Phil Wildcroft
@wildcroft.bsky.social
Programmer, dog servant, perennially novice guitarist
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Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...
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Some redundant C20 buildings at the edge of the Neolithic/medieval castle Marlborough Mound in Wiltshire are to be removed next spring, offering a unique opportunity to examine the mound's structure
www.marlboroughmoundtrust.org/articles/a-n...
www.marlboroughmoundtrust.org/articles/a-n...
A new archaeological investigation in 2026
Archaeological works in 2026 will explore Marlborough Mound’s hidden history as modern structures are carefully removed.
www.marlboroughmoundtrust.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some redundant C20 buildings at the edge of the Neolithic/medieval castle Marlborough Mound in Wiltshire are to be removed next spring, offering a unique opportunity to examine the mound's structure
www.marlboroughmoundtrust.org/articles/a-n...
www.marlboroughmoundtrust.org/articles/a-n...
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This day I first did wear a muffe, being my wife’s last year’s muffe, and now I have bought her a new one, this serves me very well.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This day I first did wear a muffe, being my wife’s last year’s muffe, and now I have bought her a new one, this serves me very well.
A quick visit to Flint Castle next to the Dee Estuary in North Wales today. George did not like coming back up the steps in pic 2 so had to be carried.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A quick visit to Flint Castle next to the Dee Estuary in North Wales today. George did not like coming back up the steps in pic 2 so had to be carried.
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Great story from the Guardian about radical folk singer Dick Gaughan and the on-going campaign to make his records available again
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great story from the Guardian about radical folk singer Dick Gaughan and the on-going campaign to make his records available again
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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.…
dlvr.it
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
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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.