Moose does the BEST drawings. Here’s my long good boy! I might just spoil my wife with that one for Xmas

It's been a very quiet week. As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season. So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture. Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk

I keep two glasses on my bedside table at night: a glass of water and an empty one, because sometimes, when I wake up, I'm not thirsty.

I want to live in a world where people are more Maya and less MAGA.

I’d signed up for the Robin Hood Half but had to drop out after my cancer diagnosis. However, I’m bloody well going to run it in my own time because I really want to raise money for this incredible charity (CRY). I’m delayed but not deterred www.justgiving.com/page/david-r...

The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay. The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism archive.ph/TFZY9

I’ve chucked a small contribution towards this old Metal Warrior’s cancer support. Jason is a legend of Metal journalism & needs our help. Best of luck with your recovery old chap gofund.me/6d610ef4bb

Loving the new Cardiacs album.

People are doing rapture jokes like there’s no tomorrow.

Off work for a while, so someone has to be a wage slave.

We’ve been watching Wolf Hall, a fascinating study of how the fragile male ego of a fickle, greedy despot creates a culture of deep cruelty and mistrust, where everyone lives in fear of saying the wrong thing. Thank goodness we’ve moved on from those times.

Wrote a bit more about how the *process of making software* is a social activity before it is a technical activity, and AI tools alienating us from that social activity directly undermine our ability to make software.

this is insanity and the speed with which 'sensible people' have decided this is normal discourse is completely terrifying www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just imagine being the sort of person that chooses the angry emoji for RNLI Facebook posts. One of our truly great, brilliant volunteer organisations.

I’m wondering if it was a mistake to let a thin-skinned, anti-science nepo baby lead the nation’s health and medical agencies

A little reminder for everyone, particularly our friends in the Labour government:

JASON⁵⁰⁰⁰. It is only 10am. Close the door. I'm afraid I can't do that Dave.

Sometime, I guess, there just aren’t enough rocks. Forrest Gump really is a perfect film

Dear breathless, gullible types in the UK eager to jump on the populist RW bandwagon: It’s illegal in the UK to hire anyone on any grounds other than merit. And it’s EDI, not DEI. HTH

If you’re wondering what the Pet Shop Boys use to wash their hands, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a…. it’s a sink.

fair play, that’s a decent signing

Oooooh! My local library (Beeston in Nottingham). During my work day, but this would count as ‘personal development’, right?

My alarm woke me up this morning while I was dreaming about being in the queue to maintain my little owl. I do hope someone else got to bathe the little cutie

I want that Telos t-shirt from the last (Brilliant!) Doctor Who episode ‘Lux’

Yesterday I discovered that SHART is a valid Wordle entry

trying to arrange a meeting between jd vance and my neighbor with the wind chimes

Saw white smoke at the Rice Krispies factory. They must have chosen a new Pop.

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

I run a local, totally independent magazine for my town (and have done for 14 years), showing off (amongst other things) indie creators, and a beautifully designed front page

We won the Second Section Area! So many happy people just now! Sore heads tomorrow

Best outfit of the day. Linda van de Vooren on stage at #PeersCon25 talking about how she somehow became an automation in testing advocate

Tom Game on stage at #PeersCon25. Another super speaker today

Chris Brigg’s first conference talk here at #PeersCon25

Veerle Verhagen linking battlefield tactics with improving Agile software delivery. She’s such a good speaker #PeersCon25

Can we have both speed AND quality ask Jitesh Gosai at #PeersCon25

Lauren’s first in-person talk! Looking forward to this. She’s already mentioned non-violent communication: something I covered in my OU studies #PeersCon25

Here’s Stephen Platten talking about how Stoicism has influenced his approach to testing #PeersCon25

Here’s @kato-coaching.com debugging our minds at #PeersCon25. Super vibes already today.

Here we go #PeersCon25!

It’s Testing #PeersCon25 day! Here’s Kat getting ready for her opening keynote. Looking forward to a great day with awesome people!

Jools Holland's favourite dish is beef bourgiwourgignon.

CPS/ @rcolvile.bsky.social claimed "Our paper uses OBR statistics to compute the likely cost, and comes out with a central estimate of £234 bn" In fact, today's OBR release showsif they'd done the sums properly, they would have found a net *benefit* of approximately *£60 billion*. archive.ph/az8g6

The Possibilities of Systems Thinking: The Testing Planet 🪐 📺 On Feb 27 at 14:00 GMT, join Nithin SS, Karime Salomon, Gwen Diagram & Hibri Marzook as they explore how systems thinking reshapes testing, teams & traps to avoid. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/the-testing-planet-episode-nine

This is absolutely wonderful!

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

I don't speak much French, but let me tell you that you don't need to when Ethmebb's new album is SO GOOD. Absolutely all over the place stylistically, but start at blackened, progressive death metal and work out from there. Very, very silly! Brilliant stuff! ethmebb.bandcamp.com/album/allo-b...

I've been updating my @ministryoftesting.com profile. This is a fantastic space for connecting to other testers. Get yourselves over there and dig into all the great content, and find all the other brilliant testing professionals that are already there. www.ministryoftesting.com/p/davidrutt