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In TFIr#887: the Bill of Rights, Einstein, Ronald Lacey, Lisabeth Scott, blasphemy, Jimmy Carter, Jane Goodall, coffee, William McGonagall, T. rexes, dark stars, Nefertiti, pythons, ice loss, Stephanie Cole, Peter Max & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and coffee beans
September 24, 2026 at 5:30 AM
simonlamont.co.uk
Avast! In TFIr#886: Frances Farmer, Anthony Babington, pirates, hobbits, Chas Hodges, Devils Tower, Victoria Vetri, Taylor Swift, fat bears, Apophis, Anfield, Red Bull, champagne, a wise parrot, Sunny, Catherine Ringer & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and the planet Neptune, seen in infrared by the Hubble Space Telescope glowing a pale blueish-white with its rings and moons.
September 17, 2026 at 5:26 AM
siostechnologycorp.bsky.social
A failover configuration is only reliable if it has been tested!

In a new interview, SIOS CX Software Engineer Alexus Gore shares a 5-min checklist for validating production HA clusters.

Watch the interview: ow.ly/L3Fs50ZLtPL

#HighAvailability #Failover #ITResilience
Failover Validation Checklist | SIOS Technology | TFiR
Untested failover configurations fail silently. Alexus Gore of SIOS Technology shares a five-minute checklist to validate HA clusters before an outage hits.
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September 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#885: Jennifer Nettles, Anthony Perkins, Roald Dahl, Grace Kelly, Clive Sinclair, Anne Francis, Switzerland, bats, WIMPs, Guinness, Anak Krakatau, the IgNobels, Richard O'Sullivan, Gloria Steinem, Jive Bunny & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and a painting of Boston in 1801 showing the Old State House and the square in front of it with a carriage, a horse-drawn wagon and two men moving a cart as well as other people and horses.
September 10, 2026 at 5:34 AM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#884: Jennie Lee, George Eastman, Voyager 1, Claude Renoir, Grandma Moses, Henry Every, the Lusitania, Star Trek, a computer bug, Pink, owls, Mars, Nazca, food deliveries, an arsonist, corals, Peter Cullen, Helch & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and a photograph of RMS Lusitania docking at the Cunard terminal in New York City in 1907.
September 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM
hrfmadsen.bsky.social
Why Linus Torvalds doesn't use Ubuntu or Debian
YouTube video by TFiR
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August 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#883: dreams, Ingrid Bergman, Liverpool, the Great Fire of London, San Marino, Fearne Cotton, Viking 2, Pepys, an owl, Greenland, a tank, Maradona, gin, the Cat in the Hat, starfish, Noel Godin, Dolly Parton & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and a painting of people fleeing the Great Fire of London as it engulfs the city
August 27, 2026 at 5:31 AM
jeremypopscene.bsky.social
Out on this date in 2001, Kosheen’s excellent ‘Hide U’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIr...
Kosheen - Hide U
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August 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#882: Elizabeth Báthory, Robert Moog, the Demon Core, Dua Lipa, Galileo, Chikin Ramen, Katherine Johnson, Titian, bats, tuna, Rongorongo, a parking ticket, contrails, a Ferrari Luce, Hayden Panetierre, Frank Beard & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The words "THE FRIDAY IRREGULAR" in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag
August 20, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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#OnThisDate: Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 and the Panama Canal opened in 1914…. These fun facts & more in this wk.’s ‘The Friday Irregular’ 📰 · #TFIr »
simonlamont.co.uk Simon Lamont @simonlamont.co.uk · Aug 13
In TFIr#881: xertzing, Macbeth, Gary Larson, Princess Anne, the Panama Canal, Julie Newmar, Davy Crockett, Blaise Pascal, Mo Mowlem, Any Adams, the Sun, Guinness, a wingwalker, Dobby, a Mars Bar, Jackie, William Orbit & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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An aerial photograph of the Battle of Britain and the words 'The Friday Irregular' coloured as the Union Jack.
August 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
timgoodacre.bsky.social
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Split Enz - I See Red (Official Video)
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August 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#881: xertzing, Macbeth, Gary Larson, Princess Anne, the Panama Canal, Julie Newmar, Davy Crockett, Blaise Pascal, Mo Mowlem, Any Adams, the Sun, Guinness, a wingwalker, Dobby, a Mars Bar, Jackie, William Orbit & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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An aerial photograph of the Battle of Britain and the words 'The Friday Irregular' coloured as the Union Jack.
August 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
linuxtoday.bsky.social
Why Klutch Open Source Needs Commercial Extensions for Enterprise Data Services | Julian Fischer, anynines | TFiR

