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Ollie Boermans

ollicle@mastodon.social

<p>Design with a web bent</p>

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    Good people of #Clacton Do the Boaty McBoatface thing Signed, The good people of everywhere else on Mastodon.

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    Silence on genocide is support for genocide: &quot;I find that the MSO did have a policy for not expressing support for either side of the Israel-Gaza conflict,&quot; Justice Hill said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/jayson-gillham-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-mso-verdict/106898876

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    &quot;The scientists will tell you that the feral cats will eat about 100 kilos of native wildlife a year,&quot; Mr Squires said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/cat-trapping-northern-tasmania-devil-population-increase/106813282

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    @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com @tylersticka@social.lol but employers love “weekend decision making”… oh, did I misread? Must be tired.

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116695660002836610 On good almost anything

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    As a first hand beneficiary of a public hospital I felt this in the cockles https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-best-people-in-the-world

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    RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@xssfox/116696027659027513 Please support this proposal. Everyone deserves a more obedient web #CSS

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    Just so you know. Citing your favourite bot output didn’t win you our argument. I walked away to avoid further sunk cost talking at a machine.

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    Nearly lunchtime

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    Have a business? Invest in your own website. “Customers who booked directly on the website of his Bendigo City Centre motel saved plenty of money, paying $165 a night for a standard double room compared to those who reserved the same room through Booking.com and paid $190.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-30/booking-com-price-parity-clauses/106727746

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    You didn’t notice most houses were sans until you met the serif

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    My wife: “Nothing says colonialism like…” Me: “… an Aboriginal name set in Times New Roman”. Us, beautiful nerds, looking at a public building – finishing each other’s sentences ❤️❤️

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    RE: https://aus.social/@pharsicle/116661837381374189 There’s a metaphor here somewhere, can’t quite put my finger on it.

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    The energy revolution is not coming. It is already here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgBTARXEfxU

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    Just now looked up when Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls. It was today! As it happens I spent most of my GAAD writing accessibility fail Jira issues. Finished up the day by writing a stroppy reminder to my lovely colleagues about purposeful image alt text. Suppose I celebrated appropriately after all.

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    “When developers automate UI development, they automate discrimination from rights, services, and opportunity.” https://conesible.de/wab/

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    “The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has received more than $176m in Commonwealth grant funding through an ACT incorporated association that is not subject to the same public financial reporting requirements as registered charities or companies.” https://michaelwest.com.au/money-trail-leads-to-obscure-israel-lobby-entity-then-runs-dry/

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    For the special person out there waiting for it – version 13 of my new NetNewsWire theme is looking ripe to publish! Spent some hours finding a way to work around a Safari SVG filter regression. Now I need a screen break. Will be back to write up what’s new.

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    Magic hour earned its name this evening.

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    @mhoye @jonathankoren @daedalus I hope the crypto crew catch wind of this. Has potential to save a lot of electricity

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    We didn’t need Paul Keating to point out the racism, but it’s welcome https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/paul-keating-angus-taylor-liberal-party-immigration-statement-in-full-ntwnfb

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    RE: https://mstdn.social/@grickle/116420896885873027 Investing in art you like, supporting the artist who made it, doesn’t stop feeling good.

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    Chrome has added the `revert-rule` CSS property making it a universal implementation. https://bcd-watch.igalia.com/weekly-completed/2026-04-13.html Had to look it up. The spec example uses `revert-rule` as a fallback value in an `if()`. This may obscure its usefulness as a simple custom property fallback e.g.: ``` .featured { color: var(--featured-color, revert-rule); } ``` Here `color` is only assigned if `--featured-color` is defined! Useful when we want to fallback to a color defined by an...

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    RE: https://typo.social/@jasonsantamaria/116403845359254055 Design Santa dropped by to fill your RSS stocking with goodies!

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    Tell me again about those ugly wind farms https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/geelong-oil-refinery-fire-live-updates/106570266

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    RE: https://flipboard.com/@huffpostuk/politics-egdlp3c4z/-/a-1pPCv86pTnKB6YeuMLPQKw%3Aa%3A878833414-%2F0 “It&amp;#39;s not what I want, it&amp;#39;s what I can give you.”

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    Incredible medical technology https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/beating-cancer-eating-cancer

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    RE: https://social.ericwbailey.website/@eric/116375155429836526 A boost quote to push this amusing thread content to my own followers. Second sentence echoing the theme to share my own cleverness.

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    “She forgot one thing. I am a nerd. And I have an internet connection.” https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/ ✊