Elizabeth Kasprzyk
@aphenine.bsky.social
Computer programmer, sci-fi and fantasy nerd and occasional writer.
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If you build world-class public transport, people will use it.
Six of the UK’s most used railway stations are on the Elizabeth line, and all 10 are in London.
Six of the UK’s most used railway stations are on the Elizabeth line, and all 10 are in London.
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If you build world-class public transport, people will use it.
Six of the UK’s most used railway stations are on the Elizabeth line, and all 10 are in London.
Six of the UK’s most used railway stations are on the Elizabeth line, and all 10 are in London.
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crowdsourcing: looking for online articles/essays that provide a comprehensive account of how the anti-trans backlash was a highly coordinated & well-funded effort. I have lots of examples that tell part(s) of the story, but none that lay the whole thing out. pls share any you can think of. thanks!
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
crowdsourcing: looking for online articles/essays that provide a comprehensive account of how the anti-trans backlash was a highly coordinated & well-funded effort. I have lots of examples that tell part(s) of the story, but none that lay the whole thing out. pls share any you can think of. thanks!
Just watched the first episode of "Sentenced to be a Hero" and THAT is the way to open an anime season. If the rest of it brings even part of that energy it's going to be good.
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Just watched the first episode of "Sentenced to be a Hero" and THAT is the way to open an anime season. If the rest of it brings even part of that energy it's going to be good.
Ah Pulumi...
I come back after the holidays expecting to run a command that goes "no changes", and it goes "you need to recreate everything, and delete all your S3 buckets and recreate them"
Why, Pulumi, why?
I come back after the holidays expecting to run a command that goes "no changes", and it goes "you need to recreate everything, and delete all your S3 buckets and recreate them"
Why, Pulumi, why?
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Ah Pulumi...
I come back after the holidays expecting to run a command that goes "no changes", and it goes "you need to recreate everything, and delete all your S3 buckets and recreate them"
Why, Pulumi, why?
I come back after the holidays expecting to run a command that goes "no changes", and it goes "you need to recreate everything, and delete all your S3 buckets and recreate them"
Why, Pulumi, why?
This is just amazing. A historical piece set in the Star Wars universe analysing the Empire/Republic conflict as we would with real history.
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The Dark Side of Capital: Economics, Ideology and Palpatine’s Empire
Popular history casts the Fourth Sith Empire as a 30-year historical aberration triggered by Sheev Palpatine’s conspiracy to undermine Ruusanian Republic institutions. The following analysis is an …
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January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
This is just amazing. A historical piece set in the Star Wars universe analysing the Empire/Republic conflict as we would with real history.
mobunited.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/t...
mobunited.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/t...
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2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
I just went to change some bedding before bed and didn't realise just how wrong that simple thing could go. But, I have lost bedding mysteriously and smashed crockery and I'm just grateful the bed is still standing to right now.
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I just went to change some bedding before bed and didn't realise just how wrong that simple thing could go. But, I have lost bedding mysteriously and smashed crockery and I'm just grateful the bed is still standing to right now.
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that the US possesses the ability to turn our economy off and then back on again.
I am sure after recent events in Venezuela this causes you no concern.
Carry on.
I am sure after recent events in Venezuela this causes you no concern.
Carry on.
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that the US possesses the ability to turn our economy off and then back on again.
I am sure after recent events in Venezuela this causes you no concern.
Carry on.
I am sure after recent events in Venezuela this causes you no concern.
Carry on.
To my TTRPG fans, you need to hear this: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Brilliant set of songs covering an imaginary campaign ranging from the funny to the serious. In particular Reflections Lie hits hard.
Brilliant set of songs covering an imaginary campaign ranging from the funny to the serious. In particular Reflections Lie hits hard.
The Bard's Campaign - YouTube
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January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
To my TTRPG fans, you need to hear this: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Brilliant set of songs covering an imaginary campaign ranging from the funny to the serious. In particular Reflections Lie hits hard.
Brilliant set of songs covering an imaginary campaign ranging from the funny to the serious. In particular Reflections Lie hits hard.
