alex jegtnes
@jegtnes.com
london freelance web dev 👨🏼💻 https://jegtnes.com/work-with-me
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cheap wine & cheaper shitposts
photography • travel • hiking • gaming • cocktails • weightlifting • kidney transplantee
but first and foremost, silly goose
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thought leader in yak shaving
cheap wine & cheaper shitposts
photography • travel • hiking • gaming • cocktails • weightlifting • kidney transplantee
but first and foremost, silly goose
🇳🇴
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alex jegtnes
@jegtnes.com
· Nov 14
this was the best shot from basically my first ever attempt at astrophotography and I'm pretty pleased with it
📍 atacama desert, chile
📅 2nd sep 2024
📷 fuji x-t30ii + ttartisan 10mm f/2
⚙️ 10mm, f/2, 30s, ISO 1600
#astrophotography #photography
📍 atacama desert, chile
📅 2nd sep 2024
📷 fuji x-t30ii + ttartisan 10mm f/2
⚙️ 10mm, f/2, 30s, ISO 1600
#astrophotography #photography
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Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
had some from the very same chain in Ghent this weekend for €5.95. london, I love you, but
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
had some from the very same chain in Ghent this weekend for €5.95. london, I love you, but
my man
Joining in the fun with a homemade Bramble Gin!
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
my man
'tis the season for homemade liqueurs and boozes
mirabel cherry plum liqueur, 2x sloe gin, 2x quince gin, rhubarb gin, peach liqueur
not pictured: mulled sloe gin, sloe "port" with the used berries from the sloe gin, blackberry + sloe + rosehip liqueur, blackberry and bay liqueur
mirabel cherry plum liqueur, 2x sloe gin, 2x quince gin, rhubarb gin, peach liqueur
not pictured: mulled sloe gin, sloe "port" with the used berries from the sloe gin, blackberry + sloe + rosehip liqueur, blackberry and bay liqueur
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'tis the season for homemade liqueurs and boozes
mirabel cherry plum liqueur, 2x sloe gin, 2x quince gin, rhubarb gin, peach liqueur
not pictured: mulled sloe gin, sloe "port" with the used berries from the sloe gin, blackberry + sloe + rosehip liqueur, blackberry and bay liqueur
mirabel cherry plum liqueur, 2x sloe gin, 2x quince gin, rhubarb gin, peach liqueur
not pictured: mulled sloe gin, sloe "port" with the used berries from the sloe gin, blackberry + sloe + rosehip liqueur, blackberry and bay liqueur
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This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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Christmas hasn't been the same since i noticed Santa has the same handwriting as my wife
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Christmas hasn't been the same since i noticed Santa has the same handwriting as my wife
this fucks. very fun spin on the photo gallery format
Friends fear he has once again made The Computer do his bidding.
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
🍹 welcome to the leisuredome executive lounge 💳
✺ we hope you enjoy your stay ✺
konnai.re
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
this fucks. very fun spin on the photo gallery format
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I wrote an important essay that will improve your holiday travel if you follow its very specific instructions:
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
Drinking The Largest Beer At The Airport Makes Everything Better
An essay by Austin L. Ray
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wrote an important essay that will improve your holiday travel if you follow its very specific instructions:
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
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It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
Whammed! At The Chinese Supermarket
😤
😤
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Whammed! At The Chinese Supermarket
😤
😤
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on this day of Wrapped Discourse ™, I have finally managed to quit Spotify
I have finally found a way to replace Spotify that satisfies my extremely niche requirements
and if your requirements are as niche as mine, 1) I'm sorry, 2) this might be helpful
jegtnes.leaflet.pub
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
on this day of Wrapped Discourse ™, I have finally managed to quit Spotify
there isn't a single website that shaped my life like DeviantArt in 03-09; I was a very mediocre teenage photographer who honed my craft, made friends, fell in love (moved countries for it!), joined communities, experienced wonderful art. nothing like it since, this piece brilliantly elucidates why
Leaflet's Atmospheric Advent Almanac — Day 1 🗓️🍃
The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet, by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Both eulogy and appreciation, on what DeviantArt got right, and where they (and others) went wrong. A vivid picture of a web many of us miss!
The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet, by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Both eulogy and appreciation, on what DeviantArt got right, and where they (and others) went wrong. A vivid picture of a web many of us miss!
