Richard Bairwell
@rbairwell.bsky.social
Mainly hanging around on the Fediverse (Mastodon) at @[email protected] . Might setup my Bsky profile soon.
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
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Gender-neutral bathrooms : A guide
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Gender-neutral bathrooms : A guide
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I'm so tired of being in poor health.
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm so tired of being in poor health.
Just a reminder now we are reaching "that season" that available free on the Internet Archive is the brilliant "Die Hard The Gruber Cut" archive.org/details/DieH... .
Die Hard The Gruber Cut : Paul Nicholson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
What if Die Hard was told from Hans Gruber's point of view?A gang plan a daring heist to steal $600 million. But one by one, they are murdered by an unseen...
archive.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just a reminder now we are reaching "that season" that available free on the Internet Archive is the brilliant "Die Hard The Gruber Cut" archive.org/details/DieH... .
If #hazbinhotel Overlords get powers from people they have killed...
and Niffty killed Adam..
and Adam had the power to send sinners to Heaven (unintentionally or not)....
Hmm - could make an interesting theory.
and Niffty killed Adam..
and Adam had the power to send sinners to Heaven (unintentionally or not)....
Hmm - could make an interesting theory.
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If #hazbinhotel Overlords get powers from people they have killed...
and Niffty killed Adam..
and Adam had the power to send sinners to Heaven (unintentionally or not)....
Hmm - could make an interesting theory.
and Niffty killed Adam..
and Adam had the power to send sinners to Heaven (unintentionally or not)....
Hmm - could make an interesting theory.
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Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
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I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
@profanity.accountant Do I swear much on this motherf'ing platform?
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@profanity.accountant Do I swear much on this motherf'ing platform?
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Can’t breathe
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can’t breathe
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This appears to be coming around again, and is one of the reasons why I have no love for anything RGL and no interest whatsoever in their products.
I see a lot of people talking about the A1200 mini.
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money:
boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...
Horace Goes Copyright Striking
How an obscure game character from the 8-bit era ended up at the heart of a very modern YouTube takedown fight
boingboing.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This appears to be coming around again, and is one of the reasons why I have no love for anything RGL and no interest whatsoever in their products.
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Actually, no one has asked me that before! He definitely learned enough ASL to say his lines and have a short conversation. I’m not sure how much he learned, but they were able to communicate.
Keep in mind that he was British, and BSL is completely different!
Keep in mind that he was British, and BSL is completely different!
@marawilson.bsky.social hey Mara, I’m sure you’ve answered this a million times, but did Richard Attenborough actually learn sign language for that scene in Miracle on 34th Street? It’s a really sweet moment in the film. :)
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Actually, no one has asked me that before! He definitely learned enough ASL to say his lines and have a short conversation. I’m not sure how much he learned, but they were able to communicate.
Keep in mind that he was British, and BSL is completely different!
Keep in mind that he was British, and BSL is completely different!
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I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".
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November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".
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just because the internet has gone a dozen different kinds of crazy since the 2000s doesn't mean ceiling cat isn't still watching you masturbate
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
just because the internet has gone a dozen different kinds of crazy since the 2000s doesn't mean ceiling cat isn't still watching you masturbate
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Did they really work hard for that £1.2m? Or did they get shockingly lucky benefiting from a stupid housing market? This is almost entirely unearned wealth, it's largely the result of dumb luck. And Jill is still walking anyway with £1m of it!
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Did they really work hard for that £1.2m? Or did they get shockingly lucky benefiting from a stupid housing market? This is almost entirely unearned wealth, it's largely the result of dumb luck. And Jill is still walking anyway with £1m of it!
Did a Womble write this?
It's a real shame that no-one publishes a 3D map of our cities that shows the underground as well as the surface. Seeing the tunnels used by pedestrians, trains, roads, clean water, sewage, gas and electricity would be great. Hidden infrastructure that needs to be seen.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Did a Womble write this?
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.—Douglas Adams
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.—Douglas Adams
Have I found the exception to @ianbetteridge.com 's "law"?
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Have I found the exception to @ianbetteridge.com 's "law"?
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EXCUSE ME ITALY??? 😂
𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧: "Okay, so, let me guess, the bellhop told you that."
𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧: "Host. And anyway no, it's that you are as pathetic as your dick at maintaining pathetic secrets"
𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧: "Pathetic?! Let me get out of here and I'll show you where I'll stick my dick (in you)."
#appleradio
𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧: "Host. And anyway no, it's that you are as pathetic as your dick at maintaining pathetic secrets"
𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧: "Pathetic?! Let me get out of here and I'll show you where I'll stick my dick (in you)."
#appleradio
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
EXCUSE ME ITALY??? 😂
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
Looks like Cloudflare is experiencing yet another global outage. So good that a large portion of the internet is reliant on just a few providers.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Looks like Cloudflare is experiencing yet another global outage. So good that a large portion of the internet is reliant on just a few providers.