Nic
@nicferrier.bsky.social
I’m an English hacker from a long time ago.
I am trying to help rewild the Internet.
https://weblog.ferrier.me.uk
Emacs help and advice if you ask.
I am trying to help rewild the Internet.
https://weblog.ferrier.me.uk
Emacs help and advice if you ask.
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Nic
@nicferrier.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Statement: We don’t need billionaires anymore and should stop engaging with them.
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A lovely, serious but funny conversation between Mr Hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social and two incredibly witty women whose podcast The Trawl has helped me so many times not to despair, the wonderful @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marina-purkiss.bsky.social. Great questions for Zack from them in it!
We are premiering the new episode of Bold Politics at 7pm with @marina-purkiss.bsky.social & @jemmaforte.bsky.social
JOIN US: youtu.be/mpdx0kf-wmY
JOIN US: youtu.be/mpdx0kf-wmY
Why We Deserve Better Than Reeves And Starmer | Marina Purkiss | Jemma Forte
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A lovely, serious but funny conversation between Mr Hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social and two incredibly witty women whose podcast The Trawl has helped me so many times not to despair, the wonderful @jemmaforte.bsky.social and @marina-purkiss.bsky.social. Great questions for Zack from them in it!
:gag:
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
:gag:
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Source-phase Wasm import just landed in Deno.
This allows imported Wasm modules to be self-describing and sandboxable. No hidden JS glue, explicit capabilities only.
PR: github.com/denoland/den...
This allows imported Wasm modules to be self-describing and sandboxable. No hidden JS glue, explicit capabilities only.
PR: github.com/denoland/den...
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Source-phase Wasm import just landed in Deno.
This allows imported Wasm modules to be self-describing and sandboxable. No hidden JS glue, explicit capabilities only.
PR: github.com/denoland/den...
This allows imported Wasm modules to be self-describing and sandboxable. No hidden JS glue, explicit capabilities only.
PR: github.com/denoland/den...
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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We're Shipping! The Commodore 64 Beige and Ultimate editions are getting ready to go!! #Commodore64U
For more updates make sure to head to commodore.net
For more updates make sure to head to commodore.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We're Shipping! The Commodore 64 Beige and Ultimate editions are getting ready to go!! #Commodore64U
For more updates make sure to head to commodore.net
For more updates make sure to head to commodore.net
React should be retired.
It’s too complicated and it’s anti web.
There is just no need for it. If you want that kind of incredibly non web experience then maybe use WASM.
If you want a browser experience use plain old HTML CSS and JavaScript.
It’s too complicated and it’s anti web.
There is just no need for it. If you want that kind of incredibly non web experience then maybe use WASM.
If you want a browser experience use plain old HTML CSS and JavaScript.
A perfect CVSS 10 🧑🏻🍳💋
CVE-2025-55182: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components
The vuln is in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0:
react-server-dom-webpack
react-server-dom-parcel
react-server-dom-turbopack
Upgrade immediately!
CVE-2025-55182: Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components
The vuln is in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0:
react-server-dom-webpack
react-server-dom-parcel
react-server-dom-turbopack
Upgrade immediately!
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
react.dev
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
React should be retired.
It’s too complicated and it’s anti web.
There is just no need for it. If you want that kind of incredibly non web experience then maybe use WASM.
If you want a browser experience use plain old HTML CSS and JavaScript.
It’s too complicated and it’s anti web.
There is just no need for it. If you want that kind of incredibly non web experience then maybe use WASM.
If you want a browser experience use plain old HTML CSS and JavaScript.
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LLMs will say they remember and have no clue, because they are emulating human conversation patterns, not acting as tools.
If you want, you can instead spend this energy on Linux and/or Terminal and/or EMacs and have a better understanding of your system in general.
If you want, you can instead spend this energy on Linux and/or Terminal and/or EMacs and have a better understanding of your system in general.
Also this bit, which is 100% an OpenAI sales shill relaying a story about the bot lying to them:
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
LLMs will say they remember and have no clue, because they are emulating human conversation patterns, not acting as tools.
If you want, you can instead spend this energy on Linux and/or Terminal and/or EMacs and have a better understanding of your system in general.
If you want, you can instead spend this energy on Linux and/or Terminal and/or EMacs and have a better understanding of your system in general.
