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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🚨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.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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This is why it's so important that the stigma be removed, because then teachers can suggest it and parents don't freak out
Our kid's teachers suggested dyslexia (not a surprise, my partner has it); the dyslexia specialist screened for ADHD/autism and suggested we investigate for ADHD
Our kid's teachers suggested dyslexia (not a surprise, my partner has it); the dyslexia specialist screened for ADHD/autism and suggested we investigate for ADHD
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is why it's so important that the stigma be removed, because then teachers can suggest it and parents don't freak out
Our kid's teachers suggested dyslexia (not a surprise, my partner has it); the dyslexia specialist screened for ADHD/autism and suggested we investigate for ADHD
Our kid's teachers suggested dyslexia (not a surprise, my partner has it); the dyslexia specialist screened for ADHD/autism and suggested we investigate for ADHD
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
And remember these are the emails Republicans deemed the *least harmful* to Trump to release.
🇺🇸 Jeffrey Epstein said to Larry Summers that he met very bad people, none as bad as Trump:
"Recall I've told you, I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump, not one decent cell in his body. So yes, dangerous"
"Recall I've told you, I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump, not one decent cell in his body. So yes, dangerous"
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And remember these are the emails Republicans deemed the *least harmful* to Trump to release.
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This just broke even in terms of my upfront costs, so now I might actually earn some cash for the work I put in 🎉
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This just broke even in terms of my upfront costs, so now I might actually earn some cash for the work I put in 🎉
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
(It’s been a bad year money-wise, so I was sweating a little about spending several hundred quid on a daft magazine)
vole.wtf/doctype/
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Joyce is spot-on in this one. He has nothing but his money. That's it, that's all he has. Even when he does post about books and movies, he completely misses the point of the story. He did it with Princess Bride, Hitchhiker's, and Lord of the Rings.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Joyce is spot-on in this one. He has nothing but his money. That's it, that's all he has. Even when he does post about books and movies, he completely misses the point of the story. He did it with Princess Bride, Hitchhiker's, and Lord of the Rings.
Fireworks have now been a daily occurrence for the last fortnight and our 1 year old puppy is really suffering (we're not doing much better). Please sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... .
Petition: Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only
Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public to minimise the harm caused to vulnerable people and animals. Defenceless animals can die from the distress caused by fireworks.
I believe that permitt...
petition.parliament.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fireworks have now been a daily occurrence for the last fortnight and our 1 year old puppy is really suffering (we're not doing much better). Please sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... .
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What would we no longer have if fireworks were banned? Terrified pets, yet more pointless plastic released into the environment, antisocial moronic noise. Call me crazy but I reckon we can just about cope with that kind of loss, as a species.
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What would we no longer have if fireworks were banned? Terrified pets, yet more pointless plastic released into the environment, antisocial moronic noise. Call me crazy but I reckon we can just about cope with that kind of loss, as a species.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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