A lovely piece by Cory Doctorow which explains beautifully the current situation with centralised, for-profit social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/08/watch-the-surpluses/#exogenous-shocks
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Software Is Never Done
This is all too true. I’ve worked on a fair few different projects in my time and, apart from those that were only ever designed to be used once to produce some very specific output, not one of them has ever reached a state that could be described as ‘finished’. Even the small personal projects I’ve embarked on over the years, although to be fair that’s largely because I’m an inveterate tweaker and twiddler. I suspect that most programmers are the same.
Trump Not Coming to UK
Trump has put his state visit to the UK on hold. According to the article it’s because he fears widespread protests. He’s right. Whenever he comes there’ll be protests aplenty. Big ones. I plan to be at as many as possible myself.
How Lego clicked: the super brand that reinvented itself
How Lego clicked: the super brand that reinvented itself
Oh, how I love Lego. It’s easily the best toy for both children and adults. Endlessly creative and virtually indestructible. I can’t wait till Max is old enough to graduate from Duplo to Lego proper.
Stewart Lee On the Election
It’ll take more than cheese and ceramics to reunite our divided country says the ever funny Stewart Lee. Worth a read if you need something to make you smile today.