Patrick H. Lauke

https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke

WCAG trash panda, web evangelist, ronin, sour kraut. uninvited expert. vague, but exciting. luddite. antifascist. european. snarkmaxxing. #toryScum #a11y #pixelart #pixelfonts #photography #cisgender #TrumpIsAFascistCunt #FuckElon #JailNetanyahu #monocultureWarrior he/him

personal site (mostly pixel fonts): https://www.splintered.co.uk
github: https://github.com/patrickhlauke
codepen: https://codepen.io/patrickhlauke
flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/redux

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2026-04-11 08:56:22 UTC

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randomly... have you ever watched Nirvana? derivative, but still good fun https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119794/

2026-04-10 12:19:18 UTC

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subway was one of my favourite comfort movies back in the day ... i loved the world and cast of characters it built

2026-04-09 14:29:48 UTC

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a question if this is a sign of #monoculture

2026-04-05 14:58:36 UTC

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the alternative is a "number mean NOTHING" metric...

2026-04-05 14:58:08 UTC

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sounds a bit like "people don't engage with my content, so it's a monoculture"?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/352/699/502/277/865/original/5ff631309f915d40.png

2026-04-05 14:27:57 UTC

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"we'd *like* journalists to be here right? They aren't coming with examples like this!" if they're only coming to see number go up engagement metrics... they may have a hard time. maybe they should come here to, oh i don't know, spread information? have targeted discussions with specific folks (rather than hoping for drive-by engagement)?

2026-04-05 14:25:10 UTC

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threads and bluesky are single monolithic platforms. masto federated. so would likely depend on which masto server someone's posting on i'd guess as a starter...
also, purely anecdotally/for my own part, there's less of a culture of boosting/liking/trying to make things go viral for the algorithm. lack of apparent engagement may not signal lack of people actually reading posts/following links/etc.

2026-04-02 21:02:15 UTC

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dammit, been feeling A all day today too. it's just a pointless PR distraction from trump-run NASA

2026-02-10 09:24:13 UTC

"green" AI data centre that would have used more electricity than edinburgh and glasgow combined ... fuck the fuck off. well done for removing planning permission for those cunts https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/10/edinburgh_green_ai_datacenter/

2026-02-06 14:49:41 UTC

from now on, whenever i make some bullshit suggestion (like a change to WCAG?) i'll add "the vast majority of humanity wants this" ... for added gravitas...

2026-01-09 09:29:06 UTC

looking forward to the televised FIFA 2026 World Cup final in the summer
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/864/429/928/489/595/original/66ccb3d1019bcdb5.png

2025-12-12 16:41:09 UTC

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see, it's ok if the output is shit...all you have to do to make it right is to add a "wasn't me, guv!" disclaimer at the start, and away you go...
well done microsoft for showing confidence in your own fucking product that you're ramming down everybody's throat, btw

2025-12-12 16:40:01 UTC

brave new fucking #AI world ...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/707/577/878/578/067/original/6122fc5c30faa58d.png

2025-11-17 11:17:16 UTC

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well yes that was my point ;)

2025-11-16 15:12:57 UTC

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6*7

2025-09-30 10:11:05 UTC

do you have those days where you just feel constantly in fight or flight mode? urgh...

2025-09-14 09:36:50 UTC

hearing the news that Vimeo is likely to get enshittified now that they've been acquired by Bending Spoons, i've been going through some of my favourited videos on there. such a trip down memory lane. particularly tickled to rediscover this recording of "From Bedroom to Attic: Making Prince of Persia" by Jordan Mechner https://vimeo.com/53918011 /cc [@jmechner](https://mastodon.art/@jmechner )

2025-09-03 20:01:20 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWEshQTz1uU

2025-09-02 07:42:54 UTC

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"oh ... aeh ... yes, my father was a tool maker, and we used to do a bit of flagshagging every weekend..."

