Kit Eason
@kitlovesfsharp.bsky.social
F# Developer
Principal SWE 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Udemy course “F# From the Ground Up”:
https://www.udemy.com/course/fsharp-from-the-ground-up/?referralCode=6C413CC65FEA81F7CEE7
Book “Stylish F#”:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-7205-3
Principal SWE 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Udemy course “F# From the Ground Up”:
https://www.udemy.com/course/fsharp-from-the-ground-up/?referralCode=6C413CC65FEA81F7CEE7
Book “Stylish F#”:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-7205-3
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Kit Eason
@kitlovesfsharp.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Royal Navy - Adana 1909
kiteason.com
Just in case anyone here is interested in the history of the Armenian Genocide, here are some family documents I found.
kiteason.com/adana1909/
#history
kiteason.com/adana1909/
#history
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A remarkable one-two punch of homophobia and transphobia from Radio 4 news's report on this, including:
"The nurses believed Rose had a female partner and was sexually active" - Ok? What does that have to do with anything?
"The nurses believed Rose had a female partner and was sexually active" - Ok? What does that have to do with anything?
Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague
Judge finds Durham trust violated nurses’ dignity and created intimidating environment by allowing use of single-sex space
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A remarkable one-two punch of homophobia and transphobia from Radio 4 news's report on this, including:
"The nurses believed Rose had a female partner and was sexually active" - Ok? What does that have to do with anything?
"The nurses believed Rose had a female partner and was sexually active" - Ok? What does that have to do with anything?
BBC Radio 4 should think of a cuddly name for that regular PM Programme slot where they cheerfully platform a facist.
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
BBC Radio 4 should think of a cuddly name for that regular PM Programme slot where they cheerfully platform a facist.
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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
www.amazon.co.uk
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 🐆
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Hey slightly serious post, please share if you can: if you are a #software developer in the #Australia area and are looking for a #tech job, please reach out to me. I'm looking for mid or senior engineers who excel at constraint based optimizations, typescript, and k8s. Sound like you? Get in touch.
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Hey slightly serious post, please share if you can: if you are a #software developer in the #Australia area and are looking for a #tech job, please reach out to me. I'm looking for mid or senior engineers who excel at constraint based optimizations, typescript, and k8s. Sound like you? Get in touch.
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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What's gone wrong at Cambridge University?
Flat departmental budgets (inflation-adjusted) from 2016–2025
Explosive growth in central administration spending
The result is a university increasingly run around teaching and research rather than for them
Dereliction of its core mission
Flat departmental budgets (inflation-adjusted) from 2016–2025
Explosive growth in central administration spending
The result is a university increasingly run around teaching and research rather than for them
Dereliction of its core mission
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
What's gone wrong at Cambridge University?
Flat departmental budgets (inflation-adjusted) from 2016–2025
Explosive growth in central administration spending
The result is a university increasingly run around teaching and research rather than for them
Dereliction of its core mission
Flat departmental budgets (inflation-adjusted) from 2016–2025
Explosive growth in central administration spending
The result is a university increasingly run around teaching and research rather than for them
Dereliction of its core mission
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I know when you think about GameDev you think about C++ C# or even rust!
Welp, I'd like you to consider giving F# a chance
Mibo aims to become micro framework on top MonoGame.
It'll give you some ergonomics, and pathways for you to write your games in seamless F# 👇
#dotnet #gamedev #fsharp #monogame
Welp, I'd like you to consider giving F# a chance
Mibo aims to become micro framework on top MonoGame.
It'll give you some ergonomics, and pathways for you to write your games in seamless F# 👇
#dotnet #gamedev #fsharp #monogame
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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I don’t think I’ve mentioned this enough or at all, so if you have a minute to help me spread the word I’d be so grateful…
I’m taking Slinky to Australia this year!
🇦🇺 Adelaide
🐨 Melbourne
🦘Brisbane
I’m taking Slinky to Australia this year!
