Reposted by Andy LoughranJohn Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org · 26/09/2026It was wonderful to lead the Preston Pride parade today as the Town Crier and Bellman of the city and to make the opening proclamation. Love is love my friends. 626534
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 19/09/2026Oh oh. Getting a 404 when trying to access my QR code for Swim Serpentine later today. Hope the IT team can fix it and it’s not chaos down there!! 020
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 06/09/2026Sad to see the demise of rain; the steady march if progress... 000
Reposted by Andy LoughranAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026This is exactly why privacy advocates have pushed back against age verification measures. These companies are reckless with their data and it can easily be compromised. It can leave people vulnerable to identity theft, doxing, and targeted harassment. 9955175
Reposted by Andy LoughranPingoru.io @pingoru.bsky.social · 01/09/2026⚠️ Dynatrace is reporting a Incident since 11:54 UTC "Issue with Authentication Services" Affects: Dynatrace Product, Process-AWS-americas, Process-AWS-emea, +16 more Live timeline → pingoru.io/providers/dynatrace/inci… #Dynatrace #DynatraceDown 101
Reposted by Andy LoughranAndreas Flierl @andreas.flierl.eu · 01/09/2026BTW as a dev, you are not being "left behind" if you don't use LLMs. Everything you'd need to know about using agents and whatnot can be learned in one or two days. You could do that at any point later - or, you know, not at all. Don't let anyone install FOMO in you. 252
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 30/08/2026@gridserve.bsky.social is there something up with your system? Luckily using contactless as back up but would prefer the lower rates 000
Reposted by Andy LoughranNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m delighted to be hosting a press conference organised by MIND and Rethink later today which introduces a pioneering new way of organising mental health care proven to reduce hospital admissions & improve quality of life for patients. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTreatment involving patient's family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study findsThe approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them. 15914
Reposted by Andy LoughranJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894311285
Reposted by Andy LoughranJoel @joelskeetsos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My two-year-old son adores getting books in the mail from "Miss Dolly." She's a hero in our house. Safe home, Miss Dolly. 8734139
Reposted by Andy LoughranAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end 922804921
Reposted by Andy LoughranSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 31/07/2026> Me in ServiceNow: Well this is an outage I better select "Expedited Change" > I have to do all the exact same shit as a Normal Change Sure thanks 9775
Reposted by Andy LoughranSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The Norweigan Ambassador to the UK 611842300
Reposted by Andy LoughranLiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Really big fire on Vallentin Rd in Walthamstow. Multiple houses affected. Everyone being evacuated 4103
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 04/07/2026TIL that Renault have developed their electric motor technology using copper coils rather than rare earths. www.renaultgroup.com/en/magazine/... In my early career I remember doing IT support for a rewinding company on the Bootle docks. I wish I'd paid more attention and read up on that then...renaultgroup.comAll about electric motors with no rare earthsAs a pioneer of electric motors using no rare earths, Renault Group is unique on the automotive market, a position reasserted for strategic reasons. 020
Reposted by Andy LoughranJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 29/06/2026"Good growth in every postcode" – exactly! Liberate the PAF, empower small businesses and bedroom coders! 0152
Reposted by Andy LoughranProfessor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026the final point is the most important one for me, and that decline is relatively recent, with the collapse of the motor industry in the West Midlands. As a region, it's where Manchester was in the late 1980s, economically, I'd argue 041
Reposted by Andy LoughranHib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Serious answer: public transport. For a conurbation of that size the lack of a serious public transport system is both scandalous and bizarre. I mean underground/metro and/or S Bahn type local rail, not an apologetic couple of tram lines. It's a time-consuming city to get around for limited reward. 291
Reposted by Andy LoughranLeft Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 29/06/2026They also tried to kill birmingham on purpose after the war 0191
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 25/06/2026Learning knots was a fun but pretty non-life threatening game pre-holiday. Now that I'm on a boat and the knots I've done are holding us from floating into other boats, it starts to make me feel like I should have practiced even more. It's holding for now... 010
Reposted by Andy LoughranMelanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. -Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925 12765992073
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 17/06/2026Loving northern Greece. Just over the border from our South Albania tour last year. 010
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 14/06/2026Not sure if it's my algorithm, but disappointed in the lack of #KnickerbockerGlory puns in relation to the NY knicks victory in the NBA. 000
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 13/06/2026Loved the penny drop moment earlier when I realised/saw that @sophieraworth2024.bsky.social and @kateraworth.bsky.social were sisters. Doughnuts and running. What's not to love. 010
Reposted by Andy LoughranLou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We’re on a Bad Services UK Book Tour. Actually we’re on it right now, with Glasgow tonight. We’re doing a short Bad Services UK Book Tour over June and July. The link has tour dates listed, with a few more to be updated in the next few days. good.services/badservicesb... 154
Andy Loughran @andylockran.dev · 07/06/2026Saw this cute thing today. Bought 100 larvae about six weeks ago but have no idea whether this dude is wild or pet. 😜 110
Reposted by Andy LoughranRob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Lambeth is in a financial crisis. But the Greens, now leading the council, proposed: 1. A higher allowance for the council leader. 2. Higher allowances for the two deputy council leaders and 7 full time equivalent Cabinet Members.lambethlibdems.org.ukCouncillor allowances - Lambeth Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats have consistently called for lower councillor allowances in Lambeth - reflecting the financial crisis that the borough faces. 273
Reposted by Andy LoughranCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The package includes a new Open Source Strategy, updated chip legislation, and a Cloud and AI Development Act. The goal is clear: reduce structural dependency on Big Tech and build sovereign, interoperable, open infrastructure. 735789
Reposted by Andy LoughranMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 05/06/2026THEY ARE BASTARDS 16525161
Reposted by Andy LoughranRob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Labour defending Twitter is a good example of why they are so ineffective in government: utterly unwilling to take decisions which have any controversy attached. 18504121
