Simon Griffiths

@si-griffiths.bsky.social

[Simon Griffiths @si_griffiths]

My new EP is out today on Spotify and other streaming services. Sci-fi fans/nerds might get the song-title references :)

https://t.co/g8Z0wyffur

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How to remove taped paper without tearing it using a physical property of adhesive tape. By stretching the strip from both ends, one can reduce the tape's adhesive properties.

[Phil Sturgeon @philsturgeon]

All your racist uncles and fascist cousins are burning down libraries and community centers in a frenzy of violent attacks and the newspapers are referring to it as protests. #FarageRiots

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Liverpool's Spellow Lane library torched last night. What could be more 'patriotic' than destroying a centre which serves the local community?

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Scam JavaScript conferences alert:

The below conferences ("We love JS {City}" "Europe JS {City}") are 99.99% that they are scams and cheap money grab attempts.

Listed on a website linked to DevTernity organizers (of course!)

Do your due diligence if a conference exists!

Sad.

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

'Humanists are people who shape our lives in the here and now, because we believe it's the only life we have, and what is politics if not shaping lives in the here and now?'

'We believe that we humans have everything we need: logic, reason, evidence, and empathy to make good, ethical decisions. It is these values that I hope to bring to my role.'

Fantastic to see humanist values articulated so clearly in the House of Commons. A very welcome maiden speech to Parliament by @LizziCollinge.

[Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman]

Here’s the thing folks. I’ve been coding 32 years. When something like this happens it’s an organizational failure. Yes, some human wrote a bad line. Someone can “git blame” and point to a human and it’s awful. But it’s the testing, the Cl/CD, the A/B testing, the metered rollouts, an oh shit button to roll it back, the code coverage, the static analysis tools, the code reviews, the organizational health, and on and on. It’s always one line of code but it’s NEVER one person. Implying inclusion policies caused a bug is simplistic, reductive, and racist. Engineering is a team sport. Inclusion makes for good teams. Good engineering practices makes for good software. Engineering practices failed to find a bug multiple times, regardless of the seniority of the human who checked that code in. Solving the larger system thinking SDLC matters more than the null pointer check. This isn’t a “git gud C++ is hard” issue and it damn well isn’t an DEI one.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Jeez. @RishiSunak on the @bbcquestiontime Leaders special tonight again refusing to rule out joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR

If you oppose that insanity RT this widely to let him know

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://t.co/qqtGGZdoQp

[Larry & Paul @larryandpaul]

⛔️ FACT: New Report Reveals 100% of Britons Now SUPPORT Brexit.

👇🏻 Join #BrokenNews for the full story. #FridayFeeling

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

It’s not aimed exclusively at misogynists. There’s something for the racists too…

[Larry & Paul @larryandpaul]

🔴 LATEST: @Nigel_Farage Is Back. #BrokenNews Asks: WHY?

👇🏻 Watch & share this important #SaturdayMorning report.

[🔎Julia Evans🔍 @b0rk]

WE DID IT. My new zine “How Git Works" is out now!

You can get it here for $12: https://t.co/HK8Z6Ga4NW

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

At 125 decibels, the male white bellbird (Procnias albus) has been named the “World’s Loudest Bird,” or more accurately the loudest bird ever recorded

(sound on)

[📹Raimundo Carvalho]

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