Paul Watson 🌍
LightNews LightNews
banner
paulmwatson.com
Paul Watson 🌍
@paulmwatson.com
970 followers 730 following 5K posts
Web developer born in the last millennia. Vice-chair somersetstrikers.co.za. South Africa 🌍 1/64th Irish.
Posts Replies Media Videos
paulmwatson.com
Ahem.
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
paulmwatson.com
"the sophistication of safeguards must match the sophistication of the technology"

says Minister Niamh Smyth who met with X executives to discuss ongoing concerns regarding non-consensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material on X.

enterprise.gov.ie/en/news-and-...
"/ welcomed the opportunity to meet with X to express directly my serious dismay at what has been facilitated on their platform. I emphasised that the sophistication of safeguards must match the sophistication of the technology. I outlined the legal protections in place in Ireland, including Coco's Law, the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, and the Online Safety Code.
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
paulmwatson.com
Remember pistol-grip film cameras? The Instax mini Evo Cinema Hybrid Instant Camera is Fuji's 2026 fun take on it. I kinda like it. instax.com/mini_evo_cin...
A pistol grip camera in three positions; front on, 3/4, and side on.
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
paulmwatson.com
Some 2026 World Sports Photography Awards that caught my eye.
www.dpreview.com/articles/919...
Photographer: Edgar Su Image Title: Carlos' Shadow Hits A Ball Photographer: Andrew Dowling Image Title: New Zealand Haka Photographer: Florent Gooden Image Title: Eau Rouge F1 Train Photographer: Richard Heathcote Image Title: India v England layers
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
paulmwatson.com
@hypernode.bsky.social aww shucks.
telnet HYPERNODE.DDNS.NET Trying 172.245.154.246... Connected to hypernode.ddns.net. Escape character is '^]'. Hypernode BBS is currently unavailable. Contact MaxMouse at hyprnd@proton.me for more information. Follow Hypernode on Bluesky @ hypernode.bsky.social for updates. Connection closed by foreign host.
January 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
paulmwatson.com
I see the launch of $cashtags by @bsky.app is going well... I actually quite like them as they add signal to posts. Built a financial TweetDeck many years ago for Andrew Quinn.
Screenshot of a browser web-app with multiple columns, financial stock charts, and Tweets.
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
paulmwatson.com
Pay attention to the details. Your placeholder is just a first name but your validation requires a first and last name.
Screenshot of textbox with "Floyd" as the placeholder text Screenshot of textbox with "Floyd" entered and in red below it it says "Please enter first and last name"
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
paulmwatson.com
Intresting, GPS jamming in the places you’d expect. gpsjam.org?lat=44.70507...
Map showing GPS quality
January 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
paulmwatson.com
Many of his family members fought with the Allied forces against the Germans in World War II, and “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
paulmwatson.com
If your SaaS has a table view it should support exporting to CSV. e.g. AWS Quicksight only shows 100 users at a time which makes cleaning up inactive users tedious. Browser extensions that copy HTML tables don't work that well with dynamic tables.
Screenshot of a browser showing a blurred table listing many rows. No tools to export to CSV visible.
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
paulmwatson.com
we have robbed the past of its privacy.

