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Tâbiînden Taylese bin Meyyâs (r.a.) şöyle dedi: “Ben, bir zamanlar Hâricî Necedât fırkasına katılmış, büyük günâhlardan olduğunu sandığım bazı günâhlar işlemiştim. Bu durumu Ashâb-ı kiram (r.a.e.)'den Abdullah ibni Ömer (r.a.)'e anlattım. O da bana: “O günâhlar neydi?” diye sordu. Ben de onları: “Şunu yaptım, bunu yaptım…” diye sayıp döktüm. İbni Ömer (r.a.) bana şunları söyledi: “Bu saydıkların büyük günâhlardan değildir. Büyük günâhlar şu dokuz şeydir: 1. Allâh (c.c.)'dan başkasını ilâh kâbul etmek, 2. Haksız yere adam öldürmek, 3. Savaştan kaçmak, 4. İffetli bir kadına iftirâ etmek, 5. Fâiz almak, 6. Yetim malı yemek, 7. Mescid-i Harâm'da günâh işlemek, 8. Bir kimseyle alay etmek, 9. Ana babayı ağlatmak.” Abdullah İbni Ömer (r.a.) bunları söyledikten sonra bana: “Sen cehennemden korkuyor, cennete girmeyi istiyor musun?” diye sordu. Ben de: “Vallâhi, evet” dedim. Bana: “Annen ve baban hayatta mı?” diye sordu. “Yanımda yalnız annem var.” dedim. Bunun üzerine Abdullah İbni Ömer (r.a.) bana şunu söyledi: “Annene tatlı sözler söyleyerek onun gönlünü alır ve geçimini üstlenirsen, Allâh (c.c.)'a yemin ederim ki, büyük günâhlardan sakındığın takdirde, mutlaka cennete girersin.” Yine Tâbiîn âlimlerinden Urve bin Zübeyr (r.a.), “Onlardan biri veya her ikisi yaşlanıp eline bakarsa onlara “öf” bile deme, onları azarlama, kendilerine tatlı ve gönül alıcı sözler söyle! Onlara merhamet gösterip alçak gönüllü davran ve kendileri için şöyle duâ et: “Râbbim! Onlar beni küçükken nasıl şefkât ve sevgiyle büyüttülerse, sen de onlara öyle merhamet eyle!” (İsrâ s. 24) ayet-i kerîmesini şöyle açıkladı: “Anne ve babanın hoşlanıp istediği şeyleri, onlardan esirgeme!”(İmâm Buhârî, Edebü'l-Müfred, c.1, s.26-27)

Tâbiînden Taylese bin Meyyâs (r.a.) şöyle dedi: “Ben, bir zamanlar Hâricî Necedât fırkasına katılmış, büyük günâhlardan olduğunu sandığım bazı günâhlar işlemiştim. Bu durumu Ashâb-ı kiram (r.a.e.)'den Abdullah ibni Ömer (r.a.)'e anlattım. O da bana: “O günâhlar neydi?” diye sordu. Ben de onları: “Şunu yaptım, bunu yaptım…” diye sayıp döktüm. İbni Ömer (r.a.) bana şunları söyledi: “Bu saydıkların büyük günâhlardan değildir. Büyük günâhlar şu dokuz şeydir: 1. Allâh (c.c.)'dan başkasını ilâh kâbul etmek, 2. Haksız yere adam öldürmek, 3. Savaştan kaçmak, 4. İffetli bir kadına iftirâ etmek, 5. Fâiz almak, 6. Yetim malı yemek, 7. Mescid-i Harâm'da günâh işlemek, 8. Bir kimseyle alay etmek, 9. Ana babayı ağlatmak.” Abdullah İbni Ömer (r.a.) bunları söyledikten sonra bana: “Sen cehennemden korkuyor, cennete girmeyi istiyor musun?” diye sordu. Ben de: “Vallâhi, evet” dedim. Bana: “Annen ve baban hayatta mı?” diye sordu. “Yanımda yalnız annem var.” dedim. Bunun üzerine Abdullah İbni Ömer (r.a.) bana şunu söyledi: “Annene tatlı sözler söyleyerek onun gönlünü alır ve geçimini üstlenirsen, Allâh (c.c.)'a yemin ederim ki, büyük günâhlardan sakındığın takdirde, mutlaka cennete girersin.”Yine Tâbiîn âlimlerinden Urve bin Zübeyr (r.a.), “Onlardan biri veya her ikisi yaşlanıp eline bakarsa onlara “öf” bile deme, onları azarlama, kendilerine tatlı ve gönül alıcı sözler söyle! Onlara merhamet gösterip alçak gönüllü davran ve kendileri için şöyle duâ et: “Râbbim! Onlar beni küçükken nasıl şefkât ve sevgiyle büyüttülerse, sen de onlara öyle merhamet eyle!” (İsrâ s. 24) ayet-i kerîmesini şöyle açıkladı: “Anne ve babanın hoşlanıp istediği şeyleri, onlardan esirgeme!”(İmâm Buhârî, Edebü'l-Müfred, c.1, s.26-27)

Allâhü Teâlâ şöyle buyurmaktadır:“Emir budur, Allâh'ın yasaklarına kimsaygı gösterirse, bu, kendisi için Râbbinin katında şüphesiz hayırdır. Size bildirilegelenden başka bütün hayvanlarhelal kılınmıştır. O halde o pis putlardankaçının ve yalan sözden sakının.” (Hac s.30)“Beşinci defa da eğer yalan söyleyenlerden ise, Allâh'ın lanetinin kendiüzerine olmasını dilemesidir.” (Nûr s. 7)Allâh Resulü (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurmaktadır: “Muhakkak doğru konuşmak kişiyiiyiliğe götürür ve iyilik de kişiyi cennetegötürür. Yalan ise günahtır ve günahlarkişiyi cehenneme götürür.” (Buhârî)1. Bir sözü söylemeden önce kendine şusoruyu sor: “Benim bu konuşmam her şeyiişiten ve gören Râbbimi hoşnut eder mi?”Bunu yapabilirsen Allâh'ın izniyle hiçbir yalan ağzından çıkmayacaktır.2. Yalan söylemeye alışmış olsan bileseni bu durumdan kurtaracak bir yol vardır.O da nerede bir yalan söylersen peşindenherkesin huzurunda bunun yalan olduğunuitiraf etmendir. Yukarıdaki tedbirlerle yavaşyavaş yalandan kurtulabilirsin. Biraz zamanalsa da faydasını mutlaka göreceksin.3. Uzun zaman yukarıdaki tedbirleri uyguladığın halde bir fayda elde edemediysen yalan söyleme durumunda kendine birceza uygula. Bu ceza çok ağır da olmasınçok hafif de. Mesela bir öğün yemek yememek veya sadaka olarak bir miktar paravermek gibi cezalar uygundur.(Eşref Ali et-Tehanevi, Tehzîbu'l-Ahlâk, s.64-67)

İmâm-ı Tirmizî, “Şemâil”inde, Peygamberimiz (s.a.v.)'in vaktini üç işe tahsis ettiklerini kaydeder. Bu vakitlerin bir kısmı ibâdetlere, bir kısmı halkın işlerine, bir kısmı da şahsî meşgalelere tahsis edilmişti. Hz. Resûlullâh (s.a.v.) gecenin yarısı, yahud üçte ikisi geçtikten sonra kalkarlar, yastıklarına yakın bulundurdukları misvakla dişlerini ovarlar, sonra abdest alıp teheccüd namazı kılar ve bir müddet böyle ibâdetle meşgûl olurlardı. Daha sonra da sabah namazı için mescide çıkarlardı. Nebi (s.a.v.) sabah namazından sonra seccâdelerinin üzerine uzanarak güneş doğuncaya kadar istirahat ederlerdi. (Müslim) Sonra gelenleri kabûle başlarlardı. Her taraftan gelenler mescidde O (s.a.v.)'in etrafında toplanır, O (s.a.v.) de onlara va'z ve nasîhatta bulunurlardı. (Tirmizî) Nebi (s.a.v.) ziyaretçilerini, anlattıkları rüyâlarına kadar dinlerler, böylece onların her türlü dîn ve dünyâ işleriyle meşgûl olurlardı. Bazı rivâyetlere göre Nebi (s.a.v.), kuşluk vaktinde dört veya sekiz rekât namaz kılarlar, bunu müteâkip evlerine giderler, evlerinin işiyle meşgûl olurlardı. Elbiselerini yamarlar, ayakkabılarını ta'mir ederler, hayvanları sağarlardı. (Buhârî) Peygamberimiz (s.a.v.), ikindi namazından sonra da zevcelerini teker teker ziyâret ederler, hâl ve hatırlarını sorarlar, geceyi de zevcelerinden biri yanında geçirirlerdi. Diğer zevceleri, kendilerinin geceyi beraber geçirecekleri zevcesinin yanında toplanırlar ve yatsı namazına kadar orada kalırlardı. (Müslim) Nebi (s.a.v.), yatsı namazını kılınca evlerine dönerler ve diğer zevceleri de hücrelerine dağılarak istirahata çekilirlerdi. Yatsı namazından sonra hücrelerinde Kur'ân'ın İsrâ, Zümer, Hadîd, Haşr, Tegâbün ve Cuma sûrelerinden birini okurlardı. Nebi (s.a.v.), her namaz için abdest tazelemeğe gayret ederlerdi. Ancak ba'zen bir abdestle bir kaç namaz kıldıkları da olurdu. (Ömer Muhammed Öztürk, Peygamber Efendimizin Yüce Ahlakı,s.28)

Bir Hadîs-i Şerif'te: “Ramazân bayrâmından sonra altı gün oruç tutan bir kimse, bir sene boyunca oruç tutmuş gibi olur. Kişi bir iyilikte bulunursa, kendisine bunun on katı verilir” (İbn-i Mâce ve Nesâî) buyurulmuştur. Taberânî'nin rivâyetinde şu ziyâde vardır: Allâh Resûlü (s.a.v.) böyle buyurunca Ebû Eyyûb elEnsârî (r.a.), Efendimiz (s.a.v.)'e: “Ey Allâh'ın Resûlü! Tutulacak bir günlük oruç on güne karşı mıdır?” diye sorduklarında Efendimiz (s.a.v.) “Evet!” buyurdular. Altı günlük oruç bayrâmdan sonra arka arkaya tutulabileceği gibi bütün Şevvâl ayına dağıtılarak da tutulabilir. Zîrâ Âişe (r.anhâ) Vâlidemiz: “Resûl-i Ekrem (s.a.v.) Efendimiz pazartesi ve perşembe günlerinde oruçlu olmaya çalışırlardı” buyurdular. Ayrıca “Her ayda üç gün oruç tutmak, bütün hayâtını oruçlu geçirmek gibidir.” (Buhârî ve Müslim) “Kim bir sâlih âmelde bulunursa, ona yaptığının on katı ecir verilir.” (En'am s. 160) Bu âyet-i kerîmeden yola çıkarak, Ramazân'ın her bir gününün, on güne karşılık geldiğini ve toplamının 300 olduğunu, ardından tutulan altı günlük Şevval orucuyla birlikte 360 gün ettiğini, bu sürenin de 6 gün ziyadesiyle bir sene ettiğini âlîmler hesaplamışlardır. Zîrâ Kamerî takvimde yıl, 354 gündür. Tutulan 6 gün orucun, Pazartesi-Perşembe veyâ Kamerî ayın 13., 14. ve 15. (Eyyâm-ı Bıyz) günlerine denk getirilmesi daha fazîletlidir. Alî Havvâs (k.s.) buyurmuşlardır ki: “Şevvâl ayında tutulan bu altı günlük oruca da, Ramazân-ı Şerîf'teki gibi saygı gösterilmelidir. Çünkü Şevvâl ayında tutulan oruçlar, Ramazân ayındaki oruçların eksiklerini tamir durumundadır.” İşte Şevvâl ayı oruçlarında Râbbimizin vaad ettiği mükâfat, oruçla olan irtibatımızı devâm ettirmemiz, orucu sâdece Ramazân ayına mahsûs kılmamamız için bir teşvîk mahiyetindedir. (İmâm-ı Şa'rânî, el-Uhûdü'l- Kübrâ,a.225)

Sahîh-i Buhârî'de, Ebû Hüreyre'nin (r.a.) bildirdiği hadîs-i şerîf de Nebî (s.a.v.) buyurdu: “Kadir gecesini, inanarak ve sevâbını bekliyerek ihya edenin geçmiş bütün günâhlarını Allâhü Te'âlâ mağfiret eder.” Kadir gecesi selâmettir. Şeytan bu gece kötülük yaptıramaz. Medarik'de diyor ki, o gece o kadar çok melek dolaşır ki, erkek, kadın rastlayıp selâm vermedikleri bir mü'min kalmaz. Selâm şerefinden ve bu Kadir gecesinin bereketinden mahrum kalanlar kâfirlerdir. Bir rivâyette şöyle buyrulmuştur: “Kadir gecesi, Ramazan-ı şerîfin yirmiyedinci gecesidir.” Ebî Kâ'b buyurdu ki, Kur'ân-ı Kerîm'i Muhammed (s.a.v.)'e gönderen Allâhü Te'âlâ'ya yemîn ederim ki, Kadir gecesi, Ramazan-ı Şerîf'in yirmiyedinci gecesidir. Yemininde istisna eylemedi. Nereden biliyorsun? dediler. Resûlullâh (s.a.v.)'in haber verdiği alâmetlerden deyip: “O gecenin sabahı, güneş, tas gibi görünür, parlamaz” buyurdu. Medârik'te de diyor ki, Kadir gecesi, Ramazan-ı Şerîf'in yirmiyedinci gecesidir. Nitekim Ebû Hanîfe Âsım'dan, Âsim Vezerr'den, Vezerr Ebî Kâ'b'dan (r.a.) bildiriyor. Ebî Kâ'b yemîn ederek buyurdu ki. Kadir gecesi, Ramazan-ı Şerîf'in yirmiyedinci gecesidir. Çoğunluk da bu fikirdedir. Nebî (s.a.v.) buyurdu ki: “Kadir gecesinde bir kere İnnâenzelnâ sûresini okuyan, başka zamanda Kur'ân-ı Kerîm'i hatm edenden daha sevgilidir. Kadir gecesinde bir tesbîh, bir tehlîl, bir tahmîd söyleyen, benim yanımda, yediyüz bin tesbih, tahmid ve tehlîlden kıymetlidir. Bu gece çobanın koyunu sağma müddeti kadar namaz kılan, ibâdet edeni, bir ay bütün geceleri sabaha kadar ibâdetle geçirenden daha çok severim.” Nebî (s.a.v.) bu gece şöyle duâ edilmesini tavsiye etmişlerdir: “Allâhümme inneke afüvvün tühıbbül afve fa'füannî” (Allâh'ım! Sen afvedersin; afvetmeyi seversin günahlarımı affet!) diye duâ et.” Kadir gecesinin günü de, fazîlette gecesi gibidir. (Muhammed Rebhâmî, Riyâdün Nâsihîn,s.211-213)

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1. İftarlarda az yemeye itina etmek: Hz. Peygamber (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurmuştur: “Âdemoğlu, midesinden daha kötü bir kap doldurmamıştır. Belini doğrultacak birkaç lokmacık ona yeter.” (Tirmizî) “Kâmil mümin, karnını tamamen doyurmaz.” (Dârimî) Çok yiyen, kalbini midesine yediren kimsedir. 2. Bütün organlarımızla oruç tutmak: Oruçlu özellikle gıybetten, yalandan, laf getirip götürmekten, faydasız ve boş sözden sakınmalıdır. Bütün organlarıyla oruç tutmaya muvaffâk kılınan, takvâya ermeye azmeden kimse demektir. Hz. Peygamber (s.a.v.) şu iki hadîs-i şerîfte şöyle buyurmaktadır: “Yalan konuşmayı, yalan sözlerle amel etmeyi terk etmeyen kimsenin yemesini, içmesini terk etmesine Allâh (c.c.)'un ihtiyacı yoktur.” (Buhârî) “Nice oruç tutanlar vardır ki, orucundan susuzluk ve açlıktan başka bir kazancı olmaz. Nice gece kalkıp nafile ibâdet yapanlar vardır ki, bu kalkmasından ötürü uykusuzluktan başka bir kazancı olmaz.” (İbn Mâce) (İbrahim Cücük) RESÛLULLÂH (S.A.V.) DİLİNDEN İFTAR DUÂLARI “Ey Allâh! Senin için oruç tuttuk. Rızkınla iftâr ettik. Öyleyse bizden kabûl et, çünkü ziyâde işiten ve hakkıyla bilen Sensin, ancak sen.” (Nevevî) “Ey Azim, Ey Azim! Sen benim ilahımsın senden başka hiçbir ilah yok. Benden büyük günâhlarımı bağışla zira büyük günâhları ancak büyük olan bağışlayabilir” (Kenzu'l Ummal) “Bütün hamdler, yüce olan ve kahreden (dilediğini zorla da olsa yaptıran) Allâhü Te'âlâ'ya mahsustur. Bütün hamdler, (her şeyi) görüp bilen Allâhü Teâlâ'ya âittir. Bütün hamdler, (her şeye) sâhip olan ve gücü yeten Allâhü Teâlâ'ya mahsustur. Bütün hamdler, ölüleri dirilten Allâhü Teâlâ'ya mahsustur.' derse, anasının onu doğurduğu günkü gibi günâhlarından çıkar.” (Abdülkādir el-Geylânî, el-Ğunye ,C.1 ,S.335)

“Düzene sokulduktan sonra yeryüzünde bozgunculuk yapmayın. Allah'a (azabından) korkarak ve (rahmetini) umarak dua edin. Şüphesiz, Allah'ın rahmeti iyilik edenlere çok yakındır.” (A'raf 56)“Allah rahmeti yüz parça yaratmış, doksan dokuzunu kendi nezdinde tutmuş, yeryüzüne bir parçasını indirmiştir. İşte mahlûkât bu bir parçadan dolayı birbirlerine merhamet ederler. Hatta at (bazı rivayetlerde “hayvan” geçmektedir), yavrusuna basmamak için tırnağını (ayağını) kaldırır.” (Buhârî, Edeb 19)“Allah'ın yüz rahmeti vardır; bunlardan bir rahmeti yeryüzü halkı arasında paylaşmış ki, onların ecelleri gelene kadar (hayatları boyunca) onlara kâfi gelir. Rahmetin doksan dokuz kısmını ise kıyamet günü evliyaları, dostları için saklamıştır.” (Buharî, Rikak,19; Müslim, Tevbe, 18-21)“Eğer kâfir, Allah'ın katındaki rahmeti kavrayabilse, asla cennetten ümidini kesmez” (Buhari, Rikak 19)"Yeryüzünde, o iyi hale getirildikten sonra da, bozukluk çıkarmayın" buyruğunun manası, "Yeryüzünde hiçbir surette fesatçılık etmeyin" şeklindedir ki, buna öldürmek veya uzuvları kesip koparmak suretiyle nefisleri, canları; gasb, hırsızlık ve çok çeşitli hilelerle malları; küfür ve bid´at ile dinleri; zina ve livataya yönelme ve iftirada bulunma sebebiyle nesebleri ve sarhoş edici şeyler sebebiyle de akılları bozup ifsat etmekten men etmek girer. Bu böyledir, çünkü dünyada muteber olan menfaatler beş tanedir: Can, mal, neseb, din ve akıl. Buna göre Cenâb-ı Hakk´ın, "bozukluk çıkarmayın" yasağı fesatçılık etmenin mahiyetini varlık âlemine sokmaktan mendir. Kötülük çıkarmanın mahiyetini varlık âlemine sokmaktan men etmek ise, onun her çeşidini yasaklamayı gerektirir. Öyleyse buradaki men, bu beş kısımda da bozukluk çıkarmaktan men etmeyi de içine alır.Allah Teâlâ sanki şöyle demek istemiştir: "Ben, peygamberler göndermek, kitaplar indirmek ve hükümleri açıklamak suretiyle yeryüzünü iyi hale getirdiğimde, sizler bu hükümlere boyun eğin, peygamberleri yalanlamaya, kitapları inkâr etmeye ve hükümleri kabulden yüz çevirmeye yeltenmeyin! Çünkü bu, yeryüzünde fitne ve karışıklıkların vuku bulmasına, böylece de, ıslâh etmeden sonra bozukluğun ortaya çıkmasına yol açar.Bu duanın kabul edilmesi için, muteber olan bazı şartlar içinde bir kusur ve hataya düşme korkusu ile, Allah´a dua edin. Bu şartların tamamıyla yerine getirilebilmesi İçin de, O´na umarak dua edin.Kulun, kat´î ve kesin olarak, duanın kabul edilebilmesi için, gerekli ve muteber olan şartların tamamını yerine getirmiş olması mümkün değildir. İşte bundan ötürü kulun kalbinde bir korku (endişe) bulunur. Yine kul, bu şartların tam bulunmamış olduğunu da kesin olarak bilemez, işte bundan dolayı da onun, duasının mutlaka kabul edileceğini umması gerekir. Yine deriz ki: Dua eden kimse, ancak böyle olduğu zaman, gerçek manada dua etmiş olur. Buna göre Ayetteki "O´na korkarak ve umarak dua edin" buyruğu "Nefsinizde (gönlünüzde), bütün amellerinizde korku ile ümidi birleştirmiş olarak dua ediniz ve bütün gayretinizle çaba sarfetmiş olsanız bile, Rabbinizin hakkını yerine getirmiş olduğunuzu da katî olarak söylemeyiniz" demektir. Bu "Rablerinin huzuruna döneceklerinden yürekleri korku ile çarparak, (zekatlarını) verenler..." (Mü´min, 60) âyeti ile te´kid edilir.Allah´a iman eden ve tevhid ile nübüvveti ikrar eden (kabul eden) herkes, "muhsin"dir. Bunun delili şudur: Çocuk bir kuşluk vakti buluğa erdiğinde Allah´a, peygamberine ve ahiret gününe iman etse, ama öğle (namazı) vaktine ulaşamadan ölse, ümmet-i Muhammed, onun, "İyi iş, güzel amel yapanlara (muhsin olanlara), daha güzel iyilik vardır" {Yunus, 26) âyetinin hükmüne girdiği hususunda itifak etmişlerdir. Malumdur ki, bu şahıs marifet ve ikrarın dışında, başka bir tâat işlememiştir. Çünkü o, sabah vaktinden sonra buluğa erdiği için, ona sabah namazı farz olmamıştır. Öğlen vaktinden önce de öldüğü için, ona öğle namazı da farz olmamıştır. Görünen odur ki, diğer ibadetler de ona vacib olmamıştır.

