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William Morland

@williammorland.com
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Software engineer and corgi dad. Into privacy, open source, maps, self-hosting, musical theatre📍London, UK 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧(👬🇵🇹)

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 18/09/2026
Walking Men Worldwide: a collection of pedestrian traffic signals from around the world. I love all of these little people. The Warsaw one reminds me somewhat of Rocky from Project Hail Mary. [kottke.org]
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Walking Men Worldwide
Artist Maya Barkai assembled a collection of pedestrian traffic signals from around the world: Walking Men Worldwide. I love all of these little people. The Warsaw one reminds me somewhat of Rocky from
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 17/09/2026
Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed a floating children’s library and donated it to Kagawa prefecture. “We created reading spaces throughout the ship. A large circular bench was placed on the rear deck, and children can even lie under the sun.” [spoon-tamago.com]
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Tadao Ando Designed & Donated a Floating Library that Delivers Books to Children
Cutting through the white-capped waves of the Seto Inland Sea is a one-of-kind “floating library”. This is Hon no Mori-go (ほんのもり号) created to give children living on remote islands the opportunity to discover books and nurture their creativity. Inside the ship are shelves lined with 2000
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 02/10/2026
This is a nice combo of old and new www.remodelista.com/posts/kitche...
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Inside The Great British Bake Off Alum James Morton's Sustainable Scottish Kitchen Extension
James Morton and his wife Fenella Barlow-Pay worked with architecture firm Loader Monteith to build an energy-efficient kitchen-dining-playroom addition.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 25/09/2026
Emperor Francis 🤴 (named by the breeder after a variety of cherry as his mother was Cherryblossom 🌸)
A corgi lies on his back looking outraged to have been disturbed
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026
okay, today’s spicy hot take because I’ve seen this three times already this morning: The U.K. does not have any such thing as a ‘legal name’ this is a good thing! unequivocally! this means it also applies to people we don’t like
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 13/09/2026
The foxes are one of my favourite parts of evening dog walks.
A fox on a suburban street stares at the camera
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 09/09/2026
iPhone Duo looks 🔥 iPhone Duo Folio case though 🥴
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 08/09/2026
Often it’s quite handy if there is an article on “Simple English” Wikipedia e.g. simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_...
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String theory - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 06/09/2026
“In other words, in order to be able to reliably push regular updates to the store, which is an absolute necessity for an app like Wipr, I had to make the app worse (albeit in a small way) for the end users who I’m supposed to be designing for.” 🙃
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 02/09/2026
Only other thing that comes to mind is @ianvisits.co.uk often shares interesting places/events www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cat...
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Reading’s 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry is a replica worth making the trip for
Reading Museum is home to a remarkable full-size Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry — complete with an imagined final panel that the medieval original has lost.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 02/09/2026
If you haven’t done Bletchley Park then that’s a fun day trip.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 31/08/2026
Great journalism from @londoncentric.media, as always
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 31/08/2026
“it speaks to a wider truth we keep encountering in our reporting on tax-evading dodgy shops in the capital — if you are happy to brazenly and openly ignore the law, there’s very little that can be done about it.” open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars
London Centric enters the ice cream trade • The capital’s soft serve vendors act like they can ignore the law • It turns out they probably can
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 31/08/2026
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
youtu.be/j8bmjDoziaQ?...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I'm Going Home
YouTube video by THIRDPROJECT
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Nick @nickehbee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh absolutely not
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
no one is abnormal in the right way any more!!! what is the world coming to!!! cannot trust those neurodivergences to diverge in ways that make sense to me, the focal point of all normality!!!
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 16/08/2026
I cannot see it 🥲
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday has been found dead after being subjected to an endless media campaign fueled by racism and far right bigotry that drove him from his job. Might as well state what happened out loud.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/08/2026
I don’t care what he did or didn’t do; he was a human and deserved dignity and humane treatment and not to be sacrificed on the altar of culture wars and I’m so angry and sad for him.
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
this is important to add
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026
Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 14/08/2026
I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
I am now wondering what the difference between an extreme and severe alert is??
Apple iOS settings UI screenshot:
Emergency Alerts subheading
Extreme Alerts toggle
Severe Alerts toggle
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
There’s definitely a concern thought that if they use it for not-actually-an-emergency guidance then more people will start turning it off anyway which then weakens the benefit in significant crises.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
Resharing the instructions in case it proves helpful. Hopefully this has been included in guidance for victims 😞 www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
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Opting out of emergency alerts
Opting out of emergency alerts
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confirmed cigarette @philford.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
But also yes it was needed... Someone down the road was having a bonfire the other day. Nearly two dozen homes down the road from my mum's burned down yesterday. I don't think people understand how their actions can have these consequences.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
At least I’ve found my new alarm sound if I need to wake up early and definitely not miss it 🙃
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
going outside and banging disposable BBQs together to show support for our national fire service ✊😔
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
Me: we need to do more about the extreme heat Also me: No, not like that
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Raizem93's Epic Jump Scare Reaction
Alt: Raizem93's Epic Jump Scare Reaction
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 14/08/2026
I hadn't used them recently but I've made sure to unlink Cursor and Graphite from my GitHub account and I've sent deletion requests for any remaining data 🙃 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Cursor is officially part of SpaceX.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed its $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding tool Cursor on Friday. Cursor says it’s going to work on the company’s Grok AI chatbot, which added a new AI agent feature thi...
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/08/2026
Took me a while but finally fixed mine the other day. www.jimwaterson.com
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*~* Jim Waterson's Home Page *~*
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 07/07/2026
Always
A tricolour Pembroke Welsh Corgi receives a pet
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 04/07/2026
Want to run a fake London estate agency and repeatedly scam people out of thousands of pounds through rental scams? The good news is that for £250 you can join all the official renters' protection schemes and do it with a UK government badge of approval! www.londoncentric.media/p/london-ren...
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Fake estate agents are buying the government's seal of approval
London's scammers find a new tactic • "I felt sick... They’re doing everything except for actually having a flat." • What happens when the scammers get inside the systems?
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...
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Motonormativity and Speed Limits | Published in Findings
By Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026
While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...
Verge headline: The world's first trillionaire is a killer
by TC Sottek

