Stuart Langridge
@sil.kryogenix.org
Builds stuff for computers, advises other people how to do so, plays PBP D&D, makes the occasional solo game, eats sandwiches. Part of Open Web Advocacy. Runner of the Critical Role transcript search. In the People’s Republic of Brum. https://kryogenix.org
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Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
January 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
woo, bought my ticket for State of the Browser, excellent. (I threw in an online diversity ticket as well, it's only a fiver, and means that someone gets to watch the stream who otherwise wouldn't; worth considering when you get yours too.)
See you all in London!
#sotb26
See you all in London!
#sotb26
Speaker reveal time! The speaker, who was obsessed with fonts and is not a fan of Meatloaf is Zach Leatherman! Zach will talk about best practices for using JavaScript.
@zachleat.com
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/zach...
Our speaker line up is complete! Are you excited for #SotB26?
@zachleat.com
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/zach...
Our speaker line up is complete! Are you excited for #SotB26?
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
woo, bought my ticket for State of the Browser, excellent. (I threw in an online diversity ticket as well, it's only a fiver, and means that someone gets to watch the stream who otherwise wouldn't; worth considering when you get yours too.)
See you all in London!
#sotb26
See you all in London!
#sotb26
this is a neat idea! I wish @vivaldi.com could do this, but afaict an extension can't fiddle with themes, and themes can't change the address bar appearance separate from other stuff anyway
This was a tiny feature to implement, but I get so much value out of color coding the address bar depending on the domain I'm working on.
Tab customization in @polypane.app: polypane.app/docs/tab-cus...
Tab customization in @polypane.app: polypane.app/docs/tab-cus...
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
this is a neat idea! I wish @vivaldi.com could do this, but afaict an extension can't fiddle with themes, and themes can't change the address bar appearance separate from other stuff anyway
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If you are a lawyer/legal researcher familiar with UK law in this area pls do drop me a line on this
Update: The NCA say individuals who use Grok to make CSAM should be investigated by police, but X and Grok itself is a matter for Ofcom, not ror law enforcement. This is puzzling, because the creation of CSAM is a criminal offence and it is being generated on X's servers.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If you are a lawyer/legal researcher familiar with UK law in this area pls do drop me a line on this
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OWA's 2025 in Review! A huge and special thank-you to all of our volunteers and donors.
We can't wait to see what we can do together in 2026!
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-202...
We can't wait to see what we can do together in 2026!
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-202...
Open Web Advocacy 2025 in Review - Open Web Advocacy
open-web-advocacy.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
OWA's 2025 in Review! A huge and special thank-you to all of our volunteers and donors.
We can't wait to see what we can do together in 2026!
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-202...
We can't wait to see what we can do together in 2026!
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-202...
A review of 2025. I'm glad it's over. Fingers crossed.
Warning: not the cheeriest thing I've ever written.
www.kryogenix.org/days/2026/01...
Warning: not the cheeriest thing I've ever written.
www.kryogenix.org/days/2026/01...
as days pass by — Flipping the cube: 2025 is over
A post by Stuart Langridge (sil)
www.kryogenix.org
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A review of 2025. I'm glad it's over. Fingers crossed.
Warning: not the cheeriest thing I've ever written.
www.kryogenix.org/days/2026/01...
Warning: not the cheeriest thing I've ever written.
www.kryogenix.org/days/2026/01...
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If you are a TTRPG Actual Play creator who records in-person & would be willing to share your setup (photo/video or me observing in-person*), I’d love to hear from you as I finish the book. (Comments, DMs or [email protected])
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If you are a TTRPG Actual Play creator who records in-person & would be willing to share your setup (photo/video or me observing in-person*), I’d love to hear from you as I finish the book. (Comments, DMs or [email protected])
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
*In-person:
- Atlanta/AL/GA
- Philly area
- DC area
- Bonn
- UK
Be careful today. It’s quite slippery outside.
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Be careful today. It’s quite slippery outside.
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I used to love Twitter, even if I had to really reign in my shitposting when I got elected. It used to be genuinely useful professionally too. It has long ceased to have any positive net benefit, either individually or societally, and anyone in public life who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
January 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I used to love Twitter, even if I had to really reign in my shitposting when I got elected. It used to be genuinely useful professionally too. It has long ceased to have any positive net benefit, either individually or societally, and anyone in public life who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
Whatever little bits you're doing to do this, to rewild the internet as Maria Farrell puts it, to re-establish a place online that's ours and makes me actually want to go there, that's a good thing that you're doing. This very post is part of it as well as talking about it.
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 2, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Whatever little bits you're doing to do this, to rewild the internet as Maria Farrell puts it, to re-establish a place online that's ours and makes me actually want to go there, that's a good thing that you're doing. This very post is part of it as well as talking about it.
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you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
@juudes.bsky.social what amended in the Archers? A whole bunch of people seem to be very scandalised by it all and I reckon you’d know what the score is
December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@juudes.bsky.social what amended in the Archers? A whole bunch of people seem to be very scandalised by it all and I reckon you’d know what the score is
Well done Yorkshire Heart for Quaffer. A very easygoing beer, which I suppose is exactly the point given the name. My dad would have been well pleased with it and the strength of it, and I’m enjoying it a bunch.
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Well done Yorkshire Heart for Quaffer. A very easygoing beer, which I suppose is exactly the point given the name. My dad would have been well pleased with it and the strength of it, and I’m enjoying it a bunch.
What an extremely lovely day with my friends that was.
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What an extremely lovely day with my friends that was.
@bell.bz I must have missed bell.bz/why-bother-l... at the time but: it’s good stuff. Nice one.
Why bother learning JavaScript now that we have generative AI? - Andy Bell
I published an email for our JavaScript for Everyone campaign and thought it should be published more widely, for the community too.
bell.bz
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@bell.bz I must have missed bell.bz/why-bother-l... at the time but: it’s good stuff. Nice one.
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AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Anybody got any suggestions about how to find and batch delete duplicate photos in google photos without downloading them all? Search results on this are uselessly overrun by bullshit. Note: this is exact duplicates: I don’t need AI detection of similarity, just photos that are in there twice.
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Anybody got any suggestions about how to find and batch delete duplicate photos in google photos without downloading them all? Search results on this are uselessly overrun by bullshit. Note: this is exact duplicates: I don’t need AI detection of similarity, just photos that are in there twice.
Trying to patiently explain to my mum that yes, the Exif metadata in this huge collection of her photos from 2003 probably isn’t completely reliable and no, they don’t have gps locations because the only people who had gps back then were tanks. I’m not making much headway.
Still fun though.
Still fun though.
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trying to patiently explain to my mum that yes, the Exif metadata in this huge collection of her photos from 2003 probably isn’t completely reliable and no, they don’t have gps locations because the only people who had gps back then were tanks. I’m not making much headway.
Still fun though.
Still fun though.