Member of Go Free Range software coop; Ruby developer; author of Mocha Ruby library.
* Train: Cambridge - London Blackfriars (1h15)
* Walk: London Blackfriars to London Waterloo (0h30m)
* Train: London Waterloo - Southampton Central (1h15m)
* Bus: Southampton Central - Southampton Town Quay (0h15m)
* Ferry: Southampton Town Quay - West Cowes (0h30m)
Total: 3h45m (if everything goes smoothly!)
WATCH: Infrastructure work completed ready for new rail station at Cambridge http://dlvr.it/TKpQJ4 #Cambridge #CambridgeSouth #Cambridgeshire #ColasRail
Week 852: Sharing some more of our work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation: https://gofreerange.com/week-852
Got petty gripes? Of course you do - here's some more. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/may/16/our-species-is-hurtling-toward-doom-yet-we-get-mad-at-tiny-things-instead-its-petty-gripes-oclock
If any Mastodon instances are having trouble with their costs growing out of control, ping me and see if I can help lower your bill.
Apparently a recently closed instance was paying $300/month for hosting which is insane to read considering how small of an instance it was. When we had 40k monthly users I was paying about $120/month so an instance with less than 400 total users (not MAU) should be super cheap to run even with a few TB of storage and bandwidth.
It hurts my heart to read instances closing down over costs and finding out they’re paying more than instances 10x their size. 😢
The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft underwent another surgery in March.
The team had to revive a thruster used for roll control whose heaters had failed in 2004. The tubes of the backup thrusters currently in use are getting clogged and may fail this year.
The delicate operation required turning on the failed thruster and flipping a switch to enable its heater and 🤞
All very tricky and risky operations, performed from 23 light-hours away on 1970’s era hardware.
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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-revives-backup-thrusters-before-command-pause/
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Ice melt opens up enormous cracks in Greenland’s ice sheet.
‘They can be tens or even a hundred meters wide – that’s big enough to fly a helicopter through.’ #ClimateChange
Today, Ukraine celebrates #Vyshyvanka Day, which marks national unity, identity, and cultural heritage.
Ukrainians traditionally wear embroidered shirts on this day to emphasize their belonging to Ukrainian culture and to support each other, especially in times of war.
We're a not-for-profit worker #cooperative of technologists, designers, researchers and facilitators, distributed across the UK.
We work directly with #grassroots organisers to help them build power, using our #digital expertise to multiply their impact.
We share a vision of diverse communities rooted in care and reciprocity working together to achieve #climateJustice / #socialJustice.
Wouldnt it be fun if a side channel like worker owned businesses suddenly flourished and mutual respect became the path past fascism?
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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.
…and if you’re one of those artists and are now pondering a new home for your sounds here are some options: https://nham.co.uk/2024/05/what-is-a-fair-music-platform/
"In December last year, Resolute 1850 Ltd was incorporated in the UK.
With a thinktank soon to be launched and funds from MAGA, American Big Tech and the US religious right already pledged, it seeks to use Reform as a vessel to bring Project 2025-style policies to the UK." 🤬
I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪
Cat: Peloton mode.
Kitten: Tumble dry low.
Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus.
As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process and habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold. I cannot emphasize enough how serious this situation is for our nation.
Continue to loudly speak up against this fascist regime while we still can.
Global (land and ocean) average temperatures were the highest ever recorded in 2024 going back to 1850.
Racing in the wrong direction.
#climatechange
