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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

Met some folks for a glass of wine earlier. Coincedence - my new friend Sitar was wearing a Protect The Dolls t-shirt and I was wearing Love is the Cure by Obey which says No homophobia. No Transphobia. No Sexism. No Violence. No abuse of power. Tiny wins, represent.

"some random white name"

Saturday for pace, Sunday for distance. πŸƒπŸ»

Nice run this morning

some good figures here, we've also seen a big rise in graphic novel sales after branching out from Marvel/DC getting more horror and politics in and trying to make a feature out of these

Good morning skitches!

Down the boozer

I once saw comedian Paul Whitehouse in a phone box and just... gave him two thumbs up. He replied with his trademark cheeky smile and two thumbs up. πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ» πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

This is true. For me it's exercise, a daily gift I give myself.

Just got a press release from the Pakistan Ministry of Information & Broadcasting about its participation in London Tech Week. I don't think I have ever had any outreach about its tech scene from a Pakistani organisation - vendor or government - before. Interesting.

Just ate the whole fucking thing. Turns out baron bigod cheese (an extremely good brie style cheese made in Suffolk) works well on pizza.

Midjourney is cooked

intimate indie conferences are the best conferences - this looks great.

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Want to stop ICE collaboration in Virginia? Get on the ballot! Across VA, sheriffs working with ICE are running with no Democratic or independent opposition. There's still time β€” but not much β€” to challenge them. Great article from @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-elections-virginia-2025

Good evening skitches!

shovel up economics.

goals

Job Klaxon! Docs! Typescript! Sustainable open source! Work at a company that pays maintainers.

this bass tho open.spotify.com/track/0pWkyi...

one of the best tech conferences in the US opens applications for its 2025 DEI program. we'll cover your ticket and provide a travel and accommodation stipend if necessary. @monktoberfest.com is a lovely intimate event in Portland, Maine, October 1/2. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

it's good that @mitsuhiko.at‬ is here, just doing nerd shit. his stuff will undoubtedly attract haters, but imo we need technical folks like him here to help sustain and grow technical communities. AI is happening, whether or not it's the devil's spawn.

fantastic article. a few things emerge: - simple code is crucial - optimize for agent speed - tools, tools, tools - Go is surprisingly good for agents, or maybe not surprising

Google tells us there's a moderate thunderstorm warning today in Reading but the good news is that our founders wisely prepared for this by building a roof. Come and marvel at how dry it is at The Museum of English Rural Life.

doggy dossier

the hard times doesn't miss @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social

It's official β€” Zohran has the Mandate of Heaven.

Good morning skitches!

Canonical skeet

Goes hard.

This is incredible

Huh - discord and no algorithm

Extremely online left wing Europeans hearing from a recruiter that a job would require travel to the US.

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In a world where more people obsess about their work being inherently meaningful, I hope that you see your job relatively close to the left side of the chart...

It's kind of wild that vaccine tourism is going to become a thing. Americans leaving the country in order to get vaccinations. bEsT hEaLtHcArE iN tHe WoRLD.

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

jobs klaxon. US, remote.