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Dave Nash
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I like Jo' Bros, Mi-Psy, Gaga, Kay-Pay, FiFi, Schwi-Schwi and the Flack Eye Fleas

Forty-something, geeky central Londoner who is passionate about ATProto and the power of the social web

.NET software developer, Xamarin.Forms/MAUI contributor, Rust newbie
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It all started with a light that reacts to music — and ended with The Dead Dance. 🕯️✨
Happy Halloween, everyone. Thank you for dancing with the dead. 🎃💀

#TheDeadDance #LadyGaga #oliukulele #koldoken #HalloweenMusic #UkuleleCover #SpookySeason #ZombieVibes
The Dead Dance 💀🎶 | Halloween Ukulele Rendition | Dead Dance Diaries Finale
YouTube video by Koldo Ken
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Claude has been down this morning, so I've had to use my brain. "Hello, old friend, I forgot how much more rewarding working with you is".
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The sycophancy response is high on this thread.

Folks, this doesn't read the way you think it does. It's just one long excuse, instead of identifying and addressing issues with a promise to do better.

If you want to toady up to bad CEOs that pass the buck, then LinkedIn is but a tap away.
📣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/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Goddammit! Bluesky's latest update has broken a part of the product I'm developing.

I'm just glad it's still in testing.

#Bluesky #ProjectUrsa
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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📸 Some gorgeous London sky. Pure golden hour stuff.

#London #TheShard #Skyline
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Go support a truly independent record shop :)
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
AWS down again? Perhaps now would be a good time to consider more stable alternatives? I have been moving a lot of my stuff over to European providers and I've never been happier with that decision than I am now! @scaleway.com 🇪🇺

#schadenfreude
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).

And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.

Join the Green Party today ⤵️
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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I’d never realised there was an acoustic version of Take On Me until I heard it in The Last of Us Season 2 — and wow, that scene was beautiful.

Afterward, I found a-ha’s original acoustic performance and was blown away

Here’s my take on it

#takeonme #aha #thelastofus #koldoken #ukulelecover
Take On Me (Unplugged version) - Ukulele Cover
YouTube video by Koldo Ken
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Just discovered this duo, Year of the Lion, featuring Stewart Brock from another of my favourite bands, Prides.

And I'm absolutely obsessed with this song 😍

#YOTL #Prides #PridesBand
Year of the Lion - Feet Off the Ground (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Year of the Lion
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ah yes, naive Nick Clegg, the man who couldn't see the Tories' stitch-up right in front of his face...

Yeah, he should totally be trusted to provide useful and well developed insights on a whole range of subjects.

</sarcasm>
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There always seems to be a group of Gen Z'ers in this Pret for lunch; and they always bring their mate, who clearly went to public school and thus cannot regulate the volume of his voice

Rarrh Rarrh Rarrh!

Speaking loudly does not automatically mean someone knows what their taking about #justsayin
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Let’s make hope normal again.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Keeping Up Appearances star Dame Patricia Routledge has died
Keeping Up Appearances star Dame Patricia Routledge has died
Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, best known for TV show Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 96, her agent has said.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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What day is it?
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Let me outta this eye test limbo so I can go home and write code!

#EyeTest #WaitingRoom #dev
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
That's an odd bug; the release version didn't want to return a duration for video files. Fixing it to use mime types felt like a change I should have made ages ago, anyway

#ProjectUrsa #ATProto #Bluesky #ReactNative
October 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Reform say it is "disgusting and libellous" to suggest that Nigel Farage flirted with Hitler Youth when he was young.

Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it
October 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm so tantalisingly close to releasing the first feature for #ProjectUrsa to my testers. Hopefully they'll sign it off with no issues and I can launch later in October

#Bluesky #ATProto
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Just like overmorrow, I þink it's time we brought þe Þorn back into use!

#thorn #þorn
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Anyone else tired of YouTubers abusing the words unique and iconic?

#YouTube
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM