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CFML/JS/SQL web developer and Director of Systems Development. Family man, Christian, amateur theatre director/performer, occasional maker with electronics such as Raspberry Pi and Picos! Big fan of old radio series Journey into Space and also #3Dprinting.
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Has anyone seen that Denzel Washington film The Siege? Pretty wild, huh? I know it's the army, not the marines, but still... Yeah, pretty wild.

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I'm convinced that the term "vibe coding" was started/created by the AI companies to make "ripping other people off" sound cool.

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I just updated one of my most read blog posts when my Raspberry Pi robot stopped working on Bookworm after I updated the OS to the latest this weekend. adventures-with-pi.blogspot.com/2021/08/runn...

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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

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A cock fight between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Well, it's not like we couldn't see THAT coming! LMAO

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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

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Watch the new Wicked: For Good trailer starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande 💚 Watch now: www.westendtheatre.com/295497/news/... The blockbuster film stars #CynthiaErivo #ArianaGrande #Elphaba #Glinda #JonathanBailey #JeffGoldblum #MichelleYeoh From 21 November 2025

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Great to hear @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox talking about the Unbound scandal on BBC Radio 4 at lunchtime. Most authors earn a pittance from their work, but the way Unbound’s authors have been treated is shocking. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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On this day in 1982, #StarTrek II: The Wrath Of Khan made its debut in cinemas. From the archives, here's how the sequel rejuvenated the franchise for a new decade. filmstories.co.uk/features/sta...

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#pointless Hidden Figures Black Panther Sister Act What's Love Got to do with it The Warrior King? I think?

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Labour's attempts to blame rising small boat numbers on the weather are "pathetic" says Shadow Conservative Home Secretary Chris Philp In other news, here's Chris Philp, when he was Immigration Minister, blaming rising small boat numbers on the weather

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Just a reminder that the "Green Homes Scheme" letters sent to people's home addresses are a scam. The people sending them are scammers. The letter is full of inaccuracies and straight up lies.

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I discovered yesterday, in a mass email sent at 3am, that I will not be receiving the roughly £40,000 that my publisher Unbound/Boundless owes me for pre-order sales of The Paradox Paradox. The payment for five years of work, gone. #unboundless

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Oh, to hell with it. Who wants my Unbound incompetence story! Yay!

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

This was today… Sotally tober… NYT clearly way off base…

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So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no

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