Michael Twomey
@micktwomey.com
TIL there’s an RFC for the JSON content in HTTP error responses: RFC 9457 Problem Details for HTTP APIs (I love how there’s a application/problem content type).
RFC 9457: Problem Details for HTTP APIs
This document defines a "problem detail" to carry machine-readable details of errors in HTTP response content to avoid the need to define new error response formats for HTTP APIs. This document obsoletes RFC 7807.
datatracker.ietf.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
TIL there’s an RFC for the JSON content in HTTP error responses: RFC 9457 Problem Details for HTTP APIs (I love how there’s a application/problem content type).
Glyph: I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now: https://micktwomey.com/2025/06/05/glyph-i-think-im-done/
June 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Glyph: I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now: https://micktwomey.com/2025/06/05/glyph-i-think-im-done/
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A trans woman wrote to Wetherspoons to ask which toilets they're meant to use. Wetherspoons replied acknowledging the Supreme Court's verdict...and that trans customers can use whichever loos they want to but to please lock the cubicle door.
Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.
Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.
April 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A trans woman wrote to Wetherspoons to ask which toilets they're meant to use. Wetherspoons replied acknowledging the Supreme Court's verdict...and that trans customers can use whichever loos they want to but to please lock the cubicle door.
Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.
Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.
"You wouldn't steal a car" campaign pirated content: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/24/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car/
Rib :ms_red_panda: (@Rib)
Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (https://bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)
She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (https://web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).
So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time! 📎
fedi.rib.gay
April 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"You wouldn't steal a car" campaign pirated content: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/24/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car/
osh is a great drop in bash replacment: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/23/osh-is-a-great-drop/
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
osh is a great drop in bash replacment: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/23/osh-is-a-great-drop/
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights thegist.iethegist.ie https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-trans-rights-are-data-rights/
Great analysis of both the recent UK court ruling and a recent CJEU ruling on trans rights. The CJEU ruling is much more relevant to Ireland but got no press coverage.
Great analysis of both the recent UK court ruling and a recent CJEU ruling on trans rights. The CJEU ruling is much more relevant to Ireland but got no press coverage.
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
April 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights thegist.iethegist.ie https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-trans-rights-are-data-rights/
Great analysis of both the recent UK court ruling and a recent CJEU ruling on trans rights. The CJEU ruling is much more relevant to Ireland but got no press coverage.
Great analysis of both the recent UK court ruling and a recent CJEU ruling on trans rights. The CJEU ruling is much more relevant to Ireland but got no press coverage.
Using uv for Django projects: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/20/using-uv-for-django-projects/
April 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Using uv for Django projects: https://micktwomey.com/2025/04/20/using-uv-for-django-projects/
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I remember gigging the celtic tiger nightclubs when they started to collapse. 2011ish. If I listen to pop songs from that era now, Pitbull, LMFAO etc, It sounds different, because my memory of that music is hearing it echoed through giant empty nightclubs. I watched it all crumble. Horrible memories
Cant believe the stats on dead nightclubs in Ireland. They used to burn money. I remember Shemar Moore did an appearance in Maynooth. I remember bouncy castles in a club in Letterkenny. Sean Kingston performing live was hard to avoid in rural Irish nightclubs at one point
January 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I remember gigging the celtic tiger nightclubs when they started to collapse. 2011ish. If I listen to pop songs from that era now, Pitbull, LMFAO etc, It sounds different, because my memory of that music is hearing it echoed through giant empty nightclubs. I watched it all crumble. Horrible memories
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everything about this new Meta AI bot is so dystopian but for me the AI-generated images of nonexistent donated coats is up there
January 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
everything about this new Meta AI bot is so dystopian but for me the AI-generated images of nonexistent donated coats is up there
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Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
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This is weird as fuck and reminds me of when Levis were meeting diversity quotas by using ai models instead of actually hiring diverse people as models
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is weird as fuck and reminds me of when Levis were meeting diversity quotas by using ai models instead of actually hiring diverse people as models
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Every red dot is a bombed site.
80000 tonnes of explosives.
Gaza is the most intensely bombed place on earth today.
80000 tonnes of explosives.
Gaza is the most intensely bombed place on earth today.
December 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Every red dot is a bombed site.
80000 tonnes of explosives.
Gaza is the most intensely bombed place on earth today.
80000 tonnes of explosives.
Gaza is the most intensely bombed place on earth today.
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They're justified and they're ancient and they drive a transport van
December 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
They're justified and they're ancient and they drive a transport van
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I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 AM
I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
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April 2024 - nymag.com/intelligence... Musk has (many) other children including baby girls. He treats just this one as, his own words, his “emotional support human”
Why Is Elon Musk Dragging His 3-Year-Old Around the World?
His son X has become both prop and ‘emotional support human.’
nymag.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:37 PM
April 2024 - nymag.com/intelligence... Musk has (many) other children including baby girls. He treats just this one as, his own words, his “emotional support human”
WTAF Irish rail? If you're going to run a late night service at least leave the exits open!
