@keefeglise After a more sober risk assessment we decided to have the air ambulance parked outside for the duration.

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

Listening to 10,000 days by Tool for the first time in a long time. I hadn't forgotten how good it is, but I'm enjoying being reminded anyway.

Many thanks to @Dlloyd, whose blog post saved me a bunch of time over the weekend getting MetalLB talking BGP to my unify gateway over the weekend 🙏

https://dglloyd.net/2025/07/04/bgp-with-metallb-and-a-cloud-gateway-ultra/

Somebody knocked over the shredder, then decided the result made a good nest.

#caturday

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

“Rise and shine, kiddo, we got a catch operation on runway 22. 1700pax onboard.”

“Second one this month. Heckin sloppy, boss.”

“You know, they used to just land airplanes on the belly if the landing gear got stuck”

“That’s wack. Surely it’d wreck the plane?”

“Pretty much yeah. They had the […]

In which I (probably foolishly) make a bunch of predictions about the future of #genai: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/09/26/GenAI-Predictions

Just accidentally opened a YouTube video in the wrong browser and Holy Shit those adverts are obnoxious! Nearly jumped out of my skin when that fucking thing started.

Antisocial swan removed from Stratford-upon-Avon:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygxmy5jmdo

Of course all swans are bastards, but apparently not usually to each other. Reggie crossed the line.

#warwickshire

This morning I received a postcard from none other than @xahteiwi ! Thank you, sir! You made me smile, and my day 😁

There is something beeping somewhere in the house. I am going to ignore it. That'll fix it.

The older I get, the more I understand why roosters just scream to start their day.

@linuxgal That's cursed.

important internet late night things

I feel like whoever set today's NYT Strands clue had read a dictionary definition of "Mum's the word" but had never heard it used.

They seem to think it means "be quiet", which I guess it does, but only in the sense of "keep a secret". I might expect a librarian to tell me "mum's the word" if I […]

#GoogleMeet down for anybody else?

It's never convenient when somebody accidentally goes through a mains cable, but if it's going to happen I can confirm it's most convenient that an electrician did it himself 😅 Back on in about 30 minutes.

“You’ll all be glad to know that I’ve just successfully tested our disaster recovery process with no data loss.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and change my clothes.”

(Stolen from a friend)

@astroroyalscot.bsky.social Very much so.

Inner child extremely excited about a crewed mission to the moon as soon as February!
Outer adult painfully aware of the NASA funding cuts and their impact on wide-ranging and incredibly important scientific research.
Anyone else simultaneously thrilled and downcast about this news?🔭🛰️

I have fucked up. Badly.

I just ran out of coffee, and the next delivery isn't until tomorrow.

Luna is normally the opposite of snuggly, so when she jumped up on the sofa, crawled under my legs and went to sleep I felt honoured. It was only after the movie finished I realised I'd taken her recent favourite spot, and she was probably just bummed at me for […]

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