Andy Randall
@ahrkrak.bsky.social
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I do linux and cloud native things at microsoft (azure). 20-year Silicon Valley veteran now mostly in Berlin and Seattle. “A delightful blend of concise tech jargon peppered with lyrical humor and unexpected punchlines.” - blueskyroast.com
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ahrkrak.bsky.social
Which is awesome but then also:
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal
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estherschindler.bsky.social
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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alizaadi.bsky.social
🟩 Green Party Conference 🟩

🗳️ ✨ Reforming Trans Healthcare (a Trans positive motion) ✨

✅ Unanimously passed by @greenparty.org.uk members

✅ Every speaker in support

✅ Every vote in favour

The Green Party once again showing what true solidarity looks like

#GPC25
#TransRights
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Love to dress up for a fancy dinner!
Me in the hall at Corpus Christi college in Oxford in a tuxedo with maroon bow tie.
ahrkrak.bsky.social
omg it’s literally that meme 🥵
Screenshot with the usual cookie permissions boilerplate (in German) - but at the bottom are two buttons, labeled “Button” and “Button “
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Definitely on the cards if there’s not enough political pushback.
Please sign the petition!!!
agir.greenvoice.fr/en/petitions...

Note there’s also fault on the SNCF side because they got subsidies on the promise of daily service but only do 3x/week.

I’ve got tickets for Nov, maybe last chance.
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr
ahrkrak.bsky.social
With government shutdown I was expecting some level of market drop but today and yesterday I’ve been checking my portfolio and it keeps going up. Explanation (beyond “this market is not rational“)?
ahrkrak.bsky.social
📣 Happening now in Berlin: All Systems Go!, the foundational user-space Linux conference. 👏 Awesome work by Chris Kuehl and all the ASG volunteer team to keep it going.
Especially interesting to see them move to a sponsor-free model 💰❌ — allowing the focus to be 100% on the tech 🧑‍💻
all-systems-go.io
All Systems Go!
All Systems Go!
all-systems-go.io
ahrkrak.bsky.social
The work done by our eBPF Tools team is some of the most exciting not just at @microsoft.com, but in the industry. They're putting incredible capabilities in the hands of mere mortals (and AI agents).
Something you'd like to be part of? They're hiring (US): jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
A hacker of indeterminate gender (at least that's what I asked Copilot to produce -- looks a bit male presenting though, tbh) sits at a laptop with eBPF, Microsoft and Linux stickers. On the wall in the background is a neon sign, "we're hiring"
ahrkrak.bsky.social
🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
"How many traitors are in Farage's new party?" would, I suggest be a better line than Digital ID.

To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.
spotlightcorruption.org
🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
ahrkrak.bsky.social
those are rookie moves. you'll never get it in 2 like that!
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Proud Wordle moment - my guesses were identical to the Bot. (Not sharing the exact words here so as not to spoil for anyone… but they were all the same.)
Screenshot from the Wordle bot report showing I had the same guesses as the Bot.
ahrkrak.bsky.social
nice. you could add that microsoft and google are customers of nvidia
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Quality graffiti in Berlin-Wannsee
“Digital macht dumm” (digital makes you dumb)
ahrkrak.bsky.social
RIP Dickie Bird, 8 short of a century.
"I never married because in cricket you are never at home. I thought it would never work. It would have been wonderful to have a lad and watch him play. I missed that. But you can’t have everything. I gave myself to cricket and it has given me a real good life"
Dickie Bird wearing a sun hat on top of a flat cap, making the hand gesture indicating a player is out.
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Did you know the Department of Defense can use Open Source Software *without* support from a commercial vendor? And OSS is allowed by the DoD Information Assurance (IA) policy?

For those in the DoD, or a supplier, this handy FAQ addresses these questions and more:
dodcio.defense.gov/Open-Source-...
dodcio.defense.gov
ahrkrak.bsky.social
Passing visit - taxi from Heathrow to Oxford, then train back right after the event, so we could get to Munich in time for Oktoberfest Sunday evening!