Paddy Benson
@paddybenson.bsky.social
Still learning. Less certain.
Reminds me to go back and reread Consider the Lobster by DFW.
Absolute gold.
Absolute gold.
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reminds me to go back and reread Consider the Lobster by DFW.
Absolute gold.
Absolute gold.
Heaps. I route them to the call screening function on my Pixel
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Heaps. I route them to the call screening function on my Pixel
Correct but @theguardian.com is saying here that to use their website you need to accept tracking (not functional) cookies from 132 data brokers. Either that or pay more to opt out. The Sun is the other Brit paper that does this. I can't see how it's legal
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Correct but @theguardian.com is saying here that to use their website you need to accept tracking (not functional) cookies from 132 data brokers. Either that or pay more to opt out. The Sun is the other Brit paper that does this. I can't see how it's legal
In 2015 Spain raised the marriage age from 14 to 16 and the age of consent from 13 to 16.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In 2015 Spain raised the marriage age from 14 to 16 and the age of consent from 13 to 16.
Long time DDG user here. They have recently added AI summaries
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Long time DDG user here. They have recently added AI summaries
From the man who built a career being a craven lickspittle to school bully Clarkson.
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
From the man who built a career being a craven lickspittle to school bully Clarkson.
Reposted by Paddy Benson
The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
Exactly the kind of negativity we've come to expect from the Lisbon Salted Fish fan base
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Exactly the kind of negativity we've come to expect from the Lisbon Salted Fish fan base