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David D
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A small isle, floating somewhere north of the Thames. Open source Kotlin wrangler, mostly http4k.
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Explore all the server-side talks from KotlinConf 2025 in one place!

👉 https://kotl.in/rm09wq

🐦 Spring + Kotlin: Deeper Integration
🐦 Ktor, Exposed, http4k and other ecosystem updates
🐦 Kotlin and AI tools
🐦 Industry adoption highlights
🐦 And more!
Kotlin on the Backend – What’s New From KotlinConf 2025 | The Kotlin Blog
KotlinConf 2025 firmly put server-side Kotlin in the spotlight. Check out this article for all the server-side talk videos from the event.
kotl.in
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Presented without comment.
August 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Scientists have observed that every time Reform goes above four MPs, one of them has to leave the party, a phenomenon known as the Farage Equilibrium.
Reform MP James McMurdock has removed the party whip from himself over an investigation into alleged business impropriety during the pandemic
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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For every dev who thinks "I could build this $30/month SaaS myself instead of paying for it" - the best thing you can do IS to build it!

You learn

1. How much work it is (just for the base case)

2. Edge cases the SaaS silently takes care of

3. The cost (+pain!) of maintenance
May 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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saving this one down in the pics folder
May 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Groan.this NYT Article is dangerous hype nonsense:

"They do not — and cannot — decide what is true and what is false. Sometimes, they just make stuff up.."

No! They don't decide anything and they don't "make it up".

When can we get some real tech journalism? /Cc @edzitron.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I can only assume that people wanting to vote for Reform on Thursday are eyeing up the current state of the USA and thinking "let's get some of that!"
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Lest we forget.
April 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Protests are all very well, but it's 5 months too late. Now we all get to suffer, so buckle up for a "fun ride".
April 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
April 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Well, I guess we have our answer to the question: "How the hell do you fail to make a casino work in Atlanta?"
April 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The United States, Russia, Belarus and North Korea. What a crowd.
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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OMG
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945.

The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.
February 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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i'm not sure when federal judges are going to realize that when they were told in court that the DOGE teens had "read only access" they were being lied to. And they will be lied to the next time until they start throwing contempt charges around.
USAID employee lawsuit says Musk's twenty-something henchmen were given root-level access to important systems
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Motherfucker, I’m not worried about tomatoes. I can grow tomatoes.

What I am worried about is the goddamned coup you and your colleagues are enabling by your inaction and your mealymouthed responses to this bullshit.
You’re worried about tomato prices.

Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This (probably nsfw if that's really a thing) clip made my week and it's only Tuesday before breakfast. youtube.com/shorts/B2reV...
"Don't Google It!" Executive order WHAT? Trump "desecrated the Constitution that is akin to..."
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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January 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Literally every company now

youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...
Literally every company now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.

The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Brazilian government proves once again how to deal with these psychos.

Oh for any UK political party that would actually do the same.
January 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Man gets points on licence for speeding" exclusive! Is this news? Is it really in the public interest even if he is a total prick? Slow news day?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russell Brand fined for speeding in Slough and Oxfordshire
The actor and comedian admits doing 95mph on a motorway and 37mph in a 30mph zone.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"Look over there!", said the orange man desperately, as he attempted to stop everyone looking over here.
January 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM