Oli Hawkins
@olihawkins.com
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Editorial data scientist working on computational investigations for the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times.
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isaiahbishop.bsky.social
This is so bleak man
canadianpolling.bsky.social
"Do you think there is a connection between childhood vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and autism?"

No: 45%
Yes: 35%

Unsure: 20%

Research Co. / Sept 12, 2025 / n=1003 / Online
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Almost exactly one year since I started bouldering and I’m starting to actually enjoy slab.
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There is an open issue on this from 2022. The problem is not that no-one has requested it. As I mentioned in another thread, my expectation at this point is that the feature will never be implemented, hence my frustration.
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Okay. Fair play, my tone was kind of obnoxious and I apologise for that. My intention was purely to express frustration so I probably shouldn’t have cc’d in rust-lang. But just to explain where I’m coming from: the feature existed, got removed, and probably isn’t coming back. That’s frustrating.
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Other people have already made this feature request, as far back as 2022. Like the original poster you are assuming I haven’t checked this stuff.
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You could have asked me if I had considered that before deciding to dunk on me with a quote tweet but you do you.
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It existed in a previous version and they took it out.
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These are all the things you are allowed to configure, but apparently it's okay for the authors to be "opinionated" about some things and not others.

rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt/?ver...
Rustfmt
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Niche post, but I wish rustfmt could be configured to allow for an optional blank line at the start of a function body. Given how many configuration options it supports its kind of ridiculous to be so inflexible about it. cc @rust-lang.org
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I'm going to get a sign printed that I can hold up whenever someone asks me something I'm not sure about that says "Thinking longer for a better answer".
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samjoiner.bsky.social
New: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution.

A boom in grid-scale storage is solving renewables’ reliability problem and extending the use of clean power.

Latest visual story w/ @nassosstylianou.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social @inari-ta.bsky.social

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How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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dystopiabreaker.xyz
i made a thing that hopefully makes this clearer or is at least fun to play with: sgd.fyi
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Fantastic! Looking forward to catching up!
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That would be great! I go climbing twice a week at Yonder so I am around. Give me a shout when you have settled in and we could go for coffee on a weekend morning?
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When I gave up smoking, I first missed the nicotine and then I missed the habit itself - the framework it provided for processing my emotions during the day e.g. to have a break, reflect on a problem, celebrate the completion of a piece of work, focus on something someone was telling me etc.
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joelsuss.ft.com
📢New piece from me on US inflation today in the @financialtimes.com📢

It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
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People need to start taking crypto more seriously. Not in the sense of buying into it, but in understanding how important it has become in finance and geopolitics. There’s a quarter of a trillion dollars worth of stablecoins in circulation. That’s real money.

www.ft.com/content/dbd0...
Crypto skulduggery isn’t a bug, it’s the whole point
Exploiting regulatory loopholes is the name of the game
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Pavement have just released remastered versions of a bunch of their best songs on a new compilation called Hecklers Choice.

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Summer Babe (Winter Version 2025 Remaster)
YouTube video by Pavement - Topic
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drewharwell.com
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this