{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":5,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-original-tmp20230803214915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-48-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-24-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"22804"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","note":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> you're right, and I'm not happy about it<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925167446186129","object":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925167446186129","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> you're right, and I'm not happy about it<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925167446186129","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925117600266363","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925117600266363"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=153dbe2ab8f1e07c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10624568","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-27T12:21:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925167446186129"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst","displayName":"Ben Evans","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-original-tmp20221120092857.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-96-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-48-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-24-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"33426"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-96-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Queer, cisgender author \/ educator \/ software engineer mainly known for #architecture \/ #performance \/ #observability \/ #Java \/ #JVMMuch more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though. Cornishman in Barcelona.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"kittylyst","displayName":"Ben Evans","note":"Queer, cisgender author \/ educator \/ software engineer mainly known for #architecture \/ #performance \/ #observability \/ #Java \/ #JVMMuch more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though. Cornishman in Barcelona."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\" class=\"u-url mention\">@HauntedOwlbear<\/a> In fairness, it's not the worst use of venture capital I've ever seen. It's only blatant influence-buying rather than any of the much, much worse things these folks could be funding.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925095674746745","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925095674746745","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\" class=\"u-url mention\">@HauntedOwlbear<\/a> In fairness, it's not the worst use of venture capital I've ever seen. It's only blatant influence-buying rather than any of the much, much worse things these folks could be funding.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925095674746745","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925091172127483","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925091172127483"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=153dbe2ab8f1e07c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10624496","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-27T12:08:50+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925095674746745"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-original-tmp20230803214915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-48-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-24-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"22804"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","note":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> <\/p><p>sigh<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925117600266363","object":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925117600266363","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> <\/p><p>sigh<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925117600266363","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925095674746745","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925095674746745"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=153dbe2ab8f1e07c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10624497","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-27T12:08:49+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925117600266363"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-original-tmp20230803214915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-48-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-24-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"22804"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/22804-96-20230816155341.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HauntedOwlbear","displayName":"13 barn owls in a trenchcoat","note":"Wandering monster. Writes stuff. Makes things. Tech writing, software preservation, game dev, weird fiction, some occult references.Follow reqs welcome.Likes bicycles, strength training, metal, EDM, the Ultima CRPG series.Experimental games &amp; Twine abuse at https:\/\/mightyowlbear.com Personal game reviews at https:\/\/hauntedgames.net\/Work alt: @owlbearAvatar by MaxiMJdev\ud83c\udf31 \u24cb \ud83d\ude37~twoot~"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> Some people are destined to fail upwards... funny how that works...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925091172127483","object":{"id":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/users\/HauntedOwlbear\/statuses\/114925091172127483","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">@kittylyst<\/a> Some people are destined to fail upwards... funny how that works...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925091172127483","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925084951220218","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925084951220218"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=153dbe2ab8f1e07c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10624469","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-27T12:02:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/eldritch.cafe\/@HauntedOwlbear\/114925091172127483"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst","displayName":"Ben Evans","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-original-tmp20221120092857.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-96-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-48-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-24-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"33426"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33426-96-20221120092858.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Queer, cisgender author \/ educator \/ software engineer mainly known for #architecture \/ #performance \/ #observability \/ #Java \/ #JVMMuch more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though. Cornishman in Barcelona.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"kittylyst","displayName":"Ben Evans","note":"Queer, cisgender author \/ educator \/ software engineer mainly known for #architecture \/ #performance \/ #observability \/ #Java \/ #JVMMuch more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though. Cornishman in Barcelona."}},"content":"<p>If you want to know how the game is played: <\/p><p>A 41 year old of what seems to be adequate competency is worth \u00a3375m due to founding a tech company that places school leavers into apprenticeships. It has lost money every single year since it was founded 7 years ago &amp; spends roughly \u00a32 for each \u00a31 of revenue it generates.<\/p><p>So far, it has placed less than 25k school leavers &amp; has spent several thousand pounds net *per school leaver* to do so.<\/p><p>Who is this genius?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euan_Blair\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euan_Blair<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-02:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925084951220218","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/kittylyst\/statuses\/114925084951220218","objectType":"note","content":"<p>If you want to know how the game is played: <\/p><p>A 41 year old of what seems to be adequate competency is worth \u00a3375m due to founding a tech company that places school leavers into apprenticeships. It has lost money every single year since it was founded 7 years ago &amp; spends roughly \u00a32 for each \u00a31 of revenue it generates.<\/p><p>So far, it has placed less than 25k school leavers &amp; has spent several thousand pounds net *per school leaver* to do so.<\/p><p>Who is this genius?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euan_Blair\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euan_Blair<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925084951220218","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=153dbe2ab8f1e07c","notice_info":{"local_id":"10624468","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-27T12:02:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@kittylyst\/114925084951220218"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5414522","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}