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Celebrating my first PR written in Rust by purchasing stripey knee-high socks

(Bloomberg) - Microsoft Corp. has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether it’s building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In case you were wondering where AI currently is on the Gartner Hype Curve

Luv 2 have random men from WhatsApp groups I left in 2021 try to voice call me at 3 am, super cool behaviour, absolutely love it

My partner informed me over dinner that Irn Bru is supposed to be banana-flavoured and I think I need to sit down for a second to process that

Added a bunch of new titles to the News feed, mostly North American indie papers. Lemme know what you think!

New: Last Week in Bluesky I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky fediversereport.com/last-week-in...

Narrator: nothing did.

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 I’ve launched a Patreon so you can get exclusive access to my writing and help me keep holding the creative industries accountable to the queer community. πŸ’₯ www.patreon.com/martydavies 🧡 (1/9)

It’s not a question of if people will advertise or promote or sponsor content on Bsky β€” it’s a question of how transparent it will be, and how much control you’ll have as the audience. Adding support in the protocol is the best option for everyone involved β€” even folks who never want to see ads.

ON THIS DAY: 20 Feb 1988 20,000 people marched through Manchester opposing Section 28 The law that banned schools and local authorities from 'promoting homosexuality' Protest allowed communities to fight back against this oppressive law #LGBTHistoryMonth WATCH πŸ‘‡ youtube.com/shorts/wbmkh...

The bar I went to tonight had Ardbeg 10 year single malt, which I had a double shot of, and then downed because my partner wanted to leave early β€” let me tell y'all, I've missed feeling legitimately drunk.

I have a few PRs open for this but despite some initial enthusiasm I've heard nothing since. πŸ˜” People have begun and will continue to monetise this platform in various ways. It's fully up to Bluesky PBLLC whether this is done in way that helps sustain creators and complies with local laws, or not.

I'm actively looking for a new role, ideally outside of journalism and fully remote. If you wouldn't mind resharing my LinkedIn post I'd be most grateful. πŸ™πŸΌ www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra...

Introducing my partner to the Star Trek movies by watching the best one of the bunch to begin with (number 4 Journey Home baybeee!)

I've been thinking a lot about this piece the last few days, particularly with regards to how Journalism as an industry is running headlong into AI...

Tech question for my tech followers (not the rest of you; I'll block you if you respond "I don't know what you're talking about"): is calling attachInternals() required to make the Declarative Shadow DOM accessible via a custom element's shadowRoot property?

I am not paid anywhere near enough to be messing with Declarative Shadow DOM at this stage of its development.