Rich Holman
@richholman.com
Web developer & charity trustee. Building accessible, user-centred sites since the web was new. East London.
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Love the smell of 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of offshore windfarm capacity in the morning:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Love the smell of 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of offshore windfarm capacity in the morning:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
Perspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area
www.southampton.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
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Here is the full breakdown of MPs on Bluesky by party 👇
@richholman.com has created an interactive tool based on @politicshome.bsky.social's list, mapping which MPs are on Bluesky and when they last posted
You can use the tool here: mps.dowu.uk#list
@richholman.com has created an interactive tool based on @politicshome.bsky.social's list, mapping which MPs are on Bluesky and when they last posted
You can use the tool here: mps.dowu.uk#list
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here is the full breakdown of MPs on Bluesky by party 👇
@richholman.com has created an interactive tool based on @politicshome.bsky.social's list, mapping which MPs are on Bluesky and when they last posted
You can use the tool here: mps.dowu.uk#list
@richholman.com has created an interactive tool based on @politicshome.bsky.social's list, mapping which MPs are on Bluesky and when they last posted
You can use the tool here: mps.dowu.uk#list
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For people jusf arriving on Bluesky u have a number of starter packs to help you find good people. go.bsky.app/Q2MaFUm
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
For people jusf arriving on Bluesky u have a number of starter packs to help you find good people. go.bsky.app/Q2MaFUm
Zahawi is just yet another example of why people returning to a reopened Jurassic Park was in fact a believable narrative.
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Zahawi is just yet another example of why people returning to a reopened Jurassic Park was in fact a believable narrative.
Needed to build something quick over the weekend so decided to use webawesome.com for the first time (was already a backer). It's really nice, just enough without being too much. Loads of great components.
Web Awesome
Build better with Web Awesome, the biggest open-source library of meticulously designed, highly customizable, and framework-agnostic UI components.
webawesome.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Needed to build something quick over the weekend so decided to use webawesome.com for the first time (was already a backer). It's really nice, just enough without being too much. Loads of great components.
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So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)
I’ve added quite a few muted words over the last couple of weeks because… well it can be a lot to take in.
Really like that feature in Bluesky. Especially if you just need a 24 hour or 1 week rest from something.
Really like that feature in Bluesky. Especially if you just need a 24 hour or 1 week rest from something.
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I’ve added quite a few muted words over the last couple of weeks because… well it can be a lot to take in.
Really like that feature in Bluesky. Especially if you just need a 24 hour or 1 week rest from something.
Really like that feature in Bluesky. Especially if you just need a 24 hour or 1 week rest from something.
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Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Given we are having a bit of a surge (or are likely to) and starter packs are a great innovation but hard to find...
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
I've created a new one I'll direct people to. Largely people who are sound, smart ajd active - who enrich my experiance here and make me think (and prove me wrong)
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I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
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More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
More MPs are coming off X and I assume that means they will be posting more on here
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
@politicshome.bsky.social has a handy list of all the MPs on Bluesky
Please point out anyone who is missing!
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Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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Started off a list earlier this week & struggled to find all the MPs that have actually set up profiles on Bluesky rather than just be on X. So built a little utility via TheyWorkForYou and Bluesky APIs to see if I could make it more comprehensive, so far I think I've found about 353
mps.dowu.uk
mps.dowu.uk
UK MPs on Bluesky
mps.dowu.uk
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Started off a list earlier this week & struggled to find all the MPs that have actually set up profiles on Bluesky rather than just be on X. So built a little utility via TheyWorkForYou and Bluesky APIs to see if I could make it more comprehensive, so far I think I've found about 353
mps.dowu.uk
mps.dowu.uk
The other thing that struck me whilst building mps.dowu.uk was I was able to connect to two open systems for free to build something that displays our parliamentary representation on Bluesky relatively easily.
So many of the once open social media systems are closed (on purpose).
So many of the once open social media systems are closed (on purpose).
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The other thing that struck me whilst building mps.dowu.uk was I was able to connect to two open systems for free to build something that displays our parliamentary representation on Bluesky relatively easily.
So many of the once open social media systems are closed (on purpose).
So many of the once open social media systems are closed (on purpose).
