John Carr

Python. OS X. Linux. GNOME. Tofu.

[John Carr @Jc2k]

@iFixit how long do you normally have to wait to get a reply to your EU store support email? You have sent me some steam deck button membranes instead of some of those lovely bit drivers I ordered… sadface.gif.

[Alberto Ruiz @acruiz]

He remains a master strategist

[Chris 🌱 (@[email protected]) @brain_blasted_]

I’ve been making veiled comments about a situation in the Linux desktop community for a while, and I think it’s finally time to lift the curtain: https://t.co/AxqH9mTbvN

[Robert Peston @Peston]

them it is literally a matter of life or death. So when you hear politicians and others talking about the important freedom to choose NOT to wear a mask and NOT to keep a respectful distance from others, note that their freedom is felt as oppression by those who…

[Robert Peston @Peston]

The projection from @sajidjavid that infections could surge to a record 100,000 a day in a few weeks, as all social distancing and mask-wearing regulations are removed, is especially terrifying for those whose immune systems are impaired or are clinically vulnerable in…

[RNLI @RNLI]

Our charity exists to save lives at sea. Our mission is to save every one. Our lifesavers are compelled to help those in need without judgement of how they came to be in the water. They have done so since the RNLI was founded in 1824 and this will always be our ethos.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Wrong on lockdown. Wrong on care homes. Wrong on Christmas. Wrong on Kent variant. Wrong on the Delta variant. Wrong on flights. Now making all-in bet on unprecedented strategy of removing all restrictions as virus grows exponentially. What could possibly go wrong?

[John Carr @Jc2k]

@1stvamp Hard agree. Thought that I couldn't think any less of the government or british politics, but here i am again.

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

Just when you think you’ve got this country figured out, Georgia elects a Black and a Jewish Senator and terrorists supported by the president attack the US Capitol.

Within 24 hours.

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

People who deactivated Facebook in a study were happier afterward, reporting higher levels of life satisfaction and lower levels of depression and anxiety.

That change is equal to about 25-40% of the beneficial effect typically reported for psychotherapy https://t.co/sdOPh0H8Id

[Nexxo @Nexxo00]

@cstross For a vaccine that was created... in the EU, by a German company owned by second generation Turkish immigrants.

[Marlon Weems @GeekTrader]

TIL British Petroleum hired a PR firm to create and popularize the term “carbon footprint" in order to shift responsibility/blame for killing the planet away from oil companies onto individuals https://t.co/b06ndsAbUh

[Dr Becca Drake @RLDrake]

***please retweet*** LOST BUDGIE: White, vocal, timid. Flew away about 1 hour ago in Fulford across the road from the Aldi. If anyone in the area sees him, please don't approach him as this might scare him away. Please call 07563011916 so I can come and get him. #lostbudgie

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

The number of people who have told me that MDN is a wiki, therefore the community will keep it up to date tells me two things. People do not get the value of professional tech writers. Folk are incredibly optimistic about what "the community" will do for free.

[Jay Phelps @jayphelps]

Live feed from Mozilla HQ

[John Carr @Jc2k]

@VessOnSecurity Is there a slack or gitter or something where I can help you out / see tracebacks? Or raise a GH ticket. I want to help you with this...