Us-east-1 is the ginger cat of datacentres, it's going to be the one gets its head stuck in the dryer. Otoh, we think it is worse than it is because it is so heavily used, the world doesn't feel it as much when other dcs wobble, so I think "avoid use1" is probably not as useful as it might seem.

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See stoat, say stoat, stoated

Maybe a way to "lock" a choice, and try and avoid race conditions? Nah... That's too much thinking

fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th

Breaking news: Pope too Christian for Christians

roamless.com is an esim, but you don't need the esim component to use the payg dial out in the app. Saved my hide a few times at home and abroad.
My referral code is TOM1XXWH - if you combine it with their offers you can end up with a fair chunk of free airtime

This can't be true, I read on Facebook that it was all the fault of Rachel Reeves

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

If you work for/with a charity and have seen these recent attacks play out and would like some advice or guidance on resilience and preparedness I will happily do this pro bono. Get in touch and any help I can give I will.

There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41.

Here’s the President of the United States of America.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

That's fair.

You could probably match it as a compound only at the start or send of a word

Careful not to overmatch scunthorpe or wristwatch!

Crazy. These rules make flying so much better. Otoh, I got left to fend for myself at 11pm in Schiphol by klm last night. No staff, no assistance, just kip in the airport or maybe find a hotel? They'll be getting both barrels when I eventually arrive

This is buried at the end of Elizabeth's thread but it is such a key point: "people want their candidates to fight for them, not step on their necks trying to reach across the aisle."

Brexit is the toxic epicentre of the political shitshow we now have to endure. It promoted idiocy and deceit, endorsed racism, divided us, made us poorer, weaker, less safe and less sane. It’s belittled the country, killed the Tory party and given birth to Reform.
A relentless klaxon of failure.

Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.

Is wingspan truly finished until we get the African version (says the guy stuck in an airport trying to get to Kenya)? Bought your flower giving game on the back of one of your skeets, gifted it, and played vs the giftee. We both enjoyed it!

I'd say "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out", but I hope it does

Interesting that there were no apologies from all the people who said that the Elizabeth Line would be a white elephant and a total waste of money. Despite this, we've allowed their opinions to ruin HS2 and basically guarantee it's failure

Maybe he's in a box, and is simultaneously both alive and dead until the box is opened. In which case we should throw the box in a canal

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'

You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it: