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.
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?)
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!
To be fair, Jesus did a lot to get the disabled back to work and off benefits
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
To be fair, Jesus did a lot to get the disabled back to work and off benefits
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?
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" is a typo, but man, how have we not been calling it that for years? It's too perfect! Someone's already done it, yeah?
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Faecbook" is a typo, but man, how have we not been calling it that for years? It's too perfect! Someone's already done it, yeah?
Seems appropriate
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Seems appropriate
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.
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
Bloody hell. They wanged on for ages last year about the £22bn black hole the Tories left... and didn't raise taxes, but buggered up winter fuel payments and other core Labour benefits. They spent the autumn pitch-rolling a MUCH NEEDED income tax rise... and bottled it for more fiscal drag. Idiots
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Bloody hell. They wanged on for ages last year about the £22bn black hole the Tories left... and didn't raise taxes, but buggered up winter fuel payments and other core Labour benefits. They spent the autumn pitch-rolling a MUCH NEEDED income tax rise... and bottled it for more fiscal drag. Idiots
Alan Moore knew what would happen in 1983...
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Alan Moore knew what would happen in 1983...
As in writing, today's AI highlights how much human work is crank-the-handle, good-enough junk food for the brain. RELATED: linked in today's Overspill email: many podcasts only exist to blot out our thoughts and do ad reads. tthe-handle, hebaffler.com/outbursts/the-hatred-of-podcasting-belden
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
As in writing, today's AI highlights how much human work is crank-the-handle, good-enough junk food for the brain. RELATED: linked in today's Overspill email: many podcasts only exist to blot out our thoughts and do ad reads. tthe-handle, hebaffler.com/outbursts/the-hatred-of-podcasting-belden
I mean, yeah, global economic forces and all, but it's shocking to go from this: "In the immediate years following [the SWW], the UK was once again producing more ship tonnage than the rest of the world combined" to this...
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I mean, yeah, global economic forces and all, but it's shocking to go from this: "In the immediate years following [the SWW], the UK was once again producing more ship tonnage than the rest of the world combined" to this...
Lovely history of the decline in UK shipbuilding; like the car industry, it fell foul of chummy marketing, too-relaxed management, and over-zealous unions. TIL all those things had been *advantages* at one point. HT @charlesarthur.bsky.social's Overspill www.construction-physics.com/p/how-the-uk...
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Lovely history of the decline in UK shipbuilding; like the car industry, it fell foul of chummy marketing, too-relaxed management, and over-zealous unions. TIL all those things had been *advantages* at one point. HT @charlesarthur.bsky.social's Overspill www.construction-physics.com/p/how-the-uk...
I *am* properly happy at the improvement in the crime numbers. But "admitted to hospital" is quite a high bar - getting beaten up is a different thing from being stabbed. Though far fewer youth stabbings is brilliant, obvs!
(I was all set to be cynical about 18-30s, but they're down even more. 👍)
(I was all set to be cynical about 18-30s, but they're down even more. 👍)
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I *am* properly happy at the improvement in the crime numbers. But "admitted to hospital" is quite a high bar - getting beaten up is a different thing from being stabbed. Though far fewer youth stabbings is brilliant, obvs!
(I was all set to be cynical about 18-30s, but they're down even more. 👍)
(I was all set to be cynical about 18-30s, but they're down even more. 👍)
Genuinely feel for Wolves. This orange looks like our stats for many dropped points this season. And LUFC could have done with the draw...
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Genuinely feel for Wolves. This orange looks like our stats for many dropped points this season. And LUFC could have done with the draw...
The crest of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell features a dude (who I think is supposed to be Jesus?) who looks like he's getting really tired of running his paleo-lifestyle YouTube channel.
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The crest of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell features a dude (who I think is supposed to be Jesus?) who looks like he's getting really tired of running his paleo-lifestyle YouTube channel.
A properly codified constitution relies on accepting legal interpretations made by unelected experts, and we have plenty of evidence on how that goes, even in this country...
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A properly codified constitution relies on accepting legal interpretations made by unelected experts, and we have plenty of evidence on how that goes, even in this country...
I wrote a piece on Quantum Computing 11 years ago and I'm struggling to see that it wouldn't work just as well today. (Time to dig up an 11yo piece on AI and see what I said about *that*!)
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wrote a piece on Quantum Computing 11 years ago and I'm struggling to see that it wouldn't work just as well today. (Time to dig up an 11yo piece on AI and see what I said about *that*!)
JP Morgan (via @paulkedrosky.com newsletter). I'm sure this is fine.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
JP Morgan (via @paulkedrosky.com newsletter). I'm sure this is fine.
Google telling me my Nest thermostat - one of the more popular home automation products of the past 15 years - was going to turn into one of these shortly seems an even more compelling reminder.
October 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Google telling me my Nest thermostat - one of the more popular home automation products of the past 15 years - was going to turn into one of these shortly seems an even more compelling reminder.