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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've been playing with @semble.so from @cosmik.network and really enjoying it. Not exactly a bookmark service. More of a collaborative URL catalogue. That's not quite right. I'll find the words one day. One of the collections I'm playing with: semble.so/profile/book... (Thanks @ronentk.me !)

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The Internet, and how we've developed with it (by Matt Ⓥ) — Semble

Not "doomscrolling has killed our lives". But how, looking back, our enjoyment of the internet has shaped our experience of life.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

6 Music produces the goods, again. Found this gem of a Mancunian album, with the track “Hitchhikers Guide to The Fallacy” being the one they played this morning 🎵 labrecords.bandcamp.com/album/poe…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Enjoying the look of Dave Winer’s new project rss.chat, a social network solely built around RSS and OPML. As simple as it needs to be. Dave talked about it for a few minutes on a podcast. I keep having thoughts around just how many things can be reduced to a “fancy outliner”…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Currently reading: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders 📚

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Picked up Cory Doctorow’s new book on AI today. Cory’s books are always insta-reads for me.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Does anyone know if the new Siri will work on iPhones that don’t have Apple Intelligence? (I.e my trusty iPhone 14)

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

CodeSOD: Driven Development: "Julien joined a team which bragged about their use of DDD. Everything they did followed DDD best practices, they said. The fact that they piled up all sorts of related buzzwords when talking about it should have been a red flag."

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

From the FT’s comments section: Someone once pointed out to me that the Whoop, Aura Ring, Apple Watch etc are the modern day equivalent of the Tamagotchi except that nowadays, we’re the annoying stupid thing we’re trying to keep alive.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hidden vegan gem: cooked breakfast in Wetherspoons, £3.09 👀

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Watched: Monsieur Spade S1E2, Episode 2 🍿 This is turning in to a great show. Noir-esque atmosphere and pace, calming and intriguing. Recommended (Channel 4 app)

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

. @help Any idea why this might be happing in Inkwell (web) please? It happens with all the feeds mentioned here: www.macsparky.com/rss-2/

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Finished reading: Meltdown by Duncan Mavin 📚 A pretty exciting read - the story of Credit Suisse’s demise. Quite an obvious basket case in hindsight!

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Sweltering day, with two more on the way I hear. We mostly hid from the heat, baked a loaf (not my best) and willed on Spurs to lose (not to be).

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Apple Video Podcasts Might Stop Me From Going to YouTube: mattharwood.com/2026/05/23/apple-vi…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Watched: The Gold Season 1 🍿 Finally got around to it, after London Falling mentioned the Brinks-Mat job and piqued my interest! Superb show.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Picked up this gem for £1! Published in 1999. Sadly, so many of the links inside are dead. It’s fun finding the live ones. And classic descriptions such as this one 😂

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’ve just learnt of the “millennial pause”, a condition I apparently have inherited.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I read Keefe’s book on London’s underworld and the sad death of Zac Bettler last week on the plane to Crete. It was utterly gripping. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Watching Twenty Twelve 🍿 I saw W1A out of order, but hopefully that doesn’t matter too much 👀 There’s something very relaxing about these shows, they feel familiar and nothing happens so my mind can settle down with them nice and easily!

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A nice overview of FediForum and 2mr.social - two recent fediverse conferences: FR#161 – Conference Edition "Across both events, the open social web is widening out a bit. FediForum gave the headline slot to a Dutch MEP and pu... mattharwood.com/2026/05/09/a-nice-o…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Watched: The Devil’s Hour 🍿 We watched both series this week. A bit mind bending but just about kept to the line of being understandable. Peter Capaldi a legend, as always.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Off to the Apple Store in Cambridge to get Anna a new iPhone. Her 12 Mini has valiantly served for many years but the death rattle is too loud to ignore now. Hoping it’s quieter than Covent Garden 👀

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We leave Crete tomorrow after a mostly relaxing week. Not sure it’s the place for us though - very few people have understood the meaning of vegan, and a lot of places feel dated and struggling. “Coffee Island” kept us going though 🫶

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

My mum has been scammed by drsuk dot com “domain services” BS so I’m currently raging at them. Cretins.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

[Post by @ngerakines.me — Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/ngerakines.me/post/3mkdsvkic4c2h) "Life gets busy. Friends and family slip to the bottom of the pile. Oh Crap Hey helps you catch yourself before too much time goes by without reaching out to those you care about."

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Why are so many kids in my town centre, at the football etc all dressed up as Mario, Luigi or a banana today? I feel out of the loop 👀

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Own Your Web – Issue 18: Curators: "So what becomes valuable, in a world like this? Not more content. We are drowning in content. What becomes valuable is someone you trust, saying: This is worth your time. Here’s why. That’s c... mattharwood.com/2026/04/24/own-your…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I’ve finally moved! And right next to the library 📚

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’ve created a feed for Luton Town on Surf Social. Any suggestions for sources to add? 🧡 surf.social/feed/surf… #coyh

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just started touching a code base that was 100% Claude Code developed. I have no idea what anything does, there are a million random markdown files as “docs”, and I have no idea if the included skills/behaviours are doing the right thing. This is not how I want to use LLMs.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I’m very confused. Benidorm’s costume dept seems to have never won a BAFTA? Is this an admin error?

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I am trying a trial of Apple News. It just seems to be the shit magazines and rags? Is that really it?

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The White House app does what you think it would do: mattharwood.com/2026/03/28/the-whit…

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Just upgraded my micro.blog account as a treat.

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Terry Regan Ⓥ 🍉 @terry-regan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Green Party Conference Day was a big dissapointment. We were supposed to have the Zionism is Racism motion. But due to a lot of technical difficulties and also sabotages by certain individuals etc, this was never got to be discussed.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Another VONC called in the Chair of Green Party Conference. What on earth is going on. Feels like little groups having a go at each other.

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Matt Ⓥ @booksandcode.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

There is also a concerted effort by certain members on the Conference call to delay and disrupt proceedings at every opportunity. This now includes forcing a VONC in the Chair. Someone doesn't want people to speak.

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