The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

UK is the most nature blind country in Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If anyone else in the UK would like a package just like this, for £10.99 plus £6 p&p, please give me shout at [email protected] (I have four sets left).

I got some excellent post! Thank you, @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, I shall enjoy these (once I've finished Everything Will Swallow You, that is)

True (and that's not the only perverse incentive here)

"I apologize" from AI tools really grinds my gears. An apology requires an understanding of what you did wrong, an understanding of how it affects the other party and a desire to do better. AI has none of these.

I love this book. Thank you, @jobellwriter.bsky.social !

The easiest part of my job is being fighty and mean to powerful people when they are wrong. The hardest part of my job is being constructive and kind to people with less power than me when they are wrong.

"Sorta like Napster, just post-DMCA." IYKYK www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

I scored 12/28 on jsdate.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

when your values are so important that you put them up top and you thought about them so deeply that they all start with P then it is no accident that "privacy" is not one of them welcome to the AI browser wars 🥳 comet.perplexity.ai#values

Bad news: I now can’t make @steelcon.info this week! Good news: I have one steelcon ticket, free to a good home!

Uhhh... No? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The names of Australia’s seasons are Flood, Fire, Drought

"Excellence is situational" (the whole thread is good)

Fuck it. I'm going to give away 100 books. If you'd like one of these, signed, email yr address to [email protected]. All I ask is that you give me the postage (£4 UK). If you can give me more, brilliant. If not, no probs. Stephen Fry called this "hilarious.". I think it's my best non-fiction book.

I found some old drafts when I was tidying my office.

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

When people don’t stop and ask if maybe what they’re doing is unethical:

I just scored 26,272 on a game of at://2048. Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue.

We still have a few tickets left, why not treat yourself on this beautiful Saturday afternoon and come visit us in Sheffield this July. ti.to/steelcon/2025/

Just saw an interesting scam targeting PayPal users: Scammers control 2 PayPal accounts, email forwarding for 1. Forwarding is configured to send emails on to victims. Payment sent with a note saying "Don't recognize this seller, Please contact PayPal at <scam number>".

SteelCon is superb and you should go:

It's hard to reason about the causes of failure in complex systems. Treat speed and certainty accordingly.

Am I doing this right? #Devon #Cornwall #Diplomacy

Please enjoy the happy playful seagull that once found a ball and had a ball 🪶

I'm under no illusions of ever being important enough for a blue tick... but I was pleased with the ease of setting up a domain handle.

Honestly amazed they let chickens and ducks have dogs as pets

A movie that takes place where you're from.

BATCH BUNCH #0004 is complete. A well-attended session full of fun energy, friendly chatter, and focused typing ☀️ We're afraid you can't skip past the FOMO if you missed this one.. 😉 See you next time? ⌨️🖱️🌐😌☕️

Simply having a degree doesn't demonstrate aptitude, it demonstrates foundational knowledge. Someone with strong aptitude can learn more relevant experience in 1 year of work than a 4 year degree could teach. But someone who think they're already qualified won't learn anything at all. 3/4

Vibe coding: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Vibe debugging: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

For anyone who needs it, this is what fed my soul today #OCEANS #BeachLife #cymru

Any time is good to do this, but especially now is a good time to follow, study, and share the work of @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social. America's going down a dark and evil path, and the history and remembrance of Holocaust victims just may change people's hearts and turn them away from that path..

Painting done as a donation to raise funds for ICU at RVI Newcastle. 30 x 30 cm canvas in acrylic

Your new Anthem USA. 🫡🇷🇺

I did. Because it does. techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s...

I did a short talk on "What your browser can teach you about software security" at #LeadDevBerlin: m.youtube.com/watch?v=I6We...

Expect to see a lot more of this 👇 in the coming months & years. If Europe is at least pretending to have a serious conversation about life without a US security guarantee, then the same conversation has to be had about tech dependence on the US. Whether anything will happen is another matter.

This is an own goal for Team UK, leaving their own citizens less secure today than they were yesterday. Yet, while this may seem like a loss, it’s actually a win for global privacy & security. Still it’s deeply upsetting that the rights of UK citizens have become collateral damage in that fight. 4/4

As expected Apple has canceled encrypted iCloud storage for UK users rather than capitulate to UK gov and create backdoor for gov to access data. "British customers who already have Advanced Data Protection will be warned later to disable it or lose access to iCloud." by @joemenn.bsky.social

American Gothic: Herr Plugs Edition

A word of advice if you have a phone or sat nav holder on your dash. Check where the airbag is in case of an accident.

Help needed 🙏 Unfortunately we are short on sponsorship for @meetup.thefusionhub.co.uk on Feb 26th and we're in danger of having to cancel the event. If any companies would like to have a last minute spot of sponsoring the event to save it, we'd love you forever 🫶 #community #tech #sponsor

There are two wolves inside of you. If the first acquires lock A and the second acquires lock B, and then the first attempts to acquire lock B while the first attempts to acquire lock A, they will deadlock. Teach your wolves concurrency.

I inherited this project, and all I got was all these angry users - #opensource @www.jvt.me www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8C...

I'm heading out for this later. Anyone else?

One of the things I didn't expect when I went to grad school to do math is that I would need to spend so much time paying attention to global geopolitics. Threats are from people, so your threat modeling absolutely must include what's happening to them. You can't do security without it.