lucy

lucy

@lucymcphail.com

computer programmer, jazz guitarist, chorister, decent go player, transsexual butch dyke unofficial mascot of the @gleam.run programming language she/they

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I don’t care if you like its cultural output. The BBC has been a major player in the immiseration of this country, in the persecution of trans people, immigrants, muslims, travellers and disabled people, in the spread of dangerous rhetoric about climate change and vaccines. It must be dismantled.

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please nobody fill this out. some folks are suspicious that its from the dept of geography, but the suspicious part is there is no information sheet on who the researcher is or the purpose/use of the data collected. no ethics committee would allow this not least cambridge. please dont fill it out

TransActual@transactualuk.bsky.social

Researchers from Cambridge University are recruiting transgender adults in employment to share your experiences of work since the Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 Equality Act. Register your interest here: qualtricsxmsnc7xpqdw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_.... #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey

I know I'm nearly two years late to the repost and six years to the original, but this is one of the funniest things I've read on the internet

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Gleam v1.19 introduces Gleam's new macro system, based on the one found in microsoft excel!

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What's happening to trans rights in Britain is more chilling than what's happening in the US. In the US there's an ecosystem of zealotry. The people dismantling trans rights openly lie, not just about trans people but about a whole host of things. For them to dismantle human rights feels natural.

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot

This is absolutely absurd. Scottish transphobes post worse about trans people, including Heather, all the time and the police sit on their hands. JKR posted an upskirt photo of a trans person, a clear crime, just this week. No action. Talk about two tier policing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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no matter what font or logo generator is used, it always looks good as hell

pixelframe.design@pixelframe.bsky.social

Remember Larry the Cable Guy? Those were dark times. But I bet if he were still relevant today he'd put something racist in this - the NASCAR Font & Logo Generator is live now!

let's find out if there's a "people who screenshot their notifications when added to a list of people who screenshot their notifications" list

I have four golden berries in celeste now, and I fear that I may not be able to stop until I've got 201 (there is no 202nd berry, shush)

this is fucking horrifying

Cal Horton (they/them)@fiercemum.bsky.social

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

this is already an excellent talk in its own right, but the hand drawn slide animations are blowing my mind

Giacomo Cavalieri@giacomocavalieri.me

In a world of ever-expanding programming languages packed with features, Gleam takes a different path: it chooses to stay small, focused, and resolutely practical. Learn more about this philosophy from my talk on Gleam and the value of small ⭐️ youtu.be/E6_JqYMeNqs?...

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The rainbow is here all year long, so we don't need to change the profile for June. But it is a good time to remind everyone that LGBTQIA+ rights are under attack all year long as well. And to steal @haskell.org's message: there would be no Gleam without trans people 🩵🩷🤍

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The past years have seen horrendous attacks towards trans people. We have a duty to protect the most vulnerable members of our communities. There is no Haskell without the trans people who have shaped it through the years. This June is a month of celebrations, but the struggle continues. ✊🏳️‍⚧️λ

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Emily Darling@radicaldreamer.bsky.social

ikea has this new storage chest for kid's rooms that looks like a mimic, and I applaud this kind of thinking. it's good to teach children about the dangers of mimics early, so they don't fall prey to one the first time they go adventuring

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I like bluesky because it feels so much like tumblr 1. barely works 2. userbase is annoying (affectionate)(not that affectionate) 3. being queer on here feels like I’m actively participating in ruining some tech company’s investment

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What I have frequently heard programmers say over the years: (1996) "Lines of Code" is a terrible metric (2006) "Lines of Code" is a terrible metric (2016) "Lines of Code added" is a terrible metric (2026) I have to use AI because it's the only way to meet my company's "Lines of Code added" quota

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so AI is supposed to revolutionize every single aspect of the reality as we know it, but it's something we shouldn't rely on for anything serious or important cause it's so fucking unreliable, do I get that right my dude ?

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This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

science lady is excited

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I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

Jake Anbinder@jakeanbinder.bsky.social

I think we need an inverse thread where we talk about things that normal intelligent people universally agree upon that are for some reason hot takes within your profession

really neat tesuji from a game I just played, black to play and save that clump of stones (crossing my fingers that bluesky decides to show this to my three followers who play go)

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With the HP trailer dropping tomorrow, here's the whole deal: If you watch the show, hell even just the trailer, I will think less of you. I will dislike you. I will think you don't care about trans people. That's it. It's been years. There's no wiggle room. No qualifiers. You care or you don't.

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Begging cis people not to press the button that makes children kill themselves. “But it’s such a pretty button,” they protest, sweat pouring down their face from the effort of not pushing it. “It looks like so much fun to press.” Dead children, we remind them. “...what kind of children?” they ask.

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DOOM fully rendered in CSS. Every surface is a <div> that has a background image, with a clipping path with 3D transforms applied. Of course CSS does not have a movable camera, so we rotate and translate the scene around the user.

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.shell-command::before { content: "$"; } This one simple trick allows you to have shell commands in your website without forcing the user to copy the "$"!!1!11!! please use it

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