Netanyahu holds quiet AI talks with U.S. tech executives, including Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkgg5gtngx #Vercel

Jesus! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk8.Ck_V.cow2ckEbwHhi&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Sad news that beloved London club Corsica Studios will be closing in 2026. 😭 I've got so many good memories of that place! https://ra.co/news/83682 #london #savelivemusic

Impressed that Hackney Council has managed to cap the fares for dockless e-bikes. https://news.hackney.gov.uk/news/dockless-cycle-hire-is-about-to-become-the-same-price-as-a-bus-fare-in-hackney #hackney #london #activetravel

Harvard Business Review: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity #ai #business LLM

Could someone please explain how you correctly map an advanced stop line in #OpenStreetMap? I've read the wiki, but I'm a bit confused by the example. Do you place the ASL node where the stop line ends, and the traffic lights where it begins, even though the traffic lights are where the ASL […]

Is it the menopause? Is it ADHD? Is it the overwhelm of everyday life? Is it all the fascism? Women in their 40s are going through stuff. @Salon's Andi Zeisler tries to make sense of it. https://flip.it/0d_L-z #health #lifestyle #culture #menopause #women

LONDON! The launch party for my new book is at Gosh Comics on Thursday 9th October from 7-9pm. Come along and get your special* copy signed! @goshcomics.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...

Still buzzing and feeling inspired by yesterday's Make Them Pay protest! Gary Stevenson's speech that now is the time to place pressure on the government for a wealth tax has given me hope. The next protest will be on October 10th. Let's grow this movement! […]

Gutted to learn that Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, has left us. I loved his DJ sets, and the soundtrack for the film Beats, that he curated. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/20/jd-twitch-esteemed-scottish-dj-in-duo-optimo-dies-aged-57

I'm really pleased with #mastodon introducing controls on who can quote your posts, very nice. The feature set here is much richer than over on #bluesky. Also, probably a consequence of who I follow on each site, but my T/L here is much warmer and friendlier.

On my way to the Make Them Pay protest. Get involved if you can! https://www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/ #makethempay #climateaction #london

Anyone know if Green Party UK is on the fediverse? I would like them to be. Can't immediately find an account tho.

This Sunday, Oxford Street goes "traffic free" to celebrate upcoming pedestrianisation: www.oxfordstreet.co.uk/whats-happen... and background: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Making Oxford Street traffic free is vital, as is making surrounding areas low traffic. Our report: lcc.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Over 400 artists and labels have removed their music from streaming platforms in Israel as part of a new cultural boycott, No Music For Genocide. https://ra.co/news/83615 #boycottisrael #nomusicforgenocide

Today I learnt that there is a boycott of the running shoe brand, Saucony, as it has IDF soldiers as brand ambassadors, and backs a marathon that has a route through occupied land. https://blog.boycat.io/posts/saucony-jerusalem-marathon-boycott #boycottisrael #running

Sad to read historians.social is closing down! 🙁 Hope the active members there can find a new home in another instance. historials.social announcement: https://www.cliodigital.media/updates/update-on-historianssocial A list of Mastodon instances: https://coxy.co/mastodon #history #historians […]

We'll never buy #ben&Jerrys again, boycott #unilever (goes without saying). Not even the vegan offering... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g58xx1eero

I'll be speaking at the Stop Trump demo in Parliament Square today. A fascist autocratic clearly itching to declare martial law is not welcome here. share.google/sWEe8YGl3euj...

The highlight of today was finding out I was drawn from the ballot for the Great North Run, bring on September 2026! 😀 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ #ukrunchat

Stumbled upon a blog post by The Hackney Society on their next wikithon, and the challenges of improving the representation of women connected to Hackney on Wikipedia. https://www.hackneysociety.org/blog/hackney-society-wikithon-editing-history/ #hackney #london #wikipedia #wikithon

The soundtrack to last week #listenbrainzmonday

I have a question about #ereaders, specifically those with #eink/#epaper displays. Why is it that they all seem to have "cover" images that replace the screen contents when they aren't fully powered up? I thought one of the great advantages of the e-ink displays was that they can keep […]

Images of the far-right demonstration in London are incredibly concerning This shows how quickly tens of thousands can be emboldened to take to the streets in support of racism and outright fascism They insult Starmer and the mainstream media and yet they have been key to enabling this emboldening

Listeners should definitely have control of their own listening data. If you're looking for data portability, I highly recommend @ListenBrainz, which makes it to export your Spotify listening history. https://mastodon.social/@eff/115181522954088733 #listenbrainz

