Jonathan
@jonodrew.bsky.social
I secure things and speak in public. Sometimes I speak in public about securing things.
Helmsman
Helmsman
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Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
Okay, Ghost V6 integrated with Tinybird for analytics is pretty damn filthy.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
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soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
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The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
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I, too, would like a break from the horrors
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I, too, would like a break from the horrors
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I think this touches a deep, often-overlooked point. In my labour law days, I saw some employers spend MORE money fighting unionization than they would have paid accepting it. Loss of control was driving them at least as much as profits! Control is vital – with environmental policy as well.
I should write the argument up properly somewhere, but I think this is fundamentally wrong. A decisive fraction of the capitalist class does oppose addressing the climate crisis, but *not* because it would be bad for profits. If anything, a green New Deal type program would raise aggregate profits.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think this touches a deep, often-overlooked point. In my labour law days, I saw some employers spend MORE money fighting unionization than they would have paid accepting it. Loss of control was driving them at least as much as profits! Control is vital – with environmental policy as well.
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I'm sure this has been done, but it tickled me
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm sure this has been done, but it tickled me
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I’ve never felt more betrayed by my body than when I found out I snore. This is what you do when I’m not watching? You act rude?
February 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I’ve never felt more betrayed by my body than when I found out I snore. This is what you do when I’m not watching? You act rude?
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
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Everybody non-binary until it's time to take the bins out.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Everybody non-binary until it's time to take the bins out.
You're laughing. Somewhere there's a biblically accurate angel squinting to read a bus number and you're laughing.
I don't want to be around when the owner of these glasses comes back to find them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You're laughing. Somewhere there's a biblically accurate angel squinting to read a bus number and you're laughing.
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I hate autumn. I hate it more than any other season. At least with winter you know to whack on that Michelin man coat and moisturise like fuck. With autumn you might be too hot. But you might be freezing cold. You'll probably get soaked. And pumpkin spice tastes awful AND STINKS.
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I hate autumn. I hate it more than any other season. At least with winter you know to whack on that Michelin man coat and moisturise like fuck. With autumn you might be too hot. But you might be freezing cold. You'll probably get soaked. And pumpkin spice tastes awful AND STINKS.
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Does anyone in my network do freelance website design? If so, please DM me 🙂
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Does anyone in my network do freelance website design? If so, please DM me 🙂
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this sort of thing makes me feel sincerely that we have fallen from grace as a civilisation
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this sort of thing makes me feel sincerely that we have fallen from grace as a civilisation
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Spoiler alert: you die at the end
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Spoiler alert: you die at the end
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This is also a problem in the non-profit sector, where people think that leadership making six figures is a sin against the public interest, not realizing that means you’re getting leadership that is either inept or independently wealthy.
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is also a problem in the non-profit sector, where people think that leadership making six figures is a sin against the public interest, not realizing that means you’re getting leadership that is either inept or independently wealthy.
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Hi! Hello, how’s it going? Great, great. So I think there’s been an error. Here, it says that I have things to do today. Like—yeah, for most of the day. But if you look here, I also had things to do yesterday. Right, but no, it actually gets worse. Look at tomorrow. Yeah, yeah. More things.
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hi! Hello, how’s it going? Great, great. So I think there’s been an error. Here, it says that I have things to do today. Like—yeah, for most of the day. But if you look here, I also had things to do yesterday. Right, but no, it actually gets worse. Look at tomorrow. Yeah, yeah. More things.
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Oh yes. VERY YES.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oh yes. VERY YES.
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Hallo!
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
Adding rounded corners to buttons · alphagov govuk-design-system · Discussion #4941
Background The Design System team is exploring new styling options, including rounded corners for buttons, following the GOV.UK brand refresh. We want to make sure the changes we make are not purel...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hallo!
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.
You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...
Please take 3 mins to feed back.
🙌Danke,
Imran
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Someone produced an infographic for telling students how to use genAI in their work, and apart from my fundamental disagreement with the content, they said "this is littered with errors because it's produced with AI" sorry why are you suddenly allowed to present work "littered with errors"
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Someone produced an infographic for telling students how to use genAI in their work, and apart from my fundamental disagreement with the content, they said "this is littered with errors because it's produced with AI" sorry why are you suddenly allowed to present work "littered with errors"
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So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
…so there isn’t some department that is empowered to deal with this stuff that can just override the inevitable objections, I guess? rough, if so
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project