I went to Sheffield Print fair at the weekend. 2nd year in a row. I love this. Some truly great local artists. Not _quite_ on the same level, but I was inspired to finally finish this in my lads room 🐙 - my 1st mural!

Chat GPT prompt: "It's November, just put some random military stuff up there" #BBCLauraK #sombre

My girl is in a choir. I just bought tickets to see her in concert with her mates. Cost me more than when I saw f'kin Radiohead. She's okay like and I know she doesn't have the complicated history with Israel… but still. They were supported by Asian Dub Foundation. Financially devastated. #parenting

Right. Don't want to get too political, but is this perhaps the first vaguely positive thing that we can pin on TikTok since crawling out of whichever pit of hell the Chinese state apparatus cultivated it in?

Announcing our November #FrontEndSheff Meetup (last of 2025): - Jack Carey takes us 🎶 baaaack in tiiiime with 'An adventure in web components' - @andycarter.dev uses literary classics to talk about code quality with 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar' 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Just popping in to leave a quick message celebrating the death of Dick Cheney 🎉

Nothing so pathetically tragic as being a being an Interpol (supported by Bloc Party) person, living in a Bloc Party (supported by Interpol) town.

Today I hit 2x art exhibitions in #Sheffield - Comparisons are bad form, but life is short: - A Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee - Earnest, heartfelt & TIL a kids football could have a class system of its own - Modern Toss: 21st Anniversary - Dismissive, disinterested. It felt like home, yeah?

Luke's slides for his excellent @expo.dev #ExpoRouter talk at #FrontEndSheff : expo-router.lhowsam.com

Tickets still available for #FrontEndSheff this Thursday (30th Oct). We gots: - Alex Efthymiou talking all about routing in #nextjs - Luke Howsam on routing using @expo.dev Looking forward to seeing you all this week for a thoroughly spoopy time 🎃 www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Wake up babe, a new reason to hate Justin Trudeau just dropped. Or alternatively to hate Katy Perry. At this point I'm really not sure which way round it is. Wish them well I suppose? (This account is now Hello magazine) mhtntimes.com/articles/kat...

#BBCLauraK asks political car crash victim Kamala Harris whether the King of the United Kingdom inviting Trump to tea felt "Cheesy or queasy". She'll be standing in for Alan Carr this week on Rupaul's Drag Race next week to invite the girls to play 'Cheesy or queasy' there too.

They arrested that nutter who the accidentally police let out. Tabloid editors must be furious. Reckon if he'd been better at hide-and-seek then they'd have been able to have a nice easy week "speeking there brainz" about what this means about all sorts of issues. Sorry, lads.

Wes Streeting MP is going to put iPlayer on tonight and watch back #BBCLauraK 's "look at your tiny red bar" comment whilst… [FULL POST AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS]

This literally #shitposting #KingTrump video is his most complementary fantasy - but is anyone talking about how even here, his big fat face can't fit in an oxygen mask?

Costing 132 million dollars and the death of Jared Leto's career and all we got in return was that #NineInchNails album. Was #Tron worth it? Every penny.

Some raren potential good news. Hopefully those branches placed right outside Job Centers will be the first to go. #parasites #ukpol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Usually I'd be complaining about how it costs £200 for an extra 8GB of RAM in the new #Mac M5 Pro in 2025 - whilst still excited to replace my increasingly tired M1. But since #Tahoe Apple have made hardware costs far for the biggest concern.

Very sadly, this article from @theverge.com is perhaps one of the best explanations of current US politics I've seen in quite some time: www.theverge.com/policy/79849... #shitposting

The good news: The paint behind my radiator is wonderful now. Really, spot on. A joy to behold. Some of my best work (you're welcome, spiders). The bad news: My floor *is* somewhat moist. #rollercoasterDIY

Was sat in the pub near people discussing the following: - People in their 20s who go to 2025 Oasis gigs are awful - People of any age who go to 2025 Oasis gigs are awful - People called Ian are boring - Going to sleep listening to Moby That's a good hit rate. I wonder if they'll be my friends?

This analysis of last years Google data leak is fascinating: #Google uses Neural Image Assessment to algorithmically score subjective aspects like beauty & composition. Finally my "no uggos on the website" line in all those #SEO audits receives justification. www.hobo-web.co.uk/the-definiti...

