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Been a tough day. I knew something was just not right from the start of the day. I just couldn’t articulate it clearly. The only wonderful moment is now. End of the day. Kids in bed. Cup of tea. Cool spring evening that only needs a t-shirt outside.

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Something about open skies with those colours and a plane always makes me smile.

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Been cooking with Kashmiri chilli powder. What an ingredient. Just incredible. Soo good and makes a huge difference to curries.

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⚽️ Great end to the season for Manchester United and actually a bit of optimism for the season ahead. For several years, watching this team has been hard work. It’s been fun under Carrick.

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@pratik see now that is interesting. I’m not well versed in all things Costco at the moment - but I want to say I am wise to their tricks but I imagine I will be caught :)

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@eurobubba I found the checkout to be pretty reasonable. Maybe a function of the fact that you buying bulky items?

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Costco on a Saturday morning is chaos. Thankfully we’ve honed into what we want mostly so it’s relatively quick to get in and out.

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Jordan Jumpman Pro. That logo takes me back to my childhood. Could never make my parents buy me a pair of Jordans when I was growing up. They were and still are expensive, but they have always looked great.

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The robins have hatched which is nice to see.

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🍿 Finished watching: The Hunting Wives. Yasmine suggested we watch this. We nearly gave up after episode 2, but the murder mystery element kept us coming back for more. In spite a lot of elements we did not like.

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@hutaffe Agreed. I feel the ‘vibe’ naming is there to diminish the software’s legitimacy maybe? Its definitely a shift in mentality I guess. Software engineers will struggle to shift, but I can see this shift across industries.

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@ithx1138.bsky.social Thank you sir! You also!

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🏆 This year the World Cup is actually happening in North America, where I live. And yet there is literally no chance I am paying $1000 for ticket at the nosebleeds. Its such flagrant exploitation, but there will be enough crazies that will pay those prices.

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Victoria Day. Coffee in the morning. Birds are chirping away. Sun is shining. Good times.

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🍿 Finished watching: Remarkably Bright Creatures. Fantastic movie. I don’t think I’ve seen a Sally Field movie since Mrs.Doubtfire, but she really nailed her character and lifts the movie.

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It is a rarity these days to get some mental calm and try and get into a good book. I’ve tried to read this book a few times in the last couple of years. The concept is great, just need to commit.

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First time I have felt the warmth of the sun on my skin and head for 6 months. No idea if that is healthy or not - but it’s an incredibly welcome feeling at the moment.

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Vibe Coding: kaa.bz

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@chriscoyier.net Tables suck to format. Links also suck to write in html

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Danish police disperse pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to blockade the headquarters of the giant shipping company Maersk based in Copenhagen Denmark. That is one brutal way to ‘disperse’ activists. I’m seriously proud of those that make a stand and put their bodies on the line for people far away....

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Why birds don’t crash (and what humans can learn from them). Absolutely loved the insight in this video.

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It’s been a really strange year so far. A lot of life happening. A lot of things that have disrupted my thoughts and energy. Which has reflected into a lack of engagement online.

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@JohnPhilpin it’s a really great show.

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World War 3 Is About To Begin. Diary of a CEO with Professor Jiang. It’s 2 hours long and one of the most engaging things you will listen to or watch all year.

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@chadkoh Big fan of Dezerbi - and really like that he is back in the PL. Will be super interesting to see if he manages to keep Spurs in it

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Gary Neville & Jamie Carragher react to Man Utd’s win over Liverpool! Absolutely loving Jamie loosing his shit over the fact that his team were crap and got battered. Manchester United scored all 5 goals this game. It was glorious.

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LifeOS: kaa.bz

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@JohnPhilpin Easily one of my favourite things I’ve read this week.

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whoami.wiki. This looks incredible.

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Om’s article Software Eats Its Own looks at it from a software engineer’s perspective - and I can completely understand because what is happening in the software industry will ultimately impact every single knowledge worker out there (including engineering, architecture, consulting, legal, education and the...

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It’s good to be able to enjoy some outside space again. Took me hours to clean the mess the kids had made over the winter.

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I have a proper crush on Hannah Fry (math professor at Cambridge University). It’s the style of what she is saying, but also how she breaks things down that I love.

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@numericcitizen yeah I’ve only just started on this journey myself and I am hitting those limits pretty quickly but honestly it’s making me think a little bit more before interacting.

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@manton it’s a funny take but clearly speaking from someone who has not been a corporate job in a while. When you are good at something you get more of that something

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@jaheppler sooo jealous

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@Vincent It’s all back again! All good.

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@vincent I did a rebuild…but it didn’t do much. Will try again.

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@vincent so yeah, some images (not all) are not rendering for me. Started 30min ago….

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@manton is there an image server down?

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@JohnPhilpin sending these two muppets is a death kiss to the entire process.

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@manton not sure if this is a bug, or something that can be done, but when I upload an image and then replace that same image (with a tweaked version), Micro.blog stores the original image and uses that instead. What I found is that rather than using the url mysite/2509/2026… it serves cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2509/2026… the cdn version is the old one.

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@danielpunkass He is sooo annoying. The 76 year old with a full six pack! But also, yes very cool political activism.

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@manton I think you updated something on one of the themes for the photolist - in my case it added some styling that I had removed, so no issues there. But for some reason my photos (that are tagged as photos) are no longer showing up on that page. Any ideas what it could be? thanks.

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@patrickrhone Ah Greek driving…Greek roads! Definitely not your American ones :).

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@amit amazing work :). Will give it a spin later this evening! Thank you sir!

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@amit you know I love this plugin (second favourite after ‘on this day’. My only gripe is the fact that I can’t change the colour of the graph. Any way to add a setting option?

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@manton It’s a corporate requirement. Also actually necessary considering the amount of cyber attacks companies deal with regularly. Managing 10 people is very different to managing 10,000 or 100,000 employees…

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@numericcitizen Also much less mental overhead…

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@bradbarrish It’s a little pricey but the kids love the gamification and really break out in sweats - so from that aspect 8/10! You do need to wait a little bit for the laser activity

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