2025 (continued), ID cards www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Breakfast Club remake took a turn.

This got more eye-rolls on Mastodon.

Alien: Earth finale was great.

My mum's mum hated conformity. Faced with bureaucracy she was known to exclaim, "I'm not a number!" She was my NaN.

Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Hey all, some great news and some difficult news over on GOLD TEETH. The beta is here for all backers to get stuck into, but the core book is delayed for reasons that are unfortunate and out of our control.

The problem isn't autism. It's fear and hatred of autism. The problem isn't trans people. It's fear and hatred of trans people. The problem isn't immigration. It's fear and hatred of immigrants.

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I've just launched the Steam page for my new game Factory 95! It's a retro-Windows inspired automation game about making PowerPoints. You can wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3987250/... #gamedev #indiegame

Technologically advance some bands Escalators Nine Centimeter Nails The Polymer Brothers

For some reason I am getting the impression that this headline, every part of which is horrifying and eldritch, is supposed to convey a message of hope.

Top tip for varying up a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned thehouseofbotanicals.co.uk/cocktail-bit...

"Jackpot pants"

A mixture of covid and qr code enabled table service means that there is a sizeable group of people that have not had to learn bar etiquette. Maybe they dont have to! In the meantime chaos reigns.

Just finished reading Wild Folk. Gorgeously illustrated book of folk tales. Loved the stories, but the illustrations, which were all done on stained glass, are just fantastic 🤩 www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/wild-f...

I've listened to a lot of this during sleepless nights in the past www.404media.co/how-lofi-gir...

And in non-work blogging, notes on the continuity between algorithmic social media and "post social media" chatbot platforms. alexparsons.co.uk/blog/posts/2...

This Is a good post. davidcel.is/articles/rai...

Another "Invalid Handle" spotted. Wonder what's happening at @bsky.app

Everyone's cross with me because I bought mince pies.

Know anyone in Bristol that wants to see The Wedding Present on the 3rd October? I've just put up 4 tickets at a discount as we can't go now. Shares appreciated 🙏 secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0061664...

They should have communicated intent and a plan before revoking access from a bunch of long term maintainers. That's not how you build trust. rubycentral.org/news/strengt...

The hype is real. This two hour long doc about extreme birdwatching is an absolute delight, and nothing less than a soothing balm in horrible times. The makers have put the whole thing up on YouTube, for free with no ads, and all of you should watch it right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...

Good morning. Together with @littletollerbooks.bsky.social we publish a very important book The destruction of our peat lands is of international concern. 40 nature writers incl. Rob Macfarlane - Amy Liptrot - Horatio Clare & music legend Patti Smith. You can order here: www.littletoller.co.uk

Right you lot. Get WYRD SCIENCE Issue 7 ordered: shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr... I am in it talking CAVES OF QUD. I will take it as a personal favour if you pick this up. But don't do it for me, do it for the health of #TTRPG generally, because this is the magazine we all deserve.

This is so deeply unserious. Throughout the entire 14 years of the Conservative government oil and gas licenses were routinely issued and for much of the period there was a policy of maximising extraction. Production still fell, the economy flatlined, and energy security got worse.

Know anyone in Bristol that wants to see The Wedding Present on the 3rd October? I've just put up 4 tickets at a discount as we can't go now. Shares appreciated 🙏 secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0061664...

Looks like we’re going to boycott companies, one of us at a time, again, and tell each other we’ve done it on social media. The “carbon footprint” approach to dealing with societal collapse, corporate unaccountability and creeping fascism. Shopping it all better. Doesn’t quite feel enough…

Tired: give up working in tech to become a farmer Wired: become a Bee Skep master www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/craft/bee-sk...

They should remake ALF but it's Eyeball Alien instead. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF_(TV...

Another example of "Invalid Handle" in the wild. Will it be a lapsed domain or something else...🤔

TIL there's a Red List of Endangered Heritage Crafts in the UK. Arrowsmithing and Figure Head carving are both Critically Endangered. Hand stitched cricket ball making is Extinct apparently. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redli...

Rough time to be someone who gives a fuck about things

My copy of the Menagerie of Unbearable Things by @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social arrived this week. Just finished reading through it. It's a beautiful book and the stories are fantastic. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...

Ofgem just opened a consultation for a revised "Smart Meter Communication Licence". It describes the duties and operating model for whatever organisation runs the smart meter infrastructure. So an important part of UK #datainfrastructure. www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation...

Omelas, except instead of a single small child, it’s a single billionaire, and instead of torture, it’s having all their assets liquidated to pay for public infrastructure and makeup tax deficits.

Alien: Earth brought to you by The Health & Safety Executive.

there's a £650k tender out for the National Data Library. it's looking for a supplier with "robust knowledge of federated data architecture", to be based out of Manchester www.stotles.com/explore/noti...

You know, I don't think I've seen "Sneakers". I guess I should fix that. Realised I've only seen "Hackers" once too. Probably need to hand in my nerd credentials.

Interesting story about Unwrapped a service aggregating & selling Spotify user data, with their permission. It relies on data portability, but Spotify is trying to stop them The data pool has actually made a sale. Users receiving about 5 USD worth of crypto each 🙄 arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Remembered I have a blog so wrote up this example of "working in the open" on a non-digital project (Japanese woodblock printmaking!). Bonus reflection on automation, craft and perceived inefficiencies across roles. blog.ldodds.com/2025/09/12/a...

Please share Wyrd Science Mag with the nerds in your life, or just go ahead and buy a copy or a sub for them. It's a great magazine, and I would really like to keep reading it for years to come.

Remembered I have a blog so wrote up this example of "working in the open" on a non-digital project (Japanese woodblock printmaking!). Bonus reflection on automation, craft and perceived inefficiencies across roles. blog.ldodds.com/2025/09/12/a...

TIL about Happy Whale. Over the last 10 years they've crowd-sourced over a million photos of whales and used them to identify and track individuals to help with research and conservation. happywhale.com/home

My daughter is currently over the moon because she's installed some software and firmware updates and can now apply insulin boluses directly from her phone rather than entering them into her pump. She's pleased because she can now wear dresses. ❤️

Step aside mixtapes, it's time for horizontal gene transfer tapes. Got some great sounds brewing in my Sony RNAman. www.newscientist.com/article/2495...

Alternately wondering what the author was huffing when they wrote this, and being repulsed at a technocratic "new organisational paradigm" aimed at maximising revenue during, say, a pandemic www.oreilly.com/radar/taming...

This is so crucial. When people think about these land comparisons, they don't think about the entire sprawling infrastructure behind FF.