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Evil Jim O’Donnell

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<p>Research software engineer with Oxford RSE. Comics lover. Accessibility enthusiast.

Previously: Zooniverse, UXB London, National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich.</p>

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    RE: https://mastodon.green/@dvdgc13/117229066931226259 I&amp;#39;m not at the University of Sheffield for RSECon this week, for the same reasons given by David here.

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    “The security implication is almost the opposite of what a typical reader might infer from “not as root”. A user reading that description could reasonably conclude that Omarchy had configured Docker in some kind of rootless mode. It had not.” https://0xcc.io/posts/omarchy-root-creds/

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    There’s a @webstandards meetup in Old Street tomorrow evening here. Sign up here: https://londonwebstandards.org/events/lws-sept-2026/

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    The Digital Accessibility team at the Ministry of Justice are hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist with a focus on user research. #a11y https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1208

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    Big Tech outspends everyone else on lobbying in the EU. #lwsSept2026

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    Having now seen Christopher Nolan’s adaptation, I must say that Super Mario Odyssey took major liberties with the original text.

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    At that stage of the heatwave where Umbriel has half-melted into the floor. #rabbit

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    Kew has a small exhibition, by the Singh Twins, about colonialism and the legacy of the British Empire. Worth a visit before it closes on Sunday. https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-on/singh-twins-flora-indica

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    Random book finds from the Hammersmith TK Maxx.

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    Thoroughly enjoyed Project Hail Mary.

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    Watched a National Geographic thing last night, in which they interviewed old men who had served in the SS. TV Narrator: “He was very proud of his uniform, with the SS motto engraved on the belt buckle.” Me: “We are cunts”?

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    King&amp;#39;s Digital Lab are looking for a Senior UI/UX Designer to join their RSE team. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/139745-senior-research-software-uiux-designer

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    Propellant, by @beep “As it turns out, that “growth at any cost” mindset does have an incredibly high cost. Because what all this corporate flexibility means is that — in addition to all their other many failings — these “AI” platforms are machines of war and death. Anyone infuriated by the military-industrial complex should stop supporting them.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/propellant/

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    I thought I might give the new UK Government AI Skills Hub a go. It fails at the first step, refusing to validate Irish names.

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    @fabienmarry@mastodon.social @doug@union.place @NotTheLBCGuy@mstdn.social via @tommorris@mastodon.social https://mahadk.com/posts/ai-skills-hub