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  It's quite fitting I finished Sterling Point season one at the literal end of summer, the summer friends going their separate ways and moving on to the next chapter I look forward to the next season and seeing what happens next, both figuratively and literally

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  At a train station in Yorkshire A large group of young children and their carers are also waiting for the train so I take the next one As one of the carers is boarding he spots a man on the platform he recognises, gives a wave, blows a kiss, and boards the train with a look of sadness

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  Wandering around Manchester before my conference starts and so much has changed since I was last a regular here. But I'm glad the Kilburn building remains (for now). It was home of Cray supercomputers, our nearest Debian mirror, and the Manchester Linux User Group where I learned about tab-complete in bash

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  The next Queer in Tech Leeds meetup is September 23rd We're still looking for speakers, so message me if you're up for doing a 10-15 minute talk https://www.meetup.com/queer-in-tech-inclusive-tech-meetup/events/315657284/ #Yorkshire #Leeds

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  Save the date: Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, October 31st 2026 https://bookfair.org.uk/ #Manchester #anarchism

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  I missed today's Anarchism 101 session, but the organisers guide for running similar sessions looks really good https://anarchyforall.com/ #ASN9 #Anarchism

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  Back into Manchester for the main day of the Anarchist Studies Network conference Making anarchists wake up at this time should be illegal #ASN9

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  Imagine living somewhere with a poetry library and a separated bike lane running past it. And regular busses. It's like a different world on this side of the Pennines

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  At this site on 21 June 1948 the "Baby" became the first computer to execute a program stored in addressable read-write electronic memory

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  Had another lovely day at the Anarchist Studies Network conference. Despite me not being very booksmart I was made very welcome Being in an explicitly anarchist space always feels like coming home I made my first shitty zine with a bunch of quotes from the last two days. I may share it at some point Last day in Manchester tomorrow. Early dinner meetup anyone? #ASN9

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  Mad Brighton meet-up! September 19th, Preston Park A relaxed meetup for mad people to connect, create and be themselves

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  Met one of the people behind this documentary on grassroots food production and distribution in London today Really great to see so many groups not just getting people fed but also considering the social and ecological impact of that work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rD19hCrrXM

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  We're settling in for a morning of meetings that could have been emails (or Slack messages)

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  What a glorious hardstyle techno set Charlotte de Witte at Tomorrowland 2026 https://soundcloud.com/charlottedewittemusic/charlotte-de-witte-at

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  Tickets bought for next month's Anarchist Studies Conference in Manchester I've been given a sneak peak of the schedule and it looks like a great few days of talks on the topic of more than humanism https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/anarchist-studies-conference--2026 https://anarchiststudiesnetwork.org/ #Manchester #anarchism

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  Something a bit poppy and bouncy this morning to help with the Mondays https://soundcloud.com/raybayuk/raybays-bootleg-bounce-mix

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  It's Nottingham, Stockport and Hebden Bridge pride parades this weekend. I should probably get out of the house and attend one, but which? This is too much choice

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  nice relaxing bath after a day of fighting kubernetes I smell of plums now

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  Achievement of the day: I just created ticket number 10000 in Jira

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  August 1st is Yorkshire Day There's events happening across the county, but a few of us will be carrying the ceremonial flag round the York walls and reading the declaration of integrity at each Bar Join us from 11:15 at Micklegate Bar https://yorkshireridingssociety.org.uk/spage-plotted_history_-yorkshire_day.html #yorkshire

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  I was going to wish you all a happy day of visibility for non-monogamy, but apparently it's an entire week now. And it was last week So happy Wednesday instead

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  My favorite hacker conference HOPE is one month away, August 14th-16th in NYC and online Check out https://www.hope.net/ for announcements of some of the talks as well as scholarship info, and hope to see some of you there #HOPE26

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  Heading home after a week of hanging around the ports of Liverpool and Birkenhead Got lots of video for a future project, hiked some more of the ECP, survived the heat, didn't get eaten by alligators. All on top of my remote day job

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  In this house we appreciate a good manhole cover design

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  Hoo boy this is a bit bigger than the 6-seat powerboats I'm certified to operate! First time using 0.5x zoom Hopefully at least some of the videos I filmed of it arriving are good enough for the project I'm working on. But still got a few more evenings here to find some other interesting ships

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  That sign can't keep me out because I can't read Wait... No...

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  #silentsunday

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  On my very first sailing lesson I was taught that channel markers don't necessarily mark the edge of safe passage. Looks like someone learned that the hard way

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  The Department of Emotional Labor's Form of Longing, and other weird side projects from April Soetarman https://www.aprilsoetarman.com/Form-of-Longing

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  These are some really beautiful oil paintings of old American neon signs artist: https://www.kellietalbot.com/