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Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) Resûl-i Ekrem (s.a.v.)'in şöyle buyurduğunu söyledi: “Çok gülmeyin! Zirâ çok gülmek kalbi öldürür.” Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.) şöyle dedi: “Bir gün Resûl-i Ekrem (s.a.v.) gülerek sohbet eden bazı sahâbîlerinin yanına geldi ve onlara: “Canım elinde olan Allâh'a yemin ederim ki, şâyet siz benim bildiklerimi bilseydiniz az güler, çok ağlardınız.” buyurdu.” Müslüman ölçülü insandır. Gülerken de ölçülü olmalıdır. Ölçüyü kaçırdığı, kahkaha ile gülmeye başladığı ve bunu devam ettirdiği zaman, ilâhî denetim altında bulunduğunu unutur, Allâh (c.c.)'u zikretmeyi ihmâl eder; işte o zaman kalbi de duyarlığını kaybetmeye, katılaşmaya başlar. Allâhü Teâlâ, “Kalpleri Zât-ı Kibriyâsını zikretmeye karşı katılaşmış olanların vay hâline!” buyurmuştur. Efendimiz (s.a.v.) aşırı derecede gülmenin kalbi öldüreceğini haber vermiştir. Kalbi katılaşıp ölen kimsenin gerçekten bir ölüden farkı yoktur. Kalbimiz, Râbbimizle ilgimizi sağlayan tek organımızdır. Onu öldürmemeliyiz. Fahr-i Cihân (s.a.v.) Efendimiz, çok gülen ve kalbini öldüren kimsenin âhirette düşeceği perişan hâli hatırlatarak Ashâbı (r.a.e.)'i ve bizi uyarmıştır. Hz. Ömer (r.a.) buyuruyorlar ki: “Fazla gülmeyi terk edene, heybet verilir. Fazla konuşmayı terk edene, hikmet verilir. Fazla yemeği terk edene, ibâdetin lezzeti verilir. Mizâhı terk edene, zarâfet verilir. Dünya sevgisini terk edene, âhiret sevgisi verilir.” (İmâm Buhârî, Edebü'l-Müfred, c.1, s.278-279)

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Mâlikî fakihi ve eğitimci Ebü'l-Hasan el-Kâbisî (r.âleyh) der ki: “Allâhü Teâlâ şu âyet-i kerîme ile Peygamber (s.a.v.) Efendimiz'in ve ümmetinin üstünlüğünü ortaya koymuştur: “Allâh, sizi bundan evvel de, bu Kur'an'da da müslümanlar diye isimlendirdi. Neticede, Peygamber size şahitlik edecek, siz de diğer insanlara şâhitlik edeceksiniz.” (Hac s. 78) Bu konuda şu âyeti de zikretmelidir: “Biz her ümmetten, o ümmetin yaptıklarına bir şâhit getirdiğimizde, seni de bunlara şahit kıldığımızda hâlleri nice olacak?” (Nisâ s. 41) Bu âyet dolayısıyla şu olayı hatırlamakta fayda vardır: “Bir gün Peygamber (s.a.v.) Abdullah ibni Mes'ûd (r.a.)'e: “Bana Kur'an oku!” buyurmuş, İbni Mes'ûd (r.a.) de: “Kur'an size indirildiği hâlde, onu size ben mi okuyacağım?” deyince Allâh'ın Elçisi (s.a.v.): “Evet, ben Kur'an'ı bir başkasından dinlemeyi pek severim” buyurmuştur. Abdullah ibni Mes'ûd (r.a.): “Ben de ona Nisâ sûresini okumaya başladım. “Biz her ümmetten o ümmetin yapıp ettiklerine bir şâhit getirdiğimizde, seni de bunlara şâhit kıldığımızda hâlleri nice olacak?” (Nisâ s. 41) âyetine gelince Resûl-i Ekrem (s.a.v.)'in: “Şimdilik yeter!” buyurduğunu, o sırada gözlerinden yaşlar süzüldüğünü nakleder.” (Buhârî) “Sizi ölçülü, dengeli ve adâletli bir ümmet yaptık” (Bakara s. 143) âyetindeki “vasat ümmet” ifâdesi, “âdil, dindar ve hayırlı ümmet” demektir. Bu durumda âyetin mânası şöyledir: “Sizi doğru yola ilettiğimiz gibi, peygamberlerin kendi ümmetlerine tebliğ vazifesini yerine getirdiklerine şâhitlik edesiniz, sizin doğru söylediğinize de Resûlullâh şâhitlik etsin diye, sizi hayırlı ve âdil bir ümmet yapıp başkalarına üstün kıldık.” (Kâdı İyâz, Şifâ-i Şerîf, c.1, s.94-95)

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Bir kimse Ehl-i Sünnet ve'l Cemaat itikâdına uygun bir şekilde yaşar ve bu şekilde son nefesini verirse biiznillâh kurtuluşu tamamdır. Allâh (c.c.) günâhlarını dilerse affeder, dilerse de günâhı müddet cezalandırdıktan sonra cennetine dahil eder. Buna karşın, bir kimsenin itikâdı bozuksa ne yaparsa yapsın kurtulması mümkün değildir. Bir gün, Hz. Selman (r.a.)'in de içinde bulunduğu bir mecliste Cuma sûresi nâzil oluyordu. “Ashâba yetişmeyen ümmetlere de peygamber gönderildi.” (Cuma s. 3) âyet-i kerimesi nâzil olunca, orada bulunanlar “Yâ Resûlallâh (s.a.v.), kimdir bu ashâba yetişmeyen ümmetler?” diye sordular. Allâh Resûlü (s.a.v.) cevap vermedi. Üçüncü defa sorulunca mübârek elini yanında bulunan Selmân-ı Fârisî (r.a.)'in omuzuna koyarak “Şunlardan öyle erler vardır ki, imân Süreyya yıldızında olsa varır yetişirler.” (Sahih-i Buhârî) buyurdu. Bu hadîs-i şerîf muhakkikîn ulemâ tarafından iki kişiye hamledilmiştir. Birisi kendisi Fârisî olan ve Nakşî silsilesinin ikinci postnişini olan Selmân-ı Fârisî (r.a.), diğeri de yine Fârisî olan İmâm-ı A'zam Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.)'dir. Bir müslüman bu mübarek zevâtın yollarından hakkıyla gider ve onlara tâbi olursa Allâh (c.c.)'un izniyle hiçbir ifsâd ve tefrid hareketinden olumsuz yönde etkilenmeyecektir. Resûlullâh (s.a.v.) bir hadis-i şerifte erişilmesi en güç olan belki de mümkün olmayan Süreyya yıldızını misâl göstererek, o erlere tâbi olunduğu takdirde bütün güçlüklerin bertaraf olacağını bizlere müjdelemişlerdir. O erlere tâbi olunduğu takdirde inşallâh “Âkıbet müttakînindir.” (Kasas s. 83) müjdesine nâil olunacaktır. (Ömer Muhammed Öztürk, Sohbetler-2, s.50-51)

Peygamberimiz (s.a.v.), bir gün, “İnsanı helâka sürükleyen yedi şeyden çekininiz!” buyurmuştu. “Yâ Resûlullâh! Nedir bu tehlikeli şeyler?” diye sordular. Peygamberimiz (s.a.v.): 1. Allâh (c.c.)'ya şerik koşmak, 2. Sihir yapmak, 3. Allâh (c.c.)'ün öldürülmesini haram kıldığı nefsi haksız yere öldürmek, 4. Ribâ (faiz) yemek, 5. Yetim malı yemek, 6. Savaş meydanında dönüp kaçmak, 7. Zinadan korunan, böyle birşey hatırından bile geçmeyen müslümân kadınlarına zina isnad etmek!” (Buhârî) buyurdu. Yine Peygamberimiz (s.a.v.)'in buyurduklarına göre: “Bir şeye düğüm vurup efsun yapan kişi sihir yapmış; sihir yapan da küfre sapmış, büyük bir günâh işlemiş olur.” (Buhârî) “Muhabbet vesaire için efsun yapmak, iplik okumak veya nüsha yazmak suretiyle sihir yapmak, şirktir.” (Ebû Dâvud) “Kim bir sihirbaza veya kâhine veya yıldızlara bakıp gaibden haber veren kimseye gider, ondan birşeyler sorar ve onun söylediklerini de doğrularsa, Peygamber'e indirilmiş olanı inkâr etmiş olur.” (Heysemî) “Sihre inanan kişi, cennet'e giremez!” (Ahmed b. Hanbel) Sihirbazların ruhlarındaki özellik, diğer beşerî özellikler, kendilerinde yaratılıştan mevcut olup, bunun fiil alanına çıkması ya riyâzâtla ya da şeytânlara itaat ve tapmakla olabilir. Sihir, fâsık, dînle ilgisi kesilmiş kimselerde görülür. Böyle olan kişilerde keramet zuhur etmez. Sihirbaz, yapmak istediği şeyi oluşturuncaya kadar, her türlü sözden ve işten yararlanmaya çalışır. Keramette ise, böyle şeylere gerek ve ihtiyaç duyulmaz. Keramet, ancak şeriata son derecede bağlı, dînce tehlikeli sayılan tutum ve davranışlardan son derecede çekingen olan Allâh (c.c.) dostlarından, kendiliğinden zuhur eder. Mucizeye gelince; peygamberlerin, peygamberliklerini ispatlamak üzere Allâh (c.c.)'ün izniyle gösterip inkârcılara meydan okudukları bir takım olağanüstü işlerdir ki, bu vasıflarıyla kerametten de ayrılırlar ve üstünlük taşırlar. (M. Asım Köksâl, İslâm Tarihi, c.5, s.442-443)

Resûlullâh (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurmuştur: “Yakında sizden biri çıkar ve şöyle der: “İşte Allâh (c.c.)'un kitabı. Onun içerisinde bulunan helâlleri helâl kabul ederiz, onda yer alan haramları da haram sayarız.” Haberiniz olsun! Kime benden bir hadis ulaşır da onu yalanlarsa, bu haliyle o Allâh'ı, Resûlü'nü ve o hadisi kendisine ulaştıranı yalanlamış olur.” (Taberânî) Mutarrif b. Abdillah b. eş-Şıhhîr (r.âleyh)'e: “Bize sadece Kur'ân'dan bahsedin” dendiği zaman şöyle demiştir: “Vallâhi biz hadis rivâyeti ile Kur'ân'a bir alternatif getirme arzusunda değiliz. Ancak bu halimizle biz, Kur'ân'ı bizden daha iyi bilen birinin (Resûlullâh (s.a.v.)'i kastetmektedir) olduğunu göstermek istiyoruz.” Evzâî (r.âleyh), Hassan b. Atıyye (r.a.)'den şöyle dediğini nakleder: “Vahiy Resûlullâh (s.a.v.)'e inerdi. Onu tefsir eden sünneti de ona Cibril getirirdi.” Ebû'd-Derdâ (r.a.): “Sizin hakkınızda endişe ettiklerimden biri de âlimin sürçmesi ve münâfığın Kur'ân ile tartışmaya girmesidir” demiştir. Bu mânâda daha başka sözler de vardır ki âlimler onları sünneti bir tarafa iterek Kur'ân'ı tevil etme ve reye başvurma konusuna yormuşlardır. Âlimlerden birçoğu, Hz. Peygamber (s.a.v.)'in şu buyruğunu ve hadisleri bu mânâya anlamışlardır: “Yüce Allâh ilmi, insanların arasından bir çırpıda çekip çıkararak almaz. Aksine ilmi, âlimleri alarak alır. Sonunda hiçbir âlim bırakmayınca insanlar kendilerine câhil başlar edinirler, onlara sorular yöneltilir, onlar da bilgisizce fetvâ verirler. Böylece hem kendileri sapar, hem de başkalarını saptırırlar.” (Buhârî) Hakikaten bid'at sahiplerinin pek çoğu bu şekilde davranmışlar, hadisleri bir tarafa atmışlar ve Kur'ân'ı yersiz bir şekilde tevile yeltenmişler ve sonunda da hem kendileri sapmış, hem de başkalarını saptırmışlardır. (Şatıbi, el-Muvâfakât; İslâmi İlimler Metodolojisi, c.4, s.15-16)

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“Ey iman edenler! Cuma günü namaz için çağrı yapıldığı zaman, hemen Allah'ın zikrine koşun ve alışverişi bırakın. Eğer bilirseniz bu, sizin için daha hayırlıdır.” (Cuma 9) “Bu, onların, bu günde bir araya gelişlerinde Allah'ın kendilerine inam ettiği nimetlerin yüceliğine dikkat çekmek içindir. Onların durumları böyle olunca, insanlar, ta yaratıldıklarından beri, hep Cenâb-ı Hakkın kendilerine verdiği nimetler içindedirler. Dolayısıyla da, Allah'ın lütfü, İnsanlar bunu hak etmeden önce onların üzerinde sabittir. Belli milletlerden her birinin, haftanın o yedi gününden, kendisine saygı gösterdiği bir günü vardır: Meselâ, yahudilerin, cumartesi; hıristiyanların, pazar; müslümanların ise Cuma'sı vardır. Hz. Peygamber (s.a.s)'in şöyle dediği rivayet edilmiştir: "Cum'a günü, işte bugün, insanların hakkında ihtilaf ettiği gündür. Cenâb-ı Hakk biz (müslümanlara) bu günü bildirdi. Yahudiler için yarın, hristiyanlar için ise, yarından sonraki gün (önemlidir)" Şükür günü ve sevinç gösterme, nimetleri ortaya koyma (gösterme) günü olduğu için Cum'a gününde, sayesinde o günün şerefinin ortaya konduğu toplanmaya (bir araya gelmeye) ihtiyaç hissedildi de, bayramların adeti gibi, cemaatlar bir araya geldi. Böylece Allah'ın nimetlerini hatırlatmak, şükür nimetlerinin tekrarını sağlayacak şeyi yapmak suretiyle, o nimetlerin sürdürülmesini teşvik için, bu günde hutbe okunmaya ihtiyaç hissedildi. Bu saygının medarı namaz olunca, arzulanan toplanma, tam ve mükemmel olsun diye, bugünün namazı, gündüzün ortasına (öğle vaktine) yerleştirildi. Bu namaz, işte bundan ötürü, daha fazla toplanmayı sağlasın ve daha büyük cemaati biraraya getirsin diye (her beldede) tek bir camide kılınması uygun görülmüştür. Allah en iyi bilendir.” Fahreddini Razi “Güneşin doğduğu en hayırlı gün cumadır. Âdem o gün yaratılmış, o gün cennete girmiş ve o gün cennetten çıkarılmıştır. Kıyamet de cuma günü kopacaktır.” (Müslim, “Cum‘a”, 18); "Cuma günü içinde öyle bir vakit vardır ki, Müslüman bir kul namaz kıldığı halde o vakte rastlar da Allah'tan bir şey dilerse, muhakkak Allah onun dileğini yerine getirir." buyurur ve bu sözleri söylerken de eliyle bu vaktin çok kısa olduğuna işaret ederdi. (Buhârî, Cum`a 37, Talâk 24, Daavât 61; Müslim, Müsâfirîn 166, 167, Cum`a 13-15) “Her kim önemsemediği için üç cumayı terk ederse, Allah onun kalbini mühürler” (Ebû Dâvûd, “Salât”, 210; Tirmizî, “Cum‘a”, 7). Hürriyeti kısıtlanmamış, yolculuk halinde olmayan ve geçerli mazereti bulunmayan müslüman erkeklere cuma namazı farzdır. Hastalık, camiye gidemeyecek ölçüde yaşlılık, hasta bakıcılık, hava ve yol durumunun sağlığa zarar verecek ölçüde olumsuz olması, can ve mal güvenliğinin tehlikeye girmesi cuma namazına gitmemeyi meşru kılan mazeretlerdir. Camiye götürecek kimsesi bulunsa bile âmâya cuma namazı farz değildir. Âyetin “Allah'ı anmaya koşun” diye çevrilen kısmında “Allah'ı anmak”tan maksadın cuma namazının ayrılmaz bir parçası olan hutbe ile birlikte iki rek‘atlık farz namaz olduğu genellikle ifade edilir. Müfessirlerce genellikle, “koşun” emrinden gerçek anlamda koşma, telâşla yürüme ve hızla gitmenin kastedilmediği belirtilir. Bununla birlikte bazıları bunun “gidiniz” anlamına geldiğini, nitekim bu mânaya gelen bir kıraatin de bulunduğunu savunurken, bazıları kalp ve niyetle yönelme, bazıları da bir aksiyon (amel) gösterme yani işe koyulma mânasında olduğunu söylerler. İbn Atıyye son anlamı açıklarken kalkıp abdest almak, elbisesini giymek, yola çıkmak gibi eylemlerin hepsinin bu kapsamda düşünülmesi gerektiğini kaydeder. Cuma hazırlığı çerçevesinde sünnet olan işlerin başında boy abdesti almak gelir.

Need a quick, affordable, and easy meal to cook for the family that will be loved? Chef Plum has a recipe for simple and it uses the one protein you didn't think of! Buh-bye ground beef! Get the recipe in the podcast. Image Source: Getty Images

Season 4 Episode 8: We breakdown Buh-cans, studying bird law, buying records, Andy forces a PJ Harvey discussion, the impact of a Dulski moustache on a marriage, and a quiz with dead air and a lot of hmmmmmms....., we kill it again.

Show Open 09.07.24 -It's FALL Football season y'all-Buh-byeeee Ben and JLO-Who won the virtual coin toss for the Presidential debate To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here

It may be hard to believe but fall is rapidly approaching, school and football season will be starting soon!!!  Unless your Chunga and Chandler.  It's still 113 degrees.Over the weekend, Gregg and Chris went on a bro-date!!!!  They went to Deadpool and Wolverine!!!!  This movie is HUGE!!!!!!!  Have you seen it yet?!!?! It's breaking records at the box office and according to industry experts has created massive change at Mavel studios!!!!!!  Buh- bye snowflakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will Lucasfilm follow suit? What do you think?!!What's your favorite theater treat?!?!  We'll find out in the Chunga Poll Shout Outs!!!!!!!Gregg has his final historical movie shout-out, before he starts his first Halloween movies of the season!!!!!!  AAAANNNDDDD!!!!  it's time for Your Really Stupid News!!!!!!!!!!Listen NOW!!!!!!!  It's on www.radioronin.com and everywhere you get your podcasts!!!!!

It may be hard to believe but fall is rapidly approaching, school and football season will be starting soon!!!  Unless your Chunga and Chandler.  It's still 113 degrees.Over the weekend, Gregg and Chris went on a bro-date!!!!  They went to Deadpool and Wolverine!!!!  This movie is HUGE!!!!!!!  Have you seen it yet?!!?! It's breaking records at the box office and according to industry experts has created massive change at Mavel studios!!!!!!  Buh- bye snowflakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will Lucasfilm follow suit? What do you think?!!What's your favorite theater treat?!?!  We'll find out in the Chunga Poll Shout Outs!!!!!!!Gregg has his final historical movie shout-out, before he starts his first Halloween movies of the season!!!!!!  AAAANNNDDDD!!!!  it's time for Your Really Stupid News!!!!!!!!!!Listen NOW!!!!!!!  It's on www.radioronin.com and everywhere you get your podcasts!!!!!

In honor of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the fourth installment in the BHC franchise, coming out on Netflix, we finally watched the first Beverly Hills Cop (1984) a film neither one of us has ever seen! buh duh deh deh deh duh Buh duh deh duh deh deh de deh!   Music by: https://jessejacethomas.bandcamp.com/album/want

Din ve felsefe konulu videolarıyla tanınan YouTuber “Diamond Tema” Yer6 isimli bir YouTube kanalında sosyal medya fenomeni Asrın Tok ile şeria hakkında tartıştı. Asrın Tok şeriatın neden gelmesi gerektiğini anlatırken, Diamond Tema da bu duruma neden karşı çıktığından bahsetti. Diamond Tema, şeriatı savunan Tok'a karşı argümanlarında hadis derlemesi Sahih-i Buhârî'den örnekler verdi. Programın yayınlanmasının ardından garip birşey oldu ve Adalet Bakanı Yılmaz Tunç, Diamond Tema hakkında yakalama kararı çıkarıldığını tweetledi. Diamond Tema halen Arnavutluk'ta bulunuyor. Kayde Değer'de soruyoruz: Diamond Tema'nın sözleri ifade özgürlüğü kapsamında mı yoksa suç mu? Bugün Dünya Mülteciler günü. Göç İdaresi'nin açıklamasına göre Türkiye'de 3 milyon 113 bin 278 Suriyeli mülteci var. İBB Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu, Almanya'nın Düsseldorf kentinde ATİAD üyeleriyle bir araya geldi. Toplantıda İstanbul'da 2 milyon 500 bin mülteci bulunduğunu açıklayan İmamoğlu, “16 milyon resmi nüfusun neredeyse yüzde 17-18'i demek. Böyle bir artış olamaz. Doğru değil. Mülteciye de haksızlık, İstanbulluya da haksızlık” dedi. Kayda Değer'de Gamze Elvan soruyor, konukları Figen Çalıkuşu ve Murat Erdoğan değerlendiriyor.

