Aindreas Ó Gallchoir
@swimtwobirds.bsky.social
Very interesting thread from the head of Signal on why AWS failure took them down/why they’re on AWS in the first place. Tldr - they have zero choice in the matter, and the internet is no longer a distributed system.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Very interesting thread from the head of Signal on why AWS failure took them down/why they’re on AWS in the first place. Tldr - they have zero choice in the matter, and the internet is no longer a distributed system.
I find it increasingly / very hard to take Stephen Bush seriously.
hit-n-run then blocked, amazing stuff from our fearless journalists
August 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I find it increasingly / very hard to take Stephen Bush seriously.
You can take the piss out of sky sports, but they landed on the racist incident in the opening game like a tonne of bricks. Felt a proper broadcaster.
August 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
You can take the piss out of sky sports, but they landed on the racist incident in the opening game like a tonne of bricks. Felt a proper broadcaster.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Solid wombat.
March 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Solid wombat.
Immense.
i’m just photoshopping muppets onto the cover of harper’s bazaar: thread
January 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Immense.
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Not sure these subtitles are right?
December 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Not sure these subtitles are right?
Bananas.
Worth marvelling for a moment at the different political world that was Carter’s 1976 win. The last gasps of an old order.
December 30, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Bananas.
Lovely thread on Gates McFadden being an absolute dame.
December 9, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Lovely thread on Gates McFadden being an absolute dame.
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And just like that, martial law was over. I couldn’t help but wonder, was this Yoon’s version of going headlong into the relationship with Berger, only for it to end via Post-It?
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM
And just like that, martial law was over. I couldn’t help but wonder, was this Yoon’s version of going headlong into the relationship with Berger, only for it to end via Post-It?
The threads here tho. The god tier, chill, fascinating threads.
November 27, 2024 at 9:27 PM
The threads here tho. The god tier, chill, fascinating threads.
YES.
November 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
YES.
SABRE TOOTH KITTEN THREAD.
A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age...
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November 26, 2024 at 2:58 PM
SABRE TOOTH KITTEN THREAD.
Twitter lives again.
Why do the credits at the end of every movie say: “Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental”? Because of Rasputin. [slate.com]
The Strange Reason Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction (You Guessed It: Rasputin!)
Virtually every film in modern memory ends with some variation of the same disclaimer: “This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons,…
slate.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Twitter lives again.
Twitter really is back. Absolutely fascinating thread on road grit.
🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Twitter really is back. Absolutely fascinating thread on road grit.
Fucked around with Stilton and found gout.
Fucked around in a stream and found trout.
Fucked around with some influencers and found clout.
November 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Fucked around with Stilton and found gout.
Incredible thread. Twitter lives again.
November 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Incredible thread. Twitter lives again.
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was released 17 years ago this week. One of the most successful movies of the Coen brothers, and acclaimed as one of the great book-to-screen adaptations of the 21st century, missing the story of how it came to be is like losing a Chigurh coin toss…
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November 17, 2024 at 12:15 PM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was released 17 years ago this week. One of the most successful movies of the Coen brothers, and acclaimed as one of the great book-to-screen adaptations of the 21st century, missing the story of how it came to be is like losing a Chigurh coin toss…
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I mean that is bang on.
Matt Gaetz looks like David Hasselhoff playing Ethan Hunt going undercover as Matt Gaetz
November 13, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I mean that is bang on.
This is, no question, the best general election of our lifetime. Watching the Tory press lose their minds in public… God but it’s caviar popcorn. Caviar.
June 14, 2024 at 6:42 PM
This is, no question, the best general election of our lifetime. Watching the Tory press lose their minds in public… God but it’s caviar popcorn. Caviar.
Whoever thought Kemi Badenoch would be the post election Tory saviour probably isn’t thinking that anymore eh.
June 3, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Whoever thought Kemi Badenoch would be the post election Tory saviour probably isn’t thinking that anymore eh.
It’s perfect. The stench of death.
June 1, 2024 at 8:16 PM
It’s perfect. The stench of death.