Learning Web Development, Day 10 — Headers and Backgrounds Everyone should start a new project page by using very little Bootstrap and a lot of bespoke CSS. It just makes everything so much nicer.

Blog Post! And today was mostly just really nice CSS!
I know, I'm surprised too.

thumbs down Last week I saw Project Hail Mary. It’s so good. A big sweeping adventure with strong E.T. vibes. Ryan Gosling is excellent. Go see it. amaze amaze amaze...

This week: Andy Weir, John Lithgow, and the myth of neutrality. No, your art isn't "apolitical", sorry, and your politics aren't the default.

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Dujour means "Christ, I'm old"

Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Over 63,000 have emailed the NHS to say no to Palantir.

And Palantir's getting scared. So now's the time to act👇
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-pal...

Learning Web Development, Day 9 — Flex, Forms, and Footers I finish off the first project, adding in a contact form and a footer, actually learn a little bit of CSS magic, but then deal with the rest.

Blog Post! I finished the first Bootstrap project, hurray!
I also managed to actually learn a bit more real CSS and remember how to make a form.

Holy smokes, I just discovered that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is showing Fortean TV from Saturday, 18 April, at 22:55.
Right after I read all about it in my @forteantimes.bsky.social back issues.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

A review of Pretty Lethal (2026) It wants to be dark and unhinged and it just isn't going deep enough, it wants to make fun of ballerinas but still aspires to be them. It's like that one girl in high school who is following the popul...

Today, I watched "Pretty Lethal" (2026) on Amazon Prime.

Oh, NEAT.
I just wished this had arrived before my birthday so that I could have asked all of you to buy me things like the hoarding goblin I am.

A poster for Liberace Easter Special, with him and his baby grand piano in silhouette and his signature in front of him, and three pictures from the show - in clockwise: him while playing the piano and smiling, him looking up soulfully next to a stained glass window while holding a book, and him smiling at the camera while holding his mother's arm.

Today I re-watched "Liberace's Easter Special" (1955) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Encore, and added it to @letterboxd.social as well, so all of you can add it to your Letterboxd watched list too.
(And look at the poster I made for it!)
letterboxd.com/katemonkey/f...

Petition: Review anti-discrimination laws to strengthen trans women & LGBTQ+ protections Launch a review into strengthening legal protections and clearer enforcement against discrimination, harassment and exclusion of trans women and LGBTQ+ people in employment, education, healthcare, hou...

We need you help this petition needs your signature ✍️ let’s show the government we’re still here and we’re not going to lay down and roll over while they and the media attack us 💚

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Learning Web Development, Day 8 — Rows and Featurettes Where we add more to the page, but then start blaming our tools instead of our terrible code.

Blog Post! Bah, everything is just. so. boring.

Post something random or you'll have a bad April.

It was very charming, and it's on TPTV Encore: www.tptvencore.co.uk/product/tpmo...

A review of Mary Had a Little Lamb (1949) Why was the Petroleum Films Bureau making road safety films? Where did they get these stop-motion animation figures? Why is that lamb such nightmare fuel? Why was this never on PeeWee's Playhouse as o...

Today, I watched "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (1949), recorded off of @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social.

A review of To the Four Corners (1957) An adorable little travelogue created by a tea company, with stirring music, adorable small children, and plenty of scenic views. From wooden ships and fishing in Northern Ireland, to coal and West In...

Today, I watched "To The Four Corners" (1957), recorded off of @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social.

TODAY IS NOT A COELACANTH DAY TODAY IS GOLDFISH DAY This is Chegwin. He was our goldfish. He had a long and happy goldfish life and got very large. GOLDFISH DAY. FUCK YEAH GOLDFISH.

Last year's April Fool's joke for Fuck Yeah Coelacanths was turning it into a pacu-themed site for a day.
Today? Chegwin the Goldfish. ❤️
fuckyeahcoelacanths.tumblr.com/post/8126632...

I love drum games.

太鼓の達人大好きですっ‪☆

Also, I am all out of episodes of "She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat" to watch. Dammit.

A large collection of alien-themed badges scattered across a cluttered desk. There are also a small number of other badges on top of a laptop.

I've used up all the blanks that came with my badge maker. I have like around 100 more to do, but we're looking at around 100 UFO/Alien/Sci-fi themed badges, all taken from back issues of @forteantimes.bsky.social and going to be dropped around @emfcamp.bsky.social So, y'know, look forward to that.

David Lynch "FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE!"

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely

As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡

Learning Web Development, Day 7 — Carousels Where I build a carousel, focus on how much I hate carousels, and side-eye all the code.

Blog Post! I am learning how to make a carousel. I deeply dislike it.

A collection of badges, a weird mix of Pokémon and UFO/alien-themed.

Also, look at the small collection of badges I have made so far, most of which were done before lunch.

Learning Web Development, Day 6 — Skeletons and Navigation Where I start to build the most generic company site, in the most generic framework, where things work, things don't work, and everything is kinda boring. Except for that mouse icon.

Blog Post! More Bootstrap, more me going "...what."

Thankfully I'm only making badges of aliens and Pokémon for @emfcamp.bsky.social yaaay

A collection of small paper circles, divided into four collections. From left to right: Aliens, wacky things, Pokémon, and spooky things.

That's a huge pile of Fortean Times and the occasional Pokémon magazine all turned into circles for badges.

Watch out for the

A review of Sinners (2025) Ooof. Seeing it again just brought back all the emotion, just reveling in the sounds, the visuals, the feelings, the slink of a satin dress, the clink of a beer bottle against a bar top, the sweat and...

Today, I saw Sinners (2025), an Ebony Reels screening at the Broadway.