John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
Owner of many old shirts & videos. Ex everything. Master of nothing.
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
GSoC mentor. RNLI helm.
Know a bit about a lot. "Utter bastard" according to my best mates. I'll take that as a win.
Estoy en España 🇪🇸
> I do not automatically follow back!
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John Crisp
@reetspetit.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I haven't got cat.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
So this is still one of my proudest possessions.
I'm not a hero. Just an ordinary bloke with a bit of talent on boats.
I always enjoyed the anonymity of just being No 2.
Small things can change lives.
Well there's a surprise.
Utter bastards. Should be in jail, not the Lords.
Utter bastards. Should be in jail, not the Lords.
Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Well there's a surprise.
Utter bastards. Should be in jail, not the Lords.
Utter bastards. Should be in jail, not the Lords.
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As we approach the holiday season, please remember the most valuable Chriatmas lesson of all.
It takes at least 3 ghost to scare rich employers into paying their staff a decent wage.
If you don't ha e three ghosts, then join a fucking union.
It takes at least 3 ghost to scare rich employers into paying their staff a decent wage.
If you don't ha e three ghosts, then join a fucking union.
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
As we approach the holiday season, please remember the most valuable Chriatmas lesson of all.
It takes at least 3 ghost to scare rich employers into paying their staff a decent wage.
If you don't ha e three ghosts, then join a fucking union.
It takes at least 3 ghost to scare rich employers into paying their staff a decent wage.
If you don't ha e three ghosts, then join a fucking union.
The slow implosion of Trumps MAGA as the power vultures circle overhead.
The infighting between successors will intensify.
Another year and the US will take another lurch, but who knows where?
#Trump
#MAGA
#Epstein
apnews.com/article/turn...
The infighting between successors will intensify.
Another year and the US will take another lurch, but who knows where?
#Trump
#MAGA
#Epstein
apnews.com/article/turn...
Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement's direction
Conservative influencers clashed at Turning Point USA's annual youth conference over the future of President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement.
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The slow implosion of Trumps MAGA as the power vultures circle overhead.
The infighting between successors will intensify.
Another year and the US will take another lurch, but who knows where?
#Trump
#MAGA
#Epstein
apnews.com/article/turn...
The infighting between successors will intensify.
Another year and the US will take another lurch, but who knows where?
#Trump
#MAGA
#Epstein
apnews.com/article/turn...
I approve of this message.
Started doing a thing. The thing turned out to be more of a thing than I thought. I'm giving up doing the thing and buying some wine.
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I approve of this message.
So if I want to be different and not follow the sheeple I can be abused and told to conform?
Sorry sheeple but you missed the point of open source.
You probably also missed the reasoning behind both systemd and wayland. They weren't built for your benefit. 🤷♂️
#Wayland
#Linux
#OpenSource
Sorry sheeple but you missed the point of open source.
You probably also missed the reasoning behind both systemd and wayland. They weren't built for your benefit. 🤷♂️
#Wayland
#Linux
#OpenSource
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
So if I want to be different and not follow the sheeple I can be abused and told to conform?
Sorry sheeple but you missed the point of open source.
You probably also missed the reasoning behind both systemd and wayland. They weren't built for your benefit. 🤷♂️
#Wayland
#Linux
#OpenSource
Sorry sheeple but you missed the point of open source.
You probably also missed the reasoning behind both systemd and wayland. They weren't built for your benefit. 🤷♂️
#Wayland
#Linux
#OpenSource
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And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
Paul Marshall, 'a writer' who also owns GB News, Unherd and The Spectator, and is chief stoker of the culture wars.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
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Amazon WorkSpaces Applications announces Elastic fleets powered by Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
AWS now lets you stream Ubuntu apps via "WorkSpaces Applications Elastic fleets" because apparently "remote desktop" was too simple. Pay-as-you-go pricing TBD after you've committed your architecture.
AWS now lets you stream Ubuntu apps via "WorkSpaces Applications Elastic fleets" because apparently "remote desktop" was too simple. Pay-as-you-go pricing TBD after you've committed your architecture.
