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As ever, the meta point is to remember that _this applies to me_. And you.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

I’ll admit it: I am a pearlclutcher who really dislikes it when people use this dehumanising phrase to talk about people, and who cannot understand why people don’t immediately grasp why it is distasteful.

submitted 4 days ago • 59 comments

Anyone else find the @github.com @dependabot.bsky.social documentation very hard to use? The lack of examples means that I can find a bit of documentation that looks like it _might_ meet my needs but can't actually work out how to turn it into yaml.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Well fuck me. 90% delighted. 5% think France should be livid with themselves. 5% sad that every bullshit English rugby narrative has been superficially validated despite Fin Smith having a pretty mixed game. For some completely baffling reason Stephen Jones must have a special place in God's heart.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Watching Battlestar Galactica (2004). Everyone is startlingly incompetent.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely. It is in the most literal sense dehumanising to refer to another person as an NPC.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I wonder if all the people complaining about the TikTok app ban have forgotten that it's literally a piece of malware that, before getting caught out by an iOS update, was exfiltrating the contents of your clipboard every 30 seconds.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

New Article! Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social on 'Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

submitted 51 days ago • 10 comments

So Hlubi bowls a wicket maiden... and is promptly yanked, with figures of 3-2-1-1 ?! Someone run the logic of that past me? And when her replacement gets spanked for _17_ off her 2 overs, they try yet another seamer, rather than returning to her? Makes no sense to me. #SAvEng

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Call them in, Knight. Six overs this evening much more valuable than any runs Bell and Filer are likely to score. #SAvEng

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Thought for a horrible moment the women's umpires would turn out to hate cricket as much as their male counterparts. #SAvEng

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

For some reason Ecclestone isn't backing up very far... #SAvEng

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

I don't really get Labour's focus. To me the obvious things that require action, some of it quite radical, are: 1. Reform the planning system so we can build homes and infrastructure people actually want, where they actually want it, much cheaper & much faster

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

Come and say hi to the team

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Fleeces are just the acceptable face of cardigans, aren’t they?

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Myself and a few of the @wiremock.bsky.social team will be in Paris next week at #APIDays It would be great to chat. Come by the WireMock stand and say hi. I will also be giving a talk on how to develop in parallel and ship earlier with OpenAPI and mocking. www.apidays.global/paris/

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Top tip: don't keep your antibiotic eye drops right beside the lactase drops in the fridge.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Just met a "methinks" in the wild. Now only ever used to indicate the writer is being smug and self-satisfied. Methinks you might as well tattoo "I'm a twat" on your forehead.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

The commentators really need to tone down the congratulations for bog ordinary things in women's professional cricket. A catch I'd be disappointed to drop is not "sharp", and it's patronising to describe it as such. #SAvEng

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I know I'm biased, but WireMock Cloud (app.wiremock.cloud) makes development of shell scripts that call APIs so easy and convenient.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

submitted 94 days ago • 2305 comments