Bruce Lawson
@brucel.bsky.social
Web standards a11y lovegod who leverages synergies at Vivaldi browser. Musician. He/ him. Conversation on mastodon, at @[email protected]. Bluesky is broadcast-only, as I've been disappointed by non-Fediverse platforms before. Personal views. RT≠+1.
Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users www.engadget.com/social-media...
"A court filing suggests the company knew that deactivating Facebook lessens depression, anxiety and loneliness." - Some high-tar unfiltered Philip Morris tactics going on here
"A court filing suggests the company knew that deactivating Facebook lessens depression, anxiety and loneliness." - Some high-tar unfiltered Philip Morris tactics going on here
Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users
Meta has been accused of burying research showing its platforms are bad for users mental health.
www.engadget.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users www.engadget.com/social-media...
"A court filing suggests the company knew that deactivating Facebook lessens depression, anxiety and loneliness." - Some high-tar unfiltered Philip Morris tactics going on here
"A court filing suggests the company knew that deactivating Facebook lessens depression, anxiety and loneliness." - Some high-tar unfiltered Philip Morris tactics going on here
Have a nice Thanksgiving, to all my Yankee chums. And to those who aren't my chums, but also aren't MAGA types, ICE agents or AI techbros.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Have a nice Thanksgiving, to all my Yankee chums. And to those who aren't my chums, but also aren't MAGA types, ICE agents or AI techbros.
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers. "This significant milestone results from years of extensive collaborative development by the W3C GPU for the Web Working Group, with contributions from companies including Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Mozilla." web.dev/blog/webgpu-...
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers | Blog | web.dev
Read about the biggest web graphics launch since WebGL. WebGPU is supported across major browsers, bringing unparalleled performance to the web.
web.dev
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers. "This significant milestone results from years of extensive collaborative development by the W3C GPU for the Web Working Group, with contributions from companies including Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Mozilla." web.dev/blog/webgpu-...
A first look at the Web Install API brucelawson.co.uk/2025/a-first... I took this Microsoft-stewarded API for a test-drive. Thrills and spills, guaranteed!
Bruce Lawson's personal site
» A first look at the Web Install API
brucelawson.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A first look at the Web Install API brucelawson.co.uk/2025/a-first... I took this Microsoft-stewarded API for a test-drive. Thrills and spills, guaranteed!
If @infrequently.org and I were Australian www.instagram.com/reel/DRZAR8e...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If @infrequently.org and I were Australian www.instagram.com/reel/DRZAR8e...
Huristalsis (noun) - the feeling after a nice, quite spicy lunch when you realise you have a meeting in 5 minutes but you really need a poo.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Huristalsis (noun) - the feeling after a nice, quite spicy lunch when you realise you have a meeting in 5 minutes but you really need a poo.
"median mobile page is now 70 times larger than the total storage of the computer that landed men on the moon … The result is a web that increasingly punishes the poor for their bad luck while paying developers huge salaries to deliver business-undermining results." infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 - Infrequently Noted
Embedded in this year's network and device estimates is hopeful news about the trajectory of devices and networks. It has never been easier to deliver pages quickly, but we are not collectively hittin...
infrequently.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"median mobile page is now 70 times larger than the total storage of the computer that landed men on the moon … The result is a web that increasingly punishes the poor for their bad luck while paying developers huge salaries to deliver business-undermining results." infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
Currently trying out the Web Install API (from the MS Edge team), and liking what I see. Write-up incoming. Nice work, @diekus.bsky.social et al. (Niggle: for a non-Edge user, finding the *beta* was hard. It kinda works on Chrome Canary but UI not hooked up yet). blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20...
The Web Install API is ready for testing
We're happy to announce that the Web Install API is now ready for testing on your own site, as an origin trial in Microsoft E
blogs.windows.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Currently trying out the Web Install API (from the MS Edge team), and liking what I see. Write-up incoming. Nice work, @diekus.bsky.social et al. (Niggle: for a non-Edge user, finding the *beta* was hard. It kinda works on Chrome Canary but UI not hooked up yet). blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20...
UK citizen? Here's a petition to call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UK citizen? Here's a petition to call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Reposted by Bruce Lawson
Did you catch this delicious bit of irony:
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Did you catch this delicious bit of irony:
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
bsky.app/profile/thes...
I looked it up and yep.. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...
Reposted by Bruce Lawson
On the Edge team, we think web apps should be easier to install.