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For most of human history half of babies born died before they were five. And then we collectively worked out how to stop that.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For most of human history half of babies born died before they were five. And then we collectively worked out how to stop that.
Yesterday Zack got a bit of a kicking from Rory on the Rest is Politics.
Apart from the fact that Rory is a total moron there were some points that Zack needed to brush up on.
The day one thing you’d do as a Green PM (which let’s face it is unlikely but so what) is to stop the BoE …
Apart from the fact that Rory is a total moron there were some points that Zack needed to brush up on.
The day one thing you’d do as a Green PM (which let’s face it is unlikely but so what) is to stop the BoE …
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yesterday Zack got a bit of a kicking from Rory on the Rest is Politics.
Apart from the fact that Rory is a total moron there were some points that Zack needed to brush up on.
The day one thing you’d do as a Green PM (which let’s face it is unlikely but so what) is to stop the BoE …
Apart from the fact that Rory is a total moron there were some points that Zack needed to brush up on.
The day one thing you’d do as a Green PM (which let’s face it is unlikely but so what) is to stop the BoE …
Can we print signs for trains?
IT IS IMPOLITE TO:
PLAY MUSIC WITHOUT HEADPHONES.
PLAY MUSIC TOO LOUD.
HAVE A LOUD TELEPHONE CALL.
L
IT IS IMPOLITE TO:
PLAY MUSIC WITHOUT HEADPHONES.
PLAY MUSIC TOO LOUD.
HAVE A LOUD TELEPHONE CALL.
L
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can we print signs for trains?
IT IS IMPOLITE TO:
PLAY MUSIC WITHOUT HEADPHONES.
PLAY MUSIC TOO LOUD.
HAVE A LOUD TELEPHONE CALL.
L
IT IS IMPOLITE TO:
PLAY MUSIC WITHOUT HEADPHONES.
PLAY MUSIC TOO LOUD.
HAVE A LOUD TELEPHONE CALL.
L
@zackpolanski.bsky.social good interview with the rest is politics.
But if you need a brilliant academic @mazzucatom.bsky.social is on here.
But if you need a brilliant academic @mazzucatom.bsky.social is on here.
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social good interview with the rest is politics.
But if you need a brilliant academic @mazzucatom.bsky.social is on here.
But if you need a brilliant academic @mazzucatom.bsky.social is on here.
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Fuming? It must be eating away at their very core, I’d say their soul but we all know they sold that years ago. Zack Polanski is everything the right is not: charismatic, genuine, popular, and intelligent.
The more the right attack Zack Polanski, the more campaign money the Greens raise
flip.it/FBktKU
Ha ha. They must be absolutely bloody fuming!
#GreenSurge
#BackZack
flip.it/FBktKU
Ha ha. They must be absolutely bloody fuming!
#GreenSurge
#BackZack
The more the right attack Zack Polanski, the more campaign money the Greens raise
The establishment are shaking in their unreasonably priced boots over Zack Polanski winning hearts and minds
flip.it
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fuming? It must be eating away at their very core, I’d say their soul but we all know they sold that years ago. Zack Polanski is everything the right is not: charismatic, genuine, popular, and intelligent.
A Land Rover, a Range Rover and a series of Land Rover Discoveries here and all of them too would have not noticed this.
What is this “truck” for? It seems to be like a Sinclair C5 that can burn you to death.
What is this “truck” for? It seems to be like a Sinclair C5 that can burn you to death.
I've owned 3 Jeeps, an Xterra, and a Porsche suv. All of them would have skated over this Sprinkle of snow. My VW Beetle would have, too. It's ridiculous. Musk is an idiot.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A Land Rover, a Range Rover and a series of Land Rover Discoveries here and all of them too would have not noticed this.
What is this “truck” for? It seems to be like a Sinclair C5 that can burn you to death.
What is this “truck” for? It seems to be like a Sinclair C5 that can burn you to death.
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£200,000 in 3 days!!! Thank you to all those who have donated. Let's keep going and smashing through our targets. 📈
Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're upping our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
£200,000 in 3 days!!! Thank you to all those who have donated. Let's keep going and smashing through our targets. 📈
Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Ha! I claim Richard’s resignation as my own.
Next up “whine whine no really LLMs HAVE made me a better programmer”!
I am completely confident he’ll be gone before next weekend!
Next up “whine whine no really LLMs HAVE made me a better programmer”!
I am completely confident he’ll be gone before next weekend!
