Christmas cake baked. Now just to feed it to the point it’s not safe near a naked flame.

Far from my best, but nothing ventured and all that. youtu.be/4CQ-SmBZ3Eo

Is Microsoft having issues this morning? *shakes magic 8 ball* Outlook not so good!

I love the moment in holiday planning when the maps arrive!!

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Treated myself to a rotring 800 mechanical pencil. It is a very satisfyingly engineered thing.

Some odd things in the IT article about the budget for the President’s office running to €6.2m pa. Why do we need a newly designed centenarian coin each year? (and why are foreign residents eligible?) €300k IT budget also seems rather high?

Still of the opinion that neither candidate is suitable. HH simply awful. CC compentent, but some desperately poor judgement in the past, which she won’t acknowledge.

Sinn Fein flyer in the post this evening. As far as I can tell they’re fielding three candidates in the upcoming election.

Two uninspiring candidates, and a bunch of feckers advocating spoiling the vote/voting for Gavin. Can’t win, can’t not play the game.

Bike fettling done. Pinion gearbox back in the frame with new gear cables and a nice shiny new red index ring.

At a local No Kings rally near Innsmouth, Massachusetts, *every* protester showed up in an inflatable frog costume. They must be from a different supplier than the Portland frog's costume, though. Bystanders describe the costumes as more like fish-frogs, "batrachian," with an odd, loping gait.

Nearly 1 in 4 voters polled declaring they will not vote/spoil/vote for a withdrawn candidate says a lot about this election.

With the emergence of frog costume protests in the US, it feels like the stars are aligned for an inflatable Cthulhu costume.

#5, just sayin’! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Boards of Canada's Olsen performed on a PDP-1. Holy shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Down to two lame horses it seems.

Nationalize all Golf Courses That way, when government shuts down, so does golf. You'll never see another shutdown again.

Ready to make some noise at the Dublin Bloop Group! #modular

Calls for a border poll are reckless at this time, and show we’ve learned nothing from Brexit. Yes, we absolutely should be having discussions and working out the implications in detail. But voting on something without knowing the consequences 🙄

Bandcamp Friday purchases: Autechre “Quaristice (Versions)”, and Jon Hopkins “Ritual”

The final dozen or so pages of this ruling are worth your time.

30km trail run completed. Type 2 fun given the weather.

Lovely morning for a trail race 🏃🦆☔️

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

There was roast pork, crackling, roast veg and potatoes. And it was good!

Amused at those that think because SF backed Connolly, there’ll be a vote left transfer left r the next general election.

The Burke’s and the DUP, what a wonderful confluence of crazy “DUP leader rounds on Republic’s ‘intolerance of Protestant culture’, dismisses Irish unity” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

I see SF have finally climbed off the fence. I’m not particularly enamoured with Connolly, but I reckon she’s got a strong chance of getting elected.

meta raybans Remember when we used to put random tech into a blender? We need to bring that back.

#include <thoughts.h> #include <prayers.h> #include <nottherighttime.h>

In an #election research report published by us today, we examine the online experiences of candidates who took part in last year’s Irish elections. Those surveyed who use social media reported a number of worrying harms - click to read the full report: www.cnam.ie/online-exper... #OnlineSafety

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How about a blissfully hypnotic live performance from the legendary Terry Riley at the Holland Festival in 1977 youtu.be/ZfHmEblM1Dk?...

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A tip of the hat to SJ! I wish them the very best in spite of the current admin. US National Park Rangers were some of the best people I met on my trip last year. Passionate and dedicated, what I consider as great America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Loud music on the train is going to be an offence? A bit like parking on the footpath then? Or cycling on the pavement?

Ah, we’re in the ‘halfwits cutting down trees and leaving smouldering fires while wild camping’ part of the summer. And we wonder why land access is difficult in Ireland.

A good summary of the recent Alaskan debacle Original post: mastodon.social/@delong/1150...

This article on the internet, the challenges of achives and AI makes for an interesting read. cacheandburn.substack.com/p/page-not-f...

The downside of N+1 bikes, is the maintenance of N+1 bikes. Number of bikes I own =2 (I should get a gravel bike!). Number of bikes currently rideable=0. So far I have removed and serviced a Pinion gearbox and shifter, & replaced a Shimano XT brake lever. #biketooter #bikepacking

It’s a shame the Irony-Meter is broken (due to repeated abuse by the current US admin) www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...

Looks like Taco Tuesday is a day early.

Excellent night of modular (and other) bleeps, blips and beats at the Dublin Bloop Group meetup!

Jones 660 bars, pinion shifter, shimano deore xt levers and the short Ergon GP1 grip doesn’t all fit behind the loop. Now to try moving the levers just inside, or try to cut the grips??

Circa has acquired monome and arc integration. This is a very pleasant way to make music.

97 is a fine innings. RIP Tom Lehrer. “On weekends you’ll see, my sweetheart and me, as we poison the pigeons in the park”

Hurrah, for the latest LCRP is out! lcrp.bandcamp.com/album/octaet...

First time in Heidelberg, and it’s rather lovely. Have a room with the best of views!