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Andy Broomfield

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New media nomad. Drupal and other things, currently at a local authority. Neurospicy enby. andybroomfield.com They / Them.

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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Freelancer? In Brighton? Come to our meet up tomorrow evening! It's very relaxed, usually 10-15 freelancers along for a nice chat. We'll be in the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm-11 Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Python work and app stores, notes from 23rd September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 23rd September, nine freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk almost everything except freelancing, but it did occasionally come up. This i...
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is the last day to tell the Government you want to hear the voices of LGBTQ+ people impacted by Section 28, a law that banned the promotion of homosexuality from 1988-2003 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Documentally @documental.ly · 23/09/2026
A company shouldn't keep their B Corp status if replacing human creative work with automated output in order to cut costs. The B Corp cert is meant to reflect a company’s treatment of workers, customers & wider society. Can we please maintain a little authentic human communication? #JustSayin
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tomorrow we're having a freelancers meet up in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, 8pm-11pm. Freelance or want to be? Please join us! Last week ten people came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Rolling out updates, blocking bot traffic and more - notes from 16th September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 16th September, ten freelancers got together in the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things self employment, tech, and singers who have got themselves in a bit of bother. This is some of what we...
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton. We'll be there 8pm-11pm. Freelance or want to be? Come and join us whenever you can make it. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Reverse Centaurs, Duo, finding work and more - notes from 9th September 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 9th September, 15 freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things tech and self employment. This is some of what we talked about: Good and bad uses of AI in the...
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 12/09/2026
Did you miss pages from Ceefax when it was on the telly. It’s been recreated. www.youtube.com/live/v8OUAiWH_jc
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 09/09/2026
I have the earworm to Rokos modern life and imagine it as an episode.
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, 8pm-11ish. We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good. Freelancer? Come and chat freelancing, tech & some nonsense too Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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PHP Sussex @phpsussex.uk · 02/09/2026
📢 Our next event is up! On Wednesday 9 September, Rob Allen and Tamas Erdelyi will join us for two talks about API security and what goes into building a side project. 📅 Details and registration 👇 www.meetup.com/php-s... #php
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September | Securing Your API + Side Project Behind-the-Scenes, Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup
This month we've got a couple of talks for you. First up is [Tamas Erdelyi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/terdelyi/) with a lightning-ish talk about his experience building
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 26/08/2026
Poet man from season 1 Lexx
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This Wednesday we're having a freelancers get together in the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton, from 8pm - 11ish. Freelancer? Please join us! Last week 15 people and one ginger cat came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM... #freelancing #brighton
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The good and bad of clients using AI tools and more notes from 19th August 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 19th August, fifteen freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton to talk clients, tech, cats, and other random things. This is a little of what we talked about: Conversational interfaces vs traditional interfaces New work! Clients exploring ideas via Claude AI Clients exposing confidential information via n8n […]
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Erin Kidd @thebabygoat.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It really is that simple❤️ #studioghibli #ghibli #hayaomiyazaki
Digital illustration of studio Ghibli Kodama spirits holding a flag: “If you claim to love Studio Ghibli but use the ChatGPT Ghibli image generator, then no. 
You don’t love Studio Ghibli. 
Even further, you fundamentally do not understand or respect Miyazaki and his art.”
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 22/08/2026
What I love is that Devon have annexed Cornwall, but would they then follow through on independence?
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 20/08/2026
My brothers directing a new short film (Chasing time, a sci-fi romance about reliving happier past moments) and the team behind it have launched a crowdfunder to get it made. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chasing-time
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Chasing Time | Short Film | Sci-Fi/Romance
We are raising funds to make a heartfelt sci-fi/romance short film about reliving happier past moments using a time travel device.
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're having a freelancers meet up tomorrow in Brighton. We'll be in the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm - 11pm, please join us! Last week 11 people came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM... #sussex #event
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Eclipse! Eclipse! Eclipse! Notes from our meeting on 13th August 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 13th August, 11 freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk… mainly the eclipse, which happened just before our meeting and had 96% coverage of the sun in...
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 14/08/2026
Don’t forget your cup of tea on the worktop, it will go cold #OtherUKEmergencyAlerts
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 13/08/2026
Totality in Greenland on RRS Sir David Attenborough ☀️🌙 The GIANT expedition team were lucky enough to be in the path of the total eclipse in Greenland. It was a view so good we rang up our friends at RAL Space to share it with the 1000+ people at their eclipse event in the UK.
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Neil Williams @neillyneil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You know this is how the Triffids happened right?
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 12/08/2026
Partial Solar eclipse from Devils Dyke, Sussex. August 2026. #SolarEclipse #Eclipse2026 #EclipseStream
Partial eclipse of the sun with the moon cover NY the sun from the right side and the sun forming a crescent.The sun looking like an arch with the moon mostly blocking it with a small arch remaining.The crescent sun with the moon passing in front and now passing by blocking the left side about three quarters.The moon now blocking only a small part of the left side of the sun as the eclipse ends.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 06/08/2026
Waste collection module is built and on some live sites! (though does need more provider plugins for wider adoption) www.drupal.org/project/loca...
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Client Challenge
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 04/08/2026
This is quite a funky telling of the story.
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Tomorrow our freelancers meet up in Brighton is in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm-11. Come along whenever you like, we're always up for a good chat about freelancing and tech. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Meeting notes from the 29th July 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 29th July, seven freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk self employment, tech and science fiction. Here’s some of what we talked about: AYN Odin 3 ga...
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 03/08/2026
Look what’s arrived! I think I backed the Voyager documentary years and years ago. Need to set some time aside to watch. #StarTrek #ToTheJourney
The front cover of the backer edition of the Star Trek Voyager documentary To the Journey. It features the cast photo all standing together looking at the camera.Back cover of the To the Journey Blu ray detailing extending features and that it is not rated.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 03/08/2026
Wrote up some of my thoughts on machinery of government changes, DSIT closure, and the future of GDS newmediathinking.com/2026/08/mach...
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Machinery of Government changes, DSIT closure, and the future of GDS
With a change of Prime minister in the UK, there comes with it a very big shake up of the technology aspect of government. The closure of the Department of Science and Technology (DSIT) with many o…
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Someone had just emailed me on a Friday night to ask if I have any thoughts to share on AI in digital govt and I think my answer is that we should focus on making basic services work for everyone and stop worrying about AI
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Our weekly freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar tomorrow from 8pm-11, hopefully in the beer garden. Freelance or want to be? Please join us! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM... #brighton #event
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Freelancing basics, interesting groups in Brighton & more - notes from 22nd July 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 22nd July, nine freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things freelancing and tech. A new freelancer joined us for the first time, so we had plenty of convers...
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Tomorrow our weekly freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton from 8pm - 11ish. All freelancers welcome! We'll hopefully be in the beer garden and will have a sign on the table to help you find us. Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 19/07/2026
The hovercraft that runs on the Isle of Wight also now runs in Oita, Japan. youtu.be/or2Bqd8eQ10 Some more background information about the hovercraft from Visit Oita with the hovercrafts designer youtu.be/MuYerM46ui8 Think I’m going to have to add Oita as a stop on my eventual Japan trip.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 19/07/2026
My proposed minister for AI
Johnny 5, the robot from Short circuit (Long oblong face with very large round camera eye, a thin light strip mouth, and long expressive metal eyebrows attached above the face), peers out from behind a wall in an urban setting while a crowd of people walk by.
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tomorrow our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton from 8pm-11. All freelancers welcome! We'll hopefully be in the beer garden, if you ask at the bar they should be able to point us out Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Market getting better, SFTP and a new app - notes from 8th July 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 8th July, twelve freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar in Brighton to talk all things freelancing and tech. Another heatwave had kicked in, but things weren’t as bad as ...
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Today is International Non-Binary People's Day. Did you know? The date was chosen because it sits exactly halfway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day, recognising that not everyone fits neatly into a binary understanding of gender. #InternationalNonBinaryPeoplesDay
Happy International Non-Binary Peoples Day

