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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 5h

"CSS has shortcomings". What is it that can't be achieved in CSS?

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 5h

Isn't the trade off "this is slower for the user" vs "this is more convenient for me"? Or is there another tradeoff?

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 15h

Brogrammers couldn't wrap their megabrains around not-a-real-language CSS, so decided to reinvent it and fight against the web platform for their own convenience. Who could possibly have predicted it would be crap for users, and would need expensive surgery to drain the festering pus?

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Harry Roberts @csswizardry.com · 15h

It’s a real shame that folk a decade ago weren’t warning developers against utterly insane things like CSS-in-J — oh.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apparently apple haven't yet condescended to approve it yet.

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rem / Remy Sharp @remysharp.com · 29/09/2026

After careful consideration and a look at where the industry is spending it's funding we've decided to pivot #FFConf in a "new" direction. I present to you: ffconf.ai Please share with bots and humans alike.

ffconf.ai

FFConf.ai

The web conference, now with 100% less you. Agent-first, human-optional, ice cream not included in the Enterprise tier.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm staying on Stalingrad Avenue. I hope that isn't some sort of omen about the meeting with The Big Tech.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Paperback is a fast, fully accessible reader for ebooks, documents and audio books, written by a blind developer and tested with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver and TalkBack. Desktop are free downloads; iOS and Android apps are paid (source is MIT licensed if you would rather build them yourself).

paperback.dev

Home – Paperback

Paperback is a fast, fully accessible ebook and document reader for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Open source, and it collects nothing.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Zut alors! I'm off to Brussels, home of Magritte, Brel and the only good beer on the continent, for 3 days of synergies with Europeans about Big Tech's abuse of dominance and general stinkiness. Wish me luck, open web fans! Keepez votre fingers crossé, SVP.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Chilling out and doing final tweaks to vocal harmonies on the last song for yet-untitled fourth album, before going to Brussels tomorrow for 3 days of meetings. (My previous 3 albums are available at cruellestmonths.com)

cruellestmonths.com

the cruellest months

the cruellest months music project

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last week I was in Laahndahn at a regulatory/ legal event (recommended: much better lunch than Web events) and got a chance to catch up with Harry Godfrey, Lord of "Little Tech Association", and interrogate him about how he's pushing against Big Tech in somewhere called Washington D.C., Trumpistan.

vivaldi.com

Harry Godfrey (Little Tech Association) - For A Better Web | Vivaldi Browser

This podcast series follows Bruce as he interviews people from across different communities and industries who, in their own way, are fighting for a better web. Bruce’s victim this time is Harry…

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That works if there are children in the room.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bruce "Awesome/ Whoreson" Lawson - you can choose

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

See your open web heroes in the actual flesh tomorrow, Laaahndaaahn, free! Gasp in wonder as Big Al Russell, Alex "OWA Roo" Moore, Tommy "The Fish" Fish and Kush "Krusher" Amlani and I take to the stage to spin tales of glory, valour, blood, betrayal, and web standards. Not for the faint-hearted.

londonwebstandards.org

Meet Open Web Advocacy | London Web Standards

Meet the contributors from Open Web Advocacy, there will be a few talks by their members giving updates on the work they are doing to help make the web a better place for all.

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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 28/09/2026

Big Tech doesn't make things easy for its competitors, but we promise to keep fighting for a more diverse tech environment where users are allowed to choose what's best for them ✊

vivaldi.com

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi on iOS | Vivaldi Browser

Here’s a look at how we’re working with other browsers and groups to liberate all platforms, so you have the right to run the software you want on a device that you own.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today marks three years since we released Vivaldi for iOS. Hurray! Here's a look at how we're working with other browsers and groups to liberate all platforms so you have the right to run the software you want on a device that you own.

vivaldi.com

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi on iOS | Vivaldi Browser

Today marks three years since we released Vivaldi for iOS. Hurray! We released Vivaldi on Android seven years ago. So what explains the iOS delay? Quite simply, Apple caused the delay. Globally…

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Confidence in Big Tech Continues to Slide news.gallup.com/poll/712436/... Confidence in large technology companies has fallen steadily from the 32% recorded when Gallup first included it on the list in 2020; today’s 20% rating brings it to a new low.

