Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 04/10/2026RacketCon day 2 kicks off in a little over 30 minutes with Sam Phillips presenting 'Uke: Immutable Dataframes for Racket'. Stream is free at con.racket-lang.org 031
Reposted by StephenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311793321
Reposted by StephenBOB Konferenz @bobkonf.de · 02/10/2026The call for contributions to #BOBkonf2027 is still open for one more month! We'd love to see yours. Submission deadline is 2nd November. Find more information, check bobkonf.de/2027/cfc.html #BOBkonfbobkonf.de 065
Reposted by StephenKiran @kirancodes.me · 03/10/2026Should YOU do Programming Languages research in era of LLMs? Many would say NO. But I say YES! PL Research is dead? Nay! the era of PL Exploration is just beginning. Fuck the users. Fuck the applications. Let's do some fucking PL research! kirancodes.me/posts/log-en... 1593
Reposted by StephenKiran @kirancodes.me · 03/10/2026wearing a tshirt that says "DO NOT KILL THIS HUMAN" to save myself from the uprising 0295
Reposted by StephenKiran @kirancodes.me · 03/10/2026Speaking to climate scientists this week, it was interesting to hear that we're likely to hit max emissions within the decade as renewable adoption picks up. If we sequester enough CO2 then we could make it back to 1.5 degrees. Fuck yeah! Let's fucking do it! 415824
Reposted by StephenThe Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In which @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social remind us that the risk of AI is not "superintelligence gone rogue," but human reliance on flawed systems in high-stakes situations: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 19462
Reposted by Stephenmcc @dryad.technology · 01/10/2026What I'm listening to today: "Havoc in the Forum", This Town Needs Guns Some "Math rock". Guitars swarming like insects, insects suddenly aligning themselves into diagrammatic straight lines. A man is explaining his emotions to you emphatically and earnestly but in a language you do not speakthistownneedsguns.bandcamp.comHavoc in the Forum, by TTNGfrom the album 13.0.0.0.0 1161
Reposted by StephenJohn Boo! 🏳️🌈 @jsoo.refl.club · 01/10/2026Hey this is cool comonad.com/reader/2026/...comonad.comTurbo HaskellExactly a week ago (as a joke), I started writing THC, my “Turbo Haskell compiler,” while on vacation visiting Bartosz Milewski. 021
Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 01/10/2026How are you going to see RacketCon 2026? ✅In-person at Oakstop ✅ Online at con.racket-lang.org ✅ Watch the videos at youtube.com/@racketlang You can still get tickets to attend in-person or watch the livestream at con.racket-lang.orgcon.racket-lang.org(sixteenth RacketCon) 021
Reposted by StephenHillel @hillelwayne.com · 30/09/2026I have a new blog post! This is a response to the current formal methods hype and explains what TLA+ is good for and what it's not designed to check. buttondown.com/hillelwayne/...buttondown.comWhat TLA+ can and can't checkLet's chill just a little bit on the "TLA+ will save AI from itself" narrative 0293
Reposted by StephenArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 30/09/2026Squirrel of the Day for September 30, 2026 knows how to pick a stunning backdrop #sqrlpix 616438
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 30/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukYou're Dead to Me - History of UnderwearGreg Jenner is joined in western Europe by Dr Serena Dyer and comedian and actor Vic Michaelis to learn all about the hidden history of underwear. 000
Reposted by StephenClément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 30/09/2026Meanwhile, on my way to the office. #USyd 2473
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 29/09/2026Considering: a *roguelike* in APL, using APL characters instead of ASCII? #APL #roguelike 181
Reposted by StephenMarcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 28/09/2026youtu.be/e6SFDuVd1UE NHS England's inexcusable interference in the NDG's report on the FDP. We cannot make progress in NHS technology while it's a corrupt, closed, unscientific, cloak-and-dagger operation. #EverythingDigitalHealthyoutu.beNHS England's unacceptable interference in National Data Guardian's public statementYouTube video by Everything Digital Health 021
Reposted by StephenDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 28/09/2026I remember the day after Brexit. I watched British-born women, doctors and nurses in hijabs being told “we voted for you to go home”. They were home. So spare me the fucking revisionism about what that moment unleashed. 🧵 512026
Reposted by StephenDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't want another decade spent asking permission from the generation that broke the fucking thing. I want Britain back in the European Union. Full membership. Full participation. No embarrassed half measures. 1453
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 28/09/2026Did not expect broomhandles 🧹 — but definitely would not want to be on the receiving end of a poke with one of those. 000
Reposted by StephenThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/09/2026Turned another old thread into an article for easier reading and because I just love this subject so much: Women and their favourite weapons anno 1900. You can read it here: fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/09/28/w... Or here: fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/women-and-...fakehistoryhunter.netWomen and their favourite weapons anno 1900Just reading old newspapers… as one does, when I found this gem from the Chicago Sunday Tribune from 1900.It’s about the weapons of offence and defence used by women in one year in Chic… 813434
Reposted by StephenLeif Andersen @leif.pl · 27/09/2026Question for the interwebs: What are people using these days for making blogs these days? I basically want to write it in something like markdown in my preferred text editor. But are people still using static blog generators much anymore? 211