I am getting tired of saying it but this “technical error” of the OBR that led to the budget leak is because management are just not acceptably skilled for the 21st century. I expect PBR chair Richard Hughes knows no more about computers than Winston Churchill did.
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ha! I claim Richard’s resignation as my own.
Next up “whine whine no really LLMs HAVE made me a better programmer”!
I am completely confident he’ll be gone before next weekend!
Next up “whine whine no really LLMs HAVE made me a better programmer”!
I am completely confident he’ll be gone before next weekend!
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the tendency to go to war for oil will continue as long as oil is the cheapest source of energy. solar + battery fixes this: it is already cheaper and removes most of the ongoing need to import oil. electrify all the things!
Geopolitical uncertainty --> Hi Fossil fuel prices --> more countries breaking free of expensive hydrocarbons & dollar dependence
It'll all be very rapid in 2020s as local energy production machines (solar PV+Batteries+EVs) get cheap. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
bsky.app/profile/kate...
It'll all be very rapid in 2020s as local energy production machines (solar PV+Batteries+EVs) get cheap. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
bsky.app/profile/kate...
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
the tendency to go to war for oil will continue as long as oil is the cheapest source of energy. solar + battery fixes this: it is already cheaper and removes most of the ongoing need to import oil. electrify all the things!
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🎉 We've now hit £200,000!
📈 It keeps going up and up so we've set a new stretch target!
🙌🏼 Thank you to everyone who's donated.
💚 Hope is here. It's all of us.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
📈 It keeps going up and up so we've set a new stretch target!
🙌🏼 Thank you to everyone who's donated.
💚 Hope is here. It's all of us.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're upping our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎉 We've now hit £200,000!
📈 It keeps going up and up so we've set a new stretch target!
🙌🏼 Thank you to everyone who's donated.
💚 Hope is here. It's all of us.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
📈 It keeps going up and up so we've set a new stretch target!
🙌🏼 Thank you to everyone who's donated.
💚 Hope is here. It's all of us.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Dillo is migrating from GitHub. Another open source project made the decision to drop the AI infested/batshit crazy GitHub/Microsoft. We need a movement like the one where people dropped SourceForge back in the day when it started doing nasty things. That will teach them a lesson
Migrating Dillo from GitHub
dillo-browser.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dillo is migrating from GitHub. Another open source project made the decision to drop the AI infested/batshit crazy GitHub/Microsoft. We need a movement like the one where people dropped SourceForge back in the day when it started doing nasty things. That will teach them a lesson
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This is such a stupid framing we’ve got into.
The reason to tax these people is to reduce inequality and have better societies for all. The smart ones WANT this because it makes things better for them and their loved ones.
The megalomaniacs don’t want this because they have no loves ones.
The reason to tax these people is to reduce inequality and have better societies for all. The smart ones WANT this because it makes things better for them and their loved ones.
The megalomaniacs don’t want this because they have no loves ones.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is such a stupid framing we’ve got into.
The reason to tax these people is to reduce inequality and have better societies for all. The smart ones WANT this because it makes things better for them and their loved ones.
The megalomaniacs don’t want this because they have no loves ones.
The reason to tax these people is to reduce inequality and have better societies for all. The smart ones WANT this because it makes things better for them and their loved ones.
The megalomaniacs don’t want this because they have no loves ones.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This is why we learn and read and all that. This is SO interesting and refutes all sorts of simplicities about this subject.
Absolutely fascinating.
Absolutely fascinating.
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is why we learn and read and all that. This is SO interesting and refutes all sorts of simplicities about this subject.
Absolutely fascinating.
Absolutely fascinating.
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I recently attended a Microsoft conference where luminaries discussed international data transfers. Of note: everyone pretended the US & supreme court were still sane. And data retention was discussed in an abstract way, even though it might be a 24/7 location database: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Hello Europe, Joe Biden is gone - Bert Hubert
Last Friday I attended a useful conference organized by Microsoft. It lived up very well to its title: “Justice, Security and Fundamental Rights: Dialogue on EU Law Enforcement Policies”
Many thanks a...
berthub.eu
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I recently attended a Microsoft conference where luminaries discussed international data transfers. Of note: everyone pretended the US & supreme court were still sane. And data retention was discussed in an abstract way, even though it might be a 24/7 location database: berthub.eu/articles/pos...