Worik

@worik
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A computer programmer from the South Pacific
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Nobody predicted frog costumes and choreography at the No Kings D.C. protest but here we are and honestly? We needed this. 🐸💃 Protestors dancing to “War — What Is It Good For?” reminds us that joy IS the resistance. You can’t crush a movement that knows how to dance. #NoKings2026

There was an article about moving to Codeberg on the orange website yesterday, and out of interest to get an impression of what average programmers think of the idea of moving, I took at look at the comments. (Yeah, I know …)

I’m going to write here my thoughts on a general impression of the comment thread as a whole. (Rather than respond to individuals.)

I think I'm a week or so late to the party, but I just came across this ad for the Norwegian Consumer Council and it was spot on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

#enshittification

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council ha...

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The Bourgeois C

(pilfered from around the web)

https://youtu.be/T50GRH54tM8?si=DwPgtaIDkMW-T68P

I do not thinkmanybody said it better. Bess Kalb's testimony on Free Speech, and on her experience being cancelled

‘Thin-Skinned Trump?’ Bess Kalb’s Capitol Hill Takedown Goes Viral| 4K

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It's 2026 and time to stop getting cybersecurity advice from the undead. 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

Ready to let go of zombie advice? Start at hacklore.org! 🔐

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hacklore.bsky.social

Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/hacklore

📣 Spread the word!! 📣

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England as vote share for Keir Starmer’s party plummets

The Guardian

https://www.youtube.com/@BoldPoliticswithZack

I wish I could find a better link, rather than YouTube but mēh!

@Baxter have you discovered this person?

I thinkbthey have a chance where Corbyn, for whatever reason failed

"Make hope normal again" indeed

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

Bold Politics is the show making hope normal again where Zack Polanski speaks - and listens - to thinkers, activists and people whose voices deserve to be heard. From immigration to the economy, inequality to leadership, Zack explores what the future of progressive politics can look like. Get in touch with the show: [email protected]

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Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.

I’d like to think I’d have done the same. I’m not sure at all that I would have.

https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder

Let’s Call a Murder a Murder

Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.

Daring Fireball

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o

Mēh! I am a total sucker for these stories...

Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years

An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.