Accidentally put the green bin out when it's not even bin day... Forget being a binfluencer, I'm a binbarrasment

I'm afraid I didn't take any good photos but I'm quite pleased with this tunic I made for my birthday party a few weeks ago #sewing #costuming #medieval

The way things are going, community cooperatives offering computing resources may be the only way out of the big tech death spiral. But building such an organization is complicated and dangerous. Let's discuss the tradeoffs.

https://taggart-tech.com/coop/

Reminder. It's #SkaDay

“One day you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it.” How will you be ready? https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/anarchist-calisthenics

Excited to hear a GSoC contributro is working on bringing visibility to #MusicBrainz events by adding them to the #ListenBrainz UI
https://blog.metabrainz.org/2026/06/26/welcome-summer-of-code-2026-contributors/

@dumpsterqueer

Yeah, it's this setting in the options, so basically I have set my settings to whitelist mode, so that all js is blocked, and then enabled temporarily set top level sites to TRUSTED, so that the site that I'm currently on will be whitelisted for the time that I'm visiting it, and then getting blocked again afterwards :)

Edit: Looking through the setting it seems like it's now enough to just set the "Current site classification behaviour" to "EASIER / Auto" and that will have the same effect, either I totally missed that setting it up, or it's a new setting, makes it even easier to set up :)

It's my birthday :) I've gone to the seaside

I've switched my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to @Mojeek - after a few test searches it seems to come back with a lot less junk results than DDG, so fingers crossed it'll last.

Kirkstall Abbey, near #Leeds, is one of the many magnificent ecclesiastical ruins in #Yorkshire. This one is haunted by a quietly pacing former abbot but also by a Barguest, one of the scary black dogs with huge red eyes often found in UK #folklore. Painting by Thomas Girtin, 1792.
#PhantomsFriday

Art lovers of Leeds (and beyond!):

Kirkstall Art Trail, which I’m part of this year (and have just started volunteering with!) need help raising funds to make their programme even better, reach a wider audience and support local artists.

I know you Mastodon lot are incredibly lovely and will want to help grassroots organisations and local events thrive and survive. Even if you can’t donate, sharing with your own networks could make a huge difference!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/kirkstall-art-trail-2026

#Leeds #yorkshire

Went way out of my comfort zone on this one, it's a big mural of Leeds landmarks in an office in Leeds, UK.
#mural #leeds #architecture

I’m haunting Left Bank once more for another fantastic Craft & Flea tomorrow! Well worth a lookee if you’re in the area.

#ArtMarket #Leeds #CraftandFlea #LeftBankLeeds

As part of 'Making Tax Digital' the UK will soon force people to use proprietary software to file certain types of tax return. If you disagree, think people should have control over their data, that HMRC alone should be in charge of HMRC's job, that you shouldn't have to pay random companies just to pay your own taxes, I suggest you sign this UK e-petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769610

#UK #UKPol #software

The Thomas House, Dublin

Plaid Cymru see off challenge of Reform in Wrexham by-elections
#News

https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-see-off-challenge-of-reform-in-wrexham-by-elections/

Pleased to be a founding subscriber to 'The Exchange', a new local paper covering #Leeds and West #Yorkshire. Thanks to the wonders of #BridgyFed you can follow them here in the fediverse @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social

The next Queer in Tech Leeds event is happening on July 7th at Lost & Found Leeds Club. Join us for an evening of talks, networking and community

Our line-up:
🌈 Paul Brabban: "Ditching the Hype: Ruthless Pragmatism in Startup Engineering"
🌈 Rukie Balogun: "From Classroom to Code: A journey from Teaching to Technology"
🌈 Quinn Daley: "Fun is Mandatory"

https://www.meetup.com/queer-in-tech-inclusive-tech-meetup/events/313284437/

#Leeds #Yorkshire #Queer #Tech

I just wrote to my local MP to ask them to support a Digital Sovereignty amendment (on the back of my trip to Brussels over the past two days).

The @openrightsgroup has more details on how you can do the same thing.

Tell your MP to End the Big Tech Rip-Off https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-end-big-tech-rip

Supporting local journalism is cool https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sheffield-better/ #sheffield