Huh, so turns out they were right and there's a rapture on out there. Looks like it's going to be a long commute, there is a demon outbreak on the southern motorway. I hear Albert park has the best end of days dance party, who needs lights when you have a blood red sky.

This is a really interesting read

Hey, did you know Hobson's Pledge are a bunch of racist shitheads? Yeah, well so did I, so maybe don't bother sharing their latest racist shithead campaign unless they're paying you to do so. Don't do their work for free.

What are you doing to prepare for the rapture? Well I have a few projects I want to finish odd first....

Technologically advance a band The #FFFFFF stripes

*sings badly* and it was all yellow

I would like a word with REM. It's the end of the world as we know it, but I definitely don't feel fine.

Wow, even the Firefox logo is taking an expansionist turn these days

My most millennial complaint is Gen X doing this....

Finally booked my flights and accommodation for KawaiiCon. It would have been much cheaper if I booked when I got my ticket, but executive function has not been my friend recently.

Going through the Auckland mayoralty candidates now, quite a disappointing set. And there is a very big difference between "tackling homelessness" and "preventing begging"

I think the topics and things I post are much the same, but I am different here because of the mechanics. I'm far more deliberate about what I reshare, trying to avoid rage bate and doom.

Going to do readings today but I only have space for 1 or 2 more if you're wanting 3 card through to full. So jump on Ko-Fi or message me direct if you want to jump on today's energy. ko-fi.com/witchnwords/...

There this experience I've had with a few tech tools 1. I start with something more powerful and hate it 2. Use something similar but more constrained, love it but chafe at the edge cases 3. Go back to the powerful tool and love it now I know the patterns

Realising I've been falling into some habits with this place that I know are really bad for my mental health. I think I need to reset and be a bit more deliberate again. Stupid brain

This is good. But also, this is a hell of a statement of where we are now "In a period of international uncertainty around Internet governance, Switzerland provides a credibly neutral and stable global home."

I love you. I hope something nice happens today. I hope something makes you giggle until you need to pee. I hope you say something nice about yourself. You've got this. You're magical. Cute butt. Aww, nice smile too. Go drink some water.

Which is the real you? The loathsome underhanded monster you've become, or the loathsome underhanded monster we came to love?

Wait, you guys avoided contracting computer madness?

Make a band singular The backstreet boy

Make a band singluar Bob Marley and the Whaler

Make a band singular. Blink 1

Cause I do my own thing I strut in my own lane I'm marching to the beat beat beat of my drum

Today is a good day to do something that makes you happy. It is a good day to post things that make you happy or inspired. It is a good day to share the good posts. Today is a good day to put positivity into the world for everyone's sake.

If you'll forgive me a self indulgent thread (or just mute it, that's fine too) I kind of write some thoughts. My team released this today. It's a checklist template editor for our Construction QA software, lets people update the checks they need to perform.

I always think this is just such a banger of a song

Years ago I saw Sarah Kendzior say you should write down what is normal, so that you can see how much norms have shifted, what can be said that was once unspeakable. I'm genuinely shocked that a politician would say that out loud. Feels like Muldoon era stuff.

Listening to a podcast about B2B sales and the main thing I've learnt about B2B sales is that I'm glad other people do B2B sales so I can just build the thing they sell. My brain just can't take in these words.

I feel personally called out by this. I'm totally going to go back and read all those bookmarks.....

I have this weird obsession about the word grey. Many many years ago I was building a website and I said the text should be grey. The text went green. Because the browser of the time only checked enough of the word to be unique, and it was expecting gray, so gre... became green.

Apropos of nothing. I've walked across the harbour bridge when it was windy. The cars were fine. Some of the walkers were motion sick and it was genuinely hard to keep your footing. Those were not terribly strong winds. So maybe we should have just built that dedicated pedestrian / cycle bridge

Well thank fucking christ for that, the kids have been found and they're well. Those kids are going to need so much therapy.

PER CAPITA! #NewZealandValues

So I gave in and did a bit of a proof of concept of the migration thing. I thought I'd 🧵 some thoughts, though probably not that interesting. I wrote the existing migration in a week 5 years ago. Based on something I wrote in my first few months to understand the data model. It's robust but complex

The only thing better than being left off a map is being placed in the Indian ocean. #NewZealandValues

🚨 ALL HANDS ON DECK, THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 Here's a paper that will give you all the science-based ammunition you need to convince your higher-ups that they shouldn't just ignorantly jump on the AI bandwagon. Let's turn the tide around and stand up against all this nonsense

Stupid brain is being a bit stupid today, so comfort food it is

That awful feeling of picking up the bag of spuds and feeling something soft at the bottom 🤢

On the one hand I'm tired, ā little burned out and really need to rest and look after myself. So of course my brain is fizzing with ideas of things I could build. Rewriting that complex migration nobody else at work really understands is a great idea right?

Suspect I probably horrify some people with what I put in a curry, but it's tasty and has stuff in season so it works

Some cards for the coming weekend. Take what you need with love 💜

I get that Willis is the Finance minister, but the entire government has been crashing the economy into the sea. The unrelenting focus on laying it all on Willis does not sit well with me.

BRB, Renaming my feed "Original Ray's Catchup"

There's something quite insidious in the quoted article. They're talking about 7 people, but the implication is those 7 people must be smarter than anyone else.

Would any one be interested in these crystals if I sold them? They would be infused with positivity and the reminder that you are worthy as you are now.

Five things the rumours of Trump's death taught me about B2B sales..... Oh shit, wrong platform Abort abort abort!

Tag. You're it.

I feel like this is one of those "the minister of finance won't see you calling her names, it won't change the election, but woman on the left will and it will make some of them feel less safe to associate with you" things. The point is not to be civil to the right, but to be safe for everyone.