Mark Croxton
@croxton.bsky.social
Dad, web developer, curmudgeon. Mostly harmless.
Cloudflare’s biggest outage since 2019 - the post mortem is as comprehensive as ever: blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Cloudflare’s biggest outage since 2019 - the post mortem is as comprehensive as ever: blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
Thought we’d left it too late but loads of sloes still about to collect. And now enjoying the last bottle from 2024.
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thought we’d left it too late but loads of sloes still about to collect. And now enjoying the last bottle from 2024.
‘Kin hell. The USA is a crazy scary place these days.
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
‘Kin hell. The USA is a crazy scary place these days.
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” - George Orwell, 1984
“…everything is going to be alright” – conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
22nd August 2025 * In his 1992 memoir Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby describes his experience of a crush in a stadium at a 1980 match (before the tragedies later on that decade): “…there was a forty-thou…
davidallengreen.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” - George Orwell, 1984
This was 6 months ago. I can only assume he was trying to pump the stock price, because these kind of wild proclamations about the future of AI are proving to be complete and utter bollocks.
Anthropic's CEO says that in 3 to 6 months, AI will be writing 90% of the code software developers were in charge of
"And then in 12 months, we may be in a world where AI is writing essentially all of the code," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said.
www.businessinsider.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This was 6 months ago. I can only assume he was trying to pump the stock price, because these kind of wild proclamations about the future of AI are proving to be complete and utter bollocks.
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It finally happened – we launched the new Datastar site and V1 (RC) 🚀
It’s been an incredible journey, and I feel honoured to be working with people like @data-star.dev and Johnny Stevers. And there’s so much more yet to come!!
data-star.dev
It’s been an incredible journey, and I feel honoured to be working with people like @data-star.dev and Johnny Stevers. And there’s so much more yet to come!!
data-star.dev
July 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It finally happened – we launched the new Datastar site and V1 (RC) 🚀
It’s been an incredible journey, and I feel honoured to be working with people like @data-star.dev and Johnny Stevers. And there’s so much more yet to come!!
data-star.dev
It’s been an incredible journey, and I feel honoured to be working with people like @data-star.dev and Johnny Stevers. And there’s so much more yet to come!!
data-star.dev
The 50 year anniversary of Talking Heads’ debut. I used to sing this one in my 6th form band (badly, and usually drunk). @stach.uk I bet you can still do the bass youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?...
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The 50 year anniversary of Talking Heads’ debut. I used to sing this one in my 6th form band (badly, and usually drunk). @stach.uk I bet you can still do the bass youtu.be/CJ54eImz88w?...
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Got some availability coming up from mid-June for illustration, comics and commissions. Hit me up if you have a project in mind and shares - as always - appreciated 🙏
Some news shared in visual format (more details in blog post #linkinbio).
Please swipe for a short heart-felt summary of my health and if you need an illustrator/artist please do get in touch!
Thanks for reading 🙏
Please swipe for a short heart-felt summary of my health and if you need an illustrator/artist please do get in touch!
Thanks for reading 🙏
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Got some availability coming up from mid-June for illustration, comics and commissions. Hit me up if you have a project in mind and shares - as always - appreciated 🙏
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Shameful bullish. What's done incalculable damage is a decade of pernicious falsehoods about immigration, while people who should know better refuse to counter the lies of the increasingly normalised far right.
Let's tackle those lies:
Let's tackle those lies:
May 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Shameful bullish. What's done incalculable damage is a decade of pernicious falsehoods about immigration, while people who should know better refuse to counter the lies of the increasingly normalised far right.
Let's tackle those lies:
Let's tackle those lies:
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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Those bastards penguins have been getting away with it this whole time. They can't fool us with that cutesy monogamous waddling crap. America is going to tariff the shit out of them.
Tariffs on penguins.
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Those bastards penguins have been getting away with it this whole time. They can't fool us with that cutesy monogamous waddling crap. America is going to tariff the shit out of them.
Hmm, don’t think we’ll be visiting the US again.
Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Hmm, don’t think we’ll be visiting the US again.
Post you from a different era.
1990-ish, rocking a paisley shirt for reasons.
1990-ish, rocking a paisley shirt for reasons.
March 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Post you from a different era.
1990-ish, rocking a paisley shirt for reasons.
1990-ish, rocking a paisley shirt for reasons.
Planting Black Poplar trees in the woods today with the help of some new little volunteers. #wildernesswoods
March 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Planting Black Poplar trees in the woods today with the help of some new little volunteers. #wildernesswoods
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The bust of Sir Winston Churchill sits in Trump's Oval Office. He was an immensely brave leader who visited Washington, dressed in fatigues, seeking support against a despot. We all know what he would have made of today's unedifying spectacle and whose side he would have been on.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The bust of Sir Winston Churchill sits in Trump's Oval Office. He was an immensely brave leader who visited Washington, dressed in fatigues, seeking support against a despot. We all know what he would have made of today's unedifying spectacle and whose side he would have been on.
*headdesk*
Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands
Soon no UK iCloud backups will be end-to-end encrypted.
www.theverge.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
*headdesk*
I guess this is one way to bring 'transparency' to government operations. Horrifying.
DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever
A new investigation shows nuclear secrets and government servers are dangerously exposed to nation-state hackers.
cyberintel.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I guess this is one way to bring 'transparency' to government operations. Horrifying.
(CW: outraged swearing)
Fuck this MAGA imperialist bullshit. This hypocritical prick is part of a government that fires anyone with a dissenting view, ignores its own courts and has actively set out to dismantle US democracy. The brass neck to lecture us in the actual free world. Absolute twat.
Fuck this MAGA imperialist bullshit. This hypocritical prick is part of a government that fires anyone with a dissenting view, ignores its own courts and has actively set out to dismantle US democracy. The brass neck to lecture us in the actual free world. Absolute twat.
JD Vance, vice president of a regime currently overthrowing its own democracy, lectures Europe on the "retreat" from "some of its most fundamental values".
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
February 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
(CW: outraged swearing)
Fuck this MAGA imperialist bullshit. This hypocritical prick is part of a government that fires anyone with a dissenting view, ignores its own courts and has actively set out to dismantle US democracy. The brass neck to lecture us in the actual free world. Absolute twat.
Fuck this MAGA imperialist bullshit. This hypocritical prick is part of a government that fires anyone with a dissenting view, ignores its own courts and has actively set out to dismantle US democracy. The brass neck to lecture us in the actual free world. Absolute twat.
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Today’s jobs with fellow #wildernesswoods volunteers Dave and Joel: build dams to reduce surface run-off and redirect the path around a 400 year old beech tree, to give it a fighting chance to survive the increasingly hot and dry summers.
February 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today’s jobs with fellow #wildernesswoods volunteers Dave and Joel: build dams to reduce surface run-off and redirect the path around a 400 year old beech tree, to give it a fighting chance to survive the increasingly hot and dry summers.
ÜSA.
January 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
ÜSA.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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We pressed record 🔴
We talked about Datastar v1 🚀
We uploaded a video 📼
#hypermedia #javascript #framework
youtu.be/99wTA9sFEWE
We talked about Datastar v1 🚀
We uploaded a video 📼
#hypermedia #javascript #framework
youtu.be/99wTA9sFEWE
Datastar v1
YouTube video by Datastar
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We pressed record 🔴
We talked about Datastar v1 🚀
We uploaded a video 📼
#hypermedia #javascript #framework
youtu.be/99wTA9sFEWE
We talked about Datastar v1 🚀
We uploaded a video 📼
#hypermedia #javascript #framework
youtu.be/99wTA9sFEWE