The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet - Multi-hyphenate
Why every new "Art Community" fails. Equal parts eulogy, condemnation, and mourning.
torrent-empress.leaflet.pub
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
there isn't a single website that shaped my life like DeviantArt in 03-09; I was a very mediocre teenage photographer who honed my craft, made friends, fell in love (moved countries for it!), joined communities, experienced wonderful art. nothing like it since, this piece brilliantly elucidates why
acceptable ways to prove my address, apparently:
❌ my driving license, an official government document
❌ a letter from my bank signed by a human
✅ utility bills from a private company (they're in my girlfriend's name so I can't use them)
the UK is a very serious country with sensible procedures
❌ my driving license, an official government document
❌ a letter from my bank signed by a human
✅ utility bills from a private company (they're in my girlfriend's name so I can't use them)
the UK is a very serious country with sensible procedures
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
acceptable ways to prove my address, apparently:
❌ my driving license, an official government document
❌ a letter from my bank signed by a human
✅ utility bills from a private company (they're in my girlfriend's name so I can't use them)
the UK is a very serious country with sensible procedures
❌ my driving license, an official government document
❌ a letter from my bank signed by a human
✅ utility bills from a private company (they're in my girlfriend's name so I can't use them)
the UK is a very serious country with sensible procedures
went onto linkedin for the first time in a few months because it's a cursed place, and the website is so utterly dogshit that the login page hard crashed my browser. I'm not even mad, that's impressive, how do you even do that in 2025
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
went onto linkedin for the first time in a few months because it's a cursed place, and the website is so utterly dogshit that the login page hard crashed my browser. I'm not even mad, that's impressive, how do you even do that in 2025
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Everything Andy touches is of the highest quality. Do yourself a favour and read his raw honesty post, and if you feel compelled, support his wonderful work.
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Everything Andy touches is of the highest quality. Do yourself a favour and read his raw honesty post, and if you feel compelled, support his wonderful work.
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this. people who’s only experience of the frankly shocking uk housing market can be summed up as ‘all of the good parts’ and ‘absolutely none of the bad parts’ suddenly wrenching the ‘housing insecurity is bad actually’ lever is turning me to malice
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
this. people who’s only experience of the frankly shocking uk housing market can be summed up as ‘all of the good parts’ and ‘absolutely none of the bad parts’ suddenly wrenching the ‘housing insecurity is bad actually’ lever is turning me to malice
won't somebody please think of the retired corporate financiers sitting on a large pile of unearned wealth
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
won't somebody please think of the retired corporate financiers sitting on a large pile of unearned wealth
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"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
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Everything I write myself and everything I love to read or listen
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Everything I write myself and everything I love to read or listen
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
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This thread is fascinating
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This thread is fascinating
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hi internet! do i know anyone looking for some freelance work through the end of the year?
the project is a tiny bit of web dev but mostly design, animation, and graphic design in a webflow site!
the project is a tiny bit of web dev but mostly design, animation, and graphic design in a webflow site!
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
hi internet! do i know anyone looking for some freelance work through the end of the year?
the project is a tiny bit of web dev but mostly design, animation, and graphic design in a webflow site!
the project is a tiny bit of web dev but mostly design, animation, and graphic design in a webflow site!
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I will have freelance availability again from January onwards, focusing on web/dataviz accessibility:
- Reviews (high-level or full audit)
- Consulting, advice, documentation
- Training, talks, workshops
- Front-end dev
🫶🏻 Interested?
DM or [email protected]
#accessibility #datavizA11Y
- Reviews (high-level or full audit)
- Consulting, advice, documentation
- Training, talks, workshops
- Front-end dev
🫶🏻 Interested?
DM or [email protected]
#accessibility #datavizA11Y
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I will have freelance availability again from January onwards, focusing on web/dataviz accessibility:
- Reviews (high-level or full audit)
- Consulting, advice, documentation
- Training, talks, workshops
- Front-end dev
🫶🏻 Interested?
DM or [email protected]
#accessibility #datavizA11Y
- Reviews (high-level or full audit)
- Consulting, advice, documentation
- Training, talks, workshops
- Front-end dev
🫶🏻 Interested?
DM or [email protected]
#accessibility #datavizA11Y
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I've got capacity for contracting till the end of the year (and am starting to book out some of my 2026 calendar).
Shout if you need help with open source community work, developer education, developer outreach, multilingual community work or other Jess-shaped things.
hello(a)jessica*tech or DM👋
Shout if you need help with open source community work, developer education, developer outreach, multilingual community work or other Jess-shaped things.
hello(a)jessica*tech or DM👋
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I've got capacity for contracting till the end of the year (and am starting to book out some of my 2026 calendar).
Shout if you need help with open source community work, developer education, developer outreach, multilingual community work or other Jess-shaped things.
hello(a)jessica*tech or DM👋
Shout if you need help with open source community work, developer education, developer outreach, multilingual community work or other Jess-shaped things.
hello(a)jessica*tech or DM👋