The default browser install button is great, but we'd like something which you can use on your own site, how and when you want it.
That's why we're proposing the Web Install API, which you can now test!
The default browser install button is great, but we'd like something which you can use on your own site, how and when you want it.
That's why we're proposing the Web Install API, which you can now test!
The Web Install API is ready for testing
We're happy to announce that the Web Install API is now ready for testing on your own site, as an origin trial in Microsoft E
blogs.windows.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On the Edge team, we think web apps should be easier to install.
The default browser install button is great, but we'd like something which you can use on your own site, how and when you want it.
That's why we're proposing the Web Install API, which you can now test!
The default browser install button is great, but we'd like something which you can use on your own site, how and when you want it.
That's why we're proposing the Web Install API, which you can now test!
Many of the most influential MAGA personalities on Twitler are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Many of the most influential MAGA personalities on Twitler are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RIP Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCc5...
Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam [Live 2005]
YouTube video by HEY-U Mediagroup
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCc5...
Reposted by Bruce Lawson
This isn't the largest data leak in history, but it's up there.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This isn't the largest data leak in history, but it's up there.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
I'm sure that the DPC, Ireland's data protection agency, already has a crisis team urgently looking at ways to do nothing about this.
More photos of my regulator-bothering trip for @vivaldi.com to Brussels last week. Some of the glamorous members of @browserchoicealliance.org ; me with John Ozbeige of @open-web-advocacy.org ; me underneath a horny lamp; Surrealiste pale ale (very nice)
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
More photos of my regulator-bothering trip for @vivaldi.com to Brussels last week. Some of the glamorous members of @browserchoicealliance.org ; me with John Ozbeige of @open-web-advocacy.org ; me underneath a horny lamp; Surrealiste pale ale (very nice)
Rumours that Apple might be about to give a shit about users again 9to5mac.com/2025/11/23/a...
Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year: report - 9to5Mac
This past year, Apple overhauled its design language across all of its major software platforms with the introduction of Liquid...
9to5mac.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Rumours that Apple might be about to give a shit about users again 9to5mac.com/2025/11/23/a...
It's a weird coincidence. In the week that saw a national Reform UK leader get 10 years in prison for taking Russian bribes, Putin-admiring RT regular Nigel Farage should tell Bloomberg how much he dislikes anti-money laundering banking regulation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq_...
Nigel Farage on Putin, Immigration and Taking Risks | The Mishal Husain Show
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It's a weird coincidence. In the week that saw a national Reform UK leader get 10 years in prison for taking Russian bribes, Putin-admiring RT regular Nigel Farage should tell Bloomberg how much he dislikes anti-money laundering banking regulation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq_...
Epstein's emails released by Congress, viewable in a gmail-like interface jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Epstein's emails released by Congress, viewable in a gmail-like interface jmail.world
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
I see Reform have added Nathan Gill to their "football club" merch reformfc.uk
Reform FC football shirts
Reform FC. Football shirts for Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Charlie Kirk and more!
reformfc.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I see Reform have added Nathan Gill to their "football club" merch reformfc.uk
Well, spank me with a croissant while you sing Jacques Brel songs, it's only my post-Brussels trip Reading List 350! Wow sophisticated people at glamorous parties with your up-to-date knowledge of web standards, browsers and regulatory matters! brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading...
Bruce Lawson's personal site
» Reading List 350
brucelawson.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Well, spank me with a croissant while you sing Jacques Brel songs, it's only my post-Brussels trip Reading List 350! Wow sophisticated people at glamorous parties with your up-to-date knowledge of web standards, browsers and regulatory matters! brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading...
Well, what a surprise that a leader of Reform UK should be sent to prison for selling out his country to line his own pockets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Well, what a surprise that a leader of Reform UK should be sent to prison for selling out his country to line his own pockets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
A couple of meetings with members of the Cabinet in another vast Brussels Euro Building, then train to London, train home by 11pm and slept for 10 hours.
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A couple of meetings with members of the Cabinet in another vast Brussels Euro Building, then train to London, train home by 11pm and slept for 10 hours.
I'm not at all shocked to learn that Farage was a racist at school. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm not at all shocked to learn that Farage was a racist at school. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Today I learned that the motto of the Belgian navy is "A l'eau, C'est l'heure".
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today I learned that the motto of the Belgian navy is "A l'eau, C'est l'heure".