h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Now that’s what I call an aperiodic monotile! https://aperiodical.com/2023/05/now-thats-what-i-call-an-aperiodic-monotile/

There is too much sun. The GB power grid is currently desperately paying NL/BE to stop sending us electricity. Please, no more. We have enough.

It doesn't help that Windows is hiding known file extensions by default. :D

File Archiver In The Browser | mr.d0x
"This article explores a phishing technique that emulates a file archiver software in the browser while using a .zip domain."

https://mrd0x.com/file-archiver-in-the-browser/
#zip #ziptld

#York groundsel blooms again in Britain’s first-ever de-extinction event
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/27/york-groundsel-bloom-again-britain-first-ever-de-extinction-event-natural-england

XP activation was cracked, heh. https://tinyapps.org/blog/202304230700_xp_wpa.html

A great infographic on how incoherent English policy geographies are from the Bennett Institute @ Cambridge (full report: https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications/devolving-english-government/)

📂 Thanks to our amazing volunteers, a CSV file of the 4 May English local election results (including votes cast for each candidate) can be downloaded from our candidate database: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/uk_results/

We don't yet collect votes cast in STV elections, but downloading our candidate CSV for 18 May will give you the winners in Northern Ireland: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/api/docs/csv/

#ukpolitics #elections #democracy #opendata

Support a great cause, learn how to make dip pen nibs out of coke cans, and check out the @DoESLiverpool pen plotter - this Sunday afternoon at @future_yard in Birkenhead
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/calligraphy-and-pen-plotting-workshop-tickets-637239820457?aff=eand

"GENERATE A SECURE PASSWORD FROM THE LYRICS OF AMERICA’S GREATEST SINGER SONGWRITER"
https://www.kennylog-in.com

90% of seats on less than half the vote? That’s England’s local democracy.

We need proportional representation, not this outdated and unrepresentative nonsense.

#ElectoralReform #FirstPastThePost #FPTP #ProportionalRepresentation #STV #SingleTransferrableVote

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/90-of-seats-on-less-than-half-the-vote-thats-englands-local-democracy/

A lad I work with built a thing called Donation Genie—a website that displays the items that are most needed at each specific food bank across the UK.

The BBC have very kindly done a nice write-up about what it is, why it’s needed, and what it hopes to achieve. If you are in the UK, please boost this to help get the link to those who need it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65574441

https://www.donation-genie.co.uk/

#DonationGenie #FoodBanks #TrussellTrust #ToriesOut

UK peeps: consider signing this government petition (to halt passage of the Online Safety Bill, which will gut end-to-end encryption including your online banking security, personal message privacy, and right to privacy in general): https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/634725