Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4hHard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells 441270492
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 9hExactly. Every other language has a reason for its design, and for choosing to use it, but with Go my reaction to both was just “why?” 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 9hHad to do some Go programming recently and it felt like _everything_ was harder than it should be 030
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Came across as a peeved schoolboy rather than a criminal mastermind 110
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026 Fantastic. And so true. Have we ever seen Trump enjoying a concert or any other art? He seems devoid of normal human emotion 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Offer to introduce him to a dentist who uses a hammer 110
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This short post is the clearest explanation of the concept that I’ve seen 010
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And, simultaneously, how insubstantial neutrinos are 020
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Weirdly, I think most of the fish caught in British waters is exported and nearly all the fish eaten in Britain is imported 110
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026About mid way between the invention of writing and the invention of the laptop 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I make occasional use of AI tools at work. As well as configuring it to leave out all the sycophancy I have told it not to use first person and report what it has done in passive voice (which got me a bit of grief from people who knew and also knew I wrote our style guide) 010
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːDavid Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Letter printed in The Times today 8591240
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440591220
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help! 8735326
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Perfect. (Even though I'm sure that there are many more that could be added — "do mathematics" springs immediately to mind) 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Add to that, I don't think an application to rejoin could be made, or taken seriously, until the UK has shown a consistently positive view for at least 2 or 3 consecutive governments. So, increasingly likely to not happen in my lifetime 030
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think it should be like jury service: the government is formed from randomly chosen people. (And anyone who seems excited by their selection is automatically disqualified) 011
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359802001
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"When I go back to the places of the past, nothing is there anymore" — that's me 100
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321009544
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If only I could get down to Sidcup! I've been waiting for the weather to break. He's got my papers, this man I left them with, it's got it all down there, I could prove everything. 020
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Octave? (much more than just a graphing calculator)octave.orgGNU OctaveGNU Octave is a programming language for scientific computing. 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm now waiting for the original author to "revert vandalism" 120
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Makes me think of Papua New Guinea, famous for it linguistic diversity 030
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Mr President, how about — and I think you're going to like this — a heavily armed Triumphal Arch .... IN SPACE!" 010
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868433723
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ed Sheeran needs to learn that if you don’t “pick a side”, you’re picking the side of the oppressor. Every single time. It’s that simple. 20256531070
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Prince Danny, aka the Patriot Prince. Until he turns up at the allotments and tells them to stop growing those foreign veg like Brussels sprouts, swedes, Jerusalem artichokes, Swiss chard and stick to good old British potatoes 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026But will be a reality TV show before long 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A spectacle that requires pooing in public in order to win (that is what the headline says, isn’t it?) sounds like something even the Romans might have thought was a bit much 110
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Doesn’t English have any loan words that use reduplication for plurals? (e.g. in Japanese “ware” = “I” and “wareware” = “we”) 000
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"the obsolete verb to roger (to have sexual intercourse with)" I think it's still in use in the UK (but probably, like me, slightly dated) 011
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is this like those sermons (and BBC R4's "Thought for the Day") that start off talking about some current event and then [pause] "And after all, isn't Jesus like a game of football ..." 050
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I didn’t completely grasp this concept initially, but Trump is a perfect exampleen.wikipedia.orgThe purpose of a system is what it does - Wikipedia 110
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Wow. When we were watching the Perseids this year we heard a loud bang as one of the meteors disappeared. I assumed it was some sort of bizarre coincidence or psychological effect. Nice to know it was real 030
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Protestors go out on the streets in groups, sometimes with distinctive clothing and slogans, to get action on specific issues. We, on the other hand, go out on the streets in groups, with distinctive clothing and slogans, to get action on specific issues. Totally different, as you can see. 020
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It world be interesting to know what they are really worth — ie what someone would pay. 1 million? 100K? Do I hear 10? 5? 010
Reposted by Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiːderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Let me tell you a story about how top-end menswear retail transformed over the last hundred years. 🧵 14763251036
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I know just enough about her to appreciate what a great title that is 010
Jamie : ジェイミー : dʒeɪmiː @jspieve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Should we have banned the use of cuneiform before it got so popular? 040