Mark
@cakendeath.bsky.social
Home-based cloud infrastructure IT guy. Fan of IPAs and the odd quirky G&T. Avid non-fiction reader and hoarder of hardbacks. Other habits include handing over lots of money to American Airlines to make short escapes from Philadelphia. No GQP loons please.
Jeez, you snip one cable and suddenly you’re the bad guy.
Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down amid global Microsoft outage. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Global Microsoft outage: Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft among sites down
Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform are hit with DNS issues, similar to Amazon's recent outage.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Jeez, you snip one cable and suddenly you’re the bad guy.
When SWMBO is at a girls thing and you have no real idea what to do with yourself on a given Saturday.
I should go home with fish and chips and buy a tub of nuts and a couple of bottles of Sauvignon Blanc.
I should go home with fish and chips and buy a tub of nuts and a couple of bottles of Sauvignon Blanc.
September 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When SWMBO is at a girls thing and you have no real idea what to do with yourself on a given Saturday.
I should go home with fish and chips and buy a tub of nuts and a couple of bottles of Sauvignon Blanc.
I should go home with fish and chips and buy a tub of nuts and a couple of bottles of Sauvignon Blanc.
I knock back a lot of Tylenol. I best take precautions against my getting pregnant.
Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.
RFK Jr. Report Will Link Autism To Tylenol Use During Pregnancy, Report Says
Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.
www.forbes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I knock back a lot of Tylenol. I best take precautions against my getting pregnant.
I’m up insanely early for the most excellent commentary.
Subway sandwich guy has been released on his own recognizance.
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer released from custody
Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m up insanely early for the most excellent commentary.
JFC. We leave the country for one week and microscopes are now gay?
Well, ok. Obviously I don’t need any evidence because, as an American, we don’t bother with such trivial nonsense as facts.
Well, ok. Obviously I don’t need any evidence because, as an American, we don’t bother with such trivial nonsense as facts.
I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
May 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
JFC. We leave the country for one week and microscopes are now gay?
Well, ok. Obviously I don’t need any evidence because, as an American, we don’t bother with such trivial nonsense as facts.
Well, ok. Obviously I don’t need any evidence because, as an American, we don’t bother with such trivial nonsense as facts.
Anything that speeds up these next four years is fine by me.
May 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Anything that speeds up these next four years is fine by me.
Because religion hasn’t ruined anything. Ever.
If it wasn’t for the Dark Ages I’d have my own personal jet pack and we’d probably be on Mars by now. Follow that and we’d never have had Musk banging on about it like a demented child.
If it wasn’t for the Dark Ages I’d have my own personal jet pack and we’d probably be on Mars by now. Follow that and we’d never have had Musk banging on about it like a demented child.
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
www.motherjones.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Because religion hasn’t ruined anything. Ever.
If it wasn’t for the Dark Ages I’d have my own personal jet pack and we’d probably be on Mars by now. Follow that and we’d never have had Musk banging on about it like a demented child.
If it wasn’t for the Dark Ages I’d have my own personal jet pack and we’d probably be on Mars by now. Follow that and we’d never have had Musk banging on about it like a demented child.
London. Greatest city on earth.
March 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
London. Greatest city on earth.
Agreed. I'm an aircraft guy, and Sal makes all the water stuff make sense.
I recommend the channel "What's Going On With Shipping", which has many pertinent details. Started following them after the Baltimore bridge collision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPj...
Ships on Fire off Humber River | Containership Solong Struck US Flagged Tanker Stena Immaculate
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Agreed. I'm an aircraft guy, and Sal makes all the water stuff make sense.
This is what happens when you let transgenic mice have a ride on the big phallic compensator. They just chew through the gubbins and rain down on the Caribbean just to get at a nice bit of ganja.
These are the facts. I shall now take your questions.
These are the facts. I shall now take your questions.
via @GeneDoctorB on twitter, debris from Flight 8 seen in the sky over the Bahamas
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is what happens when you let transgenic mice have a ride on the big phallic compensator. They just chew through the gubbins and rain down on the Caribbean just to get at a nice bit of ganja.
These are the facts. I shall now take your questions.
These are the facts. I shall now take your questions.
Not wrong, so.
Blithering lunacy is the super power of the trump’s White House.
Holy shitballs America,
are you not embarrassed?
Holy shitballs America,
are you not embarrassed?
February 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Not wrong, so.
Orange felon afraid of words.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Orange felon afraid of words.
