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I'll be giving a presentation to an American company on Monday. Just checked my slide deck and remembered that it includes a lot of references to The Beano. Guess those will have to go? Or have the bash street kids made it big on the other side of the pond?

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Coming this August… my next #BarringtonStoke adventure! An easy-read tale of gaming, virtual battles, killer robots and flower arranging, wonderfully illustrated by #FrancescaFicorilli – take your place, Player One! alastairc.com/blog/2025040... #Blitzers #KidLitUK @harpercollins.bsky.social

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Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years. Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s. But that's misleading... 1/18

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841 words purged in the structural edit this morning. Many more still to go.

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We've just released an update to our mutation testing plugin for kotlin. It makes some improvements to how we handle the elvis operator. docs.arcmutate.com/docs/release... #kotlin

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This is your regular reminder that kind people are the best.

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There are a number of other people called Henry Coles in the world. A significant proportion of them don't seem to understand that we don't all share the same e-mail address, including the one currently trying to join the US navy.

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I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

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We've just released an update to Arcmutate. It now supports annotations with source retention (such as javax.annotation.processing.Generated). This means auto-generated code from many different frameworks is new excluded by default. docs.arcmutate.com/docs/release... #java

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Not finished wiring it yet, but my latest (somewhat experimental) keyboard build has turned out ok despite a whole string of mistakes. Switches (cream alps) and keycaps are recycled from a couple of broken apple ADB keyboards. Base is cherry on top of a piece of oak too cracked to use on its own.

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Just released pitest 1.19.4 with support for recent versions of @quarkus.io github.com/hcoles/pites... #java

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Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know where I can find another ring like this one?

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Is there a reason we can't go back in time and make this? They'd have to somehow keep Peter Jones though.

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My attention span for reading editorial notes seems to be about 35 seconds. I am disappointed to learn this about my self.

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I seem to be making keyboards at the moment. Finished a build last night. Staggered columns combined with a more traditional layout in a piece of solid cherry wood. Not sure if I like typing on it yet.

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IT'S LAUNCH DAY FOR @lindzmcleod.bsky.social !!! Lindz's first traditionally published book, "The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet", is a delicate, tender, lush historical romance for the ages! order wherever books are sold

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Mini keyboard now has a housing for the microcontroller made out of chunk of firewood (cherry, I think). I could probably have carved out space for it in the main board, but decided to take the coward's route and not risk messing up what I'd already done.

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WIP new keyboard built out of a scrap of solid oak and some old black alps switches. Might be a little too minimalist for my liking, but if the layout feels ok after a little use I might invest in a bigger chunk of wood and build a v2.

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Easter project with my youngest is progressing nicely. Just the small jobs wiring it and building a body left to do.

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Medical textbook is pulled from shelves after an extract found stating the line – "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice." pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...

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If you’re a creative and want to fight back against big tech mining your work for their AIs, please register below – and then share with your community. And, if we get enough people, we believe we’ll be able to sue – and hold them to account. goodlawproject.org/authorsai/?u...

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Another Evri parcel "delivered", but not actually visible anywhere in the near vicinity of our house... or any of our neighbour's houses.

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One thing that often seems to be a "lightbulb" moment for teams on my Code Craft workshops is their first time applying mutation testing. For something so jolly useful, it's surprising just how little awareness there is out there of the technique.

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I've just finished the wonderful '10 Marchfield Square' by talented debut author @nixawhy.bsky.social and you can read my review here: www.waterstones.com/reviews/10-m... But don't take my word for it - grab a copy yourself! @Waterstones #cosycrime #bookreview #debutauthor #amreading

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In case you missed it ... Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!

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One sleep to go before I AM RAVEN spreads its wings! 🐦‍⬛ Following on from I AM WOLF, this one has more world, more adventure, more secrets, and a Big Villain Reveal… Pre-order it now! 👉 alastairc.com/books/i-am-r... @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmRaven #KidLitUK

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The Kindle edition of The Magicians is 99p this month at Amazon UK. You'd be crazy not to ... www.amazon.co.uk/Magicians-Bo...

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I updated the minimum Java version for pitest from 8 to 11 earlier this year. I was a little nervous about the change, expecting emails from folk stuck with legacy code bases. Inbox total so far: 0 #java

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Clock change days always remind me of the worst design decision I've ever seen. Early in my career I worked on an energy trading system, in which electricity was sold in half hour blocks. Everything was stored in local time because (I think) "that's what the traders will expect to see." 1/2

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I've just finished (and very much enjoyed) A Face Like Glass by @franceshardinge.bsky.social Would definitely recommend. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Face_...

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Just fixed a bug that has befuddled me for weeks. Somewhat worried that I have broken something else as I no longer trust the tests. If only there were some sort of solution for that.

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I was totally unaware that @alcs.co.uk collects a cut for authors from 2nd hand book sales. www.alcs.co.uk/authorshare/ Currently only for sales via World of Books and Litalist. I've bought from World of Books many times in the past, and will be more likely to do so again now.

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CAW! CAW! I AM RAVEN out April 10th!! 🐦‍⬛🐺🥳 @nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmRaven #IAmWolf #KidLitUk

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Be warned, a possible side effect of this is that you will become a children's author.

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