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Josh Nicholas

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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 10h
really appreciating the amount of petty grievance there is in the geographic file format universe switchfromshapefile.org
A big red "no" sign on top of an icon that denotes a shapefile file format.
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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 29/09/2026
I was recently introduced to straw.page, a maximalist Geocities-inspired drag-and-drop website builder. Apparently it's most popular with Gen Z, and it makes me so glad to know this sort of spirit lives on. 😄 🧵 A few examples in-thread.
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Straw.Page
Straw.Page is the world's simplest website builder. Create unique websites from your mobile device.
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Eleonore @eleonore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving. No shortcut gets you there: the process leaves a trace."
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Robin Linacre @robinlinacre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're very pleased to release Splink 5, which is now more scalable, faster to train models and lighter to install. You can find more details about the release here: moj-analytical-services.github.io/splink/blog/...
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Josh Nicholas @joshnicholas.com · 25/09/2026
How does the weather know when it's the weekend
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John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The dream is over for Chicago. Bulls can still finish 81-1, but season feels hollow now.
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Josh Nicholas @joshnicholas.com · 21/03/2025
I wrote a thing about drawing and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Tourists, watercolours and the sad, still Star: sketching the route 35 tram showed me a Melbourne I had never really noticed
When you are in a city every day, you start to take things for granted. So, after three years in Melbourne, Josh Nicholas decided to be a tourist
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Josh Nicholas @joshnicholas.com · 21/03/2025
I wrote a thing about drawing and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Tourists, watercolours and the sad, still Star: sketching the route 35 tram showed me a Melbourne I had never really noticed
When you are in a city every day, you start to take things for granted. So, after three years in Melbourne, Josh Nicholas decided to be a tourist
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