Absolutely perfect, no notes.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2026/mar/03/expat-dubai-startling-revelation-the-stephen-collins-cartoon

I have been a Macintosh user for quite some time now and I have never, not once, not a single time, correctly distinguished "brew update" from "brew upgrade" on the first try

@onpaperwings @davidm "Install & Use"and "Host & Link" is a simple, concise way of communicating the same usage. Makes a lot of sense.

@onpaperwings @davidm We (a scale-up) wanted to licence a font from a small foundry. The clauses around how it could be used ended up causing us to stick with open source; differentiating between web, web but social media, print, poster print, branding etc. meant we couldn't reliably predict costs or be sure we'd be complying without potentially overpaying.

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That’s just not at all close.

Well done everyone.

I know I shouldn't bust open the news this early (for my own sake), but couldn't help it and really pleased to find that the Greens won it.

Amazing effort 💚

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-byelection-in-blow-to-keir-starmer

Trans rights are human rights.

Boost if you agree.

Block me if you disagree.

Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

@dee Saved my blushes more than once ...

https://handmirror.app

what AI reveals is just how many people have given up, or never cared to begin with

clock in, slop around, clock out

RE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868

"Disposable Energy" is an absolutely genius framing of fossil fuels.

This piece has been coming for a while, in one form or another. Makes me deeply unhappy to write it. https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/

@morrick Ah, sorry I can't help. Let me know if anything changes, I doubt I'll shift it anytime soon.

@morrick I actually have one I’m about to put up for sale, and I think we live in the same city. Only 18k shutter releases I think.

Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients.

@brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different.

That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback).

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation

#rss

Imagine if Tim Cook had stood up to Trump and his administration — or at least refused to kiss his ass. Apple is a strong-enough, rich-enough company: they could have weathered the consequences. Maybe it would have cost them money, but this would have been so unfathomably good for their image. They could have looked like the only principled Big Tech company in the current cesspool landscape. They’d probably have gained more customers, just for that.

Instead Cook chose the least problematic way.

Thought provoking new campaign ad from the Green Party of England and Wales. Strong and thoughtful message - it makes the other English parties look like dishwater.

HMRC / GOV.uk developers are saints.

Good ol' multi-page accessible HTML forms. No front-end bullshit. No "developer experience" blocking my progress. No design dribbbled with a 10px grey-on-grey font.