Rich Cheng
@sedm0784.bsky.social
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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I’ve been managing industrial freight at the food factories I’ve worked at for almost 14 years.
When I started it was much more common for big companies like grocers or manufacturers to have their own fleets.
That was when truckers had good pay and were mostly white men. …
When I started it was much more common for big companies like grocers or manufacturers to have their own fleets.
That was when truckers had good pay and were mostly white men. …
If your goal is to have a general strike happen and work you should be spending like 100% of your time and effort right now organizing and radicalizing truckers, railroad workers, longshoremen and logistics workers. That's the sector with the "destroy society if they stop working for a week" switch
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I’ve been managing industrial freight at the food factories I’ve worked at for almost 14 years.
When I started it was much more common for big companies like grocers or manufacturers to have their own fleets.
That was when truckers had good pay and were mostly white men. …
When I started it was much more common for big companies like grocers or manufacturers to have their own fleets.
That was when truckers had good pay and were mostly white men. …
@treykerby.bsky.social When I learned about the Moylan Arrow from you, it changed my life, in a small but entirely positive way.
Jim Moylan, the Ford engineer that designed the gas-tank filler indicator, passes away at 80
buff.ly/NvFP3fs
<- the Moylan Arrow is everywhere and has helped billions -- even if you've never noticed
buff.ly/NvFP3fs
<- the Moylan Arrow is everywhere and has helped billions -- even if you've never noticed
Ford Engineer That Designed Gas Tank Indicator Passes Away
James Moylan, the Ford engineer who designed the gas tank indicator known as the Moylan Arrow, has passed away at the age of 80 following a stellar career.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
@treykerby.bsky.social When I learned about the Moylan Arrow from you, it changed my life, in a small but entirely positive way.
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Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
January 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
Mattia sips on an espresso during his.
Truly the heroes we need during these times.
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
@tasmelas.bsky.social Is this you?
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@tasmelas.bsky.social Is this you?
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
What is “Dubai Style Chocolate”, why is it so preposterously expensive (£10 a bar?!) and why is every corner store and supermarket near me suddenly promoting it so aggressively?
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What is “Dubai Style Chocolate”, why is it so preposterously expensive (£10 a bar?!) and why is every corner store and supermarket near me suddenly promoting it so aggressively?
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
A great excuse to repost @robinjohnson.bsky.social’s homage.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A great excuse to repost @robinjohnson.bsky.social’s homage.
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We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
I’m sorry to be depressing but if there is a dish you ate today that someone you love made and you can’t imagine a world where you stop getting to have that every year
Get the fucking recipe 😭
Get the fucking recipe 😭
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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some presents i have given that were failures:
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
some presents i have given that were failures:
It’s an extremely small thing and I don’t know how common it actually is, but I can voluntarily vibrate a muscle in my ear (tensor tympani) to make a secret rattling/rumbling noise.
Ok query time. Biology is messy and full of exceptions. How does *your* body differ from the usual expected of you as the human you are? Anything big or small.
My mum has an extra vertebrae, a close friend multiple spleens. One sis is built like she works out but eats like a sparrow.
My mum has an extra vertebrae, a close friend multiple spleens. One sis is built like she works out but eats like a sparrow.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It’s an extremely small thing and I don’t know how common it actually is, but I can voluntarily vibrate a muscle in my ear (tensor tympani) to make a secret rattling/rumbling noise.
Putting all reason aside you exchange what you’ve got for a thing that’s hypnotic and strange.
tired: we have created the Torment Nexus
wired: we have created Uzumaki
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
wired: we have created Uzumaki
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Putting all reason aside you exchange what you’ve got for a thing that’s hypnotic and strange.
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Joyce Carol Oates said Elon lives an empty life and he's like, "Nuh uh. I watch movies AND read nonfiction." Like just taking a full mulligan on the friends and family stuff. Fatality
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Joyce Carol Oates said Elon lives an empty life and he's like, "Nuh uh. I watch movies AND read nonfiction." Like just taking a full mulligan on the friends and family stuff. Fatality
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okay hello. it's kate alt text clinic time. show me things you didn't write alt text for because you thought it was too difficult, or for whatever other reason, please. i will help
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
okay hello. it's kate alt text clinic time. show me things you didn't write alt text for because you thought it was too difficult, or for whatever other reason, please. i will help
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The 31st Annual IFComp has wrapped! 🎉
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
2025 IFComp Post-Competition Survey
Hello! Thanks for taking this survey. It's a bit longer this year as we seek detailed information about future approaches to the UK Online Safety Act and the use of generative artificial intelligence ...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The 31st Annual IFComp has wrapped! 🎉
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
Results drop tonight at 7pm Eastern on ifcomp.org
If you missed the stream, check it out at www.twitch.tv/interactivef...
We’re already planning for IFComp 2026, and your feedback is critical! forms.gle/uzCX1MUQ8mUS...
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It's the weekend! It's also the FINAL WEEKEND before IFComp 2025 wraps! Remember to get those final votes in. Also, if you are in a position to do so and have not yet contributed to this year's Colossal Fund, we're just a bit short of our stretch goal. Thank you! Have fun!
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's the weekend! It's also the FINAL WEEKEND before IFComp 2025 wraps! Remember to get those final votes in. Also, if you are in a position to do so and have not yet contributed to this year's Colossal Fund, we're just a bit short of our stretch goal. Thank you! Have fun!
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called al murray a tank nonce and then at a later date won tickets from him to see his show and went to it and he called me a cheap bastard and got the audience to boo me
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
called al murray a tank nonce and then at a later date won tickets from him to see his show and went to it and he called me a cheap bastard and got the audience to boo me