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This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline. Great new article. Rediscover the handcart. For house-movers, digital nomads, beach bunnies, physicists. Add a sail! No petrol needed! #tech #technology
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
How to create a digital wardrobe. What the fuck is a digital wardrobe. Why are you emailing me about a digital wardrobe. Why is my brain even reading this crap.
One of my morning rituals is the Miriam-Webster crossword with my coffee. Been doing it for years. In the past month, a couple of clues/solutions have contained spelling mistakes. Smells like #AI
What I did today: sent an email to my MP explaining why the UK needs to ditch Microsoft in schools, listened to an excellent podcast about Mandelson by Mark Steel and then The Rest Is History on the subject of wine, read a lot of awful headlines about current affairs, potted some salad leaves on the windowsill and poured a glass of beer. #BankHoliday #Monday #Leisure
The Tony Blair Institute is a "not for profit" funded by the Saudi Govt. and Larry Ellison among others. No wonder he backs fossil fuel and big tech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair_Institute_for_Global_Change#Funding
Don't forget to include all necessary documents with your new passport #Trump
Reform UK's failed "fuel-tax protest" speaks volumes about their organisational skills. They seriously expected hundreds of people to drive tractors to Westminster during a fuel crisis. The words "pissup" and "brewery" spring to mind. #hormuz
"We don't want Brussels to write our laws we want OpenAI to do it. Let Sam Altman do it, he seems normal." The UK Government’s AI Obsession is a Big Risk #TechWontSaveUs #AI #Brexit #UK
"One seat away from a Labour loss in Lambeth" apparently, Greens on 24 seats and expecting 28 according to someone or other. More as it comes in. Exciting! #London #LocalElections #Lambeth
The word "plunged" needs to be expunged from headlines and news stories. The UK was not "plunged" into anything by Labour/Starmer, it had already been well and truly "plunged" into a big bucket of shit by the Tories and more recently it has been "plunged" into a vast lake of shit by the USA. #Starmer #Labour #UKPolitics
Does anyone find the new #Firefox features useful? They looked interesting so I enabled them. The "Add note" thing is just an annoying pop-up and I can't think of an instance where I need a split browser window. Are there any good use cases?