Paddy Duke

@paddyduke
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Accessibility & ethics in design

Neophyte anarchist

Makes punk/rock/electronic music

Irishman in Scotland

PronounsHe/Him/They/Them
My websitehttps://weenotions.com
Musichttps://soundcloud.com/807
CodePenhttps://codepen.io/paddyduke

They see "an overview of gen AI tools".

I see "slopping list".

Come on
‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

The Nerve

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/116314232298182573

great idea; UK should do the same...

My go to for those moments when I just need a break from .... everything, is to watch commentary-less restoration videos of mechanical things. The less I know about the object under restoration, the better. I'm sucked in, my brain drops all the petty day-to-day trivia it was shoving in my face and sets to figuring out the mechanics and what is coming up next, letting me just ... be. It's almost zen. So for anyone else like this, here's a video:

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zuLs0lSzH-Q

I was a volunteer at Haggis Ruby in 2024, and it was lovely.

This year it's back with a super interesting lineup of speakers.

https://haggisruby.co.uk/

Haggis Ruby - Scotland's tastiest Ruby conference

Haggis Ruby is a single track, two day conference in sunny Scotland held on the 23rd/24th of April 2026

In under a month, @haggisruby (https://haggisruby.co.uk) will be underway, and there are plenty of tickets left. We're grateful for our sponsors, who ensure that the event can happen! First up, one of our Gold sponsors, Typesense, who are now scaling open source search: https://typesense.org. They reached out to us to sponsor the event, and we love having them onboard. Customer funded, and easy to use.
Haggis Ruby - Scotland's tastiest Ruby conference

Haggis Ruby is a single track, two day conference in sunny Scotland held on the 23rd/24th of April 2026

These ballerinas are fed up and are refusing to bend for anyone. Strike of the Ballerinas, by Nicolaas van der Waay (d. 1936).

https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/waay,%20nicolaas%20van%20der/strike-ballerinas-nicolaas-waay-painting.htm

#art #dance #painting #strike

Rushing to the hospital Emergency Room has emerged as perhaps the paramount objective of slamming one’s own dick in a doorway.
Pretty wild how so many governments around the world staring down another fossil fuel crisis are like "Sorry this is no time to reduce fossil fuel use, don't you know we're in a CRISIS"