~ What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
umphs. We know everything that passed between Francis and his agent, publishers and translators, accountant, doctor and solicitor. Even his and Vivien's browsing habits are now obtainable. Messages sent by end-to-end encryption have been laid bare. As our dean once said in a speech, we have robbed the past of its privacy. From the mid-1980s, in the expectation, lavishly fulfilled, of selling his archive to a library, Francis kept copies of all letters sent and received. The Barn library was
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
paulmwatson.com
Fernkloof towards Sopiesklip
Suit cliff side with a coastal bay in the distance
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
paulmwatson.com
This is so on base from the trillion dollar AI company that controls the chips and who lobbied government to allow them to sell to China.
Huang isn’t totally off-base about some of what he’s suggesting. Regulatory capture is a real risk, especially as multi-billion-dollar companies look to lock in their lead by using their absurd wealth to sway politicians and cement favorable policy. And there’s no doubt that AI players have been getting into the lobbying business. According to the Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley firms have already poured more than $100 million into new Super PACs to push pro-AI messaging in the lead-up to midterm elections in 2026. There is also zero doubt that industry
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
paulmwatson.com
Amazing, @ericmigi.com. I just built 13 year old Pebble app code and it worked (in emulation at least.) Great job with continuity and supporting the Pebble community.
github.com/LawnGnome/cr...
Screenshot of a terminal with lots of build logs. Showing a Qemu emulator window with a cricket ball tracking app.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
paulmwatson.com
Neat browser fingerprint exposer. See how my Chrome fingerprint is the same even between normal and Chrome Incognito mode... neberej.github.io/exposedbydef...
Screenshot of two browser windows open on https://neberej.github.io/exposedbydefault/ Exposed By Default This is the data your browser hands out automatically, every time! Audio Hardware Browser Detection CSS Features Identity Input Intl Canvas Capabilities JavaScript Engine Layout Screen Sensors Storage Device Media Display Mobile System Environment Network WebAssembly Fonts Geolocation/Time Performance Permissions Fingerprint ID: (2da721df d Audio ? Sample Rate 44100 Max Channels 1 ? OfflineAudioContext Yes ? Audio Fingerprint 59fac525
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
paulmwatson.com
Nice, this produces an OPML from the curl jq. Up to 185 feeds now though I think some of the URLs are not direct to the feed.
curl -s "https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getPostThread?uri=at://did:plc:pzgvqg4ihnaihkrpmxqz5pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt3w3k7v22l" \ | jq -r ' [ .thread.replies[]? | recurse(.replies[]?) | .post.record.facets[]?.features[]? | select(.uri) | .uri ] | unique | "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" + "<opml version=\"2.0\">\n" + " <head>\n" + " <title>RSS Subscriptions</title>\n" + " </head>\n" + " <body>\n" + (map(" <outline type=\"rss\" text=\"\(.)\" title=\"\(.)\" xmlUrl=\"\(.)\" />") | join("\n")) + "\n </body>\n" + "</opml>" ' > feeds.opml
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
paulmwatson.com
Good to see Kohli acknowledging the awkward support he has. www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-z...
(On cheers when the batter ahead of him gets out) | honestly don't feel good about it, l've seen it with MS too. I understand the crowd get excited. I just try to keep the focus on the game. I feel grateful, it's a blessing (that people come and watch him). Makes me happy when I see happy faces.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
paulmwatson.com
Discord also has the worst "claim account" system around. I have an account, I'm just not signed in. I have to "logout" of the "new" account which isn't claimed so I can sign in as my email linked account and then I have to go back through astro.build/chat, including the CAPTCHA, to join the chat.
Screenshot of web form: Claim your account to talk in this server. This will also save all your messages and servers even after you close the browser. Email Email is already registered. Password We will send you a verification email once you press Next. You must verify your email to continue.
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
paulmwatson.com
The @discord.com CAPTCHA treats me like a bot until proven otherwise. Was trying to get into the @astro.build chat forums.
Screenshot of a CAPTCHA headlined: Please drag the segment on the right to complete the line The segment is a green line with "4" written on it and then there are 4 other segments of varying colour with a break that you need to drag the "4" segment over to to match the ends. The background looks like it took LSD.
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
paulmwatson.com
What the... Amazing.
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
paulmwatson.com
When you enter a random birthdate when signing up for a loyalty system... Today is not my birthday.

Do people put in their real birthdates? I only do that where a birthdate has a bearing on the service provided, which is very few of them.
Screenshot of email: Happy Birthday from Kauai! Kauai <info@hello.kauai.co.za> to Paul + Unsubscribe External • Inbox x There's a birthday gift waiting inside just for you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL. 05:14 (7 hours ago) # Reply Any FREE Small smoothie on uS
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
paulmwatson.com
And a grass fire started from embers blown over from the fires in the mountains. That’s where I’d usually park at Boland Park!
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
paulmwatson.com
Fernkloof to Gansbaai
Landscape black and white with a sharp white rock to the left and a hill scale going towards a cliff and a bay
January 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
paulmwatson.com
Filip Grot describes #Dakar legend Nasser Al-Attiyah as having big balls. Indeed!
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
paulmwatson.com
There might be “inclement weather” for #SA20 #PRvsJSK today. Not rain or hail, not lightning, but nearly 40 degree sunstroke.
Weather forecast showing: Today 10. Jan 38/25 6 m/s
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 AM