#running #recycle A gentle reminder that recycling your old running shoes is easy and will cost just £2 in the UK. ( Mine go via the Post Office) Enjoy your running (and recycling). https://www.jogonagain.com/sendusyourshoes

Is there seriously not a single web client that works for mastodon + bluesky? Openvibe seems like a decent enough client on android although I can't get it working for bluesky, but no web version? It feels a bit surreal that everyone seems to agree that the world is becoming ever increasingly […]

Has anyone tried Lemmy as an alternative for Reddit? I don't use Reddit myself, but I stumbled upon a subredit for Hackney, which had loads of local news, and that piqued my curiosity. #hackney #lemmy #reddit

Just signed up for the Hackney Legacy Half in October! Hopefully the weather then will be cooler, and more conducive to a PB. 🤞🏼 https://www.legacyraces.co.uk/ #hackney #hackneylegacyhalf #ukrunchat

The Hackney Society celebrates those women turned down for not being famous enough https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/09/05/the-hackney-society-plaques-women-turned-down-not-being-famous-enough/ #hackney #london

Any Hackney based folk free on Saturday morning? The parkrun in the marshes is sadly currently short of enough volunteers to go ahead #hackney #parkrun

Five hours left to receive a #radiohead access code for Friday's ticket sale ... of people I know, 5 registered for them and 1 has received (for UK show) ... odds not looking good

Join me in demanding that the UK Met Police chief takes action to arrest Israeli President Isaac Herzog https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/arrest-herzog #ukpol

Android will *not* be getting most of the Unicode 17 updates. Some of its fonts are over a decade out of date - and Google refuses to re-use its own Noto font stack. I've raised the issue at: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/366415133 If you're a Googler please ask someone to prioritise […]

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

I've been thinking about an app like this, and I imagined something like a magic 8-ball app, which uses your contact list, and would randomly suggest a friend to contact. I want to flip the narrative from passively following friends on social media to proactively contacting them. All the more […]

Is there already an app for this: adult #adhd friends & family relationship maintenance. Plug in a list of friends (ideally, select from contacts app) and automate reminders to schedule meeting up, calling, or scheduling group events, so you don't forget to see people for 8 years at a time

#Breaking 🚨! In less than 24h, #Israel invaded #Tunisia and #Qatar's sovereign airspace to use #weapons of #war. They just killed the #peace negotiators in the frigging Qatari capital #Doha, the #IDF claimed the "precision strike". I mean, do they have to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

After years of cycling past The Fox on Kingsland Road, which has been closed for eight years, I am glad to read that it's really reopening! 🎉 https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/29/pub-linked-6-000-000-armed-heist-reveals-secret-hiding-places-24027867/ #hackney #london

New Banksy! Royal Courts of Justice (1/2) London

Ready as I'll ever be for The Big Half tomorrow! Though, I'm not looking forward to getting to the start line with the public transport disruptions. #thebighalf #trackeast #ukrunchat

Thank you, Fediverse! Goodbye, Amazon! I've now successfully "liberated" my Audible books into playable MP3 files with Libation. I've got all my Kindle books as readable text thanks to Calibre. And Storygraph imported all of my Goodreads data! #fuckdrm

Action in London and UK today, supported by a large group of children's authors/illustrators https://substack.com/home/post/p-172853783

The UK's Reform Party is the political arm of the fossil fuel industry: during the period 2019-2024, over 90% of Reform's funds were sourced from oil and gas investors, aviation entrepreneurs and climate science deniers #ukpolitics #fossilcapital #bringsciencetopolitics […]

Police officers admit they feel ashamed enforcing Palestine Action ban https://novaramedia.com/2025/09/04/police-officers-admit-they-feel-ashamed-enforcing-mad-palestine-action-ban/ #ukpol #palestineaction

@BenRiceM hello there, I noticed that the entry for Obscura Pro Camera at @alternativeto is a tad out of date and missing alternatives https://alternativeto.net/software/obscura/

Sometimes it's hard living in one place for too long, because you see how much it changes, and not always for the better. Walking through Hackney last night, I noticed both Patty & Bun and Two Palms had permanently closed. 😭 #hackney #london

Street art takes aim at the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of covering up Israel’s crimes instead of reporting them. What do you think of this protest artwork?

I just got my ticket for @sotmeu in November, and I'm looking forward to meeting loads of folk from the #OpenStreetMap community in the flesh