Vítor Brandão

My latest blog post is out now: "Distributed compiling with Gentoo Linux and WSL2" noiselabs.io/distcc-distrib… #Gentoo #WSL #Distcc

NEW: We've issued Bristol City Council with an enforcement notice for their failure to respond to the public's information requests. Subject access requests are a fundamental right, this action requires them to clear their SAR backlog and make lasting improvements.

Are you looking for a thread on the trade deal between the UK and India and the lies some people are telling about it, from a cat? If so, you're weird but in the right place... Yesterday the UK and India announced a new free trade agreement, which it s estimated will add £5bn a year to the UK economy gov.uk/government/new…

@WokeWaste @innovateuk @UKRI_News @seanedward61 Have a look at the £2bn Bristol City Council ‘Leap Energy Partnership’ contract; to ‘support the aim of Bristol becoming a carbon neutral city by 2030’. One of my followers @WhatNeverNext highlighted this…. joannab.substack.com/p/ex-mayor-of-…

THREAD: If you want an example of the huge regional inequalities in the NHS which sees the West Country massively underfunded & neglected compared to London, the SE & the North, this story is a great example. have a read: bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…

Cancer cells hijack T-cells, making it harder for the body to fight back! Researchers discovered a surprising way cancer evades the immune system. It essentially hacks the immune cells, transferring its own faulty mitochondrial DNA into the T-cells meant to attack it. 1/

I captured the entire "Planetary Parade" using my 11" telescope, and combined everything into one composite photo that stayed true to the angular scale of these objects. Made entirely with real photos, I hope this composite helps illustrate the scale of these things!

UK energy storage boom 30GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) UK planning applications were submitted, with over 35% coming from the last quarter alone. energy-storage.news/uk-energy-stor…

🧵 NEW: Are recent immigrants massively over-represented in Britain’s social housing? In a word: no But that doesn’t mean Britain’s social housing is immune from immigration pressures. A thread… 1/8

Starship Flight 7 breaking up and re-entering over Turks and Caicos

Test doubles (aka “mocks”) often get a bad rap, but are they really the problem—or is it how we use them? This talk revisits their origins, explores best-use scenarios, and shows how to make them reliable with contract and collaboration tests. 🎟️ For more talks like this, grab your ticket for PHP UK Conference 2025: buff.ly/46tnXXo Jakub's (@jakub_zalas) talk is available here: buff.ly/4j6ZuNq #phpuk #phpuk25 #testing #phpc #php

What happens in China never just stays in China. There is a surge in influenza A in the U.S. as well this winter. We rarely test whether the virus is conventional flu, or H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu. But the crowded ERs seen in many places are indications something is afoot.

Does HS2 have a future? And why might that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?🧵

When I had a mobile phone snatched by a biker, I gave the police precise GPS details of its two UK locations, including Google maps pictures of front doors. The police refused to go to the addresses or investigate. This was maddening. The officers said they were not allowed to act on GPS locational data - and also that there are so many street crimes that they can’t cope. But they did want to visit me to take a pointless statement and offer me victim support, when what I actually wanted was my phone back. It is now in Algeria. The police are significantly under-resourced but there is also an issue about how the existing resources are being deployed. The Home Secretary says she will give the police the power to act on location data. But it is unclear when this will happen, and why the police can’t even now simply go to a property and knock on a door as a warning to the thieves that they are being watched. And as for the failure to use cctv images, don’t get me started. Of course thefts and crimes such as the one I experienced are trivial compared to many that go unsolved. Which is why what is reported below will resonate widely. PS I am not being funny but I thought the most counter-intuitive aspect of the Louise Haigh case is that a decade ago the police took an interest in where her phone might be

NEW Might remember I cornered Rwandan President Paul Kagame in January and asked if UK would get money back if no migrants were transferred to Rwanda… answer revealed today: Govt paid £715m so far until June of this year “not recoverable under the terms of the Treaty”

ChatGPT refuses to say the name “David Mayer,” and no one knows why. If you try to get it to write the name, the chat immediately ends. People have attempted all sorts of things - ciphers, riddles, tricks - and nothing works.

I'm German. Europe is dying out. Birthrates are rapidly collapsing. Government incentives aren't working. By 2100, Europe will have lost 117 million people. Here's why Europe's population is imploding (and what it means for the world) 🧵:

Top-notch performance from @BLACKGOLDhg yesterday in Bristol 🇬🇧 Every song a banger. Can't wait to see them headlining shows. #NuMetal #OldSchoolSound

H5N1 UPDATE - NEW HUMAN CASE A child in California has just tested positive for H5N1. The child had no known exposures to infected animals or poultry.

Portugal may be small, but it’s packed with wonders—majestic castles, timeless cathedrals, and golden beaches. Which of these breathtaking spots will steal your heart? 🧵