Bitquark
@bitquark.io
🥷 British hacker and coder
✨ Space and language nerd
🎩 Black Hat EU review board
🐈 Neurodivergent. Poly. He/him.
🛠️ https://github.com/bitquark
✨ Space and language nerd
🎩 Black Hat EU review board
🐈 Neurodivergent. Poly. He/him.
🛠️ https://github.com/bitquark
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People always say "my cat is weird" as if that isn't like saying "my water is wet".
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
People always say "my cat is weird" as if that isn't like saying "my water is wet".
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
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The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
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We sort of suck at social media, but if you are at #HushCon or #BSidesLondon this weekend. Some members of NEKORAMENGANG will be at these events and have some stickers on us to give out. 🍜🐈⬛️💖
Thank you! @tonix.bsky.social @phreakocious.net @entropyth.bsky.social @bangtan.army @bitquark.io 💖💖💖
Thank you! @tonix.bsky.social @phreakocious.net @entropyth.bsky.social @bangtan.army @bitquark.io 💖💖💖
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We sort of suck at social media, but if you are at #HushCon or #BSidesLondon this weekend. Some members of NEKORAMENGANG will be at these events and have some stickers on us to give out. 🍜🐈⬛️💖
Thank you! @tonix.bsky.social @phreakocious.net @entropyth.bsky.social @bangtan.army @bitquark.io 💖💖💖
Thank you! @tonix.bsky.social @phreakocious.net @entropyth.bsky.social @bangtan.army @bitquark.io 💖💖💖
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Let’s not break people so they fit into society rules , let’s change the rules #adhd #autism #neurodiversity #mentalhealth
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Let’s not break people so they fit into society rules , let’s change the rules #adhd #autism #neurodiversity #mentalhealth
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
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We are now officially in “circle back in January” season
Time to delete all your emails and run free
Time to delete all your emails and run free
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We are now officially in “circle back in January” season
Time to delete all your emails and run free
Time to delete all your emails and run free
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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I'm really not comfortable with the number of Christmas decorations already up in town.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm really not comfortable with the number of Christmas decorations already up in town.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
It needs to be more widely understood how much these models reflect real-world bias – and will continue to propagate it.
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It needs to be more widely understood how much these models reflect real-world bias – and will continue to propagate it.
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"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking
Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS.
arstechnica.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Seattle, @blackhoodie.bsky.social is coming to town! Thanks to IOActive we're hosting 2 days of trainings for women by women on Nov 14 & 15, brought to you by @barbieauglend.bsky.social Bhavna Supriya and Hanne! blackhoodie.re/Seattle2025/
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Seattle, @blackhoodie.bsky.social is coming to town! Thanks to IOActive we're hosting 2 days of trainings for women by women on Nov 14 & 15, brought to you by @barbieauglend.bsky.social Bhavna Supriya and Hanne! blackhoodie.re/Seattle2025/
👀
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I just managed to do Ordsnille (Swedish Wordle) in one fewer try than English Wordle and I'm not sure what that says about my English skills 😂 (Though I am quite proud of my ability to guess plausible Swedish words)
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I just managed to do Ordsnille (Swedish Wordle) in one fewer try than English Wordle and I'm not sure what that says about my English skills 😂 (Though I am quite proud of my ability to guess plausible Swedish words)
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Languages are *fascinating*
can albanian speakers please tell me more about this verb that apparently means “to die” but only for humans and bees???
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Languages are *fascinating*
Absolutely this. If nothing else public officials should not be giving legitimacy to such an awful platform.
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Absolutely this. If nothing else public officials should not be giving legitimacy to such an awful platform.
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Y'all fantastic news! Save the date, @blackhoodie.bsky.social will be at @districtcon.bsky.social this year 😱 the fantastic crew has offered to host us for a day of Malware Reverse Engineering! @synapticrewrite.bsky.social and myself will be hosting a training for women by women on January 23rd!!
October 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Y'all fantastic news! Save the date, @blackhoodie.bsky.social will be at @districtcon.bsky.social this year 😱 the fantastic crew has offered to host us for a day of Malware Reverse Engineering! @synapticrewrite.bsky.social and myself will be hosting a training for women by women on January 23rd!!
What an absolute nightmare of a feature.
A new Microsoft Teams feature will let organizations track employees based on nearby WiFi networks.
According to privacy experts, the new feature will allow companies to crack down on workers who dodge return-to-office mandates.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
According to privacy experts, the new feature will allow companies to crack down on workers who dodge return-to-office mandates.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
October 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What an absolute nightmare of a feature.