Andy
@andy.sitegeistwebservices.com
Work in digital sustainability
Rest with a good book
Play in the forests, mountains, lakes and my kitchen
Rest with a good book
Play in the forests, mountains, lakes and my kitchen
As someone who's last job was running a hospitality business and is now works doing digital things, this hits hard.
www.noemamag.com/why-is-every...
www.noemamag.com/why-is-every...
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? | NOEMA
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
www.noemamag.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:07 AM
As someone who's last job was running a hospitality business and is now works doing digital things, this hits hard.
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www.noemamag.com/why-is-every...
Measuring the impact of this extremely hot summer in lost GDP rather than human costs like restless nights, runs cut short, amount of brown grass trodden on, panic inducing headlines read etc is a real bummer.
August 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Measuring the impact of this extremely hot summer in lost GDP rather than human costs like restless nights, runs cut short, amount of brown grass trodden on, panic inducing headlines read etc is a real bummer.
Are you sitting comfortably?
You might not be after reading what information Google can glean from a single photo of you and how they use that for ad targetting…
theyseeyourphotos.com
#luxurysurveillance #degoogle
You might not be after reading what information Google can glean from a single photo of you and how they use that for ad targetting…
theyseeyourphotos.com
#luxurysurveillance #degoogle
They See Your Photos
Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees.
theyseeyourphotos.com
June 16, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Are you sitting comfortably?
You might not be after reading what information Google can glean from a single photo of you and how they use that for ad targetting…
theyseeyourphotos.com
#luxurysurveillance #degoogle
You might not be after reading what information Google can glean from a single photo of you and how they use that for ad targetting…
theyseeyourphotos.com
#luxurysurveillance #degoogle
Video podcasts aren't podcasts
June 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Video podcasts aren't podcasts
Hey @developer.chrome.com. Fuck all the way off into the sea with your 4gb AI file that comes with the new version of Chrome.
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Google’s Prompt API | CSS-Tricks
Mat Marquis on Google pulling the web standards equivalent of U2 album marketing:
css-tricks.com
May 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Hey @developer.chrome.com. Fuck all the way off into the sea with your 4gb AI file that comes with the new version of Chrome.
css-tricks.com/googles-prom...
css-tricks.com/googles-prom...
Web devs of Bluesky. The Green Web Foundation has just published a report on "The State of the Fossil-Free Internet" that is well worth reading.
Qudos to @sustainable-dev.bsky.social for his dev work on the project.
fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
Qudos to @sustainable-dev.bsky.social for his dev work on the project.
fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
State of the Fossil-Free Internet Report
In this first annual briefing by Green Web Foundation, we examine the biggest obstacles to a fossil-free internet. This year’s focus: the rise of too many dirty data centres.
fossilfree.greenweb.org
April 30, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Web devs of Bluesky. The Green Web Foundation has just published a report on "The State of the Fossil-Free Internet" that is well worth reading.
Qudos to @sustainable-dev.bsky.social for his dev work on the project.
fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
Qudos to @sustainable-dev.bsky.social for his dev work on the project.
fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
Even if I've grown up on t'internet, it's never not weird and slightly thrilling when you randomly find something you've done being posted about by someone else.
Data centres, sustainability and Microsoft removing the 'AI button': https://spitevillage.micro.blog/2026/04/28/data-centres-sustainability-and-microsoft.html
April 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Even if I've grown up on t'internet, it's never not weird and slightly thrilling when you randomly find something you've done being posted about by someone else.
Frustrating wrinkle with @ifixit.com. Need to replace a swollen battery on my phone and found that buying the battery and adhesive is more expensive than buying the kit which includes those items plus a tool kit which I've already got from a previous order.
March 20, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Frustrating wrinkle with @ifixit.com. Need to replace a swollen battery on my phone and found that buying the battery and adhesive is more expensive than buying the kit which includes those items plus a tool kit which I've already got from a previous order.
Bit rich to spend weeks after the Gorton and Denton byelection bashing the Greens talking points and then claiming some of them as your own.
I agree with what he's saying here but it would ring more true if he'd been saying this before the attacks on Iran...
I agree with what he's saying here but it would ring more true if he'd been saying this before the attacks on Iran...
Kier Starmer:
"What gives us control is renewables. Our own home-grown energy which is then more secure and more independent.
That’s why I think we should go further and faster on renewables.
