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Simon Vass

@billynkid.bsky.social
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🎮 Quest objective: AWS TAM by day, Lvl 99 Dad always 💻 When not engineering solutions, you may find me Gaming 🤖 Techie. Foodie. Learning Swahili.

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
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Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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Dr Tomas Rawlings @tomasrawlings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is why elections matter: Good news from the UK as the goverment puts £30M into community renewable energy projects. . www.gov.uk/government/n... #ClimateChange
Image with text - GBE announces £30m for community energy
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 24/09/2026
AWS publishes the Reimagine Report on AI, revealing that organizations struggle to convert AI speed gains into business value due to coordination bottlenecks and process constraints.
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Announcing the New AWS Reimagine Report on AI
AWS publishes the Reimagine Report on AI, revealing that organizations struggle to convert AI speed gains into business value due to coordination bottlenecks and process constraints.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 22/09/2026
Amazon CloudWatch Omni is an AI-powered observability platform that enables collaborative incident investigation with automatic service discovery, dependency mapping, and AI-assisted root cause analysis.
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Introducing Amazon CloudWatch Omni: collaborative AI-powered observability for your applications
Amazon CloudWatch Omni is an AI-powered observability platform that enables collaborative incident investigation with automatic service discovery, dependency mapping, and AI-assisted root cause analysis.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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The future's going to need more builders with real expertise, and the best time to develop that skill is in school, before your first job. AI makes building easier than ever, but you still have to...
The future's going to need more builders with real expertise, and the best time to develop that skill is in school, before your first job. AI makes building easier than ever, but you still have to kno...
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tour kicks off in Oxford and Norwich this weekend. Norwich is sold out, few tickets left in Oxford. See if I'm near you. Thank you. www.mickperrin.com/tours/michae...
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
AWS Open Sources Kiro Crew for Asynchronous Coding Agents - InfoQ www.infoq.com/news/2026/08...
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AWS Open Sources Kiro Crew for Asynchronous Coding Agents
Amazon recently announced Kiro Crew, an open-source system for running multiple Kiro coding agents across sessions, tools, and tasks. The new workspace lets developers assign asynchronous coding tasks...
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Who Killed Jason Arday?
Earlier this afternoon, my oldest boyhood friend, a distinguished international lawyer who received his doctorate at Cambridge, called me to share the tragic news that Jason Arday, the Black British a...
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I don't know why but I'm suddenly reminded of this scene from Monthy Python's Life of Brian.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwWz...
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Monty Python - Haggle
YouTube video by Weidmoo
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 10/07/2026
Amazon EC2 now supports replacing a running instance's root volume directly with an existing EBS volume, eliminating the need for intermediate snapshot or AMI creation steps.
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Amazon EC2 now supports using an EBS volume for Replace Root Volume
Amazon EC2 now supports replacing a running instance's root volume directly with an existing EBS volume, eliminating the need for intermediate snapshot or AMI creation steps.
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IGN @ign.com · 19/06/2026
Robert Caskin 'Bobby' Prince III, the composer behind classic '90s games like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D, has died at 81. bit.ly/4fSqIbz
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 15/06/2026
The fight for the open Internet is on – support our work 🦾 We're facing a social media ban, digital ID checkpoints and powers to scan our devices. Our privacy and free expression rights could lie in tatters if we don't resist. Donate now to power our grassroots movement ⬇️ #StopKillingInternet
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Build our grassroots power to defend the open Internet
Fight back with grassroots power Open Rights Group was founded by members of the public who decided the UK needed an organisation that would fight for their digital rights. Ever since, this…
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 29/05/2026
AWS Interconnect - multicloud now offers a free 500 Mbps tier for private connectivity between AWS and other public clouds, enabling customers to easily evaluate and operate multicloud workloads without AWS charges.
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AWS Interconnect - multicloud now offers a free 500 Mbps tier
AWS Interconnect - multicloud now offers a free 500 Mbps tier for private connectivity between AWS and other public clouds, enabling customers to easily evaluate and operate multicloud workloads without AWS charges.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
How flat is replacing fat in AWS data center networks www.amazon.science/blog/how-fla...