> "The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images" Way to bury the lede, @discord.com - more great news for 'Jimmy Savile fans' (aka people concerned about safety / #privacy) #OnlineSafetyAct discord.com/press-releas...

#BBCBreakfast communicating the strength of the wind in the UK through the medium of haircuts. Multi-medium weather reporting only possible through the unique way the BBC is funded.

Her name isn't even in the intro. Meanwhile…

Happy to announce Luke Howsam to our 30th October line-up: He'll be talking about @expo.dev router, a file-based routing framework for #ReactNative It's going to be a very router-heavy month! Free tickets available here: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... #Sheffield #WebDev

I bought my first guitar (not for me though, admittedly), replaced my first guitar string, tuned my first guitar and ultimately broke my first guitar - all in the space of one evening. Rock and roll 👨‍🎤

It sort of sucks working in tech in a country that is really hostile to technology: www.reddit.com/r/unitedking... #ukpol #ThinkOfTheChildren #OnlineSafetyAct

mfw I'm about to sit down to watch this weeks #LastWeekTonight on Benjamin Netanyahu.

Watching #Strictly for #ukpol reasons: If this dance doesn't go well, the mainstream chat-show becomes a pipedream and you're looking at the first Reform Deputy PM in 2027. #bosh

Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.

This article on #UKGov websites from @tpximpact.com is interesting : www.tpximpact.com/knowledge-hu... Typically as soon as a website leaves the .gov.uk domain we get inaccessible Wordpress trash, unhelpful "check with your local authority" answers and this, the worlds largest cookie banner

Not gonna lie, #Songkick - you had me for a minute there… #RAtM

I'm still in shock that of all the big software releases this month - #MacOS26, #Android16 - it is #Gnome49 that gives a damn about implementing design consistently. The platform is not without its problems & limitations, but the team behind #Gnome really deserve huge kudos: release.gnome.org/49/

It's interesting how humans have evolved so dramatically in the last 5 years that 'gorilla arm' is no longer a thing, so this #Apple #Mac design choice makes perfect sense: www.macrumors.com/2025/09/17/k... *waves from chest mounted arm mutation 👋

mfw

Very nearly piled into the back of a Honda Jazz, driving through East Leeds. I got distracted by all the flags 🇬🇧 I wonder if there is anything to be taken away from this?

Basically this: www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...

Saw #TheLindaLindas in Manchester a couple of weeks ago. Overjoyed to discover a live performance on a level with their two excellent albums. 1st ever gig for my girl - we stood at the side with her on my shoulders & even got a photo with the band. I told her not all gigs are this good!

Trialling #Wisecut 'AI' for simple video editing for use on social media. 1st vid. Happy with output. Go to 'export video' - it says "Upgrade to Wisecut Premium" Two issues: 1. There is no such product listed as "Wisecut Premium" 2. If I can't output one simple video, it's not really a trial is it?

I feel pretty bad for the kids who have to pass by the dark abandoned railway tunnel - that #PeterMandelson now lives in - on their way to school.

I have no idea why #Chrome is offering me 'homework help' on this article (and only this article). I'm in my mid 40s. #Google most likely know this. Also, you don't know the plural for sheep so are you really in a position to offer academic assistance? #aifail

Happy #Article5 day to all of you who celebrate x 🇵🇱

Back to wonderful school comms! Flu vaccination time: 🏋️‍♀️ Email w\ 1.7M of PDFs in different languages for text-only content (I'm pro-i18n, but not like this) 🔝 PDFs have text rotated 90 degrees ⛓️‍💥 Wrong URL to vaccination consent form 🧙 Found the URL, page asks for a 'School code'… wonder what this is

I understand that art is subjective and all that, but what sort of soulless, cultural void of a loser would buy this #AISlop insta-landfill?: www.cnet.com/home/smart-h...

Fiona Bruce really relished these multicultural Bradford biscuits on #BBC #AntiquesRoadshow this evening. Slow down Fiona!

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3:01 alarm in #Sheffield Typical, the North behind everyone else.

Zuckerberg saying Meta intends to spend at least 600 billion in the US Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic

On #BBCBreakfast r.e. the government emergency alarm test this Sunday: > "I dare say it's a sound we'll get used to" Uh oh. What do you know Charlie? What are you planning!? #CharlieKnows