Din ve felsefe konulu videolarıyla tanınan YouTuber ve araştırmacı “Diamond Tema” Yer6 isimli bir YouTube kanalında sosyal medya fenomeni Asrın Tok ile şeriata dair görüşlerini savundu. Asrın Tok şeriatın neden gelmesi gerektiğini anlatırken, Diamond Tema da bu duruma neden karşı çıktığından bahsetti. Diamond Tema, katıldığı programda, şeriatı savunan Tok'a karşı kullandığı argümanlarda hadis derlemesi Sahih-i Buhârî'den örnekler verdi. Adalet Bakanı Yılmaz Tunç, “Yer6” isimli YouTube kanalının bir programında kullandığı sözleri nedeniyle “Diamond Tema” isimli yayıncı hakkında yakalama kararı çıkarıldığını bildirdi. Kayda Değer'de Gamze Elvan soruyor, İhsan Eliaçık değerlendiriyor.

Archivist for the Diocese of Duluth explores their archives with us and shares what they have from the life of Msgr. Buh, along with details about his possible canonization.

Show Open 04.13.24 -Buh-byeeeee OJ, your room is waiting-We survived the eclipse-Do you nap at work Lisa's new haircut #ShortHair #LooksLikeJodyFostersYoungerSister To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here

Guess who's back?! Back Again… Kristi's back. Tell your friends. Guess who's back. Yes he's back. Kristi's back. Buh duh duh… That's right! The Don of Denim has returned to The Pit to talk turtles, Corey Feldman, and the evolution of going viral. We also discuss the concept of art “holding up” and what that means in a world with ever changing ideals. But that's not all! Kristi highlights one of his favorite video games of all time: What Became of Edith Finch. We also talk Morrisey, stunt people, and the dulcet tones of Jordan Peterson. Kayla Newell TattoosSomething About You - Araless (Vinyl Release)EtsyPatreonLinktreeInstagram:@thewapplehouse@jorts_center@ruining_your.childhood@feral_williams@aralessbmn@strangeloopanimation@kaylarrrrrFind us on twitter:@thewapplehouse@jortscenterpod@nostalgiapit@madshroommc@thehashtronaut@araless

Şiir - Yüzü kömür kaplı biri / Soma maden faciası! / Kerem Önder 01.06.2014 * Şehitler beş kısımdır: Bulaşıcı hastalığa yakalanan, ishale tutulan (karın ağrısından), suda boğulan, göçük altında kalan ve Allah yolunda savaşırken şehit olanlar." (Buhârî, Cihâd 30; Müslim, İmâre 164)

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments about the 14th Amendment and Trump's eligibility to be president again. How will the Supreme Court land on this issue? Office vs Officer. Fox News aired a live hate crime on TV. Curtis Sliwa is a clown. 74 percent of Republicans want a dictator. Republicans can no longer claim to be pro-democracy or pro-Constitution. House Republicans failed to impeach Mayorkas. Republicans blocked the bipartisan border security bill. Biden documents probe ends without charges. Nikki Haley lost the Nevada primary, but gave us some great material for anti-Trump, anti-Republican ads. Buh-bye Marianne Williamson. With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by Vixen Noir, Tim Russ, and more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bishop Felton shares the life and cause for canonization of Duluth's own Msgr. Buh

Willkommen zum Grusel-Cast #rundfunk17! Heute steigen wir in die Podcast-Gruft und lauschen den Schauergeschichten von anredo und BastiMasti. Die beiden introvertierten Podcast-Sternchen, die sich höchstens zum Klopapier-Kaufen vor die Tür trauen, haben es gewagt: Sie waren auf sogenannten Halloween-Partys. Ex-Internetstar anredo feiert in feinster Gitchi-Gitchi-ya-ya-Manier den Reformationstag, indem er als Zombie-Moulin-Rouge-Zirkusdirektor einer unbekannten Frau einen kalten Schauer einjagt. Aber nicht in dem er sie durch sein Äußeres erschreckt ("Buh!"). BastiMasti berichtet hingegen von den Schrecken, eine eigene Hausparty (rote Becher, project x) zu schmeißen. Für die diesjährige Halloween-Party hat er sich ein besonders schreckliches Thema ausgesucht, an das wir alle nur mit Angst und Schrecken zurückdenken können: die 2000er! Die Jahre, in denen wir SMS mit Klapphandys geschrieben haben (T9), Emos cool waren und Erkan und Stefan im Kino liefen. Die schlimmste Zeit unseres Lebens also. Was den beiden sonst noch passiert ist, hört ihr in der neuen Folge rundfunk 17. Viel Spaß!

İhlâs sûre-i celilesi, Cenâb-ı Hakk'ın lâzım-ı Zâtiyesi olan sıfât-ı kemal ile tavsifi ve Zâtına münâfî noksan sıfatlardan da tenzihi ifade etmesi açısından tevhid-i ulûhiyeti takrir eder. Kâfirûn sûresi ise, ibadet ve perestişin ancak ve ancak şerîk ve nazîri bulunmayan Allah'a mahsus olmasını ifade etmesi açısından tevhid-i ubûdiyeti takrir eylemektedir. *Felak ve Nâs sûrelerinin ikisine birden “Muavvizeteyn” denilir; bu ifade “Allah'a sığınmayı gösteren, O'na iltica ettiren, Hakk'a sığınmaya vesile, kendisiyle Rabb'e istiâze edilen” iki sûre demektir. Bu sûrelerde Allah Teâlâ, görünen ve görünmeyen, bilinen ve bilinmeyen, afakî ve enfüsî, insî ve cinnî bütün korkunç ve zararlı şeylerden kendisine sığınmamızı emretmiştir. *Felak Sûresi قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ “De ki: Sığınırım şafak vaktinin Rabbine: Yarattığı şeylerin şerrinden, karanlığı çöktüğü zaman gecenin şerrinden, düğümlere üfleyip büyü yapan büyücü kadınların şerrinden ve haset ettiği zaman hasetçinin şerrinden.” Büyü ve Nazara Karşı Felak ve Nas Sureleri *Ehl-i Sünnet âlimlerine göre, sihir bir gerçektir ve onun bazı türlerinin fizikî dünyaya tesirleri de söz konusudur; ancak bu tesir sihirbazın değil, onun sebepleri yerine getirmesi neticesinde Allah'ın yarattığı bir tesirdir. Buhârî ve Müslim gibi sahih hadis kitaplarında, Allah Rasûlü'ne de (aleyhi ekmelü't-tehâyâ) büyü yapıldığından bahsedilir; böylelikle meselenin olabilirliği vurgulanmış ve ondan kurtulmanın çaresi gösterilmiştir. Peygamber Efendimiz (sallallâhu aleyhi ve sellem) kendisine büyü yapıldığının farkına varınca dua etmiş ve Cenâb-ı Allah'tan şifa dilemişti. Çok geçmeden Hazreti Cibrîl ve Mikâil (aleyhimesselam) gelerek işin hakikatini Efendimiz'e haber vermiş; Allah Rasûlü'nden alınan bir tarak saç-sakal ile hurma çiçeği kullanılarak Lebîd İbn-i A'sam tarafından yapılan büyünün Zervan kuyusuna atıldığını söylemişlerdi. Rasûl-ü Ekrem, bazı ashâbıyla beraber o kuyuya gitmiş ve kuyuyu kapatmışlardı. Hazreti Aişe, “Ya Rasûlallah, sihri çıkardınız mı?” diye sorunca Efendimiz, “Hayır çıkarmadım. O sihri çıkarıp çözmekle halk arasında sihrin şuyû bulmasından endişe ettim.” buyurmuş; Cenâb-ı Hakk'ın, kendisine şifa verdiğini ve şifa bulmak için illâ sihri çözmek gerekmediğini belirtmişti. (Buhari, Tıbb 47,49,50, Nesai, Tahrim 20) *Allah Rasûlü (sallallâhu aleyhi ve sellem) nazar değmesine karşı, Âyetü'l-Kürsî'yi, İhlâs, Felak ve Nâs sûrelerini okumuş, Ashabına da bunları okumalarını tavsiye buyurmuştur. Ayrıca meşâyih ve ehl-i keşf, nazarın etkisinden korunmak veya nazar isabet etmiş ise kurtulmak için Kalem Sûresi'nin 51. ve 52. âyetlerinin okunmasını tavsiye etmişlerdir. Kalem Sûresi'nde, zikri geçen âyetlerin metni ve anlamı şöyledir: وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ “O kâfirler Zikr'i (Kur'ân'ı) işittikleri zaman, hırslarından neredeyse bakışlarıyla seni kaydıracak, âdeta gözleriyle yiyecekler! Ve o ‘delinin teki!' derler. (Delilik nerede, o nerede! Kur'ân'ın hiç delilikle ilgisi mi olur?) Kur'ân olsa olsa, sadece bütün insanlara bir derstir.” Bu video 17/05/2015 tarihinde yayınlanan “Rabbimize Sığınıyoruz” isimli bamtelinden alınmıştır. Tamamı burada: https://www.herkul.org/bamteli/bamtel...