🇦🇺 Adelaide
🐨 Melbourne
🦘Brisbane
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this enough or at all, so if you have a minute to help me spread the word I’d be so grateful…
I’m taking Slinky to Australia this year!
🇦🇺 Adelaide
🐨 Melbourne
🦘Brisbane
I’m taking Slinky to Australia this year!
🇦🇺 Adelaide
🐨 Melbourne
🦘Brisbane
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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Don't forget that we've also got every single Ordnance Survey Landranger #map from 1975 already online for your delectation and delight. And remember that you can compare them to the 1974 editions (and the previous One Inch maps) using our Map Fader.
buff.ly/6ToTdlJ
buff.ly/6ToTdlJ
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Don't forget that we've also got every single Ordnance Survey Landranger #map from 1975 already online for your delectation and delight. And remember that you can compare them to the 1974 editions (and the previous One Inch maps) using our Map Fader.
buff.ly/6ToTdlJ
buff.ly/6ToTdlJ
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Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades.
So maybe reconsider
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Another #fsharp checkpoint, more broadly articulated than the posit deep-dive in the previous link: speakez.tech/blog/fsharp-...
F# on Metal Revisited
From Stack-Only to Graduated Memory: A Year Of Fidelity Framework Evolution
speakez.tech
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another #fsharp checkpoint, more broadly articulated than the posit deep-dive in the previous link: speakez.tech/blog/fsharp-...
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wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
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Recommendations for a couple of exceptional books I've read recently. For novels, Qntm's There Is No Antimemetics Division is a stone cold cosmic horror classic about a department trying to combat anomalous beings whose very nature makes them
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Recommendations for a couple of exceptional books I've read recently. For novels, Qntm's There Is No Antimemetics Division is a stone cold cosmic horror classic about a department trying to combat anomalous beings whose very nature makes them
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I heard Celine Dion’s version of Merry Xmas (War Is Over) and think everyone involved in the process from initial idea to it reaching my ears should be shot.
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I heard Celine Dion’s version of Merry Xmas (War Is Over) and think everyone involved in the process from initial idea to it reaching my ears should be shot.
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A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Applications due January 1. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you! App link in thread -->
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Applications due January 1. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you! App link in thread -->
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this is what some of you look like in your chore coats
December 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is what some of you look like in your chore coats
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SqlHydra v3.2 big release today that builds on yesterday's release! Now includes DB-specific functions for all 5 supported DBs, custom functions, and adds .NET 10 support.
Samples included in the release notes.
github.com/JordanMarr/S... #fsharp
Samples included in the release notes.
github.com/JordanMarr/S... #fsharp
Release SqlHydra v3.2.0 · JordanMarr/SqlHydra
SqlHydra.Query
Built-in SQL Functions
Use SQL functions directly in your queries with full type safety! Each database provider includes a SqlFn type with common functions.
open SqlHydra.Query
open ...
github.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
SqlHydra v3.2 big release today that builds on yesterday's release! Now includes DB-specific functions for all 5 supported DBs, custom functions, and adds .NET 10 support.
Samples included in the release notes.
github.com/JordanMarr/S... #fsharp
Samples included in the release notes.
github.com/JordanMarr/S... #fsharp
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A very Threads moment. NB there is no indication from their timeline that they are joking.
December 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A very Threads moment. NB there is no indication from their timeline that they are joking.
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Trans rights are human rights and it's not negotiable, you fucks
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trans rights are human rights and it's not negotiable, you fucks
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Apologies to anyone who was enjoying being in my life but last night in conversation with someone in tech I mentioned several times the data storage amount "trilobite" until they placed there hand on my hand and very calmly said " do you mean terabyte" and I can't be me anymore
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Apologies to anyone who was enjoying being in my life but last night in conversation with someone in tech I mentioned several times the data storage amount "trilobite" until they placed there hand on my hand and very calmly said " do you mean terabyte" and I can't be me anymore