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Nathan @ngill.net · 14/07/2026
huh, i seem to have ended up on an ai haters list
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Nathan @ngill.net · 11/07/2026
rustfmt literally failing to format because a line has trailing whitespace on it
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
Muve to the beat. Muve the conversation. Muve mountains. Today @eurosky.social announces mu.social, a new microblogging app to experiment with the future of social! 🪩💖
Purple banner with the 'mu' logo in the middle in white with a black drop shadow
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David Crawshaw @crawshaw.io · 06/06/2026
Just discovered that curl has a --json flag. Instead of: curl-X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{...}' ... you can write curl --json '{...}' ...
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dan @danabra.mov · 05/06/2026
100% agree. if i see “chore” in commit log, im judging you
sumnerevans.com
Stop Using Conventional Commits
You’ve almost certainly encountered Conventional Commits before. It may have reared its ugly head in the changelog of an open source project you’ve used. It may have been the enforced commit format fo...
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Nathan @ngill.net · 03/06/2026
github actions ci now running three hours behind schedule, need to get around to moving elsewhere!(probably @tangled.org)
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Nathan @ngill.net · 02/06/2026
oh dear
4xx errors: 1.21k +271.91%
4xx error rate: 5.59% +220.7%
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KDE @kde.org · 01/06/2026
Welcome Kori to the World! Kori is KDE's non-binary⚧️ pet dragon and they'll be presiding over KDE's 30th anniversary celebrations throughout 🏳️‍🌈Pride Month🏳️‍⚧️. kde.org/anniversarie... #kdeAt30 #egg #Pride
The egg from https://bsky.app/profile/kde.org/post/3mlkptqeog22e has burst open and Kori, KDE's non-binary 🏳️‍🌈 dragon, bursts into the world!
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Nathan @ngill.net · 30/05/2026
just testing something ngill.net/blog/posts/2...
ngill.net
Writing Wayland screen lockers "for fun"
Yes, I wrote (or at least tried to write) more than one.
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Nathan @ngill.net · 18/05/2026
error[E0277]: the trait bound `Me: Gender` is not satisfied
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 17/05/2026
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Nathan @ngill.net · 16/05/2026
well that's another dead optical drive
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Nathan @ngill.net · 15/05/2026
fyi my handle is now @ngill.net instead of @nathanjgill.uk
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Nathan @ngill.net · 12/05/2026
^.^ !
ofborg-eval -  ^.^ !
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/05/2026
If you’re into books, may I suggest Bookhive, a Good Reads-like reading tracker that is easy to use, open source, runs on AT Proto and is developed by very nice people? I’ve been enjoying using it. bookhive.buzz
bookhive.buzz
BookHive — Reading is better together
Track your books, connect with friends, and discover your next favourite read on an open, social platform.
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Nathan @ngill.net · 12/05/2026
£150 for a fancy sticker?
SanDisk 128GB SD card (FIFA World Cup 2026 Edition), £205.99SanDisk 128GB SD card (normal), £39.95
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 11/05/2026
We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Nathan @ngill.net · 11/05/2026
Slightly increase a band: 4 Doors Down
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Nathan @ngill.net · 10/05/2026
hey @bad-example.com, i've got an issue with slingshot returning a record that's ~2 hours out of date? it's updated everywhere else as far as i can tell, and i can see the update on the firehose. (thanks for the service btw, it's really useful)
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Me and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The extremely rare catcopus.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is the future postgenderists want
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pckt.blog @pckt.blog · 03/05/2026
need to break out of tech bluesky !!! please boost this post to save me 😭💙📚🌱📽️ #art #writing #writer #photography #animals
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Nathan @ngill.net · 01/05/2026
@kira.pds.witchcraft.systems you might want to improve your bounds check for coolant volume, negative volumes are probably not a good thing! :)
Volume: -100 ml
¥-980 = -0.016448 XMR
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Nathan @ngill.net · 17/04/2026
sudo insults
[sudo] password for natha:
Are you on drugs?
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Xe @xeiaso.net · 05/04/2026
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Nathan @ngill.net · 04/04/2026
just got sent an april fools from windscribe 3 days late
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eliza🌻 @elizas.website · 03/04/2026
The Treachery of Images
let (pipe1_tx, pipe1_rx) = tokio::net::unix::pipe()
     .expect("ceci n'est pas une pipe");
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
That's home. That's us.
