternoon weeding and deadheading the roses 💖
Fascinating dive into an xkcd comic and weird Google ngrams (via @tomscott.com's newsletter) drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen
Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer
drhagen.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Fascinating dive into an xkcd comic and weird Google ngrams (via @tomscott.com's newsletter) drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
For a second I thought this was the UK 🥲 The UK is at least looking at how to fix the currently broken system www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
June 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
For a second I thought this was the UK 🥲 The UK is at least looking at how to fix the currently broken system www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
I was setting up a new computer and I use a Brewfile to install almost everything I need. I realised one app wasn't available and I'm proud to say that I have now successfully contributed a cask to Homebrew to remedy this 😊 github.com/Homebrew/hom...
homebrew-cask/Casks/i/insta360-link-controller.rb at master · Homebrew/homebrew-cask · GitHub
🍻 A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries - Homebrew/homebrew-cask
github.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I was setting up a new computer and I use a Brewfile to install almost everything I need. I realised one app wasn't available and I'm proud to say that I have now successfully contributed a cask to Homebrew to remedy this 😊 github.com/Homebrew/hom...
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I interrupt your political discussions with some seriously good remixing that reminds me of the aughts. youtu.be/xYtaBfwpg_k?...
Eminem - LOSE YOURSELF (Sung by 331 Movies!)
YouTube video by The Unusual Suspect
youtu.be
May 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I interrupt your political discussions with some seriously good remixing that reminds me of the aughts. youtu.be/xYtaBfwpg_k?...
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I had such a blast speaking at the Interesting Festival about "Lessons in Resistance from South African Sci-Fi" with my brilliant friend @lulewisnyawo.bsky.social, amid a roster of fascinating talks on everything from paving stones to infrasound radio, fairytales as end-times guides, and toilets!
May 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I had such a blast speaking at the Interesting Festival about "Lessons in Resistance from South African Sci-Fi" with my brilliant friend @lulewisnyawo.bsky.social, amid a roster of fascinating talks on everything from paving stones to infrasound radio, fairytales as end-times guides, and toilets!
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Israel killed 15 unarmed emergency workers, buried them with their crushed-up vehicles in a mass grave, then lied repeatedly about the circumstances.
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ in killing of Gaza medics
IDF says a commanding officer will be reprimanded and a deputy commander dismissed over inaccurate accounts
www.ft.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Israel killed 15 unarmed emergency workers, buried them with their crushed-up vehicles in a mass grave, then lied repeatedly about the circumstances.
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
After this was exposed, it has now dismissed 1 (one) deputy commander.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
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Longing for days where my most used emoji isn't 🙃
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Longing for days where my most used emoji isn't 🙃
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There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.