ændra.
@aendra.com
Creator of 📰 News feeds, @xblock.aendra.dev, @moji.blue, founder of @shoots.green, co-organiser @atproto.london.
Opinions my own; not a journalist. I do datavis stuff sometimes.
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🌐 aendra.com
💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland
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Opinions my own; not a journalist. I do datavis stuff sometimes.
she/her/ze/hir 🏳️⚧️
🌐 aendra.com
💻 github.com/aendra-rininsland
🗞️ ft.com/æ
My latest work project is the calculator in this, we're starting to do more of these smaller custom component projects and it's really exciting. Kudos to everyone for how quickly this came together.
Britons brace for highly uneven impact of Rachel Reeves’ ‘stealth tax’
[FREE TO READ] Use the FT’s interactive calculator to understand how a further freeze to income tax thresholds could affect you
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My latest work project is the calculator in this, we're starting to do more of these smaller custom component projects and it's really exciting. Kudos to everyone for how quickly this came together.
Oh fun, it's Make Thinly-Veiled References To A Nasty Man In The News Without Mentioning Him In A Way That Can Get Caught By Mute Words But I Also Totally Get Why People Don't Explicitly Mention His Name Due To Him Being A Malicious And Litigious Bastard-Day once again
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Oh fun, it's Make Thinly-Veiled References To A Nasty Man In The News Without Mentioning Him In A Way That Can Get Caught By Mute Words But I Also Totally Get Why People Don't Explicitly Mention His Name Due To Him Being A Malicious And Litigious Bastard-Day once again
Woke up three hours before my alarm is set to go off because I'm locked into an anxiety spiral about what brave new nonsense I'll have to deal with today.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Woke up three hours before my alarm is set to go off because I'm locked into an anxiety spiral about what brave new nonsense I'll have to deal with today.
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Okay, this is fun, and brings me back to some neumorphism nostalgia: a fun color palette generator, that lets you play with different color spaces, and build different palettes type
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Okay, this is fun, and brings me back to some neumorphism nostalgia: a fun color palette generator, that lets you play with different color spaces, and build different palettes type
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
colorpalette.pro/?color=lab%2...
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If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
Considering the purchase of a 500ft pull box of uncrimped CAT6 cable; my sixteen year old self would approve
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Considering the purchase of a 500ft pull box of uncrimped CAT6 cable; my sixteen year old self would approve
Pretty relieved to realise my AWS credit doesn't expire until September next year (and that I've only used £2k of the £5k from the ATProto grant), that gives me a good few months to get XBlock onto stable local infra. I think if I can get Redis and Ozone back locally it'll be sustainable.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Pretty relieved to realise my AWS credit doesn't expire until September next year (and that I've only used £2k of the £5k from the ATProto grant), that gives me a good few months to get XBlock onto stable local infra. I think if I can get Redis and Ozone back locally it'll be sustainable.
I did it. I finally bought a new graphics card.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I did it. I finally bought a new graphics card.
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Milestone alert: We're celebrating our first anniversary today! In just one year, we went from an idea on a blog post to sending 8.6 *million* users 23.5 *billion* posts across thousands of feeds created by thousands of brilliant, creative people who are working together to create a better internet.
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Milestone alert: We're celebrating our first anniversary today! In just one year, we went from an idea on a blog post to sending 8.6 *million* users 23.5 *billion* posts across thousands of feeds created by thousands of brilliant, creative people who are working together to create a better internet.
Me to my graphics card: "Why are you struggling with NMS on its lowest settings??? Disappointing."
My long-suffering graphics card that does all of XBlock's inference: "I hate you so much."
My long-suffering graphics card that does all of XBlock's inference: "I hate you so much."
I should really stop trying to play videogames on my server
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Me to my graphics card: "Why are you struggling with NMS on its lowest settings??? Disappointing."
My long-suffering graphics card that does all of XBlock's inference: "I hate you so much."
My long-suffering graphics card that does all of XBlock's inference: "I hate you so much."
I should really stop trying to play videogames on my server
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I should really stop trying to play videogames on my server
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Me looking at the news
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Me looking at the news
I think Plur1bus is my favourite show on streams rn, there's just so many layers to it
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think Plur1bus is my favourite show on streams rn, there's just so many layers to it
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Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/elon-musks...
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/elon-musks...
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Good @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece on how the logic of neoliberalism left the door open for tech fascists to swallow the entire world, and how digital tech sovereignty could counterbalance the disproportionate power of American tech firms.
www.techpolicy.press/how-tech-oli...
www.techpolicy.press/how-tech-oli...
How Tech Oligarchs Profit from the Logic of 'Finitude Capitalism' and What to Do About It | TechPolicy.Press
Imperial silos are the archetypical form of finitude capitalism, write Ramya Chandrasekhar, Charlotte Ducuing, and Caterina Santoro.
www.techpolicy.press
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece on how the logic of neoliberalism left the door open for tech fascists to swallow the entire world, and how digital tech sovereignty could counterbalance the disproportionate power of American tech firms.
www.techpolicy.press/how-tech-oli...
www.techpolicy.press/how-tech-oli...
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
Being an old-school web dev is always like "Oh wait, I *can* use container queries now"
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Being an old-school web dev is always like "Oh wait, I *can* use container queries now"
I'd say The Times is the worst broadsheet in Britain but they changed their paper stock to tabloid in 2004, so
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'd say The Times is the worst broadsheet in Britain but they changed their paper stock to tabloid in 2004, so
Love how the British tech jobs market rn is literally just Crypto (gambling), AI (gambling) and Gambling (also gambling).
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Love how the British tech jobs market rn is literally just Crypto (gambling), AI (gambling) and Gambling (also gambling).
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We're looking forward to @evelyn.northsky.team sharing more about Northsky and our plans for the future!
More showcases and talks we're really looking forward to next week at #EuroskyLive, can't wait!
@chipnick.com and @transrights.northsky.social
@chipnick.com and @transrights.northsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We're looking forward to @evelyn.northsky.team sharing more about Northsky and our plans for the future!
The sheer scale of this is simultaneously mind-boggling and heart-wrenching.
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The sheer scale of this is simultaneously mind-boggling and heart-wrenching.
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The @transjournalists.org has a great article that goes into plenty of technical details about the project: www.transjournalists.org/introducing-...
How journalists covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days
Trans people and our place in society are at the center of a fierce political debate, legislative attacks, and widespread misinformation. As public discourse shapes policy and perception, the accuracy...
www.transjournalists.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The @transjournalists.org has a great article that goes into plenty of technical details about the project: www.transjournalists.org/introducing-...
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My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
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In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...