Richard Chirgwin
@rchirgwin.bsky.social
Former tech writer specialising in telecoms and infosec. Still an aspiring guitarist at over 60.
Nothing I do or say is licenced to anyone scraping social media accounts to train AI.
Nothing I do or say is licenced to anyone scraping social media accounts to train AI.
No comment needed from me.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No comment needed from me.
Thanks London's Telegraph for running with the RW lie that Victoria's Treaty is somehow invalidated by the Voice referendum.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thanks London's Telegraph for running with the RW lie that Victoria's Treaty is somehow invalidated by the Voice referendum.
So I've blocked this account for passing off 'shopped images as the real thing.
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
So I've blocked this account for passing off 'shopped images as the real thing.
Here's another doing the rounds, often from come-and-gone Websites ...
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Here's another doing the rounds, often from come-and-gone Websites ...
I've been away for a week, and Charlie is greeting me by leaving one-eighth of the bed for my feet!
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I've been away for a week, and Charlie is greeting me by leaving one-eighth of the bed for my feet!
The head of security at theL Louvre
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The head of security at theL Louvre
Tell us you sacked your subs without telling us etc ...
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Tell us you sacked your subs without telling us etc ...
The Murdoch press gets all the best ads ...
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Murdoch press gets all the best ads ...
This year, Waratah are all over. If you have the chance, drive out along Tableland Road in Wentworth Falls for a treat.
These are nearer my home ...
These are nearer my home ...
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This year, Waratah are all over. If you have the chance, drive out along Tableland Road in Wentworth Falls for a treat.
These are nearer my home ...
These are nearer my home ...
I want there to be a lawsuit...
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I want there to be a lawsuit...
Oops, with the screen cap.
October 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oops, with the screen cap.
"Single", lol...
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Single", lol...
No such luck ... this is recent.
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
No such luck ... this is recent.
Our sleeper will open soon...
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our sleeper will open soon...
A Seahawk overhead makes a fair racket.
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A Seahawk overhead makes a fair racket.
Charlie this afternoon demonstrating his most excellent cafe companion manners ...
September 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Charlie this afternoon demonstrating his most excellent cafe companion manners ...
Two days of road trip has Charlie good and tired. He totally pwned the Pheasant's Nest service centre stop earlier today.
September 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Two days of road trip has Charlie good and tired. He totally pwned the Pheasant's Nest service centre stop earlier today.
Today was a long road trip. Charlie was not impressed.
Google Maps introduced me to a town called Ladysmith, nowhere near my destination, and then fell silent. So we arrived at our accommodation 2 hours late!
Props to the Wagga Wagga Tourist Park for being gracious about my lateness!
Google Maps introduced me to a town called Ladysmith, nowhere near my destination, and then fell silent. So we arrived at our accommodation 2 hours late!
Props to the Wagga Wagga Tourist Park for being gracious about my lateness!
September 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today was a long road trip. Charlie was not impressed.
Google Maps introduced me to a town called Ladysmith, nowhere near my destination, and then fell silent. So we arrived at our accommodation 2 hours late!
Props to the Wagga Wagga Tourist Park for being gracious about my lateness!
Google Maps introduced me to a town called Ladysmith, nowhere near my destination, and then fell silent. So we arrived at our accommodation 2 hours late!
Props to the Wagga Wagga Tourist Park for being gracious about my lateness!
Charlie has *just* woken enough to grin at the bit of sausage offered to wake him up...
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Charlie has *just* woken enough to grin at the bit of sausage offered to wake him up...
Fact-check: eye fillet steak at Woolies is not, as this journalist claims, $70 a kilo.
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
September 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Fact-check: eye fillet steak at Woolies is not, as this journalist claims, $70 a kilo.
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fo...
Want a laugh? "Scale model"!!!
(Actually not funny: credulous fan-press has enabled far too much grift over the years.)
Source: monocle.com/business/avi...
(Actually not funny: credulous fan-press has enabled far too much grift over the years.)
Source: monocle.com/business/avi...
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Want a laugh? "Scale model"!!!
(Actually not funny: credulous fan-press has enabled far too much grift over the years.)
Source: monocle.com/business/avi...
(Actually not funny: credulous fan-press has enabled far too much grift over the years.)
Source: monocle.com/business/avi...
Getting from Wenty to West Wyalong has apparently been tiring ...
August 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Getting from Wenty to West Wyalong has apparently been tiring ...
Charlie isn't contorted, he's just talking in his sleep!
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Charlie isn't contorted, he's just talking in his sleep!