the anthropic drama (tl;dr they blocked third party tools from using claude code subscriptions) is a useful reminder that you use LLMs at the pleasure of the companies providing them sounds obvious but despite all the AI discourse, i don't see a lot of people talking about the consequences of this

heathrow is so incredibly sorry to hear that your flight is delayed. truly, a tragedy. but did you know there are many ways in which to spend money at heathrow? heathrow is delighted to announce this. but they're also, like, so sorry your flight is delayed. awful, really

it’s hella dope that the most optimistic takes on the future of Working With Machine is that we are now expected to do all the bullshit of training 100 junior engineers without any of the dopamine of seeing them grow it owns it rules

in a lift in my old Lewisham block of flats, a baby in a pram pointed at me and said "wow", and while stalling to figure out if that was a complimentary or a derogative "wow", I simply replied "that's right, kiddo"

upon leaving Norway the border agent asked if I was going to London for New Year's and I said nah, I just live there. in response I got the most bone dry "so... how's that going these days?" in response s a v a g e

thought it wasn't going to happen but we just managed to eke out a white Christmas here on Norway's south coast. god jul to any and all fellow heathens who celebrate on the best day of Christmas, the Eve 🎄❤️

Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.

had some from the very same chain in Ghent this weekend for €5.95. london, I love you, but

my man

'tis the season for homemade liqueurs and boozes mirabel cherry plum liqueur, 2x sloe gin, 2x quince gin, rhubarb gin, peach liqueur not pictured: mulled sloe gin, sloe "port" with the used berries from the sloe gin, blackberry + sloe + rosehip liqueur, blackberry and bay liqueur

This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

Christmas hasn't been the same since i noticed Santa has the same handwriting as my wife

this fucks. very fun spin on the photo gallery format

I wrote an important essay that will improve your holiday travel if you follow its very specific instructions: airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com

It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.

Whammed! At The Chinese Supermarket 😤

on this day of Wrapped Discourse ™, I have finally managed to quit Spotify

there isn't a single website that shaped my life like DeviantArt in 03-09; I was a very mediocre teenage photographer who honed my craft, made friends, fell in love (moved countries for it!), joined communities, experienced wonderful art. nothing like it since, this piece brilliantly elucidates why

acceptable ways to prove my address, apparently: ❌ my driving license, an official government document ❌ a letter from my bank signed by a human ✅ utility bills from a private company (they're in my girlfriend's name so I can't use them) the UK is a very serious country with sensible procedures

went onto linkedin for the first time in a few months because it's a cursed place, and the website is so utterly dogshit that the login page hard crashed my browser. I'm not even mad, that's impressive, how do you even do that in 2025

Everything Andy touches is of the highest quality. Do yourself a favour and read his raw honesty post, and if you feel compelled, support his wonderful work.

this. people who’s only experience of the frankly shocking uk housing market can be summed up as ‘all of the good parts’ and ‘absolutely none of the bad parts’ suddenly wrenching the ‘housing insecurity is bad actually’ lever is turning me to malice

won't somebody please think of the retired corporate financiers sitting on a large pile of unearned wealth

"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.

Everything I write myself and everything I love to read or listen to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...

This thread is fascinating

hi internet! do i know anyone looking for some freelance work through the end of the year? the project is a tiny bit of web dev but mostly design, animation, and graphic design in a webflow site!

I will have freelance availability again from January onwards, focusing on web/dataviz accessibility: - Reviews (high-level or full audit) - Consulting, advice, documentation - Training, talks, workshops - Front-end dev 🫶🏻 Interested? DM or [email protected] #accessibility #datavizA11Y

I've got capacity for contracting till the end of the year (and am starting to book out some of my 2026 calendar). Shout if you need help with open source community work, developer education, developer outreach, multilingual community work or other Jess-shaped things. hello(a)jessica*tech or DM👋

there isn't a single flight out there, no matter the time of day, no matter the carrier, no matter the length, that isn't improved by the tasteful addition of at least one (1) gin & tonic. no offense to the champagne-enjoyers but the gin & tonic is the ultimate and canonical in-flight beverage

I am being 100% serious when I say that we need to start ostracising people who cannot accept that what makes life meaningful is its ephemerality from polite society. this includes cryonics enthusiasts, the vampire who harvests his son's plasma & it especially includes ghouls who think this is okay

I am just about to get out of bed and start packing for a family weekend away, I leave for the airport in an hour, and I endorse this message

instabuy! Hey is one of the best community conferences out there; every year I walk away from it refreshed and inspired and in *gesticulates wildly* current circumstances if you can put a price on that it's surely far more than £189. and it's the last one? buy, buy, buy. see you in Leeds yeah? x

today in south london buses: some mfer is just rawdogging smoked salmon on its own just have a protein shake dude, what are we even doing here

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

“Devotion” Paper lanterns at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan during the Gion Matsuri festival. Taken on Fujifilm Provia. glass.photo/108c/2rKV77U... #filmphotography #xpan #35mm #BelieveInFilm

text from NHS: we have an IMPORTANT AND URGENT LETTER FOR YOU and it is imperative that you log on to your PATIENT PORTAL with four pieces of ARCANE AUTHENTICATION to read this ELECTRONIC LETTER letter: yo dawg we booked you an appointment. ya, the same one we texted you all the details of yesterday

Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will

I have read a lot about generative AI the last couple of years, a lot of it very good, but this is one of the best and most articulate elucidations of why there are so many things about it that fundamentally don't sit right with me. an absolute banger of a post, I implore you to read it posthaste

Looks like I'll be coming to the end of a contract shortly so will have availability for new projects from later this month Give me a shout if you're on the lookout for frontend dev or design systems work and particularly if you're looking for animations, interactions or anything a bit experimental

I'm at risk for redundancy so if anyone is hiring a Senior or Lead UX Researcher remote or in London hybrid let me know! Open to perm or contracts

It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone! The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it. Get yours for £189, down from £249, for 2 weeks and super-charge your career prospects piccalilli.link/js4e-launch-...

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

back from holiday today. having not touched a computer for three weeks, using a keyboard feels _weird_. how do I comptooter. help

can't be in bristol without going to the cat pub