Heed Not The Rolling Wave

Weeknotes 1473

wareham, porridge, holidays

Weeknotes 1472

Getting more fortnightly by the week, these. WeeknotesIt's been a busy two weeks, again, but things, again, are finally starting to settle down, again.One way or another, I'm taking a break in two weeks, so things will have to settle down then.Looking back in my calendar, I can

Weeknotes

Weeknotes 1470

clearing out the attic

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Weeknotes 1469

fortnightnotes

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Weeknotes 1467

Fringe! Seagull! Work! Process! Projects!

Weeknotes

Weeknotes 1466

seagull! if! smart notes! brighton festival! cake!

Politics

Addendom

A quick follow-up, because I've read a few things and, specifically, listened to the latest episode of the New Statesman podcast, where Stephen Bush highlighted a part of the testimony I hadn't noticed: ...I said, “Because this whole system is chaos. This building is chaos. You know perfectly well from

Politics

Actually, It's Spiders-Man,

akrasin' all over the place

Local

Open Spaces

love me some tents on a strip of grass between two roads

Ideas

Internet Doing Something

On the internet, no-one knows you're lying through your teeth.

Local

Seagull

New project ahoy: Seagull is something I've been thinking about for a while now: an attempt to build up a local publication for Brighton. I realised that I felt ill-served by most local news providers, and thought that maybe we might be able to make something better. The next month

Weeknotes

Weeknotes 1465

tired! tired! tired!

Local

Awesome Foundation Brighton

Let's do some cool little things.

Weeknotes

Weeknotes 1464

editing! valheim! apex legends! utaw! weddings! bangers and mash!

Ideas

Canteens and Communal Dining

These marvellous pictures of the communal dining spaces in Singaporean public housing reminded me of one of my favourite pieces of writing, I Dream Of Canteens by Rebecca May Johnson: There is a space for everyone. A space, a glass of water, and a plug socket.* Chairs and tables and

Politics

Corbs Vibes

another party is possible

Media

At The End Of Everything, Hold On To Anything

Nothing is going to save us forever, but a lot of things can save us today.

Technology

How To Set Up A Self-Hosted Ghost Installation: A Guide

or self-G-hosting 👻

Ideas

We Feed The Machines That Will One Day Consume Us

I don't want to sell a pre-packaged life of the mind to people who write Javascript to track people's web browsing for a living.

Weeknotes

Weeknotes 1463

bank holiday! lifting! LOST! leon trotsky propaganda!

Local

Local Election News

We didn't have a full slate of council elections in Brighton–just the Sussex PCC elections (the results of which won't be announced until Monday) and a few by-elections for councillors who have stood down. One of those was for Hollingdean and Stanmer ward, which I have a particular connection

Story

the hills, the valleys, the trees, the streams and the gasworks

Not very long ago, in the top left hand corner of Wales, there was a railway.

Local

A Car-Park Collector's Paradise

nauuuyyy... we see here...

Politics

Joy Cometh With The Morning

I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Story

Volks Rail Avenger

That was when I caught the attention of a police officer. He looked at the katana in my right hand. He said: “Excuse me sir, what’s that?” I said: “It’s a sword.” It was a sword. I offered it to him After a long pause he asked: “Why do you have a sword?”