Mickey Williams
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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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In June and July, we have 24 hour daylight. A five-day Test takes a maximum of 30 hours with no breaks. We should therefore play all Tests in Reykjavík. They will be done in a day. Fixture congestion solved. We could allow seven substitutes if players get tired or cause trouble.
September 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
In June and July, we have 24 hour daylight. A five-day Test takes a maximum of 30 hours with no breaks. We should therefore play all Tests in Reykjavík. They will be done in a day. Fixture congestion solved. We could allow seven substitutes if players get tired or cause trouble.
Yay, elections work!
‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries
‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries
Democratic strategist James Carville called for a "schism" in the Democratic Party, stating that he wants nothing to do with the likes of three candidates who won their Democratic primaries in New York.
The post ‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
June 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Yay, elections work!
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Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test?
SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.
SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.
April 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
Absolutely an outlier in the national anthem game.
There are two national anthem types in the world.
France's
And everyone else's
France's
And everyone else's
February 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Absolutely an outlier in the national anthem game.
Somehow, specifying “we left with all my children” makes it sound even weirder. Sure, I went to pedophile island with the kids, but I double-counted to make sure I had all them when we left.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Somehow, specifying “we left with all my children” makes it sound even weirder. Sure, I went to pedophile island with the kids, but I double-counted to make sure I had all them when we left.
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one of music’s quiet tricks is that you don’t have to speak the language to feel the weight of it.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 AM
one of music’s quiet tricks is that you don’t have to speak the language to feel the weight of it.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
free jazz figured that out a long time ago.
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kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 AM
kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s
Super disappointing to see Nathan Myhrvold in the Epstein files. Seriously, fuck all the way off.
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Super disappointing to see Nathan Myhrvold in the Epstein files. Seriously, fuck all the way off.
This is one of many reasons why I cancel every rideshare Tesla.
February 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This is one of many reasons why I cancel every rideshare Tesla.
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This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
Can’t wait for the strongly worded letter that Schumer is going to write about this.
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Can’t wait for the strongly worded letter that Schumer is going to write about this.
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This is an educational post. We use Icelandic parking standards to demonstrate the wide ball rules in different formats.
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM
This is an educational post. We use Icelandic parking standards to demonstrate the wide ball rules in different formats.
There was a time when this sort of delusional idiocy would have made this guy a laughing stock and he would have resigned in shame. Now he is interviewed on national news.
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
There was a time when this sort of delusional idiocy would have made this guy a laughing stock and he would have resigned in shame. Now he is interviewed on national news.
Sure, but what if I give you a bag of cash with $50k in it? Do I still need to put myself in the mind of the murderer?
WELKER: What do you see in that video?
HOMAN: I've said from March -- if the hateful rhetoric doesn't decline there's going to be bloodshed. And unfortunately I was right. You gotta put yourself in the mind of the officer.
HOMAN: I've said from March -- if the hateful rhetoric doesn't decline there's going to be bloodshed. And unfortunately I was right. You gotta put yourself in the mind of the officer.
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Sure, but what if I give you a bag of cash with $50k in it? Do I still need to put myself in the mind of the murderer?
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All that the Turing Test proves is that human are much, much stupider than Alan Turing ever suspected.
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
All that the Turing Test proves is that human are much, much stupider than Alan Turing ever suspected.
Effort is not the same thing as results, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Q: You guys were out for 2 months during the shutdown. Why has it taken until the end of the year to start addressing these healthcare bills? And what's your message to those who are going to see their premiums rise?
MIKE JOHNSON: We have been working steadily producing ideas trying to address this
MIKE JOHNSON: We have been working steadily producing ideas trying to address this
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Effort is not the same thing as results, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
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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)
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.