2025-07-17 09:39:47 UTC

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the latest bubble is "agentic ai" or similar bullshit

2025-07-10 08:55:55 UTC

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the italian army knife, then

2025-07-07 20:33:07 UTC

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my modest new ride
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/813/848/680/469/280/original/c1587335ce4901ac.jpg

2025-07-07 19:46:34 UTC

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randomly reminded of this older video from @npub1ye8…emvm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3lXVwb2W04

2025-07-07 11:46:43 UTC

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(i've been boring people to no end recently about how this commuter city bike is so much more appropriate for my needs ... sorry, won't shut up about it :) )

2025-07-07 11:45:29 UTC

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this was me a few years ago. i got that big chunky heavy mountain bike because the salesman talked me into it... then never could be arsed to actually get it out of the shed or garage at the time to use it. with this new bike i got myself last month, it's much much lighter and nimbler...and with the fact that i recently cleared up our double garage in our "new" house now, i removed all friction ... just on a whim can just grab the bike and go. next up: back pannier rack and a bag for it

2025-07-07 09:40:06 UTC

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incidentally, some people laughed when i told them i wanted to replace my big chunky heavy "too much bike" MTB with a super simple, light, single speed city bike ... but for this kind of riding, it was actually just perfect. don't plan to "take it off any sweet jumps" or anything, just to ride mostly flat paths, with the occasional incline here and there... and for that, i don't need 21 shimano gears or mega suspensions

2025-07-07 08:18:00 UTC

managed to ignore my self-conscious feelings of looking like an idiot with my giant bike helmet yesterday and finally went for a proper little ride - did a fraction of the #preston guild wheel path. now going to slowly ramp up to eventually managing to do the whole circuit. considering i'm woefully out of shape and not properly ridden a bike in ages, this was a great personal achievement #cycling #bike #biking
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/810/918/983/586/165/original/a9cb1227c344d55a.jpg

2025-07-01 17:54:14 UTC

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ok, kein problem. das koennte ja der titel fuer meine naechste presentation werden "No (this doesn't fail WCAG)"

2025-07-01 17:48:20 UTC

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ich nehm mal an, es war das hier? https://github.com/w3c/wcag/discussions/4471 #a11y #accessibility #barrierefreiheit *grins*

2025-06-30 14:47:43 UTC

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a visual to go with it...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/772/858/737/427/829/original/42c16eb6d33f3731.png

2025-06-21 19:43:23 UTC

finally watching Halt and Catch Fire ... mainly because of the animated gifs that @npub1srx…5cg5 always posts...

2025-06-08 21:40:08 UTC

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genau... https://youtu.be/7J2oijo9958?t=19

2025-06-08 21:36:17 UTC

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https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flachwichser

2025-06-08 21:26:04 UTC

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flachwixer

2025-06-01 09:53:13 UTC

today's #pixelfont recreation: paragon programming/datasoft/u.s. gold's "black magic" (1987) on the #amstrad #cpc https://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/1575 #pixelart #retrogaming

2025-05-11 17:58:31 UTC

the famous traffic light tree #london #photography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/490/494/876/952/749/original/a87a2c57a5ae96cc.jpeg

2025-05-03 09:51:26 UTC

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need to stress/make it sound like a double `p` as well ... onveloppe

2025-05-02 19:06:44 UTC

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hah, the "will fall out of fashion" bit reminded me of a point i kept making in this old talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHtTpyhMqH0 on how technology/specs are always catching up (too late)

2025-04-28 08:48:51 UTC

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i'd love an actual factual citation that the bullying aspect is indeed true - maybe a comparative study with other countries where there is no uniform requirement. having been to school in italy, germany, and switzerland, where there was no uniform, i personally can't recall any bullying issues stemming from attire... (but perhaps UK's deeply ingrained class system to this day presents additional challenges...)

2025-04-11 23:51:14 UTC

business brain idea: what if I set up a giant floating factory and park it in international waters ... can I evade #tariffs ?

