Rory

Open data, creative, & civic tech 🔸 Trainer & technology consultant
🔸 latest pro:

[Rory @digitalWestie]

"A hack stripped of anti-conventional intent is not a hack at all. It’s just a piece of business innovation."

[Rory @digitalWestie]

@MarcoBerlot @dhh It's also a bit weird how the wolf bit is about population control. Did Borat write this?

[Rory @digitalWestie]

dhh gonna dhh - incredible

[Rory @digitalWestie]

@thomasforth That's one juicy irresistible worm.

[Rory @digitalWestie]

ouch

[htmx.org / CEO of htmx 4 (same thing) @htmx_org]

mem channel is lit

[Shutts @Shuttsapalooza]

By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”

[Rory @digitalWestie]

@weblivz still recovering from his illness, damn, dunno what to make of all this

[Rory @digitalWestie]

Today, I feel like an ICE Agent.

[Nima Tavallaey Roodsari @NimaTavRood]

So far at the 2026 FIFA Epstein Cup before a ball kicked:
- Senegal & Uzbekistan squads treated like criminals upon arrival given full cavity searches;
- Africa’s best referee sent back to Somalia despite having a diplomatic passport;
- Iraq team photographer sent back despite valid visa;
- AIPS (international sport journalist association) calling on FIFA to sort out unacceptable visa issues of African & Iranian journalists;
- 90% of Moroccan fans with tickets denied entry
- 14 members of Iran backroom staff denied visas

Not a word from Gianni ”today I feel black/gay/disabled etc” Infantino.

[Linda Liukas @lindaliukas]

Oh CrankGPT you stole my heart already with the handle. It's a fully-offline, local GPT you wind up yourself (and the more processing is done, the heavier it gets) https://t.co/ylPpygmzb2

[Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva]

Amazingly, the Scottish Government has an "Open Data team" and they're building a new public data platform (as one does):

What is data.​gov.​scot and why are we doing it? https://t.co/3samSOMhrj

https://t.co/5iQpbvq3QC "will become the new home for open data about Scotland"

[Modos @Boston, MA @Modostech]

Today, we're launching Modos Flow on @crowd_supply: a 13.3" e-ink monitor for writing and focus.

Flow is easier on the eyes while staying responsive for typing and scrolling.

https://t.co/Gn8Cei3wTx

[Rory @digitalWestie]

@microspino @yukihiro_matz Ooh interesting

[Irina Nazarova @inazarova]

Founders of Ruby and Rails startups: growing, ambitious, started up to 3 years back-I want to interview you for the next Startups on Rails report! It'll be presented at Ruby conferences around the globe, connecting you to the Ruby community. It's a 30 min Zoom. Here's the link to chat: https://t.co/PSrbPHa8yE
Cc @Cole__Robertson @bradgessler @Zach_Kamran @umurc @andywang @avinashjoshi @kieranklaassen pls help spread the word and join! thank you ❤️

[Leah Rachel 🌹 @MissTwice]

At a time of political instability in London, we ask: is it time for direct rule from Belfast

[Orthon von Bismarck @Orthon_Spaceman]

In the deepest archives beneath the Salt Lake temple, Mormons keep the original Odyssey, inscribed on golden plates in reformed mycenean, telling the true story of Odysseus' journey over the Atlantic to his home in Ithaca, NY.

[Rory @digitalWestie]

Brown bringing the munchie box from Kirkcaldy

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: No 10 has ordered takeaways to Downing Street as Keir Starmer battles to save his premiership

[Rory @digitalWestie]

@progrium That's way smaller than I expected! Nicely done.

[Jesse Peltan @JessePeltan]

Plug-in batteries bypass a ton of the massive costs imposed by red tape.

If we get accurate price signals, batteries will be everywhere, and electricity will get a lot cheaper.

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough!