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Terence Eden

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Longer hair than you. Chaotic Good. Doesn't work for The Man™ any more. If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight. All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent. Blog shkspr.mobi/blog

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 7h
New blog post: Are you a smartwatch "power user"? shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-you-a-… What do you use your smartwatch for? A few weeks ago, I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about …
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Are you a smartwatch "power user"?
What do you use your smartwatch for? A few weeks ago, I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about her Pixel watch and what features she used. He'd ignored me when I said I had a non-Google watch. She thought for a moment and said, other than telling the time, all she used were pretty much the step counter and…
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h
Not content with gobbling up every printed book, the AI now wishes to feast on your company's private code base.
What we're looking for
Right now, that means connecting AI companies with real, private codebases from companies like yours, production code that reflects how your team actually builds software. If your company owns its codebase outright, this could be a new revenue stream from an asset you already have.

How it works
The process is low-friction, you don't have to hand over any code before knowing roughly what it's worth: You run a couple of free tools on your end to get a rough size and quality estimate (no code ever leaves your systems), we give you a ballpark quote, and if it's a fit, we handle the rest of the process. 

Compensation
Every deal is priced individually based on size and quality, but past codebases have been licensed for anywhere between $10,000 and $100,000, depending on scope and complexity.

Privacy
You stay fully in control of what you share. Nothing leaves your systems until you've decided to move forward, and everything from there is governed by our terms and a formal licensing agreement.

If this could be relevant for your company, I'd be happy to walk you through it and answer any questions.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 7h
New blog post: Are you a smartwatch "power user"? shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-you-a-… What do you use your smartwatch for? A few weeks ago, I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about …
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Are you a smartwatch "power user"?
What do you use your smartwatch for? A few weeks ago, I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing her at a party about her Pixel watch and what features she used. He'd ignored me when I said I had a non-Google watch. She thought for a moment and said, other than telling the time, all she used were pretty much the step counter and…
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
This fucking carbon monoxide alarm was hiding in the fucking loft on a fucking beam. I will pay a million fucking quid to anyone who invents a CO detector which sends me a fucking email at five A fucking M rather than disturb my fucking sleep! FUCK!
A beige box of a traitorous alarm.
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h
5AM and *something* in this house is letting out a plaintive beep once per minute. Doesn't seem to be the smoke alarm, which is a relief!
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was wrong. It’s happening
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Jess Rose @jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everything is stressful and terrible and weird and too much, so here's a sloth selfie from London Zoo's own Mary-Ellen
A close up of a large light brown sloth hanging upside down and facing the camera. One arm is outstretched past the camera as if she's taking a selfie. She has a gloriously soft, wet little piglike nose.
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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.
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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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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Is it a good idea to store your MFA secrets unencrypted and unprotected on your wrist? No. Can anyone stop me? Also no! #UnaWatch
My wristwatch showing "HSBC MFA Code 751646". Don't worry, this isn't my real code. OR IS IT?!?!
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 28/09/2026
New blog post: Book Review: Bobiverse Books 1-3 by Dennis E. Taylor ★★★☆☆ shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-revie… Like sticky popcorn, this is a moreish but ultimately unsatisfying set of stories. After I flamed out of Dungeon Crawler Carl, someone …
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Book Review: Bobiverse Books 1-3 by Dennis E. Taylor
Like sticky popcorn, this is a moreish but ultimately unsatisfying set of stories. After I flamed out of Dungeon Crawler Carl, someone suggested I try this series. I can see why! It's campy sci-fi fun, with enough tropes to keep you chuckling and enough tension to keep you turning the pages. Bob's brain is uploaded to a computer post-mortem. Awoken in a dystopian future, he has to pilot a…
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
What good is a watch unless it can show you the UNIX Epoch on your wrist?!?!?! Experiments with #UnaWatch ongoing. Very little documentation, as is standard for hardware projects - and I'm slowly remembering my C++.
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JP @byjp.me · 28/09/2026
For every domain you buy this month I’m donating £1 to help rebuild Venezuela after the earthquakes. My in-laws’ homes survived with only a little damage, but so many people lost everything. I’m sure you have an idea in need of a domain nestling away somewhere, marque.at is the place to get it!
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 28/09/2026
New blog post: Book Review: Bobiverse Books 1-3 by Dennis E. Taylor ★★★☆☆ shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-revie… Like sticky popcorn, this is a moreish but ultimately unsatisfying set of stories. After I flamed out of Dungeon Crawler Carl, someone …
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Book Review: Bobiverse Books 1-3 by Dennis E. Taylor
Like sticky popcorn, this is a moreish but ultimately unsatisfying set of stories. After I flamed out of Dungeon Crawler Carl, someone suggested I try this series. I can see why! It's campy sci-fi fun, with enough tropes to keep you chuckling and enough tension to keep you turning the pages. Bob's brain is uploaded to a computer post-mortem. Awoken in a dystopian future, he has to pilot a…
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 27/09/2026
New blog post: Gig Review: Public Service Broadcasting's Race For Space at Alexandra Palace ★★★★⯪ shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/gig-review… Ahhh! PSB's RFS! A delightfully indulgent soundscape of melodic wonder, performed here …
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Gig Review: Public Service Broadcasting's Race For Space at Alexandra Palace
Ahhh! PSB's RFS! A delightfully indulgent soundscape of melodic wonder, performed here on its 10th (ish) anniversary. Is it really nostalgia if an album is only a decade old? It feels like it has been in the air forever. For something which is seemingly made up of samples, it would have been easy for them to half-arse it and basically just play the CD. Instead we got a full band, guest…
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
I want you to know I learned C++ literally in THE LAST CENTURY and I'm somewhat resentful of having to pick it up again to make apps for my #UnaWatch 🥲
A watch displaying "Hello World" and "I know C++". The latter if off centre because I don't know C++.
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
I'm not sure I *need* GPS on my wrist, but pretty handy to have an OS Grid Reference just a glance away. #UnaWatch
Large circular dial showing a reference.
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OpenBenches @openbenches.org · 27/09/2026
Bench 45941 openbenches.org/bench/45941 FOR LILIAN LAWRENCE "A BENCH OF HER OWN"
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For Lilian Lawrence "A Bench Of Her Own"
For Lilian Lawrence "A Bench Of Her Own"
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 27/09/2026
New blog post: Gig Review: Public Service Broadcasting's Race For Space at Alexandra Palace ★★★★⯪ shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/gig-review… Ahhh! PSB's RFS! A delightfully indulgent soundscape of melodic wonder, performed here …
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Gig Review: Public Service Broadcasting's Race For Space at Alexandra Palace
Ahhh! PSB's RFS! A delightfully indulgent soundscape of melodic wonder, performed here on its 10th (ish) anniversary. Is it really nostalgia if an album is only a decade old? It feels like it has been in the air forever. For something which is seemingly made up of samples, it would have been easy for them to half-arse it and basically just play the CD. Instead we got a full band, guest…
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 27/09/2026
Drunk CSS shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09...
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Drunk CSS
A decade ago, I was writing about how you should test your user interface on drunk people. It was a semi-serious idea. Some of your users will be drunk when using your app or website. If it is easy f...
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 26/09/2026
@letorey.co.uk I keep chanting "MORE ACID" at the PSB gig, but you haven't appeared 😄
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Well, at least the VCAF License v0.2 is honest 🫠 github.com/Darthagnon/azwreader-kor…
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azwreader-koreader/SLOP.md at master · Darthagnon/azwreader-koreader
AZW/AZW3 ebook support plugin for KOReader. Contribute to Darthagnon/azwreader-koreader development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 26/09/2026
New blog post: No errors, no warnings, no gods, no masters - HTML Purity is a Fetish shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/no-errors-… "The problem with defending the purity of the HyperText Markup Language is that HTML is about as pure as a …
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No errors, no warnings, no gods, no masters - HTML Purity is a Fetish
"The problem with defending the purity of the HyperText Markup Language is that HTML is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. The standard doesn't just borrow concepts from better languages; on occasion, HTML has pursued other programming languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new syntax." Englitch is an pretty goode langwidge. even you no grok all the…
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 26/09/2026
Checked in to Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, United Kingdom Here for #PSB's Race For Space See on Swarm
A photo of the location.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 26/09/2026
New blog post: No errors, no warnings, no gods, no masters - HTML Purity is a Fetish shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/no-errors-… "The problem with defending the purity of the HyperText Markup Language is that HTML is about as pure as a …
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No errors, no warnings, no gods, no masters - HTML Purity is a Fetish
"The problem with defending the purity of the HyperText Markup Language is that HTML is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. The standard doesn't just borrow concepts from better languages; on occasion, HTML has pursued other programming languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new syntax." Englitch is an pretty goode langwidge. even you no grok all the…
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Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Martin, an Orc: Well boys, looks like meat's back on the menu Niles, an Elf: Ooh, has the Altura resumed their delightful venison carpaccio? Frasier, also an Elf: He's talking about eating Hobbits, Niles N: Hobbits? Oh dad, you know they play merry hell with your digestion
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looking to speak to anyone who's migrated their organisation from @microsoft.com to #Linux, especially end user devices, please. #opensource
A studio product photograph on a seamless white background featuring two open laptops side-by-side. On the left is a silver Dell laptop displaying the Windows 11 desktop and File Explorer window. On the right is a dark gray Framework 13 laptop displaying the Fedora Linux desktop with open terminal and browser windows featuring the Fedora logo.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
New blog post: Some thoughts on HTML's proposed previewsrc attribute shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/some-thoug… One of the great things about modern HTML is that it tries to standardise stuff that developers are already doing. If there are a myriad …
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Some thoughts on HTML's proposed previewsrc attribute
One of the great things about modern HTML is that it tries to standardise stuff that developers are already doing. If there are a myriad ways of, for example, loading video onto a page - then browsers and other interested parties should work out how to make a standard element. An interesting new proposal has been brought forth by Microsoft. There are a dozen ways to show a preview of an…
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 25/09/2026
I read and review a *lot* of books. One of the things I do at the end of the year is write a summary of all my reviews - oldest book read, average score, gender ratio, etc. To help, I've made a JSON feed of all 440 reviews I've published. Feel free to play with it 😃 shkspr.mobi/blog/json/li...
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 23/09/2026
New favourite passive aggressive bench!
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
@dirtyfeed.org a quest for you! www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comm...
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From the AskUK community on Reddit: Where can I watch Roy Kinnear sketch on the Kenny Everett Television Show?
Explore this post and more from the AskUK community
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OpenBenches @openbenches.org · 24/09/2026
Bench 45835 openbenches.org/bench/45835 Aj's Bloody Marvellous Seat Happy Memories With Brodick & Blackwaterfoot Fire Crews
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Aj's Bloody Marvellous Seat Happy Memories With
Aj's Bloody Marvellous Seat Happy Memories With
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OpenBenches @openbenches.org · 24/09/2026
Bench 45817 openbenches.org/bench/45817 In loving memory of SAM BEASLEY 15 March 1989 29 July 2003 So many hearts touched by your smile
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In Loving Memory Of Sam Beasley 15 March 1989 2
In Loving Memory Of Sam Beasley 15 March 1989 2
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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 24/09/2026
Lovely narrowboat for sale ... #UKCanals youtu.be/SAIvcgqIAR8?...
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For Sale 50ft Semi Cruiser called Katy, Built in 2016 by G J Reeves, priced at £54,995.
YouTube video by David Mawby Boat Sales
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OggCamp @oggcamp.org · 24/09/2026
Interested in the next OggCamp? We're on hold, for the moment... but, you can help! www.oggcamp.org/posts/oggcam...
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Oggcamp... "Next" | OggCamp 2026
OggCamp is a free software & free culture unconference.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
Feeling cute, might delete later www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1841...
A model (not me) wearing a red t-shirt. The words Lorem Ipson Dolor Sit Amet are in the style of the Keep Calm and Carry On meme.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
I know I shouldn't argue on the Internet (HA!) but I see so many opinions like "This thing should happen!!!!" and then, when you look into it, that thing has already happened. Anyway, the SLC *is* nationalised. www.gov.uk/government/o...
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
New blog post: Some thoughts on HTML's proposed previewsrc attribute shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/some-thoug… One of the great things about modern HTML is that it tries to standardise stuff that developers are already doing. If there are a myriad …
shkspr.mobi
Some thoughts on HTML's proposed previewsrc attribute
One of the great things about modern HTML is that it tries to standardise stuff that developers are already doing. If there are a myriad ways of, for example, loading video onto a page - then browsers and other interested parties should work out how to make a standard element. An interesting new proposal has been brought forth by Microsoft. There are a dozen ways to show a preview of an…
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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Its What3Words accounts filing day! They're doing so great. Nothing to worry about. I'm sure "the launch of our advertising revenue stream" will offset the "lost major Enterprise customer". Ads are really profitable now, right? find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/0843...
WHAT3WORDS LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Financial key performance indicators

