Rory Gianni
@digitalwestie.bsky.social
Freelancer. Building digital products for fun and profit 👨💻.
Likes creative and civic tech.
Likes creative and civic tech.
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I’ve been sitting on the design for a very nice, secure, efficient research data sharing app for years (choosing to do other projects instead) because UK governments are twitchy control freaks who want to spy on everything and I don’t want the hassle.
Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’ve been sitting on the design for a very nice, secure, efficient research data sharing app for years (choosing to do other projects instead) because UK governments are twitchy control freaks who want to spy on everything and I don’t want the hassle.
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losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."
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idea: before anyone can censor a video game for containing dark topics, they have to watch a video of two average children playing with barbie dolls for an hour.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
idea: before anyone can censor a video game for containing dark topics, they have to watch a video of two average children playing with barbie dolls for an hour.
I wish more sites did text only versions. My brain is under constant assault switching tabs and trying to parse busy sites.
E.g.
text.npr.org - Text only NPR
Great starter list:
greycoder.com/a-list-of-te...
E.g.
text.npr.org - Text only NPR
Great starter list:
greycoder.com/a-list-of-te...
A List Of Text-Only & Minimalist News Sites (Updated 2025) - GreyCoder
A List Of Text-Only & Minimalist News Sites (Updated 2025)
greycoder.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wish more sites did text only versions. My brain is under constant assault switching tabs and trying to parse busy sites.
E.g.
text.npr.org - Text only NPR
Great starter list:
greycoder.com/a-list-of-te...
E.g.
text.npr.org - Text only NPR
Great starter list:
greycoder.com/a-list-of-te...
Anyway, stunning reddit thread on country-specific inventions www.reddit.com/r/AskTheWorl...
From the AskTheWorld community on Reddit: Does your country have an invention that never made it to the outside world?
Explore this post and more from the AskTheWorld community
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Anyway, stunning reddit thread on country-specific inventions www.reddit.com/r/AskTheWorl...
Misread the word "therapist" (the 🍇ist) and now it's not stopping, help.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Misread the word "therapist" (the 🍇ist) and now it's not stopping, help.
Cartoonist refused entry to France for attending a memorial day for political activist. This is Elena's best guess because it doesn't seem she was given a clear reason. Mad situation.
Complètement hallucinant, Elena Mistrello, autrice de BD italienne invitée par le festival de Colomiers a été refoulée à l'aéroport par la police française pour avoir participé à une commémoration pacifique des dix ans de la mort de Clément Méric...
elenamistrello.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/p...
elenamistrello.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/p...
PICCOLA CRONACA DI UN RESPINGIMENTO FORZATO, TOULOUSE 2025.
Questo weekend (21-23 Novembre 2025) avrei dovuto presenziare al festival di fumetto BD COLOMIERS ( a cui sono stata invitata dato che il mio libro “Sindrome Italia” è appena stato pubblicato …
elenamistrello.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Cartoonist refused entry to France for attending a memorial day for political activist. This is Elena's best guess because it doesn't seem she was given a clear reason. Mad situation.
Fitba' that is all really. What a game. Phew!
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Fitba' that is all really. What a game. Phew!
Get in loser. We're huffing retro-futurist aesthetic sub-reddits,
r/GiscardPunk and r/cassettefuturism
r/GiscardPunk and r/cassettefuturism
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Get in loser. We're huffing retro-futurist aesthetic sub-reddits,
r/GiscardPunk and r/cassettefuturism
r/GiscardPunk and r/cassettefuturism
TIL disc repair machines exist
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
TIL disc repair machines exist
Interesting post. Most of this seems the way to go, especially with you kids.
One thought this sparked for me is the slight difference between using Perplexity vs Claude/ChatGPT.
Perplexity more often surfaces the raw content from search rather than summarising / presenting conclusions.
One thought this sparked for me is the slight difference between using Perplexity vs Claude/ChatGPT.
Perplexity more often surfaces the raw content from search rather than summarising / presenting conclusions.
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Interesting post. Most of this seems the way to go, especially with you kids.
One thought this sparked for me is the slight difference between using Perplexity vs Claude/ChatGPT.
Perplexity more often surfaces the raw content from search rather than summarising / presenting conclusions.
One thought this sparked for me is the slight difference between using Perplexity vs Claude/ChatGPT.
Perplexity more often surfaces the raw content from search rather than summarising / presenting conclusions.
I need this in my life 🎹
I just had an idea for a Netflix sequel that will make a fortune.
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I need this in my life 🎹
Finally got that disc reader and dug up photos burnt to a disc I took in while living in Japan 2004/5.
Much emotion and red-eye!
Much emotion and red-eye!
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Finally got that disc reader and dug up photos burnt to a disc I took in while living in Japan 2004/5.
Much emotion and red-eye!
Much emotion and red-eye!
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We could call it the European Community of Steel and something else
Britain is pushing to form a Western alliance with the European Union to curb China's dominance in the global steel market.
Britain seeks EU steel pact to counter China — and swerve tariffs
The idea under consideration is for the U.K. and EU to form a Western steel alliance — potentially including Washington — that would align tariff policies.
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We could call it the European Community of Steel and something else
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Doing research into color spaces has been fun. I still haven't decided if I'm an HSL or HSV kind of guy.
That said, I'm really struck by this black & white diagram from a patent filed in 1983, showing how color maps to the HSL space (Hue, Saturation, Lightness).
That said, I'm really struck by this black & white diagram from a patent filed in 1983, showing how color maps to the HSL space (Hue, Saturation, Lightness).
October 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Doing research into color spaces has been fun. I still haven't decided if I'm an HSL or HSV kind of guy.
That said, I'm really struck by this black & white diagram from a patent filed in 1983, showing how color maps to the HSL space (Hue, Saturation, Lightness).
That said, I'm really struck by this black & white diagram from a patent filed in 1983, showing how color maps to the HSL space (Hue, Saturation, Lightness).
The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches | Interview
YouTube video by Hard Fork
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"This country is full of holes—places where the need is so great that, for a willing and courageous person, it is literally impossible to be superfluous. There’s one in your neighborhood, for sure. Jump in."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Dear James: My Guy Friends Are Stuck in a Rut - The Atlantic
For 10 years, I haven’t seen any of them change for the better.
www.theatlantic.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"This country is full of holes—places where the need is so great that, for a willing and courageous person, it is literally impossible to be superfluous. There’s one in your neighborhood, for sure. Jump in."
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Well, there's a first. Emailing my app users to tell them I cocked up a migration and lost some data.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Well, there's a first. Emailing my app users to tell them I cocked up a migration and lost some data.
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✨📊 Cold War Military Slides
A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear ars…
🔗
https://beautifulpublicdata.com/cold-war-military-slides
A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear ars…
🔗
https://beautifulpublicdata.com/cold-war-military-slides
October 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
✨📊 Cold War Military Slides
A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear ars…
🔗
https://beautifulpublicdata.com/cold-war-military-slides
A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear ars…
🔗
https://beautifulpublicdata.com/cold-war-military-slides
I like telegram, but lordy the spam is driving me away.
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I like telegram, but lordy the spam is driving me away.
Me: Oh this post on this site looks interesting. *click*
Blog: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Me: Err.. I don't know anything about you, and you want my email? *close*
Blog: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Me: Err.. I don't know anything about you, and you want my email? *close*
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Me: Oh this post on this site looks interesting. *click*
Blog: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Me: Err.. I don't know anything about you, and you want my email? *close*
Blog: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Me: Err.. I don't know anything about you, and you want my email? *close*
Doing a massive Friday deploy and my heart is racing
September 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Doing a massive Friday deploy and my heart is racing