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Confidence in U.S. Institutions Remains Near All-Time Low

Americans remain stuck in a confidence rut, with average trust in national institutions below 30% for the fifth straight year.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Exchanging billets-doux with Apple's compliance department, yet again.

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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 01/05/2025

Sometimes Windows won't fully close other browsers. Here's how to force-close the one you're importing data from.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There are no "rogue AIs". Just rogue AI companies. Regulate them hard.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm in a hall with loads of stained glass windows and portraits of Lord mayors and worshipful aldermen of the city, surrounded by people who bill by the nanosecond.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't need a JavaScript syntax highlighter, but when I read "Twinkleplop is a syntax highlighter of unspeakable power" I suddenly really want it. twinkleplop.pngwn.at/docs

twinkleplop.pngwn.at

twinkleplop · docs

Documentation for twinkleplop, a syntax highlighter and code authoring toolkit.

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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 22/09/2026

🇪🇺 The EC stated it would introduce only minor simplifications within the #DigitalOmnibus, whilst maintaining a “high level of protection” for Europeans. However, a recently leaked document appears to prioritise the interests of #BigTech. Max Schrems takes a closer look. 👉 youtu.be/GsNCyS0algg

youtu.be

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you thought the departure of Tim Cook would see a new caring "Consent is a human right" Apple, think again. Not-Steve-Either has been in post 10 minutes, and they're forcing 22GB of AI on you. That's the equivalent of 32 shit U2 albums. dbushell.com/2026/09/22/a...

dbushell.com

I said no and Apple said yes

The one where Apple decides consent doesn’t matter anymore.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Alex Moore! Big Al Russell! Tommy Fish! Kush Amlani! All MC'd by Yrs Truly! It doesn't get more glamorous than this. And it's FREE. Book now, and be adored/ envied by friends, family and co-workers.

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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Artificial intelligence data ‘land grab’ looms amid proposed digital changes, privacy activist Max Schrems warns www.irishtimes.com/business/202... EU proposals put interests of private AI firms above citizens’ rights, warm campaigners

irishtimes.com

Artificial intelligence data ‘land grab’ looms amid proposed digital changes, privacy activist Max Schrems warns

Campaigners warn new EU proposals put interests of private AI firms above citizens’ rights

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James Heppell @formularsumo.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Gmail and Workspace teams quite sensibly telling the Googlebook team they didn't want to make their Android apps work well on desktop when they already have great web apps. 9to5google.com/2026/09/21/g...

9to5google.com

Googlebook OS hands-on: It’s Android, stupid

An overwhelming sense of familiarity struck me the first time I used a Googlebook. That was immediately followed by a...

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My ongoing joke demand for a smartphone and social media ban for the over-65s feels less like a joke by the month

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

CMA: The Umpire Strikes Back? brucelawson.co.uk/2026/cma-the... - my report from the trenches of a meeting called "Time to Reset: Unlocking Growth & Sovereignty Through Digital Competition" in the Financial Times building with movers and shakers.

brucelawson.co.uk

Bruce Lawson's personal site

» CMA: The Umpire Strikes Back?

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

EU Kids' Act primer: Techbros turned social media evil by using algorithms to monetize human connection. EU policy ppl are THINKING OF THE CHILDREN, so Techbros can continue milking the rest of us, and make some Euros selling surveillance, sorry: age verification systems, while they're at it. Yay.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I see Reform UK have expanded their football shirt merch range to include a branded balaclava. reformfc.uk

reformfc.uk

Reform FC football shirts

Reform FC. Football shirts for Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Charlie Kirk and more!

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bruce's Thought For the Day: If you think with your gut, you often have shit for brains.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Generative AI is unavoidable if you install macOS 27. I’m being very literal: There used to be a toggle you could hit if you wanted to turn off Apple Intelligence and delete the gigabytes’ worth of AI models it would download to your disk, and now there isn’t". arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

arstechnica.com

macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica review

It's both a "Snow Leopard update" and a major leap for Apple Intelligence.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm having a proper Churchillian breakfast, with mushrooms and lots of white pepper and Henderson's Relish, as soon I'm meeting His Majesty's Most Valiant Competition and Markets Authority about the Big Tech's dirty tricks.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here you go! ntsusa.org/fan-victoria...

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you Geri. "Tirelessly"? I looked as grey and wrinkly as an elephant's scrotum.

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The slide illustrates incomprehensible bureaucracy.

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