Well, let’s just stop every aid programme to every country. Every. Single. Dollar. Then let’s see how much influence the USA brings to bear on those nations who desperately need assistance but can just as easily get it from China and the EU/UK/EEA. Aid is a tool, not a handout.
January 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Well, let’s just stop every aid programme to every country. Every. Single. Dollar. Then let’s see how much influence the USA brings to bear on those nations who desperately need assistance but can just as easily get it from China and the EU/UK/EEA. Aid is a tool, not a handout.
Denmark for the win. 🇩🇰
January 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Denmark for the win. 🇩🇰
A little something to remember as we go into the second week of this malarkey.
All because the eggs were too expensive and some people just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a supremely qualified woman.
All because the eggs were too expensive and some people just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a supremely qualified woman.
January 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A little something to remember as we go into the second week of this malarkey.
All because the eggs were too expensive and some people just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a supremely qualified woman.
All because the eggs were too expensive and some people just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a supremely qualified woman.
Whatever he thought he was doing and whatever his sycophants think he was doing, one must wonder what the shareholders and board members are thinking today.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Whatever he thought he was doing and whatever his sycophants think he was doing, one must wonder what the shareholders and board members are thinking today.
It’s funny because it’s true.
January 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s funny because it’s true.
I imagine by now that all the youts have got their per-app VPN configured to permit continued use of TikTok. The utter geriatric dicks in Congress achieved precisely nothing. Nothing.
January 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I imagine by now that all the youts have got their per-app VPN configured to permit continued use of TikTok. The utter geriatric dicks in Congress achieved precisely nothing. Nothing.
I am sooooo over Space X spaffing my tax dollars into the ocean. Space is hugely complicated of course, but this is the 7th launch. This has to be the last loss of a Starship and there must never be another ditching of a booster like on flight six.
January 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I am sooooo over Space X spaffing my tax dollars into the ocean. Space is hugely complicated of course, but this is the 7th launch. This has to be the last loss of a Starship and there must never be another ditching of a booster like on flight six.
Make sure to supply the lady with cheese. This will ensure she remains fascinated.
"If a woman fancies that she looks better or feels better in men's clothes, there is no reason why she may not indulge in so harmless a fancy."
The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
archive.org/details/illu...
The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and polite accomplishments by R. De Valcourt, 1866.
archive.org/details/illu...
January 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Make sure to supply the lady with cheese. This will ensure she remains fascinated.
I dunno. IBM taking 52 years to acknowledge an egregious wrong seems close to being on brand. Thank goodness it wasn’t a government; everyone would still be waiting.
Fifty two years after firing Conway, IBM finally apologized in 2020. (5/n)
IBM finally apologized for 1968 firing of noted transgender scientist
Fifty-two years after engineer Lynn Conway was fired by IBM for being transgender, the company has apologized for the decision. After the setback, Conway went on to make many key…
boingboing.net
January 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I dunno. IBM taking 52 years to acknowledge an egregious wrong seems close to being on brand. Thank goodness it wasn’t a government; everyone would still be waiting.
My Bluesky feed has become swamped with doggie shelter accounts and other such canine imagery and fun. I have no idea what the algorithm was thinking but I have no complaints. 2025 is looking up.
December 31, 2024 at 10:43 PM
My Bluesky feed has become swamped with doggie shelter accounts and other such canine imagery and fun. I have no idea what the algorithm was thinking but I have no complaints. 2025 is looking up.
I know such people.
More bikes, fewer engines please.
More bikes, fewer engines please.
December 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I know such people.
More bikes, fewer engines please.
More bikes, fewer engines please.
I am sorry, Italian Americans, you have lost.
Meatloaf and Meatballs in a French cafe in Brussels are so much tastier.
I understand and will report to the nearest stake in South Philly so that I may be burned upon it.
Meatloaf and Meatballs in a French cafe in Brussels are so much tastier.
I understand and will report to the nearest stake in South Philly so that I may be burned upon it.
December 29, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I am sorry, Italian Americans, you have lost.
Meatloaf and Meatballs in a French cafe in Brussels are so much tastier.
I understand and will report to the nearest stake in South Philly so that I may be burned upon it.
Meatloaf and Meatballs in a French cafe in Brussels are so much tastier.
I understand and will report to the nearest stake in South Philly so that I may be burned upon it.
The requisite images from Brussels.
Merry Christmas folks.
Merry Christmas folks.
December 28, 2024 at 12:51 PM
The requisite images from Brussels.
Merry Christmas folks.
Merry Christmas folks.