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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 16h

I was slightly disappointed that the Swisstransfer app doesn't play nice in Graphene - but it works fine in Vivaldi mobile

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 18h

Yep. Not an app, but Starlink being an obvious other example

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 18h

I use Threema with the family. Haven't tested it exhaustively. For replacing US services, been playing around with Infomaniak as well - no messenger but some interesting stuff in kSuite

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 19h

Signal being affected by the AWS snafu stands out - obviously far from the bulletproof service many expect it to be. E2EE means the content of comms should always be safe, but picture a scenario - with Bezos firmly in the Trump camp - where the administration decides it wants the app offline

a close up of a black dog making a funny face

ALT: a close up of a black dog making a funny face

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 19h

Absolutely. And it's a common issue. How often do you hear people say they don't want to try a different service because "I can do everything on Google"?

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 20h

Your favorite thing is down because DynamoDB at Amazon's AWS US-EAST-1 Regionwoke up with Main Character Syndrome.

This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things.

Including Amazon's own stuff.

Massive outages.

Here's what's going on & what we know 1/

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 20h

That's a lot of down

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 21h

Ugh, typo. Although for the moment we seem to be Postplexity

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James Chaffee @jchaffee.bsky.social · 21h

When AWS goes down, most tools that teachers use also go down. If your lesson was built around one of those websites, your plan goes out the window.

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 21h

Yep. And I've had people this morning ask me what's up with Duolingo/Roblox/Preplexity/etc etc. A lot of eggs in that basket

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 21h

Are enough adults now aware of 6-7 to have made it terminally uncool?

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 21h

While looking for replacements for US services, one thing I've been focusing on is European infrastructure. Insofar as is possible, this means no use of American SSL, DNS, and a big one, Amazon Web Services. This morning's outage is giving a good idea of how much of the web hangs on AWS

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 1d

I was looking for a password manager based in Europe and stumbled across pCloud. Very happy with it so far, but the name...

Cartman reacting with dismay in a South Park episode where the little kids pee in the swimming pool

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 2d

Early-morning walk in our dark, silent neighbourhood - and a barn owl decides to scream right across a street. Not sure who was closer to a heart attack, me or the dog. Too close to Halloween for that shit😁

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 6d

Closing in...

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 6d

Location, location, location

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

"this country has become increasingly reliant on imported gas to produce electricity"

Genuine question: How much of this is due to trying to turn the country into one giant data centre, with the energy demands that brings?

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine how much of a pox on your society you have to be to force the people caring for your most vulnerable to flee in fear

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

That was a lot of huff and puff and zero cohesion. I have high hopes for Pavlovic but tonight he looked like he had no idea what his role was. Midfield was nonexistent

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

I'm assuming one of these is "Should they give up baseball and find a more rewarding hobby?"

Headline from mlb.com reading "5 questions for Yankees after latest early postseason exit"

Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

Also, "Rule 3: Disrespect the Pentagon"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

"Beware of Starburst surface-to-air missiles being launched from the bowl without warning"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 7d

Was it just me, or did autumn suddenly arrive overnight his week? Walked out to this Thursday morning

Street line with lime trees, their leaves yellow

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 8d

This city needs a slogan. I'm thinking "BERLIN: Have you tried turning it off and back on?"

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 9d

Saturday evening marathon photo-editing session. Need some proper backgound music

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny Live at Montreux 1985

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