Scott

I am a freelance software developer. Based in Berlin, works in Typescript (ick) and Javascript (yay) and all the bits in between. When I’m not doing that I’m photographing things or travelling places. 🏳️‍🌈❤️

The Telegraph's solution to youth unemployment, from two men with double-barrelled surnames.

Since SCOTUS destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Southern states can now redraw a dozen majority-Black districts in time for the 2028 elections, triggering the largest drop in Black congressional representation since the end of Reconstruction. And that’s just the beginning.

The AI paradox: Ask a person if they use AI. “Yeah! It’s amazing! It allows me to do so much!”. Ask the same person if AI is good at the specifics of their chosen field of expertise and they almost always answer “No, it’s really not that good, makes up stuff and doesn’t know a bunch of things”.

People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

Detainees at ICE's Folkston detention center in Georgia say a Mexican national has taken his own life. Detainees heard the man screaming in pain while being held in solitary confinement. Then, the screams stopped. He is the 60th person to die in ICE custody under Trump. More to come...

It is antisemitic of Gadi Eisenkot to run for prime minister against Benjamin Netanyahu. by Jonathan Greenblatt and Bari Weiss

I’m not even sure why I made this

Anthropic models noticeably sillier today, new models incoming this week?

I’m still looking for a couple of #android #testers for my #photography app - I just need you to install it, click around a bit and let me know if you see any issues. Super simple :)

The destruction in Gaza continues every day. I have a very close friend in Gaza, a mother of three children, who has lost everything and is in need of donations for her family. Please give. No amount is too small. And find and help others. ❤️ chuffed.org/project/1981...

NO COMPLAINTS! NOT ONE! Because people who aren't TERFs tend to be decent and want everyone to get their best treatment.

Need 3 more v̶i̶c̶t̶i̶m̶s̶ beta testers for my new photography viewing app - anyone on Android and want to install an app for minimum of 14 days? I don’t really need you to do anything else because Google… :)

Alrighty. Looking for 6 more #android #beta #testers for my app. It's super easy to test, just involves you looking at my photography. I'm off to Tokyo next week so I promise the photos will be pretty ^^ DM me!

Looking for #android testers for my new Scott Joyce Photography app. If you’re willing to test the app and click around in it, drop your google play email address to me in a private message :)

Imagine a country where the ruling regime is putting babies in concentration camps and people openly advertise the fight for higher wages and universal healthcare as their greatest foe.

For the eclipse, it’s important not to stare at the Sun directly, as it will take this as a provocation. Look away to the sides to indicate clearly that you are not a threat to the Sun. Do NOT run away; this will activate the Sun’s predation instinct, and then God help us all.

It’s almost here! The book that got me banned from Elon Musk’s X—and soon to be banned from YouTube—hits the shelves one week from today. Give tech fascists hell—make “The Nerd Reich” sell! Coming 8/18. Pre-order! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

“An El Niño is not a storm. It does not arrive with wind and fury and then recede. It is a reorganization of where rain falls on Earth... The warm water is only the mechanism; the failed harvests are what people will actually live through.“

Help pls. Everyone I know has iPhones

Baristas: “What if we made a white, but flat?”

Mumford and Sons: too many banjos, does not approve.

PRESIDENT: "We should have a national database of all legal US gun owners." CONSERVATIVES: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THAT IS UNAMERICAN!! YOU CAN'T TRACK AMERICAN CITIZENS!!! IT'S AGAINST OUR LIBERTY!!!!" PRESIDENT: "We will have a national database of all legal US voters." CONSERVATIVES: [yawn]

Today, Berlin did its best Silent Hill impression

Good morning. An account collating sexy gutters, for anyone that needs it today. www.instagram.com/sexygutters NSFW

If only there had been another reason to decarbonise society, invest in renewables, and electrify the transport system before this crisis

Leaflet I made for the Lib Dems in 2019

*emerging from a tank I have driven through your homes* ok which one of you assholes is going to clean up this mess.

[Sade voice 🎵]

Dear America, DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT AND YOUR FECKLESS GOVERNMENT! WHY SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS INSANITY? Signed, Most of the rest of the planet

Foreign policy experts say the war in Iran was not necessary. A guy who beats his wife and drinks four gin-and-tonics before lunch every day says that it was. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Replacing Python as the glue for direct to GPU ML tasks is nice, but what about DOOM 2 ways: - A C implementation (based on DoomGeneric) rendered into a GPU window. - A TypeScript port of DOOM that renders into the same kind of GPU window, using Electrobun’s WGPU APIs from Bun.

The lesson of this war? Aging dictators should get out while the getting is good. by JD Vance

This is just to say I am trapped In Dubai While my Labradoodles Are sick Forgive me My Mounjaro pen Is in the ice box So crisp And so cold

Nigel Farage lied multiple times at his press conference today - including saying no-one who voted Green in Gorton and Denton has a job and he's "certain" Reform won most British born voters in the by-election, based on zero evidence, and yet not a single journalist there pushed back on them

Did you know you can just come talk to the people who help shape how the web works? If you're in London, the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) is hosting a panel discussion this Wednesday evening. Well worth it if you're interested in getting involved in web standards! ti.to/web-standard...

the concept of calling an ai company “far left” because they’re not allowing you to use it to spy on american citizens and implement it into war strategy

Starting a war when your ratings are in the toilet is a well-trodden path which is why I'm concerned Starmer will lemming-like push the UK into Iran as well.

Never forget who you’re fighting for.

So the two people who really really want an excuse to to be able to cancel elections just started a war? This’ll go grrreat!

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

🚨 HANDS OFF IRAN Join the emergency demonstration at Downing Street at 3:30PM today and oppose the US and Israel illegal war on Iran 👇