Kristian Glass
@doismellburning.bsky.social
Hire me to run your tech org. @PyConUK Treasurer. @UKPython Trustee. Pythonista Arsonist. Tweets barely represent me, let alone anyone else. 2E0KGG. He/him.
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I will restate my modest proposal to save the BBC: ban the BBC from covering itself.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
Every BBC scandal goes huge, because every BBC News show wants to assert its independence by covering it prominently, even if several other shows already did. So it gets blanket headlines.
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It is hard to beat the ROI of buying a super-king size duvet for your double bed
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It is hard to beat the ROI of buying a super-king size duvet for your double bed
Aviva, August 2024: "Thank you for telling us about your new address. I've updated these details on our records and this is the last letter we will send to your old address."
Aviva, November 2025: <mails pension statement to old address>
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Aviva, November 2025: <mails pension statement to old address>
😱
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Aviva, August 2024: "Thank you for telling us about your new address. I've updated these details on our records and this is the last letter we will send to your old address."
Aviva, November 2025: <mails pension statement to old address>
😱
Aviva, November 2025: <mails pension statement to old address>
😱
Inspired by a general love of garlic, and @oldenoughtosay.com’s tweets, I made chicken with ~200 cloves (20 bulbs) of garlic last night
Was it good? Yes
Are we suffering slightly this morning? Also yes…
Was it good? Yes
Are we suffering slightly this morning? Also yes…
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Inspired by a general love of garlic, and @oldenoughtosay.com’s tweets, I made chicken with ~200 cloves (20 bulbs) of garlic last night
Was it good? Yes
Are we suffering slightly this morning? Also yes…
Was it good? Yes
Are we suffering slightly this morning? Also yes…
Happy Dependabot day to all who celebrate
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Happy Dependabot day to all who celebrate
I am proud to be a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am proud to be a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation
@incident.io Hey qq please - when speaking, is the . (canonically) pronounced or not? “Incident dot io” or “incident io”? Thanks!
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@incident.io Hey qq please - when speaking, is the . (canonically) pronounced or not? “Incident dot io” or “incident io”? Thanks!
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So much goes into this. For any internal tool nerds, we’ve written a bunch about what we’ve had to build here:
incident.io/building-wit...
incident.io/building-wit...
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
So much goes into this. For any internal tool nerds, we’ve written a bunch about what we’ve had to build here:
incident.io/building-wit...
incident.io/building-wit...
At @incident.io SEV0 watching @lawrencejones.dev show some of the internals of their AI SRE
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
At @incident.io SEV0 watching @lawrencejones.dev show some of the internals of their AI SRE
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
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A nice piece of level trivia is the characteristically conservative judges involved with the High Court of Chivalry rejected 1189 and set time immemorial as before 1066 instead!
You’ve probably heard of the phrase “time immemorial” as a general term for events that happened a very long time ago, but in fact, it has a specific meaning, and this year is its 750th anniversary.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tim...
Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189
You’ve probably heard of the phrase “time immemorial” as a general term for events that happened a very long time ago, but in fact, it has a specific meaning, and this year is its 750th anniversary.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A nice piece of level trivia is the characteristically conservative judges involved with the High Court of Chivalry rejected 1189 and set time immemorial as before 1066 instead!
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
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Timeline cleanser. Isn't science amazing...
3-year-old born deaf can hear 2 years after breakthrough gene therapy treatment
Opal Sandy underwent a gene therapy injection to her right ear in 2023.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Timeline cleanser. Isn't science amazing...
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Great moments in redaction history.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Great moments in redaction history.
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The fastest way to make me pay for your newsletter is to start an article with this sentence
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The fastest way to make me pay for your newsletter is to start an article with this sentence
It’s been nearly 10 years since I lived in London but London Centric is still a favourite read of mine - hugely fascinating and insightful original journalism
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It’s been nearly 10 years since I lived in London but London Centric is still a favourite read of mine - hugely fascinating and insightful original journalism
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✨ Want to relive all the good times, community vibes, and inspiring sessions from #PyConUK2025? 🤩
Well, we’ve got you covered 🙌 💜🐍
📸 Photos: buff.ly/dyTct4A
🎥 Live talk recordings: buff.ly/8INqCpu
We’d love to hear about your favourite moments — let us know! ✨
#Python #Community #Manchester
Well, we’ve got you covered 🙌 💜🐍
📸 Photos: buff.ly/dyTct4A
🎥 Live talk recordings: buff.ly/8INqCpu
We’d love to hear about your favourite moments — let us know! ✨
#Python #Community #Manchester
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
✨ Want to relive all the good times, community vibes, and inspiring sessions from #PyConUK2025? 🤩
Well, we’ve got you covered 🙌 💜🐍
📸 Photos: buff.ly/dyTct4A
🎥 Live talk recordings: buff.ly/8INqCpu
We’d love to hear about your favourite moments — let us know! ✨
#Python #Community #Manchester
Well, we’ve got you covered 🙌 💜🐍
📸 Photos: buff.ly/dyTct4A
🎥 Live talk recordings: buff.ly/8INqCpu
We’d love to hear about your favourite moments — let us know! ✨
#Python #Community #Manchester
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Welcome, new users. Posts on Bluesky are called skjörts. If someone re-skjörts you, that is a doppelskjört. If you respond to a doppelskjört, that is called a Trifect, and you cannot skjört again for nine hours. If you do anyway, that's a Time Clench. It's all very simple.
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome, new users. Posts on Bluesky are called skjörts. If someone re-skjörts you, that is a doppelskjört. If you respond to a doppelskjört, that is called a Trifect, and you cannot skjört again for nine hours. If you do anyway, that's a Time Clench. It's all very simple.
REUSE is fantastic tooling for software licensing - solves several challenges I’ve had in the past! reuse.software
Great support for multiple licenses, automated checking, and annotating in-file or via config
I recently did this for the first time for Samoyed in github.com/doismellburn...
Great support for multiple licenses, automated checking, and annotating in-file or via config
I recently did this for the first time for Samoyed in github.com/doismellburn...
REUSE - Make licensing easy for everyone
We make licensing easy for humans and machines alike. REUSE solves a fundamental issue that Free Software licensing has at the very source. Adopting our recommendations is as easy as one-two-three!
reuse.software
October 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
REUSE is fantastic tooling for software licensing - solves several challenges I’ve had in the past! reuse.software
Great support for multiple licenses, automated checking, and annotating in-file or via config
I recently did this for the first time for Samoyed in github.com/doismellburn...
Great support for multiple licenses, automated checking, and annotating in-file or via config
I recently did this for the first time for Samoyed in github.com/doismellburn...
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Remake Face Off, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood, you cowards.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Remake Face Off, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood, you cowards.
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📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
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At this point I'd like to make you all read "Identity Crisis" by Jim Harper. It's a great book, barely dated in over 20 years. He describes how your "identity" once standardised and in widespread use, will be increasingly demanded.
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At this point I'd like to make you all read "Identity Crisis" by Jim Harper. It's a great book, barely dated in over 20 years. He describes how your "identity" once standardised and in widespread use, will be increasingly demanded.