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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · Jun 19

Come for the developer journalism, stay for the long running SFF review series, photographs of inner London birding, and well, the randomness of a crapaud in the big city.

All this from an ex-engineer who found one of his cancelled projects in For All Mankind.

And if you want to chat try Signal.

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 6h

Full-featured USB-C onboard (not just power) and Arduino sell the appropriate hub as part of a package in their store…

store.arduino.cc/products/usb...

USB-C to HDMI multiport adapter with ethernet and USB hub

The AC7042 USB-C 3.2 Gen1 4K Multiport Dock turns a notebook into a complete work station by connecting only one flexible USB-C cable. This multiport dock extends the notebook with a 4K monitor via HD...

store.arduino.cc

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 7h

Same here (all four are up there!).

I was lucky enough to be able to tell him that before he died.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 7h

Today's Torment Nexus is Mr and Mrs Everywhere from John Brunner's classic grim meathook future novel (and part of his prophetic Club Of Rome quartet) Stand On Zanzibar.

"Christ, what an imagination I've got."

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h

DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.

arstechnica.com

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 7h

John Brunner wrote the grim meathook future. Mr and Mrs Everywhere just live in it.

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Scary Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 7h

when I heard about Qualcomm buying Arduino I thought what different relationships they have with developers and then I thought maybe that's why they're buying them? Leendert van Doorn engineering SVP @ qualcomm tells me I've figured it out but @monkchips.com warns me it's going to be a balancing act

Can Arduino Teach a Tech Giant How To Win Over Developers?

Open source infrastructure meeting strong commercial integration isn’t always a good fit, but Qualcomm and Arduino hope to change that narrative.

thenewstack.io

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 8h

Also at least two species of gull and fulmars.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 8h

Drone film of hundreds of Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna and gannets feeding in the Channel near Alderney.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRAW...

Tuna feeding frenzy #baitball #tuna #alderney #channelislands

YouTube video by Alderney Wildlife Trust

www.youtube.com

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 10h

Oh yes; a small group had a den in a neighbouring garden. They dug literal foxholes in the lawn, and in the end the whole garden was dug up and covered with a temporary artifical turf - and as much as I dislike artificial grass it was a big improvement scentwise!

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 10h

At least I screen-capped and printed our engagement texts!

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 11h

Well that was fun, an hour of energy saving to get money back on our electric bill. I turned off pretty much everything I could think of, except of course everything I didn't think of. Still, more than halved our normal consumption...

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

I read a book about hurricanes. Really blew me away.

Chris Jones @chrisjones1.bsky.social · 14h

I read a book about Fort Knox. Took me a while to get into it.

Richard K @rkemb.bsky.social · 14h

I read a book about trepanation. Really opened my mind.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

I can spot at least one Norman ancestor in there...

Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 21h

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

Apropos of nothing, is it any surprise that the song The Frog Chorus sings is "We All Stand Together"?

"Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain, we'll never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together"

youtu.be/gVfaf43W9cM...

Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO

youtu.be

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

I am turning into one!

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

Much what I thought; I am sticking with a 15 for a while yet.

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

It'll be either DNS or certificates.

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

Fair!

I haven't yet got to jumper wearing stage yet...

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

It was. And I just looked up The Granary on Google Maps and it's still there and does much the same menu as it did all those years ago...

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 14h

I think we're still a couple of weeks from it here; my desk thermometer is still reading 24.8C.

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 15h

A bunch of us from the Bath SF Group as was used to do this; we'd head to Hay, have lunch, and then spend the afternoon in the bookshops before ending the day over a beer...

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 15h

Which is kind of the point I am trying (clumsily) to make.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 17h

I had Maths, Physics, Electronic Systems, and Further Maths A-levels when I came to the UK. I'm also pretty sure there is no A-level in the English language. English literature, yes, but down that road lie the humanities...

I guess I'm off back on that ferry.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

Move announced by home secretary as she toughens up language requirements

www.independent.co.uk

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 20h

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 1d

<sheep eats clover>

Gabriel Oak: From Hell's heart I stab at ewe!

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 1d

I grew up needing to know the exchange name and the four or five digit number (North, South, East, West, and Central. We were North 1754.)

Yoy could even make a call with a name and address, the operators knew the island really well. They could even redirect calls for you!

Life on a small island.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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