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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 1d

At what point does the sign itself count as flytipping? It's been there for years...

Sign reading "Flytipping investigation in progress"

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 1d

Scrambled egg on toast. Or any egg-and-bread combo; fried egg sandwich, egg mayo, etc.

Anne Mo 😷 @toughestfrail.com · 1d

What's your favorite low effort meal?

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jeff @tef.bsky.social · 2d

it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc

and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 3d

We take security seriously

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 We've assembled a Leicestershire SUPERTEAM and are now looking for a PhD researcher to take forward the 'Seasons of Wellbeing' project - looking at how people experience green spaces across the seasons.

🌐 Learn more and apply: collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/improving-we...

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 14d

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 15d

UK is the most nature blind country in Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15d

If anyone else in the UK would like a package just like this, for £10.99 plus £6 p&p, please give me shout at [email protected] (I have four sets left).

Sue from SE5 @suefromse5.bsky.social · 15d

Fantastic book post from Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Thank you so much Tom, look forward to reading them.

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 15d

I got some excellent post! Thank you, @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, I shall enjoy these (once I've finished Everything Will Swallow You, that is)

Books (Villager and Ring the Hill by Tom Cox), a postcard (art from Michael Cox) and a bookmark

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 16d

(It's good!)

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 18d

True (and that's not the only perverse incentive here)

Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 18d

The government bailing out JLR will send a strong signal to e-crime groups to retarget to the UK.

Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 21d

"I apologize" from AI tools really grinds my gears. An apology requires an understanding of what you did wrong, an understanding of how it affects the other party and a desire to do better. AI has none of these.

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 22d

I love this book. Thank you, @jobellwriter.bsky.social !

The cover of Boater - a Life on England's Waterways

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 26d

Ha, next on my pile...

The cover of Tom Cox's Everything will swallow you

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 26d

I've just enjoyed Tom Cox's Ring the Hill and I'm currently engrossed in Jo Bell's Boater. Haven't played a proper game in years, so I can't help you there...

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · Sep 10

The easiest part of my job is being fighty and mean to powerful people when they are wrong. The hardest part of my job is being constructive and kind to people with less power than me when they are wrong.

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Aug 31

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two arrested over 'racial assault' in Manor Heath Park, Halifax

Police are investigating claims a woman and child were subjected to racial abuse in a Halifax park.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Aug 31

I love unwittingly photogenic cattle

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Melissa Nightingale @shappy.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Sorta like Napster, just post-DMCA."

IYKYK

www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...

How did they not know? - Raw Signal Group

We're still in the early days, this is still mostly anecdotes, but the anecdotes are multiplying fast. And they're haunting.

www.rawsignal.ca

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Jul 17

I scored 12/28 on jsdate.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

new Date("wtf")

How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?

jsdate.wtf

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Jul 14

🫡

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dietrich @burrito.space · Jul 11

when your values are so important

that you put them up top

and you thought about them so deeply

that they all start with P

then it is no accident

that "privacy" is not one of them

welcome to the AI browser wars 🥳

comet.perplexity.ai#values

screenshot of "Our core values" section of the Perplexity's Comet browser's home page

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Jul 10

Soon, the machine will scream for you.

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DJM @djmasters.bsky.social · Jul 7

Bad news: I now can’t make @steelcon.info this week!
Good news: I have one steelcon ticket, free to a good home!

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · Jul 4

I love the letterbox. Presumably for interdimensional post.

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