andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 15hAsking Dr Claude or Chatty G to write in “gov uk english” makes me about 100 times less angry with the slop 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Unlike Björk, who disappears from femaleness by going into other species, Rosalía goes deeper into female itself, drilling down into it, past the mutilations of flamenco to some place of power where she feels new, then she just throws back her head and laughs like a sail in the wind”lrb.co.ukAnne Carson · On RosalíaWe require heroism of our entertainers. We want them sacrificing themselves to a certain ultimate degree of input. No... 110
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Yet all these craft traditions, these tools for thinking, are qualitatively different from AI: many people believe it’s designed to do the thinking for us. Papadopoulos and I, however, have been treating it as a thing to think with” AI vs craft increasinglyunclear.substack.com/p/ai-vs-craftincreasinglyunclear.substack.comAI vs craftWhat materials and machines can teach us about making 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Question: What is the value of a result obtained by someone pressing a button in a context where they themselves contribute no insight?” Look, Mom, I pressed a button! galoisrepresentations.org/2026/09/05/l...galoisrepresentations.org Look, Mom, I pressed a button! | Persiflage 000
Reposted by andrewnInternational Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ingre Morath, late 1950s Masks by Saul Steinberg 04513
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Almost holiday time. Remembering 10 years ago when I made a print-on-demand book of my instapaper reading list 011
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 19/08/2026One day someone will give me a detailed and well-written bug report and I'll immediately ascend to the next life. 010
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If you use dropoverapp.com and @vscode.dev then you might like marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...marketplace.visualstudio.comDropover - Visual Studio MarketplaceExtension for Visual Studio Code - Send files and folders from the VS Code explorer to a Dropover shelf. 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm a bit late to the party but ouch, I felt this. www.terrygodier.com/the-last-qui... by @terrygodier.com 012
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 12/08/2026sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t... As someone who best thinks through writing, this post by @sophiebits.com really resonates ❤️ vis @csshsh.bsky.socialsophiebits.comThere are no lossless transformations of natural-language text 020
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 07/08/2026“To drive the user interface, the developers built a lightweight software stack consisting of a React frontend optimized for small displays and a Python API server” They called us crazy when we did this 15 years ago #radiodan4eva ❤️ this: www.hackster.io/news/gemma-t...hackster.ioGemma Translator Brings Completely Offline AI Translation to Raspberry Pi 5Gemma Translator is a completely offline, Raspberry Pi 5-powered device that translates face-to-face speech using local AI. 120
Reposted by andrewnFrom The West Meadow @handle.invalid · 03/08/2026there's exactly one button on the whole internet that says DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON. someone is going to ruin it for everybody. hopefully not you. dontpressit.bisks.netdontpressit.bisks.netdo not press this buttonOne button, shared by every visitor. The instant anyone presses it, it's over — for everyone, permanently. No reset. 041
Reposted by andrewnpaul デジタルアーティスト @byt3m3chanic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026also a good post on @adafruit.com blog about fixing colors on an LED Matrix - it rescued me from hours of frustration at the skewed colors from web to matrix learn.adafruit.com/led-tricks-g...learn.adafruit.comLED Tricks: Gamma CorrectionA fluke of human perception makes LEDs appear brighter than you’d expect, skewing RGB color mixes. Here’s a software trick to work around this and get the colors you want. 011
Reposted by andrewnBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026In the face of these real, non-speculative, immediate, grave threats, focusing on AI - the money-losingest technology in human history, which has consistently underperformed relative to its boosters' promises - is just misguided. 49/ 113013
Reposted by andrewnsami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I made a website that lets you cut out old magazines from the internet archive (or any PDFs you own) and make collage art out of them: ✂️ clipart.studio 401520504
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I use these two share buttons many times daily. But iOS just offloaded both the apps because I don’t use them. Such annoying edge cases. 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 08/07/2026“The office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead functions as a procedural device to allow an MP to resign from the House of Commons. As members of the Commons are forbidden from formally resigning, a legal fiction is used to circumvent this prohibition” The UK is weird part II. 010
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 08/07/2026“The office of prime minister is not established by any statute or constitutional document, but exists only by long-established convention, whereby the monarch appoints as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons” 🙃 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_M...en.wikipedia.orgPrime Minister of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by andrewnMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just a quick heads-up that Our Friends in the North is currently showing on BBC iPlayer - a stunning piece of social and political history: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukOur Friends in the NorthAward-winning drama with breakthrough performances by a host of household names. An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends. 715358
Reposted by andrewnmatt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 01/07/2026New blog post! An easy way to automatically and safely reclaim space on your Mac using the built-in transparent file system compression (sometimes called AFSC) 🤓 blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/01/t...blog.gingerbeardman.comTransparent compression with Folder Actions in macOS ⌘I Get InfoI just wired this up for my own build folder—where Xcode quietly piles up derived data and archives that eat gigabytes—and figured it was worth writing down.... 032
