On the 21st May, a wake for Thomas Fischer @fvt.bsky.social has been organised in London to remember, share and celebrate his life. Please only claim an attending ticket if you can attend, there is also a live stream if you wish to pay your respect from afar. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thomas-fis...

Calling all hacksocs! 📢 We know how useful a BSides event can be for early career networking and hearing about different areas of the industry, so we've reserved a limited number of free BSides Leeds tickets for student hacking societies. Get in touch with us at [email protected] to request.

Happy International Day of the Midwife! The word "midwife" is gender neutral. It says nothing about the gender of the midwife. It comes from the Middle English "mid", meaning "with" and "wif" meaning woman - so the word "midwife" describes the person being *with* the "wife".

Blessings of Beltane be upon you, b3ta. Artist: Captain Howdy https://b3ta.com/board/11427857

Please welcome onboard @portswigger.net as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Known for their Web Security Academy, their research, and of course the absolutely incredible tool Burp Suite, PortSwigger are at the forefront of the web security field.

We're delighted to announce ZephrSec as a sponsor for Hack Glasgow 2026! Founder @zephrfish.yxz.red is an experienced red teamer, author, regular attendee (and previous speaker) at our Hack Thursday meetup, and keen supporter of the cyber security community, especially in his home town of Glasgow.

📢 Introducing my new daily word game, Keywords! "If Only Connect was presented by Mavis Beacon*" Like Wordle? Like Connections? Like stuff? Then there's a vague chance you'll enjoy this. Find the five connected words of increasing length by typing into the boxes. *one for the young'uns there

Since we have limited crew spaces and can't guarantee acceptance, we'll be closing the form on Thursday evening (7th) so that we can let you know before the final ticket drop. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CallForVolunteers #BSidesLeeds

This account has happily documented many reasons for vessels to be lost. Daft designs, acts of cartographical inexactitude and suicidal signalling have all featured heavily. However "capsized due to proximity of nudists" is surprisingly underrepresented in the historical record. Until now.

I laughed so hard at this that I snorted more than once. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUn...

I'm very lucky to live within travelling distance of some great cyber events. M2600 last night was a brilliant catchup with existing and new members. If you'd like to join a social gathering with good convos I'd recommend a 2600 meetup. Theres plenty of them around.

👀🚨‼️ “We believe foreign interference is the reason RightsCon 2026 won’t proceed in Zambia or online.” www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IS A SAFETY NET THAT PROTECTS US ALL - NO MATTER WHO IS IN POWER WE MUST DEFEND IT! Planned reforms to how it works could lead to a slow erosion of our rights. Is that what we want? @libertyhq.bsky.social youtu.be/Fhrb5Z7ScME?...

Today marks 27 years since the Admiral Duncan Nail Bombing. Three people died and 79 were injured. Hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ people are increasing dramatically. We stand in solidarity and remembrance, for those lost on that day and in similar attacks globally. #AdmiralDuncan

Coming soon!

I had no idea AOL had been giving out free trial CDs for so long.

Just 9 tickets left in this drop and only one smaller final drop to go...

So who we seeing at the mini meet? Friday 8th May in the usual spot 👀

Want to attend #HackGlasgow2026 but unsure if you can justify the ticket cost? We have a limited number of Pay It Forward tickets, donated by our generous community, to pass onto anyone who would otherwise find it difficult to attend. Apply or nominate here: payitforward.hackglasgow.live

Saw a heron trying to eat a massive fish, popped home and grabbed my camera just in time for the money shot! Genuinely surprised he got it down him

Ready to take on the @londonmarathon.bsky.social for the 5th and final time. This time with added @refugecharity.bsky.social cape! There’s still time to donate www.justgiving.com/page/0n1ydan5 #running #londonmarathon #london #marathon #runningpunks

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Just seen on FB that someone has changed the opening times of Reform on Google: 1933 -1945. Hahaha

Some more shots from Colwyn Bay this afternoon, at the Terry Jones statue unveiling. First pic: Palin, Gilliam, Cleveland and Izzard. The fact nobody more than 6ft from the stage could hear anything they were saying, a la the sermon on the mount in Brian, was not lost on the audience.

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Anyone here by any chance work for Cyber Defense Technologies?

Good morning dear fabulous Blueskyroonies of near n far☕🌞 Sunny Frejasday in .se, lots of meetings but still, it is Frejasday🤟 I wish yous a fantastic day full of kindness, love, camaradery, optimism, happiness, magic, insight, hope, funs, joys, giggles, smiles n laughter😊🤙

THE MAD DEATH (1983): The BBC's brilliant and deeply disturbing drama about a rabies outbreak in Scotland. Bearing in mind that I'd cross the road everytime I saw a stray dog (just in case), The Mad Death scared me so much that I didn't make it to the final episode.

Poor gramps. Just trying my best 😂 Honestly thought the comment was hilarious and we probably do need to scrub up better but couldn’t resist making it into a reel! If you’d like to help out this old man, please donate to his fundraiser Link in bio 😉 #0n1ydan5 #londonmarathon #runningpunks

Ton of Bricks! I love this visual pun on the wall tiles at Brixton London Underground station on the Victoria line.

In a nutshell. 😊

Breakfast hooligans. Gas explosions. Pork. Now available for all, cheeky chappies are OUT, yuppies are IN, as my series looking at British adverts continues with a video on the aspiration-obsessed commercials of the 1980s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCLu...

Unimprovable headline From the latest Private Eye, out now.

An interesting thread, worth a read if you're interested in clearances etc.

It’s also the 77th anniversary of the start of the Amethyst Incident, which means you should read this (again if you’ve read it before, because it’s not like you could read it too much)

We're already less than 6 months away from International #RepairDay which will be returning for it's 10th birthday! 🎂⁠ ⁠ Visit RepairDay.org to sign up for updates 👀 We've got something special in store.⁠ ⁠ #IRD26 #RepairDay2026

NEWS! Bill Murray to appear in 'Groundhog Day 2: The Strait of Hormuz' newsthump.com/2026/04/20/b...

EU pushes for stronger cloud sovereignty, awards €180 million to four providers 🔗 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/20/e... #EU #cloud #digitalsovereignty @clever.cloud @scaleway.com

Thank you for an absolutely *phenomenal* response to our CFP - we're honoured to have received a mammoth 82 submissions. We're currently finalising our scoring and are aiming to update all submitters by the end of this week.

Voters have just today left to register to vote for the local elections taking place across England on 7 May. Anyone who wants to take part must register before 11.59pm tonight. Registering takes minutes at gov.uk/register-to-vote. Just need name, address & National Insurance number. Pass it on.

Another reminder to get off as many Google services as possible. Check out my guide to get off US tech more widely: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

It is, allegedly, the 136th anniversary of a news story whose last line I don’t think you’ll be able to predict appearing in the Woodford (Kentucky) Sun

The glass ceiling is made of small biases frequently applied. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers who modelled how six biases against women would cumulatively affect their chances of promotion over time. They found that it wasn't... adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-report...

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich 
Well, today we're taxing the rich...