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Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Margaret and Patrick talk a lot about covid, public health, the role of anarchism in public health, and the weirdly similar origins of the names of two projects. Guest Info Patrick (he/him) can be found hosting the Last Born in the Wilderness podcast. You can find it at www.lastborninthewilderness.com or wherever you get podcasts. You an also find Patrick on Instagram @patterns.of.behavior or on Twitter @LastBornPodcast Host Info Margaret (she/they) can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript Last Born in the Wilderness on Anarchist Public Health **Margaret ** 00:14 Hello, and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for what feels like the end times. I'm your host today, Margaret Killjoy. I say it that way because there's other hosts now and I'm very excited about that. But sometimes, apparently, we have the same voice. And so people think that we are each other, but we're not. We're different people. And you can tell because my name is Margaret Killjoy and Inmn's name is not Margaret Killjoy. It is instead, Inmn. But that's not what we're talking about. What we're gonna talk about today ... Well, we're gonna talk about a lot of stuff today. I'm really excited about it. We're gonna be talking with the host of a podcast you should probably be listening to if you're not already called Last Born in the Wilderness. And it's like the [laughing] smarter thinking version of this show. And so we're gonna talk about that. And first, here's a jingle from another show on the network, which is ... the network is Channel Zero Network, which is a network of anarchists podcasts, and here's a jingle. Buh buh bah buh buh bah [singing like a simple melody] **Margaret ** 02:09 Okay, we're back. Okay. So if you could introduce yourself with your name, your pronouns, and then kind of maybe introduce this other podcast, this project that you do. **Patrick ** 02:18 Yeah. Thanks for having me on. My name is Patrick Farnsworth. Pronouns are he/him. I'm the host of Last Born in the Wilderness. It's a podcast I've been hosting for quite a long time now and I ... I don't know how to describe it. Someone described it once as a podcast about death and dying, which sounds rather bleak. It's an interesting way to describe it. I mean, it's, uh, you know ... I certainly come from a radical leftist and anarchist, or as someone else has said about me, "anarchistic adjacent perspective." I'm talking about collapse. I'm talking about the implications of global climate change, climate disruption, the so-called sixth mass extinction anthropocene, like these kind of big, heady, huge global subjects around, you know, extinction and mass extinction events and so on. And I kind of also explore the history of settler colonialism and issues around whiteness, or I should say, white supremacy. I talk about a whole bunch of stuff. And I think the point of it is to really get at the question of: what are the roots of these kinds of broader biosphere crises that we're in the midst of? Why is it that human beings, or the dominant culture of human beings that we are part of, producing a mass extinction event? And what does that portend? What does that lead to? What can we expect to happen in the coming decades? And kind of wrestling with really deep ... "Deep." [said with an introspective laugh] I mean "deep" in the sense emotionally and spiritually with the question of what does extinction mean for our species? And how do we grapple with that? It's a big question. So yeah, that's more or less what the podcast is kind of addressing. **Margaret ** 04:03 Yeah, no. Okay, wait, so with extinction, do you run into this thing .... Okay, well, no, first I'm gonna ask about your name, then we're gonna come back to extinction. Where did you get this sick name? It's such a sick name. It's obviously ... As someone who is part of a project called Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness and then has a show called Live Like the World is Dying, I'm clearly a fan of this slightly long and poetic style of naming. But Last Born in the Wilderness is a sick name. I'm curious about its background. **Patrick ** 04:28 Sure. I mean, the name itself came--it's a funny origin story really--when I came up with the name, I was homesick and I didn't know what to call this thing. I didn't even know what I wanted to make. But I was thinking about what my father would call me because I'm the youngest of this large Mormon family. No longer LDS but grew up in this LDS family, LDS environment. He would call me his "last born in the wilderness" because being kind of ... he's kind of a lovely but very quirky man who would have these very strange nicknames for his kids, including me being the youngest, being the, quote, "last born the wilderness," meaning he was paraphrasing from the Book of Mormon. There's a verse in the Book of Mormon about this family going through the wilderness and something about being the "last born in this wilderness of mine afflictions." Like it's really dramatic kind of bleak Mormon scripture stuff and it's weird. So, I don't know, I guess I thought of my dad, I thought of that, I thought of my history, I thought of ... it sounded like it could have multiple meanings. And it does because as I did the podcast more and more I started to really think about the other layers of it, of, "Okay, are we the last generation?"  Like is this the end of this idea of wilderness. Wilderness itself is kind of an interesting idea. And the kind of colonialist notion, the dualism of civilization versus wilderness, and that in and of itself is a problematic idea. Like, there's a lot of layers to it that I've discovered, which is actually what I love about really cool names or titles of things is when you name something and you realize over time that it actually has other meanings that kind of come up, and you're like, "Oh, that actually means this as well. I did not know that." So that's where it comes from. **Margaret ** 06:13 Okay, I really like that for a thousand reasons. One of the things you talked about ...  I've been reading more and more stuff that's critical of the idea of "wilderness," right? Because you're creating an artificial distinction between humans and everything else, right? As if, like ... I mean, we're not capable of doing things that are not natural because we're literally, natural beings, right?  **Patrick ** 06:33 Yeah, exactly.  **Margaret ** 06:35 And the idea of untouched wilderness as this very colonial concept where it's like, actually, a lot of forests are managed by people and we're .... And it gets humans off the hook if we treat ourselves like we're bad, like, inherently, right?  **Patrick ** 06:51 Yeah.  **Margaret ** 06:51 Because like, "Ahhh, well, we're human, so of course we clear cut." And we're like, "Well, that's not true. A lot of people lived here for a very long time and didn't clear cut everything," right?  **Patrick ** 07:02 They didn't. No.  **Margaret ** 07:03 Okay. And then the other reason I like it, it's kind of the same background as Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.  **Patrick ** 07:09 Oh, really.  **Margaret ** 07:10 I was once, when I was a weird "look at me, I'm so strange, oogle kid" running around and pulling books out of the trash, I dumpstered the Christian Science holy book. I don't know what it's called. And I just started cutting it up to make new assemblages of words and things, right? And one of the pieces that I cut out of it and then put on this piece of art I was making just said "strangers in the tangled wilderness." And I really liked it. And so I named my first zine I ever made like 20 some years ago--well not the first zine--but the first zine that I called Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness because that's how I felt is like this wander, right? And then but since then I've learned, I think, I'm not an expert on Christian Science, although I can claim, my great grandmother was raised that way and then she was like, "This sucks," and then she just became an agnostic atheist pagan person. She was cool. It was like 100 years ago. She applied to college and she got so mad that they asked her what her religion is and she wrote "Sun worshiper," on the thing, which is complicated. But for a woman in the 1910s, I'm fucking into it. Anyway, the next line in it is "strangers in a tangled wilderness, wanders from the parent mind." And so it's using wilderness as a negative conception, I believe, in the traditional thing. And so yeah, it's like this interesting thing where Christianity ... Like, okay, so this "last born in the wilderness" seems to be implying this negative conception of wilderness. Which is this very negative version of Christianity producing such a thing. I don't know. That's what I've got. **Patrick ** 08:46 Yeah, I think the wilderness in scripture and Christian literature, or whatever, it's very much this .... Like, if you're wandering the wilderness, you're not in a good place. You've kind of either been banished or God is leaving you alone, giving you distance to figure your shit out for a while. Like, there's good things and bad things with that. But I think that the wilderness can .... Yeah, there is this implication in it of it being symbolic, or whatever, of it being not the best place to be in. You're not in paradise, that's for sure. You're not in the Promised Land, that's for sure. You're maybe on the way there, but you're not there. Yeah. And certainly, in that passage, if I remember, it's like, "In the wilderness of mine afflictions." Like, it's very, it's not ... you know, it's not a good place to be. But they were on their way to the Promised Land, I guess, in that scripture. So ... **Margaret ** 09:42 Okay, so you're like the last one before we reach paradise or whatever?  **Patrick ** 09:46 I guess. I don't know **Margaret ** 09:47 Like you're the last people who have a concept of wilderness and everyone else is going to live underground growing their food in very controlled environments because everything's hard. **Patrick ** 09:55 I guess so. I mean, yeah, I don't know. I think that certainly the world as we know it, the world that you and I were born into, is like kind of no longer here and we've entered into a new earth, which is not one that is hospitable to human, or much of the more than human life, unfortunately and it's gonna get progressively more and inhospitable. So, being the last born is really ... it's not a ... it's all of us. It's not like ....  You're not the last man on the Earth, or whatever, or the last person on the Earth. You're one of a generation, or several generations, that really remembers what it was like before the climate was completely chaotic and everything was on fire and everyone was coughing in your face with a plague. You know, that was a nice time. Remember that? That was cool. And now we're in this new place, or this seemingly novel place for us at least, of, kind of, amplifying crises. And it's .... Yeah, so anyway, sorry, that's rather bleak. But it's a little bit of what I talk about, I guess, or bring up in the podcast. The overarching sense.  **Margaret ** 11:04 No, no. Okay. Well, let's talk about coughing in people's faces with the plague. [Laughing] One of the topics that we wanted to talk about was kind of a little bit of where we're at with Covid. And not just a like, "Hey, there's a new wave coming. And there's new ... or here." And there's also like, you know, "Time for your yearly booster," and there's the non MRA [struggles with the letters] **Patrick ** 11:27 Non MRNA.  **Margaret ** 11:28 Yeah, thank you. Vaccines that just got approved and like all this other stuff. But, more about, I want to kind of ask you about what you've learned through your work about the fact that we are living in this place where community care has been left to individuals and smaller organizations, by and large, with some larger institutions trying to do good, while the, at least, federal level care and things like that have largely abandoned us to fend for ourselves. **Patrick ** 12:00 Yeah. You know, it's weird. This has been a disillusioning period, I think. Pandemic has been really rough for a lot of reasons. And I think I've talked about it a lot through a variety of lenses. I think there's a baseline of trust that's been lost among myself and a lot of other people. Like, I feel like to kind of continuing to keep up precautions and to avoid catching Covid is really a difficult thing at this time. And it's weird because there's been a normalization on such a broad level. And there's people on the left who really have given up and don't really care about it anymore. And seemingly, it sort of seems like we've kind of turned a corner. It feels like culturally, socially where it's kind of unacceptable to continue to care about it in this way. But I think if you are a leftist, in the broadest sense, not just a radical anarchist, or whatever, you really need to kind of get the facts straight about what Covid is and how it's still impacting people. How many people are becoming effectively disabled as a result of Covid infections? And then normalizing it is really fucked up. It's eugenicist, frankly. It's ableist. It's wrong. And I was just thinking, I don't know if I want to call .... I don't want to .... I don't know. I was thinking recently about how my partner and I moved up to Canada. Actually, we're in Victoria, BC right now, the city that is called Victoria, on Vancouver Island. There was an anarchist bookfair here. No mask requirements at this fair. And I think at other book fairs around, I don't know if around BC or just in the US in particular, masks were a requirement, like respirators were required. It's just a basic thing I think we need to kind of do now as leftists or anarchists is just to have, if we're gonna have a public event, these types of things just need to be kind of there. Like we just have to do them. Because there's a lot of people who are immunocompromised or disabled that just can't show up because this is not a safe, "safe," these [unhearable word] words, but like literally, it'll harm their bodies. **Margaret ** 14:09 Yeah, it's like full of spikes that are shooting out of the ceiling. You know, it's not... **Patrick ** 14:14 Yeah, exactly. So I think just the act of community care on that level--I mean, you don't have to be an anarchist to do this of course--but I think particularly for anarchists that are supposedly about communal acts of care and mutual aid, like this is a really basic one, a pretty easy one. It's interesting how it's not-- you know for anarchists, there's no like ... I don't know if there's a global anarchist Federation that has doled out some kind of guidelines. That would never make sense. But it's interesting how in every place around North America there's different kinds of cultural temperaments, or certain attitudes, around certain things and particularly around Covid. It's interesting how in Canada, how maybe anarchists in Canada don't maybe care as much about it. I don't know. I guess I can't speak for them, but it's an interesting thing to experience the ways in which the normalization of Covid has affected different regions. And it's ... Yeah, so anyway, I just wanted to kind of bring that up because we are still in the midst of this thing. I can get into reasons why it's still a problem, why it is still a threat to people's health, but it shouldn't be. I don't know. I just think it's really imperative that anarchists kind of get with the program if they haven't already. **Margaret ** 15:26 Yeah, and like, I've been fairly proud of the fact that overall I've found anarchists and punks and different sorts of subcultural folks and political folks to be more on top of it than the average person or place, but not .... I haven't been blown away either, you know? And we have had .... Most of the book fairs that I've been aware of or gone to, or whatever, this year have had some kind of masking requirement. Sometimes it's a rigid requirement. Sometimes it's like, here's the masks at the door, and someone's going to kind of be like, "You should really wear one of these," but not like kick you out without a mask. Like, I .... Shout out to the anarchist space called Firestorm in Asheville, North Carolina that during COVID, they actually moved into a new building, and part of why they picked the building, as far as I can tell, is that it used to be an auto shop so the doors open all the way, like one wall is open. And they still have a mask requirement inside of the store because they're like, "Well, they're still a pandemic. So you should wear a mask. This isn't complicated," you know? And like .... Okay, have you ever seen the TV show The 100? **Patrick ** 16:42 I think I've heard of it. **Margaret ** 16:45 I watched the first two or three seasons a while ago. And I .... But there's this thing that I think about all the time. It was not a particularly important TV show to me. But there's one thing that seemed kind of hackneyed at the time where basically almost no one can live on the Earth because there was a pandemic. And a lot of people live in space. And then some people come back down from space. And then there's people who have "lost their minds" and "lost civilization" who, you know, have adapted. And then there's these people who live inside a mountain. And they're like, "Oh, we can't go outside the mountain except with, you know, full suits that protect ...." I forget the word for this, like the chemical suits or whatever.  **Patrick ** 17:23 Like hazmat suits or something like that.  **Margaret ** 17:25 So yeah, you can't go outside without a hazmat suit and a gas mask. And like, you know, when you come back in you have to go through decontamination and all this stuff. And I remember watching it and being like, you just sort of take it for granted. You're like, yeah, you know, if there was a thing in the air that killed people or made people disabled, people would like, take it seriously, you know? And then now I'm like, "Man, that was a utopian piece of fiction right there." Like, within the first week someone would be like 'Fake news. There's nothing in the air outside," and then the whole mountain would have been destroyed.  **Patrick ** 18:00 Speaking of like pop culture .... Like, sometimes it is. I watched that film Contagion a while ago. It came out before Covid. It's like what, a Stevens Soderbergh film? Whatever, it doesn't matter. It came out. And it was like "What would happen if a really, really dangerous, very contagious virus just started spreading? Like, what would the agencies do? What would the CDC do? What would global world governments do?" Whatever. And, you know, it was fairly .... It tried to be realistic while also being kind of dramatic. And it was a really nasty virus. Everybody is locked down, quarantine, blah, blah, blah. They make a vaccine, they do a lottery, people get it at the end, and it's over. Like, that's the end of the movie. Everybody gets the vaccine. Everybody gets the vaccine, everybody's happy to get the vaccine. And no, you know, I mean, yeah, certainly .... Covid is in this weird, I feel like it's in this weird space. And I've said this before on an interview with somebody, this epidemiologist, I was saying it's this weird space where it's like, it's obviously really, really bad to get it, but it's also like a lot of people get it and it doesn't seem to affect them that much. They kind of feel like, "Oh, it's kind of like the cold or kind of like a flu." It isn't, though. I mean, looking at the actual virus and how it affects the body, it is not like those viruses. So it's very different. But the fact is, is that, you know, percentage wise, you know, most people get it, they don't die from it. So what's the big deal? So, I think it's in this weird space where it's a very contagious, very nasty virus, but it doesn't have the mortality rate of like Ebola or something so people aren't going to take it seriously. So, it's weird. It's a weird thing. And we're, you know, almost four years into this thing. So, people are obviously quite weary. We've been talking about it. So yeah, it's hard. **Margaret ** 19:53 No, totally. And like, I mean, it's funny because it's like I also get the ... I get why people are over it and have to live their lives. And I think I talked about this in a recent episode, I can't remember. I was talking to someone about it. I no longer have real conversations. I only have podcast conversations. It was like, okay, we can't not have live music as part of our human experience of the world, or whatever, right? But to me it's all about looking at these cost-benefit analyses. And by and large, with exceptions, like if someone's doing hard manual labor all day I can see why wearing a mask is particularly hard, or like, you know, there's complicating factors. But, overall, it's just not a fucking big deal. Like to--Covid is--but to wear a mask-- **Patrick ** 20:38 Yeah.  **Margaret ** 20:39 --for, I think, most people in most situations, And I think the main reason people don't wear masks is because of the social aspect of it. Because they are afraid of being the only person wearing a mask. And I just like ask us to not act out of fear. I ask us to do what's right. Or I think we are asked by being alive. I think that we are asked to be ... to do what is right, not what is popular, or whatever, right? And, so that's what's so disappointing to me about it. And I mean, this is part of why everyone gets so mad at people who .... Because I also try not to be like .... You don't really like gain a lot when you tell people like, "What the fuck? What's wrong with you? You can't do that." It's not a very effective strategy, you know? And so I do think it's like, overall, I really appreciate a lot of the phrasing that I've seen about being like, "Hey, even if you stop masking, here's like a good reason to start again."  And like, you know, there's no harm in just mea culping and just starting to mask again, **Patrick ** 21:46  Yeah, no, for sure. And I don't know, there's a lot of other things going on too. When you .... It really is fascinating to be like .... You obviously want to be like, you want to encourage this level of care and I think what's sort of hard is there is a real lack of public .... Like, good public health messaging has been terrible. So, it's an interesting dynamic. I feel like anarchists are people who are more on the ground organizing at grassroots levels. At a grassroot level, you are trying to fill a void, which is the government doesn't really want to fucking deal with this shit. They just don't want to deal with it. They have, they've learned enough. And they know that they can move on warm, more or less. And so they're not going to do anything about it anymore. And so you have to take care of yourself, The rich are taking care of themselves. They have all the tools, They know exactly how to run a Covid-safe event. They've been doing it for a while now. And they have really good like .... In the way that you would pay for security or catering at an event, they pay for Covid Safety coordinators. Yeah, they're really good at it. And if they're doing that, and they understand this, then we should be doing it for ourselves because we as the poors, we need to take care of each other, take care of ourselves and learn basic information that unfortunately a lot of people don't have. And actually .... I understand that by doing my podcasts or doing this kind of work that I am able to delve into some of these subjects more closely. So, I might know a little more about Covid than the average person. And honestly, the more I learn about it, the more I don't want to get it and the more I would encourage people to avoid reinfection more than anything. If you've had it before, you don't want to get it again. There's so many intersecting issues here. I guess I just, I just really want to emphasize community care is the most important thing right now in regards to this. Need to really get on top of that, if we haven't already. And a lot of people are. It's amazing, actually, how many people are doing it, like mask blocks. There's all kinds of people organizing around this subject. And they don't have any particular, seemingly political ideology that's animating it. It's just they're doing it because it's right.  **Margaret ** 23:57 Yeah, totally. One of the things you were saying about realizing like the government has abandoned us, so the government has moved on and things like that. It's one of these ... at the beginning of Covid, it actually kind of challenged, in some ways, it challenged a lot of my own anarchist thoughts, right? Because I try not to assume I'm right. I try not to look at a problem and say "What's the anarchist solution?" I try to look at a problem and say, "What's the solution?" I have a bias that lends itself towards non state, non capitalist solutions. But I try to earnestly look at every problem and say, "What is the best solution?" and so far in my life the answer is usually nonstate, anti capitalist, anti oppression, right? Well, and some of those things are also moral, you know. But at the beginning of Covid, you start being like, "Well, shit, someone needs to .... This needs to be organized on a massive scale, right?" And then, now what we actually saw instead gave me the opposite, whereas at the beginning of Covid mutual aid groups popped up everywhere, you know, and mutual aid groups like stepped into the void of what was not being met. Because people were locked down, they were like, not able to meet a bunch of other needs, and a lot of them, in the US, at least, we have, you know, we got stimulus money or whatever. And it wasn't enough for most people. And, but I think that it becomes really clear that you look a year on and as soon as Covid  is over, you're like, "Oh, you're running some cold math about dead people in the economy, or disabled people in the economy, and you are deciding that getting people back to work makes the country more money even though a bunch of people will die or become disabled as a result," you know? And so it's like one of those things, to me, it just lays bare the reality of government, that governments exists to make this kind of cold calculation, not take care of people. **Patrick ** 25:57 Yeah, no, I think at the beginning there was a lot of ambiguity. We didn't know what this would really be. So obviously lock downs--or what we would call lock downs but really just kind of stay-at-home orders--or just tell people, like, "Please just avoid social gatherings for a while." And then the masks came into the picture and things like this, that was implemented just because there was, you know, there was a lot of ambiguity. We didn't know everything we know now. And once the, kind of, the cold calculus really came in, and there's a lot of other things too, but really when that came in and it was like, "This is hurting the economy. This isn't gonna work. You know, we have to really focus on jobs over, you know, everything else, over our lives. So, yeah, let's just get back to work." And I don't know. But I think it is kind of an interesting thing, though, because the anti-mask thing is very much an aesthetic choice. It's not as much a practical, irrational thing, because we could have jobs and all this stuff running exactly as before but people are wearing high quality respirators. Sure, we could have all kinds of things implemented. It would take an investment. From a cold capitalist perspective, it's rational to put an air filtration, it's rational to have people wear respirators, and yet from .... I don't know what it is, but just the idea of actually providing public health infrastructurally on that level is just not possible at this point for some reason. It's just not feasible. I was thinking about the kind of origins of public health, as it were, and like John Sn--I think his name was John Snow in England--he kind of figured out where the cholera outbreaks were coming from. And that really helped kickstart this movement to, you know, kind of figure out how to provide clean water for people on a massive social scale, on the scale of a city, right? It took a long time and a lot of deaths for something to finally change. And now we just take for granted that when you turn on a faucet in most places around, say, North America, you're gonna find you're gonna have clean water. Like it's pretty not always the case, certainly, but, you know, it's kind of taken for granted that that's almost like a right that we have. But clean air has not really entered into that same, that level of feeling like an entitlement that we have as human beings for a quality of life issue, that this is important. So, I don't know, it's interesting to witness how this has been playing out and also sort of an anarchist, or whatever, thinking about it from that level of like, if we want to move away from States and governments, how would an anarchist society deal with this issue? How would non-Statist, anti-Statists deal with this? And it's interesting. I don't know yet. I haven't really figured that out. And, I was kind of thinking because you do a history podcast as well. And I'm wondering if there was anything you came across as, you know, kind of radical leftist movements that were like, "How do we apply the values of public health and health care from a maybe communal collectivist sense that does not rely on the institution of states and bureaucracies? Like, I don't know, I wonder about this because we're trying to just fill the gap of what the State isn't doing. It's almost reactionary, right? What would it look like to be proactive in that sense? I don't know. I don't have an answer to that. I just think it's interesting. **Margaret ** 29:26 Okay, no, that's interesting. From a history point of view, there's a piece that I read right near the beginning of pandemic--that I haven't read in a while and I don't remember as well--this Italian anarchist, Malatesta, wrote a piece called like something like "Anarchists and the Cholera Outbreak," and it was about anarchist public health responses to a late 19th century health crisis. But I also know that anarchists have been doing a ton of stuff on public health since the beginning. I think that like .... I mean, you can look at like ... it's anarchists who, at least in the US, pushed birth control and pushed information about sexually transmitted diseases and like sexual health. And it's like, people are like, "Oh, yes, early feminists," and I'm like, "Yeah, they were early feminist anarchists." I mean, there's some exceptions to that. And then of course, you have bad examples where Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood, was, like, a "complicated figure" who embraced non-racialized eugenics. And that is bad. But it is spun to mean that she was different, that she believed in something different than what she actually believed. And, but it's still bad. And she started off as an anarchist. She, actually, by the time she was really doing the eugenics because a lot of like--a lot of eugenics, you kind of need the State for, right, especially like the evilest parts of it or the like who gets to decide who has babies are whatever, right, and all that shit. But Margaret Sanger was an anarchist when she first started doing a lot of the birth control stuff. Emma Goldman got arrested a ton of times. The person who's at the longest in jail in US history for advocating birth control was this guy--I just did an episode about this, I don't normally have all these facts in front of me--was this guy named Ben Reitman, who was mostly an anarchist. He spent most of his life fucking around with the anarchist scene. But the anarchists scene didn't like him because he was super horny and he kept cheating on Emma Goldman, which is impressive because they were in an open relationship. Yeah, but he still managed to sort of piss her off with how many people we slept with, even though it was supposedly okay. He spent the longest of anyone in history, in US history, in jail for advocating birth control. And he was also a ... he was a hobo doctor. He was a doctor who went to medical school, became a physician, specifically so that he could treat STIs in the poorer classes and people who didn't have access to public health. And so a lot ... As far as I can tell, I see this thing, this pattern happen a lot where things come from the bottom up and then the top is like, "Okay, cool, we got that." And you can see this benevolently where you're like, "Oh, it comes from the bottom up and then the State comes in and takes charge and everything's okay." And, and there's some advantages that have come up through that, but overall, I think it is to the detriment of these systems. And I think that... I don't know, I guess I'm like, I think that decentralized networks that have some forms of centralized information sharing, are very capable of doing these sorts of things. Also, sorry, I'll stop spitting out anarchist history in a minute.But the legalization of abortion, the first Western European country... Soviet Russia was the first country to legalize--I could be wrong about this--was one of the first countries, if not the first country, to legalize abortion in Europe. But then Stalin was like, "Just kidding. You must make babies," because he's a bastard. Then Federica Montseny, the woman Minister of Health in revolutionary Spain, who was an anarchist--which is really complicated and there was a lot of arguing at the time about whether Federica Monseigneur and some of her peers should have joined the coalition government--she legalized abortion. And so it's like, funny. So even the State idea of public health came from an anarchist who was part of the State, you know? **Patrick ** 33:30 I don't know, I think that it's this thing where when we're thrust into these big crises, like a pandemic, we start to really... we do have to reevaluate our ideological stances a little bit like. Because for me, you know--I think this is something we talked about when you were on my podcast like three years ago, or whatever--something about, like, it's not our position to tell people how to do things. Like, if it's another country and other people they're going to figure out how to solve their problems in their own way. And, you know, I think a lot of revolutionary movements do lead to certain types of, obviously, State kind of action or States.... It's directed towards the State or the State itself's kind of response to it in a way that is actually beneficial to the people. But that's not because the State is good. It's just under enormous amounts of pressure. It's just.... It's complicated. I don't think it's one thing and I think that it's a good thing that the government was able to mass produce or help mass produce vaccines, but I also think it was really fucked up that it was then decided that that was the end of the pandemic because everybody was vaccinated. It's kind of this... It's this thing. It's not one thing. It's very complicated. But I do think overwhelmingly, absolutely, if public health is being administered on this sort of ground level where the feedback between the actual public and the sort of people administering public health, if that feedback loop is shorter, where you're able to actually hear what people are saying and you can actually see what's going on in the ground, there's an actual connection and it's done democratically and collectively then you actually can administer public health in a way that is going to help people and not being imposed on people. Right? So yeah, I think there's been, for me, a lot of questions and lessons learned from this pandemic up to this point. So, and also, I don't know, I just throw this in there, they're not necessary anarchist, but like the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, you know, they were very much about health care and administering health care on a community level and did forward a lot of things that even today...like I think it was something like the Young Lords were really pushing for patients having access to their own... like that the doctors had to explain to them what....Is that right?  **Margaret ** 35:44 Yeah, they introduced the Patient's Bill of Health that has since been used internationally. **Patrick ** 35:51 So you know, and they were radical, you know, they took over hospitals, they occupied, you know, they did a lot. So, yeah. Anyway, I just, I think in regards to the pandemic, right now, whatever major breakthroughs that we're gonna have in regards to dealing with cleaning the air or, you know, actually making sure that people have access to resources and information, it's gonna have to come from the ground level, in pressure from the ground level because it ain't good right now. It really isn't. **Margaret ** 36:22 No, and that, I really liked that. I think that's a really good point. And when I think about it, the Young Lords are the perfect example of this. And they're, you know, yeah, they were Marxist Leninists, but they were doing something from the bottom up and forced the city of New York City to take action. Like, for example, in the neighborhood that they lived in--they moved all over the place, but they first started in, I want to say, the Upper East Side in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in Manhattan--and no trash was coming. No trash pickup was happening there, partly because of some racism of some white labor unions and the trash union and partly due to just systemic poverty and other forms of racism. It wasn't all just the trash workers problem...fault. But, you know, they just started dragging trash in the middle of the street and setting it on fire. And they did it in the parts of their neighborhood that rich people have to drive through. They did it in the through fares. And it worked. Trash pickup became a major issue in the next mayoral election. And then trash pickup, like they like, revolutionized how trash is picked up in New York City. And it was this major health issue. And then the other things that they would do is they would go door to door to do tuberculosis screenings. And they would also like--they're so fucking cool. At one point, they hijacked an X-ray van that was going through these neighborhoods to like X-ray people for tuberculosis but wasn't going to poor neighborhoods of color. And there's like some arguments about whether that was because of what time the schedule was and didn't work for people's jobs or if it was a straight up, like, "Nah, we're just hanging out in the white neighborhoods." But what happened was the X-ray technicians, they were like, "Sick, we don't give a shit. We just want to fucking help stop TB." And that's what's so interesting to me about government workers versus non-government workers is that the people doing the shit, whether it's for the government or not, they just want to get the shit done. They don't care which system is doing it. Like the X-ray technicians were like "Sick, fuck yeah, we're still getting paid. Like, it's a little weird that you came in with guns, but whatever, it was necessary. You take us up there." And then they started. And they ended up with a fucking X-ray van parked outside the Young Lords headquarters several days a week, paid for by the hospital. And so it.... I got really worked up. **Patrick ** 38:37 Yeah, no. It's cool, though. **Margaret ** 38:38 But I think that these questions about anarchist public health, one of the things that is so interesting to me is that it's like systems allow things to happen but people are who do it. And so often people will ask, will be like, "Well, how will an anarchist society produce insulin?" or whatever. And like, well, part of the answer is, I don't know how we make insulin now, but that's probably how we'll make it then too, right. You know? And so like, anarchist public health can look, in some ways, really similar in terms of like, well, we'll have people who know a lot about public health directing these things, you know? Because it's not the government that regulates things, it is people who design the systems of regulation. And anything that people can do, we are people, and also I'm not trying to disclude those people from my society. And I just want it to happen in a system that is actually anti-oppressive, that is horizontal, that is anti-capitalist, you know, that is all of these things. And so yeah, so what if instead of we build shit from the bottom up and the government swoops in and then kind of makes it shitty and watered down, we build things from the bottom up and then keep building and just keep those buildings that we make horizontal and keep them like.... Yep, I got totally worked up. **Patrick ** 39:51 No, you're good. No, you're right, though. That's exactly it. Like, there are, at every stage of the way, I think...sorry, I'm also kind of worked up.... I feel like health and healthcare is actually is a core and central component of any sort of revolutionary movement because it is so integral to everyone, obviously, our health and well-being is such an integral part of everyone's lives. So how we treat disabled people, how we treat people of all age groups, how access to care is affect...you know, people's sort of demographic that they exist in, the racial system that we have, it affects how people have access to certain types of care. I mean, all of this is so...it intersects with so many things. So, I think the pandemic has highlighted a lot of this. And I think it's been a very upsetting and difficult time. And I think people kind of need to...they've tuned out. They need to kind of tune back in and I get why they tuned out, but they just need to try to tune in tune in a bit because it's going to--I'm sorry, it sounds bleak and this is kind of my thing--it's gonna get worse unless we make it better. And I think there's an assumption that somehow got better and it really hasn't. And again, this is just because I am, I mean, I am doing this sort of collaborative series right now. But also, I've just learned as much as I can about how Covid is affecting the body and it's a nasty virus. It's causing really wild complications in people's bodies. It is a very strange thing. So, you know, it's not enough to just tell you as an individual, "Please do this thing," or "Please do that." We need actual systems of care that really accommodate everybody. So yeah, to me, it is...and I know, we were kind of discussing how this, you know, what my podcast really addresses is a lot of it's around climate and the implications of climate change. How we deal with Covid is indicative of how we're dealing with...it's like a Russian doll, you know, nested within itself. It's like, "This is how we're dealing with this? Well, this is how we're dealing with ecological crisis and the climate crisis as well." How we adapt to the changes that are coming from this pandemic is how we are choosing or not choosing to deal with the changes that are coming from a rapidly changing climate system. So, this is all related. And I think, again, as radical leftists, you have to catch up with that and to kind of recognize that part of it in my opinion. **Margaret ** 42:31 No, that makes sense. There's kind of...one of the things that I do, I do a lot of crafting as my main way to decompress and stuff like that, right, and one of the things that I've like been learning as I get older is a random maxim, that's a cliche, which is how you do one thing is how you do everything. And it's not literally true. But I think about it when I want to cut corners. I think about it, when I like... I finished, you know, I'm making my raised beds and I'm like, "I'm going to not sand that corner. It doesn't really matter. I'm not going to see that part" right? You know? But those all build up and more that by learning the discipline of handling things and taking things seriously, it puts me in the position for the parts that do matter, to not cut corners, to go at things systematically, to make sure I do things right. And I kind of liked this, this presentation of how we handle Covid is how we handle climate change. You know, they're not the same problem. They're related. They're part of the interwoven crises we are facing. And so we shouldn't freak out about either because that literally doesn't do us any good. But we should probably be more alarmed than overall we are about both of these things and looking soberly at the problem and what solutions are and running cost benefit analyses but not cost benefit analysis for what saves the economy but what costs benefit analyses feed people. And to be fair, the economy is part of what feeds people, but there's other methods of feeding people, which the government knows and that's part of why they're like "Shit, we got to make sure that we stay feeding people because otherwise people are gonna figure out communism."  **Patrick ** 44:17 Yeah. [Chuckling] **Margaret ** 44:18 But...No, I like this framework. I like this idea that we should.... You know, I mean, it's a thing that I think I've talked about before on this show where I'm like, well, we should just be installing better HVAC systems. And even if you want to have...like, there's certain things that are not conducive to masking, right? An inside restaurant is not conducive to masking. And personally, I just kind of avoid them because it's not a big part of my life. I live in the middle of nowhere and I make all my own food. But that's me and I can't get mad at other people for making different decisions around that. But--well, I mean, there's certain decisions I can get mad at people about but whatever. But at the very least, you can look at being like, "Okay, we have a restaurant, how are we going to build it for HVAC? How are we going to build it for, you know, cycling the air as much as possible, for keeping windows open, for patio service, for whatever. And this is still within a very not changing that much about society framework. I would prefer greatly to consider larger frameworks. But then again, a lot of things that we talk about within larger frameworks... like when I imagine how I think society would work is that personally, I'd be like, "Well, a lot of food is like people cook at home and eat with their family and friends and stuff, but also, you can just go to the big free restaurant that's kind of probably a food line and they put food on your plate and then you eat it. And it's great. You hang out with everyone. And I'm like, well, how the fuck do you do that in a Covid world? And it's hard to know. And it changes what is possible and what is safe and what is good that we live in this different world. I'm done. This is the end of my rant. **Patrick ** 45:51 Yeah, no, it's.... I think, you know, while I do, admittedly, succumb to sort of bleak and sad and depressed attitudes around a lot of things, I actually think what you said there is interesting because it's actually...you know, people look at it like it is a--what do they call it--a foreclosing of possibilities, right? And it is on some level. You are foreclosing the possibility of...like, for instance, I miss going to just coffee shops and chilling out and drinking coffee and working on my computer, reading, or whatever, and hanging out with people. And there's this whole like social aspect to that particular thing. But it is also a business where people are probably getting paid too little and being treated like shit by entitled customers. And, you know, I've worked in the coffee business long enough that I know exactly what that's like. That said, that is very much related to the restaurant business and all these other types of businesses and industries that people exist in where they're exploited regularly and people don't really, if they don't have to deal with that type of labor and do that themselves, they often don't really care. And so they just want that experience again, right? They just want to go back to being served again in a restaurant. That's so cool. If you, of course, have a more, I mean, anti capitalist laboratory attitude, you'd be like, "Well, how do we have that experience without it being so fucking shitty for a certain group of people," right? And how do we also make it so that it's Covid safe so that people don't catch awful plagues sitting around and having fun together? And eating, you know, and drinking coffee or wine or whatever? It's like, how can we imagine the restaurant/coffee shop experience without it being through this sort of...as it being a sort of capitalist enterprise? And that's...I think, through crisis, or through this sort of thing of a pandemic, we can reimagine it in a way that is safer and better for everybody that isn't exploiting everyone, or certain groups of people. You know what I mean? **Margaret ** 47:48 No, absolutely. I...I don't know, I agree. **Patrick ** 47:53 I think you just said something that kind of brought up something for me because I have this tendency, and it comes through in the podcast that I do a lot, which is I am not a particularly optimistic person. And so I can tend to fall into a.... I mean, there's certain things I'm just always going to have this attitude about, but you know, I think.... My partner laughed when I said that. [A third voice laughs in the background] I...I have the tendency, but I think I can kind of...it does foreclose possibilities and sort of radical action and things that can be done right now and can alleviate some of the suffering and misery that I and others are experiencing if we kind of just...I don't know, it's...I don't know. I guess I just appreciated what you said because it just kind of opened a little door in my head where I kind of forgot, like, "Oh, yeah, like, actually, I don't have to be that way all the time. Okay. Cool."  **Margaret ** 48:47 I think it's really funny that I took the name Killjoy and now I'm basically a professional optimist. I mean, I want to be a realist. But I'm like.... Well, like, I don't know, one of things I learned from cognitive behavioral therapy is they're, "Well, what's the worst that could happen?" and you're like, "Well, I could die." And they're like, "Okay, what then?" and you're like, "Well, then nothing," you know, and they're "Okay, well, what do you want?" Like, you know, and it's kind of like all this really terrible stuff is happening that's absolutely true. We need to take that seriously. But like, well, we're all gonna die anyway, you know? So... **Patrick ** 49:22 Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, there's even something about..I think that what I've learned from doing my work is that, you know, I do get these responses from people that say, like, "I really appreciate that you're saying the thing. You're not looking away from it. You're just talking about it. There's actually a comfort in it." Because I think people feel kind of--and this word's overused--but gaslit where there's sort of this normalization of stuff that just feels like people aren't quite...like there's a glazed look in their eye when you bring up certain subjects and they're kind of bothered...you know, it's like...Um, it's a difficult thing, and I guess I've always been one to want to talk about those types of subjects. And, yeah, death, if death is the worst possible thing that can happen then, you know, what else? You know, then what? Right?  **Margaret ** 50:12 Yeah, what else you got? Like? **Patrick ** 50:14 Yeah, exactly. So. But, I mean, Frankly, you know, I mean, you know, some of the subjects I deal with in a broad sense, you know, are about extinction and are about the implications of climate change. And that is a heavy thing. And I do think that it weighs on the minds and hearts of people. And so I don't know if there's answers...There's no answer to how to like.... There's no therapy that will fix that, right? There's no like...You can't go to a therapist to fix this problem. It's just, it is what it is. And so then what? And that's... I don't have an answer, but at least I can talk about it. **Margaret ** 50:49 Absolutely. Well, we are running out of time, but I'm wondering if there was anything that I should have asked you on this particular topic and then if not, or after that, I'm wondering how people can find your work to engage with it. **Patrick ** 51:06 Yeah, well, I mean, I'm glad we could talk about Covid and it did kind of open some things up for me, so thank you for the discussion. I don't know, I guess there's a lot to say. I guess I would ask people, if you haven't been masking, start masking again. We are in a wave. Learn more about that. It's actually quite fascinating. So just do that. That'd be cool. It'd be good for your own health and the benefit of others. There's a lot to say, I don't know, I guess I guess we could have talked more about some other aspects of my work. But this is fine because I've been obsessively learning about Covid, so that's probably on my mind more than anything. Yeah, no, I mean, I guess people can learn more about my podcast. I have my website lastborninthewilderness.com. Everything is there. You can listen to it wherever you listen to podcasts. You can support my work on Patreon. All that stuff. I have that.... I mentioned I'm doing a collaborative series with, his name is Joshua Pribanic from the Public Herald. He's a journalist and filmmaker. And we're doing a collaborative series on long covid specifically, so that should be.... We haven't quite figured out exactly how that's gonna play out. But we will have that out in the coming weeks or months, starting to release those episodes. So I would ask people to look out for that. **Margaret ** 52:18 Hell yeah. Alright, well, thanks so much for coming on. And I have a feeling...yeah, there's so much more that even was on our list of things we're going to talk about, so I have a feeling I'm going to try and drag you back pretty soon.  **Patrick ** 52:29 Okay, good.  **Margaret ** 52:34 Thank you so much for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast then take public health seriously. [Said with a skeptically questioning tone] It shouldn't have to be on us. But it kind of always does because everything is always on us because we're all actually equals in this society that we all collectively build. So think about that, I guess, and listen to the Last Born in the Wilderness. And if you want to support this podcast in particular, you can support it by telling people about it, you can do.... You can tell machines about it. 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In this special live-recorded episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey interviews himself— well, kind of. Corey hosts an AMA session, answering both live and previously submitted questions from his listeners. Throughout this episode, Corey discusses misconceptions about his public persona, the nature of consulting on AWS bills, why he focuses so heavily on AWS offerings, his favorite breakfast foods, and much, much more. Corey shares insights into how he monetizes his public persona without selling out his genuine opinions on the products he advertises, his favorite and least favorite AWS services, and some tips and tricks to get the most out of re:Invent.About CoreyCorey is the Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group. Corey's unique brand of snark combines with a deep understanding of AWS's offerings, unlocking a level of insight that's both penetrating and hilarious. He lives in San Francisco with his spouse and daughters.Links Referenced: lastweekinaws.com/disclosures: https://lastweekinaws.com/disclosures duckbillgroup.com: https://duckbillgroup.com TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: As businesses consider automation to help build and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructures, deployment speed is important, but so is cost. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is available in the AWS Marketplace to help you meet your cloud spend commitments while delivering best-of-both-worlds support.Corey: Well, all right. Thank you all for coming. Let's begin and see how this whole thing shakes out, which is fun and exciting, and for some godforsaken reason the lights like to turn off, so we're going to see if that continues. I've been doing Screaming in the Cloud for about, give or take, 500 episodes now, which is more than a little bit ridiculous. And I figured it would be a nice change of pace if I could, instead of reaching out and talking to folks who are innovative leaders in the space and whatnot, if I could instead interview my own favorite guest: myself.Because the entire point is, I'm usually the one sitting here asking questions, so I'm instead going to now gather questions from you folks—and feel free to drop some of them into the comments—but I've solicited a bunch of them, I'm going to work through them and see what you folks want to know about me. I generally try to be fairly transparent, but let's have fun with it. To be clear, if this is your first exposure to my Screaming in the Cloud podcast show, it's generally an interview show talking with people involved with the business of cloud. It's not intended to be snarky because not everyone enjoys thinking on their feet quite like that, but rather a conversation of people about what they're passionate about. I'm passionate about the sound of my own voice. That's the theme of this entire episode.So, there are a few that have come through that are in no particular order. I'm going to wind up powering through them, and again, throw some into the comments if you want to have other ones added. If you're listening to this in the usual Screaming in the Cloud place, well, send me questions and I am thrilled to wind up passing out more of them. The first one—a great one to start—comes with someone asked me a question about the video feed. “What's with the Minecraft pickaxe on the wall?” It's made out of foam.One of my favorite stories, and despite having a bunch of stuff on my wall that is interesting and is stuff that I've created, years ago, I wrote a blog post talking about how machine learning is effectively selling digital pickaxes into a gold rush. Because the cloud companies pushing it are all selling things such as, you know, they're taking expensive compute, large amounts of storage, and charging by the hour for it. And in response, Amanda, who runs machine learning analyst relations at AWS, sent me that by way of retaliation. And it remains one of my absolute favorite gifts. It's, where's all this creativity in the machine-learning marketing? No, instead it's, “We built a robot that can think. But what are we going to do with it now? Microsoft Excel.” Come up with some of that creativity, that energy, and put it into the marketing side of the world.Okay, someone else asks—Brooke asks, “What do I think is people's biggest misconception about me?” That's a good one. I think part of it has been my misconception for a long time about what the audience is. When I started doing this, the only people who ever wound up asking me anything or talking to me about anything on social media already knew who I was, so I didn't feel the need to explain who I am and what I do. So, people sometimes only see the witty banter on Twitter and whatnot and think that I'm just here to make fun of things.They don't notice, for example, that my jokes are never calling out individual people, unless they're basically a US senator, and they're not there to make individual humans feel bad about collectively poor corporate decision-making. I would say across the board, people think that I'm trying to be meaner than I am. I'm going to be honest and say it's a little bit insulting, just from the perspective of, if I really had an axe to grind against people who work at Amazon, for example, is this the best I'd be able to do? I'd like to think that I could at least smack a little bit harder. Speaking of, we do have a question that people sent in in advance.“When was the last time that Mike Julian gave me that look?” Easy. It would have been two days ago because we were both in the same room up in Seattle. I made a ridiculous pun, and he just stared at me. I don't remember what the pun is, but I am an incorrigible punster and as a result, Mike has learned that whatever he does when I make a pun, he cannot incorrige me. Buh-dum-tss. That's right. They're no longer puns, they're dad jokes. A pun becomes a dad joke once the punch line becomes a parent. Yes.Okay, the next one is what is my favorite AWS joke? The easy answer is something cynical and ridiculous, but that's just punching down at various service teams; it's not my goal. My personal favorite is the genie joke where a guy rubs a lamp, Genie comes out and says, “You can have a billion dollars if you can spend $100 million in a month, and you're not allowed to waste it or give it away.” And the person says, “Okay”—like, “Those are the rules.” Like, “Okay. Can I use AWS?” And the genie says, “Well, okay, there's one more rule.” I think that's kind of fun.Let's see, another one. A hardball question: given the emphasis on right-sizing for meager cost savings and the amount of engineering work required to make real architectural changes to get costs down, how do you approach cost controls in companies largely running other people's software? There are not as many companies as you might think where dialing in the specifics of a given application across the board is going to result in meaningful savings. Yes, yes, you're running something in hyperscale, it makes an awful lot of sense, but most workloads don't do that. The mistakes you most often see are misconfigurations for not knowing this arcane bit of AWS trivia, as a good example. There are often things you can do with relatively small amounts of effort. Beyond a certain point, things are going to cost what they're going to cost without a massive rearchitecture and I don't advise people do that because no one is going to be happy rearchitecting just for cost reasons. Doesn't go well.Someone asks, “I'm quite critical of AWS, which does build trust with the audience. Has AWS tried to get you to market some of their services, and would I be open to do that?” That's a great question. Yes, sometimes they do. You can tell this because they wind up buying ads in the newsletter or the podcast and they're all disclaimed as a sponsored piece of content.I do have an analyst arrangement with a couple of different cloud companies, as mentioned lastweekinaws.com/disclosures, and the reason behind that is because you can buy my attention to look at your product and talk to you in-depth about it, but you cannot buy my opinion on it. And those engagements are always tied to, let's talk about what the public is seeing about this. Now, sometimes I write about the things that I'm talking about because that's where my mind goes, but it's not about okay, now go and talk about this because we're paying you to, and don't disclose that you have a financial relationship.No, that is called fraud. I figure I can sell you as an audience out exactly once, so I better be able to charge enough money to never have to work again. Like, when you see me suddenly talk about multi-cloud being great and I became a VP at IBM, about three to six months after that, no one will ever hear from me again because I love nesting doll yacht money. It'll be great.Let's see. The next one I have on my prepared list here is, “Tell me about a time I got AWS to create a pie chart.” I wish I'd see less of it. Every once in a while I'll talk to a team and they're like, “Well, we've prepared a PowerPoint deck to show you what we're talking about.” No, Amazon is famously not a PowerPoint company and I don't know why people feel the need to repeatedly prove that point to me because slides are not always the best way to convey complex information.I prefer to read documents and then have a conversation about them as Amazon tends to do. The visual approach and the bullet lists and all the rest are just frustrating. If I'm going to do a pie chart, it's going to be in service of a joke. It's not going to be anything that is the best way to convey information in almost any sense.“How many internal documents do I think reference me by name at AWS,” is another one. And I don't know the answer to documents, but someone sent me a screenshot once of searching for my name in their Slack internal nonsense thing, and it was about 10,000 messages referenced me that it found. I don't know what they were saying. I have to assume, on some level, just something that does a belt feed from my Twitter account where it lists my name or something. But I choose to believe that no, they actually are talking about me to that level of… of extreme.Let's see, let's turn back to the chat for a sec because otherwise it just sounds like I'm doing all prepared stuff. And I'm thrilled to do that, but I'm also thrilled to wind up fielding questions from folks who are playing along on these things. “I love your talk, ‘Heresy in the Church of Docker.' Do I have any more speaking gigs planned?” Well, today's Wednesday, and this Friday, I have a talk that's going out at the CDK Community Day.I also have a couple of things coming up that are internal corporate presentations at various places. But at the moment, no. I suspect I'll be giving a talk if they accept it at SCALE in Pasadena in March of next year, but at the moment, I'm mostly focused on re:Invent, just because that is eight short weeks away and I more or less destroy the second half of my year because… well, holidays are for other people. We're going to talk about clouds, as Amazon and the rest of us dance to the tune that they play.“Look in my crystal ball; what will the industry look like in 5, 10, or 20 years?” Which is a fun one. You shouldn't listen to me on this. At all. I was the person telling you that virtualization was a flash in the pan, that cloud was never going to catch on, that Kubernetes and containers had a bunch of problems that were unlikely to be solved, and I'm actually kind of enthused about serverless which probably means it's going to flop.I am bad at predicting overall trends, but I have no problem admitting that wow, I was completely wrong on that point, which apparently is a rarer skill than it should be. I don't know what the future the industry holds. I know that we're seeing some AI value shaping up. I think that there's going to be a bit of a downturn in that sector once people realize that just calling something AI doesn't mean you make wild VC piles of money anymore. But there will be use cases that filter out of it. I don't know what they're going to look like yet, but I'm excited to see it.Okay, “Have any of the AWS services increased costs in the last year? I was having a hard time finding historical pricing charts for services.” There have been repricing stories. There have been SMS charges in India that have—and pinpointed a few other things—that wound up increasing because of a government tariff on them and that cost was passed on. Next February, they're going to be charging for public IPV4 addresses.But those tend to be the exceptions. The way that most costs tend increase have been either, it becomes far cheaper for AWS to provide a service and they don't cut the cost—data transfer being a good example—they'll also often have stories in that they're going to start launching a bunch of new things, and you'll notice that AWS bills tend to grow in time. Part of that growth, part of that is just cruft because people don't go back and clean things up. But by and large, I have not seen, “This thing that used to cost you $1 is now going to cost you $2.” That's not how AWS does pricing. Thankfully. Everyone's always been scared of something like that happening. I think that when we start seeing actual increases like that, that's when it's time to start taking a long, hard look at the way that the industry is shaping up. I don't think we're there yet.Okay. “Any plans for a Last Week in Azure or a Last Week in GCP?” Good question. If so, I won't be the person writing it. I don't think that it's reasonable to expect someone to keep up with multiple large companies and their releases. I'd also say that Azure and GCP don't release updates to services with the relentless cadence that AWS does.The reason I built the thing to start with is simply because it was difficult to gather all the information in one place, at least the stuff that I cared about with an economic impact, and by the time I'd done that, it was, well, this is 80% of the way toward republishing it for other people. I expected someone was going to point me at a thing so I didn't have to do it, and instead, everyone signed up. I don't see the need for it. I hope that in those spaces, they're better at telling their own story to the point where the only reason someone would care about a newsletter would be just my sarcasm tied into whatever was released. But that's not something that I'm paying as much attention to, just because my customers are on AWS, my stuff is largely built on AWS, it's what I have to care about.Let's see here. “What do I look forward to at re:Invent?” Not being at re:Invent anymore. I'm there for eight nights a year. That is shitty cloud Chanukah come to life for me. I'm there to set things up in advance, I'm there to tear things down at the end, and I'm trying to have way too many meetings in the middle of all of that. I am useless for the rest of the year after re:Invent, so I just basically go home and breathe into a bag forever.I had a revelation last year about re:Play, which is that I don't have to go to it if I don't want to go. And I don't like the cold, the repetitive music, the giant crowds. I want to go read a book in a bathtub and call it a night, and that's what I hope to do. In practice, I'll probably go grab dinner with other people who feel the same way. I also love the Drink Up I do there every year over at Atomic Liquors. I believe this year, we're partnering with the folks over at RedMonk because a lot of the people we want to talk to are in the same groups.It's just a fun event: show up, let us buy you drinks. There's no badge scan or any nonsense like that. We just want to talk to people who care to come out and visit. I love doing that. It's probably my favorite part of re:Invent other than not being at re:Invent. It's going to be on November 29th this year. If you're listening to this, please come on by if you're unfortunate enough to be in Las Vegas.Someone else had a good question I want to talk about here. “I'm a TAM for AWS. Cost optimization is one of our functions. What do you wish we would do better after all the easy button things such as picking the right instance and family, savings plans RIs, turning off or delete orphan resources, watching out for inefficient data transfer patterns, et cetera?” I'm going to back up and say that you're begging the question here, in that you aren't doing the easy things, at least not at scale, not globally.I used to think that all of my customer engagements would be, okay after the easy stuff, what's next? I love those projects, but in so many cases, I show up and those easy things have not been done. “Well, that just means that your customers haven't been asking their TAM.” Every customer I've had has asked their TAM first. “Should we ask the free expert or the one that charges us a large but reasonable fixed fee? Let's try the free thing first.”The quality of that advice is uneven. I wish that there were at least a solid baseline. I would love to get to a point where I can assume that I can go ahead and be able to just say, “Okay, you've clearly got your RI stuff, you're right-sizing, you're deleting stuff you're not using, taken care of. Now, let's look at the serious architecture stuff.” It's just rare that I get to see it.“What tool, feature, or widget do I wish AWS would build into the budget console?” I want to be able to set a dollar figure, maybe it's zero, maybe it's $20, maybe it is irrelevant, but above whatever I set, the account will not charge me above that figure, period. If that means they have to turn things off if that means they had to delete portions of data, great. But I want that assurance because even now when I kick the tires in a new service, I get worried that I'm going to wind up with a surprise bill because I didn't understand some very subtle interplay of the dynamics. And if I'm worried about that, everyone else is going to wind up getting caught by that stuff, too.I want the freedom to experiment and if it smacks into a wall, okay, cool. That's $20. That was worth learning that. Whatever. I want the ability to not be charged unreasonable overages. And I'm not worried about it turning from 20 into 40. I'm worried about it turning from 20 into 300,000. Like, there's the, “Oh, that's going to have a dent on the quarterlies,” style of [numb 00:16:01]—All right. Someone also asked, “What is the one thing that AWS could do that I believe would reduce costs for both AWS and their customers. And no, canceling re:Invent doesn't count.” I don't think about it in that way because believe it or not, most of my customers don't come to me asking to reduce their bill. They think they do at the start, but what they're trying to do is understand it. They're trying to predict it.Yes, they want to turn off the waste in the rest, but by and large, there are very few AWS offerings that you take a look at and realize what you're getting for it and say, “Nah, that's too expensive.” It can be expensive for certain use cases, but the dangerous part is when the costs are unpredictable. Like, “What's it going to cost me to run this big application in my data center?” The answer is usually, “Well, run it for a month, and then we'll know.” But that's an expensive and dangerous way to go about finding things out.I think that customers don't care about reducing costs as much as they think; they care about controlling them, predicting them, and understanding them. So, how would they make things less expensive? I don't know. I suspect that data transfer if they were to reduce that at least cross-AZ or eliminate it ideally, you'd start seeing a lot more compute usage in multiple AZs. I've had multiple clients who are not spinning things up in multi-AZ, specifically because they'll take the reliability trade-off over the extreme cost of all the replication flowing back and forth. Aside from that, they mostly get a lot of the value right in how they price things, which I don't think people have heard me say before, but it is true.Someone asked a question here of, “Any major trends that I'm seeing in EDP/PPA negotiations?” Yeah, lately, in particular. Used to be that you would have a Marketplace as the fallback, where it used to be that 50 cents of every dollar you spent on Marketplace would count. Now, it's a hundred percent up to a quarter of your commit. Great.But when you have a long-term commitment deal with Amazon, now they're starting to push for all—put all your other vendors onto the AWS Marketplace so you can have a bigger commit and thus a bigger discount, which incidentally, the discount does not apply to Marketplace spend. A lot of folks are uncomfortable with having Amazon as the middleman between all of their vendor relationships. And a lot of the vendors aren't super thrilled with having to pay percentages of existing customer relationships to Amazon for what they perceive to be remarkably little value. That's the current one.I'm not seeing generative AI play a significant stake in this yet. People are still experimenting with it. I'm not seeing, “Well, we're spending $100 million a year, but make that 150 because of generative AI.” It's expensive to play with gen-AI stuff, but it's not driving the business spend yet. But that's the big trend that I'm seeing over the past, eh, I would say, few months.“Do I use AWS for personal projects?” The first problem there is, well, what's a personal project versus a work thing? My life is starting to flow in a bunch of weird different ways. The answer is yes. Most of the stuff that I build for funsies is on top of AWS, though there are exceptions. “Should I?” Is the follow-up question and the answer to that is, “It depends.”The person is worrying about cost overruns. So, am I. I tend to not be a big fan of uncontrolled downside risk when something winds up getting exposed. I think that there are going to be a lot of caveats there. I know what I'm doing and I also have the backstop, in my case, of, I figure I can have a big billing screw-up or I have to bend the knee and apologize and beg for a concession from AWS, once.It'll probably be on a billboard or something one of these days. Lord knows I have it coming to me. That's something I can use as a get-out-of-jail-free card. Most people can't make that guarantee, and so I would take—if—depending on the environment that you know and what you want to build, there are a lot of other options: buying a fixed-fee VPS somewhere if that's how you tend to think about things might very well be a cost-effective for you, depending on what you're building. There's no straight answer to this.“Do I think Azure will lose any market share with recent cybersecurity kerfuffles specific to Office 365 and nation-state actors?” No, I don't. And the reason behind that is that a lot of Azure spend is not necessarily Azure usage; it's being rolled into enterprise agreements customers negotiate as part of their on-premises stuff, their operating system licenses, their Office licensing, and the rest. The business world is not going to stop using Excel and Word and PowerPoint and Outlook. They're not going to stop putting Windows on desktop stuff. And largely, customers don't care about security.They say they do, they often believe that they do, but I see where the bills are. I see what people spend on feature development, I see what they spend on core infrastructure, and I see what they spend on security services. And I have conversations about budgeting with what are you doing with a lot of these things? The companies generally don't care about this until right after they really should have cared. And maybe that's a rational effect.I mean, take a look at most breaches. And a year later, their stock price is larger than it was when they dispose the breach. Sure, maybe they're burning through their ablated CISO, but the business itself tends to succeed. I wish that there were bigger consequences for this. I have talked to folks who will not put specific workloads on Azure as a result of this. “Will you talk about that publicly?” “No, because who can afford to upset Microsoft?”I used to have guests from Microsoft on my show regularly. They don't talk to me and haven't for a couple of years. Scott Guthrie, the head of Azure, has been on this show. The problem I have is that once you start criticizing their security posture, they go quiet. They clearly don't like me.But their options are basically to either ice me out or play around with my seven seats for Office licensing, which, okay, whatever. They don't have a stick to hit me with, in the way that they do most companies. And whether that's true or not that they're going to lash out like that, companies don't want to take the risk of calling Microsoft out in public. Too big to be criticized as sort of how that works.Let's see, someone else asks, “How can a startup get the most out of its startup status with AWS?” You're not going to get what you think you want from AWS in this context. “Oh, we're going to be a featured partner so they market us.” I've yet to hear a story about how being featured by AWS for something has dramatically changed the fortunes of a startup. Usually, they'll do that when there's either a big social mission and you never hear about the company again, or they're a darling of the industry that's taking the world by fire and they're already [at 00:22:24] upward swing and AWS wants to hang out with those successful people in public and be seen to do so.The actual way that startup stuff is going to manifest itself well for you from AWS is largely in the form of credits as you go through Activate or one of their other programs. But be careful. Treat them like actual money, not this free thing you don't have to worry about. One day they expire or run out and suddenly you're going from having no dollars going to AWS to ten grand a month and people aren't prepared for that. It's, “Wait. So you mean this costs money? Oh, my God.”You have to approach it with a sense of discipline. But yeah, once you—if you can do that, yeah, free money and a free cloud bill for a few years? That's not nothing. I also would question the idea of being able to ask a giant company that's worth a trillion-and-a-half dollars and advice for how to be a startup. I find that one's always a little on the humorous side myself.“What do I think is the most underrated service or feature release from 2023? Full disclosures, this means I'll make some content about it,” says Brooke over at AWS. Oh, that's a good question. I'm trying to remember when various things have come out and it all tends to run together. I think that people are criticizing AWS for charging for IPV4 an awful lot, and I think that that is a terrific change, just because I've seen how wasteful companies are with public IP addresses, which are basically an exhausted or rapidly exhausting resource.And they just—you spend tens or hundreds of thousands of these things and don't use reason to think about that. It'll be one of the best things that we've seen for IPV6 adoption once AWS figures out how to make that work. And I would say that there's a lot to be said for since, you know, IPV4 is exhausted already, now we're talking about can we get them on the secondary markets, you need a reasonable IP plan to get some of those. And… “Well, we just give them the customers and they throw them away.” I want AWS to continue to be able to get those for the stuff that the rest of us are working on, not because one big company uses a million of them, just because, “Oh, what do you mean private IP addresses? What might those be?” That's part of it.I would say that there's also been… thinking back on this, it's unsung, the compute optimizer is doing a lot better at recommending things than it used to be. It was originally just giving crap advice, and over time, it started giving advice that's actually solid and backs up what I've seen. It's not perfect, and I keep forgetting it's there because, for some godforsaken reason, it's its own standalone service, rather than living in the billing console where it belongs. But no one's excited about a service like that to the point where they talk about or create content about it, but it's good, and it's getting better all the time. That's probably a good one. They recently announced the ability for it to do GPU instances which, okay great, for people who care about that, awesome, but it's not exciting. Even I don't think I paid much attention to it in the newsletter.Okay, “Does it make economic sense to bring your own IP addresses to AWS instead of paying their fees?” Bring your own IP, if you bring your own allocation to AWS, costs you nothing in terms of AWS costs. You take a look at the market rate per IP address versus what AWS costs, you'll hit break even within your first year if you do it. So yeah, it makes perfect economic sense to do it if you have the allocation and if you have the resourcing, as well as the ability to throw people at the problem to do the migration. It can be a little hairy if you're not careful. But the economics, the benefit is clear on that once you account for those variables.Let's see here. We've also got tagging. “Everyone nods their heads that they know it's the key to controlling things, but how effective are people at actually tagging, especially when new to cloud?” They're terrible at it. They're never going to tag things appropriately. Automation is the way to do it because otherwise, you're going to spend the rest of your life chasing developers and asking them to tag things appropriately, and then they won't, and then they'll feel bad about it. No one enjoys that conversation.So, having derived tags and the rest, or failing that, having some deployment gate as early in the process as possible of, “Oh, what's the tag for this?” Is the only way you're going to start to see coverage on this. And ideally, someday you'll go back and tag a bunch of pre-existing stuff. But it's honestly the thing that everyone hates the most on this. I have never seen a company that says, “We are thrilled with our with our tag coverage. We're nailing it.” The only time you see that is pure greenfield, everything done without ClickOps, and those environments are vanishingly rare.“Outside a telecom are customers using local zones more, or at all?” Very, very limited as far as what their usage looks like on that. Because that's… it doesn't buy you as much as you'd think for most workloads. The real benefit is a little more expensive, but it's also in specific cities where there are not AWS regions, and at least in the United States where the majority of my clients are, there is not meaningful latency differences, for example, from in Los Angeles versus up to Oregon, since no one should be using the Northern California region because it's really expensive. It's a 20-millisecond round trip, which in most cases, for most workloads, is fine.Gaming companies are big exception to this. Getting anything they can as close to the customer as possible is their entire goal, which very often means they don't even go with some of the cloud providers in some places. That's one of those actual multi-cloud workloads that you want to be able to run anywhere that you can get a baseline computer up to run a container or a golden image or something. That is the usual case. The rest are, for local zones, is largely going to be driven by specific one-off weird things. Good question.Let's see, “Is S3 intelligent tiering good enough or is it worth trying to do it yourself?” Your default choice for almost everything should be intelligent tiering in 2023. It winds up costing you more only in very specific circumstances that are unlikely to be anything other than a corner case for what you're doing. And the exceptions to this are, large workloads that are running a lot of S3 stuff where the lifecycle is very well understood, environments where you're not going to be storing your data for more than 30 days in any case and you can do a lifecycle policy around it. Other than those use cases, yeah, the monitoring fee is not significant in any environment I've ever seen.And people view—touch their data a lot less than they believe. So okay, there's a monitoring fee for object, yes, but it also cuts your raw storage cost in half for things that aren't frequently touched. So, you know, think about it. Run your own numbers and also be aware that first month as it transitions in, you're going to see massive transition charges per object, but wants it's an intelligent tiering, there's no further transition charges, which is nice.Let's see here. “We're all-in on serverless”—oh good, someone drank the Kool-Aid, too—“And for our use cases, it works great. Do I find other customers moving to it and succeeding?” Yeah, I do when they're moving to it because for certain workloads, it makes an awful lot of sense. For others, it requires a complete reimagining of whatever it is that you're doing.The early successes were just doing these periodic jobs. Now, we're seeing full applications built on top of event-driven architectures, which is really neat to see. But trying to retrofit something that was never built with that in mind can be more trouble than it's worth. And there are corner cases where building something on serverless would cost significantly more than building it in a server-ful way. But its time has come for an awful lot of stuff. Now, what I don't subscribe to is this belief that oh, if you're not building something serverless you're doing it totally wrong. No, that is not true. That has never been true.Let's see what else have we got here? Oh, “Following up on local zones, how about Outposts? Do I see much adoption? What's the primary use case or cases?” My customers inherently are coming to me because of a large AWS bill. If they're running Outposts, it is extremely unlikely that they are putting significant portions of their spend through the Outpost. It tends to be something of a rounding error, which means I don't spend a lot of time focusing on it.They obviously have some existing data center workloads and data center facilities where they're going to take an AWS-provided rack and slap it in there, but it's not going to be in the top 10 or even top 20 list of service spend in almost every case as a result, so it doesn't come up. One of the big secrets of how we approach things is we start with a big number first and then work our way down instead of going alphabetically. So yes, I've seen customers using them and the customers I've talked to at re:Invent who are using them are very happy with them for the use cases, but it's not a common approach. I'm not a huge fan of the rest.“Someone said the Basecamp saved a million-and-a-half a year by leaving AWS. I know you say repatriation isn't a thing people are doing, but has my view changed at all since you've published that blog post?” No, because everyone's asking me about Basecamp and it's repatriation, and that's the only use case that they've got for this. Let's further point out that a million-and-a-half a year is not as many engineers as you might think it is when you wind up tying that all together. And now those engineers are spending time running that environment.Does it make sense for them? Probably. I don't know their specific context. I know that a million-and-a-half dollars a year to—even if they had to spend that for the marketing coverage that they're getting as a result of this, makes perfect sense. But cloud has never been about raw cost savings. It's about feature velocity.If you have a data center and you move it to the cloud, you're not going to recoup that investment for at least five years. Migrations are inherently expensive. It does not create the benefits that people often believe that they do. That becomes a painful problem for folks. I would say that there's a lot more noise than there are real-world stories [hanging 00:31:57] out about these things.Now, I do occasionally see a specific workload that is moved back to a data center for a variety of reasons—occasionally cost but not always—and I see proof-of-concept projects that they don't pursue and then turn off. Some people like to call that a repatriation. No, I call it as, “We tried and it didn't do what we wanted it to do so we didn't proceed.” Like, if you try that with any other project, no one says, “Oh, you're migrating off of it.” No, you're not. You tested it, it didn't do what it needed to do. I do see net-new workloads going into data centers, but that's not the same thing.Let's see. “Are the talks at re:Invent worth it anymore? I went to a lot of the early re:Invents and haven't and about five years. I found back then that even the level 400 talks left a lot to be desired.” Okay. I'm not a fan of attending conference talks most of the time, just because there's so many things I need to do at all of these events that I would rather spend the time building relationships and having conversations.The talks are going to be on YouTube a week later, so I would rather get to know the people building the service so I can ask them how to inappropriately use it as a database six months later than asking questions about the talk. Conference-ware is often the thing. Re:Invent always tends to have an AWS employee on stage as well. And I'm not saying that makes these talks less authentic, but they're also not going to get through slide review of, “Well, we tried to build this onto this AWS service and it was a terrible experience. Let's tell you about that as a war story.” Yeah, they're going to shoot that down instantly even though failure stories are so compelling, about here's what didn't work for us and how we got there. It's the lessons learned type of thing.Whenever you have as much control as re:Invent exhibits over its speakers, you know that a lot of those anecdotes are going to be significantly watered down. This is not to impugn any of the speakers themselves; this is the corporate mind continuing to grow to a point where risk mitigation and downside protection becomes the primary driving goal.Let's pull up another one from the prepared list here. “My most annoying, overpriced, or unnecessary charge service in AWS.” AWS Config. It's a tax on using the cloud as the cloud. When you have a high config bill, it's because it charges you every time you change the configuration of something you have out there. It means you're spinning up and spinning down EC2 instances, whereas you're going to have a super low config bill if you, you know, treat it like a big dumb data center.It's a tax on accepting the promises under which cloud has been sold. And it's necessary for a number of other things like Security Hub. Control Towers magic-deploys it everywhere and makes it annoying to turn off. And I think that that is a pure rent-seeking charge because people aren't incurring config charges if they're not already using a lot of AWS things. Not every service needs to make money in a vacuum. It's, “Well, we don't charge anything for this because our users are going to spend an awful lot of money on storing things in S3 to use our service.” Great. That's a good thing. You don't have to pile charge upon charge upon charge upon charge. It drives me a little bit nuts.Let's see what else we have here as far as questions go. “Which AWS service delights me the most?” Eesh, depends on the week. S3 has always been a great service just because it winds up turning big storage that usually—used to require a lot of maintenance and care into something I don't think about very much. It's getting smarter and smarter all the time. The biggest lie is the ‘Simple' in its name: ‘Simple Storage Service.' At this point, if that's simple, I really don't want to know what you think complex would look like.“By following me on Twitter, someone gets a lot of value from things I mention offhandedly as things everybody just knows. For example, which services are quasi-deprecated or outdated, or what common practices are anti-patterns? Is there a way to learn this kind of thing all in one go, as in a website or a book that reduces AWS to these are the handful of services everybody actually uses, and these are the most commonly sensible ways to do it?” I wish. The problem is that a lot of the stuff that everyone knows, no, it's stuff that at most, maybe half of the people who are engaging with it knew.They find out by hearing from other people the way that you do or by trying something and failing and realizing, ohh, this doesn't work the way that I want it to. It's one of the more insidious forms of cloud lock-in. You know how a service works, how a service breaks, what the constraints are around when it starts and it stops. And that becomes something that's a hell of a lot scarier when you have to realize, I'm going to pick a new provider instead and relearn all of those things. The reason I build things on AWS these days is honestly because I know the ways it sucks. I know the painful sharp edges. I don't have to guess where they might be hiding. I'm not saying that these sharp edges aren't painful, but when you know they're there in advance, you can do an awful lot to guard against that.“Do I believe the big two—AWS and Azure—cloud providers have agreed between themselves not to launch any price wars as they already have an effective monopoly between them and [no one 00:36:46] win in a price war?” I don't know if there's ever necessarily an explicit agreement on that, but business people aren't foolish. Okay, if we're going to cut our cost of service, instantly, to undercut a competitor, every serious competitor is going to do the same thing. The only reason to do that is if you believe your margins are so wildly superior to your competitors that you can drive them under by doing that or if you have the ability to subsidize your losses longer than they can remain a going concern. Microsoft and Amazon are—and Google—are not in a position where, all right, we're going to drive them under.They can both subsidize losses basically forever on a lot of these things and they realize it's a game you don't win in, I suspect. The real pricing pressure on that stuff seems to come from customers, when all right, I know it's big and expensive upfront to buy a SAN, but when that starts costing me less than S3 on a per-petabyte basis, that's when you start to see a lot of pricing changing in the market. The one thing I haven't seen that take effect on is data transfer. You could be forgiven for believing that data transfer still cost as much as it did in the 1990s. It does not.“Is AWS as far behind in AI as they appear?” I think a lot of folks are in the big company space. And they're all stammering going, “We've been doing this for 20 years.” Great, then why are all of your generative AI services, A, bad? B, why is Alexa so terrible? C, why is it so clear that everything you have pre-announced and not brought to market was very clearly not envisioned as a product to be going to market this year until 300 days ago, when Chat-Gippity burst onto the scene and OpenAI [stole a march 00:38:25] on everyone?Companies are sprinting to position themselves as leaders in the AI space, despite the fact that they've gotten lapped by basically a small startup that's seven years old. Everyone is trying to work the word AI into things, but it always feels contrived to me. Frankly, it tells me that I need to just start tuning the space out for a year until things settle down and people stop describing metric math or anomaly detection is AI. Stop it. So yeah, I'd say if anything, they're worse than they appear as far as from behind goes.“I mostly focus on AWS. Will I ever cover Azure?” There are certain things that would cause me to do that, but that's because I don't want to be the last Perl consultancy is the entire world has moved off to Python. And effectively, my focus on AWS is because that's where the painful problems I know how to fix live. But that's not a suicide pact. I'm not going to ride that down in flames.But I can retool for a different cloud provider—if that's what the industry starts doing—far faster than AWS can go from its current market-leading status to irrelevance. There are certain triggers that would cause me to do that, but at the time, I don't see them in the near term and I don't have any plans to begin covering other things. As mentioned, people want me to talk about the things I'm good at not the thing that makes me completely nonsensical.