December 6, 2024 at 1:25 AM
WTAF Irish rail? If you're going to run a late night service at least leave the exits open!
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Half a billion people— the whole of the EU’s citizenry— owe their right not to be casually surveilled en masse by their governments to Karlin’s reporting on Data Retention.
We literally cited it to the court in the DRI data retention case.
We literally cited it to the court in the DRI data retention case.
The end of an era and certainly, surely, the single most insightful run on a rapidly changing field.
Karlin Lillington’s last column in today’s Irish Times.
Karlin Lillington’s last column in today’s Irish Times.
December 5, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Half a billion people— the whole of the EU’s citizenry— owe their right not to be casually surveilled en masse by their governments to Karlin’s reporting on Data Retention.
We literally cited it to the court in the DRI data retention case.
We literally cited it to the court in the DRI data retention case.
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🖥️ With the AI boom, data centres in Europe are consuming yet higher amounts of energy. What does it mean for GHG and national climate targets? Read in the new investigation by @mariadelaney.ie @pjarandia.bsky.social @conorocarroll.bsky.social @investigates.thejournal.ie
🔗 t.ly/-mIUh
🔗 t.ly/-mIUh
Data Crunch: The Environmental Cost Of the AI Boom In Europe? | Journalismfund Europe
DUBLIN / MADRID - AI has exploded but when its cutting edge software is stripped back, carbon intensive hardware is whirring busily behind, at a high cost to the environment. What exactly does it amou...
journalismfund.eu
November 29, 2024 at 9:40 AM
🖥️ With the AI boom, data centres in Europe are consuming yet higher amounts of energy. What does it mean for GHG and national climate targets? Read in the new investigation by @mariadelaney.ie @pjarandia.bsky.social @conorocarroll.bsky.social @investigates.thejournal.ie
🔗 t.ly/-mIUh
🔗 t.ly/-mIUh
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Not participating in Black Friday because I'm against the relentless creeping Americanisation of Irish life and as a tiny artist I can't afford to, but will instead be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every print you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
Ciaraíoch Art
ciaraioch.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Not participating in Black Friday because I'm against the relentless creeping Americanisation of Irish life and as a tiny artist I can't afford to, but will instead be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every print you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
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A new investigation from @investigates.thejournal.ie has found some planned data centres intend to be powered by natural gas because they cannot currently be connected to the grid.
Climate experts say this will threaten Ireland's climate commitments.
Read more: jrnl.ie/6554698t
Climate experts say this will threaten Ireland's climate commitments.
Read more: jrnl.ie/6554698t
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.
jrnl.ie
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
A new investigation from @investigates.thejournal.ie has found some planned data centres intend to be powered by natural gas because they cannot currently be connected to the grid.
Climate experts say this will threaten Ireland's climate commitments.
Read more: jrnl.ie/6554698t
Climate experts say this will threaten Ireland's climate commitments.
Read more: jrnl.ie/6554698t
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Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Journal Investigates uncovered that over 135,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by data centre generators over the last five year - more than 33,000 cars
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
#GE24 #SpeirGorm #Climate
Journal Investigates uncovered that over 135,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by data centre generators over the last five year - more than 33,000 cars
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
#GE24 #SpeirGorm #Climate
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Journal Investigates uncovered that over 135,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by data centre generators over the last five year - more than 33,000 cars
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
#GE24 #SpeirGorm #Climate
Journal Investigates uncovered that over 135,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by data centre generators over the last five year - more than 33,000 cars
www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
#GE24 #SpeirGorm #Climate
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The Meta thing is interesting because users have been vocally opposed to all these tweaks along the way & they have defended each one w/ metrics+engagement.
But when there’s competition, people are moving.
It’s a reminder that engagement ≠ enjoyment. Wonder what experts have to say about this ⬇️
But when there’s competition, people are moving.
It’s a reminder that engagement ≠ enjoyment. Wonder what experts have to say about this ⬇️
November 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The Meta thing is interesting because users have been vocally opposed to all these tweaks along the way & they have defended each one w/ metrics+engagement.
But when there’s competition, people are moving.
It’s a reminder that engagement ≠ enjoyment. Wonder what experts have to say about this ⬇️
But when there’s competition, people are moving.
It’s a reminder that engagement ≠ enjoyment. Wonder what experts have to say about this ⬇️
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Exactly why I’m pleading with folks to vote all the way down this year for #GE24 - don’t let the racists in! Block them with others even if you don’t love the other parties.
Very common question. Think of it this way: the Irish electoral system not only allows you to support the candidate(s) you like, but also to punish the ones you hate.
If you are genuinely passive about a batch of candidates, it’s ok to leave their boxes blank - but if you can rank them, you should!
If you are genuinely passive about a batch of candidates, it’s ok to leave their boxes blank - but if you can rank them, you should!
Are you best to vote down the full ballot? Say for Donegal, I only plan on going 1-5 since we have 5 seats.
November 26, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Exactly why I’m pleading with folks to vote all the way down this year for #GE24 - don’t let the racists in! Block them with others even if you don’t love the other parties.