Richard Young
@richardyoung.bsky.social
Writer, editor, presenter (plus mid-life crisis PGCE). Ask me to write about business, finance, PM, AI, VC & PE, HR, IT... It's not the platform, it's us. Anger is a compass not a map. Hyperbole is destroying civilisation!! linkedin.com/in/businesswriter
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated, or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated, or Pixar.
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ISSUE 04 | '92 MIDFIELD BUMPER SPECIAL
25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions?
PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...
25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions?
PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ISSUE 04 | '92 MIDFIELD BUMPER SPECIAL
25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions?
PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...
25 December is the birthday of our Lord and saviour, Gary McAllister, so what better way to celebrate than a magazine devoted to the midfield that defined #LUFC becoming the Last Champions?
PRE-ORDER: thesquareball.net/shop/2025-26...
Today I have edited about 10 pages of the magazine, done a stack of research, and cleared my inbox. But the biggest achievement by far is...
disabling the lock key at the top right of my Apple Magic Keyboard, which I was pressing dozens of times a day reaching for the delete key. Life-changing.
disabling the lock key at the top right of my Apple Magic Keyboard, which I was pressing dozens of times a day reaching for the delete key. Life-changing.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today I have edited about 10 pages of the magazine, done a stack of research, and cleared my inbox. But the biggest achievement by far is...
disabling the lock key at the top right of my Apple Magic Keyboard, which I was pressing dozens of times a day reaching for the delete key. Life-changing.
disabling the lock key at the top right of my Apple Magic Keyboard, which I was pressing dozens of times a day reaching for the delete key. Life-changing.
Word of the year? I will hyphenate that sucker, try to stop me. (Wait: is this... rage-bait? Am I the bad guy?)
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Word of the year? I will hyphenate that sucker, try to stop me. (Wait: is this... rage-bait? Am I the bad guy?)
Why do I imagine everyone high-profile resigning these days is doing so with a huge sigh of relief? All these folks seem to be deeply battle-scarred and when something happens - that's not their fault! - they fall on their sword. It's obviously extremely decent of them, but maybe good to get out?
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Why do I imagine everyone high-profile resigning these days is doing so with a huge sigh of relief? All these folks seem to be deeply battle-scarred and when something happens - that's not their fault! - they fall on their sword. It's obviously extremely decent of them, but maybe good to get out?
This! But Labour remains woeful at comms - ironic, given that that's what its team seems to think is all-important. Right at the start they should have said, "we have a mandate to fix things, and we're *all* going to have to contribute" then taken decisive action with the money to fund it.
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This! But Labour remains woeful at comms - ironic, given that that's what its team seems to think is all-important. Right at the start they should have said, "we have a mandate to fix things, and we're *all* going to have to contribute" then taken decisive action with the money to fund it.
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This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
It's finally happened! We broke through the 900-point barrier for the first time today. Early bingos are the key, keeps the board nice and open, and we had some great racks, but they still have to be managed and played well. Woo-hoo!
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's finally happened! We broke through the 900-point barrier for the first time today. Early bingos are the key, keeps the board nice and open, and we had some great racks, but they still have to be managed and played well. Woo-hoo!
Considering unsubscribing from @charlesarthur.bsky.social 's otherwise excellent Overspill daily email over the use of this *horrible* image on today's edition. Those points values are *unforgivable*. Was it... AI?
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Considering unsubscribing from @charlesarthur.bsky.social 's otherwise excellent Overspill daily email over the use of this *horrible* image on today's edition. Those points values are *unforgivable*. Was it... AI?
Black Friday? We should start "Back Friday" instead - back any good cause you encounter for the day/week/month. (Especially good in the run up to Xmas when there are lots of pressures of kids and families; and it's cold!) How about this to begin: www.justgiving.com/campaign/afc...
Christmas Appeal 2025
Support AFC Wimbledon Foundation to bring festive cheer to children in hospital and open up opportunities for local young people across our community. Your gift helps provide presents to children & fo...
www.justgiving.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Black Friday? We should start "Back Friday" instead - back any good cause you encounter for the day/week/month. (Especially good in the run up to Xmas when there are lots of pressures of kids and families; and it's cold!) How about this to begin: www.justgiving.com/campaign/afc...
Oh hai everyone who said "Labour can't break manifesto commitments, it's a trust thing, duh, you idiot." How's that fiscal drag and now abandonment of day one rights working for you? You OK, huns?
a bald man in a blue suit is asking for a hug
ALT: a bald man in a blue suit is asking for a hug
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November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh hai everyone who said "Labour can't break manifesto commitments, it's a trust thing, duh, you idiot." How's that fiscal drag and now abandonment of day one rights working for you? You OK, huns?