2025-04-11 12:58:03 UTC

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also "love" the whole "if you're using h1 inside a section, lighthouse/devtools will now warn you that you should also change the font-size yourself" ... you still don't get it, muppets? it's not just the visual size that matters, but the actual heading level as exposed to assistive technologies... fucking sigh...

2025-03-08 14:00:07 UTC

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lovely stuff, got a lot of time for Scratch ... to think I started off with Logo back at that age...

2025-03-02 00:13:56 UTC

BBC doing a "he was asking for it, dressed like that..." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4r9yvqzpo

2025-02-23 12:42:10 UTC

has Trump suggested who should be the next pope yet?

2025-02-17 20:50:46 UTC

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i'd love a european politician going over to some meeting in the US and making a Vance-like speech citing all the shit that's happening over there. alas, it would be pointless, and nobody's going to do it for fear of trade wars or worse...

2025-02-17 20:46:13 UTC

the irony of Vance claiming that "freedom of speech is under threat" while they have book burnings ... aeh ... "compliance reviews" over in the new fourth reich https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/17/a-great-shock-julianne-moores-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration

2025-02-17 10:05:07 UTC

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on the "we fired people and are now struggling to get in touch with them again" ... isn't that exactly what also happened with twitter? we laughed back then, now it's a bit more serious....

2025-02-15 12:04:01 UTC

today's #pixelfont recreation: phil coombs/artic computing's "tut's pyramid" (1986) on the #amstrad #cpc https://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/1522 #pixelart #retro

2025-01-29 18:42:47 UTC

so, germany is fash as well now? that's now, what, half of europe?

2025-01-19 18:56:12 UTC

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randomly, i also have a soft spot for the inside https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke/113508955157193696

2024-11-18 11:48:37 UTC

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manchmal, ja ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U_zEQgYHBI
weiss aber nicht, ob ich da einen ganzen technischen vortrag schoen fluessig auf deutsch machen kann. naja, schaumermal...irgendwann...

2024-11-18 10:28:58 UTC

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urgh, hab grad gesehen dass ich um die zeit ein meeting habe (damn you, CET vs GMT). vielleicht schaff ich's trotzdem da noch so gegen mitte/end reinzuschalten :)

2024-11-11 08:59:29 UTC

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need to put an apple mouse next to it, on its back, charging via usb-c cable ...

2024-11-11 08:49:06 UTC

beware of the usual "flood the zone with shit" that Elon and the other new ghouls are already engaged in. they'll start publicly floating outlandish ideas ("hey, what about replacing democracy with a government of high-status males?"). yes, there will be grains of truth/desire there, but the aim is primarily to exhaust everybody, provide easy targets for outrage, and to distract folks so they don't notice the real ghoulish shit they're doing on the quiet. save your energy, comrades...

2024-10-19 17:38:43 UTC

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my take is that you don't *have* to, unless the very specific way a pattern looks is the main focus of what you're trying to convey. otherwise, name-dropping the patterns etc should be sufficient, as a user who is unfamiliar with exactly what a "herringbone pattern" is can do a follow-up search for that specific term

2024-09-30 14:23:05 UTC

"Light at the end of the tunnel: Heart of Los Angeles" Tory DiPietro 2022 #LosAngeles #photography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/226/952/499/867/625/original/a5d323db3d95975b.jpeg

2024-09-25 20:43:00 UTC

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for the curious, this is a custom shirt from @npub1q24…klcr's shop that hasn't been added to the regular stock yet. more of my creations, including a few more #amiga ones.. https://www.etsy.com/shop/HTMLZ?search_query=lauke

2024-09-25 00:52:37 UTC

the perfect bedtime #amiga tshirt... /cc @npub1q24…klcr
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/195/454/054/945/617/original/cb0636e3852c21a3.jpeg

2024-09-22 20:20:08 UTC

low rider #LA #photography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/183/057/978/138/754/original/a777cdf6c22396ef.jpeg

2024-09-18 17:57:27 UTC

feeling...just a tad old
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/159/847/722/807/374/original/90637a611eeeceaa.jpeg