Mark Goodwin
@computerist.org
I help people use machines and work with information more safely.
Share a bird pic you took
Chickens and other poultry vastly outweigh all of the world's wild birds. This is probably not a good thing.
Chickens and other poultry vastly outweigh all of the world's wild birds. This is probably not a good thing.
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Share a bird pic you took
Chickens and other poultry vastly outweigh all of the world's wild birds. This is probably not a good thing.
Chickens and other poultry vastly outweigh all of the world's wild birds. This is probably not a good thing.
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We are excited to announce that we can successfully use Rust's standard library from the GPU. This has never been done before.
www.vectorware.com/blog/rust-st...
Supporting Rust's standard library enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming feel normal.
www.vectorware.com/blog/rust-st...
Supporting Rust's standard library enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming feel normal.
Rust's standard library on the GPU
GPU code can now use Rust's standard library. We share the implementation approach and what this unlocks for GPU programming.
www.vectorware.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
We are excited to announce that we can successfully use Rust's standard library from the GPU. This has never been done before.
www.vectorware.com/blog/rust-st...
Supporting Rust's standard library enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming feel normal.
www.vectorware.com/blog/rust-st...
Supporting Rust's standard library enables existing Rust code to work on the GPU and makes GPU programming feel normal.
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Today is National Thesaurus Day & it's been amazing…there's no other word for it.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Today is National Thesaurus Day & it's been amazing…there's no other word for it.
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I’m reading this at the moment, it’s excellent
In case anyone is wondering, 1983 is my "lost novel". It came between Villager and Everything Will Swallow You but was published while my ex-publishers were on their final, spavined legs. Which meant it barely got in any shops & a lot of people don't know it exists. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I’m reading this at the moment, it’s excellent
I read another delightfully weird book from @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social (and loved it)
January 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I read another delightfully weird book from @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social (and loved it)
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Last few hours of this piece being unpaywalled, in case anyone would like a read…
www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
Thinking About Thinking
In some of the bigger news of the past week, this silly piece I wrote means Google's AI search engine is now telling people that my cat Roscoe is a real human woman who came to media prominence during...
www.tom-cox.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Last few hours of this piece being unpaywalled, in case anyone would like a read…
www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...
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Quite possibly the most important computer you've never heard of (except maybe if you went to a British school in the early 90s).
The Actors Archimedes. The first system to use an ARM CPU. This is the great-great-great granddaddy of the CPU in your phone. No Archie, no Snapdragon.
The Actors Archimedes. The first system to use an ARM CPU. This is the great-great-great granddaddy of the CPU in your phone. No Archie, no Snapdragon.
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Quite possibly the most important computer you've never heard of (except maybe if you went to a British school in the early 90s).
The Actors Archimedes. The first system to use an ARM CPU. This is the great-great-great granddaddy of the CPU in your phone. No Archie, no Snapdragon.
The Actors Archimedes. The first system to use an ARM CPU. This is the great-great-great granddaddy of the CPU in your phone. No Archie, no Snapdragon.
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US Stock Market waiting to open
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
US Stock Market waiting to open
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
My belated work secret santa present makes me very happy! It's another @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social book!
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
My belated work secret santa present makes me very happy! It's another @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social book!
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Happy birthday to Ivor The Engine, the little Welsh railway engine from the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company, who first appeared on our screens today in 1959. Toot-toot!
#onthisday #otd #wales
#onthisday #otd #wales
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Happy birthday to Ivor The Engine, the little Welsh railway engine from the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company, who first appeared on our screens today in 1959. Toot-toot!
#onthisday #otd #wales
#onthisday #otd #wales
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Thread.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thread.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
This is brilliant
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is brilliant
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Looking good a good tutorial on debugging with ghidra. I want to set breakpoints, change flow, and modify memory values.
Is that possible?
Is that possible?
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Looking good a good tutorial on debugging with ghidra. I want to set breakpoints, change flow, and modify memory values.
Is that possible?
Is that possible?
I shared this with a recently cat-bereaved friend, who declared it "... wonderful... in fact, perfect"
I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read: www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I shared this with a recently cat-bereaved friend, who declared it "... wonderful... in fact, perfect"
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
Today in "everyone claims they do, but no-one does"
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today in "everyone claims they do, but no-one does"
At what point does the sign itself count as flytipping? It's been there for years...
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
At what point does the sign itself count as flytipping? It's been there for years...
Scrambled egg on toast. Or any egg-and-bread combo; fried egg sandwich, egg mayo, etc.
What's your favorite low effort meal?
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Scrambled egg on toast. Or any egg-and-bread combo; fried egg sandwich, egg mayo, etc.
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it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
We take security seriously
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We take security seriously
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🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...
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The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
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UK is the most nature blind country in Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
UK is the most nature blind country in Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...