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Must have pasted the wrong one, I will fix when back at a computer. Thanks!

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 18h

I love this new thing where the tech industry is making English majors look SUPER IMPORTANT to a well-functioning company and society

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 23h

Better weather than expected today, have to make the most of it this time of year. Had lunch at Twice Brewed then walked along the lower path to Sycamore Gap and back. A lot of walkers out.

Part of Hadrian's Wall. A very old, ruined stone wall climbing away from the photographer. Grasses and moss grow in cracks.

Two walkers up ahead on a grassy path through rolling open countryside. The sky is blue with clouds. The ground either side of the grass path is scrubby, ideal for grazing sheep.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 07/10/2026

It's like everyone has become that one relative you had to keep sending a link to Snopes in 2001.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 07/10/2026

When I first started public speaking I was worried about not knowing the answers to questions. I was told the best plan was to say you don't know and, if possible, suggest a way to find out, or offer to find out later and share the answer. I feel that many people today could do with this advice.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Using up some vacation days this week. I have lots of DIY and other jobs to do, but I found my pumpkin lights so started with the very important task of seasonal office decorations.

A box of pumpkin and leaf light strings, a black cat plushie sat on top of the lights.

An open grid shelving unit with the pumpkin and leaf lights hung up.

Small Firefox and Mozilla plush toys, A Book Apart books, and the Halloween lights.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Lovely autumn morning with a bit of a chill in the air at Talkin Tarn Parkrun.

Photo taken into a low sun over a lake. Ducks are silhouetted in the foreground on water with gentle waves.

The parkrun sign on the shore of a lake. The sky is clear and blue.

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 02/10/2026

Have an ACCESSIBILITY.md file in your GitHub repo? It now shows up on the project root! Don't have one? Why not take some time today to create one. #a11y ericwbailey.website/published/gi...

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GitHub repository landing pages now show an accessibility tab, if provided

I’m excited to see how people use this new addition to the platform.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 01/10/2026

That would be such a great feature for bank or credit card apps. Present you all your subscriptions, remind you how much you are spending annually, and give a quick route to cancel.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Got out on my run in time to catch an epic sky this morning.

A blood red sky over the lights of a closed petrol station. The red of the numbers indicating fuel prices mirror the colour of the sky.

A medieval stone church with a small bell tower with a pink and purple sky behind. In the foreground are a few old gravestones in the grass.

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MDN Web Docs @developer.mozilla.org · 25/09/2026

🆕 Customize MDN's browser compat tables! Press ⚙️ Settings on any compat table to choose which browsers and engines you see, and hide the ones you don't need. Your picks are saved in your browser. Try it 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

MDN's browser compatibility table for the HTML popover attribute. Its columns cover desktop and mobile browsers, showing which versions support the attribute and its "hint" value. A "Settings" button sits above the table.

The Browser compatibility settings dialog on MDN. Browsers appear as chips grouped under Desktop, Mobile, Server and XR, and each one can be added to or removed from the table.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 25/09/2026

yes we know what the problem is, but we don't own the platform so can't actually fix it, other than try to resolve when it goes wrong.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 25/09/2026

I'll see if I can refresh it.

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Offprint @offprint.app · 25/09/2026

Wanted to shout out Offprint publishers, you all are making Offprint amazing and we're proud to host the likes of: 📰 csslayout.news by @rachelandrew.co.uk 👩🏻‍💻 brittany-ellich.offprint.app by @brittanyellich.com 📷 www.johnsalvino.com by @johnsalvino.com and many many more! Take a look 👇🏽

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Offprint’s Most Valuable Publishers

Twenty one publications ranked by how much they have published, with the writers behind them. Seven brought their archives to Offprint from Substack, Ghost and Buttondown.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 23/09/2026

This is a lovely post. I'm quite often asked if people from different browsers argue with each other in CSS meetings. I usually say it's a lot more "huh... yeah that's not good ... how do we fix it?" That's especially true when it comes to the sort of situations described here.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 22/09/2026

I'm getting this as well, also proposals for content for Google DevRel sites to my personal email address that are obvious AI slop (and all follow the same template). I enjoy promoting good stuff (it's one reason I restarted my newsletter) but slop is going right to the bin.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Two of my cats have food bowls that only open when the bowl registers their microchip, to stop Pixel stealing food. Pixel has now developed the skill of sensing a cat approaching their bowl then sprinting over to jam his head in as it opens to snatch food.

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Igalia @igalia.com · 21/09/2026

Today Igalia turns 25. Ten engineers started it in A Coruña in 2001 with no investors and no managers. There are now close to 200 of us, and everything we build still goes upstream. igalia.com/2026/09/21/T...

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 21/09/2026

I've been reading about the Border Reivers all weekend, and my shed (in the heart of Reiver country) feels a little hill fort-like too.

