patch ye MongoDB, there's an exploit for a vuln which has been in the product for over a decade that allows the remote, unauth read of any memory - which includes plaintext creds. Somebody posted an exploit on Christmas Day, Merry Christmas! doublepulsar.com/merry-christ...

Seven years since I watched one of the most important documentaries ever made. A masterpiece

Wang Shishen 汪士慎 (1686-1759), October 1728: 每餐先备买鱼钱，曾记携归小似拳， 一自爪牙动黠鼠，傍人安稳卧青氊。 I set money aside for fish before each meal. She used to be no bigger than my hand -- Now with claw and tooth she routs the crafty rat, And drowses by her humans on her mat.

For me… a critical justification of a subscription… as well as the sheer pleasure of it. “the only Irish media outlet with a network of correspondents around the world, believing as we do in the value of an Irish perspective on world events.” www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/1...

No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?

We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.

Lads

Beano #881, June 6, 1959

By any reasonable historical standard — including that of the technology industry! — ChatGPT should be pulled from the market and its product managers and executives held accountable for creating a product that ROUTINELY tells teens to kill themselves. This is a basic, common sense standard.

The Ellison push into maga and media may/may not prompt a look at the TBI and its role in British politics

Warp Core Ejection

Anyone looking for the full map or wondering who made it, it’s the work of Matt Brown and it’s here. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...

Forgive me for reposting this, but nothing that has happened since the GE has altered my view that we're not really serious about the fundamental change in approach needed to tackle regional inequalities. open.substack.com/pub/ukcivils...

Hmm. A lot of folk I know follow Mark Chadbourn - chadbourn.bsky.social. I unfollowed a while back because I felt he shared a lot of stuff created by other people and rarely credited it to them. This morning he did it again with @mattfromlondon.bsky.social’s wondrous Anglo Saxon map. So….

Preparing to welcome new worshippers

A condition took away the use of my hands. Silksong helped me rehab them aftermath.site/silksong-hollo...

Subjecting new speakers to their greatest test gas0095.bandcamp.com/album/gas-0095

Sunday music.apple.com/gb/album/mil...

Aside from the political risks, there are two market issues with YouTube / platforms taking over TV: 1. Relying on advertising revenue rather than subscriptions surely means less revenue (and more consumer surplus) overall 2. Creators / businesses always at the mercy of the algorithm

That's easy- he needs to repent for his sins. Racism and violence. And ask for forgiveness. If he doesn't do that, he's a fraud. (Reader he's a fraud he's not found God and he's still a racist piece of shit).

It's almost annoying how smart the idea is of taking over the Church of England. It's weak as fuck, but has institutional power and loads of assets. And what is the pushback really? Do loads of anti-racists atheists have to join to fight them off? Can they truly be arsed?

A great piece on a lovely bloke.

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: "The Regicide Report", the last book in the Laundry Files, is out on January 27th! British/EU edition: https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the-regicide-report US/Canada edition: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-regicide-report/?isbn=9781250373861&format=hardback

I love Sean Burke's "Playing Acid Jazz for Elephants" sketch so much, and think "A cat's gotta play, slim" is one of the best lines in Irish sketch comedy. Even though nobody actually says it.

One of the oddest thing about the modern world is the way AI evangelists preaching magical solutions which are mathematically impossible according to Information Theory rely on systems built on Information Theory to pitch their monorails.

The role is the church is to minister to sinners. No one is irredeemable. It’s a hard message if you are serious. Racism is a sin. Stirring up hatred against migrants is a sin. Fascism is a sin. You cannot find your way to faith by decrying the core tenets of that faith.

Bob Bag Charm Take your #RobertSmith for 'The Walk' Its lovely to receive your reviews of my items so Thank You to everyone who supports #SmallBusiness misheleneous.etsy.com My online #Etsy Shop is open over the Festive period & any orders placed will be posted around the Bank Holidays 📮 #Goth

Reminder that in Britain seats for life in a legislator (the Lords) have routinely been sold for £3 million (and much less too)

Northern Ireland is becoming uninhabitable and nobody cares

Email from Asda saying “Your new year starts here!” And linking to www.asda.com/groceries/pr...

My only take on the robot kicking the bloke in the nuts is that it is bad news for professional dommes but good news for English men.

Contrast treatment of Louise Haigh, swiftly punted, or Big Ange, pushed to resign with Tulip Siddiq, clung on for two months with the PMs support and it is very obvious that this isn't even really factional, but about personal proximity, and speed to endorse, the Starmer project.

Christmas Eve Christmas Day St Stephen’s/Boxing Day Oblomov Day Bartleby Day

Hard to disagree with anything Howard Oakley says here: Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/l... Sad to see that last pic of an older macOS and see how far things have fallen. (And Howard didn’t even mention the absurd “hovering” buttons.)

Where does one realistically buy a used car these days? Autotrader? eBay?

Important Job Descriptions Librarian: someone who works in a library Unitarian: someone who works in a unit Barbarian: someone who works in two (2) bars Vegetarian: someone who works in a vegetable

⚫ Brigitte Bardot, actrice française légendaire, icône féminine des années 1960 et fervente protectrice des animaux, est décédée à l'âge de 91 ans, a annoncé ce dimanche la Fondation Brigitte Bardot.

France Info: Brigitte Bardot est morte à l'âge de 91 ans.

I have written a lovely long essay on the end of the ‘hereds’ in the Lords for today’s Sunday Times which I am rather pleased with – and which I don’t mind saying is well worth reading! www.thetimes.com/article/a280...

All pets fall into one of two categories: faithful companion or weird little guy. Cats? Weird little guy. Dogs? Faithful companion (except very small dogs) Rats? Faithful companion. Hamsters? Weird little guy. Parrots? Weird little guy. Horses? Faithful companion.

They’re feeling very let down - it was made by a Michelin chef.

you're gonna need a bigger barn

Beano #1658, April 27, 1974

The Kerry priest who was buried four times The remarkable story of Fr John Quill, parish priest of Milltown, County Kerry who was buried four different times between 1842 and 1913 owenoshea.ie/body-snatche...

Just given up on the latest thing by someone who has very similar cultural tastes to mine but seems cursed to forever miss the point.

"what did I say Roy?" "you said now, more than ever, we need a CEC that will fight for a party led by its members — not MPs or bureaucrats"

Offaly planning for the All Ireland

I don't even know what a vatar is :(

Saipan review: The likeability of Éanna Hardwicke’s Roy Keane makes the big meltdown all the more shocking