@markthomasinfo.bsky.social argh! I now have to get up at 4am tomorrow to try to secure tickets for your show in London on Remembrance Sunday. I am NOT a mornings person.

@patrick-barlow.bsky.social 🤔 They arrested the same woman, who 2 years ago took them to court for her arrest of holding the same sign; where the judge ruled it is not illegal to hold this sign

I wrote a blog post. for the first time in a while. About Oracle Transparent Hugepages. Did you know the recommended setting has changed? And what's the advantage? chandlerdba.com/2026/04/23/o...

I'm happy report I am the new manager of Chelsea.

I've decided to shut down verifiedbsky.net. While there was quite a bit of interest early, that has basically completely died down and it took some effort to keep the service alive. It was fun, I learned a lot, but it doesn't make sense anymore. Thanks to everyone who used and supported it!

#DOAG2026: Der Call for Papers für die DOAG 2026 Konferenz + Ausstellung ist eröffnet! Bis zum 8. Juni habt ihr jetzt die Gelegenheit, eure Beiträge einzureichen.➡️ scomp.ly/3jJdQBr Konferenz: scomp.ly/xqV9Jp8 🔗Early-Bird-Tickets bis 29. September: scomp.ly/v0xlWdZ

1/2 Interesting and undocumented changes in SGA management in Oracle 26ai: - Up to 31 subpools in the shared pool (max seven in 19c defined by _kghdsidx_count) - Subpools are split into thee durations (there were only two in 19c)

#DOAGDB26: In seiner Session "Mission Impossible? Eine komplexe Exadata-Migration sicher in die Google Cloud" zeigt Amin Farvardin diese anhand eines realen Projekts. ➡️ scomp.ly/YWL3JrA Konferenz: datenbank.doag.org/de/home/ Tickets: scomp.ly/nZwDB5m #Datenbank #CloudInfrastructure

Alex Woods - Don't Let AI Write For You alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-...

Very enjoyable day in town. Culture, Food then Comedy.

Saw @misterabk.bsky.social last night. Most excellent, but the true highlight was the cartoon themes. Except Duck Tales. I never liked Duck Tales. Don’t you open that Trapdoor!

As a mate of mine just said “Imagine losing 7-2 and that not being your worst defeat of the week” 😂 😂 😂 #safc

I'm doing a webinar next Tuesday. It's decent, but hey I'm biased. It's free to join. There will be pictures of dogs. You will likely learn something you didn't know before. There's even a tiny bit in there about the Oracle Database. #odtug @odtug.bsky.social

Fabulous result for #SAFC - great performances all round, done the double against #NUFC this season. Brobbey is a beast! 💪 I have no nails left #HAWAY #NEWSUN

Happy Birthday Gary Oldman

Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle Database 23ai News & an Updated VirtualBox appliance

My cat sleeps all day and then keeps me awake all night so this gave me a good laugh. Credit - @dagnylill on Instagram

Inspired by @gunnarmorling.dev, I've added a page to my blog about how I do, and don't, use AI on my blog. tl;dr: NEVER for writing content. gross. But, for plenty else! 👉🏻 rmoff.net/ai/

April 1st but it's no joke :-) www.rooug.ro/2026/03/roou...

It might be 2000 times worse than you thought connor-mcdonald.com/2026/03/09/b...

That was just the grimmest footy match. We were utterly terrible. Port Vale worked really hard and deserved it. 👏 #safc #pvlsun #facup

Best AI engine ever

Enjoying the #LUFC reaction on here following last night loss against #SAFC Similar VAR complaints to ours against Bournemouth at the weekend for the O9 rugby tackle (both were pens, both weren't given) Still, 40 points and planning for next season in the #EPL Grand 1st season back #HAWAY

When does lgwr transition from single to scalable mode? t.ly/Ohe7a

Make People Happy*

Hergés adventures of Tim Tam @connormcd.bsky.social

I can pinpoint the exact moment the UK went to the dogs and our society began to crumble. It wasn't a new PM, a specific law came in, or even a sporting tragedy. It was in 1998 when Opal Fruits become Starburst! 38 years of UK childhood thrown under the wheels of international commercialism!

Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s: www.rigb.org/christmas-le... I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!

Damn but it was loud at the Stadium of Light yesterday #Safc #haway

I’m happy if slightly disappointed with a point at Anfield. Which is quite a ridiculous thing for me to say. HAWAY! #safc #lfc

The count down for #UKOUGDiscover2025 in Birmingham has begun. 📅 30 November – 2 December 2025 Register Here: ukoug.org/page/UKOUGDi... @oracleace.bsky.social #ACED #UKOUG #purestorage

Just spotted this front door on a road near where I live 😊.

My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! TALBI!!!!!!!! FUCKING GET IT UP YA!!!!!!! #SAFC

This is how a latch contention looks in real life. The @ora600pl.bsky.social way at #HrOUG2025

Fundamentals of Oracle security (and some drinks) with @chandlerdba.bsky.social at #HrOUG2025

Getting dizzy at #HrOUG

Let's get off that f*** #Oracle #Exadata with @chandlerdba.bsky.social and #whiskey at #hroug25 @oracleace.bsky.social

I'll be speaking at #UKOUGDiscover2025 ukoug.org/page/UKOUGDi... about how transactions in Oracle really work. The agenda is up and online, and most excellent sessionize.com/api/v2/kspp9... Hope I'll see you in Birmingham on 30th November! #UKOUG25

I'm on the agenda for the #ukoug conference 2025. 9:00 a.m. on Monday morning (I tell myself that that's to encourage people to be on-site early enough to attend the opening keynote afterwards) Abstract at: jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/public-appea...

I'll be speaking at #UKOUGDiscover2025 ukoug.org/page/UKOUGDi... about how transactions in Oracle really work. The agenda is up and online, and most excellent sessionize.com/api/v2/kspp9... Hope I'll see you in Birmingham on 30th November! #UKOUG25

Only a couple of weeks to go until the #HrOUG2025 conference in Rovinj, Croatia. I am so looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of this wonderful conference; full of fun and full of learning in an amazing location.

Looking forward to be at #HrOUG2025 🤩 A great conference, with excellent venue, content, speakers and attendees! See all the details here: 2025.hroug.hr/eng

Only a couple of weeks to go until the #HrOUG2025 conference in Rovinj, Croatia. I am so looking forward to celebrating the 30th anniversary of this wonderful conference; full of fun and full of learning in an amazing location.

Blog post for September 2025 SQL Developer isn't entirely CBO-friendly. jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/s...

Just saw Mario turned 40 this week and so, once again, I present to you: the first level of Super Mario but all the sound effects are farts.

Reform is essentially a really drunk Tory party.

Another Tory has joined Reform you say? Why it would almost appear as of Reform were not an insurgent force of outsiders but … dare I say… the same old shit in a different package… by which I mean unutterable Tory wankers.

The two-button binary keyboard. The two keys are 0 and 1, and every 7 presses you get a character.

For the past 6 months I've been anonymously mailing collage cards i made to a café/art space in Nebraska. They're in a town with 40 people. I don't know them and I've never been there. I put a code on the back of the cards. If you figure it out it's my email address. They finally emailed me today!