Phil Wildcroft
@wildcroft.bsky.social
Programmer, dog servant, perennially novice guitarist
Now playing: She Drives Me Crazy from The Raw And The Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals. This was the first US #1 single recorded at Paisley Park. #vinyl #nowplaying #prince
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Now playing: She Drives Me Crazy from The Raw And The Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals. This was the first US #1 single recorded at Paisley Park. #vinyl #nowplaying #prince
Brandi Carlisle singing with Soundgarden was not on my 2025 bingo card. Sounds fantastic.
Soundgarden - 40th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Performance - November 8, 2025
YouTube video by MakeMusicHappen
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Brandi Carlisle singing with Soundgarden was not on my 2025 bingo card. Sounds fantastic.
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Everything you know about last week's AWS outage is wrong
Everything you know about last week's AWS outage is wrong
AI wasn't the cause, and multi-cloud is for rubes
Column AWS put out a hefty analysis of its October 20 outage, and it's apparently written in a continuing stream of consciousness before the Red Bull wore off and the author passed out after 36 straight hours of writing.…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Everything you know about last week's AWS outage is wrong
Todd Rundgren at The Sub Rooms in Stroud last night (Kasim Sulton on bass and Prairie Prince on drums)
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Todd Rundgren at The Sub Rooms in Stroud last night (Kasim Sulton on bass and Prairie Prince on drums)
Theo is away (again) so I am on dog walking/photography duty (again). Here's a selection so far.
#sighthound #lurcher #dogsofbluesky
#sighthound #lurcher #dogsofbluesky
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Theo is away (again) so I am on dog walking/photography duty (again). Here's a selection so far.
#sighthound #lurcher #dogsofbluesky
#sighthound #lurcher #dogsofbluesky
My wife is currently 9 time zones away, though only 8 hours because of summer time. I'm finding it weirdly disconcerting to be on such different schedules, in a way that her being in Milton Keynes or even New York isn't. Kurt Vonnegut probably coined a term for this feeling in Cat's Cradle
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My wife is currently 9 time zones away, though only 8 hours because of summer time. I'm finding it weirdly disconcerting to be on such different schedules, in a way that her being in Milton Keynes or even New York isn't. Kurt Vonnegut probably coined a term for this feeling in Cat's Cradle
Geddy and Alex Send a Message to Rush Fans
YouTube video by Rush
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
September 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby.
Note the border inscription.
Note the border inscription.
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby.
Note the border inscription.
Note the border inscription.
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I've been on dog duty this week while Theo is away at a conference, and that comes with a contractual obligation to send photos. Here are a few.
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've been on dog duty this week while Theo is away at a conference, and that comes with a contractual obligation to send photos. Here are a few.
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
An irresistible tune and also a good example of a cover that far surpasses the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLt...
Errol Dunkley - OK Fred (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
An irresistible tune and also a good example of a cover that far surpasses the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLt...
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This one is so special. This Mortal Coil performing Song to the Siren live on Loose Talk in 1983 (THREAD)
youtu.be/SuwfsS5-iM8
youtu.be/SuwfsS5-iM8
This Mortal Coil - "Song to the Siren" - live
YouTube video by DarkGlassly
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This one is so special. This Mortal Coil performing Song to the Siren live on Loose Talk in 1983 (THREAD)
youtu.be/SuwfsS5-iM8
youtu.be/SuwfsS5-iM8
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48 years ago today
Generation X in London, August 9, 1977, as documented by Ray Stevenson
#punk #punks #punkrock #GenerationX #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Generation X in London, August 9, 1977, as documented by Ray Stevenson
#punk #punks #punkrock #GenerationX #history #punkrockhistory #otd
August 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
48 years ago today
Generation X in London, August 9, 1977, as documented by Ray Stevenson
#punk #punks #punkrock #GenerationX #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Generation X in London, August 9, 1977, as documented by Ray Stevenson
#punk #punks #punkrock #GenerationX #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Hope Tigger is okay.
July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hope Tigger is okay.
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We're off to the cinema today #fantasticfour
July 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We're off to the cinema today #fantasticfour
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Tell Sharon that I won't be coming home.
July 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Tell Sharon that I won't be coming home.
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Fancy Betty 38 years. Where has all the time gone.
July 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Fancy Betty 38 years. Where has all the time gone.
UK Bluesky users should read this. TLDR: don't sign up to age verification on Bluesky unless you want your personal data to be even more commodified than it is at the moment.
Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs isn't just a bad idea, it's the law
Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs isn't just a bad idea, it's the law
Getting carded is one thing. A full strip search? Welcome to Britain
Opinion On June 10, social network Bluesky announced that in 15 days it would introduce age verification for UK users, to comply with the UK Online Safety Act. As this law threatens non-compliant content companies with eight-figure fines from July 25, you can see why. The how, however, is breathtakingly inexcusable.…
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July 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
UK Bluesky users should read this. TLDR: don't sign up to age verification on Bluesky unless you want your personal data to be even more commodified than it is at the moment.
We've just come back from a trip with George the lurcher and our "lovely", "well mannered" and "impeccably behaved" dog has better Airbnb reviews than we do.
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
July 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We've just come back from a trip with George the lurcher and our "lovely", "well mannered" and "impeccably behaved" dog has better Airbnb reviews than we do.
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
#sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
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We often speak of you.
July 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We often speak of you.
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Another day, another revelation…
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Another day, another revelation…