Matthew Jones

Technical ramblings of Matthew Jones

[Matthew Jones @321matthew]

@jonhoneyball See yesterday’s Dilbert!

[RMT @RMTunion]

🚨 Train company pandemic profits top £300 million and set to reach £400 million by September:
If reinvested back into the rail industry, £310 million would have been enough to fund a 10.6% pay rise for the Train Operating Companies’ staff 🧵
#SupportRailWorkers

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

Here’s the video in which Vote Leave promised shorter A&E waiting times once we left the EU.

Now, six and a half years after the referendum, the number of people waiting for more than four hours in A&E is the highest on record.

[Peter Neville @peteneville65]

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.

I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

[PreventFASD.info @PreventfasdInfo]

Did you know, there’s no known safe amount of alcohol in pregnancy, at any stage? 🤰

Learn more and find out how #NOments can help you have a safer pregnancy here: https://t.co/1ZL1spJQ8s 💻

#PreventFASD #alcoholfree

[Liam Thorp @LiamThorpECHO]

In an A and E department of a Liverpool hospital, people are lying in pain on the floor, waiting hours to be seen by a doctor

This is a daily reality of the NHS crisis

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[Rob @robuttley]

Once again, because the media aren’t listening. You don’t get to ask people if it’s right that they should strike if they have a role in an emergency service.

They don’t have to pipe down & eat a shit sandwich simply because they chose to help people.

[Dan Moren isn’t here @dmoren]

Hey The Nova Incident made at least one “best of 2022” list! I’m the best! https://t.co/OvDZ5ljgIa

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

@AdamBienkov @sturdyAlex “Is finance something you want to get into?”

“I just want to get through Christmas”

Not sure if any exchange could sum up the murky depths of Tory cluelessness quite like this one. Staggering.

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

If all goes to plan, this backup set will stay here while I deliver my primary set (incl. other samples still to come) directly to the lander, as seen below. One way or another, #MarsSampleReturn should get some amazing stuff to send back for closer study.

[PreventFASD.info @PreventfasdInfo]

#NOments can be about more than keeping yourself healthier, it can be a supportive act of solidarity with a pregnant loved one who’s not drinking this holiday season! 🤰

Find out more here: https://t.co/1ZL1spJQ8s 💻

#PreventFASD #alcoholfree

[Dan Moren isn’t here @dmoren]

Look, my books don’t tend to make the end of the year “best of” lists, but I pour my heart and soul into them nonetheless.

So if you need a last minute gift for someone who enjoys spies and space (Fans of Andor, maybe? Or The Expanse?), check ‘em out. https://t.co/cea2oN6xCl

[Matthew Jones @321matthew]

@jonhoneyball @Rackspace @rackspaceUK @pcpro The Reddit channel for them implied that they lost most staff of value and their policies some time ago. They aren’t the company they once were.

[Steve Silberman @stevesilberman]

This tweet is Twitter's tombstone. Advertisers should flee from this site like a burning building. I'll be winding down my involvement here too, because I didn't sign up 11 years ago to rubberneck while a #fakesavant drags this beautiful community into a toilet of disinformation.

[John McElhone @Johnmcelhone]

The photo of the U.S. Air Force's new stealth aircraft is on the left, taken at night, with stars in the background.
We can use them to find the exact location of the jet

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[Femi @Femi_sorry]

OMG! Fastest U-Turn EVER!

Guy Opperman: The 419-page report says our new coal plant is carbon neutral. Maybe YOU should read it! 😎

Fiona Bruce: But that doesn't include actually burning the coal.

@GuyOpperman: I can't be expected to read a 419-page report! God Fiona!🙄
#bbcqt

[Abraxsys @Abraxsys]

There’s no bigger red flag than going to a job interview and discovering the company maintains a hostel work environment.

[Sam Curry @samwcyo]

More car hacking!

Earlier this year, we were able to remotely unlock, start, locate, flash, and honk any remotely connected Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura vehicles, completely unauthorized, knowing only the VIN number of the car.

Here's how we found it, and how it works:

[Shaundai Person @shaundai]

Pro tip: use clickbait commit messages to get your teammates to review your code faster

git commit -m “First she noticed a bug in production. What happens next will SHOCK you!”

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

“Brexit was the right thing for this country”says Sunak. Seriously? Less trade, less productivity, less investment, lower wages, higher food prices & grave shortage of health & social care workers. #Brexit wasn’t just the wrong thing for the country, it’s a bloody disaster #PMQs