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It's Monday, here are some bats! # bats # uknature # nature
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Always nice to see solar outdoing fossil fuels in the grid! https:// grid.iamkate.com/
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Had an absolute blast playing with # zensical to build the newfangled docs for Wimsey. Also, pretty nice to see how good the support is for codeberg icons now! https:// benrutter.codeberg.page/wimsey -docs/ # data # python # docs # datascience
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Practising a new form of test driven development where every time I put in a PR, it tests my colleagues patience just a little bit more.
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If you're in the UK, you probably don't a graph to tell you this, but flippin' heck it's sunny! Almost 1/3 of the UK grid is currently coming from solar. https:// grid.iamkate.com/ # renewables # solar # uk
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Side note, but I was gutted to see https:// voteforpolicies.org.uk/ doesn't exist anymore - for the 15 or so years it ran, it was an amazing tool!
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Thanks to the magic of postal votes, I've already been able to # votegreen today! If you're reading this and there's a council election in your area, go put a tick in the box! Our democracy isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than the alternatives getting peddled, and it'll get better still if you take part! # VoteNow
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I would describe the atrocity but I think it'll get me permabanned from the fediverse.
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Desperately hoping that "chicago style hot dog" is a really clever April fools joke. https://www. hillelwayne.com/post/pizza/
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Ok, so today I learned that the "unix system" filesystem animation in Jurassic Park was actualy a REAL FILE BROWSER?!? https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Sys tem_Visualizer?wprov=sfla1
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I think I'm arriving 9 years late to a party nobody invited me too. But I 100% can't stop listening to Geese atm https:// youtu.be/wnlV03_iFcI?si=WX5WiY RMbdIWJy89
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@ kimlockhartga ok, so I got curious and searched for where the names thing come from, and found: > Since 2015, the western storm naming group has taken storm names via public suggestion, selecting their favourites to make up the 21 name list for that year's storms. Don't know how many "ExonMobil" suggestions are needed to be submitted to https://www. metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-ou…
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Toaster Recall # kitchenapplianceashowormovie
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Not the economic indicator we deserve, but, the one we need. Well okay, maybe not that either. https:// 50centadjustedforinflation.com/
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I'm two years late apparently, but Bath Magg is an awesome zine for any poetry nerds out there https://www. bathmagg.com/ # poetry # zines
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Woop woop! Minor version bump for Wimsey - I feel like v1.0.0 is getting close now. https:// github.com/benrutter/wimsey https:// codeberg.org/benrutter/wimsey # codeberg # python # data # datascience # dataengineering # opensource
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Read Trey Hunter's excellent list of Python PEP8 violations and thinking I am very petty because it's meant to convince me that I haven't noticed these things but they've honestly been annoying me for years! 😂 https:// inventwithpython.com/blog/swei garts-law-of-pep-8-complaints.html # python # code
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This is great advice: https:// corrode.dev/blog/simple/ # rust # software
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So long ambient flo! Was a beautiful project. https://www. astateofflo.com/p/ambient-flo- 2020-2025 # ambient
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Yowza! I don't think anyone didn't see Zack's win as # greenparty leader coming, but 85% is an absolute landslide 🤯 https://www. theguardian.com/politics/2025/ sep/02/zack-polanski-wins-green-party-leadership-election