🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

The Anthropic-U.S. DoD public dispute continues. We have unpacked the latest updates & the safety, legal & ethical concerns in our @opiniojuris.bsky.social article @jessicadorsey.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @profbode.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social opiniojuris.org/2026/03/02/i...

There are thousands of women artists on Art UK, have an explore for #WomensHistoryMonth 👩‍🎨 Filter artists by gender, discover our A-Z of women artists, or read stories 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/women-artists#WomensHistoryMonth 'Self Portrait' by Barbara Walker (b.1964) © the artist. 📷 Usher Gallery

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

16 developers. 15 minutes. Single elimination. Round 1 begins March 6. Who do you think is taking it all? Fill out your bracket now at madcss.com

‘It’s a slap in the face’ – Irish households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres www.independent.ie/business/per...

Derrière les images majestueuses du film "Le Chant des forêts", un travail discret façonne l’expérience du spectateur. Celui de Marc Namblard, audio-naturaliste "chasseur de sons", qui capte les voix de la forêt comme d’autres composent une musique. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/NgF

Little reminder that axe-con, organised by @deque.com is this week!! It's a free online, two days (February 24 25) event, with a very nice line up of talks about accessibility and inclusive design. Want to learn about accessibility? Register, check them live, or catch the replays! #Accessibility

Entire thread is illuminating 👇

“The game was created by a team from more than 10 African countries.” www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

Q&A | ‘It was important not to wait for a finished narrative’ Lucy Edematie on Manchester Museum's Africa Hub, a new type of space that exposes the gaps and silences in the museum's own records

UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement ft.trib.al/Qy6eVgx

‘Journey of hell’: Migrants in Libya endure torture, rape, forced labour https://aje.news/mclg0p

Most EU governments hate immigration but it’s looking like demographics are going to force them to change their stance. One would hope they won’t want to have policies that promote declining living standards. (Then again, Brexit.)

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

Cuts to overseas aid by the UK are set to go further and faster than those made by the Trump administration in the US, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government wrestles with funding pressures www.ft.com/content/ad52...

It's been a while since my last blog post, so I made up for it with a wall of text 😅 This article looks at why JS-heavy web apps tend to miss their performance goals over time, what you can do to somewhat mitigate that, and ends with a plea for us to move back to the server, as an industry.

Spanish gov decision makes so much sense.

As expected, the usual far-right nonsense from Rubio in Munich. Let’s see if / when Harris regurgitates it.

The University of Virginia Archival AI Protocol, a practical framework for evaluating AI company requests to use cultural heritage collections as training data.

👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Column resizing in Finder rendered useless as element covered by the horizontal scrollbar. How did this UI make it into Apple production?

Note: As far as I know there’s been silence from EU Olympic athletes regarding the actions of Frontex. Happy if I’m wrong.

People often forget how horrifically cruel EU immigration policy is. EU leaders love and lavishly fund Frontex whose infrastructures of inhumanity are often only reported by an intrepid few @caitlchandler.bsky.social for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/m...

“Accuracy matters”

@perfnow.nl Hey! Is there a timeline to remove 2025 talks from behind the paywall? Maybe after six months? Thanks! #perfnow

Aqa Mirak, Safavid Iran, 1530s: "Two Princes in Love"

We'll be getting multiple outlines in #CSS!! Multiple outlines means no more hacking our way around accessible and creative outline styles with box-shadows that aren't rendered in forced-colors mode! 🙌 Finally!! This is such great news!! 🎉🥳

My server provider has added openclaw and has invited me to deploy it. What could possibly go wrong 😂😂

This is a great listen 🎧🌳🌻

* Closest French naval vessel 'Flamant' failed to respond to the mayday call. * HM Coastguard prematurely terminated their search even though survivors remained in the water. * Geotagged WhatsApp messages from the small boat were not followed up on. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Marketing: Hello, Joan! Can we add a short video as a background in the hero component? Me: 🫠 #WebPerf #Performance #TrueStories

“Where’s the cue ball going?” RIP John Virgo

Would be interesting to read @molly.wiki’s take on this. (cf www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...)

We've got a real mixed bag for you to tuck into in The Index #161, featuring some very heavy stuff, but some equally delightful stuff. Sponsored by our friends at Web Day Out. piccalil.li/the-index/161/

Elon Musk’s xAI is a cash incinerator: it is reportedly burning through nearly $1bn a month. Mr Musk may thus be eager to use SpaceX to subsidise his chatbot app

The Google AI preview on “Slop Aesthetics” nailed it for me today — then I looked at the citations and realized it was citing three texts from my “Slop Infrastructures” series and my colleague @heuser.bsky.social’s excellent paper ⬇️ — but none of it was there when I checked on incognito mode!

💯 Tim Cook sold Apple's soul: Not that everything was anywhere near perfect before him but the points made are still very valid. www.loopwerk.io/articles/202...

My thanks to @playingwithdust.bsky.social for reposting this gem 😂😂

Fascism doesn’t rise by accident: it’s organised through capitalism, fear, and targeted wars on migrants, drugs, and people in poverty. Read our State of Power 2026 opening interview with @harshawalia.bsky.social and Alberto Toscano. www.tni.org/en/article/l...

I see bets are being taken on when - not if - the AI summary becomes the *default* in Google Search. 👀

Microsoft "plans to scale back or remove Copilot integrations across built-in apps" in Windows 11: tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/...

4/5 initial applications by people seeking international protection in Ireland are refused. Wow, that's high. "Minister O’Callaghan stated that in 2025, the International Protection Office (IPO) delivered over 20,200 first decisions and the refusal rate was 81.39%." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Against the expert position of the Law Society of Ireland, the Dept of Justice has suggested the use of chatbots to provide “guidance on legal issues” to people seeking asylum.

OVER 1,000 PEOPLE MISSING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FOLLOWING CYCLONE HARRY? What We Know — and What Remains Unaccounted For. www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/over-1-...

Add Capgemini to the list of ICE helpers. (Via FT)

On #HMD2026 we remember the six million Jews and five million Roma, LGBTQ+. disabled, political opponents and others murdered by the Nazis, alongside victims of subsequent genocides. Prejudice still continues to day within our communities and across the UK.

Interesting last paragraph in this FT story: Nvidia ‘agreed to buy as much as $6.3bn [until 2032] worth of cloud services from CoreWeave, becoming a backstop for any “residual unsold capacity”’. (1/2)

Solid take on the "Cursor AI builds browser from scratch" story: "When you start believing your own sizzle reel, you stop doing the tedious validation work that separates a demo from a deliverable." www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/c...