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Gui Heurich

@anthrolanguage.bsky.social
216 followers 462 following 114 posts

programming, anthropology, politics, gardening, climate change. hopefully not in that order. author of Coderspeak: the language of computer programmers uclpress.co.uk/book/coderspeak

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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please ask them to not implement udAI
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Q: What shall we do with fossil fuels? Labour: Burnham
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Please tell me your cat’s name is Docker
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
theguardian.com
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
They’ve hit a codeberg.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I woke up at 6am with a loud banging on my door and someone shouting: “Wake up Diréme, you need to put the shaman in the flash drive!” open.substack.com/pub/codeanth...
Background image of the Xingu river. It reads:  "A shaman on the radio: the beginning of a project." by Gui Heurich. codeanth.substack.com
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Quite a nice review of my book murb.nl/articles/425...
murb.nl
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Gathering with family and talking about the dogs, in my case. Seems less contentious than politics or religion, I guess.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The book was published in April 2024, so almost two years ago.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
To be fair, I have no idea if 6k is a lot or not. But I guess it is kinda good?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My first book has more than 6k downloads. I often wonder who are the ~20 people that download it every day. Never thought it would happen, tbh.
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Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
If you wanted to have loved one buy you a t-shirt because “you’re impossible to buy for” today is your last day to get it for Xmas. rubytshirts.com
rubytshirts.com
Ruby T-shirts
Matz is nice, and so are these excellent shirts. Ships worldwide.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Not when they are functional?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The social media ban in Australia should be expanded to all countries and… all ages.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Moving my stuff to Codeberg as of today
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It’s mad. It was free last year. I asked the pharmacist “how many have you sold this year?” . . . “Two”
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Flu yes, Covid no: costs £100 around here.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I’ve been using it for the past six months, quite like it. Nice tab organiser as well.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Vivaldi vivaldi.com/blog/technol...
vivaldi.com
Why Vivaldi browser won’t follow the current AI trend?
Web browsers are integrating the current AI trend with Large Language Model (LLM) functionality. But there are fundamental issues with it. We address them.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
That’s amazing!!! Huge congrats!
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If you run it past the pope it will turn into wine?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/10/2025
“Privatisation was the experiment — and it’s failed. We have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege.” Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
All of those cancerians, crossing the road but never moving away from the constant suffering.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This so interesting and puzzling. There are quite a few unmaintained ones, which surprised me a bit.
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Brompton Bicycle @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Just saying 😊 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
scientificamerican.com
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
That’s very interesting, thank you.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
When I published my first book, a guy told me: “oh, I have an idea for a book.” No congratulations to me, just wanted to talk about his book. I guess he was kinda of an idea guy?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thank you!
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What is the origin of the idea? I’ve never heard it before… just curious to know more.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Where does the notion of “idea guys” come from?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
É vdd esse bilhete
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Time flies when you’re having fn
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I know! I was joking! ❤️
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Hahaha. Do you?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thanks for all these replies, Jean, really appreciate it. I think helps a lot with the bigger picture.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It is a mess indeed. Just had to handle some troposphere stuff and it was… well, ludicrous
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Nice. Do you know what a similar landscape looks like in other communities? Who owns what for, say, python or node libraries?
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Nice, welcome. Hope you’ve been well.
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
@eightbitraptor.bsky.social hello!
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Donald says climate change is a con job, but it’s actually a cron job
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
“In opposition, Labour vowed to introduce a right to roam. In govt, it U-turned on this promise… its plan to create 9 new ‘river walks’ is a paltry compensation.” Excellent Guardian leader on why we need a right of access to all rivers @righttoroam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial
Editorial: Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldn’t depend on the goodwill of landowners
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This is brilliant. Reminds me of Jaromil’s fork bomb
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Great to see a politician eviscerate the media narrative about small boats, take on Farage and talk about inequality bsky.app/profile/zack...
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Jonny Edwards @veritasgaston.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
An incomparable legend.
Ozzy Osbourne being Ozzy Osbourne.
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Ettore Berardi @ettomatic.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
My talk at #ElixirConfEU is live!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99Q... It's all about how we use #Elixir and #OTP at the #BBC. Please have a look and let me know what you think 🙂 #elixirlang #myelixirstatus
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How Elixir Powers the BBC From PoC to Production at Scale - Ettore Berardi | ElixirConf EU 2025
YouTube video by Code Sync
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ElixirJobs @elixirjobs.net · 17/07/2025
Elixir Senior Software Engineer @ BBC / Both #job #ElixirLang
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Elixir Senior Software Engineer @ BBC · Elixir Jobs
We are looking to expand our team with a Senior Software Engineer to join my team at the BBC. I rec
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Gui Heurich @anthrolanguage.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Do elves live in London?
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