Mickey Williams
@servergeek.bsky.social
Distributed computing nerd, foodie. I once raced skateboards, promoted punk rock concerts, and wrote books. Views are my own.
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Mickey Williams
@servergeek.bsky.social
· Feb 13
I don't think I've ever seen a more spectacular example of, "B players hire C players, C players hire D players."
This cabinet isn't qualified to run a mid-sized Costco.
This cabinet isn't qualified to run a mid-sized Costco.
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But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs, and arms, and heads, chopp’d off in a battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all, “We died at such a place”
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs, and arms, and heads, chopp’d off in a battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all, “We died at such a place”
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Do not miss Greatest Basslines, airing on Sky Arts (Freeview channel 36) tonight at 9pm. •A pleasure to be part of Greatest Basslines, a tribute to the creativity and craft of our greatest bass players.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Do not miss Greatest Basslines, airing on Sky Arts (Freeview channel 36) tonight at 9pm. •A pleasure to be part of Greatest Basslines, a tribute to the creativity and craft of our greatest bass players.
Yes, the real problem with air travel is that men don’t wear jackets and ties anymore.
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yes, the real problem with air travel is that men don’t wear jackets and ties anymore.
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Today is the brief Icelandic language lesson for cricket that you neither needed nor wanted.
"Útilokaður á hlaupum" = run out
Shout it loudly during the upcoming Ashes (at an appropriate juncture). For example, in 2005 a fan could have said: "Útilokaður á hlaupum! Ponting you pratt".
"Útilokaður á hlaupum" = run out
Shout it loudly during the upcoming Ashes (at an appropriate juncture). For example, in 2005 a fan could have said: "Útilokaður á hlaupum! Ponting you pratt".
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today is the brief Icelandic language lesson for cricket that you neither needed nor wanted.
"Útilokaður á hlaupum" = run out
Shout it loudly during the upcoming Ashes (at an appropriate juncture). For example, in 2005 a fan could have said: "Útilokaður á hlaupum! Ponting you pratt".
"Útilokaður á hlaupum" = run out
Shout it loudly during the upcoming Ashes (at an appropriate juncture). For example, in 2005 a fan could have said: "Útilokaður á hlaupum! Ponting you pratt".
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I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
![“By choice [Rosalind Franklin] did not emphasize her feminine qualities.. There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black her, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents. So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men.. Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult for Maurice [Wilkins] to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.. The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was another person’s lab”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opitzjj6oapo6y3cr5ipwfdu/bafkreibj5i6hdhoinpdbtx5ij7e56lz5v6zg6d6aompkuvrxrdnmkfvj2m@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
Trust me on this. If you have a Verizon account, you don’t want to try to manage it online while traveling internationally. Your account is locked out: Not to worry, here’s a link that we will block if you access it internationally. Also here is a toll free number that you can’t call.
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Trust me on this. If you have a Verizon account, you don’t want to try to manage it online while traveling internationally. Your account is locked out: Not to worry, here’s a link that we will block if you access it internationally. Also here is a toll free number that you can’t call.
I am now convinced that Emmy voters don’t actually watch television.
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I am now convinced that Emmy voters don’t actually watch television.
“It’s like the dumbest people you know are in charge.”
Not really, because I don’t know people this stupid. And on the odd occasion when I do encounter people this stupid, I avoid them.
Not really, because I don’t know people this stupid. And on the odd occasion when I do encounter people this stupid, I avoid them.
September 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“It’s like the dumbest people you know are in charge.”
Not really, because I don’t know people this stupid. And on the odd occasion when I do encounter people this stupid, I avoid them.
Not really, because I don’t know people this stupid. And on the odd occasion when I do encounter people this stupid, I avoid them.
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Akira Kurosawa looms large over film history, but no matter the size of his canvas, he never lost sight of human frailty and what we owe to each other. Matt Goldberg offers a syllabus for those seeking to explore the work of one of cinema’s finest artists. boxd.it/2I8
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Akira Kurosawa looms large over film history, but no matter the size of his canvas, he never lost sight of human frailty and what we owe to each other. Matt Goldberg offers a syllabus for those seeking to explore the work of one of cinema’s finest artists. boxd.it/2I8
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?
June 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?
It annoys me that I know when the treasury auctions are.
May 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It annoys me that I know when the treasury auctions are.
When you combine ignorance and arrogance…
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When you combine ignorance and arrogance…
Yes, who can forget the many times that Canadian leaders were on television insisting that they become the 51st state.
Kevin Hassett blames Canada for tensions with Trump: "Canada kept making it worse and worse with their rhetoric."
May 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yes, who can forget the many times that Canadian leaders were on television insisting that they become the 51st state.
Congratulations on getting people to delete their medical information from their smartwatches, I guess.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Congratulations on getting people to delete their medical information from their smartwatches, I guess.
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it's Keith Jarrett's birthday. unplug yourself from the timeline long enough to play Bremen/Lausanne or the Japanese solo shows from '76 or Bregenz/Munich '81 or the Carnegie Hall show. Just hit play and close your eyes long enough to get inside the music. You will be glad you did.
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it's Keith Jarrett's birthday. unplug yourself from the timeline long enough to play Bremen/Lausanne or the Japanese solo shows from '76 or Bregenz/Munich '81 or the Carnegie Hall show. Just hit play and close your eyes long enough to get inside the music. You will be glad you did.
Preteen girls are notorious pencil hoarders that put our nation's economic future at risk.
Republicans in Congress can end this nonsense at anytime.
Republicans in Congress can end this nonsense at anytime.
Trump: "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls ... they don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five."
May 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Preteen girls are notorious pencil hoarders that put our nation's economic future at risk.
Republicans in Congress can end this nonsense at anytime.
Republicans in Congress can end this nonsense at anytime.
Yes, the traditional values of central education planning, which is definitely not something that communists would do.
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Yes, the traditional values of central education planning, which is definitely not something that communists would do.
Today’s “C players hire D players” news:
www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyers...
www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyers...
Lawyers for Mike Lindell, MyPillow Filed AI-Generated Legal Document Citing Non-Existent Cases | National ReviewClose National Review NavigationOpen National Review NavigationLarge National Review Log...
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April 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today’s “C players hire D players” news:
www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyers...
www.nationalreview.com/news/lawyers...
Not just a letter, A VERY STRONG LETTER!
Schumer on the Democratic response to Trump's shakedown of Harvard: "We sent him a very strong letter just the other day asking eight very strong questions."
April 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Not just a letter, A VERY STRONG LETTER!
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all of Trump's TRUTH SOCIAL posts should be read aloud in the style of Parker Posey doing Victoria Ratliff
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
all of Trump's TRUTH SOCIAL posts should be read aloud in the style of Parker Posey doing Victoria Ratliff
Make Airbus great again!
* TRUMP: "BOEING SHOULD DEFAULT CHINA FOR NOT TAKING THE BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED PLANES THAT CHINA COMMITTED TO PURCHASE"
@reuters.com $BA
@reuters.com $BA
April 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Make Airbus great again!
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Cricket players are total freaks. And they're not even trying to hide it
April 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cricket players are total freaks. And they're not even trying to hide it