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
See, I always thought @matthewmercer.bsky.social was a pretty cool bloke. But in an interview he said the book he’s anticipating is the next Department of Truth graphic novel. You and me both, brother. 200 bonus points for this pick.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
See, I always thought @matthewmercer.bsky.social was a pretty cool bloke. But in an interview he said the book he’s anticipating is the next Department of Truth graphic novel. You and me both, brother. 200 bonus points for this pick.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
Anybody got any recommendations for a decent frozen three bird roast in the UK for five people at Christmas?
We’re talking about supermarkets here, not some handcrafted place that want a hundred quid. I’m sure their stuff is hand reared loveliness but we just don’t need it.
We’re talking about supermarkets here, not some handcrafted place that want a hundred quid. I’m sure their stuff is hand reared loveliness but we just don’t need it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Anybody got any recommendations for a decent frozen three bird roast in the UK for five people at Christmas?
We’re talking about supermarkets here, not some handcrafted place that want a hundred quid. I’m sure their stuff is hand reared loveliness but we just don’t need it.
We’re talking about supermarkets here, not some handcrafted place that want a hundred quid. I’m sure their stuff is hand reared loveliness but we just don’t need it.
I have had the heating on all day and the flat is only just on the warm side of ok. I would like to register a complaint
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have had the heating on all day and the flat is only just on the warm side of ok. I would like to register a complaint
Today’s cooking experiment: honeyed figs stuffed with nuts and pepper. Cheers to @tastinghistory.bsky.social for the recipe. I should really be watching gladiators fighting while eating these.
www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/roma...
www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/roma...
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today’s cooking experiment: honeyed figs stuffed with nuts and pepper. Cheers to @tastinghistory.bsky.social for the recipe. I should really be watching gladiators fighting while eating these.
www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/roma...
www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/roma...
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
Yep, it came up in our discussions today at @article19.bsky.social Conference
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yep, it came up in our discussions today at @article19.bsky.social Conference
How interesting.
I haven’t checked if this is true, but I assume it is. Bets on what happens from “it gets rolled back” or “people who pay a bit more can hide it”, before next week?
I haven’t checked if this is true, but I assume it is. Bets on what happens from “it gets rolled back” or “people who pay a bit more can hide it”, before next week?
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
How interesting.
I haven’t checked if this is true, but I assume it is. Bets on what happens from “it gets rolled back” or “people who pay a bit more can hide it”, before next week?
I haven’t checked if this is true, but I assume it is. Bets on what happens from “it gets rolled back” or “people who pay a bit more can hide it”, before next week?
“really? I have nothing to say. Nothing I say works. Nothing I say matters. Our world is stupid and hateful and it didn’t have to be this way but here we are. Fucking hell.”
This. So, so much this. Your options are: be an arsehole, fight pointlessly and be sad all the time, or check out. I hate it.
This. So, so much this. Your options are: be an arsehole, fight pointlessly and be sad all the time, or check out. I hate it.
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“really? I have nothing to say. Nothing I say works. Nothing I say matters. Our world is stupid and hateful and it didn’t have to be this way but here we are. Fucking hell.”
This. So, so much this. Your options are: be an arsehole, fight pointlessly and be sad all the time, or check out. I hate it.
This. So, so much this. Your options are: be an arsehole, fight pointlessly and be sad all the time, or check out. I hate it.
Stevenage used to have hidden depths but then they shut down the best chip shop in the whole world, which was next to the indoor market. Now they’re really really well hidden
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Stevenage used to have hidden depths but then they shut down the best chip shop in the whole world, which was next to the indoor market. Now they’re really really well hidden
Dammit. This paper on AI jailbreaking (making an LLM exceed its safety instructions) by phrasing the prompts poetically doesn’t actually include prompts for safety reasons. I understand. But I would have liked to read a poem of instructions to create nukes, just as poetry!
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Dammit. This paper on AI jailbreaking (making an LLM exceed its safety instructions) by phrasing the prompts poetically doesn’t actually include prompts for safety reasons. I understand. But I would have liked to read a poem of instructions to create nukes, just as poetry!
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Today’s trick was making lasagne in a slow cooker (cheers to this recipe for the idea: aldentediva.com/easy-crockpo...). It’s delish, and really easy, unlike actual lasagne which I always find to be a right faff. Fried off onions with the mince, and a bunch of paprika in the sauce. Nice.
EASY CROCKPOT LASAGNA WITH MEAT SAUCE (NO BOIL NOODLES)
Easy crockpot lasagna with meat sauce (no boil noodles) layers tender pasta, rich meaty sauce, and creamy melted cheese into a cozy dinner
aldentediva.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Today’s trick was making lasagne in a slow cooker (cheers to this recipe for the idea: aldentediva.com/easy-crockpo...). It’s delish, and really easy, unlike actual lasagne which I always find to be a right faff. Fried off onions with the mince, and a bunch of paprika in the sauce. Nice.
Beneath a church in an abandoned town I found a crypt where no foot had trod for generations. There I placed markers: a pencil, a cube, the skull of an ancestor. A voice spoke, saying “the purpose of your days has been granted”. When I awoke I had a copy of the 1st edition Unearthed Arcana.
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"
I was given the dice that were the legacy of my family; the d20, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Because I am a geek, like my father before me.