Let’s get control of our own energy…so we don’t have to keep worrying that our bills are going to go up"
"What gives us control is renewables. Our own home-grown energy which is then more secure and more independent.
That’s why I think we should go further and faster on renewables.
Let’s get control of our own energy…so we don’t have to keep worrying that our bills are going to go up"
March 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Bit rich to spend weeks after the Gorton and Denton byelection bashing the Greens talking points and then claiming some of them as your own.
I agree with what he's saying here but it would ring more true if he'd been saying this before the attacks on Iran...
I agree with what he's saying here but it would ring more true if he'd been saying this before the attacks on Iran...
@jamesjgill.bsky.social
This from @bcmerchant.bsky.social is the counterpoint to the Matt Shumer piece you posted the other week.
It's long but well worth it, bring a cuppa. Lots of further reading from it too!
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/actually-t...
This from @bcmerchant.bsky.social is the counterpoint to the Matt Shumer piece you posted the other week.
It's long but well worth it, bring a cuppa. Lots of further reading from it too!
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/actually-t...
Actually, the left is winning the AI debate
But it does need to get organized.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
@jamesjgill.bsky.social
This from @bcmerchant.bsky.social is the counterpoint to the Matt Shumer piece you posted the other week.
It's long but well worth it, bring a cuppa. Lots of further reading from it too!
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/actually-t...
This from @bcmerchant.bsky.social is the counterpoint to the Matt Shumer piece you posted the other week.
It's long but well worth it, bring a cuppa. Lots of further reading from it too!
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/actually-t...
Reposted by Andy
"Take search as an example. Using #Google search in a certain way can sometimes yield more useful results than #DuckDuckGo or #Ecosia, but that doesn’t mean it should be the default choice."
FULL INTERVIEW >
FULL INTERVIEW >
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Interview: How to Break Free From Google’s Browser Monopoly
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February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"Take search as an example. Using #Google search in a certain way can sometimes yield more useful results than #DuckDuckGo or #Ecosia, but that doesn’t mean it should be the default choice."
FULL INTERVIEW >
FULL INTERVIEW >
Reposted by Andy
"That said, we can and should exercise agency and choice in how and where we spend our time online. Just because something is tricky or time-consuming doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. Companies like #Google rely on us choosing ease over friction to maintain their position..."
February 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"That said, we can and should exercise agency and choice in how and where we spend our time online. Just because something is tricky or time-consuming doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. Companies like #Google rely on us choosing ease over friction to maintain their position..."
Reposted by Andy
🧵 Snippet from our latest interview with Andy
"We might have chosen default platforms for email, search & browsing without much thought, & the ethos of the companies running them has probably changed over time. Moving away from them can be time-consuming and tricky..."
"We might have chosen default platforms for email, search & browsing without much thought, & the ethos of the companies running them has probably changed over time. Moving away from them can be time-consuming and tricky..."
February 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🧵 Snippet from our latest interview with Andy
"We might have chosen default platforms for email, search & browsing without much thought, & the ethos of the companies running them has probably changed over time. Moving away from them can be time-consuming and tricky..."
"We might have chosen default platforms for email, search & browsing without much thought, & the ethos of the companies running them has probably changed over time. Moving away from them can be time-consuming and tricky..."
"I don't think you understand how many puppies might die if someone doesn't do a something."
Chucky Hagan - CEO of Decapa-leash
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Chucky Hagan - CEO of Decapa-leash
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns
Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"I don't think you understand how many puppies might die if someone doesn't do a something."
Chucky Hagan - CEO of Decapa-leash
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Chucky Hagan - CEO of Decapa-leash
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hugely impressed with my first @ifixit.com experience. Just replaces the battery on my son's second hand Pixel 6a.
Great quality tool kit and clear instructions.
10/10 would fix it again.
Great quality tool kit and clear instructions.
10/10 would fix it again.
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Hugely impressed with my first @ifixit.com experience. Just replaces the battery on my son's second hand Pixel 6a.
Great quality tool kit and clear instructions.
10/10 would fix it again.
Great quality tool kit and clear instructions.
10/10 would fix it again.
Hire Dave for beautiful, performant sites built with the planet in mind.
I’m not a big user of BlueSky (yet), but if anyone sees this I’m looking for work.
I’m a front-end developer, with a focus on low-carbon, design-led, accessible, websites — often using Astro and headless CMSs like Storyblok.