“Which AWS services look like a good idea, but pricing-wise, they're going to kill you once you have any scale, especially the ones that look okay pricing-wise but aren't really and it's hard to know going in?” CloudTrail data events, S3 Bucket Access logging any of the logging services really, Managed NAT Gateways in a bunch of cases. There's a lot that starts to get really expensive once you hit certain points of scale with a corollary that everyone thinks that everything they're building is going to scale globally and that's not true. I don't build things as a general rule with the idea that I'm going to get ten million users on it tomorrow because by the time I get from nothing to substantial workloads, I'm going to have multiple refactors of what I've done. I want to get things out the door as fast as possible and if that means that later in time, oh, I accidentally built Pinterest. What am I going to do? Well, okay, yeah, I'm going to need to rebuild a whole bunch of stuff, but I'll have the user traffic and mindshare and market share to finance that growth.Early optimization on stuff like this causes a lot more problems than it solves. “Best practices and anti-patterns in managing AWS costs. For context, you once told me about a role that I had taken that you'd seen lots of companies tried to create that role and then said that the person rarely lasts more than a few months because it just isn't effective. You were right, by the way.” Imagine that I sometimes know what I'm talking about.When it comes to managing costs, understand what your goal is here, what you're actually trying to achieve. Understand it's going to be a cross-functional work between people in finance and people that engineering. It is first and foremost, an engineering problem—you learn that at your peril—and making someone be the human gateway to spin things up means that they're going to quit, basically, instantly. Stop trying to shame different teams without understanding their constraints.Savings Plans are a great example. They apply biggest discount first, which is what you want. Less money going out the door to Amazon, but that makes it look like anything with a low discount percentage, like any workload running on top of Microsoft Windows, is not being responsible because they're always on demand. And you're inappropriately shaming a team for something completely out of their control. There's a point where optimization no longer makes sense. Don't apply it to greenfield projects or skunkworks. Things you want to see if the thing is going to work first. You can optimize it later. Starting out with a, ‘step one: spend as little as possible' is generally not a recipe for success.What else have we got here? I've seen some things fly by in the chat that are probably worth mentioning here. Some of it is just random nonsense, but other things are, I'm sure, tied to various questions here. “With geopolitics shaping up to govern tech data differently in each country, does it make sense to even build a globally distributed B2B SaaS?” Okay, I'm going to tackle this one in a way that people will probably view as a bit of an attack, but it's something I see asked a lot by folks trying to come up with business ideas.At the outset, I'm a big believer in, if you're building something, solve it for a problem and a use case that you intrinsically understand. That is going to mean the customers with whom you speak. Very often, the way business is done in different countries and different cultures means that in some cases, this thing that's a terrific idea in one country is not going to see market adoption somewhere else. There's a better approach to build for the market you have and the one you're addressing rather than aspirational builds. I would also say that it potentially makes sense if there are certain things you know are going to happen, like okay, we validated our marketing and yeah, it turns out that we're building an image resizing site. Great. People in Germany and in the US all both need to resize images.But you know, going in that there's going to be a data residency requirement, so architecting, from day one with an idea that you can have a partition that winds up storing its data separately is always going to be to your benefit. I find aligning whatever you're building with the idea of not being creepy is often a great plan. And there's always the bring your own storage approach to, great, as a customer, you can decide where your data gets stored in your account—charge more for that, sure—but then that na—it becomes their problem. Anything that gets you out of the regulatory critical path is usually a good idea. But with all the problems I would have building a business, that is so far down the list for almost any use case I could ever see pursuing that it's just one of those, you have a half-hour conversation with someone who's been down the path before if you think it might apply to what you're doing, but then get back to the hard stuff. Like, worry on the first two or three steps rather than step 90 just because you'll get there eventually. You don't want to make your future life harder, but you also don't want to spend all your time optimizing early, before you've validated you're actually building something useful.“What unique feature of AWS do I most want to see on other cloud providers and vice versa?” The vice versa is easy. I love that Google Cloud by default has the everything in this project—which is their account equivalent—can talk to everything else, which means that humans aren't just allowing permissions to the universe because it's hard. And I also like that billing is tied to an individual project. ‘Terminate all billable resources in this project' is a button-click away and that's great.Now, what do I wish other cloud providers would take from AWS? Quite honestly, the customer obsession. It's still real. I know it sounds like it's a funny talking point or the people who talk about this the most under the cultists, but they care about customer problems. Back when no one had ever heard of me before and my AWS Bill was seven bucks, whenever I had a problem with a service and I talked about this in passing to folks, Amazonians showed up out of nowhere to help make sure that my problem got answered, that I was taken care of, that I understood what I was misunderstanding, or in some cases, the feedback went to the product team.I see too many companies across the board convinced that they themselves know best about what customers need. That occasionally can be true, but not consistently. When customers are screaming for something, give them what they need, or frankly, get out of the way so someone else can. I mean, I know someone's expecting me to name a service or something, but we've gotten past the point, to my mind, of trying to do an apples-to-oranges comparison in terms of different service offerings. If you want to build a website using any reasonable technology, there's a whole bunch of companies now that have the entire stack for you. Pick one. Have fun.We've got time for a few more here. Also, feel free to drop more questions in. I'm thrilled to wind up answering any of these things. Have I seen any—here's one that about Babelfish, for example, from Justin [Broadly 00:46:07]. “Have I seen anyone using Babelfish in the wild? It seems like it was a great idea that didn't really work or had major trade-offs.”It's a free open-source project that translates from one kind of database SQL to a different kind of database SQL. There have been a whole bunch of attempts at this over the years, and in practice, none of them have really panned out. I have seen no indications that Babelfish is different. If someone at AWS works on this or is a customer using Babelfish and say, “Wait, that's not true,” please tell me because all I'm saying is I have not seen it and I don't expect that I will. But I'm always willing to be wrong. Please, if I say something at some point that someone disagrees with, please reach out to me. I don't intend to perpetuate misinformation.“Purely hypothetically”—yeah, it's always great to ask things hypothetically—“In the companies I work with, which group typically manages purchasing savings plans, the ops team, finance, some mix of both?” It depends. The sad answer is, “What's a savings plan,” asks the company, and then we have an educational path to go down. Often it is individual teams buying them ad hoc, which can work, cannot as long as everyone's on the same page. Central planning, in a bunch of—a company that's past a certain point in sophistication is where everything winds up leading to.And that is usually going to be a series of discussions, ideally run by that group in a cross-functional way. They can be cost engineering, they can be optimization engineering, I've heard it described in a bunch of different ways. But that is—increasingly as the sophistication of your business and the magnitude of your spend increases, the sophistication of how you approach this should change as well. Early on, it's the offense of some VP of engineering at a startup. Like, “Oh, that's a lot of money,” running the analyzer and clicking the button to buy what it says. That's not a bad first-pass attempt. And then I think getting smaller and smaller buys as you continue to proceed means you can start to—it no longer becomes the big giant annual decision and instead becomes part of a frequently used process. That works pretty well, too.Is there anything else that I want to make sure I get to before we wind up running this down? To the folks in the comments, this is your last chance to throw random, awkward questions my way. I'm thrilled to wind up taking any slings, arrows, et cetera, that you care to throw my way a going once, going twice style. Okay, “What is the most esoteric or shocking item on the AWS bill that you ever found with one of your customers?” All right, it's been long enough, and I can say it without naming the customer, so that'll be fun.My personal favorite was a high five-figure bill for Route 53. I joke about using Route 53 as a database. It can be, but there are better options. I would say that there are a whole bunch of use cases for Route 53 and it's a great service, but when it's that much money, it occasions comment. It turned out that—we discovered, in fact, a data exfiltration in progress which made it now a rather clever security incident.And, “This call will now be ending for the day and we're going to go fix that. Thanks.” It's like I want a customer testimonial on that one, but for obvious reasons, we didn't get one. But that was probably the most shocking thing. The depressing thing that I see the most—and this is the core of the cost problem—is not when the numbers are high. It's when I ask about a line item that drives significant spend, and the customer is surprised.I don't like it when customers don't know what they're spending money on. If your service surprises customers when they realize what it costs, you have failed. Because a lot of things are expensive and customers know that and they're willing to take the value in return for the cost. That's fine. But tricking customers does not serve anyone well, even your own long-term interests. I promise.“Have I ever had to reject a potential client because they had a tangled mess that was impossible to tackle, or is there always a way?” It's never the technology that will cause us not to pursue working with a given company. What will is, like, if you go to our website at duckbillgroup.com, you're not going to see a ‘Buy Here' button where you ‘add one consulting, please' to your shopping cart and call it a day.It's a series of conversations. And what we will try to make sure is, what is your goal? Who's aligned with it? What are the problems you're having in getting there? And what does success look like? Who else is involved in this? And it often becomes clear that people don't like the current situation, but there's no outcome with which they would be satisfied.Or they want something that we do not do. For example, “We want you to come in and implement all of your findings.” We are advisory. We do not know the specifics of your environment and—or your deployment processes or the rest. We're not an engineering shop. We charge a fixed fee and part of the way we can do that is by controlling the scope of what we do. “Well, you know, we have some AWS bills, but we really want to—we really care about is our GCP bill or our Datadog bill.” Great. We don't focus on either of those things. I mean, I can just come in and sound competent, but that's not what adding value as a consultant is about. It's about being authoritatively correct. Great question, though.“How often do I receive GovCloud cost optimization requests? Does the compliance and regulation that these customers typically have keep them from making the needed changes?” It doesn't happen often and part of the big reason behind that is that when we're—and if you're in GovCloud, it's probably because you are a significant governmental entity. There's not a lot of private sector in GovCloud for almost every workload there. Yes, there are exceptions; we don't tend to do a whole lot with them.And the government procurement process is a beast. We can sell and service three to five commercial engagements in the time it takes to negotiate a single GovCloud agreement with a customer, so it just isn't something that we focused. We don't have the scale to wind up tackling that down. Let's also be clear that, in many cases, governments don't view money the same way as enterprise, which in part is a good thing, but it also means that, “This cloud thing is too expensive,” is never the stated problem. Good question.“Waffles or pancakes?” Is another one. I… tend to go with eggs, personally. It just feels like empty filler in the morning. I mean, you could put syrup on anything if you're bold enough, so if it's just a syrup delivery vehicle, there are other paths to go.And I believe we might have exhausted the question pool. So, I want to thank you all for taking the time to talk with me. Once again, I am Cloud Economist Corey Quinn. And this is a very special live episode of Screaming in the Cloud. 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Chris Farris, Cloud Security Nerd at PrimeHarbor Technologies, LLC, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss his new project, breaches.cloud, and why he feels having a centralized location for cloud security breach information is so important. Corey and Chris also discuss what it means to dive into entrepreneurship, including both the benefits of not having to work within a corporate structure and the challenges that come with running your own business. Chris also reveals what led him to start breaches.cloud, and what he's learned about some of the biggest cloud security breaches so far. About ChrisChris Farris is a highly experienced IT professional with a career spanning over 25 years. During this time, he has focused on various areas, including Linux, networking, and security. For the past eight years, he has been deeply involved in public-cloud and public-cloud security in media and entertainment, leveraging his expertise to build and evolve multiple cloud security programs.Chris is passionate about enabling the broader security team's objectives of secure design, incident response, and vulnerability management. He has developed cloud security standards and baselines to provide risk-based guidance to development and operations teams. As a practitioner, he has architected and implemented numerous serverless and traditional cloud applications, focusing on deployment, security, operations, and financial modeling.He is one of the organizers of the fwd:cloudsec conference and presented at various AWS conferences and BSides events. Chris shares his insights on security and technology on social media platforms like Twitter, Mastodon and his website https://www.chrisfarris.com.Links Referenced: fwd:cloudsec: https://fwdcloudsec.org/ breaches.cloud: https://breaches.cloud Twitter: https://twitter.com/jcfarris Company Site: https://www.primeharbor.com TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud, I'm Corey Quinn. My returning guest today is Chris Farris, now at PrimeHarbor, which is his own consultancy. Chris, welcome back. Last time we spoke, you were a Turbot, and now you've decided to go independent because you don't like sleep anymore.Chris: Yeah, I don't like sleep.Corey: [laugh]. It's one of those things where when I went independent, at least in my case, everyone thought that it was, oh, I have this grand vision of what the world could be and how I could look at these things, and that's going to just be great and awesome and everyone's going to just be a better world for it. In my case, it was, no, just there was quite literally nothing else for me to do that didn't feel like an exact reframing of what I'd already been doing for years. I'm a terrible employee and setting out on my own was important. It was the only way I found that I could wind up getting to a place of not worrying about getting fired all the time because that was my particular skill set. And I look back at it now, almost seven years in, and it's one of those things where if I had known then what I know now, I never would have started.Chris: Well, that was encouraging. Thank you [laugh].Corey: Oh, of course. And in sincerity, it's not one of those things where there's any one thing that stops you, but it's the, a lot of people get into the independent consulting dance because they want to do a thing and they're very good at that thing and they love that thing. The problem is, when you're independent, and at least starting out, I was spending over 70% of my time on things that were not billable, which included things like go and find new clients, go and talk to existing clients, the freaking accounting. One of the first hires I made was a fractional CFO, which changed my life. Up until that, my business partner and I were more or less dead reckoning of looking at the bank account and how much money is in there to determine if we could afford things. That's a very unsophisticated way of navigating. It's like driving by braille.Chris: Yeah, I think I went into it mostly as a way to define my professional identity outside of my W-2 employer. I had built cloud security programs for two major media companies and felt like that was my identity: I was the cloud security person for these companies. And so, I was like, ehh, why don't I just define myself as myself, rather than define myself as being part of a company that, in the media space, they are getting overwhelmed by change, and job security, job satisfaction, wasn't really something that I could count on.Corey: One of the weird things that I found—it's counterintuitive—is that when you're independent, you have gotten to a point where you have hit a point of sustainability, where you're not doing the oh, I'm just going to go work for 40 billable hours a week for a client. It's just like being an employee without a bunch of protections and extra steps. That doesn't work super well. But now, at the point where I'm at where the largest client we have is a single-digit percentage of revenue, I can't get fired anymore, without having a whole bunch of people suddenly turn on me because I've done something monstrous, in which case, I probably deserve not to have business anymore, or there's something systemic in the macro environment, which given that I do the media side and I do the cost-cutting side, I work on the way up, I work on the way down, I'm questioning what that looks like in a scenario that doesn't involve me hunting for food. But it's counterintuitive to people who have been employees their whole life, like I was, where, oh, it's risky and dangerous to go out on your own.Chris: It's risky and dangerous to be, you know, tied to a single, yeah, W-2 paycheck. So.Corey: Yeah. The question I'd like to ask is, how many people need to be really pissed off before you have one of those conversations with HR that doesn't involve giving you a cup of coffee? That's the tell: when you don't get coffee, it's a bad conversation.Chris: Actually, that you haven't seen [unintelligible 00:04:25] coffee these days. You don't want the cup of coffee, you know. That's—Corey: Even when they don't give you the crappy percolator navy coffee, like, midnight hobo diner style, it's still going to be a bad meeting because [unintelligible 00:04:37] pretend the coffee's palatable.Chris: Perhaps, yes. I like not having to deal with my own HR department. And I do agree that yeah, getting out of the W-2 space allows me to work on side projects that interests me or, you know, volunteer to do things like continuing the fwd:cloudsec, developing breaches.cloud, et cetera.Corey: I'll never forget, one of my last jobs I had a boss who walked past and saw me looking at Reddit and asked me if that was really the best use of my time. At first—it was in, I think, the sysadmin forum at the time, so yes, it was very much the best use of my time for the problem I was focusing on, but also, even if it wasn't, I spent an inordinate amount of time on social media, just telling stories and building audiences, on some level. That's the weird thing is that what counts as work versus what doesn't count as work gets very squishy when you're doing your own marketing.Chris: True. And even when I was a W-2 employee, I spent a lot of time on Twitter because Twitter was an intel source for us. It was like, “Hey, who's talking about the latest cloud security misconfigurations? Who's talking about the latest data breach? What is Mandiant tweeting about?” It was, you know—I consider it part of my job to be on Twitter and watching things.Corey: Oh, people ask me that. “So, you're on Twitter an awful lot. Don't you have a newsletter to write?” Like, yeah, where do you think that content comes from, buddy?Chris: Exactly. Twitter and Mastodon. And Reddit now.Corey: There's a whole argument to be had about where to find various things. For me at least, because I'm only security adjacent, I was always trying to report the news that other people had, not make the news myself.Chris: You don't want to be the one making the news in security.Corey: Speaking of, I'd like to talk a bit about what you just alluded to breaches.cloud. I don't think I've seen that come across my desk yet, which tells me that it has not been making a big splash just yet.Chris: I haven't been really announcing it; it got published the other night and so basically, yeah, is this is sort of a inaugural marketing push for breaches.cloud. So, what we're looking to do is document all the public cloud security breaches, what happened, why, and more importantly, what the companies did or didn't do that led to the security incident or the security breach.Corey: How are you slicing the difference between broad versus deep? And what I mean by that is, there are some companies where there are indictments and massive deep dives into everything that happens with timelines and blows-by-blows, and other times you wind up with the email that shows up one day of, “Security is very important to us. Now, listen to how we completely dropped the ball on it.” And it just makes the biggest description that they can get away with of what happened. Occasionally, you find out oh, it was an open S3 buckets, or they'll allude to something that sounds like it. Does that count for inclusion? Does it not? How do you make those editorial decisions?Chris: So, we haven't yet built a page around just all of the recipients of the Bucket Negligence Award. We're looking at the specific ones where there's been something that's happened that's usually involving IAM credentials—oftentimes involving IAM credentials found in GitHub—and what led to that. So, in a lot of cases, if there's a detailed company postmortem that they send their customers that said, “Hey, we goofed up, but complete transparency—” and then they hit all the bullet points of how they goofed up. Or in the case of certain others, like Uber, “Hey, we have court transcripts that we can go to,” or, “We have federal indictments,” or, “We have court transcripts, and federal indictments and FTC civil actions.” And so, we go through those trying to suss out what the company did or did not do that led to the breach. And really, the goal here is to be able to articulate as security practitioners, hey, don't attach S3 full access to this role on EC2. That's what got Capital One in trouble.Corey: I have a lot of sympathy for the Capital One breach and I wish they would talk about it more than they do, for obvious reasons, just because it was not, someone showed up and made a very obvious dumb decision, like, “Oh, that was what that giant red screaming thing in the S3 console means.” It was a series of small misconfigurations that led to another one, to another one, to another one, and eventually gets to a point where a sophisticated attacker was able to chain them all together. And yes, it's bad, yes, they're a bank and the rest, but I look at that and it's—that's the sort of exploit that you look at and it's okay, I see it. I absolutely see it. Someone was very clever, and a bunch of small things that didn't rise to the obvious. But they got dragged and castigated as if they basically had a four-character password that they'd left on the back of the laptop on a Post-It note in an airport lounge when their CEO was traveling. Which is not the case.Chris: Or all of the highlighting the fact that Paige Thompson was a former Amazon employee, making it seem like it was her insider abilities that lead to the incident, rather than she just knew that, hey, there's a metadata service and it gives me creds if I ask it.Corey: Right. That drove me nuts. There was no maleficence as an employee. And to be very direct, from what I understand of internal AWS controls, had there been, it would have been audited, flagged, caught, interdicted. I have talked to enough Amazonians that either a lot of them are lying to me very consistently despite not knowing each other, or they're being honest when they say that you can't get access to customer data using secret inside hacks.Chris: Yeah. I have reasonably good faith in AWS and their ability to not touch customer data in most scenarios. And I've had cases that I'm not allowed to talk about where Amazon has gone and accessed customer data, and the amount of rigmarole and questions and drilling that I got as a customer to have them do that was pretty intense and somewhat, actually, annoying.Corey: Oh, absolutely. And, on some level, it gets frustrating when it's a, look, this is a test account. I have nothing of sensitive value in here. I want the thing that isn't working to start working. Can I just give you a whole, like, admin-powered user account and we can move on past all of this? And their answer is always absolutely not.Chris: Yes. Or, “Hey, can you put this in our bucket?” “No, we can't even write to a public bucket or a bucket that, you know, they can share too.” So.Corey: An Amazonian had to mail me a hard drive because they could not send anything out of S3 to me.Chris: There you go.Corey: So, then I wound up uploading it back to S3 with, you know, a Snowball Edge because there's no overkill like massive overkill.Chris: No, the [snowmobile 00:11:29] would have been the massive overkill. But depending on where you live, you know, you might not have been able to get a permit to park the snowmobile there.Corey: They apparently require a loading dock. Same as with the outposts. I can't fake having one of those on my front porch yet.Chris: Ah. Well, there you go. I mean, you know it's the right height though, and you don't mind them ruining your lawn.Corey: So, help me understand. It makes sense to me at least, on some level, why having a central repository of all the various cloud security breaches in one place that's easy to reference is valuable. But what caused you to decide, you know, rather than saying it'd be nice to have, I'm going to go build that thing?Chris: Yeah, so it was actually right before the last time we spoke, Nicholas Sharp was indicted. And there was like, hey, this person was indicted for, you know, this cloud security case. And I'm like, that name rings a bell, but I don't remember who this person was. And so, I kind of realized that there's so many of these things happening now that I forget who is who. And so, when a new piece of news comes along, I'm like, where did this come from and how does this fit into what my knowledge of cloud security is and cloud security cases?So, I kind of realized that these are all running together in my mind. The Department of Justice only referenced ‘Company One,' so it wasn't clear to me if this even was a new cloud incident or one I already knew about. And so basically, I decided, okay, let's build this. Breaches.cloud was available; I think I kind of got the idea from hackingthe.cloud.And I had been working with some college students through the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, and I was like, “Hey, anybody want a spring research project that I will pay you for?” And so yeah, PrimeHarbor funded two college students to do quite a bit of the background research for me, I mentored them through, “Hey, so here's what this means,” and, “Hey, have we noticed that all of these seem to relate to credentials found in GitHub? You know, maybe there's a pattern here.” So, if you're not yet scanning for secrets in GitHub, I recommend you start scanning for secrets in your GitHub, private and public repos.Corey: Also, it makes sense to look at the history. Because, oh, I committed a secret. I'm going to go ahead and revert that commit and push that. That solves the problem, right?Chris: No, no, it doesn't. Yes, apparently, you can force push and delete an entire commit, but you really want to use a tool that's going to go back through the commit history and dig through it because as we saw in the Uber incident, when—the second Uber incident, the one that led to the CSOs conviction—yeah, the two attackers, [unintelligible 00:14:09] stuffed a Uber employee's personal GitHub account that they were also using for Uber work, and yeah, then they dug through all the source code and dug through the commit histories until they found a set of keys, and that's what they used for the second Uber breach.Corey: Awful when that hits. It's one of those things where it's just… [sigh], one thing leads to another leads to another. And on some level, I'm kind of amazed by the forensics that happen around all of these things. With the counterpoint, it is so… freakishly difficult, I think, for lack of a better term, just to be able to say what happened with any degree of certainty, so I can't help but wonder in those dark nights when the creeping dread starts sinking in, how many things like this happen that we just never hear about because they don't know?Chris: Because they don't turn on CloudTrail. Probably a number of them. Once the data gets out and shows up on the dark web, then people start knocking on doors. You know, Troy Hunt's got a large collection of data breach stuff, and you know, when there's a data breach, people will send him, “Hey, I found these passwords on the dark web,” and he loads them into Have I Been Pwned, and you know, [laugh] then the CSO finds out. So yeah, there's probably a lot of this that happens in the quiet of night, but once it hits the dark web, I think that data starts becoming available and the victimized company finds out.Corey: I am profoundly cynical, in case that was unclear. So, I'm wondering, on some level, what is the likelihood or commonality, I suppose, of people who are fundamentally just viewing security breach response from a perspective of step one, make sure my resume is always up to date. Because we talk about these business continuity plans and these DR approaches, but very often it feels like step one, secure your own mask before assisting others, as they always say on the flight. Where does personal preservation come in? And how does that compare with company preservation?Chris: I think down at the [IaC 00:16:17] level, I don't know of anybody who has not gotten a job because they had Equifax on their resume back in, what, 2017, 2018, right? Yes, the CSO, the CEO, the CIO probably all lost their jobs. And you know, now they're scraping by book deals and speaking engagements.Corey: And these things are always, to be clear, nuanced. It's rare that this is always one person's fault. If you're a one-person company, okay, yeah, it's kind of your fault, let's be clear here, but there are controls and cost controls and audit trails—presumably—for all of these things, so it feels like that's a relatively easy thing to talk around, that it was a process failure, not that one person sucked. “Well, didn't you design and implement the process?” “Yes. But it turned out there were some holes in it and my team reported that those weren't there and it turned out that they were and, well, live and learn.” It feels like that's something that could be talked around.Chris: It's an investment failure. And again, you know, if we go back to Harry Truman, “The buck stops here,” you know, it's the CEO who decides that, hey, we're going to buy a corporate jet rather than buy a [SIIM 00:17:22]. And those are the choices that happen at the top level that define, do you have a capable security team, and more importantly, do you have a capable security culture such that your security team isn't the only ones who are actually thinking about security?Corey: That's, I guess, a fair question. I saw a take on Twitter—which is always a weird thing—or maybe was Blue-ski or somewhere else recently, that if you don't have a C-level executive responsible for security with security in their title, your company does not take security seriously. And I can see that past a certain point of scale, but as a one-person company, do you have a designated CSO?Chris: As a one-person company and as a security company, I sort of do have a designated CSO. I also have, you know, the person who's like, oh, I'm going to not put MFA on the root of this one thing because, while it's an experiment and it's a sandbox and whatever else, but I also know that that's not where I'm going to be putting any customer data, so I can measure and evaluate the risk from both a security perspective and a business existential investment perspective. When you get to the larger the organization, the more detached the CEO gets from the risk and what the company is building and what the company is doing, is where you get into trouble. And lots of companies have C-level somebody who's responsible for security. It's called the CSO, but oftentimes, they report four levels down, or even more, from the chief executive who is actually the one making the investment decisions.Corey: On some level, the oh yeah, that's my responsibility, too, but it feels like it's a trap that falls into. Like, well, the CTO is responsible for security at a publicly traded company. Like, well… that tends to not work anymore, past certain points of scale. Like when I started out independently, yes, I was the CSO. I was also the accountant. I was also the head of marketing. I was also the janitor. There's a bunch of different roles; we all wear different hats at different times.I'm also not a big fan of shaming that oh, yeah. This is a universal truth that applies to every company in existence. That's also where I think Twitter started to go wrong where you would get called out whenever making an observation or witticism or whatnot because there was some vertex case to which it did not necessarily apply and then people would ‘well, actually,' you to death.Chris: Yeah. Well, and I think there's a lot of us in the security community who are in the security one-percenters. We're, “Hey, yes, I'm a cloud security person on a 15-person cloud security team, and here's this awesome thing we're doing.” And then you've got most of the other companies in this country that are probably below the security poverty line. They may or may not have a dedicated security person, they certainly don't have a SIIM, they certainly don't have anybody who's monitoring their endpoints for malware attacks or anything else, and those are the companies that are getting hit all the time with, you know, a lot of this ransomware stuff. Healthcare is particularly vulnerable to that.Corey: When you take a look across the industry, what is it that you're doing now at PrimeHarbor that you feel has been an unmet need in the space? And let me be clear, as of this recording earlier today, we signed a contract with you for a project. There's more to come on that in the future. So, this is me asking you to tell a story, not challenging, like, what do you actually do? This is not a refund request, let's be very clear here. But what's the unmet need that you saw?Chris: I think the unmet need that I see is we don't talk to our builder community. And when I say builder, I mean, developers, DevOps, sysadmins, whatever. AWS likes the term builder and I think it works. We don't talk to our builder community about risk in a way that makes sense to them. So, we can say, “Hey, well, you know, we have this security policy and section 24601 says that all data's classifications must be signed off by the data custodian,” and a developer is going to look at you with their head tilted, and be like, “Huh? What? I just need to get the sprint done.”Whereas if we can articulate the risk—and one of the reasons I wanted to do breaches.cloud was to have that corpus of articulated risk around specific things—I can articulate the risk and say, “Hey, look, you know how easy it is for somebody to go in and enumerate an S3 bucket? And then once they've enumerated and guessed that S3 bucket exists, they list it, and oh, hey, look, now that they've listed it, they know all of the objects and all of the juicy PII that you just made public.” If you demonstrate that to them, then they're going to be like, “Oh, I'm going to add the extra story point to this story to go figure out how to do CloudFront origin access identity.” And now you've solved, you know, one more security thing. And you've done in a way that not just giving a man a fish or closing the bucket for them, but now they know, hey, I should always use origin access identity. This is why I need to do this particular thing.Corey: One of the challenges that I've seen in a variety of different sites that have tried to start cataloging different breaches and other collections of things happening in public is the discoverability or the library management problem. The most obvious example of this is, of course, the AWS console itself, where when it paginates things like, oh, there are 3000 things here, ten at a time, through various pages for it. Like, the marketplace is just a joke of discoverability. How do you wind up separating the stuff that is interesting and notable, rather than, well, this has about three sentences to it because that's all the company would say?Chris: So, I think even the ones where there's three sentences, we may actually go ahead and add it to the repo, or we may just hold it as a draft, so that we know later on when, “Hey, look, here's a federal indictment for Company Three. Oh, hey, look. Company Three was actually this breach announcement that we heard about three months ago,” or even three years ago. So like, you know, Chegg is a great example of, you know, one of those where, hey, you know, there was an incident, and they disclosed something, and then, years later, FTC comes along and starts banging them over the head. And in the FTC documentation, or in the FTC civil complaint, we got all sorts of useful data.Like, not only were they using root API keys, every contractor and employee there was sharing the root API keys, so when they had a contractor who left, it was too hard to change the keys and share it with everybody, so they just didn't do that. The contractor still had the keys, and that was one of the findings from the FTC against Chegg. Similar to that, Cisco didn't turn off contractors' access, and I think—this is pure speculation—I think the poor contractor one day logged into his Google Cloud Shell, cd'ed into a Terraform directory, ran ‘terraform destroy', and rather than destroying what he thought he was destroying, it had the access keys back to Cisco WebEx and took down 400 EC2 instances that made up all of WebEx. These are the kinds of things that I think it's worth capturing because the stories are going to come out over time.Corey: What have you seen in your, I guess, so far, a limited history of curating this that—I guess, first what is it you've learned that you've started seeing as far as patterns go, as far as what warrants inclusion, what doesn't, and of course, once you started launching and going a bit more public with it, I'm curious to hear what the response from companies is going to be.Chris: So, I want to be very careful and clear that if I'm going to name somebody, that we're sourcing something from the criminal justice system, that we're not going to say, “Hey, everybody knows that it was Paige Thompson who was behind it.” No, no, here's the indictment that said it was Paige Thompson that was, you know, indicted for this Capital One sort of thing. All the data that I'm using, it all comes from public sources, it's all sited, so it's not like, hey, some insider said, “Hey, this is what actually happened.” You know? I very much learned from the Ubiquiti case that I don't want to be in the position of Brian Krebs, where it's the attacker themselves who's updating the site and telling us everything that went wrong, when in fact, it's not because they're in fact the perpetrator.Corey: Yeah, there's a lot of lessons to be learned. And fortunately, for what it's s—at least it seems… mostly, that we've moved past the battle days of security researchers getting sued on a whim from large companies for saying embarrassing things about them. Of course, watch me be tempting fate and by the time this publishes, I'll get sued by some company, probably Azure or whatnot, telling me that, “Okay, we've had enough of you saying bad things about our security.” It's like, well, cool, but I also read the complaint before you file because your security is bad. Buh-dum-tss. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Please don't sue me.Chris: So, you know, whether it's slander or libel, depending on whether you're reading this or hearing it, you know, truth is an actual defense, so I think Microsoft doesn't have a case against you. I think for what we're doing in breaches, you know—and one of the reasons that I'm going to be very clear on anybody who contributes—and just for the record, anybody is welcome to contribute. The GitHub repo that runs breaches.cloud is public and anybody can submit me a pull request and I will take their write-ups of incidents. But whatever it is, it has to be sourced.One of the things that I'm looking to do shortly, is start soliciting sponsorships for breaches so that we can afford to go pull down the PACER documents. Because apparently in this country, while we have a right to a speedy trial, we don't have a right to actually get the court transcripts for less than ten cents a page. And so, part of what we need to do next is download those—and once we've purchased them, we can make them public—download those, make them public, and let everybody see exactly what the transcript was from the Capital One incident, or the Joey Sullivan trial.Corey: You're absolutely right. It drives me nuts that I have to wind up budgeting money for PACER to pull up court records. And at ten cents a page, it hasn't changed in decades, where it's oh, this is the cost of providing that data. It's, I'm not asking someone to walk to the back room and fax it to me. I want to be very clear here. It just feels like it's one of those areas where the technology and government is not caught up and it's—part of the problem is, of course, having no competition.Chris: There is that. And I think I read somewhere that the ent—if you wanted to download the entire PACER, it would be, like, $100 million. Not that you would do that, but you know, it is the moneymaker for the judicial system, and you know, they do need to keep the lights on. Although I guess that's what my taxes are for. But again, yes, they're a monopoly; they can do that.Corey: Wildly frustrating, isn't it?Chris: Yeah [sigh]… yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think there's a lot of value in the court transcripts. I've held off on publishing the Capital One case because one, well, already there's been a lot of ink spilled on it, and two, I think all the good detail is going to be in the trial transcripts from Paige Thompson's trial.Corey: So, I am curious what your take is on… well, let's called the ‘FTX thing.' I don't even know how to describe it at this point. Is it a breach? Is it just maleficence? Is it 15,000 other things? But I noticed that it's something that breaches.cloud does talk about a bit.Chris: Yeah. So, that one was a fascinating one that came out because as I was starting this project, I heard you know, somebody who was tweeting was like, “Hey, they were storing all of the crypto private keys in AWS Secrets Manager.” And I was like, “Errr?” And so, I went back and I read John J. Ray III's interim report to the creditors.Now, John Ray is the man who was behind the cleaning up of Enron, and his comment was “FTX is the”—“Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy information as occurred here.” And as part of his general, broad write-up, they went into, in-depth, a lot of the FTX AWS practices. Like, we talk about, hey, you know, your company should be multi-account. FTX was worse. They had three or four different companies all operating in the same AWS account.They had their main company, FTX US, Alameda, all of them had crypto keys in Secrets Manager and there was no access control between any of those. And what ended up happening on the day that SBF left and Ray came in as CEO, the $400 million worth of crypto somehow disappeared out of FTX's wallets.Corey: I want to call this out because otherwise, I will get letters from the AWS PR spin doctors. Because on the surface of it, I don't know that there's necessarily a lot wrong with using Secrets Manager as the backing store for private keys. I do that with other things myself. The question is, what other controls are there? You can't just slap it into Secrets Manager and, “Well, my job is done. Let's go to lunch early today.”There are challenges [laugh] around the access levels, there are—around who has access, who can audit these things, and what happens. Because most of the secrets I have in Secrets Manager are not the sort of thing that is, it is now a viable strategy to take that thing and abscond to a country with a non-extradition treaty for the rest of my life, but with private keys and crypto, there kind of is.Chris: That's it. It's like, you know, hey, okay, the RDS database password is one thing, but $400 million in crypto is potentially another thing. Putting it in and Secrets Manager might have been the right answer, too. You get KMS customer-managed keys, you get full auditability with CloudTrail, everything else, but we didn't hear any of that coming out of Ray's report to the creditors. So again, the question is, did they even have CloudTrail turned on? He did explicitly say that FTX had not enabled GuardDuty.Corey: On some level, even if GuardDuty doesn't do anything for you, which in my case, it doesn't, but I want to be clear, you should still enable it anyway because you're going to get dragged when there's inevitable breach because there's always a breach somewhere, and then you get yelled at for not having turned on something that was called GuardDuty. You already sound negligent, just with that sentence alone. Same with Security Hub. Good name on AWS's part if you're trying to drive service adoption. Just by calling it the thing that responsible people would use, you will see adoption, even if people never configure or understand it.Chris: Yeah, and then of course, hey, you had Security Hub turned on, but you ignore the 80,000 findings in it. Why did you ignore those 80,000 findings? I find Security Hub to probably be a little bit too much noise. And it's not Security Hub, it's ‘Compliance Hub.' Everything—and I'm going to have a blog post coming out shortly—on this, everything that Security Hub looks at, it looks at it from a compliance perspective.If you look at all of its scoring, it's not how many things are wrong; it's how many rules you are a hundred percent compliant to. It is not useful for anybody below that AWS security poverty line to really master or to really operationalize.Corey: I really want to thank you for taking the time to catch up with me once again. Although now that I'm the client, I expect I can do this on demand, which is just going to be delightful. If people want to learn more, where can they find you?Chris: So, they can find breaches.cloud at, well https://breaches.cloud. If you're looking for me, I am either on Twitter, still, at @jcfarris, or you can find me and my consulting company, which is www.primeharbor.com.Corey: And we will, of course, put links to all of that in the [show notes 00:33:57]. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. As always, I appreciate it.Chris: Oh, thank you for having me again.Corey: Chris Farris, cloud security nerd at PrimeHarbor. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, along with an angry, insulting comment that you're also going to use as the storage back-end for your private keys.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.

