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trending_bot (@trending_bot) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

hex (@Hex) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

ZZ Bottom (@fonecokid) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Alfred Chow - Maker of Things (@Maker_of_Things) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: (@onepict) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Frans Super 🇺🇦🇵🇸🍋 FKNZS🔻 (@apenkop) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Urban Camera (@uc) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Donald R Noble (@drnoble) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

The Boxing Kangaroo (@platypusparent) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

John Robinson (@johnelalamo) · Feb 10
🔁 @ScottishGreens:

The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.

Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.

Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy

greens.scot/AbolishTheMonarchy

Worth reading

I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall

jamesdrandall.com · Feb 10

I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things

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Mat (@okwithmydecay) · Feb 11
🔁 @topstories:

I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th

ɹ uɐp :antifascism: (@dannotdaniel) · Feb 10
🔁 @metin:

This really resonated with me. I also grew up in the 8-bit era, and vividly recall the excitement of participating in the dawn of the digital revolution, creating code and pixel graphics in a dimly lit youngster room, before the introduction of the public internet, and with great expectations regarding the future of computing…

jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th

#GameDev #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #TeamHoi #history #commodore #C64 #amiga #IT #tech #vintage #nostalgia

Hacker News (@hacker_news_bot) · Feb 10

📜 Latest Top Story on #HackerNews: I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed
🔍 Original Story: jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_th
👤 Author: jamesrandall
⭐ Score: 57
💬 Number of Comments: 23
🕒 Posted At: 2026-02-10 15:08:36 UTC
🔗 URL: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
#hackernewsbot #hackernews #bot #programming #news

1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

cybercultural.com · Feb 10

1994 marks the Web’s shift into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation.

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technicat (@technicat) · Feb 11
🔁 @ricmac:

In the latest post in my history of web design, we enter 1994 — when the Web shifts into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation. Also, I look at typical web design elements of websites in 1994. cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d #WebDesign #InternetHistory

Misty (@misty) · Feb 11
🔁 @ricmac:

In the latest post in my history of web design, we enter 1994 — when the Web shifts into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation. Also, I look at typical web design elements of websites in 1994. cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d #WebDesign #InternetHistory

Elena. (she/ her) (@theresmiling) · Feb 10
🔁 @stefan:

"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."

cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d

#internet #TheWeb #history #technology #cyberculture

saraaaaargh (@sarahdal) · Feb 10
🔁 @stefan:

"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."

cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d

#internet #TheWeb #history #technology #cyberculture

Konstantin 🔭 (@iamkonstantin) · Feb 11
🔁 @ricmac:

In the latest post in my history of web design, we enter 1994 — when the Web shifts into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation. Also, I look at typical web design elements of websites in 1994. cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d #WebDesign #InternetHistory

Dr.Implausible (@drimplausible) · Feb 10
🔁 @stefan:

"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."

cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-d

#internet #TheWeb #history #technology #cyberculture

Building the camps

degenerateart.beehiiv.com · Feb 11

The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.

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Alex Akselrod (@aakselrod) · Feb 11
🔁 @tusk81:

“When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I really hoped to keep the US from ending up where it is today. That part didn't work out. But now, it's critical to understand how much is already underway, and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we can save, and the less infrastructure there will be to dismantle in the future.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

Witchzilla (@msbw) · Feb 11
🔁 @AndreaPitzer:

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

salix sericea (@Ripple13216) (@salixsericea) · Feb 11
🔁 @AndreaPitzer:

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

RinostarGames (@RinostarGames) · Feb 11
🔁 @crispius:

I just want to put it out there: if one was an evil, greedy, billionaire shitbag, buying Amazon-sized warehouses to turn into ICE ‘detention centers’ would make way more sense if the plan was turn turn them back into Amazon warehouse staffed by detainees.

#USFascism #USNazis #USConcentrationCamps
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

The Doctor (@drwho) · Feb 11
🔁 @crispius:

I just want to put it out there: if one was an evil, greedy, billionaire shitbag, buying Amazon-sized warehouses to turn into ICE ‘detention centers’ would make way more sense if the plan was turn turn them back into Amazon warehouse staffed by detainees.