Reposted by andrewnMichael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The story of social media’s problem with news, in two posts (these are from X) 461035370
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Are there any services like Instapaper but with better conversion? Instapaper often strips out diagrams and code. 010
Reposted by andrewnSaron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Icon-only options in a customizable <select> break three things: ❌️ users who don't recognize the icon have no help ❌️screen readers have nothing to announce ❌️browsers w/o support show an empty dropdown There's just 1 fix for all three cases: keep the text Learn more:webkit.orgThe golden rule of Customizable SelectCustomizable select is coming to Safari 27. 15318
Reposted by andrewnJen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Learn all about what my team has been up to this year — how we worked to improve the quality of WebKit. Plus what’s coming in Safari 27: Customizable Select, <model> on iOS, iPadOS & macOS, and much more. I cover highlights in: youtu.be/7Hg1fCrm4yM #css #html #javascript #webdevelopment #wwdc26youtu.beWWDC26: What’s new in WebKit for Safari 27 | AppleYouTube video by Apple Developer 28113
Reposted by andrewnVictoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Holkham beach, Norfolk - I was commissioned by someone to replicate this beautiful beach and all its shades and textures as an aerial embroidery! Lots of grasses, reeds and mud mixed in with the sand. Not sure if the tide in coming on or going out though... More close-ups are in the thread: 1/2 530662
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I love this so so much github.com/cyberpapiii/...github.comGitHub - cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max: The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Low...The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more.... 030
Reposted by andrewnDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The Coronate Medusa dazzles in the deep sea with its bioluminescent glow and unique tentacle design for efficient prey capture. Nature's masterpiece beneath the waves awaits your attention. 221090185
Reposted by andrewnmatt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 11/05/2026As part of my ongoing obsession I’ve created a sort of miniature tilt-shift isometric infinite golf video game. Courses can be generated from photos or random seed. Everything is procedurally generated, so a whole 18 holes can be shared as a QR code. There are zero bitmaps! ⛳️🏌️♂️ 0201
Reposted by andrewnDave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Paint A scumbled, scratched smear Of slate green is my happy place. See it come alive, drips of agile Cobalt, a Lowry ground. How to show the love of it? Add ivory, take it away, see New worlds in no time, make gaffs Workout, just daubs and laughs. Morn @imcmillan.bsky.social 0222
Reposted by andrewnDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/05/2026A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.janrosenow.substack.comSpain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how.How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed. 9159141750
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026My fave thing about web tools moving to native languages is getting stack trances in both Go and Rust 🙏 010
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Sending voice notes like emails “kind regards”, “wishing you well” etc 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Whenever I say dates are hard, this is what I mean aesthetikx.info/blog/date_it... 010
Reposted by andrewnStreet Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 17/05/2026Seen near Holborn Station, on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally. When the scapegoats are gone, the borders are fortified, and the hatred has done its damage, the cost of living will still rise, the NHS will still be dying, and corporate vultures will still be picking our lives apart. 5639185
Reposted by andrewnRyan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Generational tweet that might even spawn a school of architecture. 17494481745
Reposted by andrewnGreg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America 220155223929
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 27/04/2026“Because software is not made by one person in a vacuum. It’s a team sport. Everyone building it needs to agree on what they’re building and why” maggieappleton.com/zero-alignment Really great talk by @maggieappleton.com about the alignment gap and tools for closing itmaggieappleton.comOne Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero AlignmentWhy we need collaborative AI engineering 030
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Guess I’m buying yet another microcontroller interconnected.org/home/2026/04...interconnected.orgCourier: real-time messaging for ESP32 with batteries included (new library)Posted on Tuesday 21 Apr 2026. 883 words, 15 links. By Matt Webb. 120
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 24/04/2026simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/...simonwillison.netServing the For You feedOne of Bluesky's most interesting features is that anyone can run their own custom "feed" implementation and make it available to other users - effectively enabling custom algorithms that can … 000
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New addition to my AI assistant preferences: > You are an AI assistant, not a human, so do not use phrases that suggest personhood like "I'll be honest" or "the genuine answer is". 010
Reposted by andrewnsvenning🌲 @svenning.io · 08/10/2025We are already seeing some fantastic (but horrible) contributions to the Bad UX World Cup! 😃 This year's challenge: Create a horrible date picker! See all the contributions (so far) here: badux.lol #baduxworldcup 44921
andrewn @andrewnicolaou.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Love this municipaldreams.substack.com/p/balfron-to...municipaldreams.substack.comBalfron Tower, Poplar: ‘they all said the flats were lovely’In last week’s post, we left Balfron Tower just as its first residents were moving in, among them the Tower’s architect, Ernő Goldfinger, and his wife, Ursula. 040
Reposted by andrewnMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025'In fairness to GPT5, in my career I have indeed encountered PhDs with this level of commitment to their particular blueberry.' kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...kieranhealy.orgBlueberry HillChatGPT 5 was released today. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has unveiled the long-awaited latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, GPT-5, saying it can provide PhD-level expertise. B... 45415
