Don't stop writing the poems

Just received a thrilled and thrilling message from @realbengilbert.bsky.social to inform me there are still discount Easter eggs at Sainsbury's. Hope everyone's day has a similar little piece of all-caps delight in it.

I like the web and I like people learning new things. So we're running a free 10 week web development bootcamp online, starting April 24th. 📍Free and not selling/pushing anything 📍Livestreamed lessons with Q&A 📍Expert guest speakers 📍Chill vibes 📍Kind learner community

Like I KNOW I live in the city furthest from the sea but I FEEL it on days like this.

Has a surprisingly fun time learning the OpenAPI Specification today - YMMV but for me, getting out of bad brain mode usually requires learning something new.

hahaha literally how is anyone supposed to function normally hahaha

Finally finished watching House with @realbengilbert.bsky.social (his first time all the way through) and OH BOY that ending is one of the best in television, up there with Angel and Ashes to Ashes for having an extremely wobbly run up but managing to stick the landing

I will finish this jumper this year if it kills me. (Started circa 2024, first sleeve now in progress.)

Stand up for your trans friends 💙🩷🤍 🩷💙

whenever folks talk about harry potter and separating artist from art they always have this indignant 'OH SO IM A BAD FOR BUYING THESE BOOKS?' but thats not the real issue. the reality is that many will BELIEVE you are bad, and that is VALID. its not your choice what others think of you

Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.

A long shot - are there any former #PAFEC employees here? If so, and you haven't had the email, I have details about the 50th anniversary reunion.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

I wrote about some things I'm struggling with in the technology industry, preceded by an appreciation for folk music.

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

First time in days I've slept past 3am (wow 5am what a lie-in)

This was such a hard watch (I think in a good way, just...jfc) www.jpf-film.org.uk/films/blue-b...

If you don’t know how to code, you won’t know of your vibe code is correct. This seems to be an unpopular opinion.

There are so few things I've seriously considered getting as tattoos, and most of them are Maxïmo Park lyrics, and I get to see them live for the first time tomorrow nightttttt

The rain it raineth EVERY DAY.

what if an environment where its possible to be functional

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

Our next ‘Beyond Borders Book Club’ pick is the marvellous ’Monstrilio’ by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, published by one of my faves @deadinkbooks.bsky.social - can’t wait to see what the group think of this one!! 🔥

The Matrix (1999) Dirs: Lana and Lilly Wachowski #oneperfectshot 📽️

how did i not know about this site, this is wild www.jmail.world

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In case you missed it, Jeff Bezos funded a documentary, directed by Brett Ratner of all people, about Melania Trump. They spent $35m on marketing alone, just shy of the film's budget. The UK premiere sold 1 ticket. The second screening sold 2 tickets.

I Wrote This Poem on Company Time by @isabellewrites.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry

Rental Family is the best film I've seen for ages, you should watch it if you like crying

It’s called ‘vs code’ because the code is an enemy you are fighting

Been sitting on this one for a minute, for those who want a sadistic daily game. cruel.toys

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

It's been nearly 20 years (?!) since House's Head/Wilson's Heart first aired and it still gets me, good god (it's when Amber says 'the flu pills')

A little bit of snow settling around us tonight, and it's kinda lovely to peep through the curtains at it and spot your neighbours doing the same thing.

Continuing on, here are some (unedited) words about Silent Hill f. Spoiler-ish.

Free Dramaturgy available! Our @artscouncilengland.bsky.social funded Dramaturgy Department is open to EOIs from any playwrights or immersive theatre makers in the UK looking for free support this year :) Deadline: 10:00 Monday Jan 12th for our first 3 months of support forms.gle/7YQU9c5mhfAa...

Looks pretty, basically two inches of terrifying impassable ice 😬

"You know what’s magic? Learning that your brain can do something else, and that your heart can love it."

Treating my teenage self with tickets to Maximo Park at Rock City 🤘

“Nobody asked you to be writer, and nobody will notice if you stop.”

Here's my account of solving this year's #AdventOfCode using #Fortran 77 (mostly). #RetroComputing ftw! z80.timholyoake.uk/advent-of-co...

I keep trying to write something to wrap up this year. I went into 2025 with a lot of plans – I did a few goal-setting sessions and just kept writing the phrase ‘change your life’. Which, as was kindly pointed out by people wiser than me, was a ridiculous goal. emilyholyoake.com/2025/12/27/c...

This was so good

Oh god Christmas is getting to me this year, I've cried 3 times already, happy crisis everyone (once because my husband bought me a portable DVD player with a screen and it set off my inner child, twice because the Taylor Swift song Marjorie exists)

It is nearly time to watch our 3 traditional Christmas films: 1. Let It Snow 2. The Muppet Christmas Carol 3. Austin Powers in Goldmember

Amazing productions shots for A Doll’s House from Lamar Francois :) Thanks again to all involved for such a great show, still viewable on our YouTube for free right now!

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Getting my first glasses prescription today -> having an existential crisis about yesterday being the last day I was young