Danny Palmer
@dannypalmer.bsky.social
Cybersecurity journalist and technology writer. Welsh. SE London. AuDHD.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling, history & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Also likely to post about games, rugby, F1, wrestling, history & the cat.
I have a Simpsons reference for every occasion.
Thanks, I hate it. 💀
Signed, a human writer.
Signed, a human writer.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thanks, I hate it. 💀
Signed, a human writer.
Signed, a human writer.
Taking out the bins was a slightly unnerving experience given the fox standing in the front garden, stoically watching me the entire time. 👀
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Taking out the bins was a slightly unnerving experience given the fox standing in the front garden, stoically watching me the entire time. 👀
Oh, I think I can feel another sudden short term hobby obsession coming on...
www.pdc.tv/news/2025/11...
www.pdc.tv/news/2025/11...
Panini launches first-ever PDC World Darts Championship Sticker Collection
The PDC and Panini are delighted to announce the launch of the first-ever PDC World Darts Championship Sticker Collection!
www.pdc.tv
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Oh, I think I can feel another sudden short term hobby obsession coming on...
www.pdc.tv/news/2025/11...
www.pdc.tv/news/2025/11...
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If the Welsh ever got nukes, the first nuclear strike in anger since 1945 wouldn't be between nation states, it would be between towns 10 mins down the road from each other (e.g. Upper Cwmtwrch conducting a pre-emptive strike on Lower Cwmtwrch)
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If the Welsh ever got nukes, the first nuclear strike in anger since 1945 wouldn't be between nation states, it would be between towns 10 mins down the road from each other (e.g. Upper Cwmtwrch conducting a pre-emptive strike on Lower Cwmtwrch)
Idea for a podcast/personal branding exercise: Cyber Palmergeddon.
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Idea for a podcast/personal branding exercise: Cyber Palmergeddon.
This week on Doctor Who...
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This week on Doctor Who...
My player squad registration and transfer policy when playing Football Manager in full:
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My player squad registration and transfer policy when playing Football Manager in full:
The natural next step for The Internet of Things. Probably.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The natural next step for The Internet of Things. Probably.
To be honest lads, I don't think I'd make for a good Viking. I can't even grow a proper beard...
🫧 we gift a dream where instead, you're a viking!
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To be honest lads, I don't think I'd make for a good Viking. I can't even grow a proper beard...
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I have been traveling, dealing with threats against my family, burning rose candles, hauling rocks, and thinking of old friends.
So I sat down and wrote about things that previously would be buried and forgotten - except that they will not.
🕯️
open.substack.com/pub/nataliaa...
So I sat down and wrote about things that previously would be buried and forgotten - except that they will not.
🕯️
open.substack.com/pub/nataliaa...
On the future of digital archeology
Our data will be mined in terrifying and poetic ways
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I have been traveling, dealing with threats against my family, burning rose candles, hauling rocks, and thinking of old friends.
So I sat down and wrote about things that previously would be buried and forgotten - except that they will not.
🕯️
open.substack.com/pub/nataliaa...
So I sat down and wrote about things that previously would be buried and forgotten - except that they will not.
🕯️
open.substack.com/pub/nataliaa...
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This is incredibly stupid but does rather sum up the Online Safety Act
I missed this the other day, but Ofcom fined the creators of a prolific "nudification" service—that lets people create non-consensual nude images with just a couple of clicks—for... a lack of age verification technology 🤦
Ofcom fines deepfake nudification site for lack of age checks
The regulator said it had also opened new investigations into 20 porn sites over suspected online safety breaches.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is incredibly stupid but does rather sum up the Online Safety Act
I wasn't expecting to have an extensional crisis about my own mortality, this morning. Yet here we are thanks to this email.
Well, Happy Wednesday to you too...
Well, Happy Wednesday to you too...
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I wasn't expecting to have an extensional crisis about my own mortality, this morning. Yet here we are thanks to this email.
Well, Happy Wednesday to you too...
Well, Happy Wednesday to you too...
Had a dream last night I was back at university and like I did, at least to begin with, back then I had to share a room in halls and it was HORRIBLE.
Some residual memories of not properly settling at uni well into the second term of my first year creeping through there...
Some residual memories of not properly settling at uni well into the second term of my first year creeping through there...
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Had a dream last night I was back at university and like I did, at least to begin with, back then I had to share a room in halls and it was HORRIBLE.
Some residual memories of not properly settling at uni well into the second term of my first year creeping through there...
Some residual memories of not properly settling at uni well into the second term of my first year creeping through there...
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An announcement that is ill -thought out, underwhelming, helps no-one, is fiscally incomprehensible, probably makes things worse, and could lead to a revolution in the country is set to be made later today
But enough about the Welsh team announcement, who's looking forward to the Budget?