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Amazon WorkSpaces Applications announces Elastic fleets powered by Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
AWS now lets you stream Ubuntu apps via "WorkSpaces Applications Elastic fleets" because apparently "remote desktop" was too simple. Pay-as-you-go pricing TBD after you've committed your architecture.
AWS now lets you stream Ubuntu apps via "WorkSpaces Applications Elastic fleets" because apparently "remote desktop" was too simple. Pay-as-you-go pricing TBD after you've committed your architecture.
"The docs were bad and didn't tell me what to do so #Linux is utter shite and I'm weally weally so upset I might have to go back to Windows"
Please don't say things like that. Direct your ire at the correct party eg docs.
"But but but don't insult me. Hissy fit"
Fuck off then
Absolute bellends.
Please don't say things like that. Direct your ire at the correct party eg docs.
"But but but don't insult me. Hissy fit"
Fuck off then
Absolute bellends.
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"The docs were bad and didn't tell me what to do so #Linux is utter shite and I'm weally weally so upset I might have to go back to Windows"
Please don't say things like that. Direct your ire at the correct party eg docs.
"But but but don't insult me. Hissy fit"
Fuck off then
Absolute bellends.
Please don't say things like that. Direct your ire at the correct party eg docs.
"But but but don't insult me. Hissy fit"
Fuck off then
Absolute bellends.
If you're moaning & whining about using #Linux then I suggest you either give yourself a good talking too, or slink off back to your Windows world you hated so much.
Nope, learning is hard. You did it with #Windows without realising it, and biz were bribed to make it easy.
Nope, learning is hard. You did it with #Windows without realising it, and biz were bribed to make it easy.
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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As it turns out, having 16000+ filesystem mounts on a single Linux machine is not a good idea.
No one did that on purpose. It appears to be a configuration bug in Kolla-Ansible for OpenStack that mounts a Docker volume inside of another Docker volume.
Froze up systemctl something fierce
No one did that on purpose. It appears to be a configuration bug in Kolla-Ansible for OpenStack that mounts a Docker volume inside of another Docker volume.
Froze up systemctl something fierce
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As it turns out, having 16000+ filesystem mounts on a single Linux machine is not a good idea.
No one did that on purpose. It appears to be a configuration bug in Kolla-Ansible for OpenStack that mounts a Docker volume inside of another Docker volume.
Froze up systemctl something fierce
No one did that on purpose. It appears to be a configuration bug in Kolla-Ansible for OpenStack that mounts a Docker volume inside of another Docker volume.
Froze up systemctl something fierce
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Also making the point in today's Guardian piece that the sight of global companies working overtly with the US government to coerce a UK government desperate for positive headlines about investment is a hugely worrying precedent which we need to be discussing.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Also making the point in today's Guardian piece that the sight of global companies working overtly with the US government to coerce a UK government desperate for positive headlines about investment is a hugely worrying precedent which we need to be discussing.
Because people are stupid enough to pay for them.
The excuses given in the article are mainly just.... nonsense.
#football
#shirts
#kit
#ripoff
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
The excuses given in the article are mainly just.... nonsense.
#football
#shirts
#kit
#ripoff
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Why are Premier League shirts so expensive?
The prices of football kits continue to rise - but how do the costs of an £85 Premier League shirt break down?
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Because people are stupid enough to pay for them.
The excuses given in the article are mainly just.... nonsense.
#football
#shirts
#kit
#ripoff
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
The excuses given in the article are mainly just.... nonsense.
#football
#shirts
#kit
#ripoff
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Thou shalt not declare war to distract from the Epstein files! It won’t work, you prick.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.
Thou Shalt Not Declare War To Distract From The Epstein Files
It's beginning to look like a war on Christmas…
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yet another who fell o̵v̵e̵r̵b̵o̵a̵r̵d̵ out with Stalin.
Think @dreadships.bsky.social would appreciate this....
Think @dreadships.bsky.social would appreciate this....
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yet another who fell o̵v̵e̵r̵b̵o̵a̵r̵d̵ out with Stalin.
Think @dreadships.bsky.social would appreciate this....
