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Posts by Mike Hall

It’s one of those days when you find an old external CD drive in a box and realise it contains Disc 2 of the Space Pirates that you lost six years ago.

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EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
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Black Tom cat laid on his back exposing his belly

Black Tom cat laid on his back exposing his belly

The same black Tom cat biting me on the hand.

The same black Tom cat biting me on the hand.

How it started and how it’s going.

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May have better luck with a PSP.

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Booooo

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I tried to do that when prepping for the talk, but the root CA certs in the PS3 are way out of date!

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Thank you Alex, that means a lot.

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My talk from State of the Browser is available to watch now. This was so much fun to do, and thanks to @londonwebstandards.org @letorey.co.uk for asking me to be part of it.

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Oh thank you so much.

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My talk from State of the Browser is available to watch now. This was so much fun to do, and thanks to @londonwebstandards.org @letorey.co.uk for asking me to be part of it.

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Oh fuck it, the bloody thing’s stuck again. #iykyk

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Oh Christ I accidentally attracted the same wankers. Oops.

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I was reasonably excited about the upcoming Supergirl movie. But as a superhero movie with a woman in the lead, it’s going to get ripped to pieces by misogynistic incel wankers isn’t it? Fuckssake.

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Thank you!

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@katiefenn.bsky.social Do you mind if I DM you?

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The Myth of the Placebo Effect – Mike Hall Date & Time: 28th April 2026 7:30pm Venue: The Wardrobe Theatre, 25 West St, Bristol BS2 0DF Tickets Facebook Event Venue The placebo effect is one of the most powerful medical responses there …

Exciting news! I will be speaking at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol at the end of this month, on the topic of the Placebo Effect. Tickets are available now.

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The Myth of the Placebo Effect – Mike Hall Date & Time: 28th April 2026 7:30pm Venue: The Wardrobe Theatre, 25 West St, Bristol BS2 0DF Tickets Facebook Event Venue The placebo effect is one of the most powerful medical responses there …

Exciting news! I will be speaking at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol at the end of this month, on the topic of the Placebo Effect. Tickets are available now.

bristolskeptics.com/2026/04/01/t...

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A kebab shop named BOTAN

A kebab shop named BOTAN

Donner Ke-bab isssss re-quired. Bring. It. Here.

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I fear this joke is too niche.

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Hold on. Bret Vyon isn’t a cab driver!

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@graemeallan.bsky.social can I DM?

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I always thought that if you wanted to do a Doctor Who FPS you should do it as an Abslom Daak game rather than featuring the Doctor as the player character

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I had that.

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An axios-API-compatible light wrapper over `fetch`, by @developit.dev:

github.com/developit/re...

Can act as a stopgap replacement while migrating away from axios.

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Ouch. I’m sorry.

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Oh Remy, that’s so kind of you!

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Doctor bain't a proper name.

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Deliveroo Ad: So what is it?
Me: I’ve never seen one before, sir. No one has, but I’m guessing it’s a white hole.

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Embarrassingly, I was several seconds into watch a press briefly from Alexander Stubb before I realised it wasn’t Russell Howard doing a bit.

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