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Stefan Magdalinski

@whitelabel.org

cats, tech, UX, Underworld unordered lists.

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I am loving spending a lot of time with Claude Code, but it's not without problems. I've gone from 15 unstarted hack projects that have been lingering in my todo list for years to 15 unfinished hack projects, in a month. 😬🀦

05.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home A revived blog from the early 2000s. Tech, civic tech, and the web.

Bah, i just liked what I could do with it for whitelabel.org

05.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ditch wordpress, go eleventy.

04.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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bit of a above-the-fold dark pattern there Tom, don’t make it look like I need to subscribe to get access to your grumpy blogpost

25.02.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah be very afraid

22.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you think β€œspit” isn’t onomatopoeia?

05.12.2024 09:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The UX of LEGO Interface Panels LEGO interface panels are beautiful, iconic, and great for learning interface design basics. I bought 52 of them from BrickLink to explore the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.

love this kind of UX studies interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Inte...

28.11.2024 21:58 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Disapeering act: some peers hide foreign earnings by going on leave - Tortoise Others say this is a loophole that needs closing

The number of peers on a leave of absence jumped 48% after new rules requiring them to declare income from foreign states were introduced, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social analysis has shown.

More Peer Review work by myself and @seitarowhite.bsky.social πŸ‘‡

www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/21/d...

21.11.2024 11:57 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
A flow chart titled: Should I say resources?
Do you mean people? 
If yes, say people
If no
Do you mean people and things?
If yes say People and the things
If no
Do you mean things?
If yes, say the things

A flow chart titled: Should I say resources? Do you mean people? If yes, say people If no Do you mean people and things? If yes say People and the things If no Do you mean things? If yes, say the things

Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.

20.11.2024 12:56 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 18
A screenshot of all the closing day witness statements from my transcript site, showing them all linked up to the relevant PDFs.

A screenshot of all the closing day witness statements from my transcript site, showing them all linked up to the relevant PDFs.

The Post Office Inquiry has finished its hearings; closing statements take place in December. You can read all the transcripts on my site at postofficeinquiry.dracos.co.uk which has just been updated with the latest evidence links, including the final tranche of statements I have manually linked up.

16.11.2024 13:55 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I know I have posted something like this before, but it still boggles my mind what has happened to Google Maps

15.10.2024 14:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apple Maps doesn’t but even so, that wouldn’t make it better, Mr whatabout.

09.10.2024 08:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was a diligent noodle soup tweeter back in my SE Asia days - pls keep it up!

09.10.2024 08:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's ok, you can just say you didn't understand the video.

03.10.2024 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i would be delighted

27.09.2024 20:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

but the flexibility of Google apologist contortionists will never cease to amaze. Do you take supplements, sir?

27.09.2024 03:18 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hi!

26.09.2024 02:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually first noticed the lie, a block away and not line of sight, but made the video right outside to emphasise the point.

25.09.2024 22:12 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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We all laughed at Apple Maps for having errors, but Google Maps now straight up lies to you… for pennies. I’ve switched.

25.09.2024 00:17 πŸ‘ 552 πŸ” 234 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 50
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WriteToThem WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.

We built a web-based fax service for uk politicians in 1999. It’s still going: faxyourmp.com

11.09.2024 06:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

shazam is pretty good with the obscure 90s dance, esp if it’s actually been on the radio

03.08.2024 21:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the moment i heard Stakker Humanoid on John Peel was the night my life started, but no, I don’t know this track.

23.07.2024 23:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes | NEJM Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, has been shown to reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes. Whether semaglutide can reduce cardiovascular ...

I assume you're talking about the same story as www.theguardian.com/science/arti..., which is about
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... - def peer reviewed.

'mass drugging of working class people?' WTF? What actually disturbs you?

(honestly, your post has strong disinfo/anti-vaxx vibes)

14.05.2024 08:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Give Us $1 Or β€˜The Onion’ Disappears Forever Today, billions of readers like yourself navigated to The Onion seeking dispatches from America’s Finest News Source. Like so many have done through the decades, you doubtless entered the hyperlink in...

You bear full responsibility for what unfolds in the coming days.

26.04.2024 02:45 πŸ‘ 865 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 28

premium is a good deal. if you like youtube take it

18.04.2024 08:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

related: I’d like Google not to localise the interface *when I’m logged in* every time I go abroad. C’mon, we’ve had a relationship for 20 years, I did not learn Turkish this morning

16.04.2024 11:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@rooreynolds.bsky.social www.tumblr.com/fuckyeahinte...

29.03.2024 19:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A vulgar climate catastrophe β€” we should ban SUVs in London or tax them to the max What upsets me most about life in London today? The endless proliferation of β€œluxury flats” marketed abroad while ordinary Londoners can’t afford to rent a basic home? Yes, that upsets me. The f...

"When you drive a massive SUV you’re saying 3 things: I don’t care about the environment. I don’t care that I’m more likely to kill pedestrians in my car. I don’t care that there isn’t room for my car & others to co-habit smoothly on London’s streets."

24.12.2023 19:02 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7
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@anildash.com Imagine writing a book about Prince and getting his name wrong on page 1.

24.12.2023 09:59 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2