David Barry
@pappubahry.com
"The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she read ym all out", late 17th century, CUL MS Add. 8460 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-... via vamoul.substack.com/p/with-hope-...
February 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
"The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she read ym all out", late 17th century, CUL MS Add. 8460 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-... via vamoul.substack.com/p/with-hope-...
I'm amused that Liam Bright is one of the users blocked by the LLM agent described in this post: hailey.at/posts/3mear2...
February 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I'm amused that Liam Bright is one of the users blocked by the LLM agent described in this post: hailey.at/posts/3mear2...
Being told I'm a rationalist is like when Vote Compass tells Labor partisans that they're Greens. yuwakisaweb.pages.dev/attitude_sur...
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Being told I'm a rationalist is like when Vote Compass tells Labor partisans that they're Greens. yuwakisaweb.pages.dev/attitude_sur...
The Secret Agent (2025)
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The Secret Agent (2025)
"Welcome back" but I only just installed it for the first time. :(
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
"Welcome back" but I only just installed it for the first time. :(
I think one of his staffers searched Substack for 'Dave Barry' and picked mine to recommend instead of my famous namesake's. My best guess is that about three quarters of my subscribers are due to mistaken identity:
January 21, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I think one of his staffers searched Substack for 'Dave Barry' and picked mine to recommend instead of my famous namesake's. My best guess is that about three quarters of my subscribers are due to mistaken identity:
I don't know about you
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I don't know about you
Google Street View stitching off by a letter on the street sign, making it look like 2024-era AI image text. www.google.com/maps/@-31.93...
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Google Street View stitching off by a letter on the street sign, making it look like 2024-era AI image text. www.google.com/maps/@-31.93...
Unsatisfying thumbnail:
January 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Unsatisfying thumbnail:
The ABC's election-night computer graphics in 1972, via this recent YouTube upload (full coverage, almost four hours): www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIh... Most results were shown by pointing a camera at an analogue board.
January 1, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The ABC's election-night computer graphics in 1972, via this recent YouTube upload (full coverage, almost four hours): www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIh... Most results were shown by pointing a camera at an analogue board.
St George's Cathedral light show
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
St George's Cathedral light show
Honoured to be the only person other than Dave Barry that this user subscribes to.
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Honoured to be the only person other than Dave Barry that this user subscribes to.
I watch one video of Michael Penn solving a functional equation...
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I watch one video of Michael Penn solving a functional equation...
Songs and artists of the year:
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Songs and artists of the year:
I think that Saloni's choice is the best:
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I think that Saloni's choice is the best:
Sixth Test team innings containing 11 scores in double-figures and no centuries: stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/st...
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Sixth Test team innings containing 11 scores in double-figures and no centuries: stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/st...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pedestal bowl:
Archaeological
Ante-historical
Cultural parts but we
Can’t know the whole.
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pedestal bowl:
Archaeological
Ante-historical
Cultural parts but we
Can’t know the whole.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_...
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pedestal bowl:
Archaeological
Ante-historical
Cultural parts but we
Can’t know the whole.
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pottery pottery
Pedestal bowl:
Archaeological
Ante-historical
Cultural parts but we
Can’t know the whole.
This is for skilled migration (educational + professional), based on a large Linkedin dataset: www.nber.org/papers/w32352
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is for skilled migration (educational + professional), based on a large Linkedin dataset: www.nber.org/papers/w32352
Joining an unexclusive club and sending an Excel tip to Mr Excel, mixing LET and TEXTSPLIT. I still feel a little of the excitement I used to feel ~15 years ago when getting a reply from a famous person on the Internet.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Joining an unexclusive club and sending an Excel tip to Mr Excel, mixing LET and TEXTSPLIT. I still feel a little of the excitement I used to feel ~15 years ago when getting a reply from a famous person on the Internet.