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"Even though the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists - including those at the BBC - were able to access by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document."
i have a cost-saving idea, which is, bear with me: not to do a big investigation
i have a cost-saving idea, which is, bear with me: not to do a big investigation
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Even though the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists - including those at the BBC - were able to access by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document."
i have a cost-saving idea, which is, bear with me: not to do a big investigation
i have a cost-saving idea, which is, bear with me: not to do a big investigation
Interesting: Xmas shopping and saw a big discount at Amazon for something I needed to buy. Bought, then double-checked on John Lewis, and the price was the same. Protip, then: buying from a British retailer (owned by its staff, and recommitted to a price promise) should be your Black Friday go-to...
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Interesting: Xmas shopping and saw a big discount at Amazon for something I needed to buy. Bought, then double-checked on John Lewis, and the price was the same. Protip, then: buying from a British retailer (owned by its staff, and recommitted to a price promise) should be your Black Friday go-to...
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I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
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Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
Been a loooong time since the last Bluesky Timeline Juxtaposition of the Day, but this was too prettily orange to resist. Thx to @fortrenn.bsky.social and @akiyoshikitaoka.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Been a loooong time since the last Bluesky Timeline Juxtaposition of the Day, but this was too prettily orange to resist. Thx to @fortrenn.bsky.social and @akiyoshikitaoka.bsky.social
Sometimes when I'm very busy I skip @matt-levine.bsky.social 's Money Stuff email. Then I miss stuff like this. I should make time...
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sometimes when I'm very busy I skip @matt-levine.bsky.social 's Money Stuff email. Then I miss stuff like this. I should make time...
Faecbook was dead years ago. My 79yo mother still cites it heavily when sharing "her" opinions and describing what she's been buying. Breaks my heart. But the dopamine got her. contentmines.substack.com/p/unfollow-p...
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Faecbook was dead years ago. My 79yo mother still cites it heavily when sharing "her" opinions and describing what she's been buying. Breaks my heart. But the dopamine got her. contentmines.substack.com/p/unfollow-p...
Atlantic piece on the "about this account" furore on Xitter. (HT TheOverspill from @charlesarthur.bsky.social ) "Just log off" feels like it's gaining traction. And in a wider sense: "MAGA Majorie Taylor Greene" is a social media construct; now she's had enough. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Atlantic piece on the "about this account" furore on Xitter. (HT TheOverspill from @charlesarthur.bsky.social ) "Just log off" feels like it's gaining traction. And in a wider sense: "MAGA Majorie Taylor Greene" is a social media construct; now she's had enough. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
Farke is untenable now. He didn't get the signings he needed, but he also needed to show more of a tactical set-up accounting for that, and he hasn't. Feels very similar to the end of Bielsa: thank-you for the great times, but we have to roll the dice. Just hope it's better that Marsch this time.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Farke is untenable now. He didn't get the signings he needed, but he also needed to show more of a tactical set-up accounting for that, and he hasn't. Feels very similar to the end of Bielsa: thank-you for the great times, but we have to roll the dice. Just hope it's better that Marsch this time.
The Observer is web only now, isn't it? Which makes the subbing and layout on this page even more annoying. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a... (They'll probably fix it soon...)
Ashes delivers on crazy first day as 19 wickets fall and Ben Stokes leads England’s fightback | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Observer is web only now, isn't it? Which makes the subbing and layout on this page even more annoying. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a... (They'll probably fix it soon...)
Whenever you see one of these "reducing headcount b/c AI" pieces, there's almost always a subheading with the real story. Here it's "...also shifts work to Poland and India." But you've seen others: "coincidental" drop in activity; sectoral downturn; wider cost-cutting. The AI excuse...
Clifford Chance cites AI as it axes 10 per cent of back-office staff on.ft.com/48qn9oK
Clifford Chance cites AI as it axes 10 per cent of back-office staff
Magic circle legal firm also shifts work to lower-cost hubs in Poland and India
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Whenever you see one of these "reducing headcount b/c AI" pieces, there's almost always a subheading with the real story. Here it's "...also shifts work to Poland and India." But you've seen others: "coincidental" drop in activity; sectoral downturn; wider cost-cutting. The AI excuse...
Can we get the term "trimmer" reintroduced? I heard it first in the context of side-changers in the Wars of the Roses ("he's a damned trimmer, my lord!"), and it's usually derogatory. But (it says here) in the 17th century the 1st Marquess of Halifax reclaimed the term for his moderating position.
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can we get the term "trimmer" reintroduced? I heard it first in the context of side-changers in the Wars of the Roses ("he's a damned trimmer, my lord!"), and it's usually derogatory. But (it says here) in the 17th century the 1st Marquess of Halifax reclaimed the term for his moderating position.