Luke Appleby

Hi. Just doing my yearly check in. Hope you're all doing good. There sure are a lot of ads now - the vibe isn't great. It doesn't feel like the universal forum I spent more than a decade visiting almost every day. Anyway, I'll be going. Take care.

@CrowdStrike is aware of the issue, and working to apply a fix. This does not appear to be a Cybersecurity incident. #crowdstrike #outage #microsoft

MAJOR OUTAGE: A faulty Crowdstrike update seems to have taken down hundreds of services that rely on it. Downdetector shows many services crashing hard. techissuestoday.com/windows-bsod-c… #BSDO #Windows #Crowdstrike

@ChosenWest @MetService @WeatherWatchNZ Tough crowd

Te Atatu South in Auckland, 10 mins ago. Super heavy hailstorm. #aucklandstorm @MetService @WeatherWatchNZ

@grandmundi @WeatherWatchNZ @MetService Agreed - sent via text from my wife

@lukeappleby @WeatherWatchNZ @MetService The video is super blurry

@skzsblueprint crashed for me - americas servers

@HaydenDonnell Impeccable work, as always, Hayden.

Okay I've done another one of these. I'd now like to formally request a moratorium on celebrities accusing us of getting emotional about US politics in cafes #Echobox=1680298516-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-04-…

But then:

A long forgotten skill was reawakened last night

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

Hey @nzpolice - silly question maybe, but does the Eagle helicopter have lights and sirens? Could have sworn I just heard it “weeooeeooeeoo” as it flew over our place. Thank you.

@SydneyLWatson @BrookeELRolfe Hi - if you don't mind me asking on behalf of those wondering, which university is your honorary doctorate from - and in which field? Thanks!

Dude. @BrookeELRolfe rightly calls me "doctor" in her first article about me, but says I "claim" to be Aussie-American. Now she's saying I'm not a "doctor" but I AM Aussie-American. To confirm: I have an honorary doctorate and I am also Aussie-American. This isn't hard.

@jappleby If I’m honest - I was intrigued because we have a same surname, and that’s kinda rare, but stayed following because you post some quite relevant stuff for me, around social media etc 🙂

Hey I’ve got a question for ya. A little survey of sorts. Why do you follow me on Twitter? What brought you here? What’s kept you around? When did you almost unfollow?

@1NewsNZ Well, I guess smoothies are off the menu 😔

Pams frozen berries recalled after 7 hospitalised with Hep A 1news.co.nz/2022/10/04/pam…

Surely I'm not the only one seeing a few new names on the @lanewayfestNZ list. If you are too, I made a Spotify list with some popular songs from each of the confirmed artists: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Kz19…

Gorgeous view of Ruapehu’s crater lake on my flight this arvo - we almost flew directly over it

PSA, Aucklanders - AT Mobile app having issues.

@AklTransport No worries - thanks for confirming 🙂

@lukeappleby Kia ora Luke, yes we are experiencing system issues at the moment. Apologies for the inconvenience. ^TS

@AklTransport Kia Ora - just checking if there any issues on the AT Mobile app? Live departures not updating at all for me. Cheers

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