Image of Elon Musk doing a "fascist salute" in the form of an oil painting on a wall
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 13/02/2026
Abandoned malls, vacant airports, office floors after hours: These are some of the images that evoke “liminality,” the internet aesthetic of uncanny, in-between spaces. To our screen-weary eyes, there’s something irresistible about these snapshots of late-stage capitalism.
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How Liminalism Became the Defining Aesthetic of Our Time
This crowd-curated digital movement is one of the most pertinent and explicit reactions to our particular slice of dystopian late capitalism.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 04/06/2026
Yay 😊, Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive. “We have continued to listen and take detailed legal advice throughout this process. The approach agreed today protects the character and unique spirit of the Ponds while ensuring they remain welcoming to all.” – Chris Hayward
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Hampstead Heath’s Bathing Ponds to remain trans inclusive spaces as City Corporation agrees future access policy
Kenwood Ladies’ Pond and Highgate Men’s Pond to remain trans inclusiveCity of London Corporation committees take decision on future access policy for Hampstead Heath’s Bathing PondsUpgrades to toilets...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 31/05/2026
Israel bills itself as a haven for LGBTQ+ rights. Its bureaucratic system can further endanger queer Palestinian asylum-seekers.
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A Gay Palestinian Fled to Israel’s “Safe Haven.” Israel Tried to Exploit Him for Intelligence.
Israel bills itself as a haven for gay rights, but its bureaucratic system can further endanger queer Palestinians who flee persecution.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/05/2026
1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades. "Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III. He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans
The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care.
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LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Two visual puns I hadn’t been aware of until yesterday. The vertical elements of the City of London School for Girls resemble pencils, and those for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama represent tuning forks.
The vertical elements of the City of London School for Girls resemble pencils - brick columns with pointed concrete tops.The vertical elements of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama represent tuning forks - like a concrete stick person without arms, or an inverted boxy “Y” shape.
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
odd but not unexpected how little trans rights have come up in the local elections analysis
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 09/05/2026
I no longer have to switch between accounts but previously I used Notion Mail. I was surprised to find it as my preferred option after also trying native Mail, Mimestream, and Spark.
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 05/05/2026
This was particularly surprising to me: "Oh, there is one other thing they’re obsessed by and that’s Thames Clipper boats. [...] So they regularly ignore walking, cycling and other public realm improvement works across the area but want to give £4.5m to a relatively niche form of transport."
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William Morland @williammorland.com · 05/05/2026
Another good analysis by @murkydepths.bsky.social on the awful connectivity between North Greenwich and the rest of the borough. This article includes feedback from TfL on various Active Travel Assessments. www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2026/05/05/h...
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How Greenwich ignored TfL advice and neglected street and town improvements - Murky Depths
A look at a number of large developments in Greenwich and how the council have regularly ignored TfL advice to improve towns and streets
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/04/2026
If someone had said that lobbyists for a publicly traded tech company were hosting a cocktail party on the eve of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, no one would pencil it on the calendar. But when Grindr began sending out invites, Washington immediately convulsed with thirst.
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Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit
The “gay dating and hookup app” is now courting Washington insiders.
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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 28/02/2026
discover feed is down for all users. we have a hypothesis for what the problem is and getting a fix out.
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