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Today, we're welcoming back legendary makeup artist Pati Dubroff. Pati is the Chanel makeup artist responsible for Sofia Richie Grainge's foundation-free wedding look, and she's the red carpet illusionist behind A-Listers like Margot Robbie, Simone Ashley and Elizabeth Olsen. Makeup routine feeling dusty? Summer soirée around the corner? Steal these most-for-the-least effort tricks to achieving 3-D lips, a “strobe light” foundation effect, snatched 'n' natch eyebrows and so much more….   Tune in to learn:   The surprising luxury, masstige and drugstore beauty products used on Sofia Richie's wedding day The exact steps for re-creating Elizabeth Olsen's 90s inspired, multi-dimensional brick lips at the Oscars Pati's top tips for a walking-strobe light foundation application (as seen on Margot Robbie) – and why one shade is never enough The trick to mastering Pati's matte-and-glow priming technique Buh-bye palettes! Why eyeliner is the new eyeshadow The makeup guru's latest secret for achieving a lash extension effect at home   Get social with us and let us know what you think of the episode! Find us on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter. Join our private Facebook group, or give us a call and leave us a voicemail at 1-844-227-0302.    For any products or links mentioned in this episode, check out our website: https://breakingbeautypodcast.com/episode-recaps/   PROMO CODES: When you support our sponsors, you support the creation of Breaking Beauty Podcast!    Vacation   “VACATION” by Vacation® is the award-winning scent of Vacation® Brand Sunscreen. Listeners of the podcast get 20% off their entire order with code: BEAUTY at Vacation.inc.   Nutrafol You can grow thicker, healthier hair and support our show by going to Nutrafol.com and entering the promo code BREAKING to save $10 off your first month's subscription. This offer is only available to US customers for a limited time. Plus FREE shipping on every order.    Macy's Macy's makes it so easy to tailor your gift hunt to the Mom figure in your life with their Gift Finder. Head on over to macys.com/giftfinder to make this Mother's Day a memorable one. *Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all products reviewed are gratis media samples submitted for editorial consideration.*   Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn Theme song, used with permission: Cherry Bomb by Saya
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The first Friday of May is no pants day. Learn about the origins of this hilarious holiday, and if it was actually invented by a Scotsman in Glasgow in the early 1800s. I talk about a man who wears a kilt every day. You will also learn about some sustainable green bath products. Listen to music by Marc Gunn, Vicki Swan and Johnny Dyer, Niamh Dunne, and Brobdingnagian Bards This is Pub Songs & Stories #270. 0:25 - Brobdingnagian Bards “Seven Drunken Nights in Hobbiton” from I Will Not Sing Along 4:49 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES This is the audio edition of my newsletter. I am Marc Gunn. I'm a rhythm and folk Celtic musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com/free or even better or you can subscribe and download all of my songs in this show. Just send me an email. You will get an auto responder with a link to download this month's songs. You will also get that subscribe link. It's quick and easy. While you're emailing me to get your free EP, let me know what you're doing while listening to this episode. 6:04 - WHAT'S NEW STORY 7:40 - UPCOMING SHOWS MAY 17: Coffee with The Celtfather on YouTube @ 10:30 AM Eastern JUN 3-10: Celtic Invasion Vacations, County Mayo, Ireland JUN 24: The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA @ TBD JUL 22: Burnt Hickory Brewery, Kennesaw, GA @ 6:30 - 9:30 PM 8:50 - GUEST SONG: Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer "1924" Hear the story behind the song in show #603 Celtic Tides of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 14:44 - STORY OF NO PANTS DAY In 2000, the Knighthood of Buh, a student organization at the University of Texas at Austin, held their first annual No Pants Day celebration on the first Friday of May. Andrew and I were practicing daily on the South Mall of the university as the Brobdingnagian Bards. So we were there as a bunch of students ran through the school shouting and waving signs about the oppression of pants. The event resonated with me because, well, we wore kilts at all of our shows. We were “pantless” too. The event spread to other locations around the nation and eventually the world. But it took me four years before I wrote “A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day”, a parody of the traditional Scottish song “Jock Stuart”. Instead of “a man you don't meet every day”, my song was about a man who loved wearing kilts, like I did. I didn't stop there. Again, I felt like No Pants Day was a Scottish holiday. So I decided to create a backstory for my song. I wanted people to think that the origins of No Pants Day was actually a Scottish holiday called No Troosers Day. I researched Scottish history and learned about the Proscription Act of 1746. This act banned the Scots from wearing “highland clothing”. The goal of course was to assimilate the Scots into Great Britain, just like the Disarming Act banned the Scottish from wearing weapons. From that base, I wrote a fictional history of an uprising in Glasgow where the Scots removed their trousers and donned their kilts and rewrote “Jock Stuart” to celebrate their love of the kilt and their culture. The best thing about this fictional history was that a few years later, a newspaper in Canada quoted the blog where I shared this fake history saying that this was ACTUALLY the origins of No Pants Day. This should serve as a reminder to all of us. Check your sources! I finally recorded this song in 2009 for my CD, Kilted For Her Pleasure. “Jock Stuart (A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day)”  lyrics by Marc Gunn, May 6, 2004, music traditional Oh my name is Jock Stuart, I´m a trooser-less man And my roving young fellows move freely * So be easy and free in nae boxers or briefs I´m a man who wears a kilt every day. I'm Highlander made and a piper to trade And the tartan is me flag that I wear. I go out with my gun and my dog for to hunt Try to make me wear troosers, and you'll pay. I've got acres of land, I've got ships to command So burn your pants on No Troosers Day So come fill up my glass with whiskey or rum Then send o'er your lass and you'll see. It's better easy and free in nae boxers or briefs I'm a man who wears a kilt every day. 20:52 - Marc Gunn “A Man Who Wears A Kilt Every Day” from Kilted For Her Pleasure 23:40 - JOIN THE CLUB The show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. If you enjoy this podcast or my music, please join the Club. Every week, you get bonus podcasts, downloadable songs, printed sheet music, blogs, or stories from the road. Plus, you get weekly access to my Coffee with The Celtfather video concerts. Sign up for as little as $5 per month and save 15% with an annual membership. Thanks to my newest Gunn Runners on Patreon: Don S, Melissa Randall, A. Lynch, Traci Girard-Turner, Michelle Hahn, Lisa M, David Willer, Jo Navarre, Tracy O'Shea, Antoinette Brenion, John Dowling 26:59 - Niamh Dunne "Tides w/ Karan Casey" from Tides   30:25 - GREEN PRODUCTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT I'm actively trying to buy fewer items that are packaged in plastic because plastic is made from chemicals from fossil fuel production. It also lasts pretty much forever. It is virtually impossible to remove it entirely from what I buy. But I have found a few items that I enjoy that are not that I thought I'd share. Did you know you can buy shampoo and conditioner in bar form? This was one of those weird rabbit holes I went down. Once upon a time, we didn't have liquid shampoo and conditioner. It certainly wasn't in a big plastic bottle. A day after I started researching this a few months back, Gwen came home with a Love Beauty and Planet shampoo conditioner bar from Target. I immediately tried it out and loved it. You can see a list of Shampoo and Conditioner bars here. My favorite body soap is the Dr Bronner's Lavender soap. I was starting to lament losing that when I just saw they have bar soap also. And of course, all of those are wrapped in paper and I can get it at my local Publix. 34:58 - Marc Gunn “Kilty Pleasure” from Selcouth 38:59 - CREDITS Thanks for listening to Pub Songs & Stories. The show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. Every week, you'll get a new podcast or song or video or video concert. You'll also save 25% off all the merch in my store. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. You can subscribe and listen to the show wherever you find podcasts. Sign up to my mailing list to read the show notes for this episode and find out where I'm performing. And of course, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Have fun and sing along at www.pubsong.com! #pubstories  

