Richard Gaywood
@penllawen.favrd.social
Just some guy, I think.
Snark, tech, cooking, greyhounds, TTRPGs. Usually some politics too. I’m a privacy engineer at a big tech firm but I’m not here for work so these hot takes are nothing to do with my employer and are all my own. He/him.
Snark, tech, cooking, greyhounds, TTRPGs. Usually some politics too. I’m a privacy engineer at a big tech firm but I’m not here for work so these hot takes are nothing to do with my employer and are all my own. He/him.
Two years later, and just one year to go until we reach this guy's prediction that "With in [sic] the next 5 years I guarantee" that "you're gonna be forced to work with block chain and crypto in the future".
Still waiting!
Still waiting!
Two years ago, I was getting in lots of fights about web3 on Twitter. This dipshit reckoned I’d be writing web3 code “with in [sic] the next 5 years.”
Two years in, I’ve still not touched web3 and their account is toast, soooooo
(I have loads like this stored away…)
Two years in, I’ve still not touched web3 and their account is toast, soooooo
(I have loads like this stored away…)
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Two years later, and just one year to go until we reach this guy's prediction that "With in [sic] the next 5 years I guarantee" that "you're gonna be forced to work with block chain and crypto in the future".
Still waiting!
Still waiting!
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when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
Just made this for dinner - it's a really good recipe - feels elegant and refined, but is very straightforward to make
www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/tai-...
www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/tai-...
Tai Meshi Recipe (Sea Bream Rice)
Why not try this easy Japanese tai meshi recipe for your next quick supper? Rice is cooked with the sea bream in a Japanese broth of dashi, soy, sake and bonito flakes and is ready in just 30 minutes.
www.greatbritishchefs.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just made this for dinner - it's a really good recipe - feels elegant and refined, but is very straightforward to make
www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/tai-...
www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/tai-...
wtf ipados
so are 64 gb ipads borderline useless now orrrr
so are 64 gb ipads borderline useless now orrrr
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
wtf ipados
so are 64 gb ipads borderline useless now orrrr
so are 64 gb ipads borderline useless now orrrr
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I think we lost something when way fewer people online as a proportion of the whole started to have direct personal experience of moderating a forum or online community - though at least Reddit still exists
I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think we lost something when way fewer people online as a proportion of the whole started to have direct personal experience of moderating a forum or online community - though at least Reddit still exists
i keep thinking of the tweet (by dan bloody hodges, of all people) that said "In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over."
and wondering if america, in the round, has decided pepperballing priests is bearable
and wondering if america, in the round, has decided pepperballing priests is bearable
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i keep thinking of the tweet (by dan bloody hodges, of all people) that said "In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over."
and wondering if america, in the round, has decided pepperballing priests is bearable
and wondering if america, in the round, has decided pepperballing priests is bearable
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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As a reporter whose subjects include the parallels between Trump's Republican Party and organized crime, she has WRITTEN about how plausibly deniable threats of violence work. She has described less overt threats as threats.
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As a reporter whose subjects include the parallels between Trump's Republican Party and organized crime, she has WRITTEN about how plausibly deniable threats of violence work. She has described less overt threats as threats.
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3) Characterizing what she actually posted as "using Johnny Cash lyrics" is minimization at best. "I want to shoot the author of this article" is not a quote of "I shot a man", and describing it as such is disingenuous.
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
3) Characterizing what she actually posted as "using Johnny Cash lyrics" is minimization at best. "I want to shoot the author of this article" is not a quote of "I shot a man", and describing it as such is disingenuous.
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For the record, there are at least three misdirections-at-best in this week's Main Character's thread about how her being suspended for 72 hours for violating the violent rhetoric policy is the greatest outrage ever to happen:
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For the record, there are at least three misdirections-at-best in this week's Main Character's thread about how her being suspended for 72 hours for violating the violent rhetoric policy is the greatest outrage ever to happen:
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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And it doesn't really matter in the end! It's absolutely possible to quote something in a way that qualifies as a violation of the violent rhetoric policy, and allowing violent rhetoric if it's quotes means you're allowing violent rhetoric, period.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
And it doesn't really matter in the end! It's absolutely possible to quote something in a way that qualifies as a violation of the violent rhetoric policy, and allowing violent rhetoric if it's quotes means you're allowing violent rhetoric, period.
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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to: jeevacation@gmail.com
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from: jeevacation@gmail.com
to: orders@amazon.com
wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
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to: orders@amazon.com
wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
from: orders@amazon.com
to: jeevacation@gmail.com
Your Amazon order is expected to deliver today. This email was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
from: jeevacation@gmail.com
to: orders@amazon.com
wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
to: jeevacation@gmail.com
Your Amazon order is expected to deliver today. This email was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
from: jeevacation@gmail.com
to: orders@amazon.com
wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
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The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
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Just for laughs...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just for laughs...
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
"why do people think the economy is bad when all the macro indicators look good" because you're looking at the wrong macro indicators
There goes 90+ day credit-card delinquencies. New cycle high.
(via Kev Gordon)
(via Kev Gordon)
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"why do people think the economy is bad when all the macro indicators look good" because you're looking at the wrong macro indicators