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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

what do you do once you run out?

Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

As everything enshittifies there’s a huge opportunity for Open Source right now to come in and give everyone data sovereignty and control over their experiences. Several EU countries are investing a lot in open source it’s just not as edgy as Omarchy. Switch off the AI news and go build stuff 💪🖖

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

While everything seems doom and gloom right now I think we can listen to one piece of advice DHH gave us and be optimistic, just not in the way he imagined.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

There are other reasons we may not want native apps for everything: - they can bypass adblockers - we can’t customise our experience I use YouTube on the web on my phone and use extensions to remove all the behavioural tools they include to keep me on the platform longer.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

In yesterdays #railsworld2026 keynote DHH said that they’re switching to native apps for hey and that in the world of agents native apps make more sense. Just a couple of years ago he was all in on PWAs because they’re not hostage to Apple and their App Store rules.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

Peeps, remember that while the billionaires are making everything awful we can still sit in our corner and make stuff for all the refugees who are coming looking for an alternative. Now is the time for optimism.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/09/2026

To parody DHH: You’ve been avoiding dangerous, unethical, plagiaristic tools that deskill humans and are run by untrustworthy billionaires. You’re someone now. #railsworld #railsworld2026 #rails

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 19/09/2026

I’m thinking of getting an iPhone Duo but prior I’d planned on quitting smartphones and switching to a semi-dumb phone. I want my life back. I want the magic smart box to not feel like the answer to boredom. Maybe the answer is to reduce them find enrichments rather than quit cold tofurkey.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 19/09/2026

n broke up with y in show. Omg!!!!!

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 16/09/2026

The Odyssey was awesome but have you seen the original? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz_U...

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Ulysses 31 - E01 - Vengence of the Gods

YouTube video by Baalzamon1815

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 16/09/2026

What was that Simpson’s one that was basically grand theft auto for kids?

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 16/09/2026

The Odyssey was awesome but have you seen the original? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz_U...

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Ulysses 31 - E01 - Vengence of the Gods

YouTube video by Baalzamon1815

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 12/09/2026

Would be awesome to meet you, perhaps brighton ruby next year

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that)

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 08/09/2026

Have you read the books? Season 3 was the first one I saw post books and I regret reading them before the show was done.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 17/08/2026

Using browser extensions I’ve trimmed YouTube down to just the subscriptions page with no related videos shown. It’s amazing how boring it becomes when there isn’t endless content to consume! I don’t measure my screen time but I suspect more of it is spent in more useful places now.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 15/08/2026

If you're a tmux user thinking of switching to herdr for its AI support, have a look at workmux too, it brings all that support to tmux! github.com/raine/workmux

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GitHub - raine/workmux: git worktrees + tmux windows for zero-friction parallel dev

git worktrees + tmux windows for zero-friction parallel dev - raine/workmux

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 14/08/2026

Linux is cool, but can 2026 be the year that the Amiga comes back?

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 07/08/2026

A lot of the time people don’t know I’m trans in hospital even though it says right there. They don’t read it. It’s only ever come up in preoperative assessment.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 07/08/2026

I have no idea how it might affect my waiting for care if they have to find a place for me. It might mean I hold up a CCU bed longer denying someone else. It might mean the wait list is much longer waiting for a room. In the future I may need a transplant and that can require months in hospital.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 07/08/2026

I’m trans with a serious heart condition. I had 3 stays in a CCU in 2 years, and 1 planned visit for surgery. They’re mixed sex, but during 3 of those stays they moved me into single sex wards. On one visit they were so horribly understaffed they couldn’t even keep the ward clean.

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Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

You don't have to preface your condemnation of racist and xenophobic pogroms by saying you agree with the right to protest of the people doing the pogroms, because it's not a protest, it's a violent attack on people. Seemingly too hard for the Home Office and the Labour government.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 07/08/2026

It’s going to disproportionately be kids with autism and adhd, perhaps ones who don’t meet the typical SEND criteria.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 06/08/2026

Is there a skill for Claude that stops it trying to galaxy brain every problem. I can’t keep up 😅

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 31/07/2026

Oh those features sound awesome! Thanks as always, Joel!

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 28/07/2026

Baked sweet potato with lentils, veg, baked tofu, sauce, and garnish. This has become one of my new fav meals.

Half a Baked sweet potato topped with lentils, sweetcorn, baked tofu cubes, sauce, and garnish of chilli, spring onion and black pepper. Arranged aesthetically.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 27/07/2026

TFW you blocked the person and now you want to know who they are and what they said.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 27/07/2026

Already the talk from No 10 is reforming social care, and I’ve not heard a peep about making sure corporations pay their taxes.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 24/07/2026

I need to prepare a presentation on some work I did in some previous technical work for a job interview. Because it was a while ago I'm writing about the experience as I remember it, and adding any questions as they come up. Gonna get AI to quiz me too. Anything else I can do to jog my memory?

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 23/07/2026

I cancelled my preorder for a @frame.work desktop when it launched. It was max memory and 2gb, would’ve cost me £2400. Same config today is around £4000. Who knew how much I’d regret not keeping my preorder. 😢

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 12/07/2026

I don’t know if the council would’ve blocked the call.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 12/07/2026

Most important for me was booking page, meet alternative, and email. I did have one issue where a council employee tried to create an account to join my meet and that was blocked by over zealous council IT. So we ended up on google meet though I don’t think she needed to make an account to join.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 12/07/2026

I haven’t used Proton Docs & Sheets much yet so can’t comment, and there’s no alternative for Slides, Forms, and Pages but I wasn’t using them anyway.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 12/07/2026

I recently switched from Google workspace to @proton.me’s workspace. So far I’m not having too much trouble and I also gained a replacement for 1Password along the way. Lumo is still way behind the competition. Still I’m willing to accept compromises to support a European privacy focused non-profit.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 10/07/2026

I know I can uninstall, and disable all those things. But my point is that these devices are dragging me towards a place I don’t want to be. Instagram didn’t become what it was overnight. It slowly overtime became what it is. Apple used to let me just read a magazine now I need the news app.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 10/07/2026

Getting more and more frustrated with Apple and I hate using android. Are there any tablets that I can run Linux on (first party support). Really wanting to be able to customise my experience again in the face of addictive slot machine apps, AI, and notifications.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 06/07/2026

Disclosure day was certainly a Spielberg film!

Title card for the movie disclosure day at the cinema.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 05/07/2026

Came on bluesky. Saw several depressing topics. Logging off 😔

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 05/07/2026

I wouldn’t call what the bbc puts out as “high quality information.”

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 27/06/2026

Starfox (2026) feels like a concept for a full feature movie and/or starfox game. @nintendousa.bsky.social if you do it I will give you all my money. #starfox

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 27/06/2026

That is true! I have a 3ds playthrough I started ~2 years ago I should maybe finish.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 26/06/2026

Unpopular opinion. First timer reviews of star fox (2026) are better and more useful than those from folks who played starfox 64. #starfox

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 26/06/2026

That is actually a very cool reason to do it!! I just got my first ever ps2 💚

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 26/06/2026

I wonder if I got mine with a preorder or some other way 🤔sadly I gave it away a long long time ago.

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 26/06/2026

Oh native? Very cool! And how’s the frame rate then?

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Rachel J Graves @rjg.im · 26/06/2026

What’s the GC version like? I had it years and years ago. It’s emulated?

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