⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

Just noticed that my simple web app for creating polls to decide on dates for events has ticked over 100 votes (no more info than that, as it auto-deletes 10 days after polls close). I think that means more than 50% of the polls and votes are from events not run by me, which is nice.

https://pickadate.uk/

NHS: "Everything's falling apart! It's an emergency! HELP"
LEGAL SYSTEM: "Same!"
ENVIRONMENT: "Same!"
SCHOOLS: "Same!"
ECONOMY: "Same!"
HOUSING: "Same!"
LEGAL SYSTEM: "Same!"

UK GOVERNMENT: "...yeah, those big dogs are a bit much. We'll get right on that".

I wish more people in large orgs understood how much of a burden you put on somebody by sending them a PDF and asking them to fill it out and send it back. The software you are asking people to find and learn is absolutely some of the worst software in the world.

Some may wonder why so many people talk about #starfield these days.

Here's why: for The Black Hole (1979), the model of the USS Cygnus was filmed in front of a starfield, not a blue screen.
#scifi #disney #theblackhole #spaceship #model #miniature #blackhole #1979 #cinema #bluescreen

Next Sunday 24/9 we'll be celebrating #RighttotheStreets in #Trafford from 10am at Stretford Public Hall.

Find out about the work done to understand the lives of local women and girls. #Talks #food #more!

https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/event/right-to-the-streets-community-celebration-stretford/

On Thursday we're joining a ‘legislative theatre’ to help shape people’s rights in Trafford.

Part performance, part policymaking, led by young people with Trafford Council and Greater Sport. #WatchActProposeVote

For anyone interested in participatory approaches to making change, public space or active lives, young person, adult, community advocate, policymaker, or all of the above. 

Do share @northernjamie!

Thursday 21/9, 4.30-7.30pm. Full info >> https://www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/event/legislative-theatre-right-to-the-streets/

#ICYMI: The legal theory surrounding Trump's ability to run in 2024 has taken a curious turn. Explore the legal arguments, experts' views, and potential impact Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment may have on the upcoming election. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-president-14th-amendment-disqualify

@foone RUBBER DUCKING WINS AGAIN

Does this story imply that the UK can decrypt Russian military comms? Surely they don't broadcast unencrypted?
Wondering whether the timing (~1 year from the incident) suggests it takes time to decrypt or whether the timing is related to rules rather than tech.
Anyone know?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66798508

@timcoffman @cstross
That was my first association too. For context: Sci-Fi/Horror author Charles Stross' hacker conference keynote about how Corporations are just very slow AIs, running on people and paperwork. Well worth a listen.

Video: https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9270-dude_you_broke_the_future
Transcript: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html

@futurebird: My takeaway: If not for the ants, corporations might be considered the dominant species on the planet already (and with insecticides and climate change, corporations might yet win).

@neil You should maybe get him to invest in one of @vkc t-shirts. 😂
https://vkc.sh/product/t568b-cheat-sheet-non-fitted-tee/