#USFascism #USNazis #USConcentrationCamps
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

JNL (@jnl) · Feb 11
🔁 @tusk81:

“When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I really hoped to keep the US from ending up where it is today. That part didn't work out. But now, it's critical to understand how much is already underway, and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we can save, and the less infrastructure there will be to dismantle in the future.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/bu

Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?

rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com · Feb 10

The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…

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hypebot (@hypebot) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Trending Bot (@trending) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Bob Jamieson (@bobjmsn) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

George Baily (@georgebaily) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Just Tom... 🐁 (@tompearce49) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Donald R Noble (@drnoble) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷 (@KimSJ) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it. Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned. rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i... 🧵

Is our Government Complicit in...

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot

theguardian.com · Feb 10

Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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michael (@proseandpassion) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient a...

Saxicola ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@saxicola) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient a...

Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient a...

JuneSim63 💚 (@junesim63) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient a...

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Feb 10
🔁 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient a...

Worth reading

The workplace wasn’t designed for humans – and it shows

theconversation.com · Feb 10

Burnout isn’t a personal failure. It’s a design flaw. But there is another way.

Shared by @purplepadma and 12 others.
Brian Smith (@BrianSmith950) · Feb 10
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As you know I have often observed that a major part of the UK's economic problems as tied to a rubbish management culture;

so, as you would expect, I am sympathetic to the argument that current management sees staff in a mechanical way, drawing out of them effort until the (all too predictable) failure.

But, thinking about 'circular work' would encourage managers & workers to develop more sustainable work practices that fostered well-being not degrade it.

#workers
theconversation.com/the-workpl

Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 (@TCMuffin) · Feb 10
🔁 @rmblaber1956:

theconversation.com/the-workpl. "The system keeps moving - often with little concern for the human #energy, attention & resilience required to keep it running. Over time, this can lead to #stress, ill-health, disengagement & #burnout. Almost half of #employees worldwide say they’re currently burned out & nearly three-quarters of US #workers report that #workplace stress affects their #mentalhealth."

BashStKid (@BashStKid) · Feb 10
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As you know I have often observed that a major part of the UK's economic problems as tied to a rubbish management culture;

so, as you would expect, I am sympathetic to the argument that current management sees staff in a mechanical way, drawing out of them effort until the (all too predictable) failure.

But, thinking about 'circular work' would encourage managers & workers to develop more sustainable work practices that fostered well-being not degrade it.

#workers
theconversation.com/the-workpl

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Shared by @Npars01 and 11 others.
Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

Compassionate Crab (@Compassionatecrab) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

Ken M Sweeney (@TheComfortableSpotPodcast) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

tend2wobble (@tend2wobble) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

Greg Wilson (@gvwilson) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

Ham on Wry (@HamonWry) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

𝒜𝓁𝒾⋆ (@alipunk) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) · Feb 11
🔁 @amydiehl:

When Simone Biles pulled out from the Olympics in 2021 due to not being in the right mental place, critics piled on. When Lindsay Vonn stayed in the Olympics with a torn ACL, critics piled on. Women: make your choices on your own terms.
thepersistent.com/milan-cortin

RIP Dave Farber, EFF Board Member and Friend

eff.org · Feb 09

We are sad to report the passing of longtime EFF Board member, Dave Farber. Dave was 91 and lived in Tokyo from age 83, where he was the Distinguished Professor at Keio University and Co-Director of the Keio Cyber Civilization Research Center (CCRC). Known as the Grandfather of the Internet, Dave...

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ICYMI (Law) (@icymi_law) · Feb 10
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

John Quentin Heywood (@jqheywood) · Feb 10
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

rickf (@rickf) · Feb 09
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

Daniel AJ Sokolov (@newstik) · Feb 09
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

The Flight Attendant (@CosmicTraveler) · Feb 10
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

Joseph A di Paolantonio (@jadp) · Feb 10
🔁 @eff:

Dave Farber saw both the promise and the dangers that would come with the spread of the internet. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/rip-

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