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B. Prendergast @renderg.host · 18/09/2026

Log in with Blacksky Log in with Bluesky Log in with Eurosky Log in with Gander Log in with Northsky Log in with Pckt Log in with Social Selfhost Log in with Wsocial Log in with hello you still there??? OR… Sign in with #Atmosphere 🌀 wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pub/3mlv5oijn5s2q

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The Atmosphere needs a front door

The Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 17/09/2026

csslayout.news/a/3mvn7bkmuz... Here's Issue 345 of CSS Layout News. Lots of great how-to tutorials included this time.

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Issue 345

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 17/09/2026

A big reason for me speaking is that then people come and talk to me about interesting stuff, because I will hide in a corner if left to my own devices. I don't think this is uncommon among tech speakers.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Macromedia also had a content site, the first piece I had published somewhere other than my blog was a Dreamweaver article posted to the Macromedia site.

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Patrick Brosset @patrickbrosset.com · 15/09/2026

I'm worried about the web. I don't want to live in a world where most users of internet-connected devices consume their information and accomplish their tasks via a chatbot interface.

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Patrick - I'm worried about the web

I'm worried about the web. I don't want to live in a world where most users of internet-connected devices consume their information and accomplish their tasks via a chat bot interface.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Our little station is so cute. When you arrive in town by train it's like you arrived in the 1950s.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 11/09/2026

The sunrise under the clouds this morning was pretty. I've had to get my running torch and hi-vis out of the winter box though.

Taken from a bridge looking down onto a small branch line rail station. A two carriage train is at the platform. The tracks run towards a bright orange sunrise below dark clouds, and the light reflects off the train roof which is otherwise in darkness. It's the sort of morning light that makes you expect rain.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Some museums/tourist attractions seem to have started selling collections of interesting things from genuine local makers, which I'm all for. Seems to be the smaller places though.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 07/09/2026

My town had a music festival this weekend, which was lovely. Less lovely is that I got bitten on the eyelid by a midge while waiting outside the church to go into a gig and now look like I've been in a fight.

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Brookie @brookie.blog · 07/09/2026

have i gone completely insane? ... ... ... yes. pdsos.wisp.place

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 06/09/2026

What’s the problem w using LLMs to write stuff you want other people to read -emails, articles, posts- and why are people (like me!) so incredibly hostile that they will block you/mute you/block your domain, to never read anything from you again? Bryan spells it out. Read it:

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 05/09/2026

Constantly, but then I find it hard to switch my brain off from "I need to edit this".

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually

What I'm doing with my life
sometimes sheets can be propped up to be a cave but other times they lie flat like a ground. why is that
I'm looking for
• poposable thumbs
• Tall as counter
• Understanding of locks
• Warms
The first things people usually notice about me i am small enough to use pieces of furniture in different ways that are surprising to humans eg edge of the bed is actually a tiny step for me to use like a borrower
The six things I could never do without cold chickens, heated chickens, small dry pellet chickkens, chickens from a can with picture of cat on it, chickens from the sea (also in can but missing cat picutre on can), chicken from larger animals like beef
The most private thing I'm willing to admit iwill climb on top of you in the night and settle like a tiny rain cloud

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Today has involved DNS wrangling and wasps. It's a bit like death and taxes I guess, can always count on there being DNS problems and wasps to deal with.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 03/09/2026

I really like Semble, and they keep adding new useful things.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 02/09/2026

I've been trying for a while. Ended up barefoot in a very muddy flowerbed this morning to finally get it!

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 02/09/2026

I had one do that directly outside my office window in Bristol, saw it swoop and catch the small bird.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 02/09/2026

Here's a slightly wobbly video of the hummingbird moth.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 02/09/2026

Finally managed to get a photo of the Hummingbird Hawk Moth that's been coming to my garden.

A moth getting nectar from a red flower. It has a chunky body and is hovering like a hummingbird, the wings are a blur as they are beating so fast.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 02/09/2026

Saw three bats in my garden early this morning. My house being surrounded by bats is an excellent step towards my ultimate goal of "local witch". Has anyone used one of the bat detectors that plug into your phone?

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 01/09/2026

I love those balcony sunflowers!

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 01/09/2026

Two a11y engineering roles (one of them early career!) at Apple in London in the team my daughter manages. These sound like excellent roles to share with UK a11y folks. jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail... jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...

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Accessibility Engineer (Web Accessibility SME) - Jobs at Apple (UK)

Apply for a Accessibility Engineer (Web Accessibility SME) job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 31/08/2026

Yeah it seems rare to get that chain of posts replying to other posts these days. I like my ATproto integration that at least gets social replies onto the post, but I'd love to see more discussion in long form!

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Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew.co.uk · 31/08/2026

I feel like we lost a lot of that as people stopped blogging. You used to be able to write a thing, and a couple of days later someone would respond on their blog, then someone else. Actual well thought out responses, not a quick reply on social media.

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