I was given the dice that were the legacy of my family; the d20, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Because I am a geek, like my father before me.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
oh, a ttrpg appeared to me in a dream and when I woke up there were dice on my pillow
oh, a ttrpg appeared to me in a dream and when I woke up there were dice on my pillow
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Beneath a church in an abandoned town I found a crypt where no foot had trod for generations. There I placed markers: a pencil, a cube, the skull of an ancestor. A voice spoke, saying “the purpose of your days has been granted”. When I awoke I had a copy of the 1st edition Unearthed Arcana.
Huh. You know Troy? One of the great cities of antiquity, wooden horse, Helen and Paris, the Trojan War, all that? One thing I did not realise until reading a KJ Parker essay is that this city that bestrides history like a colossus was, in fact, about the same size as the Bullring in Birmingham.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Huh. You know Troy? One of the great cities of antiquity, wooden horse, Helen and Paris, the Trojan War, all that? One thing I did not realise until reading a KJ Parker essay is that this city that bestrides history like a colossus was, in fact, about the same size as the Bullring in Birmingham.
ot a cup of tea, so time to sit and read my newly arrived copy of @mattround.com’s excellent magazine of typing in programs like the 1980s, DOCTYPE.
V proud to have been a part of this. Look, there are pyramids on the cover which are from the thing I did!
You can still buy a copy at vole.wtf/doctype
V proud to have been a part of this. Look, there are pyramids on the cover which are from the thing I did!
You can still buy a copy at vole.wtf/doctype
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
ot a cup of tea, so time to sit and read my newly arrived copy of @mattround.com’s excellent magazine of typing in programs like the 1980s, DOCTYPE.
V proud to have been a part of this. Look, there are pyramids on the cover which are from the thing I did!
You can still buy a copy at vole.wtf/doctype
V proud to have been a part of this. Look, there are pyramids on the cover which are from the thing I did!
You can still buy a copy at vole.wtf/doctype
Main screen at #TechMids being compered by @brucel.bsky.social with a very strong hat and jacket game
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Main screen at #TechMids being compered by @brucel.bsky.social with a very strong hat and jacket game
lots of good people speaking at TechMids: Si, @eli.holderness.dev, @max.woolf.io, @whitep4nth3r.com, me! See you there
Final shout-out for anyone who wants to come heckle me at Tech Mids Conference in Birmingham on Friday afternoon. Plus you get to watch some other amazing speakers from our wonderful tech scene around the Midlands.
Last few tickets available at conf.techmids.org
Last few tickets available at conf.techmids.org
TechMids Conf - A community-driven tech conference
TechMids Conf is an all day, full stack conference on Friday 14th November 2025 Come along for a day of inspiring talks, social chatter and fun.
conf.techmids.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
lots of good people speaking at TechMids: Si, @eli.holderness.dev, @max.woolf.io, @whitep4nth3r.com, me! See you there
This is good, and I am glad I have friends who think like me like this and companies that feel the same.
vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-bro...
vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-bro...
“A.I.” browsers: the price of admission is too high | Vivaldi Browser
It’s a cliché that “data is the new oil” that will power the next industrial revolution. Where does the data that powers Artificial Intelligence come from? And if data is the fuel for AI…
vivaldi.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is good, and I am glad I have friends who think like me like this and companies that feel the same.
vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-bro...
vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-bro...
I remember reading INPUT magazine back in the 80s, typing in programmes. And now that idea is back but for little web things! I am rather chuffed to have been invited to be part of this, DOCTYPE. It's a little bit of joy, which is what I think the web ought to be in the business of helping create.
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I remember reading INPUT magazine back in the 80s, typing in programmes. And now that idea is back but for little web things! I am rather chuffed to have been invited to be part of this, DOCTYPE. It's a little bit of joy, which is what I think the web ought to be in the business of helping create.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
I heard some professor put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying "HI! I'm Tim the pencil! I love helping children with their homework but my favorite is drawing pictures!"
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
1/2
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
1/2
May 15, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I heard some professor put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying "HI! I'm Tim the pencil! I love helping children with their homework but my favorite is drawing pictures!"
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
1/2
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
1/2
I am similarly shocked that after every award-winning David Attenborough documentary about owls that there’s not a similar balancing documentary about how owls are immigrants murdering our children and stealing our jobs.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I am similarly shocked that after every award-winning David Attenborough documentary about owls that there’s not a similar balancing documentary about how owls are immigrants murdering our children and stealing our jobs.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
I am not particularly scared of spiders, nor revolted by them. If there’s one in the flat it generally gets carried to the window (and thrown out, admittedly). But, hey man, what are you doing, stop POKING it. Unless you want Hurricane Arachnid right there in your underpants like a firehose. Stop!
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I am not particularly scared of spiders, nor revolted by them. If there’s one in the flat it generally gets carried to the window (and thrown out, admittedly). But, hey man, what are you doing, stop POKING it. Unless you want Hurricane Arachnid right there in your underpants like a firehose. Stop!
"Hey, Tim Davie is gone from the BBC because he's led them into biased reporting of the far right!"
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Hey, Tim Davie is gone from the BBC because he's led them into biased reporting of the far right!"
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
live the dream, my man. Keep on keepin' on.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
live the dream, my man. Keep on keepin' on.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
when your sword’s really long,
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
March 7, 2024 at 4:04 AM
when your sword’s really long,
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore