France is switching from Microsoft to Linux
"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."
Well, this earns the first WTF of the day.
Logging onto Bluesky in the morning on GMT often feels like this and then you have to spend a half hour scrolling, piecing together wtf happened in the US while we were sleeping.
We should bring back these lost pronouns, partly because they are cool, and partly to annoy the TERFs (bonus point to the article for mentioning Chaucer’s use of the singular ‘they’).
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light" — Stanley Kubrick, 1968
Trump, Putin, Ukraine, Gaza, Palestine, Ice, Iran, Epstein, Agenda 2030, Aliens, Musk, Thiel, Altman...
For Christ sake, I’m trying to get some work done over here!
andrewdavidbarker.substack.com/p/why-create...
check yo self before you dox yo self
after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign
Vibing, not giving! Silly autocorrect.
Absolutely banging migraine this lunchtime, but I don't care; the sun is shining and I am feeling rather fabulous anyway. My mind and heart are giving away like the dance scene from Life Of Chuck. youtu.be/43zBdmUcc1M?...
Fans gathered in north Wales this weekend as Chris Barrie helped launch a new partnership between a heritage railway and one of the country’s biggest pop culture events
Bookmarking to read later.
Bookmarking for a read later today.
Somewhere up in heaven, Richard Scarry is like “fuck yeah, told you so”: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Why Skipping Prologues and Epilogues Doesn’t Make You a Clever Reader; It Makes You an Incomplete One
"In the words of the great William Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about storytelling and also about tights: “What’s past is prologue.”
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Thank you. I love that cover, too.
Excellent. I shall make myself a brew and have a read.
Today is April 4th.
"April 4th, 1984. To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free... From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man... greetings"
Today I begin my annual reread of 1984, my favourite non-horror novel.
Is it available for pre-order yet?
I'm looking forward to reading this, Jim.
Mix of One and Six.
LittleMissLizz: it's not too late to abandon Harry Potter for the Discworld series, my friends. Come over to our nerdy, little corner. There are 41 of these suckers and Terry Pratchett actually understood what it meant to treat people like humans. Have fun and know you are loved.
Don't come at me with any "With not both?" bullshit. The money from Harry Potter is being used to ruin people's lives.
A pistachio nutty cake / dessert sitting on a plate.
It's the start of the Easter break. My plans for today have been scuppered by my car being stuck in the garage for repairs but I am doing my best not to sulk. I have a plan of action for today that includes finishing some test marking and doing some writing of my own. There will be cake.
I haven't watched the full collection in a long while. Might be time to revisit.
I want to print this off and post it in various places at home and work.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616:
If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.
Words of wisdom from a time when politicians actually had integrity.
Ben Daniels as Santiago in the second season of IWTV is absolutely rocking my world right now. This man can do no wrong.
Absolutely howling at this.
