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18 and two halves out of 20 after just one year
January 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
18 and two halves out of 20 after just one year
The official GovCamp pub is announced! #ukgc26 @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The official GovCamp pub is announced! #ukgc26 @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social
If you’re travelling from london to GovCamp this seems like the best option. Marylebone route has rail replacement bus. #ukgc26 #ukgovcamp #govcamp
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
PSA for those heading from London to Birmingham for @ukgovcamp.com - all trains from Euston currently cancelled, head to St Pancras and change at Leicester... #govcamp
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM
If you’re travelling from london to GovCamp this seems like the best option. Marylebone route has rail replacement bus. #ukgc26 #ukgovcamp #govcamp
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Not sure if I will make it to #ukgc26 today. Trains to Birmingham from london all cancelled this morning. Disruption expected until 9am.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Not sure if I will make it to #ukgc26 today. Trains to Birmingham from london all cancelled this morning. Disruption expected until 9am.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
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The UK is almost as cheap to influence online as Russia.
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms
The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The UK is almost as cheap to influence online as Russia.
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
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Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
Technical design *is* business process design *is* team design *is* service design *is* user centred design. If you insist that one is superior to another or that you don’t need to concern yourself with all aspects, you’re doing your organisation and your users a disservice. This course looks great!
Many Product Owners view software architecture as a technical concern, something strictly for the developers. Yet, the boundaries of a software system are often defined by business decisions and language, not just code.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Technical design *is* business process design *is* team design *is* service design *is* user centred design. If you insist that one is superior to another or that you don’t need to concern yourself with all aspects, you’re doing your organisation and your users a disservice. This course looks great!
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
Reposted by David Heath
Help us build a solidarity network for Hopeful Technologists ☀️hopeful.technology
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Help us build a solidarity network for Hopeful Technologists ☀️hopeful.technology
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Holy crap cash payments will be huge. Not having credit card companies gatekeeping their version of morality will help so many folks.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Holy crap cash payments will be huge. Not having credit card companies gatekeeping their version of morality will help so many folks.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
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Exciting news! We've confirmed @emilybache.bsky.social as a trainer for the training day at our event in June!
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
SoCraTes UK - Tickets
Join us for another year of SoCraTes UK happening on June 18th - 21st! The event is hosted at Milton Hill House, UK which is surrounded by 22 acres of landscaped grounds and forest, delivering…
socratesuk.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Exciting news! We've confirmed @emilybache.bsky.social as a trainer for the training day at our event in June!
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
True fact
Modularity is the key to fast feedback cycles, short delivery lead times, reliable products and a sustainable pace of innovation.
Apart from that, it's not very important, really.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/m...
Apart from that, it's not very important, really.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/m...
Modular Design: The Secret Sauce
In pretty much every Codemanship training course, I try to stress the fundamental importance of modular design in software development. When we fail to separate the different concerns in our design…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
True fact
Reposted by David Heath
Day 356 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests! 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day 356 of non-stop #GeorgiaProtests! 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇸
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I get frustrated by the press release culture around time savings from AI tools. I couldn't resist responding to a recent one about Microsoft Copilot in the NHS. There's still a missing step of being able to reimagine the future of work with technology benholliday.com/2025/10/23/4...
43 minutes per staff member per day
Looking at the latest NHS framing of time savings from investment in AI, and the continued need to better reimagine how we work with technology.
benholliday.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I get frustrated by the press release culture around time savings from AI tools. I couldn't resist responding to a recent one about Microsoft Copilot in the NHS. There's still a missing step of being able to reimagine the future of work with technology benholliday.com/2025/10/23/4...
Reposted by David Heath
The most common things engineering leaders think will make dev teams go faster actually have the opposite effect.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
The Seven Deadly Sins of “Go Faster”
Things that will make your dev team take longer to deliver worse software:1. Adding more people to the team2. Making them work longer hours3. Cutting down on work that “slows them down”…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The most common things engineering leaders think will make dev teams go faster actually have the opposite effect.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
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Bad news from Georgia where Georgian Dream is banning the opposition and charging its main leaders with plotting a coup.
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
An oligarchic party outlaws the opposition and turns towards Russia
economist.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bad news from Georgia where Georgian Dream is banning the opposition and charging its main leaders with plotting a coup.
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Incredible thread from Steve. Please read.
I decided to spend this remembrance day educating myself about the sacrifices we're supposed to be remembering.
I now live on the atlantic coast of France, so decided to learn something about of the second world war here.
As a result, I've been down the most amazing rabbit hole of discovery...
I now live on the atlantic coast of France, so decided to learn something about of the second world war here.
As a result, I've been down the most amazing rabbit hole of discovery...
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Incredible thread from Steve. Please read.
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I'll tell you something. I have a private theory that this kind of division (which is clear as day to ppl in tech and like, baffling to ppl outside of it) is a version of the "I will help you survive but not thrive" phenomenon but worked out re: tech belonging
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'll tell you something. I have a private theory that this kind of division (which is clear as day to ppl in tech and like, baffling to ppl outside of it) is a version of the "I will help you survive but not thrive" phenomenon but worked out re: tech belonging
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Blind (and much of mainstream media!): the AWS outage is the result of “mass layoffs, outsourced talent.”
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Blind (and much of mainstream media!): the AWS outage is the result of “mass layoffs, outsourced talent.”
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
Me: talks to the AWS engineers handling the incident. Turns out the creators of the systems impacted were in the call (not laid off!), no outsourcing etc
Will share more
Reposted by David Heath
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final compensation payout.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final payout
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal, 92, receives final compensation payout.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
At last. But ruined lives can't be restored.
£1.2bn paid to 9,100 victims from public purse.
Not a penny from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers who benefited from persecution of the victims.
Reposted by David Heath
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.