Think @dreadships.bsky.social would appreciate this....
I endorse this message.
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I endorse this message.
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Facebook is awful these days but the memories from this day are still good. Like this one, from when my son was 2½…
December 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Facebook is awful these days but the memories from this day are still good. Like this one, from when my son was 2½…
Yet another day you decided not to invest all your dev Github.
GitHub Actions charging per build minute for *self-hosted-runners*? Shit's about to hit the fan lol
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yet another day you decided not to invest all your dev Github.
This is piss poor by the #EU
Manufacturers won't convert unless forced. All about the bottom line.
And hybrids with a AA sized battery in a #WankPanzer is insane. Make the battery in hybrids a percentage of vehicle weight or some such.
#StickAndCarrot
#Pollution
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Manufacturers won't convert unless forced. All about the bottom line.
And hybrids with a AA sized battery in a #WankPanzer is insane. Make the battery in hybrids a percentage of vehicle weight or some such.
#StickAndCarrot
#Pollution
www.bbc.com/news/article...
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
Carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions to the planned rules.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is piss poor by the #EU
Manufacturers won't convert unless forced. All about the bottom line.
And hybrids with a AA sized battery in a #WankPanzer is insane. Make the battery in hybrids a percentage of vehicle weight or some such.
#StickAndCarrot
#Pollution
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Manufacturers won't convert unless forced. All about the bottom line.
And hybrids with a AA sized battery in a #WankPanzer is insane. Make the battery in hybrids a percentage of vehicle weight or some such.
#StickAndCarrot
#Pollution
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"To Putin, he is a tempting mark & full of weaknesses that are easily exploited.
He is narcissistic, greedy, morally loose, not especially loyal to his country, & fuzzy on the difference bt right & wrong.
For a competent intel service, it would be malpractice not to notice his mental blind spots,"
He is narcissistic, greedy, morally loose, not especially loyal to his country, & fuzzy on the difference bt right & wrong.
For a competent intel service, it would be malpractice not to notice his mental blind spots,"
A very smart take on Trump's alliance with Putin by a veteran of CIA's Russia House, @johnsipher.bsky.social
tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-tempting-m...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-tempting-m...
A tempting mark—why is Trump behaving in ways that benefit Moscow?
Moscow appears to have used these vulnerabilities to influence Donald Trump, and, unfortunately, has done so with considerable success
tomorrowsaffairs.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"To Putin, he is a tempting mark & full of weaknesses that are easily exploited.
He is narcissistic, greedy, morally loose, not especially loyal to his country, & fuzzy on the difference bt right & wrong.
For a competent intel service, it would be malpractice not to notice his mental blind spots,"
He is narcissistic, greedy, morally loose, not especially loyal to his country, & fuzzy on the difference bt right & wrong.
For a competent intel service, it would be malpractice not to notice his mental blind spots,"
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Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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![Comic. [Two people one one side of a pile of seven apples, next to person with long hair next to five apples.] PERSON: Okay, with my seven apples added to your five, we have… let’s se… twelve apples! PERSON 2 [with hands raised]: Incredible! Perfect agreement with the theory! [caption] Experimental Mathematicians](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifgv5skm72kzcxgexs4hbpex45met5vxhb6kf2aqshmktmo37nl5a@jpeg)
Great thread!
Whisper it, but the Torygraph chats a lotta shit.
Whisper it, but the Torygraph chats a lotta shit.
Theresa Villiers on Badenoch. Oddly I hope she's right but this is the latest in the Telegraph's 'Whisper it' series. The record of this series is not good.... (thread)
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Great thread!
Whisper it, but the Torygraph chats a lotta shit.
Whisper it, but the Torygraph chats a lotta shit.
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ukraine now has financing for years.
because europe stepped up, not the united states.
@gzeromedia.com
because europe stepped up, not the united states.
@gzeromedia.com
Europe takes control of Ukraine’s future | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take
YouTube video by GZERO Media
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ukraine now has financing for years.
because europe stepped up, not the united states.
@gzeromedia.com
because europe stepped up, not the united states.
@gzeromedia.com