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Tommy Palmer

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๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป I'm a computery guy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Belfast/London Irish Internet Hallion ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ Coding #Javascript + #Elixir https://github.com/tommyp ๐ŸŽ›๏ธ DJ as Syntax Terror https://soundcloud.com/syntax-terror-exe โœ๏ธ Writing stuff at https://www.tommyp.org

343 Followers  |  789 Following  |  316 Posts  |  Joined: 10.07.2023  |  2.1111

Latest posts by tommyp.bsky.social on Bluesky

Me neither. I was amazed when someone showed it in the pub though.

06.08.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think thereโ€™s some usb c camera for android that will do it

06.08.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've only ever left generic comments and it's got autocomplete so I stopped typing anything very quickly.

06.08.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BBC World Service - The Lazarus Heist โ€œAlmost a perfect crime.โ€ The hackers. A billion dollars. Investigators blame North Korea

The BBC have covered the Lazarus Group for a while. They've got a great podcast series on their activities, including an episode in season 2 on one of them interviewing at a tech job. I think it's episode 8 but it's worth listening to it all. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

05.08.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. Open email newsletter
2. Click a link to read more on the website
3. Accept cookies
4. Scroll down
5. Close ad
6. Scroll some more
7. "Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter?"
8. Tell the website to fuck off

04.08.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a Reddit post about a heavily tattooed man who canโ€™t use age verification because of his tattoos.

A screenshot of a Reddit post about a heavily tattooed man who canโ€™t use age verification because of his tattoos.

This is what they want to take from us

30.07.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GLAD I COULD HELP

30.07.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BRANCH!

30.07.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IN THE CHINGFORD BRAND THERE WERE LOADS ON SUNDAY

30.07.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not at CostCo

30.07.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Besties have a lot to answer for.

29.07.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I'm three paragraphs into writing a game industry article for the nyt and I haven't said that video games have come a long way since pac man

29.07.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3116    ๐Ÿ” 334    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

It's so underrated! I recently blended a few big spoonfuls with sour cream to make a dressing for a lime pickle potato salad. I highly recommend that.

28.07.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a location search for Belfast, showing results in New Zealand, Canada, 2 in the United States and the original in Ireland.

A screenshot of a location search for Belfast, showing results in New Zealand, Canada, 2 in the United States and the original in Ireland.

A screenshot of a location search for London, showing results in Canada, the United States, the City of London, and London.

A screenshot of a location search for London, showing results in Canada, the United States, the City of London, and London.

A screenshot of a location search for Boston, showing 4 results the United States and 1 in the UK.

A screenshot of a location search for Boston, showing 4 results the United States and 1 in the UK.

Do you live in a place that was colonised and struggle with wearing the right clothes on a hot day? Or maybe you live in the coloniser? Well now www.isitshortsweathertoday.com has location search, so you can find the right Belfast, London, or Boston for you.

26.07.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didn't one of them smuggle in extra cash?

28.07.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those are rookie numbers.

27.07.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many slices fit in your air fryer?

27.07.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Magic Pizza Reheat Method! - How to Get Crispy Crust on Leftover Pizza!
YouTube video by Food Wishes Magic Pizza Reheat Method! - How to Get Crispy Crust on Leftover Pizza!

As I sit here eating my breakfast pizza, I feel like it's worth reminding everyone that the right way to reheat pizza is with Chef John's method www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIJ...

27.07.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The API Iโ€™m using has translations of locations in other languages so maybe it has Irish in there? I might have to tweak the rendering of that string though ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

26.07.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a location search for Belfast, showing results in New Zealand, Canada, 2 in the United States and the original in Ireland.

A screenshot of a location search for Belfast, showing results in New Zealand, Canada, 2 in the United States and the original in Ireland.

A screenshot of a location search for London, showing results in Canada, the United States, the City of London, and London.

A screenshot of a location search for London, showing results in Canada, the United States, the City of London, and London.

A screenshot of a location search for Boston, showing 4 results the United States and 1 in the UK.

A screenshot of a location search for Boston, showing 4 results the United States and 1 in the UK.

Do you live in a place that was colonised and struggle with wearing the right clothes on a hot day? Or maybe you live in the coloniser? Well now www.isitshortsweathertoday.com has location search, so you can find the right Belfast, London, or Boston for you.

26.07.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe it's colourblind.

25.07.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A group of handdrawn fish.

A group of handdrawn fish.

Why I ๐Ÿงก the web.

drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. ๐ŸŸ

24.07.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2277    ๐Ÿ” 1198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 219

One way I've improved my craft was by someone going "maybe you could've done that better?"

I imagine that person doesn't handle feedback well.

23.07.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Accessibility and friction | Tommy Palmer Web Developer based in London

I wrote a blog post about web accessibility being woke, featuring @rich-harris.dev and some prick from Hacker News. www.tommyp.org/blog/accessi...

23.07.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with curly hair and glasses is making a surprised face ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a surprised face
21.07.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These Neanderthals in Humans look like the Doomguy. Maybe thatโ€™s where he came from?

17.07.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is ensuring your product can reach as much of the free market as possible woke?

16.07.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Accessibility is now woke.

16.07.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I can add a C: <button class="button" data-variant="{{variant}}" data-size="{{size}}">{{label}}</button>

Then you can use the data-attrs for CSS.

16.07.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With Mr Blobby

16.07.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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