But enough about the Welsh team announcement, who's looking forward to the Budget?
muppet fozzie bear singing into a microphone with a brick wall in the background
Alt: muppet fozzie bear singing into a microphone with a brick wall in the background
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
An announcement that is ill -thought out, underwhelming, helps no-one, is fiscally incomprehensible, probably makes things worse, and could lead to a revolution in the country is set to be made later today
But enough about the Welsh team announcement, who's looking forward to the Budget?
But enough about the Welsh team announcement, who's looking forward to the Budget?
This seems not good...
Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Councils are among London local borough governments which have reportedly been hit a "cybersecurity incident"
www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...
Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Councils are among London local borough governments which have reportedly been hit a "cybersecurity incident"
www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...
'Multiple' London councils hit by cyber attack - live updates
MyLondon has seen internal memos from three local authorities confirming an incident
www.mylondon.news
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This seems not good...
Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Councils are among London local borough governments which have reportedly been hit a "cybersecurity incident"
www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...
Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Councils are among London local borough governments which have reportedly been hit a "cybersecurity incident"
www.mylondon.news/news/east-lo...
The focus seems to be on Westminster being hit, while the report suggests Hackney has told staff to be aware of dangers...
www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
Westminster among London councils targeted in cyber attack
Systems at one London council are not likely be up and running until the end of the week, a memo seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service warns
www.mylondon.news
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The focus seems to be on Westminster being hit, while the report suggests Hackney has told staff to be aware of dangers...
www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
Oh, this guy definitely has some high-powered rare equipment to sell to adventurers.
I tell a lie; it turns out I have seen something similar in 2023. A Royal Mail trial which I don't think ever came to anything in the end, but you'll never see a cooler postman.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Oh, this guy definitely has some high-powered rare equipment to sell to adventurers.
Not exactly why this is being advertised at me in the first place but is it wise for a jewelery maker to name a necklace collection after Anne Boleyn given what ultimately happened to her neck?
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Not exactly why this is being advertised at me in the first place but is it wise for a jewelery maker to name a necklace collection after Anne Boleyn given what ultimately happened to her neck?
So wait, are lattes too expensive and the reason so many millennials/Gen Z can't buy their own home or not?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Budget live updates: Tax on packaged milkshakes and lattes expected to be announced
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is also expected to raise the living wage for workers aged 20 and under when she delivers the Budget on Wednesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
So wait, are lattes too expensive and the reason so many millennials/Gen Z can't buy their own home or not?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Sudden commission comes in
Me: Yep, no problem, can do!
Days later, after most of my requests for interviews (admittedly at quite short notice because of the fast turnaround needed) aren't responded to.
Me: Oh heck, no no...
Me: Yep, no problem, can do!
Days later, after most of my requests for interviews (admittedly at quite short notice because of the fast turnaround needed) aren't responded to.
Me: Oh heck, no no...
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Sudden commission comes in
Me: Yep, no problem, can do!
Days later, after most of my requests for interviews (admittedly at quite short notice because of the fast turnaround needed) aren't responded to.
Me: Oh heck, no no...
Me: Yep, no problem, can do!
Days later, after most of my requests for interviews (admittedly at quite short notice because of the fast turnaround needed) aren't responded to.
Me: Oh heck, no no...
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Good morning !
I wish you all the confidence of this cat litter brand <3
I wish you all the confidence of this cat litter brand <3
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good morning !
I wish you all the confidence of this cat litter brand <3
I wish you all the confidence of this cat litter brand <3
I knew my wife was going for a haircut today but I didn't expect it to be such a drastic change.
TLDR: I think I'm married to Ramona Flowers now. (Complimentary)
TLDR: I think I'm married to Ramona Flowers now. (Complimentary)
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I knew my wife was going for a haircut today but I didn't expect it to be such a drastic change.
TLDR: I think I'm married to Ramona Flowers now. (Complimentary)
TLDR: I think I'm married to Ramona Flowers now. (Complimentary)
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I see the very practical benefits of being a writer with a certain kind of cat.
When you’ve got one on your lap, you’re kind of stuck. Might as well write.
When you’ve got one on your lap, you’re kind of stuck. Might as well write.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I see the very practical benefits of being a writer with a certain kind of cat.
When you’ve got one on your lap, you’re kind of stuck. Might as well write.
When you’ve got one on your lap, you’re kind of stuck. Might as well write.
A gym I haven't been to since before March 2020 and I haven't lived in the area of since October 2020 has just sent me an email about Black Friday deals. 💀
(Also, I haven't been a member of any gym since 2020 anyway...)
(Also, I haven't been a member of any gym since 2020 anyway...)
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A gym I haven't been to since before March 2020 and I haven't lived in the area of since October 2020 has just sent me an email about Black Friday deals. 💀
(Also, I haven't been a member of any gym since 2020 anyway...)
(Also, I haven't been a member of any gym since 2020 anyway...)
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Bodied by my eldest , frankly
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bodied by my eldest , frankly