TIL: That when I read the writings of Stewart Lee, I can hear his voice

Me: Why isn't the MS Azure Portal working? Why are Blades timing out? Why can't I access the Health status in Azure? Why am I getting intermittent cert failures at status.cloud.microsoft Microsoft:

Many thanks to Keith lee for designing this years #BSidesLDN2025 logo! We're going retro! #Security #BSides #London #Logo #BSidesLondon

Bellingcat has just launched a tool for searching through transcripts of local council meetings in the UK, which should help counter acts like these council-search.bellingcat.com

Evri straight up gaslighting me, that they've had my parcel at my local depot since Sunday, and still haven't attempted to deliver it even once.

Just as a reminder: A key marker for a society that is 'free' / has 'freedom of speech', is that a person can be critical of the regime, and *not* have their house raided.

www.reddit.com/r/southafric... Password: Sabc01! ✅uppercase char ✅lowercase char ✅numeric ✅non-alphanumeric Complexity requirements met ✅

Not waiting a year this time Just completed updating it Managed to get it all working, after diving around in postgres (collation issue) Fresh new UI (wish I could hide the nav on the left) Lost no data Just updating feeds The struggle is real

@shehackspurple.bsky.social I know you have this as 'tentative'. But, on the assumption it happens... and this is a bit of a stretch... will you still be around for BSides London the week after, on 13th Dec?

I'm ripping down just the corner (50cm x 50cm) of an old style lathe/plaster ceiling. However much mess you think this makes, it's exponentially more than that.

I can't believe that today the good people of Alaska are forced into accepting a proven criminal upon their shores. And also Putin.

Dear Apple, it's not the 1950s. If I'm having a problem with Apple Business Manager, why can I only contact you via phone? Regards, 21st Century

Happy #Caturday Toe-beans are artists own

"We can run whatever we want on the Pi and then access Amiga hardware," he noted. "And, obviously, the thing we want to run is Doom, because that's what everyone runs in fucked-up hardware situations." Matthew Garrett, that last sentence 🤣

And we didn't just do it the once. The routine was: 10 Enter the code 20 Play the [bad Frogger clone] game 30 Save it to tape 40 Load it back from tape 50 Fails to load 60 GOTO 10

We will be opening our CFP at 1337hrs and posting the link. Some tips: Read the front page. You don't have to complete your submission in on go, you can edit it until it closes on 30th Sept. Give the CFP team a reason to pick your talk! You can do this. #BSidesLDN2025

Sometimes, technology is amazing

Me: you know miso, like miso paste? Wife: yes Me: is there a whole range of miso stuff? Wife: what else? Me: miso soup Wife: anything else? Me: miso horny Wife:

A reminder the competition to design this years #BSidesLDN2025 logo is open, more info: bsides.london/event-inform... What you put in the design is fully up to you, remember it will be seen by, and associated with, BSides London 2025 forever! Here's all the previous ones!

Hmmmm..... I wonder what this setting, for Windows Update 'ring' means?

If you're looking forward to the return of the Colosseum, in Watford, I have news for you!

"no one is illegal, on stolen land" I hope that one day people like this run the show

Me in standup talking about copper-cable crime in ZA: Me: "Are the fibre cables safe, or do the criminals steal those thinking they are copper?" Colleague in ZA: www.citizen.co.za/news/south-a...

Please remember that rainbows don't weigh much Because they are pretty light More rainbows!

Make Daft Punk Great Again

Some dude with a metal detector already found it. And went, "Yay! A free SD card. Result." Then wiped it and put music+pictures on it.

BBC Verify is hiring for an exciting new role: Senior Infographic Designer in the digital live reporting space - to visualise verification, bring satellite data to life and create everything from charts to complex diagrams. Hybrid working, up to £55k apply by 10 Jun careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-S...

We (ITOps) were tasked to have a new starter up-n-running with their straight-from-the-box-laptop, able to access their calendar and join a Zoom meeting within 15mins of their start time. Using Intune, got that down to 10mins, in-office

I assumed that the latest update on Tesla made them pull to the Reich.

Sorry about this www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

Dear $vendor I think there has been a manufacturing issue at the factory with this cat. Only, I opened the box and it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to assemble it correctly. Please advise.

The character in this video likes to target people that speak up about him and/or his activities. 'Streisand Effect' anyone? Feel free to share, amplify, mirror. Whatever it takes to get the word out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXq...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vnR... The character in this video likes to target people that speak up about him and/or his activities. 'Streisand Effect' anyone? Feel free to share, amplify, mirror. Whatever it takes to get the word out.

Threat doesn't come into your country on an inflatable raft, wanting to to be a citizen & work. It enters via populism and flights on private planes.

Got the new catellite dish up on the wall. Some fine-tuning to do, as currently the only signal received is "ackackackackack"

@securestep9.bsky.social great catching up with you last night. Remember my gripe about Dependency Track using flaky H2 db & if it's not for prod why force it out-of-box in first place? Doh! "Update quickstart Compose file to use Postgres instead of H2 - apiserver/#4576" github.com/DependencyTr...

The London Defcon chapter - dc4420.org - is meeting tonight! We have two speakers! Be at The Greene Man, Euston at around 1900-1930 tonight! #infosec #networking #security #cyber #london #meetup #defcon

FREE CYBER GAMEZ 4 ALL!!

Hear me out for a moment. Has anyone tried shutting 'Murica down, and then selecting 'Last Known Good Configuration' as it boots?

I posted about this before - now the site is up! DC4420.org !! Be there - 1900, on the 29th. Greene Man, Euston Road, NW1 3AU #cybersecurity #infosec #networking #conference

But, dear Nigel. We keep them out. And doesn't 'out' mean 'out'? And, why do you hate British chickens and chicken farmers so much, that you would happily erode their livelihood? Why would you do that, Nigel? Why?

I remember the first time I saw the film 'Idiocracy'. It was funny. Kinda felt like it might happen, but, how the hell could that crazy future for 'Murica come about?! F-Forward to today, and I've never been more certain that 'Idiocracy' is a factual documentary, sent back in time to warn.

Go make yourself a drink, and take 10mins out of your day to read this, and the replies.

Wow. Reached out to Discord Support on birdPlatform to let them know key FQDNs in their emails don't resolve to valid public IPs. And they want more info from me on what this means, with screenshots/videos. We're doomed.

How it started:

I usually frequent the local micro taproom at the weekend. But, I saw the they had a Vocation takeover, and Naughty & Nice on cask (amongst others) so was rude if I didn't. Top notch beers. Managed 2x of Naughty & Nice, 1x Heart & Soul and 1x NZ Extra Pale 10/10 would recommend Vocation beers

As a distraction from all the woes of the World right now, here's a webcam monitoring a peregrine falcon's nest, in Woking 195.224.197.197:9090

Call for Crew docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... It can be a hard but fun day. A really good way to network and improve your CV if just getting started or to give back if you've been around for a while.

Somehow, I've been running Kubernetes on this laptop since well before I was born

If I win the Lottery, I won't tell anybody. But, there will be signs.