If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

At least it's on brand.

Minder on the Orient Express. What a way to see the old year out.

me checking LinkedIn

Sat opposite Alan Rickman on a train at the height of Pottermania. He was well wrapped up, presumably so people couldn't recognise him. He saw me clock him. A little nod. And that was it. We travelled in silence.

Wonderful performer, especially on radio. So much more to her than Terry and June.

This is the age of doing or saying stupid shit for attention

Good to see @johnaugust.bsky.social's Go in this selection.

Sad to hear it's shutters down for Fag, Mags and Bags. Consistently fun for years. Will we find out why Mrs Birkett saw all those dead people...?

Has anyone transferred a personal google folder (heavy GBs) into a paid Google workspace plan Having mega blockers on this. Can't download and re-upload as need URLs to stay same for linked stuff on the internet and don't want to lose formatting of G-slides through download/upload.

This year BRFCS have teamed up with Blackburn Foodbank to help support their winter appeal. www.brfcs.com/articl... 1/3

The audiobook of Interviewing Users is 50% off, through January 1st. You can buy it here:

My book is delayed and you can help! The illustrator I had is too busy to engage in the 35 UI illustrations needed to complete the book. If you are or know of an illustrator that has time to deliver UI illustrations soon please let me know! 🙏

I've read Spite House and it's as marvellous as you would expect from Lauren. If you can support the project, pls do.

Will Smith doesn’t have to cuss to sell records / Well, I do / So fuck him. And fuck you too. #totp

Were they banned from doing close ups on Madonna? #totp

"You will be visited by three spirits." The three spirits

Alright, final call. Today is the last day you can take advantage of the @piccalil.li Black Friday deals. Once today is up, they are *done*. Normal service resumes from then. Thank you all for your patience and support! piccalil.li/black-friday

This gargoyle looks like Benedict Cumberbatch.

I don't like the filling in mince pies. I like plenty of other pies and sweet tastes. Does anyone know what we might like some tastes and not others? something to do with tastebuds? Zinc levels?

Hey Royal Mail, your digital services suck balls! You keep making things worse!! Why?!!!

Like most other disciplines, accessibility takes practice, time, and patience. No one starts a new endeavor and is instantly excellent at it with nothing to learn. If your beginning goal is absolute perfection, you'll burn out. You'll find excuses to not try. Get started and try.

Looking forward to this popping through my letterbox.

@profanity.accountant Ive Been on my best effing behaviour on here this year. Don't show me up.

Might raise a smirk when you first see it. But it's rarely a good thing to be joking about a broken site or service.

Sunday thoughts on small acts of maintenance. medium.com/@niacampbell...

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

The first elected representatives from Lancashire attended The Model Parliament in Westminster on this day, November 27th, 1295. To celebrate Lancashire Day, EXCLUSIVE to #BRFCS this t-shirt available in our online store. shop.brfcs.com/produ...#BRFCS #blackburn #rovers #brfc

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

I have #content project availability again from Jan/Feb 2026, after completing current 2-monther. Looking for content #ProjectManagement (have managed redesigns + migrations as well as BAU), #ContentStrategy, lead/senior #ContentDesign and training/workshops provider roles. Here's my portfolio!

Obviously you're not a golfer, Charlie Brown.

Still on this advertising network?

This is a hard listen but one of the best. Oh, and come back Jackie Cohen. We miss you.

One of the downsides of AI is the emboldening of stakeholders to insist on putting bad things on a website. Just because it is possible, doesn't mean it is a good idea.

Lisa Stansfield has impressively white teeth for a northern Brit in 1989. #totp

🔥 Exciting news...early bird tickets for #CampDigital 2026 are now available! We're back at the RNCM on Thurs 7th May, and we've already confirmed some fantastic speakers and workshops (with more TBA)! Check out our lineup so far, and book early birds at: www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital...

My #UCD Freelancers Directory is taking applications for 2026! We're now 60 professionals, come join us? Freelancers with 2 years+ UCD experience: • Apply by 31 Dec 2025. • Check on 15 Jan 2026 for your listing, email any edits. • Pay £20 annual subs by Ko-fi or PayPal. #UCDD #GetListed #Digital

Oh, Polly. #totp

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Sorry to see him go. Fantastic in The Missing and Baptiste. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Never heard this before, but it's a cracker: A bad system will beat a good person every time. Attributed to W Edwards Deming.

Seasonal reminder, Pumpkins make Hedgehogs sick, so don't leave any out where they can reach them.

Your regular reminder that your BlueSky blocks are *not* private. The worst people in the world now know that you have blocked their favourite account. Act accordingly.

Solipsism [SOL-ip-siz-um] (n.) -Extreme preoccupation with one's feelings, desires, etc. -Self-centeredness. Used in a sentence: “Her solipsism was not the loud, brash sort, but the quiet, ecclesiastical kind—like a cathedral built entirely for the purpose of echoing her own opinions.”

AI for wankers. We can't say we didn't see it coming. So to speak.

This is bleak. The whole point of dating and/or being in a relationship is surely to find someone you enjoy being with and talking to. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

I am recruiting a Senior Accessibility Specialist to be part of the Government Digital Service accessibility and digital inclusion team. Applications open until Sunday 26th October. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... #a11y #Accessibility #AccessibilityRegulations