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WHO, ME? The world of work is basically broken, which is why The Register uses Monday mornings to remind readers of that foul fact in a new instalment of “Who, Me?” – the reader-contributed column that shares your mistakes and reveals how you recovered from them. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Hank” who told us his career started in the 1990s with a gig as sysadmin for a small town poultry factory that was an outpost for a larger company. “I was brimming with excitement to work on the latest tech, Novell NetWare 4.1!” he told The Register. One of the first things Hank was asked to do was a storage upgrade for a pair of servers. “We bought a pair of very expensive 750MB disks and since I was the sole IT person at the plant, head office sent me the drives and put me in charge of the upgrade.” Hank was excited when the drives arrived, so he unboxed them and spent a little time fondling what was then just about the most capacious and expensive storage device money could buy. “Who would not want to touch 750MB SCSI drives with blazing fast reads courtesy of 10,000 RPM spindles?” he asked. “It was cutting edge!” It was also rather slippery, because after removing one of the drives from its anti-static bag, Hank dropped it. “Panic set it shortly after,” he admitted. “This drive was worth more than I made in a month. I was still new and on probation. Visions of unemployment and having to move back in with my parents danced through my head.” Hank’s solution was to tell a big fat lie. “I called my boss told them I thought one of the drives was making a strange sound and might have an issue.” Then Hank played his trump card, offering the wise-beyond-his-years suggestion that it would be a waste of time to do the upgrade with a bad drive. His boss agreed and told Hank how to contact the vendor to have a new drive delivered overnight. “The new drive arrived the next day and the upgrade went off without a hitch,” Hank said. “And I learned to sit down when handling expensive hardware.” Have you broken hardware and blamed it on something else? If so, break your mouse by clicking here to send email to Who, Me? We’d love the chance to share your story! ®

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T-Mobile is bringing back its free DashPass offer tomorrow for eligible customers.

It will offer 12 months of free DoorDash deliveries, offers, and other members-only benefits.

The carrier is also offering cash back on dining, sweepstakes, and a limited-edition streetwear drop.

As part of its 10th anniversary, T-Mobile turned June into “ Member Month .” The carrier has been offering different perks and offers each week, including discounts on gas, movie tickets, F1 sweepstakes, and more. But one of the most-awaited perks is coming tomorrow: DashPass.

If you have been using the un-carrier’s DashPass perk from last year, this new one comes just in time to let you continue getting deliveries for free. Like last time, T-Mobile is offering 12 months of DashPass for free alongside other offers and members-only benefits that will be available throughout the year.

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Jack Watling, Statecraft: The New Rules of Power in a Divided World (Macmillan, 2026)The war against Iran exposed a multitude of forced errors and own goals in the conduct of statecraft. The purpose of sound statecraft is the integrated application of a state’s tools and its repertoire of governmental instruments of power to gain its desired outcomes in international relations. The yet-to-be-resolved contest against the Islamic Republic of Iran reveals a litany of shortfalls in the conduct of U.S. statecraft.It is unlikely that the present U.S. government will conduct a candid assessment of its shortcomings. Acknowledging the failure to achieve

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