If you're an indie dev, contractor, or webdev-adjacent then the @ffconf.org early bird pricing is really for you. They're limited (because we have to balance the budget somehow!) but we still have them: 2026.ffconf.org Four of eight talks announced, check them out and join us in November.

I am a native speaker of English but need to pause to have a little despair spiral every time I consciously register that the present and past tense for “read” are spelled the same but pronounced differently.

Birdfeeder folks: can y’all tell me about the current bird drama going on at your place? Our feeder gets a lot of green parrots and right now all the bigger parrots keep bullying a goofy fledgling parrot we call Jeffrey. They pull his feathers out 🥲

*banging on clipboard* PARTHENOGENESIS PARTHENOGENESIS PARTHENOGENESIS

Reading about Japanese traditional ghost/monster dudes for reasons and I have never related harder to a creature from folklore than this harmless but upsetting flaming monk who appears and suffers with no goal

Hot and mean and want to fight on the internet: What is the best karaoke song for kicking a bar/party into full swing?

Don't forget: heatwaves are a great time to sit quietly in a darkened room and vividly relive all the viscerally embarrassing moments from your life.

Sphinx cats being little heat-seeking cuddle dummies is the best possible pet setup 90% of the time but oh wow, it's not great right now. 30c at my desk and trying to lovingly persuade Aria that she doesn't want to sleep wrapped around my neck like a sweaty stole.

Tech + language dorks. Look at these. 14(!) funded(!!) joint PhDs in extremely interesting things. Most require B2 German. I could learn German before November, right...?

Little too warm and dealing with it in mature, measured ways (crying softly)

Doing some research for a pottery project... www.cell.com/plant-c...

I am extremely good at finding impossibly specific and cool job openings and I'm a little annoyed that this isn't a job.

I am apparently "have to ponder if it's weird or supportive to leave encouraging messages on my nephew's thirst trap TikToks" years old.

Bringing code comments energy into the pottery studio by writing Monster can is a structural support, do not remove" on a sticky note.

Folks who do pottery/ceramics: do y’all have anyone you like/recommend who does chill video tutorials on different techniques? Asking for me!

Done with pottery for the day. Count for being asked variations of “Are those teeth?!L this session: 5

Off for another day being real normal at the pottery at the pottery studio.

Pottery and ceramics nerds: is there anyone y’all recommend for chill, beginner friendly technique tutorial videos?

I have just learned that Shetland Sheep Dogs exist and I am so excited that there must be even more types of silly little guys roaming the world, just waiting for me to discover and pet them en.wikipedia.org/wik...

This isn't a tech job, but if you have a qualification or experience in archival work and you can commute to Oxford and you are looking for a part time job here's a job working with EGYPTOLOGY ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND CONTENT

If you are near-ish to Kent and like citizen science and like EELS, please enjoy this free online training session that will allow you to participate in volunteer eel-monitoring fieldwork throughout the summer!

Had a pottery idea that’s not body horror. My classmates tomorrow are gonna be so relieved.

Watching the 90s Poirot and they missed out by not casting a himbo Hastings. Remake, when?

I don’t have definitive evidence but it seems that one of my cats* has helpfully wrenched the down arrow off my keyboard and yote it into the aether. *almost definitely Blink

There was a fantastic blog/website that someone had done a while back with some visualisations of comparing different animal sounds in different languages, does anyone else remember this and can help give me some hints to find it again?

Oh no, I had a really good night’s sleep and I’m in a wonderful mood. Apologies in advance to anyone who has to deal with me today.

Just bought an additional cursed mould for pottery to further cement my status as the resident weird little guy in the studio.

These are so good that I want to be mad about this level of talent existing in the world, but instead just luxuriate in knowing these beautiful cursed objects exist

Been using Kagi for search recently and I had apparently completely forgotten how well websearches used to work. Wild how much I didn't notice search slowly becoming useless around me over time till I had some contrast.

I cannot recommend @ffconf.org strongly enough to folks close enough to the UK to get to Brighton. It's carefully curated, the venue is lovely and the community is a delight!

I love hand building in pottery. There’s almost no barrier to entry. One moment you’re walking along and your brain vomits forth the phrase “rat king butter dish” and then you can just make that a real object. 10/10

Apologies in advance to everyone on my gift list this year.

"time management" isn't real, everyone who has and keeps to a schedule is either a liar or a practitioner of heinous evil magic

Big day at pottery today! Final glaze work for my teeth vase and doing a tiny prototype of my giant isopod cake stand.

Pottery class tomorrow and I have actually done all my planning and made templates, I am going to be so efficient as I go about my plan to normal and not weird at all.

Happy ‘good mangos now available in unexpected, delightful corner stores’ season to everyone in British cities.

Come hang out in the woods! Most of the @protect.earth team, the High Wood Task Force, and myself will be there, along with all sorts of fun free activities. See how our ancient woodland is coming along a few years into our restoration work. www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/summer-...

Making a real normal online purchase* for a pottery project *taxidermy eyes

City Lit is offering 15% off summer short courses w the code "SUMMER2026". They have exciting, weird online classes. Or you can also use my referral code for £20 off if that's a better deal (if you use this I would also get a discount on the next course I book with them. I want to take Cornish)

Battersea Children’s Zoo has rare breed baby piglets right now and you can book to give them snacks and pet them. Or, as I opted to, steal their little piggy noses.

Only one month left for my pottery class so I have ordered some clay and underglazes so I can hand build horrors between classes. Currently paper prototyping out a giant isopod cake stand.

I have just learned about pigeon milk and am so excited for pottery next week where I am compelled to try and make little ceramic milk cartons with appropriately painted labels.

Experimental filmmakers who like bats, walking and also Devon: The Bats Conservation Trust is taking pitches commissioning a short film about a bat walk, "focusing on sound, light and the shift into darkness" Apply before July 6th. www.bats.org.uk/the-...

I have slept so well that I am hopeful in a world not built to sustain my hope. Gonna have a coffee and head out into the world make this everyone else’s problem.

I've noticed I'll get to the end of a workday where I've gotten loads done, but it doesn't feel like I've done much. So, I'm experimenting with adding more little rewards into my day as I get things done. Do you all have any small treats or reward activities use use that brighten your days?

UK animal welfare tech job klaxon: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is hiring a Digital Engagement Manager - to £49k - London hybrid - Planning and delivering digital comms across email, SMS, online review websites, and emerging platforms - Apply rn, the role closes today! careers.battersea.or...

⏳ Only two days left to grab the Practical Accessibility course at a discounted price and level up your #a11y skills with me ⬇️

Love a little summer thunderstorm. Hell yeah, give me an excuse to not have to go running packaged as some cozy little rain and dramatic loud sounds.

Pupdate: Our beloved, friendly resident courtyard fox has been joined by a new small, shy fox friend!!! If there’s a betting pool on me needing treatment for a fox bite, y’all need to update the odds.

Sign up as a recurring donor to sponsor one of @distributeaid.org's HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits. That's a whole year of everything-but-the-meds every single month! (if you're cis and in a white collar job do one / week)