Oh this is exciting. I've just heard that John Mastodon himself is going to make a rare public announcement to welcome the latest wave of arrivals from #bluesky. #johnmastodon #newhere

This one is about BBC comedies. And R&D. And marketing. And dating. Robert Dawes introduces the "Smile Tracker". 😄 https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-05-smile-tracker/

every time I see someone going "I finally ditched #firefox and went with this closed source chromium based alternative instead" all I can think of is

new web stack: NERF No JS Excel as the database Rawdogging HTML FTP deployment

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

[UK Politics, Reshuffle, Online Safety Act] Peter “If you think the #onlinesafetyact isn’t perfect you’re a paedo” Kyle has moved in the reshuffle from DSIT to Business. Wonder if we'll see any change in tone from Liz Kendall. I won't be holding my breath, tbh. #ukpolitics

The frame hasn’t arrived, so it’s not cleaned and stretched, but it is finished! The overall design is my own, but the phrase is from a bumper sticker, the alphabet is from StardustAndStitching on Etsy and I morphed several pixel art Enterprises for the ship […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

I wonder if the recipe is open source 🤔

TFW you realise you misinterpreted the vague communications from both HR and the union and you realise your pay increase is going to be less than you expect this year :(

Me: damn, this thing done by [imperfect but well-intentioned entity] is really cool! Many #mastodon commenters: [imperfect but well-intentioned entity] once did [bad thing picked out from an enormous pile of good things] and they failed to do absolutely everything right; therefore you must hate […]

The far-right narrative is that UK cities are crime-riddled violent no-go areas where every man has to fend for himself. Meanwhile, today my neighbourhood closed a road and had a lil street party. Live music, free food, kids playing, sharing plants, chatting with neighbours. Just because we […]

motion lines for everyone! #ice #fuckice #washingtondc #memes

Following a #FreedomOfInformation request, I can reveal that in 2005 — almost two decades ago — the #EuropeanCommission trialled the deployment of an Open Source stack (#Linux desktops with #OpenOffice) and that trial was mostly successful. Here is the […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]

[UK politics, systematic oppression, tangential mention of sex crime] Nicola Sturgeon saying that transgender people “forfeit their right to choose their gender” if they commit a heinous sex crime is a clear illustration of how systematic oppression against a minority group of second-class […]

I think this shows how @linuxfoundation is not necessarily on our side. https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/114993371594902597

Someone please help this guy. (Not sure if it's Vladamir or Estragon.) #godot #existentialism #SamuelBeckett #humor #humour

Companies nowadays push AI into every product, so that every photo app scans your media, every maps service knows your location, and every office program reads your document. Back in the day, Clippy would ask you if you wanted help with writing your letter and Clippy wouldn't even read the […]

Along the lines of @tess's "what would 4chan do with this product" rule, we need to ask "what would a domestic abuser do to their partner using this product" when considering technological products. https://infosec.exchange/@kcarruthers/114966810316531506

Nietzsche abhors a vacuum www.worldofmoose.com/products/nie...

We are modernizing the user interface Pray we do not modernize it further

A tsunami watch across the entire Pacific Northwest coast is a good reminder that if you're a public agency, you shouldn't be sending required comms via a social platform that requires people to log in. Also that non-democracy destroying algormic social media exists and government can self host

Too many children are killed or injured on our roads. That's why Im starting a new campaign: If you are within 500m of a child you can't drive more than 10 mph and you MUST have someone walk in front of you with a flag and a whistle so kids can see you coming and get out the way. #OnlineSafetyAct

We need a term that describes digital policy proposals that erroneously position technology as a magic solution. This week has been a week for it: age verification and digital ID are both white elephants that meet the "something must be done!" test without solving the underlying problem.

Migrated my Mastodon instance to a new server. Well, mostly. I forgot to lower the DNS TTL in advance so I've had to configure my old server to proxy requests to the new one while everyone figures out the new addresses 🤦‍♂️. Still, other than that and the time taken to transfer the actual […]

Ooh I've spotted my first native quote post in the wild since upgrading to Mastodon 4.4. Amusingly, it's a Bluesky quote-post via bridgy 😅

TIL of the existent of the Tolstoy Cup - an annual football match between Bradford University's Department of Peace Studies and King's College's Department of War Studies. Pleasingly, as of last year, Peace are winning 10 games to 3. Haven't been able to find out if 2025's game has yet been played.

I'm disappointed by @pluralistic's posts regarding mastodon.social's proposed terms of service. Saying that the arbitration clause would allow the instance's management to cause a user's death and face no consequences is - frankly - *disinformation*. Yeah, he cites the Disney issue but he […]

What the actual... We all know the tricks with the "serving suggestion" photos on #food packaging, right? Same ingredients, but prepared by a professional chef - and then often coated in something to make 'em shiny, cotton pad dipped in boiling water for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

NEW PAPER What makes online political ads unacceptable? Interrogating public attitudes to inform regulatory responses https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05114-1 #ukpol #facebook #politicalscience

Woohoo, gigabit* internet at last, and amusingly it's *cheaper* than my previous 50mbps connection. 900mbps, but who's counting?

Data privacy experts are calling on the government to urgently tighten regulation around facial recognition technology, amid growing concerns over its unregulated use by police forces and private companies across the UK […]

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"average UK city is not underbounded" factoid actualy just statistical error. average UK city is underbounded. Fields Sheffield, which sits on a hill and eats the countryside, is an outlier and should not have been counted

Is there no #eurovision winner's press conference this year? Can't see anything on the official website or YouTube channel...

Fucking disgrace how one country has taken over the contest so we're just hoping for ANYONE ELSE to win it. #eurovision

Now watch the video encoders cry with the glitter and strobe lights! #eurovision

Glad I managed to persist through my phone gremlins and vote for Austria #eurovision

What the hell was that voting, though? Absolutely crazy from start to finish. #eurovision

Thank fuck. #eurovision

All our hopes rest of Austria now #eurovision

The bookmakers made a lot of money on that one then! #eurovision

Oh my god. Absolutely brutal. #eurovision

WHAT?! Only 8 for Malta?! #eurovision

How did Germany get more jury points than audience points?! #eurovision

only TWO points for Denmark? Wow. #eurovision