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nigel kersten

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ immigrant in tech Chief Product Officer @upsun.com ex puppet ex google ex devops electronic music dilettante, lover of bass music, devotee of the justified ancients of mu mu

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A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

24.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 24572 πŸ” 3962 πŸ’¬ 478 πŸ“Œ 108

We all use flawed, problematic platforms and products; it's unavoidable. But X is something else altogether. It's astoundingly evil. Almost none of the usual excuses apply any longer. Get the fuck off of it.

08.01.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Mmmmm, that opsworks deal was a nightmare that just kept on giving.

26.09.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Question. What must police officers do?

Options:
Be rude and abusive
Make a false statement 
Obey the law
Commit racial discrimination.

Question. What must police officers do? Options: Be rude and abusive Make a false statement Obey the law Commit racial discrimination.

Passed my Life in the UK test. Spent a while thinking about this mock test question…

25.09.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Newspaper headline saying β€œDanish authorities say professional actor responsible for airport drone attacks.”

Newspaper headline saying β€œDanish authorities say professional actor responsible for airport drone attacks.”

My money is on Shia LaBeouf, Joaquin Phoenix, or James Franco.

25.09.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not much, how about you Dad?

24.09.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the main reasons I haven’t been posting on socials much over the last six months :)

24.09.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s no such thing as an internal only product name.

16.09.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Robert Miles - Children (Official Video)
Robert Miles - Children (Official Video) YouTube video by RobertMilesVEVO

Robert Miles - Children may be the greatest ear worm of all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvyC...

09.06.2025 08:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it just me, or was the latest Rick and Morty unexpectedly moving?

31.05.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In today's episode of "Most of your ancestors were xenophobic", I just discovered the origin of the Australian slang "to carry on like a pork chop" is the older phrase "like a pork chop in a synagogue" 😬

29.05.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1:33 in - irrepressible stank face and waving finger guns.

17.05.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Essential Mix 2021-05-15, by Skee Mask 1 track album

For a genre that came out of raves and clubs, dnb/jungle just hits so well on a glorious sunny day. skeemask.bandcamp.com/album/essent...

17.05.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven’t watched Andor, is it a show about Boolean logic

14.05.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 3

'I’m just a girl, standing in front of the British government, asking why they want to give away all my work as part of the UK's 126 billion pound creative arts industry, to serve another industry being run by greedy tech bros, just so they can destroy everything else just that little bit faster.'

14.05.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some of those tax credits are based on publishing the results of research rather than an output asset, and those should be sound if the fundamental approaches are.

14.05.2025 10:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eating falafel with hummus always feels vaguely wrong and cannibalistic.

12.05.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Mother's Day

11.05.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 889 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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TikToker Goes Viral For Creating Real-Life Version Of Infamous 'Wallace & Gromit' Contraption Wow!

I could watch this over and over again 🀣

11.05.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 909 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11

What George Lucas got right about the original trilogy, but has never managed to replicate since, is that I was a little kid when those came out

10.05.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 7708 πŸ” 1197 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 57

I’ve loved so much of @aptshadow.bsky.social’s sci-fi that the different style of City of Last Chances has been a delicious surprise. Notes of Mervyn Peake with sprinklings of the less goofy parts of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, but a distinct voice and style and compelling world building.

11.05.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

(β•­ΰ²°_‒́) goddamnit another interesting question ruined by AI swill β€œanswers”.

11.05.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2Β° too warm.

10.05.2025 05:40 πŸ‘ 6591 πŸ” 1959 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 44

This! Be free to make terrible meals so you make great ones later.

08.05.2025 23:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not a complete masochist David :)

08.05.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nietzsche and Foucault blew my mind in lots of ways I’ve found useful as an adult, but I genuinely think PoS shaped me more than anything else I studied in philosophy.

08.05.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been decades since Phenomonology of Spirit blew my mind as a student but to quote Wikipedia β€œthe recognition of someone you do not recognize as properly human cannot count as genuine recognition” feels pertinent right now…

08.05.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah shit. No Hegel?

08.05.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m gonna have to get more prosecco to deal with this revelation:

08.05.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 332 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10

As a relatively recent Arsenal fan who has felt like a lightweight Johnny come lately over the last five years, I now think I’ve suffered enough to be confident in my fandom.

08.05.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0