Leigh Dodds
@ldodds.bsky.social
CTO at EnergySparks (https://energysparks.uk) a UK charity using open and shared data to help schools be more energy efficient.
My background is in open data, data standards, data infrastructure & sharing.
blog.ldodds.com
My background is in open data, data standards, data infrastructure & sharing.
blog.ldodds.com
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On the day that commences my 50th year on this planet (and the 40th of playing RPGs), I start my list of my favourite 101 RPGs that I've played. It's in order.
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
My 101 Favourite TTRPGS: 101 - Old Men Running The World
Earlier this year, we saw John Harper on the socials having worked out how many TTRPGs he's played. It was a big number. It made Jim and me sit back and do
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On the day that commences my 50th year on this planet (and the 40th of playing RPGs), I start my list of my favourite 101 RPGs that I've played. It's in order.
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
Sunday:
✅️ B&Q
✅️ Garden Centre
✅️ DIY
✅️ Cake
Pretty successful so far.
✅️ B&Q
✅️ Garden Centre
✅️ DIY
✅️ Cake
Pretty successful so far.
September 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sunday:
✅️ B&Q
✅️ Garden Centre
✅️ DIY
✅️ Cake
Pretty successful so far.
✅️ B&Q
✅️ Garden Centre
✅️ DIY
✅️ Cake
Pretty successful so far.
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.
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If you're having a problem with "Invalid Handle" errors on the web, please add a 👍 or leave a comment on github.com/bluesky-soci...
Multiple "invalid handle" accounts · Issue #9090 · bluesky-social/social-app
Steps to Reproduce Multiple users are reporting an escalation in accounts displaying as "Invalid Handle" https://bsky.app/search?q=%22invalid+handle%22 Attachments What platform(s) does this occur ...
github.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you're having a problem with "Invalid Handle" errors on the web, please add a 👍 or leave a comment on github.com/bluesky-soci...
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1/ Whatever you think of digital ID, the process matters.
And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
1/ Whatever you think of digital ID, the process matters.
And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
And in 2025, this is still how we make big public policy. 👇
Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It’s ‘Impossible to Trace’ Foreign Cash
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
Reform UK's Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It's 'Impossible to Trace' Foreign Cash
Anti-corruption campaigners raise the alarm over loopholes that could allow large sums of untraceable money to slip past checks
bylinetimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It’s ‘Impossible to Trace’ Foreign Cash
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...
Reposted by Leigh Dodds
David Lynch - Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick
YouTube video by ReInstallPaul
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reposted by Leigh Dodds
I did a newsletter. But more importantly I DID A VIDEO. Riiiight out of my comfort zone, but entirely inspired and necessary because Doomsong is so fucking cool. Check it out (and also get yourself a copy of Wyrd Science issue 7):
Things! GOLD TEETH Beta, Book Delay, Doomsong, Poor Old Jim
Welcome, bold adventurers, to the TEETH newsletter! This is a (sort of) weekly transmission about our explorations in the very secret land of Tabletop...
buttondown.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I did a newsletter. But more importantly I DID A VIDEO. Riiiight out of my comfort zone, but entirely inspired and necessary because Doomsong is so fucking cool. Check it out (and also get yourself a copy of Wyrd Science issue 7):
ID card discussion reminded of this paper:
"The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
My notes after I read it a few years ago:
blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
"The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
My notes after I read it a few years ago:
blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol 3, No CSCW
The premise of a primary key is simple enough: every record or row in a table should
have some number or string that can uniquely identify it. Primary keys are essential
for linking data spread across...
dl.acm.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
ID card discussion reminded of this paper:
"The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
My notes after I read it a few years ago:
blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
"The Coerciveness of the Primary Key: Infrastructure Problems in Human Services Work"
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
My notes after I read it a few years ago:
blog.ldodds.com/2020/01/18/p...
Reposted by Leigh Dodds
I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I'm seeing so many takes around parts of the "ID card" melange, I have to add a few.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
It's not about cards. It's about registers. A register is a definitive 'true source' of data, about people, places, buildings, whatever.
Reposted by Leigh Dodds
This is fun... Dataguessr dataguessr.com HT @puntofisso.bsky.social
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
dataguessr.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This is fun... Dataguessr dataguessr.com HT @puntofisso.bsky.social
"...spending in the AI sector is “parabolic.” In fact, it is so vast, the researcher said, that it might single-handedly be propping up the American economy."
gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
Deutsche Bank Notices That a Needle Is Getting Dangerously Close to the AI Bubble
If not for AI spending, the bank says the US would be in a recession.
gizmodo.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"...spending in the AI sector is “parabolic.” In fact, it is so vast, the researcher said, that it might single-handedly be propping up the American economy."
gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...
Assume there will be a Britcard BBC Microbit Edition™ for anyone without a smartphone.
September 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Assume there will be a Britcard BBC Microbit Edition™ for anyone without a smartphone.
Lot of territory between "A digital certificate that says you can work in the UK" and "ID Card"
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Lot of territory between "A digital certificate that says you can work in the UK" and "ID Card"
David Lynch - Feeling & Thinking Checking Stick
YouTube video by ReInstallPaul
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Looks like the Aapti Institute are about to repeat the work the Open Data Institute was doing about 5 years ago
aapti.in/blog/buildin...
aapti.in/blog/buildin...
Aapti Institute | Building the Third Pillar: A New Framework for Data as Digital Public Infrastructure
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) have played a major role in economic and societal transformation. While identity and payments have emerged as mature pillars of this infrastructure, the third criti...
aapti.in
September 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Looks like the Aapti Institute are about to repeat the work the Open Data Institute was doing about 5 years ago
aapti.in/blog/buildin...
aapti.in/blog/buildin...
Nobody tell them about Calpol.
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Nobody tell them about Calpol.
What can I take for my allergic reaction to this much stupidity?
Richard Tice doubles down on questioning the safety of paracetamol, and wants to "shine the spotlight of the disinfectant of sunshine on the issue"
September 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What can I take for my allergic reaction to this much stupidity?
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Semiotic Standard-style chapter icons from my book Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion, designed by the game's lead UI artist, Jon McKellan.
September 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Semiotic Standard-style chapter icons from my book Perfect Organism: An Alien: Isolation Companion, designed by the game's lead UI artist, Jon McKellan.
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Breakfast Club remake took a turn.
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Breakfast Club remake took a turn.
This got more eye-rolls on Mastodon.
My mum's mum hated conformity.
Faced with bureaucracy she was known to exclaim, "I'm not a number!"
She was my NaN.
Faced with bureaucracy she was known to exclaim, "I'm not a number!"
She was my NaN.
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This got more eye-rolls on Mastodon.