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How flat is replacing fat in AWS data center networks
“Quasi-random” network topologies and new passive optical components called ShuffleBoxes make more-efficient flat networks as practical as traditional “fat-tree” networks.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#saymynamesaymyname Your Name in Landsat - NASA Science share.google/I7Mdj4aAhOPk...
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is my favorite shot from Artemis II so far—absolutely stunning CREDIT:NASA
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 15/05/2026
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports retrieving up to 100,000 query results using Logs Insights, up from the previous 10,000 limit, with pagination support via the GetQueryResults API.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs announces increased query result limits
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports retrieving up to 100,000 query results using Logs Insights, up from the previous 10,000 limit, with pagination support via the GetQueryResults API.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Come on saints!
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IGN @ign.com · 12/05/2026
Amaze! Project Hail Mary is now available to watch at home after the sci-fi epic starring Ryan Gosling became the second highest-grossing movie of 2026. bit.ly/49GkQxW
Project Hail Mary is now on Digital
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 08/05/2026
Amazon ECS now supports linear and canary deployment strategies with CloudWatch alarms and automatic rollback capabilities for safer, gradual application updates.
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Gradual deployments in Amazon ECS with linear and canary strategies
Amazon ECS now supports linear and canary deployment strategies with CloudWatch alarms and automatic rollback capabilities for safer, gradual application updates.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! He once directed programming at the BBC and has hosted numerous award-winning nature documentaries, but he’s always stayed down-to-earth, colleagues say
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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! Beloved naturalist, BBC producer and ‘regular bloke’ turns 100
David Attenborough once directed programming at the BBC and has hosted numerous award-winning nature documentaries, but he’s always stayed down-to-earth, colleagues say
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 07/05/2026
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds new identity and user management features enabling administrators to configure single sign-on, manage users across IAM and Identity Center domains, and allow federated access with individual user session tracking.
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Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds identity and user management features
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds new identity and user management features enabling administrators to configure single sign-on, manage users across IAM and Identity Center domains, and allow federated access with individual user session tracking.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 07/05/2026
AWS Capabilities by Region now offers free availability notifications that automatically alert builders when AWS services and features become available in their target regions across 37 AWS Regions.
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AWS Capabilities by Region now supports availability notifications
AWS Capabilities by Region now offers free availability notifications that automatically alert builders when AWS services and features become available in their target regions across 37 AWS Regions.
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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 07/05/2026
Steam Controller update: Reservations will be available on @steampowered.com beginning tomorrow. Details here: store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
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Steam Hardware - Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th - Steam News
How to reserve yours, and what we're doing to mitigate the challenges from earlier in the week
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It's been a minute since I read such a good sci-fi book that I feel it's difficult to come back to my body. Project Hail Mary was that for me Total 6/6. TY Andy Weir #amazeamazeamaze #borrowbox
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This is Achrioptera manga, a giant phasmid or stick insect native to Madagascar. The specific epithet, "manga" means blue in Malagasy & it's not hard to see why. Only males are blue. The tiny back wings ("alae") are an example of brachyptery: they're useless for flight, but have other functions.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 09/04/2026
AWS now provides programmatic access to Regional availability data for services, APIs, and CloudFormation resources through Amazon S3, enabling organizations to automate deployment validation and multi-region planning workflows.
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Building automated AWS Regional availability checks with Amazon S3
AWS now provides programmatic access to Regional availability data for services, APIs, and CloudFormation resources through Amazon S3, enabling organizations to automate deployment validation and multi-region planning workflows.
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
20% of British electricity coming from solar power at six in the evening in early April is absolutely remarkable. And we’re just getting started…🇬🇧♻️⚡️💡🔋😎
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Strands #754 “Just right” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Chuck Norris RIP. I reckon the immortal snail finally got out of the tungsten sphere
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Love how every time I get a EMR train between Norwich and Stockport it's a complete gamble if it'll be the front 2, rear 3, front 2 coaches. Told 3 different things including just over the train as we pull in. Starting to think this is to keep us all fit as we do a mad dash between carriages.
