avesse
@avesse.bsky.social
Neophile, web geek, product builder, optimist, pragmatist.
South African in Stockholm 🇿🇦🇸🇪
South African in Stockholm 🇿🇦🇸🇪
FIFA doing a History Channel
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
FIFA doing a History Channel
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Now THIS is what a customer-centric app is.
Most banks keep sending out warning emails about impersonation and scams.
Any app can implement this capability with a little coding + backend work (assuming their BE sensible enough): and yet Monzo is the first one I’ve heard do it.
Most banks keep sending out warning emails about impersonation and scams.
Any app can implement this capability with a little coding + backend work (assuming their BE sensible enough): and yet Monzo is the first one I’ve heard do it.
June 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Now THIS is what a customer-centric app is.
Most banks keep sending out warning emails about impersonation and scams.
Any app can implement this capability with a little coding + backend work (assuming their BE sensible enough): and yet Monzo is the first one I’ve heard do it.
Most banks keep sending out warning emails about impersonation and scams.
Any app can implement this capability with a little coding + backend work (assuming their BE sensible enough): and yet Monzo is the first one I’ve heard do it.
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Twitter: "You're a liberal, that means you're a communist."
BlueSky: "You're a liberal, that means you're a fascist."
Hey, who the hell just threw a horseshoe at me??
BlueSky: "You're a liberal, that means you're a fascist."
Hey, who the hell just threw a horseshoe at me??
May 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Twitter: "You're a liberal, that means you're a communist."
BlueSky: "You're a liberal, that means you're a fascist."
Hey, who the hell just threw a horseshoe at me??
BlueSky: "You're a liberal, that means you're a fascist."
Hey, who the hell just threw a horseshoe at me??
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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The carrot is that UBI will be great for GDP and the stock market because it's great for business thanks to creating new customers and widening the base of those with discretionary income to spend. It will also lead to more peace and less crime.
The stick is that UBI will likely avoid guillotines.
The stick is that UBI will likely avoid guillotines.
Hi Scott. Whats your best elevator pitch for wealthy white Americans for UBI? Thanks
April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The carrot is that UBI will be great for GDP and the stock market because it's great for business thanks to creating new customers and widening the base of those with discretionary income to spend. It will also lead to more peace and less crime.
The stick is that UBI will likely avoid guillotines.
The stick is that UBI will likely avoid guillotines.
Log scales are for quitters
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Log scales are for quitters
Ignorant question: why is requiring ID a controversial recurring issue in the US? In most countries I know, having an ID card (not passport or drivers licence) is nearly universal and also necessary for things like opening a bank account. And voting of course. Do Americans not have/need IDs?
April 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ignorant question: why is requiring ID a controversial recurring issue in the US? In most countries I know, having an ID card (not passport or drivers licence) is nearly universal and also necessary for things like opening a bank account. And voting of course. Do Americans not have/need IDs?
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When I was a child, the computers were the ones who would scream when we got online
April 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When I was a child, the computers were the ones who would scream when we got online
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The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers
This is basically a mathematical law
This is basically a mathematical law
April 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The degree to which people romanticize farming is inversely proportional to their degree of actual proximity to farming and farmers
This is basically a mathematical law
This is basically a mathematical law
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This is a reminder that you can oppose 1) antisemitism, 2) the Gaza genocide, 3) the October 7 attacks, and 4) the current assault on universities, at the same time, and with no contradiction.
March 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is a reminder that you can oppose 1) antisemitism, 2) the Gaza genocide, 3) the October 7 attacks, and 4) the current assault on universities, at the same time, and with no contradiction.
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The energy I bring to Bluesky
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The energy I bring to Bluesky
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This thread is basically "America was better when our pale brethren listened to metal, rather than Rogan" and it's an amazing bit of insight.
You hate your job?
Girlfriend not thick?
Money funny?
Don’t like your parents?
God gave you leather, Nordic symbols, and guitar center
Why are you not making punk rock????
Girlfriend not thick?
Money funny?
Don’t like your parents?
God gave you leather, Nordic symbols, and guitar center
Why are you not making punk rock????
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This thread is basically "America was better when our pale brethren listened to metal, rather than Rogan" and it's an amazing bit of insight.
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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
June 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
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Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.
I just want a serious journalist to ask actual Taylor about InfoSec. She’s sufficiently impressive I wouldn’t be surprised if she gave a cogent answer. Like Guy Goma in reverse.
March 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Oh! She has! In at least one interview she talked about the briefings she's received on counter-intelligence. She has made music videos to click tracks instead of audio so it wouldn't leak.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.
Taylor Swift is a legitimate security expert like almost nobody in the world. She has to be. She's the target.
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Are you a feminist? It depends how the question is asked
35% say yes when asked directly
65% say yes when asked alongside a definition
83% say women should be equal in every way
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
35% say yes when asked directly
65% say yes when asked alongside a definition
83% say women should be equal in every way
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Are you a feminist? It depends how the question is asked
35% say yes when asked directly
65% say yes when asked alongside a definition
83% say women should be equal in every way
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
35% say yes when asked directly
65% say yes when asked alongside a definition
83% say women should be equal in every way
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Amazing how war clarifies the macrofinancial mind
FT on defence: “Unlike in … the green transition, it is not possible to “leverage” small amounts of public funding to get private finance to do the rest. Too much financial engineering will send an unmistakable signal of weakness.”
Sums up the failure of the green transition nonetheless.
Sums up the failure of the green transition nonetheless.
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Amazing how war clarifies the macrofinancial mind
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European Commission Jeopardy! (2025)
March 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
European Commission Jeopardy! (2025)
I wonder if Ramaphosa is having second thoughts about visiting the US to 'mend relations'.
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I wonder if Ramaphosa is having second thoughts about visiting the US to 'mend relations'.
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Yes! Watching people who have always refrained from criticizing, or even supporting, Israel become apoplectic with rage over the USA's treatment now of Russia/Ukraine has been quite something to behold. I'll need to find a more diplomatic way to say two-faced, hypocritical pricks.
The West has Long Demanded of Palestinians what Trump Demanded of Ukraine — and More
The West has Long Demanded of Palestinians what Trump Demanded of Ukraine — and More
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Smith of The Guardian reminds us that Trump is a fan of World Wrestling Federation matches, in attempting to explain the sad spectacle at the White House on Friday. Trump is demanding that Volodymyr Zelenskiyy, the…
dlvr.it
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Yes! Watching people who have always refrained from criticizing, or even supporting, Israel become apoplectic with rage over the USA's treatment now of Russia/Ukraine has been quite something to behold. I'll need to find a more diplomatic way to say two-faced, hypocritical pricks.
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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