New post on my programming blog
Returning to Elixir/Phoenix
If you're interested in the Green Plenty concept https://greenplenty.substack.com/p/the-case-for-green-plenty?s=w
Report: "No more silence, no more complicity": more than 60 EU lawmakers demand an emergency meeting to sanction Israel.
They also demanded that the EU lobby member states to implement an arms embargo on Israel & "sanctions against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation & individuals within the organisation."
#EU #USPOL #EuroPol #BDS #GazaGenocide #GHF #USCo-perpetrator .
Imagine being a welder. And every day you come to work you have to worry about whether your tools are where you left them. Or if your controls have been reversed. Or the tanks are mislabeled or rearranged. Or if your 110v equipment suddenly requires 220v. Or the trigger on your MIG welder only works after you tap on three fire hydrants. Or your visor has ads pop up in the way of your vision. Or cameras and microphones show up to record all your work and you don't know who has access to those recordings. Or that supply of rods you just purchased will no longer work with your torch because the manufacturer decided that you can only use rods purchased from them, even though that was not disclosed at the time of purchase.
Why the fuck does tech get away with it?
WNBA players say they're not paid what they're owed. Are they right?
#WNBAAllStarGameProtest #WNBAPayDispute #CollectiveBargaining #NapheesaCollier #SportsAccounting
The word 'ye' in names such as Ye Olde Inn ('the old inn') was originally simply pronounced 'the'.
The pronunciation with y is due to a misinterpretation of the first letter.
'Ye' originated as a second-best way of writing 'þe'. The first letter, þ, was called thorn. It was a letter for the th sound that originated in Old English.
Where did þ come from? How did it disappear? And why was it substituted by y in the word 'ye'?
Click my new infographic to read all about it:
So, it looks like the Govt. is throwing OFWAT under the bus as a key cause of the ongoing crisis in water & sewage provision.... but this suggests two further Q.s:
Can & will a 'new' regulator be any better? Getting a new regulator up to speed without using OFWAT's old staff may be slow...
but, also will this then be allowed to let the actual culprits (the where firms) off the hook ('we were badly regulated, gov').
As an attempt to draw a line it may not work
#water
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/18/ofwat-to-be-abolished-as-ministers-explore-creating-new-water-regulator
'I am extremely sad': celebrities react to the end of Stephen Colbert's Late Show
#MergerControversy #CBS #Disappointment #StephenColbert #CelebrityReactions
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/18/stephen-colbert-late-show-celebrities-react
“UKLFI said a Massive Attack show last month had prompted complaints by Jewish and Israeli audience members because it included comparison of Israel’s actions with the Holocaust ‘We wrote to Massive Attack to convey this, and requested that future performances do not repeat these actions. We believe in free speech and artistic expression however we felt this performance crossed a line and made audience members feel deeply traumatised.’” Not as traumatised as the people in #Gaza
Yesterday was my first bad day on Mastodon, and what happened to me could happen to you, so let me explain what went down, and how I got blocked by a lot of people.
In March, I wrote a post critical of Musk (picture 1). I then asked another Mastodon user (Harriett) whom I have found friendly, if she would help me translate a Danish phrase to English, and linked to the Musk post where the phrase would be relevant.
But yesterday — 4 months later — that blew up in my face. Here is how…
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@Geri More power to your elbow Geri. As one who has been fortunate not to have needed any benefit (and my late wife stubbornly refused to countenance claiming for her own disability, and we were fortunate enough to be able to live on one income), I look from the outside at the dreadful inequities inherent in the system that increasingly appears to be set up to punish those who are unable to work. Uncaring, unfeeling, discriminatory and thoroughly unfair. 😢
Not all heroes wear capes.
“I truly hope that people understand what’s happening. I’m a UN pro bono official — I’m not even paid. Yet suddenly I’m a threat to the global economy. Why? Because I asked big tech to comply with international law and stop profiteering from genocide.”
Francesca Albanese
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.