Colm

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Science and Philosophy.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115663762648871902

Better never than late!

Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.

Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work

Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.

Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]

Great to see Michelle get the lead role. I hope she gets to compete next year. #strictly

"Born This Way", honestly, is just one of the greatest songs of all time. That's was a lovely dance from Karen and Carlos. #strictly

Vito lifting for two there… #strictly

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589875974658415

The code might be the same, but the compiler, and the CPU, probably aren't...

27 years ago today, I came out at work; that was the last day I presented male anywhere. I could never go back.

Exactly one year later was the first Transgender Day of Remembrance.

These are very bad times for the trans community. There are not enough of us to fight back on our own: we need […]

@jef @lmc The first picture gives me anxiety, imagining the horror of "what would happen if the motors started up"...

@ionica Bless their hearts, they think it's a compliment.

Nancy *still* cuddling Diane's bump. I mean, I would too, but on live TV? #strictly

1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.

Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵

As I've said many times, the most sensible way to determine what the party wants & prioritizes is by looking at what it does when it has power to act, namely, when it has a trifecta at the state level. Take Minnesota:

T-Shirt by A-und-P Apparel - https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/4366270511/radicalized-by-basic-decency-t-shirt-aus

A picture of me, a middle-aged white man, wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Radicalized by Basic Decency" and a decorative floral pattern. Picture is taken in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, California.

I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.

Is Nancy... cuddling Diane? #strictly

@CatherineGalway 914,143 Votes
63.4% FIRST PREFERENCE

With the last few constituency declarations, I think Connolly has just passed MDH as having the single largest individual mandate in the history of the State. Congratulations @CatherineGalway!

@sophieschmieg L8: wow, a relaxing day with only eight meetings!

It occurred to me that a good response to the racists hanging tricolours from lampposts and trees to intimidate immigrants would be to manufacture and hang *more* tricolours with attached "Céad Míle Fáilte" banners...

@lyda Oh lord is it that time of year again?

Aljaž's moustache actually suits him; words I thought I'd never say.

#strictly

Who the hell is this guy with the teaspoon and napkin and pocket square? #strictly

I want to live in a world where the flags are lowered for Jane Goodall.

@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Something which has not yet been said in the past couple of centuries.

Congratulations #Moldova and congratulations to President Sandu on a tremendous electoral victory in the teeth of massive interference! I really look forward to the day we can welcome you into our EU family!

@briankrebs @Ciaraioch always worth the follow.

The official Rugby World Cup portrait of Canadian wing Asia Hogan-Rochester, a young woman with long black hair, brown skin and freckles. She is blowing a kiss towards the viewer and making direct eye contact.

Ok this is just lovely. Why can't the men's game have personality-filled portraits like this instead of Everyone Looking Very Stern And Resolute?

Normalise whimsy!

#RWC2025 #CAN

Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3