Lex Lofthouse

Hi new followers who found me from @ffconf.org 's starter pack! 🥹 I WISH I was going this year, but hopefully I'll be able to make the trip next time. In the meantime, have a fantastic conf. I think it's my favourite.

I have completed probation at my new job 😍 this means I can actually attend some conferences again soon ❤️

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

Yeah, I don't find this complicated at all. As someone who was an HP fan in childhood, it's incredibly easy to not spend any money on this franchise. I still have books and dvds from back then... but will I ever spend money on it again knowing JKs horrific motives? Fuck no.

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

AI and the open web—same as it ever was. “The answer isn’t a second website. It’s one source of truth with multiple renderings, where the machine-friendly surface is generated from the same content the human one is.” joost.blog/future-of-th...

macromedia shockwave, print ad (1999) archive.org/details/eu_W...

It took me almost 2 hours to fix a bug in Figma that was a tucked away single checkbox. If anybody is using a variable font, you're going to want to uncheck this pain in the ass setting for auto optical sizing. Some people love this, it's not fun when working on a shared file with variables.

This is beautiful. Don't think I'm wearing my "smart" watch to bed tonight.

It feels illegal to eat a Ferrero Rocher in February

"Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick" Always loved this entire album, but ...Meltdown has never been more relevant than right now. Also if you stopped listening to Shikari after their first album I urge you to return – they're better than ever. open.spotify.com/track/2jC8eQ...

Very delayed, but my slides from @ndcconferences.com are up now! www.figma.com/deck/FgeSzQh...

*pat pat* "good job" :) #PokemonTCG

so is it like an nft or not

greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever. I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...

Can't wait for this event! Lineup looks amazing. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new ones.

The Epstein-ification of it all.

It's exhausting, but yeah...

"I went on Twitter and I saw all these terrible posts" Oh fuck man really? Did you also go to the dump and find a bunch of rotting food? Why are you making it my problem now.

Tickets for #SotB26 are on sale - Get yours now! When? Saturday 28 February 2026, 09:30 - 17:00 GMT. Where? The Barbican Centre, London. Ticket types: In-person, Online, Diversity In-person and Online. *Diversity ticket applications end Thursday 26 February 2026. 2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

Imagine if, say, a single rock song, or a comic book, or a role playing game, or a video game, or horror movie, a chocolate bar, a toy, or, say, a person like a librarian or teacher, had an actual direct causal body count like this.... Imagine the furore, the witch hunt in the press, the outrage...

For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

I watched two Robin Williams films today. What a lovely Christmas.

I forgot my glasses... guess who is working on everything at 150% zoom today 😮‍💨

I think my work realises I'm already mentally checked out for the year 🫠

Late to the party, but Twenty One Pilots are actually pretty cool.

I really enjoyed this chat with @guysegal.com about the Pokemon TCG 😊

I had to do it... I didn't even know the Analogue 3D existed until a week or so ago, I even scoffed at why you wouldn't just buy an N64. Then I had to have one. I always wanted a transparent Ice Blue N64, so this is the next best thing. Merry Christmas to me from me.

Calibri too woke now eh? 😂

Happy Cloudflare is down once again to all who celebrate

All I need to know from my Spotify Wrapped is that I am obsessed with Modestep and Hayley William's latest albums, and two very specific BIGBANG songs because of T.O.P. being in Squid Game.

Planning ahead and booking a hotel for SOTB26... any good recommendations or usual haunts?