https://tfir.io/klutch-open-source-a9s-hub-anynines/
August 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
linuxtoday.bsky.social
AI Finds Open Source Vulnerabilities in Hours. Project Akrites Makes Sure the Right People Are Warned First | Christopher Robinson, OpenSSF | TFiR

https://tfir.io/project-akrites-ai-vulnerability-disclosure-open-source/
August 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#880: psithurism, Viking 2, Shirley Jackson, cats, Schrödinger, Hedy Lamarr, the IBM PC, H.G. Wells, Terry Pratchett, snails, UFOs in the LHC, the Shroud of Turin, chess, marijuana, Jimmy Cricket, Jeanne Gibson & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and a calico cat
August 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#879: bayardism, rum, Frances Farmer, the Jungfrau, Barack Obama, Lizzie Borden, William Wallace, Marilyn Monroe, Bernard Lovell, the WWW, birdsong, Jodrell Bank, pyrocumulonimbus, DNA, siblings, Bill Oddie, Zippy & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and the Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland
July 30, 2026 at 5:35 AM
linuxtoday.bsky.social
Build a Scalable GTM Engine That Does Not Depend on the Founder | Kamesh Pemmaraju, OptimaGTM | TFiR

https://tfir.io/b2b-gtm-alignment-ai-open-source-startups-optimagtm/
July 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
amazeeai.bsky.social
Local #AIAgents can read your browser cookies. Public clouds charge a $100k "enterprise tax" just to pick a data region.

A third option: Sovereign Private #AIInfrastructure.

Discover #AgenticWorkflows with amazeeClaw, and watch CEO Michael Schmid’s full interview with TFiR. 👇
Run Secure AI Agents: Sovereign AI Infrastructure
Running autonomous AI agents locally or on public clouds leaks data. Learn how to deploy them securely via a secure, private LLM infrastructure.
amazee.ai
July 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In the Jentastic TFIr#878: kakistocracy, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Higgins, BASE jumping, Bugs Bunny, Jenny Holzer, tigers, Thomas Gray, Jennifer Garner, a python, a pen, pigs, Rutland, Barksy, Jennifer Finch, Gary Sobers & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and the building housing the Bank of England
July 23, 2026 at 5:36 AM
linuxtoday.bsky.social
AI Is Accelerating CVE Exploitation in Legacy Dependencies. Here Is What to Do | Robert Nalen, HeroDevs | TFiR

https://tfir.io/end-of-life-open-source-security-compliance-herodevs/
July 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#877: emojis, Jane Austen, the Mary Rose, Mel Smith, Apollo 11, Nicola Benedetti, chess, Robert Burns, Paloma Faith, Vic Morrow, tigers, hobbits, Iron Man, Ruth Ellis, peanut butter, Bonnie Tyler, Sam Neill & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular and a contemporary picture of the Tudor ship Mary Rose
July 16, 2026 at 5:41 AM
trolldj.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFIr...

#couchpeloton #TrollDJ #sbstdf #tdf2026
Split Enz - I See Red (Official Video)
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July 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
unnclerobin.eurosky.social
#AustinsMusicMonth
#MusicChallenge
#ASongThat ... is in the red

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Split Enz - I See Red (Official Video)
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July 10, 2026 at 4:50 AM
simonlamont.co.uk
In TFIr#876: Lady Jane Grey, Waterloo, Caesar, John Dee, Shannon Doherty, Live Aid, Jane Goodall, Mozilla, Kevin Mitnick, guinea pigs, Phoebe Cates, Kamo'oalewa, seagulls, the LHC, Lego, the Hum, a message in a bottle & more + Dumbledore & Little Jennifer...

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The Friday Irregular in green capitals and a white and brown guinea pig who is eating the 'I' of "Irregular".
July 9, 2026 at 5:36 AM
columbojones2.bsky.social
Make one phone call, giggle afterwards.
Any politician in your state.
Let's get the cowards.
Most will hope they can get through this unpleasantness without loss.

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Split Enz - I See Red (Official Video)
YouTube video by Split Enz
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July 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM