David Fraser

Thanks so much!

Did you run this office hours or is it still coming up? Where will it be published?

Jesus pursued the vulnerable, protected the little ones, and poured out compassion on the ‘least of these.’ Any dismissal of abuse, any baptizing of evil, any cover-up, or denial of truth is nothing like Him.

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Pardon my handwritten reflection in two images, cobbled together.

I sit with people in complicated grief every day. I sit with my own heart, as well. This is a letter to my heart – and maybe to yours as well, if you’ll receive it.

The work of redemption in broken places is a hard and dark place to go, but it is also a place of great beauty and hope. Shackles fall away, crippled feet run, stooped backs stand straight, truth is embraced, and hopes bloom.

Back at work today after a holiday and then being ill. Working on foodios...
* Updated source repositories and rebuilt the whole bluesky server-side stack
* Added back the user interface to get invite codes to share with your friends
* Rebuilt iOS and Android apps
* Started writing test instructions

I used @atproto.at to dig up the source by looking up my post here atproto.at/viewer?uri=d...
That helped remind me that it was originally posted by GroundUp, and I could find the original article. #atproto sometimes helps when Bluesky just says "Deleted"

The original post I quoted was deleted, but reposted here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

It's tragic and infuriating that the administrative processes to support making schools safer for children in South Africa are not being streamlined and prioritised to the degree that would make an actual difference

store posts per interrupts effectiveness for a user, and calculate ideal number for that user by jpm-nz · Pull Request #100 · speakeasy-social/speakeasy 🤓 What should we check? Makes sense? Comments on PR 💫 What have you changed? Creates array of all possible post/interruptions values (i.e. 40 posts per interruption) - starts off evenly weighted...

Love this feature. Logged in but didn't manage to scroll long enough to trigger it :(
The algorithm is here github.com/speakeasy-so... and varies between 20 and 100 randomly but I'm clearly keen on more interruptions :)

Lost and Found: The Unexpected Journey of the MingKwai Typewriter | Made in China Journal It began as an innocuous inquiry on Facebook. Nelson Felix, a resident of New York State, posted in the group ‘What’s My Typewriter Worth?’ about a curious find he made while clearing out the basement...

A Facebook post unearthed a legend: the lost MingKwai typewriter, designed by Lin Yutang in 1947, resurfaced in a NY basement. Hailed as a marvel yet dismissed as a failure, its rediscovery revives debates over innovation, identity, and what it means to be Chinese, writes @yangyangcheng.bsky.social.

View of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, looking across the Rondebosch Common, with the fairly full moon in the morning sky

Table Mountain this morning #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

bsky.app/profile/inco... quoting instead of posting... I really should get the hang of bluesky

That diagram looks interesting, is it available somewhere @knowtheory.net ?

icon showing two pieces of toast with the ghost logo on them popping out of the toaster

ghosts-toaster allows you to use @ghost.org as a nice usable frontend for designing multiple static websites on a single machine, but actually serve them by publishing the content as static files that are served elsewhere. #sideproject #ghost
github.com/inconceivabl...

Disabling it is hard anyway #monopolypractices
support.google.com/a/thread/327...

The future of AI-powered work for every business | Google Workspace Blog The best of Google AI is now included in Workspace Business & Enterprise plans, giving you AI features like Gemini and NotebookLM Plus with no add-on needed.

Google Workspace prices are increasing to incorporate Gemini which is in effect a compulsory AI software license, with no opt-out #antitrust
workspace.google.com/blog/product...

For my activitypub attempt, I imported data from a Strava export and used Georender to render maps. It worked quite well, and it supports GeoJSON as well as GPX, and can apparently convert. If you have an existing Strava account, using that export is a good way to start... github.com/loskoderos/g...

I have scripts to do arbitrary rebranding, just haven't got them in patch form, largely because of all the need to do in-typescript svg substitution etc

This is a statement from white South African Christian leaders in response to US government pronouncements about injustice in South Africa that totally misconstrue the real injustice in our nation!

Ah, turns sarcasm detector on...

Champions Cup knockouts confirmed as SA sides move on to Challenge Cup | rugby The Round of 16 line-ups for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have both been confirmed after the conclusion of this weekend's pool stage action. | rugby

There are no SA sides that made it through to the knockouts. The Bulls, Sharks and Stormers are all in the Challenge Cup now. www.sabcsport.com/rugby/news/c...

Sky tonight

Also, watch Ludwig

We don’t need to pretend the brokenness in ourselves or in the world is not there in order for us to celebrate Christmas. It is for this very brokenness that Jesus came, so vulnerably, to love and to heal and to restore.

But this was definitely easier than without the straw!

Rethreading a drawstring following this idea... The straw I had was a bit big so used the end of a chopstick to help it through
www.artofmanliness.com/skills/how-t...

Amazing