Vic 🇪🇺

Digital Producer at The Open University. Learning Designer, Project Manager and Translator elsewhere. Coffee geek. Cyberpunk. Black cat daddy. If you can say charcuterie, you can say my surname.

Homepage: https://cost-chef.ski

Last Notes

2026-03-12 12:39:39 UTC

You and your family got a week to get out, btw our best buddies are probably getting your country bombed right now, xoxo UK
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2026-02-27 11:09:46 UTC

What I want to happen after Gorton & Denton:
- Starmer gone by Monday
- Streeting irrelevant forever
- Farage & his clowns blowing up their sad project b/c they're shitty losers
- Rayner & Miliband spending the next 3 years rebuilding the Labour wreck
- Plaid & Green coalition running Senedd by May time
- Labour & Green coalition running the Commons by next govt
A boy can dream, innit

2026-01-25 00:33:35 UTC

How to Uninstall America
"I wish this post could do more.
All I’m hoping to do here is this: in six steps, I’ll take you through a process of making the software you use every day less US-centric. When we’re done, your computer will still be able to do almost everything it used to do – but you won’t be using as many tools made in the USA to do it."
https://cost-chef.ski/2026/01/25/how-to-uninstall-america/

2025-06-19 08:14:21 UTC

Reading the language of today's reports of a hospital bombed, remembering the language of previous reports of previous hospitals bombed, thinking of this cartoon by Tom Gauld.
https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/709/016/939/934/500/original/8a0a60e8376ab97e.jpg

2025-05-19 12:07:00 UTC

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Yup, using the free version, works across Win10 / Win11 / Debian / Android. No issues.

2025-03-23 11:57:52 UTC

Hey, plant-based self-healing asphalt. Way cool. And Swansea Uni worked on this thing!
https://www.positive.news/science/researchers-put-the-uks-pothole-problem-on-the-road-to-recovery/

2025-03-17 10:52:49 UTC

An instant upgrade for my website & an #accessibility win. This font is hyperlegible, #dyslexia friendly, free to use and (bonus) - looks gorgeous.
https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/

2025-03-13 10:48:24 UTC

#AI #Artificial_Intelligence #chatgpt
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2025-03-04 21:28:05 UTC

Hey @npub1rfc…7tmz - looks like you're not happy with me using my preferred email alias domains when trying to register. I'm not being funny when I use duck.com or passmail - I genuinely don't want another data breach drama. So maybe reconsider, eh?

2025-03-01 11:11:04 UTC

New month, new #Introduction
Hi / schwmae / cześć, I'm Vic :)
I go online to talk #EdTech #LearningDesign #Cyberpunk #philosophy #books and shitpost a fair bit.
I go offline for a bit of #running #MagicTheGathering and sometimes #photography.
40-something, South Wales, but travels a lot. #Postcard / #SnailMail #Penpals welcome too :)
Say hi, boost and/or follow if you want to connect. How's your day been?
#introductions

2025-02-20 09:35:50 UTC

1. Managed to resist reading the Guardian since I learned they fired 100+ journos & signed a deal with OpenAI. +10 to headspace, would recommend.
2. Had a great evening hanging out at the "Pedagogy Without Borders" online conference which I found out about on Mastodon! This social meejum is already running circles around LinkedIn.
3. A good yoga session, the kind that actually makes you a little bit taller (baller status still TBC)
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings @npub14y0…cq8l @npub14fw…lg25

2025-01-06 08:53:26 UTC

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I've been searching for something like @npub1tyh…7dte all my life, and even resigned myself to learning code because of how badly I needed this to exist. Learned of it today thanks to this post. You literally made my day. 🙏

2024-12-03 15:24:12 UTC

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Someone should try something like this:
1. Lawyer up & get an order that would add your name to the list
2. Change your name to Delve Certainly
3. Get Open AI to admit the legal order still stands
4. ???
5. Probably unchange your name after the dust settles

2024-11-18 11:37:12 UTC

Seriously, ffs
With all of this *gestures vaguely towards the planet* happening, your Main Concern and The Problem To Solve is
which digital microblogging bucket is better than the other digital microblogging bucket
Imagine a bunch of firefighters in a Home Depot aisle, having a massive row over which of the two budget garden hoses to use for the massive forest fire nearby.
That's the vibe I'm getting here.

2024-11-16 09:12:04 UTC

1. Hot chocolate coffee with breakfast
2. Listen, Masto has its problems, but it gives me otter bots and capybara bots and memes in esperanto in my timeline, so I'm grateful
3. The DIY-ing is going okay (ie projects getting done, power tools powering & tooling, all fingers mostly attached)
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings @npub14y0…cq8l @npub14fw…lg25
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2024-11-12 00:04:12 UTC

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Oxford: Branca (Italian mainly) + The Mole Inn (a taxi ride out, but a gorgeous British pub & strong Vicar of Dibley vibes).
London: literally thousands of incredible places. Supavan Thai in Kings Cross. Ganapati in Peckham. Let me know what you're into; we lived there for 12 years so can narrow down the options :D

2024-11-03 22:09:41 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2024-11-03 20:37:52 UTC

Moving to a new server, so it's another excuse for an #introduction .
Hello, schwmae, I'm Vic 👋
He/his, Polish/Silesian/British/Welsh (in order of appearance).
I work with #LifelongLearning & #LearningDesign at the Open University, so am always keen to meet & talk #EdTEch
I relax with #cycling #running #jazz & #photography
If you're in South Wales, give me a hallo - always a joy to meet (also into #SnailMail #PenPals )
Expect mix of writing, photos, sh*tposts & bants.
Good to be back.