John Marshall
@johnm.bsky.social
Bioinformatics tools developer at Australia’s Centre for Population Genomics. Will edit GA4GH specifications for food. New Zealander fairly recently returned after a decade in the U.K.
Heh. I'm so old-fashioned that I'm putting that effort into the commit messages too.
The good news is the new PR is often pre-populated with the commit message text (or it's just a copy'n'paste away), so you just need to adjust/add to it to fulfil the additional “why we need this change now” role.
The good news is the new PR is often pre-populated with the commit message text (or it's just a copy'n'paste away), so you just need to adjust/add to it to fulfil the additional “why we need this change now” role.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Heh. I'm so old-fashioned that I'm putting that effort into the commit messages too.
The good news is the new PR is often pre-populated with the commit message text (or it's just a copy'n'paste away), so you just need to adjust/add to it to fulfil the additional “why we need this change now” role.
The good news is the new PR is often pre-populated with the commit message text (or it's just a copy'n'paste away), so you just need to adjust/add to it to fulfil the additional “why we need this change now” role.
I just get tired of the constant disinformation.
Perhaps before posting an allegation, people could take a moment to verify whether it is true.
Perhaps before posting an allegation, people could take a moment to verify whether it is true.
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I just get tired of the constant disinformation.
Perhaps before posting an allegation, people could take a moment to verify whether it is true.
Perhaps before posting an allegation, people could take a moment to verify whether it is true.
If they see this thread, maybe we can crowdsource the spelling corrections: “[…] at any time”.
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM
If they see this thread, maybe we can crowdsource the spelling corrections: “[…] at any time”.
If you were, for example, an Irish/New Zealand dual citizen, you will soon be obliged to use your Irish passport to enter the UK, as you will no longer be eligible to get an ETA with your NZ passport. www.gov.uk/guidance/ele...
Electronic travel authorisation (ETA): guide for dual citizens
What dual citizens with British or Irish citizenship (or right of abode) need to do to travel to the UK.
www.gov.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:06 AM
If you were, for example, an Irish/New Zealand dual citizen, you will soon be obliged to use your Irish passport to enter the UK, as you will no longer be eligible to get an ETA with your NZ passport. www.gov.uk/guidance/ele...
TBH I would eventually like to support this: cibuildwheel can in principle build the wheels on GH Actions, I am supportive of people playing around with pysam where they want to, and — most of all! — I would like to stop being spammed with such requests.
But it's at the bottom of a long to-do list.
But it's at the bottom of a long to-do list.
January 29, 2026 at 2:49 AM
TBH I would eventually like to support this: cibuildwheel can in principle build the wheels on GH Actions, I am supportive of people playing around with pysam where they want to, and — most of all! — I would like to stop being spammed with such requests.
But it's at the bottom of a long to-do list.
But it's at the bottom of a long to-do list.
Fairly sure this is the only band tee shirt I have ever owned.
Got it at their concert in London which we went to a few days after first hearing them, when they wowed John Peel on his radio show.
Got it at their concert in London which we went to a few days after first hearing them, when they wowed John Peel on his radio show.
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Fairly sure this is the only band tee shirt I have ever owned.
Got it at their concert in London which we went to a few days after first hearing them, when they wowed John Peel on his radio show.
Got it at their concert in London which we went to a few days after first hearing them, when they wowed John Peel on his radio show.
Writing to Starmer and Lammy was of course like writing to a black hole. OTOH I got a reply from my LibDem former MP within two hours, sharing my concerns and sharing the letter she had previously written to Lammy. Which is something.
Now the hunger strikers just need to survive their recovery.
Now the hunger strikers just need to survive their recovery.
Demands Met on 73rd Day as Three End Strike – Prisoners For Palestine
After 73 days of hunger strike which began on Balfour day, 2nd November 2025, as some prisoners are facing imminent death, Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and
prisonersforpalestine.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Writing to Starmer and Lammy was of course like writing to a black hole. OTOH I got a reply from my LibDem former MP within two hours, sharing my concerns and sharing the letter she had previously written to Lammy. Which is something.
Now the hunger strikers just need to survive their recovery.
Now the hunger strikers just need to survive their recovery.
Hey, that was me! However for some reason she didn't answer my question about WHY she left off the status-quo option that she clearly didn't want anyone to be able to select…
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Hey, that was me! However for some reason she didn't answer my question about WHY she left off the status-quo option that she clearly didn't want anyone to be able to select…
I was going to suggest Spanish Civil War, but it seems there has been an update to something I read yesterday… bsky.app/profile/seth...
(CORRECTION) We must be better than the fascists. That means acknowledging errors. Right now it's unclear where the phrase "one of ours, all of yours" comes from—though there's general agreement that the slogan DHS is using is a reference to "collective punishment" (a war crime).
January 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I was going to suggest Spanish Civil War, but it seems there has been an update to something I read yesterday… bsky.app/profile/seth...
You can raise a GitHub support ticket to get them to purge sensitive information in unreachable objects.
However I interpreted @utf9k.net's comment as suggesting it might be a good time to make a local clone of the blog posting and/or public repository “for posterity”… 🤣
However I interpreted @utf9k.net's comment as suggesting it might be a good time to make a local clone of the blog posting and/or public repository “for posterity”… 🤣
Removing sensitive data from a repository - GitHub Docs
Sensitive data can be removed from the history of a repository if you can carefully coordinate with everyone who has cloned it and you are willing to manage the side effects.
docs.github.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
You can raise a GitHub support ticket to get them to purge sensitive information in unreachable objects.
However I interpreted @utf9k.net's comment as suggesting it might be a good time to make a local clone of the blog posting and/or public repository “for posterity”… 🤣
However I interpreted @utf9k.net's comment as suggesting it might be a good time to make a local clone of the blog posting and/or public repository “for posterity”… 🤣
The Post reprints MELANIE PHILLIPS, of all people, for a New Zealand audience? That's just spectacularly depressing.
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The Post reprints MELANIE PHILLIPS, of all people, for a New Zealand audience? That's just spectacularly depressing.
