evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

New guide to "Finding Undocumented APIs" by @Leonyin at @themarkup – looks useful for internet studies researchers as well as digital reporters!
https://inspectelement.org/apis

Just added to this resource for our data journalism students at @kingsdh: https://github.com/jwyg/awesome-data-journalism/

You didn't ask for this, but let me tell you that Quake 1 runs at over 2000 fps these days.
#quake #retrogaming

Computer problems are recursive. As soon as you gain knowledge that is sufficient to solve your previous problem, you'll start using computers in more obscure ways and start getting even more obscure problems as a result.

I'm continuing to put my favorite comics up on Mastodon. Enjoy this helpful guide to bird photography.

I’m watching ‘Why Women Kill’ and frankly, I don’t need this kind of encouragement.

A funded PhD to investigate the use of ARGs for archaeological storytelling!

(and yes, *alternate reality games*, not augmented reality)

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate-study/research-postgrads/pgr-fees-funding/big-smoke/

#PartyGate being back in the news has reminded me about when my mind wandered from the Downing Street garden party to the Garden of Earthly Delights, and insisted I made this.

#SueGray #UKpolitics #art #PhotoShop #Bosch #silly

We might need a bigger vault. 🤔

Coworker is a #crossstitch fan.

I remember the olden days before social media, when most Internet communities were built around message boards.

Both lightly-moderated and heavily-moderated communities were fun for different reasons, but what I discovered over time was that if moderation falls below a certain point, the result is always pedophiles and Nazis.

As I predicted, #Twitter is basically a few pedophiles short of being the next 4chan.

It's #WorldBookDay in the UK! Obviously focused more on reading books, but here's a graphic on what you're picking up if you sniff them 📚https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/

My husband was given a bird feeder with camera for his birthday recently and it's proving very delightful...

the truest meme I have ever seen

The best thing I've seen written on Musk and Twitter is this random YouTube comment (that I can't find a way to link to directly)

“Northern Ireland is the worlds most exciting economic zone because it has access to the EU and the UK.” — Rishi Sunak

The penny has a little further to drop.

@ancient_catbus

Blockchain was an interesting niche tech that was not good for anything practical but was hyped to the rafters by grifters and failed spectacularly.

Generative AI is the new interesting niche tech that's not good for anything practical but is being hyped to the rafters by grifters and will fail spectacularly.

When ordinary people just assume anyone in tech is full of shit, this is why.

Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published
#GNUTerryPratchett #GoodNews #news #books #bookstodon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/27/rediscovered-terry-pratchett-stories-to-be-published

The whole of the UK used to be in the single market, you fucking dullard.