I’m open to freelance or possibly the right perm role 🤞
I’m a front-end developer, with a focus on low-carbon, design-led, accessible, websites — often using Astro and headless CMSs like Storyblok.
I’m open to freelance or possibly the right perm role 🤞
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Hire Dave for beautiful, performant sites built with the planet in mind.
"Put down your phone and knit something"
My neo-luddite call to arms for 2026
My neo-luddite call to arms for 2026
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"Put down your phone and knit something"
My neo-luddite call to arms for 2026
My neo-luddite call to arms for 2026
Winter is improved if you put your veg trimmings and herb stalks in a bag in the freezer and when it's full you make it into a stock for a banging minestrone.
Omnivores can and should add chicken bones & parmesan rinds to the bag too.
Extract value & nutrition from what seems like waste.
Omnivores can and should add chicken bones & parmesan rinds to the bag too.
Extract value & nutrition from what seems like waste.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Winter is improved if you put your veg trimmings and herb stalks in a bag in the freezer and when it's full you make it into a stock for a banging minestrone.
Omnivores can and should add chicken bones & parmesan rinds to the bag too.
Extract value & nutrition from what seems like waste.
Omnivores can and should add chicken bones & parmesan rinds to the bag too.
Extract value & nutrition from what seems like waste.
While kneeling by a lake to take a photo, the man stood next to me said "are you going to have a drink?" to his dog.
I looked up and told him I wasn't thirsty and he took a beat and told me he was talking to his dog.
I looked up and told him I wasn't thirsty and he took a beat and told me he was talking to his dog.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM
While kneeling by a lake to take a photo, the man stood next to me said "are you going to have a drink?" to his dog.
I looked up and told him I wasn't thirsty and he took a beat and told me he was talking to his dog.
I looked up and told him I wasn't thirsty and he took a beat and told me he was talking to his dog.
Me - Highlight text and turn into a heading
Google Docs - Turn the highlighted text & the previous, paragraph into a heading. Got it
Me - What? No, just the highlighted text.
GD - Maybe if you add an extra line break?
Me - Ok, try now.
GD - Nope, that wasn't it either. Maybe try Gemini, IDK.
Google Docs - Turn the highlighted text & the previous, paragraph into a heading. Got it
Me - What? No, just the highlighted text.
GD - Maybe if you add an extra line break?
Me - Ok, try now.
GD - Nope, that wasn't it either. Maybe try Gemini, IDK.
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Me - Highlight text and turn into a heading
Google Docs - Turn the highlighted text & the previous, paragraph into a heading. Got it
Me - What? No, just the highlighted text.
GD - Maybe if you add an extra line break?
Me - Ok, try now.
GD - Nope, that wasn't it either. Maybe try Gemini, IDK.
Google Docs - Turn the highlighted text & the previous, paragraph into a heading. Got it
Me - What? No, just the highlighted text.
GD - Maybe if you add an extra line break?
Me - Ok, try now.
GD - Nope, that wasn't it either. Maybe try Gemini, IDK.
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Does anyone know of any agencies or small to mid sized businesses that moved from Gsuite or Microsoft365 to more ethical or EU based alternatives?
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Does anyone know of any agencies or small to mid sized businesses that moved from Gsuite or Microsoft365 to more ethical or EU based alternatives?
Google quietly replaces it's Operating Sustainably page with an operations page on it's sustainability website. Ghouls gonna ghoul.
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Our Goals for Sustainable Operations - Google Sustainability
At Google, we’re implementing sustainable business practices to achieve more sustainable operations. Explore our goals and track our progress.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Google quietly replaces it's Operating Sustainably page with an operations page on it's sustainability website. Ghouls gonna ghoul.
Old
web.archive.org/web/20250626...
New
sustainability.google/operations/
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sustainability.google/operations/
This article from @bell.bz on AI usage in companies and agencies is fascinating reading.
Really, really good.
piccalil.li/blog/are-peo...
Really, really good.
piccalil.li/blog/are-peo...
Are people’s bosses really making them use AI tools?
Andy Bell had heard companies were forcing employees to use AI tools so spoke to developers to determine if that was the case and learned some horrors in the process.
piccalil.li
August 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This article from @bell.bz on AI usage in companies and agencies is fascinating reading.
Really, really good.
piccalil.li/blog/are-peo...
Really, really good.
piccalil.li/blog/are-peo...