Dan Freeman
@dfreeman.io
👨💻 Software | 👾 Games | 📚 Books | 🏳️🌈 General gay nerdery
Edinburgh 🏴 • he/him
Edinburgh 🏴 • he/him
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The covers for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Tyrant Philosophers series are maybe the best in the business right now.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The covers for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Tyrant Philosophers series are maybe the best in the business right now.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
Joe Wilson is incredible at having these detailed, eye catching and very distinctive designs that whet your appetite for what is inside.
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THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION ebook is discounted to £1.99 for one day only, get in there 🐆
There Is No Antimemetics Division: The thrilling new sci-fi horror novel, 'mind-bendingly brilliant' Guardian
There Is No Antimemetics Division: The thrilling new sci-fi horror novel, 'mind-bendingly brilliant' Guardian eBook : qntm: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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January 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION ebook is discounted to £1.99 for one day only, get in there 🐆
Had the thought "oh I should totally get back into Frightened Rabbit now that I live in Scotland" the other day, which is how I learned Scott Hutchison passed 😔
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Had the thought "oh I should totally get back into Frightened Rabbit now that I live in Scotland" the other day, which is how I learned Scott Hutchison passed 😔
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you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
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Feels like we just got finished with 2024 and now I wake up this morning and there’s ANOTHER year? Ngl I could have used a breather
January 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Feels like we just got finished with 2024 and now I wake up this morning and there’s ANOTHER year? Ngl I could have used a breather
Absolutely floored when it finally clicked for me what this puzzle was doing. Really good. blookerstein.itch.io/showy-homes
Showy Homes by Blookerstein
Short word puzzle with a twist
blookerstein.itch.io
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Absolutely floored when it finally clicked for me what this puzzle was doing. Really good. blookerstein.itch.io/showy-homes
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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🎉 Unison 1.0 has landed!
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone!
Spread the word!
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone!
Spread the word!
Announcing Unison 1.0
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we're excited to release Unison 1.0. This version delivers a refined programming workflow and a mature toolchain. Join us as we celebrate this milestone and look ahead to the future of Unison.
www.unison-lang.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎉 Unison 1.0 has landed!
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone!
Spread the word!
After years of engineering, design, and community collaboration, we’re excited to announce this milestone!
Spread the word!
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
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Back on my “I bet I can figure out how to build a UI with that” nonsense again. This has been fun to work on!
🤯 Unison in the browser!?
Dan Freeman's new library, Proscenium, runs Unison code in WebAssembly.
Its companion library, @dfreeman/playbill, contains a walk-through of various features and live examples on Unison Cloud!
Play a game in your browser entirely in Unison; better yet, write your own!
Dan Freeman's new library, Proscenium, runs Unison code in WebAssembly.
Its companion library, @dfreeman/playbill, contains a walk-through of various features and live examples on Unison Cloud!
Play a game in your browser entirely in Unison; better yet, write your own!
@dfreeman/playbill | Unison Share
A walkthrough of building UIs with Proscenium, including several example apps.
share.unison-lang.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Back on my “I bet I can figure out how to build a UI with that” nonsense again. This has been fun to work on!
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View transitions are in every browser now ✨
Firefox now supports view transitions, the command and commandfor HTML attributes, and the moveBefore() method.
www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...
www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...
Firefox 144.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
View transitions are in every browser now ✨
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oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened
Today I thought of sodaconstructor for the first time in probably almost two decades. It was a little 2D mass-and-spring sim that let you build Strandbeest-style walkers and other little automata.
Looks like it's gone the way of the dodo now, but wow I really have the itch to play with that again.
Looks like it's gone the way of the dodo now, but wow I really have the itch to play with that again.
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today I thought of sodaconstructor for the first time in probably almost two decades. It was a little 2D mass-and-spring sim that let you build Strandbeest-style walkers and other little automata.
Looks like it's gone the way of the dodo now, but wow I really have the itch to play with that again.
Looks like it's gone the way of the dodo now, but wow I really have the itch to play with that again.
Me: *waits on hold for an hour and 45 minutes*
Royal Mail customer service: hang on jerk, it’s 6:30; we’re closed *click*
Royal Mail customer service: hang on jerk, it’s 6:30; we’re closed *click*
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Me: *waits on hold for an hour and 45 minutes*
Royal Mail customer service: hang on jerk, it’s 6:30; we’re closed *click*
Royal Mail customer service: hang on jerk, it’s 6:30; we’re closed *click*
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When you were partying (learning Python), I studied the blade (learned Haskell). And now that the world is on fire (null pointer error in prod) and the barbarians are at the gate (test suite takes 1+ hr to run) you have the audacity to come to me for help (develop a gradual typing system).
July 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
When you were partying (learning Python), I studied the blade (learned Haskell). And now that the world is on fire (null pointer error in prod) and the barbarians are at the gate (test suite takes 1+ hr to run) you have the audacity to come to me for help (develop a gradual typing system).
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An excellent game if you like puzzles with many solutions and that don’t punish you for messing around. Also one of the funniest and most charming games. And now: cheaper!
Tactical Breach Wizards is a year old today! To celebrate, we're rewinding the whole last year to see if it can be done better or if it's just a bullshit level.
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Save 25% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
An excellent game if you like puzzles with many solutions and that don’t punish you for messing around. Also one of the funniest and most charming games. And now: cheaper!
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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The richest people in the world have misunderstood every single science fiction book they've ever read
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The richest people in the world have misunderstood every single science fiction book they've ever read
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Imagining what "a conventional phrase of not more than five words" would be for this crab
Poster advertising postcard rates, July 1954.
Designed by Derrick Hass for the GPO.
Ref PRD 753, Royal Mail Archives.
Presumably, the crab is writing about current events.
Designed by Derrick Hass for the GPO.
Ref PRD 753, Royal Mail Archives.
Presumably, the crab is writing about current events.
June 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Imagining what "a conventional phrase of not more than five words" would be for this crab
Parcel from @proud-geek.co.uk arrived with some June reading for me today!
Happy Pride, friends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Happy Pride, friends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Parcel from @proud-geek.co.uk arrived with some June reading for me today!
Happy Pride, friends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Happy Pride, friends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I sure have some questions about where that link preview banner came from, though.
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I sure have some questions about where that link preview banner came from, though.
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
www.mcsweeneys.net
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...