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Nathan @ngill.net · 03/04/2026
i regret to say i've spent the last 3 hours transcoding opus files, only to realise now that i messed it up to begin with.
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Nathan @ngill.net · 03/04/2026
it's been 11 years, and ffmpeg still can't write embedded images in opus!! trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4448
trac.ffmpeg.org
Making sure you're not a bot!
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Nathan @ngill.net · 02/04/2026
this song is actually so good sadnessmusic.bandcamp.com/track/midnig...
sadnessmusic.bandcamp.com
midnight june room, by Sadness
from the album shimmer
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Nathan @ngill.net · 02/04/2026
great time for my cd drive to decide to run at 1x speed instead of 16x :(
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Nathan @ngill.net · 02/04/2026
woken up early this morning bc github actions ci failed turns out it was their fault and not mine
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Nathan @ngill.net · 01/04/2026
CSS or BS? I got 36/80. Can you do better? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-or-bs/?r... #CSSorBS
keithcirkel.co.uk
CSS or BS?
Think you know CSS? Real property or made-up nonsense? 20 rounds. No mercy.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
hello 👋 i have developed a new tool called blüuümpíi. blüuümpíi will convert every file on your hard drive to a .wav file without asking you, maximize your system volume, and play them on every bluetooth speaker you have ever connected to. if you offer feedback on blüuümpíi i will take legal action
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 26/03/2026
Baby Globe is waiting for your visit 🧩
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Nathan @ngill.net · 19/03/2026
you'd think they would've fixed this by now
github web ui displaying a pair unreadable vertical error messages
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enclose.horse @enclose.horse · 16/03/2026
For the pinned post 🐴 Check out our simple puzzle game! Try to enclose the horse in the largest possible area with limited walls. To support the game, give this a repost!
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Nathan @ngill.net · 14/03/2026
hello from @eurosky.social!
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Tranquil PDS @tranquil.farm · 08/03/2026
Hey everyone! Tranquil PDS Beta! We're in a spot where people use Tranquil every day. There may be bugs remaining, but they're hard to find without more users. The more people we have using Tranquil, the more we can improve it. Welcome, if you're feeling brave (and have backed up your rotation key)
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Tangled @tangled.org · 02/03/2026
today, we're announcing our €3,8M ($4.5M) seed financing round, led by byFounders with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Antler, Thomas Dohmke (former CEO of GitHub), Avery Pennarun (CEO of Tailscale) among other incredible angels. read more on what's next: blog.tangled.org/seed
blog.tangled.org
announcing our €3,8M seed round
and more on what's next
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Nathan @ngill.net · 24/02/2026
what the fuck spotify
Spotify dev application banner showing: "Your application will be blocked from the Web API at '2026-03-09' unless you have a Spotify Premium subscription..."
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/02/2026
windows 11 update: for the first time in my life, simply right clicking a file has a load time. unreal
a windows 11 menu showing "convert to adobe pdf", "ask copilot", and 4 more options that take time to load
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 17/02/2026
PS C:\git>git morg --continvoucly
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16/02/2026
I'D JUST LIKE TO INTERJECT FOR A MOMENT. WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS LINUX IS IN FACT GNU/LINUX, OR AS I'VE RECENTLY TAKEN TO CALLING IT, GNU PLUS LINUX. LINUX IS NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM UNTO ITSELF, BUT RATHER ANOTHER FREE COMPONENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING GNU SYSTEM
a goose honking at another goose
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
a werewolf in front of a house wearing a ‘BE MINE’ heart and holding a sign that reads ‘THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE’ above a photo of bad bunny
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Slug 🐛 VTuber @vtuberloveslug.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
keep cancelling your nitro
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nightmargin @nightmargin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
unidentified marine organism tragically entombed in a costco croissant
photo of a costco croissant with a small protrusion of dough that resembles a flipper, giving the pastry a porpoise-like appearance. fret not, however! this is most definitely a croissant and not an endangered species, and so its only "porpoise" is to be buttery and delicious
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Nathan @ngill.net · 15/02/2026
you have no idea how much easier my life would be if snow fell perfectly vertically
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