Reposted by Andy LoughranDebby Williams 💙♐️ @dwilliams1210.com · 03/06/2026Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors on Tuesday froze the bank accounts of a landholding company tied to a controversial $4 billion luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner,Trump’s son-in-law.occrp.orgAlbania Freezes Assets in Kushner Resort ProbeA widening property-fraud investigation into a $4 billion luxury resort linked to Jared Kushner has led Albanian authorities to freeze developer assets, compounding pressure from public protests and i... 881889550
Reposted by Andy LoughranJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The worst heat pump is more efficient than the best gas boiler. A gas boiler turns one unit of energy into less than one unit of heat. A heat pump delivers 3 to 4 units of heat for every unit of input. More in future Substack long read. Sign up here: janrosenow.substack.com 511032268
Reposted by Andy LoughranPurchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 31/05/2026🇪🇺 Meet EuroOffice, Europe’s bold alternative to Microsoft 365, promising sovereignty and control It is based on OnlyOffice and offers a near-like-for-like experience as Microsoft for free. Something for everyone to check out, not only Europeans.windowscentral.comEuroOffice emerges as Europe’s sovereignty‑focused alternative to Microsoft 365Europe’s biggest tech players debut EuroOffice, a sovereign suite designed to challenge Microsoft 365’s dominance. 521523471
Reposted by Andy LoughranUK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com · 29/05/2026Big news on the future of UK Gov Camp! We're officially registering as a non-profit company so give us a solid legal foundation for funding, grant making and contracts. A full blog post about how you can become an official voting Member of Gov Camp will be published soon. 4171
Reposted by Andy LoughranIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 29/05/2026European alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Office launches on 9 June: free, open source and online, using existing building blocks. An important step in freeing ourselves from US control. www.zdnet.com/article/euro...zdnet.comEuro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9European tech firms will ship the first stable release of Euro-Office next month, giving governments and businesses worldwide a ready-to-run, sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs. 251268516
Reposted by Andy LoughranBen #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊 @benaldo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I have pretty well given up shouting about climate change. The odd social media post. I don't know what to do. I am hosting a screening of the National Emergency Briefing in my local village next weekend. I wonder what attendees will think and say. www.nebriefing.orgnebriefing.orgNational Emergency Briefing on climate & natureNational Emergency Briefing | The UK’s leading climate and nature experts brief MP's on the risks, impacts and solutions to the climate emergency 144
Reposted by Andy LoughranMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288239435
Reposted by Andy LoughranIIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026‘When the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle’ newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/b...newsroom.co.nzBefore we let AI run the public service, we need to know the full impactNew Zealand is badly under-prepared for mass deployment of AI in the public sector - and the latest Budget measures are being made without safeguards, writes Professor Alexandra Andhov 15393164
Reposted by Andy LoughranChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026For @aftermath.site: Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, threatened a developer for trying to restore their product's functionality using their own open source code. The blowback was enormous and may have exposed something far more consequential. aftermath.site/bambu-lab-ag...aftermath.siteThe Battle Over 3D Printer Software Licensing Matters For EveryoneBambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, took a swing at a smaller developer over open source code. The fallout may have exposed an ancient violation. 16627192
Reposted by Andy LoughranJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20/05/2026Has Liam Byrne had his Weetabix? (Newly FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/has-liam-b...takes.jamesomalley.co.ukHas Liam Byrne had his Weetabix?Open data is better for consumers than moralising. 083
Reposted by Andy LoughranKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 19/05/2026And for God's sake include screenshots 2594
Reposted by Andy LoughranMatthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk · 18/05/2026Whilst this is true, what is also true is that the “old” internet is still there and there’s nothing preventing us from making more of it. Everything I’ve created or am involved in tries to embody that. Maybe I could do more, I dunno. But I try 1377
Reposted by Andy LoughranTerence Eden @edent.tel · 17/05/2026New blog post: GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs… Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It …shkspr.mobiGDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open SourceWithin the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe disagreements, it is rare for tempers to fray. It is even rarer for those internal disagreements to spill over into public. Which is what… 410867
Reposted by Andy LoughranDafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk · 14/05/2026There's lots of important messaging in this new guidance from GDS / DSIT on AI, open code and vulnerability risk. In particular: "Private repositories can create a false sense of security" and "Openness can surface issues earlier" www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-...gov.ukAI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sectorGuidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery. 43421
Reposted by Andy Loughransteve @visitmy.website · 14/05/2026Making you pay for more things, and making you sign in for more things. My thesis is that weeknotes and public sector blogging can live on the open web, for free, and that you don’t need a big platform or your own website to do that. 151
Reposted by Andy LoughranRoss Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/takensinceyouarrived.worldtaken.A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you. 1553902982
Reposted by Andy LoughranJames Abley @jabley.bsky.social · 06/05/2026My "Make Things Open, It Makes Things Better" T-Shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. And now you too can own one! govgeeks.myspreadshop.co.ukgovgeeks.myspreadshop.co.ukGovGeeksA collection of slogantastic shirts for the discerning GovGeek. All designs freely licenced under the OGL v3. Please remix these shirts. 0 commission. 123
Reposted by Andy LoughranSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 30/04/2026Our position is it's entirely possible this is going to lead to a waterfall of critical vulns, but our job in building general defenses and working towards efficiently doing vulnerability management was already correct and we just proceed like that. 71175
Reposted by Andy LoughranMarcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 30/04/2026Ours too. It's just do the same thing we're doing but maybe do it faster, and if AI fear brings in more customers, then we have more budget to do it even faster 1331