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: The White House app does what you think it would do From Thereallo: The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks …

: Just upgraded my micro.blog account as a treat.

: We Need to Talk About Green Party Spring Conference I had other plans today, but illness confined me to the duvet and I decided to attend the Green …

: I’m starting to think this #GPEW Spring Conference is being sabotaged. Greens are not …

: Today is the Green Party of England and Wales Spring Conference. I’m ill, so tucked up with …

: RSS is messaging? Beeper + RSS, please: When I heard about Matt’s product Beeper I thought wow what if that …

: Today’s ADHD kicker: have the idea to use the library to save money on books, continually …

: I really love (and believe in) this comment from Ploum: It might have been an email thread. Or a …

: I spent some time this week getting to grips with deep linking (App Links and Universal Links on …

: Today I’ve used an agent to build a simple tracker to make finding a new place to rent easier. …

: Had a great time becoming acquainted with TLA+ today. I’ve only just dipped my toe in but I am …

: Inkwell from Micro.blog helps grow the blogging community One of my favourite parts of the blogging community is replies. Not comments, but replies on one …

: Spent the evening watching the local chamber orchestra play Haydn, Finzi and Mozart in our medieval …

: Has anyone heard a cohesive argument of what Meta would do with an LLM that actually works? NYT: …

: A charming little story for when you feel squished by the shell you’re in: unsquish.me Funnily …

: A very interesting conversation on the feeling of instability in software engineering caused by the …

: Finished reading: The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage 📚

: Finished reading: Crudo by Olivia Laing 📚 Read in one sitting - easily done with such dreamy …

: Boxing Daying solo today, started off with a bit of cleaning and now, of course, football. Hoping …

: Watched: Urchin 🍿 Because for some reason I want to remove hope from life at Christmas. Apart from …

: I’m heading in to Cambridge with multiple agendas, one being to replenish my fiction pile for the …

: We’re off to buy a new telly. I’ve done without one for a while, but huddling round a 13” laptop is …

: Really nice overview of the Fediverse in numbers for 2025 (via predictions!) from @tchambers …

: Finished reading: Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 📚💙 If you’re over 30 and struggle to tell the …

: The Silver Book (Olivia Laing) I just finished reading: The Silver Book by Olivia Laing 📚 The Silver Book is a beautiful novel that …

: What Christmas Feels Like For Me (with Neurodivergence) Neurodiversity has a surprising large attack-surface on life. Diagnosed with ADHD in my 30s, and …

: Does anyone use and love iA Writer for writing long-form, maybe even novellas? Does it support you …

: Finished reading: Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us by Joseph Andras 📚

: It sounds like I should be grateful for my better sleep these days, and missing the dreadful TNT …

: A “me day” coming up. First job is to acquire melatonin, with a coffee somewhere while I’m out. …

: London a bit on the foggy side today

: Off to Unity Diner today to (likely) eat far too much. It’s a foggy, gloomy day so I’ll …

: Claude Code used in large-scale cyber attacks According to Anthropic: In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later …

: Currently reading: How to be You by Ellie Middleton 📚 I’ve took to using the library instead …

: My throat was sore before last night’s #LTFC match. Now it’s wrecked 😂 I’m sure the neutrals loved …

: Finished reading: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 📚 I’ll hopefully write up some thoughts later!

: Being nice is now radical This week I took part in a focus group for Nationwide centred around neurodiverse experiences. Their …

: Currently reading: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 📚 Already howling at Cory’s descriptions 🤭

: This is For Everyone - Tim Berners-Lee Finished reading: This is For Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee 📚 Firstly, I have no idea why, but I …

: Currently reading: This is For Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee 📚 “But if we are to prevent these …

: Interesting time in the Apple Shop yesterday. Asking about power banks, which were behind a security …

: My (current) thoughts on LLMs We’ve lived with high-profile LLMs for a while now, and a lot has been written about their …

: Beautiful Autumnal colours all around 🍂

: Hello Brighton 🌊

: This year’s Super Thursday just gone, and my eyes see way too many new books than my reading …

: Bye Bye Tiny Tiny RSS The main person behind Tiny Tiny RSS is to shut down the project on November 1st: The reasons for …

: On this rather yucky AI biography on yucky Amazon: “This predatory slop is understandably upsetting …

: Finished reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 📚 I aim to write up some more extensive thoughts on this …

: Does anyone else see eye tests as.. tests? Like you need to pass something? 👀

: I’ve started reading Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey, inspired by the new book club within …

: I have visited Techmeme every day (give or take) since it first launched. Gabe is pretty much …

: I just reactivated my account, and had to change “hobbyist programmer” to “.NET …