The Group's total loss for the year was £12,234,738 (2024: loss £10,644,836)
The increase in reported loss compared with the prior year was driven primarily by the fair value adjustment
relating to convertible loan notes recognised in 2024, which reduced the overall reported loss in that year.
Operating loss for the year was £12,828,534 (compared with £14,133,347 in 2024). The underlying operating
performance of the business remained focused on revenue growth, product investment and disciplined cost
management.

The group has continued to maintain a dynamic operating model, balancing investment in growth initiatives
across key markets with careful control of operating expenditure and cash runway.

At 31 December 2025, the group had net assets of £10,925,686 (2024: £15,659,513). Assets were
predominantly comprised of cash and cash equivalents totaling £6,493,450 (2024: £11,705,453) and term
deposits of £2,649,047 (2024: £5,948,370).
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 24/09/2026
Feeling cute, might delete later www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1841...
A model (not me) wearing a red t-shirt. The words Lorem Ipson Dolor Sit Amet are in the style of the Keep Calm and Carry On meme.
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Open Web Advocacy @open-web-advocacy.org · 22/09/2026
🇬🇧 OWA is having a special meetup in London on the 1st of October 2026 together with London Web Standards. 🌐 Join us for talks on browser competition, web apps, browser choice and data portability followed by Q&A and a chance to meet people from OWA and others working on these issues. 🔗 More info:
open-web-advocacy.org
London Web Standards OWA Meetup - Open Web Advocacy
We’re having an OWA meetup in London on 1 October 2026, from 19:00–21:00 BST, together with London Web Standards.
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State of the Future @sotf.org.uk · 24/09/2026
It's the dark blue background again, and the gold text is now reading 6:00. It's definitely counting down to something, isn't it? BUT WHAT
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 23/09/2026
New favourite passive aggressive bench!
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 23/09/2026
Checked in to Brunel Museum, Railway Ave, United Kingdom A night of sophisticated science comedy. See on Swarm
A photo of the location.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 22/09/2026
New blog post: Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks? shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-llms-s… Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single …
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Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks?
Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single one of them got it wrong. Some missed information, some made up false statements, none were right. Of course the fanbois variously claimed that I was holding it wrong, my prompts were shit, I should have chosen better defaults, and - my favourite - that it…
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OpenBenches @openbenches.org · 23/09/2026
Bench 45759 openbenches.org/bench/45759 IN MEMORY OF LINDSAY ASPIN 1949 - 2024 DAUGHTER OF GLIDER PILOT CAPT. JACK HUBBLE WHO FLEW FROM HERE ON OP. VARSITY 24/03/45
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In Memory Of Lindsay Aspin 1949 - 2024 Daughter
In Memory Of Lindsay Aspin 1949 - 2024 Daughter
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Iszi Lawrence @iszi.com · 23/09/2026
This is tonight!
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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 23/09/2026
The CFP is open for 10 more days. So far, I have only 11 submissions, but I need at least 24. So, please share your ideas! First-time authors are very welcome!
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 23/09/2026
Any scienticians able to send me a copy of this paper? doi.org/10.1080/1477... A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
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The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene
The affinities of the mammalian genus Lessnessina have long been disputed. A new species: Lessnessina martinorum sp. nov. from the early Ypresian Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, UK, is d...
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 23/09/2025
New blog post: Targetting specific characters with CSS rules shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/targetting… You can't. There is no way to use CSS to apply a style to every letter "E". It simply can't be done. At least, that's what they want you to think… What …
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Targetting specific characters with CSS rules
You can't. There is no way to use CSS to apply a style to every letter "E". It simply can't be done. At least, that's what they want you to think… What if I told you there was a secret and forbidden way to target specific characters in text and apply some styles to them? As part of my experiments in creating a "drunk" CSS theme, I thought it would be useful to change the presentation of s…
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 22/09/2026
Checked in to The Goose and Gridiron, , United Kingdom Well, this is an interesting place for a drink. See on Swarm
A photo of the location.
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