This address by Cory Doctorow is a great summary of everything that is wrong with the internet and how to fix it. pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
A good entry point for the various people I talk internet security with.
A good entry point for the various people I talk internet security with.
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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January 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
This address by Cory Doctorow is a great summary of everything that is wrong with the internet and how to fix it. pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
A good entry point for the various people I talk internet security with.
A good entry point for the various people I talk internet security with.
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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
Just before Christmas I started Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and just finished season 1.
It's living up to the high praise I've heard from others as a great and simple Isekai about a flawed but heroic character.
It's living up to the high praise I've heard from others as a great and simple Isekai about a flawed but heroic character.
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just before Christmas I started Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and just finished season 1.
It's living up to the high praise I've heard from others as a great and simple Isekai about a flawed but heroic character.
It's living up to the high praise I've heard from others as a great and simple Isekai about a flawed but heroic character.
A worthy Christmas topic, to which I have donated. Please do so if you can.
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A worthy Christmas topic, to which I have donated. Please do so if you can.
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I gave you my heart
The very next day
Kali ma shakti de
I've come down I'll and so I've just been playing some games to pass the time and distract from feeling awful. A hidden gem I've discovered is Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. If you've not encountered this game, it's really giving me vibes as a spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate 2
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've come down I'll and so I've just been playing some games to pass the time and distract from feeling awful. A hidden gem I've discovered is Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. If you've not encountered this game, it's really giving me vibes as a spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate 2
This Christmas I'm enjoying some comfort watching of films. So far, with friends, who are less keen on watching things they'd seen before, I've researched Starship Troopers and Porco Rosso.
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This Christmas I'm enjoying some comfort watching of films. So far, with friends, who are less keen on watching things they'd seen before, I've researched Starship Troopers and Porco Rosso.
This. I don't understand how removing rights from immigrants makes other workers have better rights. Instead it undermines the rights of everyone. This the US, but it's the same here in the UK
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This. I don't understand how removing rights from immigrants makes other workers have better rights. Instead it undermines the rights of everyone. This the US, but it's the same here in the UK
Just watched the Big Short and it really reminded me why I hate the financial system. I remember living through the 2007/8 crisis and wondering how any of what they were saying made sense. It didn't, it fell down. But at every stage it was always fine, until they couldn't pretend anymore.
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just watched the Big Short and it really reminded me why I hate the financial system. I remember living through the 2007/8 crisis and wondering how any of what they were saying made sense. It didn't, it fell down. But at every stage it was always fine, until they couldn't pretend anymore.
This article sums up real consequences of the kind I envisaged when I voted against leaving the EU. It's depressing to be so right. open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
Brexit: How We Found Ourselves Outside the Tent, Getting Pissed On
From a $5bn lawsuit against the BBC to a stalled £31bn tech deal, this is what “going it alone” looks like when your biggest ally starts turning the tables
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December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This article sums up real consequences of the kind I envisaged when I voted against leaving the EU. It's depressing to be so right. open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Over the past couple of weeks I have been rewriting the deployment of AWS's Elemental video encoding pipeline reference implementation into SST and Pulumi.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Over the past couple of weeks I have been rewriting the deployment of AWS's Elemental video encoding pipeline reference implementation into SST and Pulumi.
Fun company trip to see the musical Matilda, which was a lot of fun. Followed by a nice meal out.
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fun company trip to see the musical Matilda, which was a lot of fun. Followed by a nice meal out.
Every time I doubt the adage that there is no coding problem that cannot be fixed by a good night's sleep, I have mornings like today to remind me that it's valid. Today's time to fix the unfixable issue from last night: 5 minutes
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Every time I doubt the adage that there is no coding problem that cannot be fixed by a good night's sleep, I have mornings like today to remind me that it's valid. Today's time to fix the unfixable issue from last night: 5 minutes
The thing I love about Reddit are the weird little gems that come up, like this discussion on the powers of Excel in DnD www.reddit.com/r/DnD/s/VhEX...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The thing I love about Reddit are the weird little gems that come up, like this discussion on the powers of Excel in DnD www.reddit.com/r/DnD/s/VhEX...