John C Barstow

Programmer, avid roleplayer, parent of child cancer survivor. He/him.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

A Mihi Fit for a Colonizer

poem and mihi and a reckoning of my whiteness.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

I do suggest giving a try sooner if you want to actually find your people over there; the last thing you want to do is try and rebuild your network from scratch like it's a last minute homework assignment.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

For anybody who is migrating, I suggest Mastodon, but take some time to pick a nice server (though you can move fairly easily if you pick wrong)

I'm on @[email protected] if you want to find me.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

@ElSandifer Probably, I consistently underestimate the impact of photos/video because I am so text-oriented.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

No old Celtic sources describe a "veil between the worlds" that "grows thin at Samhain". They say, rather, that nothing could be hidden in the fairy mounds on Samhain, and that the magical concealing mist (féth fíada) stopped working then. #FolkloreThursday

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

The internet payphone of the future! The advanced AT&T Public Phone 2000.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

@Dianne_Khan You need a tie to coordinate with your hair (maybe one of those cheap bow ties from the $2 shop?) if you want to outclass Beeker

[CERT NZ @CERTNZ]

HEADS UP: There’s an upcoming Critical OpenSSL Vulnerability disclosure and planned patch release for Nov 2 NZDT.
Version 3.0 and above are affected. CERT NZ recommends that you begin identifying your vulnerable systems now and prepare to patch. https://t.co/Ajs4OCXhvH

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

@beingahouse Wax Camilla apparently thinks it's hilarious.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

@CarlaSchroder I've been trying to get better at it; it is so helpful that Twitter now reminds me when I forget to add the alt text.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

I figured out what happened between these two moments:

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

Though Harold Saxon did have more of mandate than Mr Sunak.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

This guy.

[RiffTrax 🌽 @RiffTrax]

Turns out Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood love RiffTrax? https://t.co/1IB65TTSFF

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

Maybe this year I can find a sincere pumpkin patch to visit with the skeptical 10yo.

[edward miller @labourcartel]

BREAKING: The Employment Court has found that four brave Uber drivers who filed a misclassification case are employees and not contractors, granting them minimum wage, guaranteed hours, sick days, the right to a union and to bargain, and the right to challenge an unfair dismissal

[ʰ @easterngoblin]

No way

[Jeni Tennison @JeniT]

Did you know about Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund? https://t.co/acHW8iW7Ik

It's finally doing something about the problem illustrated in this xkcd: so much of our digital infrastructure is reliant on open source tools that are only kept going through good will.

[John C Barstow @jbowtie]

Lovely day in the Hutt, but the cherry blossoms have already gone.

[Migrants against the Acceptable Standard of Health @endashnow]

“It's not really the dollar figure that perturbs the disability community, it's the principle of the matter. It says to New Zealand and the rest of the world that disabled people are not wanted and are a burden.”💯/disabled immigrant Jonny Wilkinson https://t.co/Xt5GLouVae