Museu dos Fosforos in Tomar This gem in Portugal is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

@simonwillison.net do you accept submissions for niche-museums.com? I think Museu dos Fósforos would fit the bill www.atlasobscura.com/places/museu...

Marx talks about it in excruciating detail in the “So-called Primitive Accumulation” section of Capital, like the massive nerd he was. It’s the last part of the book and mostly an historical account of the enclosures, it’s an easy read.

People went to work down the mines because they were evicted from their farming livelihoods by enclosures. Farming was not exactly an easy lifestyle, but all of them would have preferred it to mining. They had to be forced by acts of parliament to give it up.

I had missed this article. This one was written in response to the same Embery quote, and it makes the same arguments critisticuffs.org/texts/immigr...

you forgot Chess

That's one of the worst x-axis I've ever seen.

AIS year in review 2024 Stats and interesting ships I saw come sailing in

Boatify wrapped 2024! Stats, maps, timelapses and silly stuff from my AIS receiver and webcam overlooking the Firth of Forth. (recommend viewing on a grown up computer, works on phones but not optimised for them) vessels.marinesightings.com/review/2024/

Wolf Hall scene illuminated by candlelight only, where characters and colourful tapestry are bright and visible

Here for example

I get so angry watching Silo! Why spend all that money filming it if you don't let us see it??? Contrast to Wolf Hall, where most scenes are filmed in dimly lit rooms, and all the characters are clearly visible and vivid.

My solution:

Advent of TypeScript Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...

I've completed 🎩Bernard's New Demands 2: Electric Boogaloo - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/21

Cover of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx, Penguin edition

Our Capital reading groups are just around the corner:
- 9th Jan, 7pm for Brighton, at the Cowley Club
- 13th Jan, 7pm for London, at the Sekforde
- February for Glasgow
You can just turn up on the day, or get in touch with us here if you want to know more.

Advent of TypeScript Advent of TypeScript is a month-long event running from December 1 to Christmas, featuring daily TypeScript challenges. Participants can test their skills, climb the leaderboard, and engage with the T...

I've completed 🎩Bernard's Long List Of Names - Advent of TypeScript 2024 adventofts.com/events/2024/12

I hardcoded the names of the naughty kids for today's challenge, I didn't see any other solution?

The Internationale: Jamaican Reggae Version YouTube video by GETchan

youtu.be/D0uBuO4mXz0?...

I find it interesting that parenting is often talked about as a soft skill, nurturing, etc, when in reality the first few months are a load of physical, arduous labour.

I showed this to my wife

This should be good

how does one get on the guest list for this event

this is where the idealism around atproto falls over: yes anyone can run their own aggregator, but that's like saying anyone can scrape the web as google does. when the stream gets big enough, only big players will be capable of doing so. the real bottleneck is the pursuit of wealth in the abstract

working hard to get this meme going

it's one of those "enjoy it while lasts, without illusions" kind of things I suppose

There's a lot of idealism floating around that because bsky is an open protocol, even if it were to enshittify, other less shitty players would arise. But this is unfounded optimism, these other players would be motivated by the same goals and therefore unlikely to do things differently.

I feel seen
bsky.app/profile/afn....

their rare burzum vinyls set on fire and burned
watch them cry in shame, odin was not a capitalist

ATProto is just microformats with json, change my mind

one for the #openweb and semantic markup ghouls

Also bsky.app/profile/konn...

The spinner on videos seems to be broken on the web client in iOS, keeps spinning when the video is playing:

Curious about this: does the data you download contain the private key used to sign your posts? I suppose it must, otherwise how could the aggregator verify the author of the post once you migrate?

I believe the reason he endorsed Dems is Israel. As a proper neonazi, he wants Jews exterminated and believes he can find more people who share this opinion on the left. Galaxy brain type stuff.

Anyone building a Google Reader on atproto yet?