This is the real campaign #IWD2026
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#IWD2026 🧵
The #GiveToGain '.com' site is run by a private limited company with no apparent links to the UNWomen's campaign or feminist movement
They unilaterally decide a theme. It's different to the UNWomen's campaign
They seem to profit from the merch they sell
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They’re not rejecting technology. They’re choreographing it.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/03/08/theyre-not-rejecting-technology-theyre.html
Stick it on GitHub
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Living off the moral and intellectual capital of a pre-AI world: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/03/07/living-off-the-moral-and.html
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How to avoid your white collar turning blue: brilliance, influence, and relationships: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2026/03/07/how-to-avoid-your-white.html
Sorry to hear that. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
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Have you heard me banging on about tech sovereignty, adaptability, big tech and resiliency? About how your tech is an organisational cultural choice? If not, how? If you have...well, would you like some more?
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#TechFreedom is a small‑cohort programme I am running with @tomcw.xyz to help co‑ops, charities, unions, and public‑interest orgs map their tech stack and cut risky dependencies on Big Tech.
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#TechFreedom #Coops #DigitalSovereignty
#TechFreedom is a small‑cohort programme I am running with @tomcw.xyz to help co‑ops, charities, unions, and public‑interest orgs map their tech stack and cut risky dependencies on Big Tech.
Details and pilot cohort info: blog.dougbelshaw.com/techfreedom-...
#TechFreedom #Coops #DigitalSovereignty
Other than Starmer?
I think the core argument here is a strong one
"LLMs living off the moral and intellectual capital of a pre-AI world"
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Screenshot of Claude app: "A CLAUDE.md file is a set of instructions you leave for Claude to read automatically whenever it starts working in a particular project or folder. Think of it like a briefing note you'd hand to a new contractor before they start work — it tells Claude things like: how the project is structured, what conventions to follow, what tools are available, and any quirks or preferences it should know about. Instead of repeating yourself every time you open a new conversation, Claude reads the file and arrives already up to speed. For example, a CLAUDE.md might say things like: "This is a Python project — always use type hints", or "We use British English in all documentation", or "Don't modify the config folder without asking first".";
I'm writing a blog post about what a DOUG.md file might look like. Giving context about me in the same way a CLAUDE.md file would about a project
If you know me, have worked with me, and/or have followed me for a while, what would be in that file?
Serious and unserious answers equally welcome 🙃
As I was discussing yesterday, I built ChronoTasker, a little tool that puts tasks on a clockface and syncs across devices
It began as a personal experiment, now I am curious if it should become a proper service?
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#productivity #tasks
As I was discussing yesterday, I built ChronoTasker, a little tool that puts tasks on a clockface and syncs across devices
It began as a personal experiment, now I am curious if it should become a proper service?
Intro post and demo video: blog.dougbelshaw.com/introducing-...
#productivity #tasks
Lol, I'll use Byrdseed as a style guide. All of this has reminded me of 'Learning Score' from about 20 years ago...
Like a kind of brain dump and it figures it out? That sounds like a PREMIUM FEATURE Professor Lockyer 😂
But seriously, nice one, and I'll look into it. Can't be that hard.
ChronoTasker screenshot
So I made some progress today on ChronoTasker, the to-do app that shows your tasks on a clock-like interface. Yes, that's a built-in Pomodoro timer.
Let me know if this is the kind of thing you'd like to have access to 🙂
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#productivity
Yeah feels more intuitive
ChronoTasker screenshot
So I built this thing just now which I think is going to be pretty perfect for my personal #productivity needs
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Historians will be studying how Starmer managed to squander such a massive majority for years to come. Thumb-twiddler extraordinaire.