The enviro-news you need to know for Friday May 5, 2023:[00:30] Dear gas stoves, Buh-bye! Love, New York[2:00] Move over, Arabica: Why Liberica excelsa coffee may soon be in your mug[5:00] Harnessing the knowledge of indigenous communities to curb global warming[11:00] The world's leaders are looking to solar geo-engineering for quick, easy warming wins. Here's why Resources mentioned: Episode #230: A Better Cup Of (Ethical) CoffeeJoin our (free!) community here.Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube.Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Buh-bye “Live with Kelly and Ryan," hello “Live with Kelly and Mark!” After his 6-year run as Kelly Ripa's co-host, Ryan Seacrest has stepped down. His replacement? None other than Kelly's hubby, Mark Consuelos. The reviews are starting to come in, and let's just say not everybody's loving their on-air chemistry. Which makes us wonder - is this a TV marriage made in heaven - or not?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The enviro-news you need to know for Friday April 14, 2023:[00:30] From 7% to 67%: The EPA's proposed new EV standards[3:30] The dirty electricity turning point is here[5:30] Buh-bye, lithium? The rise of sodium batteries[12:00] 22K gallons for your swimming pool Resources mentioned:Episode #260: The White Gold RushEpisode #131: 5 Fact About The Global Water CrisisJoin our (free!) community here.Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube.Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's become of the feminist uprising in Iran? Journalist and podcast host Negar Mortavazi joined Francesca to explain the roots of the movement and how the authoritarian Islamic Republic is as brutal as it is scared of its own people. Then a 4-day work week pilot program has proven working less is both healthier and more profitable for businesses. YES PLEASE! And then a Trump-appointed judge is on the bring of outlawing the medicated abortion medicine mifepristone as right-wingers continue to game the courts. And finally, the cringiest rando on television is supposedly going to help bring down the former president? Plus a Patron-only BONUS BISH all about Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams' racist tirade and self-cancellation. Buh bye! It's not 1992, no one will miss your strip. To get access become a patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom for a special feed. Featuring:Brandie Posey, Comedian, Twitter/IG: BrandazzleNegar Mortavazi, host of The Iran Podcast The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVEMusic by DJ Real Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Explicit Language] Buzz's big 69th birthday weekend and the National Comedy Hall of Fame. Trump confessed to stealing TS/SCI documents because he's daring the grand jury to indict him. Fact checks on previous presidents and their records. Trump kept documents as leverage against NARA. Trump might have documents stashed at other properties. Buh-bye Tulsi Gabbard. Tim Ryan destroyed JD Vance in this week's debate. Trump also dared the DOJ to indict him for January 6th. Buzz's voter guide for downballot races. With Buzz Burbank, music by Pacific Standard, Mr. Grossman, and more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.