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Finally got round to reading this essay from @strange.website thats been sitting in an open tab for what feels like about 4 yrs henry.codes/writing/a-we... Its a great bit of writing, and I think it articulates really well how it feels to be online right now… because of *stuff*

New (old) camera day! This thing looks & sounds like a prop from a 90s sci-fi film

Saw this while listening to @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social on bud pod & thought he'd enjoy:

A toxic combination of low wages and high bills is crushing this country. Today is Starmer's last chance to set out a plan that will end Rip-Off Britain: rent controls, nationalising water, freezing energy prices, and taxing wealth. No more half measures.

Over 150,000 people have signed my petition. Let's keep this pressure up! We can - and must - win this! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Landscape Integration - Working Landscape - Lake District Observations 📷Pentax 17 🎞️Ilford HP5 developed with DD-X #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social, Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform? I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

Pleased to see the jury make this decision. We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries. People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party. We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour. And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership. Then we're coming for Reform. Join.greenparty.org.uk

"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language."

OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8

Absolutely freezing ride today but it was good to get out on the bike #cycling #bikesky

📷 Edit 010 - another one from the Pitt Rivers Museum roll. 35mm through a Holga 120 CFN #photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography #holga

Film photography is getting too expensive for me so i've dug this out of the camera box to try & get back in to shooting more I remember it not doing too well in gloomy conditions, so this is the perfect time of year to start 😑 #camera #olympus #canon

📷 Edit 009 - olympus om2 #photography #believeinfilm

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it. The first album I spent my own money on

📷 Edit 008 - some cheap 35mm through a Holga 120 CFN. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford #photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography #holga

Tomorrow I'll be on Laura Kuenssberg. Will I be able to say "I can announce the Green Party have just overtaken the Tories in members!"? It's tantalisingly close to happening! Join.greenparty.org.uk

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"So, you're saying a third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable and that this is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it?"

Today's lunchtime distraction courtesy of the IKEA museum archive of catalogues The stuff from the 70s & 80s is particularly great 👌 ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i... #design

Excited to get started on @joshwcomeau.com's Whimsical Animation course today! whimsy.joshwcomeau.com #webdev #frontend #animation

Suns out, so I had a quick cycle up to Norton's wood & back through the lanes #cycling #bikesky

"Sam Altman thinks we're close to AGI ... they can't even make a circle" - @davidimel.com

Yesterday's spin around sunny Somerset #cycling #bikesky

Edit 007 Shot on a Holga 120 CFN with a janky cardboard & tape 35mm film adapter #photography #believeinfilm #lomo #lomography

Edit 006 Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5 #photography #believeinfilm

Implementing Accessible SVG Elements, by @a11ycollective@front-end.social: https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/svg-accessibility/ #accessibility #svg #images #fundamentals

Edit 005 Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5 #photography #believeinfilm

Lunchtime cycle around Bristol airport #cycling #bikesky

Want to build faster websites? Here's how: - Learn how browsers parse, layout & paint - Treat JS as a tool, not the foundation(!) - Favor static HTML or server side rendering at all times - Use Core Web Vitals alongside other metrics to learn shortfalls, improve and iterate Then keep doing that.

No idea what this is ~ some kind of tree prison 🤷 Edit 004 Shot on an Olympus om2 + ilford hp5 #photography #believeinfilm

If you've ever plopped an image online, this talk from @lolaodelola.bsky.social is worth a watch #photography #design

daily edit-003 Shot on an Olympus om10 + ilford hp5 #photography #believeinfilm

Another one from the dusty old hard drive Shot on an Olympus om10 + ilford hp5 #photography #believeinfilm

Good read for all the parents who've spent a lot of time watching Bluey: www.itsnicethat.com/features/how... #illustration #design

Currently editing through a drive of images thats been stuck in a draw for months. I've not put any #photography on BS yet, but posting to instagram makes me feel ill. Cargo cranes shot with an Olympus om10 + ilford hp5. Layout created with CSS & Javascript #genart #creativecoding #believeinfilm

not done one of these for a while ~ codepen.io/thomas-epps/... @codepen.io #CodePenChallenge

"What happens when the entire tech industry relies on the success of a kind of software that only loses money, and doesn’t create much value to begin with?"

I need to give penpot a go.

👋 Hey Bluesky! My name’s Thom ~ I plan on mainly posting about front-end / design / web accessibility things. Maybe some photography & bike related stuff