Alexey Bezhan

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea…

🚨 New project alert: Federal Field Notes! 🚨 Why is it so hard to make a website for the (Canadian) government? A reflection on how much paperwork was required to build and releasing a small website for a large Canadian federal department: federal-field-notes.ca/articles/2021-…

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@vosageroll I wish there was a “Vanguard, but votes ethically”. They did well in the Exxon fight bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…, but in general their track record is not great and I think others are pretty similar

@JDHamkins Play on a smaller board, removing rank and file furthest from the attacked square (or chosen by the attacker). Keep all pieces where they are (or would be after the attack, so 1x1 is automatically won by the attacker)

What is the game of recursive chess? In recursive chess, when one piece attacks another, they play a game of (recursive) chess to determine if the attack is successful. Help me decide what, precisely, the rules of this game should be. jdh.hamkins.org/what-is-the-ga…

How did I never learn about this in a software ethics class? bbc.co.uk/news/amp/busin…

The electoral officer I’ve shown the photo of my form and asked to call the council opened with “The name is crossed out, there’s nothing we can do right?” 👌

The first phone number for electoral services I called, taken from the Tower Hamlets website just said “our working hours are 9 to 5 👋”. You have to go through yourvotematters.co.uk to find the one that works

Sent my UC1 form back in April, was told today it was never received and I can’t vote. Have shown a photo of the filled out form I took on the day, called the Tower Hamlets electoral office myself and asked the officer to do it. “There’s nothing we can do” #deniedmyvote

Brexit is bad

This Chris Kraus quote about Jennifer Harbury is 👏everything👏

The tragedy of python package management is that after decades of pip going “yeah, whatever” most applications depend on a bunch of twigs and half a dozen dried leaves no one has looked at since 1991. You try building a dependency tree out of that

It is genuinely hard for me to comprehend that the young people who have survived a school shooting seem to be repeatedly under attack for speaking out and taking action. They have been one of the most inspiring forces of these times which frequently feel dark and hopeless

This is so so good huffingtonpost.com/entry/cable-te…

stay safe out there

2015: adele 2018: ducks m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUletr…

@miakepia I’ve listened to Treasure today for the first time in maybe 15 years. It’s so different now that I know the lyrics are actually in English. I had no idea

This Italian restaurant is on another level

I love how judgemental Firefox’s “page info” can be