Terence Eden
@edent.tel
Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
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Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
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Terence Eden
@edent.tel
· Nov 14
Hello lovely new followers!
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
🏭 Join a Trade Union
💉 Vaccines work
🪙 Cryptocurrencies are bollocks
🐧 Linux rocks
If any of the above bothers you, probably best to unfollow me.
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
🏭 Join a Trade Union
💉 Vaccines work
🪙 Cryptocurrencies are bollocks
🐧 Linux rocks
If any of the above bothers you, probably best to unfollow me.
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Accidentally allowed our robot vacuum to see out of the back door and now I feel bad for keeping it in captivity
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Accidentally allowed our robot vacuum to see out of the back door and now I feel bad for keeping it in captivity
Reposted by Terence Eden
New blog post: Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or Hebrew will show you any weird little layout glitches which might occur. But mechanical translation is a bit of an unthinking brute. In this example, I had a code snippet which contained the word "link". Should that word be…
shkspr.mobi
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New blog post: Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
New blog post: Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or Hebrew will show you any weird little layout glitches which might occur. But mechanical translation is a bit of an unthinking brute. In this example, I had a code snippet which contained the word "link". Should that word be…
shkspr.mobi
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New blog post: Should HTML's code blocks be translated?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or …
Reposted by Terence Eden
Coming to the point of thinking about external examiners. People who've gone through a humanities/soc sci PhD, do you have pointers or experience you'd pass on?
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Coming to the point of thinking about external examiners. People who've gone through a humanities/soc sci PhD, do you have pointers or experience you'd pass on?
Reposted by Terence Eden
You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯
Reposted by Terence Eden
Lovely report on our Honours recipient and PhD student Godfrey Inyama from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social www.hw.ac.uk/news/2026/ph...
#opensource #openukhonours
#opensource #openukhonours
PhD student recognised in 6th OpenUK New Year Honours List
PhD researcher in Artificial Intelligence at Heriot-Watt University, Godfrey Inyama, has been recognised in the 2026 OpenUK New Year’s Honours List.
www.hw.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Lovely report on our Honours recipient and PhD student Godfrey Inyama from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social www.hw.ac.uk/news/2026/ph...
#opensource #openukhonours
#opensource #openukhonours
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Remember, when *they* share misinformation, they're gullible fools who are being wilfully reckless.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
A video of a woman burning a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with claims it was filmed in Iran, amid a deadly crackdown on protests in the country.
But this particular video was actually filmed in Canada.
But this particular video was actually filmed in Canada.
Video of woman burning portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader was filmed in Canada – Full Fact
A video of a woman in Canada lighting a cigarette from a burning portrait of Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with false claims it was filmed in Iran amid widespread protests across the country.
fullfact.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Remember, when *they* share misinformation, they're gullible fools who are being wilfully reckless.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
Reposted by Terence Eden
New blog post: Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short at just the right time. They are all on a similar theme - the strife between parents and children. Whether it is a twisted take on classic fairy tales, or a dive into the far future - there's always something interesting going on. Samantha Mills has a excellent eye for…
shkspr.mobi
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New blog post: Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
Reposted by Terence Eden
In tribute to Mark Longair: www.mysociety.org/2026/01/15/a...
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In tribute to Mark Longair: www.mysociety.org/2026/01/15/a...
New blog post: Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short at just the right time. They are all on a similar theme - the strife between parents and children. Whether it is a twisted take on classic fairy tales, or a dive into the far future - there's always something interesting going on. Samantha Mills has a excellent eye for…
shkspr.mobi
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
New blog post: Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short …
And, with the money saved, buy some red felt-tips!
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
And, with the money saved, buy some red felt-tips!
Reposted by Terence Eden
Our CEO, @amandabrock.bsky.social, is joining the Telecom AI Hot Topics Panel at @uktinetwork.bsky.social's AI & Advanced Communications: A Roadmap to MWV to explore open source, AI and telco on 15 January. More about the event: uktin.net/whats-happen...
#AI #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #telco
#AI #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #telco
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Our CEO, @amandabrock.bsky.social, is joining the Telecom AI Hot Topics Panel at @uktinetwork.bsky.social's AI & Advanced Communications: A Roadmap to MWV to explore open source, AI and telco on 15 January. More about the event: uktin.net/whats-happen...
#AI #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #telco
#AI #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #telco
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Date for your diaries - Lancaster, UK Wed 25 March 2026 - free to attend, registration required.
Hear me talk about my soon to be published book 'Up - A scientist's guide to the magic above us'
www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us...
Hear me talk about my soon to be published book 'Up - A scientist's guide to the magic above us'
www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us...
Looking Up: Stories, Science, and Surprises with Dr Lucy Rogers MBE, Wednesday 25 March, 7:00pm - Lancaster University
Join us for an engaging 75-minute session with Dr Lucy Rogers MBE, whose career blends hands-on engineering, inventive making, and a gift for turning complex ideas into clear, compelling stories.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Date for your diaries - Lancaster, UK Wed 25 March 2026 - free to attend, registration required.
