Perilous bike ride today

I went to #FLIPIM, the grassroots regeneration conference, and learned so much, especially about a lot of incredible activity around the Liverpool City Region #LCR, and met a lot of amazing people. Blogged some notes: https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-first-flipim-grassroots-regeneration.html

We are going to see lots of open source projects deciding on how to deal with fascists within their community. After decades of conditioning people to view tech as a neutral, politics-free zone, very often they will make the wrong decision. You cannot have an open and welcoming community if you allow fascists or discuss that they might actually be “merely” racists or find other excuses not to take a decisive action. See paradox of tolerance.

If projects are being forked over this matter, I guess all we can do is embracing the fork.

#KDE

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/117336321039642791

If you've never been there/read up on it, Bangkok's greater metropolitan area is home to over 17 million people—we're talking New York/London in scale—and is on the Chao Phraya river delta in reclaimed swampland. There are canals, and drainage is a perpetual problem.

This is as bad as the entire Netherlands facing inundation.

@cabel famous John Connor quote

"BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue.

The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference."

#Video: https://bsky.app/profile/defendourjuries.bsky.social/post/3mwgrymo3mk2b
#Palestine #PalestineAction #UK #TerrorismAct

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/117331264128183355

the time flies so fast that i don't know if this is taking the piss out of armin ronacher or niccolò venerandi

Paniek in tankie-land! 😱 Ze mogen van de organisatie geen Russische vlag meenemen. 😲 Op Instagram, wat tegenwoordig een Twitter, maar dan met plaatjes is geworden, zit vol met tankies en nazi's. Zie de reacties onder dit bericht over de Russische vlaggen. Let vooral op 'but.wheres.izzy'. Dat is het privéaccount van Left Laser wannabee ECHT. Meestal complete feite vrije bullshit wat er uit komt, ook al ze (toegegeven) laatst een goede explainer over de vooroorlogse samenwerking tussen Nazi's en Zionisten gaven. Maar ik heb haar vaker betrapt op spreekwoordelijke konijnendrollen, die rechtstreeks uit de grote Tankie Rabbit Hole Der Eeuwige Glorie van de Grote Leider, spoten.

Echt ga kijken als je een account hebt (ja die van mij is undercover die verder geen interactie heeft op die afschuwelijke kapitalistensite). Kijk hier: https://www.instagram.com/stopdeoorlogskoorts/p/Ddtp8pTCoZN/?img_index=6 🍿

Dat wordt me het dagje wel morgen. Zin in.

@mattmarcha

Here's a really basic history lesson:

#Aotearoa #NewZealand is the only British colony where the indigenous people, Māori, declared sovereignty over the land.

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, is the 1835 Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. This is a foundational document by which northern Māori chiefs asserted their collective sovereign authority and independence as a nation.

James Busby assisted in having this Declaration immediately sent to the colonial office in Britain where it was finally received by King William VI who recognised #Māori authority by registering the first flag of Nu Tireni - Te Kara. By July 1839, another 18 rangatira (chiefs) from around Aotearoa had put their mark to the parchment.

When the founding document of NZ #TeTiritioWaitangi was signed by most not all Māori rangatira (Chiefs) 1840 it was an agreement between 2 sovereigns - Māori and the British Crown for co-existence in partnership.

Māori never ceded their sovereignty but remained powerless against the colonial govt that never honored the founding document.

Today, the Treaty of Waitangi still protects #Aotearoa #NewZealand from foreign exploitation of much of NZ's resources which is why these hard right #NZPol agents of groups such as #AtlasNetwork are determined to dismantle the treaty for foreign exploitation.

Follow the Money.

@harblinger For me it's always broken

@harblinger For me it's always broken

@cstross can we keep gifs at least. and club penguin

I dunno how electronics engineers manage to work with the difficult nature of their field.

I remember the robotics and electronics students at UCSC working 18-hour days to meet the lab requirements,, like how do you keep this up.

Guess they have no option but to keep soldering on

Anybody happen to follow me who has camped at Wild Plum in Tahoe National Forest?

Part 1 of my Sapphic Fiction Reader Survey report is up!

I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the data and reading thousands of reader responses, and came away with a much clearer picture of how sapphic readers discover books, what influences their choices, and how their reading habits have changed.

Some results surprised me, others didn’t! I hope you find the report as interesting as I did.

https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-fiction-reader-survey-part-one/

#sapphicbooks #sapphic #queerbooks #lgbtq