Jim Gaynor
@jimgaynor.bsky.social
Anecdotal Technologist. Photography. Writing.
"Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray."
"Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray."
I would immediately delete my LinkedIn account with extreme prejudice, and never look back.
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I would immediately delete my LinkedIn account with extreme prejudice, and never look back.
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New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
Microsoft: "Behold, I give you even more Copilot."
Notepad users: "You fucked up a perfectly good text editor is what you did. Look at it. It's got anxiety."
Notepad users: "You fucked up a perfectly good text editor is what you did. Look at it. It's got anxiety."
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Microsoft: "Behold, I give you even more Copilot."
Notepad users: "You fucked up a perfectly good text editor is what you did. Look at it. It's got anxiety."
Notepad users: "You fucked up a perfectly good text editor is what you did. Look at it. It's got anxiety."
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"Push the button, Frank."
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"Push the button, Frank."
The co-lo I used in 2006 had redundant power feeds from north and south (in case of cable cuts), massive on-prem battery banks, and a diesel generator with 5 days of fuel. What’s this clown show?
Windows Update and the Microsoft Store are experiencing issues due to a power outage at a Microsoft data center. Some M365 services are having issues too
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The co-lo I used in 2006 had redundant power feeds from north and south (in case of cable cuts), massive on-prem battery banks, and a diesel generator with 5 days of fuel. What’s this clown show?
“It depends.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Will this make the reader throw up in their mouth a little?"
"Will this make the reader throw up in their mouth a little?"
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“It depends.”
I've got one for you, @glennf.com
I use iCloud for Windows (yes, my sanity is questionable) and, as of late last month, all those app-specific folders in Cloud were renamed like this ONLY ON MY WINDOWS PC
I use iCloud for Windows (yes, my sanity is questionable) and, as of late last month, all those app-specific folders in Cloud were renamed like this ONLY ON MY WINDOWS PC
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I've got one for you, @glennf.com
I use iCloud for Windows (yes, my sanity is questionable) and, as of late last month, all those app-specific folders in Cloud were renamed like this ONLY ON MY WINDOWS PC
I use iCloud for Windows (yes, my sanity is questionable) and, as of late last month, all those app-specific folders in Cloud were renamed like this ONLY ON MY WINDOWS PC
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It feels like we're running into an existential intersection of the concepts of “Eternal September,” “Biker Bar,” and “Enshittification.”
Everywhere.
Everywhere.
July 14, 2023 at 9:23 PM
It feels like we're running into an existential intersection of the concepts of “Eternal September,” “Biker Bar,” and “Enshittification.”
Everywhere.
Everywhere.
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It’s like for a shocking number of people, the more money you get, the more money you want.
And you’ll NEVER cap out. It never ends.
If “more dollars” are all that you think will make you happy, you will absolutely never be happy.
And you’ll NEVER cap out. It never ends.
If “more dollars” are all that you think will make you happy, you will absolutely never be happy.
February 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It’s like for a shocking number of people, the more money you get, the more money you want.
And you’ll NEVER cap out. It never ends.
If “more dollars” are all that you think will make you happy, you will absolutely never be happy.
And you’ll NEVER cap out. It never ends.
If “more dollars” are all that you think will make you happy, you will absolutely never be happy.
I was always uneasy at the amount of information gathered by TikTok under ByteDance, and refrained from making an account. Guess that isn't changing anytime soon.
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I was always uneasy at the amount of information gathered by TikTok under ByteDance, and refrained from making an account. Guess that isn't changing anytime soon.
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I hope this Microsoft email outage lasts until the sun dies
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I hope this Microsoft email outage lasts until the sun dies
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anyone else not sleeping through the night, even though things are totally serene and normal?
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
anyone else not sleeping through the night, even though things are totally serene and normal?
Got an "upgrade your account!" email from a photo service I'd forgotten.
Nice job. Thanks for reminding me to delete that account.
Nice job. Thanks for reminding me to delete that account.
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Got an "upgrade your account!" email from a photo service I'd forgotten.
Nice job. Thanks for reminding me to delete that account.
Nice job. Thanks for reminding me to delete that account.
"Look for the helpers."
January 11, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"Look for the helpers."
This is what it's like to write about technology now.
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This is what it's like to write about technology now.
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/5 In short, you can’t negotiate with people who are pathologically insecure and think it is unmanly to keep your word or obey the law.
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
/5 In short, you can’t negotiate with people who are pathologically insecure and think it is unmanly to keep your word or obey the law.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
Still screaming at the top of my lungs "what's going on?!?", 4 Non Blondes. Please advise.
Still walking like an Egyptian, The Bangles. Please advise.
Still stopped, collaborating, and listening, Vanilla Ice. Please advise.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Still screaming at the top of my lungs "what's going on?!?", 4 Non Blondes. Please advise.
Gods, how did I miss this last year? True, all of it.
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Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025.
- - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum.
2. Back in yo...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Gods, how did I miss this last year? True, all of it.
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And we're back on the "OnlyPosts" feed for the foreseeable future.
Yes, I'm outraged. No, I'm not sticking my head in the sand. But I get enough first-order outrage and sharing without exposing myself to incessant second- and third-order reposting.
Yes, I'm outraged. No, I'm not sticking my head in the sand. But I get enough first-order outrage and sharing without exposing myself to incessant second- and third-order reposting.
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
And we're back on the "OnlyPosts" feed for the foreseeable future.
Yes, I'm outraged. No, I'm not sticking my head in the sand. But I get enough first-order outrage and sharing without exposing myself to incessant second- and third-order reposting.
Yes, I'm outraged. No, I'm not sticking my head in the sand. But I get enough first-order outrage and sharing without exposing myself to incessant second- and third-order reposting.
"Oh, you get to write about tech? That's cool, I've thought about doing that!"
"Remember those book and research reports you hated in school? My job is to do those every week for enterprise business customers for things like Teams, Windows Server, and Azure Storage. So are you sure about that?"
"Remember those book and research reports you hated in school? My job is to do those every week for enterprise business customers for things like Teams, Windows Server, and Azure Storage. So are you sure about that?"
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"Oh, you get to write about tech? That's cool, I've thought about doing that!"
"Remember those book and research reports you hated in school? My job is to do those every week for enterprise business customers for things like Teams, Windows Server, and Azure Storage. So are you sure about that?"
"Remember those book and research reports you hated in school? My job is to do those every week for enterprise business customers for things like Teams, Windows Server, and Azure Storage. So are you sure about that?"
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Bari Weiss is innovating entire new dimensions of failure. She's failing in ways hitherto unconceived of. A pioneer of failology. A faileontologist. Whole career is a Fail Mary. She's beyond the fail. The Daily Fail. She's on the quest for the Holy Fail. Making tomato and Fail Salad.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Bari Weiss is innovating entire new dimensions of failure. She's failing in ways hitherto unconceived of. A pioneer of failology. A faileontologist. Whole career is a Fail Mary. She's beyond the fail. The Daily Fail. She's on the quest for the Holy Fail. Making tomato and Fail Salad.
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THE SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 20251221 10:03 AM
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THE SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 20251221 10:03 AM
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1
BUT
UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER
CONGRATS U MADE IT
What a fucking man-child.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What a fucking man-child.