Non-Binary Flag

#NonBinaryAlly
#EqualityForAll
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Documentally @documental.ly · 14/07/2026
Do you remember #DicktatorDon?
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 12/07/2026
Thanks, yeah ok, just a bit stressful and not something I have experienced in a while.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 12/07/2026
Had a stranger accost me whilst walking down Elm Grove asking me in an angry tone “What was that” and “are you going to ignore me then” before shouting obscenities. Not something I ever experienced when living in Whitehawk
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 09/07/2026
That seems like one major design flaw! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Low-e windows keep homes cool … but may set neighbours’ property on fire
Low-emissivity windows also keep houses warm in winter, but use on bowed glass can have magnifying-glass effect
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Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Took a break to build BinFax for the people of Clacton binfax.netlify.app
A ceefax page in black with yellow and white font. It says One man, one bin, one chance to save clacton.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 07/07/2026
Binface for the win, let bring back Ceefax for all
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Tomorrow we're having a tech industry freelancers meet up in the Battle of Trafalgar, Brighton, from 8pm - 11ish. Hopefully in the beer garden. All freelancers very welcome! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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Notes from our freelancers meet up on 1st July 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 1st July, twelve freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk freelancing, finding clients, and a lot of random stuff. This is some of the topics covered: Net ...
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tomorrow our freelancers get together is in the Battle of Trafalgar, Brighton from 8pm - 11. Come and chat dealing with clients, tax, and a fair amount of random nonsense. All freelancers very welcome! Last week in the heat: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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The hottest Farm meet so far was 24th June 2026 - Brighton Farm
On an extremely hot Wednesday 24th June, ten freelancers met in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to swap notes about surviving the heat, and the occasional tip about freelancing. This is som...
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Laura Kidd 💌 Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trying this again. No AI please and thank you!
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Al Ryan @alryanradio.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 27/06/2026
Listening to Radio 4 long wave bow out with the shipping forecast. Fitting in a way that’s the last programme.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Goodbye, long wave: alexperdurabo.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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The End of BBC Long Wave: Goodnight, Droitwich
BBC Radio 4 Long Wave ends at 1am on 198 kHz after 101 years.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 26/06/2026
Travelling on all GBR trains today (Thameslink and London North Western). All delayed and cancelled. Won’t be getting in till 10pm (from 3pm start, usually 4 hour trip). At least I’ve got delay repay to look forward too.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 24/06/2026
Wonder if there is a Brighton version of this?
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Okay, UKsters, the media is useless re: extreme heat, so let’s do this. I’m from Southern California, spent the last ten years living outside Seattle, which has a similar climate to Scotland, where I am now. Here’s what I know. 1. Heat exhaustion and sickness are no fucking joke. Do not tempt them.
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Andy Broomfield @andybroomfield.com · 23/06/2026
#Larry4PM
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Brighton Farm Freelancers Group @brightonfarm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our freelancers meet up tomorrow is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton from 8pm to 11ish. Hopefully in the beer garden again, we'll post where we're sitting. Come along for a cooling drink with lovely folk Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/CbGLaPkoPuXM...
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AI, Wordpress hacks and island life - notes from 17th June 2026 - Brighton Farm
On the 17th June, twelve freelancers got together in the beer garden of the Battle of Trafalgar to talk all things tech, self employment and a fair amount of random nonsense. This was the evening of t...
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