This why there should be a complete ban on MPs having second (and 3rd, 4th....) jobs. If being an MP is a part time job, why the huge salary and benefits?

here's your weekly reminder that Git is not Github, you can leave the circus any time

notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edit...

Three hours later, and I've managed to deploy my first Rails application using Kamal. I'm not completely sold on it yet, but I can see the appeal. Now that I have something working and can refer to, over the next few weeks, I'll aim to deploy a more complex Rails application.

I am having a go at deploying a Rails application with Kamal tonight. I'm at the point where I am wondering why it doesn't work the first time as it does in the demo video on the Kamal website.

I’m slightly divided on who to support in the curling tonight. The all-Scottish GBR team or the Canada team? Either way, it’s going to be a great final for the gold medal.

It’s great to see a player like Sam Darnold win a Super Bowl. A real testament to not only his physical ability, but also his mental resistance. Also, it pays to be patient. The NFL is a tough league to crack, but players need time to develop their skills. Sam Darnold played the long game and won.

Is “re-designing my weather app” the new “re-designing my blog”? 😆

Weather app looks great btw!

Armed forces minister Al Carns says comments about NATO troops not serving in Afghanistan are ‘utterly ridiculous’

‘I served tours... many alongside my American colleagues, we shed blood sweat and tears together’

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

Sister-in-law has the house in an uproar with her question, "What song are you playing to ride into battle with?"

After much deliberation I went with Ace of Spades by Motörhead. Everyone else still to make up their mind.

Document page showing "Bug Fixes" and "Security Issues" sections listing supported Rails releases with dates, highlighting 7.2.x support until August 9, 2026.

If you are doing some planning this week, consider adding checkpoints for upgrading your #Rails app

Specifically, if you are still running Rails 7.2T.x
Security fixes end: August 9, 2026

Maybe it sounds like there is enough time but time flies.

A re-designed Writeabout: www.matthewlang.me/2026/01/03/a-redesigned-...

I’m prepared to give Mozilla the benefit of the doubt and see what the next three years bring to Firefox. Yes, they are planning to evolve Firefox into an AI browser, but I’m okay with waiting and seeing how this pans out before I start looking for another browser.

Looking forward to the new features coming to Bonjourr. A refreshed look and a Pomodoro timer are a couple of the handful of changes coming to the customisable start page.

Superman Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

We watched Superman tonight. It’s been a while since we really enjoyed a superhero movie. I hope there are more movies to come from DC.🍿

Tesco’s mince pies haven’t been too bad this year. These are on my list to try after they came up during some mince pie chat after stand up at work - www.waitrose.com/ecom/product...

I caved and bought Marked 2 to preview my Markdown files as I write them in my text editor. It feels like 2015 again.

Auto-generated description: A dotted notebook shows a vertical timeline numbered from 8 to 1 on the left side in orange ink.

Using the daily plan bar again: www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/20/using-the-dai...

Making do with plain text files: www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/19/making-do-wit...

You probably don't need GitHub: www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/18/you-probably-...

Where I am with AI tools: www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/17/where-i-am-wi...

Sky didn’t air the game here in the UK but I caught some highlights during the Bills game. I’m hoping this is the Packers starting their return to a winning form again. 🤞🏻

Two science-themed notebooks with red covers featuring illustrations of skulls, ancient symbols, and mathematical equations.

I up two of the new Archaeology notebooks from Atoms to Astronauts and they arrived in the post today.

Nice to have a different colour from my usual collection of blue and green notebooks.

I improved the summary preview on the Bothy theme last night. I’m not sure there’s much else that needs to be added to my theme, but I can park it for a few weeks now until something else comes up.

Discovery feed Discover articles and blogs on Bear

The Discovery page on the Bear blogging platform is a great way to discover new and popular content. I would love to see a similar feature on Micro.blog.

I’m not big on measuring posts by likes or whatever you want to call it, but it is one of the few ways to measure popular content.

Giving the Zen browser a try instead of managing two different profiles on Firefox. The new profile tool on Firefox is nice, but I don’t find it exactly smooth.

Slow Horses season ending was fantastic. Looking forward to seasons 6 & 7.

Jordan Love with 20-straight completions— something that was last done by FAVRE in 2007 in a Packer uniform and he did it in front of Aaron Rodgers on another team’s sideline. Incredible shit.

5-1-1, second best record in the league, top in the NFC and the division, and a W over aaron rodgers. how can you not be romantic about football?