Started off a list earlier this week & struggled to find all the MPs that have actually set up profiles on Bluesky rather than just be on X. So built a little utility via TheyWorkForYou and Bluesky APIs to see if I could make it more comprehensive, so far I think I've found about 353
mps.dowu.uk
mps.dowu.uk
UK MPs on Bluesky
mps.dowu.uk
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Started off a list earlier this week & struggled to find all the MPs that have actually set up profiles on Bluesky rather than just be on X. So built a little utility via TheyWorkForYou and Bluesky APIs to see if I could make it more comprehensive, so far I think I've found about 353
mps.dowu.uk
mps.dowu.uk
When you sign up for an account on something and find you've already registered twice for it at various parts of the last epoch.
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
When you sign up for an account on something and find you've already registered twice for it at various parts of the last epoch.
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A problem with current geopolitical analysis is how in its lack of attention to internal dynamics of great powers it does not take adequately into account how increasingly wild external projection of power by the US, Russia and China is driven by their growing domestic fragility
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A problem with current geopolitical analysis is how in its lack of attention to internal dynamics of great powers it does not take adequately into account how increasingly wild external projection of power by the US, Russia and China is driven by their growing domestic fragility
The FT did a 2025 wrapped.... and it's kind of nerdy awesome top 11%!! #MyFTReadingReview readingreview.ft.com/index.html?i...
Welcome to Your FT Reading Review
readingreview.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The FT did a 2025 wrapped.... and it's kind of nerdy awesome top 11%!! #MyFTReadingReview readingreview.ft.com/index.html?i...
Saw one of those viral videos about the Strawberry number of R's LLM issue. And thought nah, can't still be a thing.
Oh wow. I was absolutely incorrect.
Oh wow. I was absolutely incorrect.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Saw one of those viral videos about the Strawberry number of R's LLM issue. And thought nah, can't still be a thing.
Oh wow. I was absolutely incorrect.
Oh wow. I was absolutely incorrect.
Finding MPs on Bluesky was way harder than I expected but does appear like quite a lot of MPs are here, although notable exceptions appear to be senior Labour and Conservative MPs.
Still a little heartening there are so many.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Still a little heartening there are so many.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Finding MPs on Bluesky was way harder than I expected but does appear like quite a lot of MPs are here, although notable exceptions appear to be senior Labour and Conservative MPs.
Still a little heartening there are so many.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Still a little heartening there are so many.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I strongly agree that MPs, along with many others, should be moving away from X. That said, it’s also worth recognising and thanking those who are using this platform.
I’ve started a list - but is this all the MPs currently on Bluesky?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I’ve started a list - but is this all the MPs currently on Bluesky?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I strongly agree that MPs, along with many others, should be moving away from X. That said, it’s also worth recognising and thanking those who are using this platform.
I’ve started a list - but is this all the MPs currently on Bluesky?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I’ve started a list - but is this all the MPs currently on Bluesky?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
WordPress plugins update, thank the stars for WP CLI.
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
WordPress plugins update, thank the stars for WP CLI.
Me seeing the Solskjær news
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Me seeing the Solskjær news
New year, new post.
I couldn’t decide whether to build something in WordPress or Eleventy (static site generator)…
so I built a WordPress / Eleventy hybrid instead.
🐍
dgw.ltd/2026/01/06/c...
I couldn’t decide whether to build something in WordPress or Eleventy (static site generator)…
so I built a WordPress / Eleventy hybrid instead.
🐍
dgw.ltd/2026/01/06/c...
DGW.ltd - Code Ouroboros: A WordPress / Eleventy Hybrid
In a previous post I mentioned that, to properly test a calendar plugin, I needed a vanilla theme, something that
dgw.ltd
January 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
New year, new post.
I couldn’t decide whether to build something in WordPress or Eleventy (static site generator)…
so I built a WordPress / Eleventy hybrid instead.
🐍
dgw.ltd/2026/01/06/c...
I couldn’t decide whether to build something in WordPress or Eleventy (static site generator)…
so I built a WordPress / Eleventy hybrid instead.
🐍
dgw.ltd/2026/01/06/c...
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I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.