Ben Evans

Artemis is currently cruising at ~3535 km per h - which is the fastest humans have ever gone outside of a gravity well.

It is 0.0003273% of c - so, the astronauts watches will be ticking slow due to relativity at only 99.99999999946432% of normal, which is roughly 1.689 milliseconds in 10 years (if they were to hold current speed).

Provided I've done the sums right, which I think I have. #space #science

Huge #AI win. My bank wants to talk to me about the advanced AI tools they're using that have determined they can do me a much better deal on my car insurance. I haven't owned a car since 1998 & that was in a different country.

Major discovery of Roman forum in #BCN - https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/2000-year-old-roman-forum-unearthed-beneath-barcelona-hotel - when the work’s complete it will be open for occasional public tours organized in conjunction with the city Government. #Barcelona #catalunya #catalonia

This is rather good. When do the locusts come? https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/ #ai #programming #llm

India elects first openly #queer person to Parliament - https://www.dw.com/en/indias-parliament-adds-an-lgbtq-voice-for-the-first-time/a-76379210 #LGBTQ

No, Mr Scammer, you are not phoning me from my Housing Association from a purportedly UK number, by the simple process of logic that I haven't lived in the UK for over 7 years.

New blog post - experiments with using #LLM tools to build my new website - https://kittylyst.com/posts/how-i-used-ai-tools-to-build-this-site/ #AI #Java

RE: @urlyman@mastodon.social

Half of me is "What mischief could be had with this knowkedge?" & the other half is "even the trees had been a bad move".

I know that some leftists still hold something of a torch for Yanis Varoufakis.

If you haven't already read it, I would urge you to read his latest screed - https://archive.is/Iubdg - which is a piece of apologism & appeasement that I cannot describe as anything other than obscene & treasonous to any normal person's conception of liberty & safety.

Oh, and attempting to defend this vile and insulting bilge is an insta-block.

Given the extremely long wait until more new #DoctorWho then some enterprising soul should clearly create the content we really need - the Dugga Doo cover of "Down Under" originally performed by Men At Work (or was it?)

Bears awake from hibernation in #Catalonia https://cdn-acn.watchity.net/acn/vod-catn/aead1d18-0cf4-4028-b28a-747f820cbec6/7cc30907-097f-4757-ad64-ef901fc76c89.mp4 #Catalunya

I am deeply disappointed to discover that \u2026 (…) is not a legal character for #Java identifiers.

I had all sorts of fuckery planned, as well. Ah well. #programming

RE: @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Another excellent, if rage-inducing, thread from Prof Lawler.

One for my #nyc friends https://tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1366/ - it's a blistering funny queer comedy show (not kid friendly). A few more dates available over the next few weeks.