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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-19 at 08:28

It's my experience that you get better alt text not by asking yourself "What is in this image?" but "What is the purpose of including this image?"

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-17 at 09:04

I got a chance to use "prepone" today. I love Indian English!

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-13 at 18:38

Yes, I'm giving them attention. This is a good attention grabber, credit where it's due.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-13 at 18:35

Ryanair calls for people to pay attention to Ryanair. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/13/ryanair-calls-for-limit-of-two-alcoholic-drinks-at-airports-in-europe

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-13 at 18:02

Just listening to the Lambrini Girls is making my throat hoarse.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-12 at 17:08

TIL Bandit from Bluey is voiced by Dave McCormack, the front-man of Australian '90s indie band Custard.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-11 at 17:09

TIL Parece que el movimiento español contra móviles para adolescentes empezó en mi barri. https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20240522/movimiento-adolescencia-libre-moviles-convertira-102705337

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2025-01-11 at 10:16

Given that in Spanish, "América" refers to the whole of North, Central and South America, renaming "El Golfo de México" to "El Golfo de América" is not as provocative as it first seems. Still a silly proposal.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-23 at 09:52

No, this wasn't a dream. But I definitely wasn't sure the next morning.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-23 at 09:51

At 3am last night I woke up with back pain and was having trouble falling back asleep. In a stupor I reached for my personal podcast device. "That's funny," I said to myself. "I don't remember hearing about a new season of Mike Duncan's Revolutions". I popped it on, and heard Duncan's familiar North American deadpan begin to narrate a detailed retelling of the Martian revolution of 2247.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-22 at 19:38

Mentour hace una versión española de su canal YouTube sobre aviación. https://www.youtube.com/@MentourPilotES/videos

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-21 at 21:23

Ser claro, un nómada irlandés británico.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-21 at 21:19

La página de Tyson Fury en Wikipedia español no menciona que es nómada irlandes.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-19 at 11:16

Working on a song that's a bit of a mix of the Rolling Stones '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', Peter Frampton's 'Baby, I Love Your Way' and The Weather Girls' 'It's Raining Men'.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-19 at 08:59

Lovely tribute to John Marsden by Alice Pung. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/19/john-marsden-author-literary-giant-changed-lives

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-17 at 13:58

Her SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ikukojohanna

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-17 at 13:46

"Music is sensory and emotional, but it's also structural."

Excellent and well-structured talk by artist and programmer Johanna Odersky at this year's Lambda World.

Pascal's Arpeggiator is a beautiful concept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-dHl6ahTfE

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-14 at 21:15

I agree that it's wrong to lie to children. Now take that one step further, Reverend Doctor. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/dec/14/primary-school-children-left-in-tears-after-vicar-tells-them-santa-isnt-real

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-08 at 21:20

I understand the value of the government recognising non-binary as a gender, but I'd prefer they stopped recognising gender at all.

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Written by Chris Ford :tw: on 2024-12-08 at 17:57

Opinions?

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