Hear me talk about my soon to be published book 'Up - A scientist's guide to the magic above us'
www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us...
Hear me talk about my soon to be published book 'Up - A scientist's guide to the magic above us'
www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us...
New citation!
"Diversifying Open Source: An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
References my blog post "Please Stop Inventing New Software Licences"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/09...
"Diversifying Open Source: An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
References my blog post "Please Stop Inventing New Software Licences"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/09...
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New citation!
"Diversifying Open Source: An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
References my blog post "Please Stop Inventing New Software Licences"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/09...
"Diversifying Open Source: An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
References my blog post "Please Stop Inventing New Software Licences"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/09...
Reposted by Terence Eden
RE: https://solar.bots.edent.tel/posts/6967c1f7-5778-2a65-8917-531bc9ef72fd.json
Pretty decent solar generation today!
Cold temperatures and mostly clear skies.
Pretty decent solar generation today!
Cold temperatures and mostly clear skies.
Today, my #SolarPanels generated 4.62kWh of solar electricity.
FAQ: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/solar-faq/
FAQ: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/solar-faq/
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
RE: https://solar.bots.edent.tel/posts/6967c1f7-5778-2a65-8917-531bc9ef72fd.json
Pretty decent solar generation today!
Cold temperatures and mostly clear skies.
Pretty decent solar generation today!
Cold temperatures and mostly clear skies.
Remember, when *they* share misinformation, they're gullible fools who are being wilfully reckless.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
A video of a woman burning a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with claims it was filmed in Iran, amid a deadly crackdown on protests in the country.
But this particular video was actually filmed in Canada.
But this particular video was actually filmed in Canada.
Video of woman burning portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader was filmed in Canada – Full Fact
A video of a woman in Canada lighting a cigarette from a burning portrait of Ayatollah Khamenei has been shared with false claims it was filmed in Iran amid widespread protests across the country.
fullfact.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Remember, when *they* share misinformation, they're gullible fools who are being wilfully reckless.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
When *you* share misinformation, you're trying the get things out in the heat of the moment and, anyway, you're making a broader point.
Reposted by Terence Eden
Still selling the occasional copy & still excited every time I notice the number going up vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Still selling the occasional copy & still excited every time I notice the number going up vole.wtf/doctype/
Reposted by Terence Eden
New blog post: Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of currencies. It also supports the new Interledger protocol for WebMonetization. It is, as far as I can tell, unregulated by any financial institution. Nevertheless, it performs a "Know Your Customer" (KYC) check on all new account in order to prevent fraud. To do this,…
shkspr.mobi
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New blog post: Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
New blog post: Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of currencies. It also supports the new Interledger protocol for WebMonetization. It is, as far as I can tell, unregulated by any financial institution. Nevertheless, it performs a "Know Your Customer" (KYC) check on all new account in order to prevent fraud. To do this,…
shkspr.mobi
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
New blog post: Responsible Disclosure: Chimoney Android App and KYCaid
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/responsible-disclosure-chimoney-android-app-and-kycaid/
Chimoney is a new "multi-currency wallet" provider. Based out of Canada, it allows users to send money to and from a variety of …
Reposted by Terence Eden
Moving organisations along is hard. I did a talk on it last year and now it's here in blog form.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
public.digital/pd-insights/...
Six levers for creating change in the face of resistance — Public Digital
public.digital
January 14, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Moving organisations along is hard. I did a talk on it last year and now it's here in blog form.
public.digital/pd-insights/...
public.digital/pd-insights/...
Reposted by Terence Eden
Do you understand how fast computers are?
shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01...
shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01...
Do you understand how fast computers are?
A million years ago, I was helping advise an analogue office who were thinking about making the great leap forward to the digital future. I was sat in the boss's office extolling the virtues of digiti...
shkspr.mobi
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Do you understand how fast computers are?
shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01...
shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01...
Reposted by Terence Eden
I’m gobsmacked at how they pulled off the technical aspects of the sketch which starts at about 1:45 into this episode:
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine - Episode 1 (1st October 1971)
YouTube video by THE VHS DUSTBIN
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I’m gobsmacked at how they pulled off the technical aspects of the sketch which starts at about 1:45 into this episode:
Reposted by Terence Eden
New blog post: Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for Leibowitz - we are mere observers of the tattered remains of humanity. Watchers guide scattered settlements as they strive to evolve and understand their place on a corrupted Earth. The writing is dreamy and hazy - reminiscent of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. It isn't…
shkspr.mobi
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
New blog post: Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
New blog post: Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for Leibowitz - we are mere observers of the tattered remains of humanity. Watchers guide scattered settlements as they strive to evolve and understand their place on a corrupted Earth. The writing is dreamy and hazy - reminiscent of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. It isn't…
shkspr.mobi
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
New blog post: Book Review: Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Hiromi Kawakami ★★★★☆
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-hiromi-kawakami/
This is an intriguing and mostly satisfying sci-fi tale. It has shades of Oryx Crake mixed in with A Canticle for …