Simon Li

@penguinoops.bsky.social

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Lab rat. Programmer. Cyclist. Climber. Interested in #OpenData and #OpenScience.

AWS Service Health screenshot: Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) Increased Error Rates Mar 02 9:59 AM PST We continue to work towards recovery of the two impaired Availability Zones (mec1-az2 and mec1-az3) in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region. The impact is causing elevated errors rates for both the Management Console and CLI. Our current expectation is that recovery will take at least a day to complete. We continue to recommend customers enact their disaster recovery plans and recover from remote backups into alternate AWS Regions. We will continue to provide periodic updates on recovery efforts. Our next update will be by 2:00 PM PST or sooner if new information becomes available. Mar 02 6:22 AM PST We continue to work towards recovery of the two impaired Availability Zones (mec1-az2 and mec1-az3) in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region. We are expecting recovery to take at least a day, as it requires repair of facilities, cooling and power systems, coordination with local authorities, and careful assessment to ensure the safety of our operators..... Mar 02 2:53 AM PST We wanted to provide more information on Amazon S3 given that there are two impaired Availability Zones (mec1-az2 and mec1-az3) in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region. Amazon S3 is a regional service and designed to withstand the total loss of a single Availability Zone while maintaining S3's durability and availability. When the mec1-az2 AZ was powered off at approximately 4:00 AM PST on Sunday, March 1, S3 continued to operate normally. As the second AZ became impaired, S3 error rates increased. With two Availability Zones significantly impacted, customers are seeing high failure rates for data ingest and egress. We strongly advise customers to update their applications to ingest S3 data to an alternate AWS Region. As soon as practically possible, we will begin the restoration of our two Availability Zones which will include a careful assessment of data health and any repair of storage if necessary. ...
Screenshot of Google search AI Overview: "There is no major race in Edinburgh today, Sunday, September 21, 2025. However, two races are scheduled for later this month in the city: the Men's 10K Edinburgh and the Women's 10K Edinburgh, both taking place on Saturday, September 21, 2025."
Simon Hettrick in front of a bar chart showing numbers of each REF output type. 97.6% are publications.
FRIDGE, A ready-to-use SATRE compliant TRE that can be deployed to AIRR
Amanda Brock in front of an OpenUK presentation slide, showing an open-access e-book Open Source Law, Policy and Practice
Screenshot of the hourly weather forecast showing 01:00 twice because the clocks go back.