Reposted by StephenGideon Mitchell @gideon-mitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Even if you're not a hardcore Greenie, electing Zack Polanski would make UK politics more healthy because he would help to hold Andy Burnham's government to account. His influence from the periphery has already improved Labour policies. The Commons needs Polanski, so please help him to get elected. 325373
Reposted by StephenKiran @kirancodes.me · 25/09/2026Ship Your Interpreter! github.com/BasisResearc... 2131
Reposted by StephenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441193
Reposted by StephenZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Absolutely huge victory as the Green Party take on Labour and win in Brighton! Huge congratulations to Cllr Mark Strong and the entire team. Labour have tired old solutions and Burnham is more of the same. The Green Party is the change we need. Awesome win! 💚🎉 13710175
Reposted by StephenThe Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"...the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common..." "Doctor Who: The Face of Evil" part 4 (1977). #DoctorWho 513236
Reposted by StephenThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26/09/2026We need more Greens in Parliament to hold Labour to account 💚 20386153
Reposted by StephenMarcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 26/09/2026Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...you.38degrees.org.ukTell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this BudgetMillions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget. 022
Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 24/09/2026(sixteenth RacketCon) is almost here! We have an amazing program and a rockstar keynote speaker. See the program con.racket-lang.org and get your ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/racketcon-... Only nine days to go, I can already taste the excitement.con.racket-lang.org(sixteenth RacketCon) 043
Reposted by StephenSam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sonic Pi now runs in the web! sonic-pi.netsonic-pi.netSonic PiSonic Pi is a new kind of code-based instrument for a new generation of musicians. Use the same code for both composition and performance. Sonic Pi is free and open source software. 02213
Reposted by StephenTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 332878738
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 23/09/2026I now want to see ‘Tom Cox readers fight club’. I’m sorry, my brain is broken. 240
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 23/09/2026For me it would be the dr who theme recorded by Delia Derbyshire 000
Reposted by StephenMariano Guerra @marianoguerra.org · 14/09/2026Components can be exported and imported back as source code (.tutu) or as .wasm modules, the tutucard source is embedded in the wasm module The tutucard DSL syntax is based on Shrubbery[5] 111
Reposted by StephenMarcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 21/09/2026FT story (paywalled - sorry) - totally unacceptable interference from the then- #NHSEngland Data Chief (Ming Tang) in the National Data Guardian's report on #Palantir #FederatedDataPlatform. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... @coricrider.com @roylilley1.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net 1107
Reposted by StephenAssociation for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 20/09/2026#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1954, the first successful FORTRAN program was executed. Developed at IBM by a team led by John Backus, FORTRAN was designed to make programming scientific and engineering problems easier. More #OTD, here: buff.ly/yg2MIlN 074
Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 19/09/2026(sixteenth RacketCon) October 3-4, 2026 youtu.be/2TnTEHn2Ykcyoutu.beRacketCon websitesYouTube video by Racket 133
Stephen @sp.degabrielle.name · 19/09/2026Can’t attend in-person? * Remote Participant $10 The live stream is publicly available, but buying this ticket helps pay for the live stream and ensure its availability for the entire community. #lisp #scheme #racket 020
Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 18/09/2026(sixteenth RacketCon) tickets on sale now at www.eventbrite.com/e/racketcon-...eventbrite.comRacketCon 2026(sixteenth RacketCon) https://con.racket-lang.org 032
Reposted by StephenSam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What's this? Another screen shot of Sonic Pi v5? Oh no my friend... This is a completely new implementation of Sonic Pi running live in my web browser running on top of SuperSonic. Coming soon to a browser near you... 0285
Reposted by StephenAngela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Great day to learn about the fluoride mechanism so you can explain it to your friends.youtube.cominternet people lie about fluorideYouTube video by Angela Collier 661293174
Reposted by StephenGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675771287
Reposted by StephenNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Difficult day at work? At least you are not being eaten by a hippocampus (so far) 3507
Reposted by StephenMasanori Ogino 𓀁 @omasanori.mstdn.maud.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026Racket 9.3 🎉 github.com/racket/racket/releases/t…github.comRelease Racket v9.3 · racket/racketThe raco setup command can generate markdown documentation, using the --doc-markdown option. The "#lang" teaching languages (BSL, ..., ISL+; plus DeinProgram) have reached parity with the ones chos... 031
Reposted by StephenPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.youtube.com/shorts/LZhS_... Blumineck giving a great response to unfuckable incel weirdos transvestigating his wifeyoutube.comEducating haters (again)YouTube video by blumineck 3440153
Reposted by StephenRacket @racket-lang.org · 13/09/2026What if you're right and they're wrong? Poster from #fargo created with Racket and Rhombus gist.github.com/racket-racco... for the Rhombus picture competition racket.discourse.group/t/summer-rho... Enter now! Learn some Racket and Rhombus racket-lang.org rhombus-lang.org 041
