Mastodawn

Thinking that the best way to deal with racists is to try to get them to vote for you by enacting racist policies just means you become racist. The only way to deal with them is to fight back, to oppose them, and (for those who can change) to change them. And render the remainder powerless.

Bill Thompson Nov 13

What does it say about my week that I am cheered that my train goes from Platform 1 at Cambridge (near the barrier) and not Platform 8 (all the way over the bridge and back again)? Such small victories over fate.

Bill Thompson Nov 8

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Oblomov Nov 8

#Chrome's deprecation of #XSLT is just the next step in the decade-long efforts by #Google to kill an open, independent web (reminder that I've collected some of that history here <https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/>). The #WebKit developers at #Apple or the prone #Mozilla developers agreeing on this choice detracts nothing from the argument.

#openWeb #indieWeb

Google is killing the open web

The juggernaut is taking advantage of its dominant position to enclose and destroy the commons.

wok

Bill Thompson Jun 14, 2025

TransActual Jun 14, 2025

Are you planning to respond to the consultation on the EHRC Code of Practice? If so, we've got some guidance to help you.

And remember: be sure to send your consultation response to your MP too. If you're responding on behalf of an organisation, please also send us a copy of your response: [email protected].

https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #TransRights #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #TransAlly #EqualityAct #EHRC

Bill Thompson Jun 14, 2025

Mark McCaughrean Jun 14, 2025

The universe has delivered on this fine #Caturday ✨😻

Or more correctly, the DHL man has delivered. But then he’s made of atoms & molecules made during the Big Bang, in the hearts & winds of stars, in supernovae, & in neutron star mergers, so it’s pretty much the same thing 🤷‍♂️

And since Tigger is a dedicatee of my book, it’s only fitting that he gets to read it first 😸

Official publication date is 19 June, but evidently it’s out in the wild already 🥳

#Photography 📷
#111PlacesInSpace 💫

Bill Thompson Jan 7, 2025

Thor the cat knows I’m not the same as the other things in the flat. When he looks at a robot the way he looks at me, then I’ll believe we have AGI. (Image is a Bengal cat looking suspiciously at the person behind the camera)

Bill Thompson Jan 7, 2025

Cory Doctorow Jan 7, 2025

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Kickstarting a new Martin Hench novel about the dawn of enshittification; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/07/weird-pcs/

#Pluralistic

Pluralistic: Kickstarting a new Martin Hench novel about the dawn of enshittification (07 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Bill Thompson Jan 7, 2025

A day when over cooked scrambled egg on toasted white bread with non-butter spread and cheap Heinz-substitute ketchup, on a white plate and plastic tablecloth, and a cup of black instant coffee, in a greasy spoon cafe, is what you need. Not a smashed avocado. Sadly not currently available.

Bill Thompson Dec 31, 2024

This may entertain you - on Dec 31 1999 I was on BBC One every hour to talk about the Millennium Bug...

https://astickadogandaboxwithsomethinginit.com/it-was-twenty-five-years-ago-today-2/

It was twenty-five years ago today – A Stick a Dog and a Box With Something In It

Bill Thompson Dec 30, 2024

David Friedman Dec 29, 2024

Finally, a mac menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time https://github.com/Jaennaet/pISSStream

GitHub - Jaennaet/pISSStream: App that shows how full the International Space Station's urine tank is in real time, available for macOS (menu bar), iOS, watchOS and visionOS

App that shows how full the International Space Station's urine tank is in real time, available for macOS (menu bar), iOS, watchOS and visionOS - Jaennaet/pISSStream

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