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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 14/03/2026
Happy #PiDay! π Last year, we shared a recipe that explained how you can bake Home Assistant onto a Raspberry Pi. This year, @adorablecyb.org shows you! 🥧 Ingredients list in the reply 👇🏼 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My heart is with Glasgow today. So many beautiful historic buildings. #glasgowfire
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Wondering when Amazon Leo is reaching Ipswich to Norwich leg of my train journey.....
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 30/01/2026
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS PrivateLink, enabling secure VPC connectivity without routing customer data through the public internet.
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Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS PrivateLink
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS PrivateLink, enabling secure VPC connectivity without routing customer data through the public internet.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 26/01/2026
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports IPv6 connectivity through new dual-stack endpoints, enabling users to access identity and authentication services over IPv6 networks without requiring network address translation.
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IAM Identity Center now supports IPv6
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports IPv6 connectivity through new dual-stack endpoints, enabling users to access identity and authentication services over IPv6 networks without requiring network address translation.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In London for @yvconcerts.bsky.social 2026!
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Morning Star Dhamma @dhammametta.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
10,000 strong crowd. #WalkForPeace www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...
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‘The way it should be’: Monks on ‘Walk for Peace’ draw massive crowds in Columbia
Monks on a Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, D.C. arrived in Columbia, South Carolina on Jan. 10, drawing some of the largest crowds the city has seen in recent memory.
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Strands #679 “Yay!!!” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵
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SteamDeckHQ @steamdeckhq.com · 17/12/2025
Splitgate: Arena Reloaded has just been released, and it runs like a charm on the #SteamDeck, even at the lowest settings: steamdeckhq.com/splitgate-ar...
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Splitgate: Arena Reloaded Is Just A Joy On The Steam Deck - Steam Deck HQ
Splitgate: Arena Reloaded has just been released, and it runs like a charm on the Steam Deck, even at the lowest settings.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 18/12/2025
Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐 The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces. Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/12/2025
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential. The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 09/12/2025
Amazon Connect now offers native testing and simulation capabilities that reduce contact center validation time by up to 90% through an intuitive visual designer for automated workflow testing.
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Reduce testing time by up to 90%: Introducing native testing and simulation for Amazon Connect
Amazon Connect now offers native testing and simulation capabilities that reduce contact center validation time by up to 90% through an intuitive visual designer for automated workflow testing.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 09/12/2025
AWS launched an open source Prometheus MCP Server that enables AI assistants to query Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus using natural language, eliminating the need for PromQL expertise and accelerating monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response.
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Prometheus MCP Server: AI-Driven Monitoring Intelligence for AWS Users
AWS launched an open source Prometheus MCP Server that enables AI assistants to query Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus using natural language, eliminating the need for PromQL expertise and accelerating monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response.
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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 03/12/2025
Home Assistant 2025.12 🎄 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12... Labs with Winter mode ❄️, purpose-specific triggers and conditions for automations 🧠, system-wide default dashboards 📱, real-time power monitoring ⚡ and much more to close out 2025! #HomeAssistant
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Simon Vass @billynkid.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
#2025#duolingo
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 02/12/2025
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports bi-directional streaming, enabling real-time two-way conversations where agents can listen and respond simultaneously while handling interruptions and context changes mid-conversation.
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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports bi-directional streaming
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports bi-directional streaming, enabling real-time two-way conversations where agents can listen and respond simultaneously while handling interruptions and context changes mid-conversation.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 02/12/2025
Amazon SageMaker Catalog now exports asset metadata as queryable Apache Iceberg tables through S3, enabling data teams to query catalog inventory using standard SQL without custom ETL infrastructure.
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Amazon SageMaker Catalog now exports asset metadata as queryable dataset
Amazon SageMaker Catalog now exports asset metadata as queryable Apache Iceberg tables through S3, enabling data teams to query catalog inventory using standard SQL without custom ETL infrastructure.
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The AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 02/12/2025
AWS launches Database Savings Plans, offering up to 35% cost savings on managed database services with flexible 1-year commitments across multiple database engines and deployment types.
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Introducing Database Savings Plans for AWS Databases
AWS launches Database Savings Plans, offering up to 35% cost savings on managed database services with flexible 1-year commitments across multiple database engines and deployment types.
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