Maca's husband. Matty's dad. Researcher. Lecturer. I'm passionate about family, science, and technology. I believe in a free internet and FLOSS principles. All posts, opinions, and endorsements—if any—are my own and do not reflect my employers' views.
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Here’s a quick #Introduction. i’m Liam and live in the #UK
I have a variety of interests including gaming ( #Hearthstone, #Warcraft), TV ( #Babylon5 #ThickOfIt ) and #DigitalMinimalism (yes really - I realise the irony there). Also quite partial to a bit of #meteorology
Anyway feel free to drop me a follow and say hello and all that jazz.
Regardless of this eventually working or not, it's good to see initiatives like this one happening. Bravo, Norway.
‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Wow we got @phanpy, @loops and @peertube on the front page of @TechCrunch today thanks to @altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
Welp.
As of this morning, I am no longer employed, and am looking for a new role.
If you happen to know anyone hiring remote positions in the US, and looking for:
- Lead/Senior/Principal level software engineers (Ruby/Rails, React, NodeJS, etc.)
- Business Analysts
- Engineering Managers
please let me know.
EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn's Journey Inside the Privacy Battles That Shaped Today's InternetEFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn has devoted her life to the fight for digital rights. She’s tangled with federal officials to keep our online conversations secure from the government's prying eyes,...
international women’s day is about all types of women
young, senior, Black, white, fat, thin, short, tall, disabled, non-disabled, straight, queer, cis
AND TRANS
and if you think you can exclude ANY of us you can fix your heart or get in the sea
Most people in brightly lit countries probably take for granted that clouds are bright at night, but this is completely unnatural. You can see it better in this pair of photos we published in a later paper (titled "Red is the new black"): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21559.x
This probably matters a great deal for nocturnal animals, because it's a reversal of an environmental condition that existed during the hundreds of millions of years that life evolved.
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