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Python and Javascript by day; problem-solving in Christian thought by night (chapman.wiki). Recent writing on conspiracism, polarisation, and populism, especially Christian forms. He/him. Melbourne/Australia. @eukras on socials. Hello!
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Amid all life's worries, I can say positively that hall effect keyboards are _lovely_ for typing. (This is an Arbiter Polar 65, found at Sin Lim in Singapore.)

The present moment.

ENG 129-7. #EngVSa. This is a sorry slump.

I've had a #Spanish language option contributed to #Refspy ("A #Python package for working with #biblical references in ordinary text"), but don't know any Spanish, so can't properly assess or test it. Do _you_ know anyone who might be interested in that?

From a fortnight ago, but relevant again #AfgVEng #Cricket. The Australia B team is not ideal, but England have been extraordinarily bad for a while now. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

Name the author, or time period.

My feeling is Trump could do wonders for the recovery of moral language. We should get back venal, rancorous, mendacious, and perfidious, for a start.

This Pakistan crowd is just loving #AusVEng in Lahore.

One of my recent favourite little things was seeing gravestones in South India proudly identifying their surviving offspring as 'Dr.' and 'Er.' The 'Er.' stands for Engineer. (I'm planning now to start using 'Err.' for Software Engineer.)

The mobile office, with phone/tablet as screen. Trying a Arbiter 65% keyboard with Hall Effect switches I found at Sin Lim in Singapore. ❤️

An endearing quality of churches in south India is that their names often say "CSI:" then the in name of the locality. I visited one just after the US bishop caused a stir by asking Trump to show mercy to several groups of people. This was the opposite page in the prayer book...

I think Trump tests loyalty by getting people and institutions to change their values for him. Not strategically, it's just ego and carelessness. But the corrupting effect is the same. And changing a public record over something trivial suggests a pattern... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Is this the most Melbournian thing? Paying market price for coffee at Code Black.

Other countries have an unprecedented opportunity to hire all the US's best medical researchers _right_ now. Probably a lot of top scientists in the near future too. @australianlabor.bsky.social

Conclave is a gorgeous film. It has a little of the country-house-murder-mystery-where-they're-all-snowed-in-and-nobody-can-leave feel about it, and a clever late twist.

I'm liking the Best Free Fonts site... bestfreefonts.com/cooper-hewit...

Been trying online RSS readers. Just deleted Inoreader for being a bit too clunky. Wondering is Feedspot worthwhile, or do i just go back to a standalone program?

For anyone pondering what energy to take into 2025, the Christianity Today obituary for Jimmy Carter refers to his "frenetic benevolence".

From the Guardian sports awards for 2024. #EuropeanCricket x.com/EuropeanCric...

#TIL about @newsguard.bsky.social ... a paid service that rates news services by credibility and transparency criteria: