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David Wilkinson retweeted
13 Jan 2023
just setting down my twttr
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14 Jan 2023
So, Twitter appears to have killed third-party apps. That's it for me, I'm done. I might check in from time to time to read @fesshole, but that's it. @robmanuel please migrate to Mastodon.
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25 Dec 2022
Clearing up the kitchen at the end of Christmas Day to @tracey_thorn’s Tinsel and Lights which is keeping me going after a long day.
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20 Dec 2022
If you're thinking this isn't a good place to be anymore and you're looking to move, I've set up my own server in the other place. I intend to keep it small and limit it to people I know, either online or in real life - you can find a link in my bio, or DM me for more info.
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David Wilkinson retweeted
18 Nov 2022
I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10 years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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17 Nov 2022
I have my own Mastodon instance up and running and now I think I've got the hang of things, I'm opening it up to people I know - the idea is to keep it small and cosy. If we know each other, and you're looking for a home in the Mastodon world, check it out masto.dopiaza.org/
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15 Nov 2022
This is a good thread. Well worth reading.
15 Nov 2022
That’s a lovely fantasy to have but let’s just investigate it for a second. (1) Twitter has a fairly unusual set of engineering needs in a bunch of areas - and a bunch of necessary institutional knowledge that is just walking out the door.
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13 Nov 2022
I’m not abandoning this place just yet, but you can now find me on Mastodon at @dopiaza@masto.dopiaza.org
David Wilkinson retweeted
30 Oct 2022
Everyone on social media should know about the Illusory Truth Effect
If you see something repeated enough times, it seems more true. Multiple studies show that it works on 85% of people. Worse, it still happens even if the information isn't plausible & even if you know better.
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21 Oct 2022
This is a good summary from a Brit living in the US. Well worth reading if you’re at all confused by UK politics right now (and really, who isn’t?)
20 Oct 2022
For Americans confused about how British politics works, here’s a very quick overview: Britons don’t vote for a PM, we just vote for our local MPs. They belong to a political party. The party chooses who leads them.
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David Wilkinson retweeted
3 Sep 2022
Everyone scoffs at PHP the language, but their documentation kicks everyone's ass because it's loaded with things that aren't obvious. Writers don't discover these things, folks doing the work do.
3 Sep 2022
Apple really should put their docs on GitHub and let people augment the@.
It is really tragic.
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9 Aug 2022
These are the people choosing the next Prime Minister. “I’m of an age where I don’t really care about saving the planet that much”
8 Aug 2022
Meet the 'normal' Tory members who get to choose the next prime minister
David Wilkinson retweeted
20 Jul 2022
Are they trying to hide something? We plan to find out ⬇️ 👀
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25 Jun 2022
I no longer think of @MargaretAtwood as a novelist. She's a future diarist narrating current events and passing them back down a few decades.
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20 Jun 2022
The removal of the Johnson “Chief of Staff” story – a media lawyer’s perspective – The Law and Policy Blog davidallengreen.com/2022/06/…
David Wilkinson retweeted
29 May 2022
Safety gate.
Builders had other ideas.
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David Wilkinson retweeted
23 May 2022
If only he’d adopted the same attitude to parties that he took towards COBRA meetings…
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