Jonty Wareing
@jonty.bsky.social
Accidentally responsible
Also http://chaos.social/@jonty
Previously http://twitter.com/jonty
Always http://jonty.co.uk
Also http://chaos.social/@jonty
Previously http://twitter.com/jonty
Always http://jonty.co.uk
Currently every day feels like flipping a coin with faces labelled "fatigue" and "hyperactive, but only for seven minutes at a time"
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Currently every day feels like flipping a coin with faces labelled "fatigue" and "hyperactive, but only for seven minutes at a time"
My favourite souvenir from the Osaka Expo (World's Fair) is a pair of excellent ENGINEER brand screw removal pliers, decorated with the horrifying Expo mascot.
More events need commemorative tools please.
More events need commemorative tools please.
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My favourite souvenir from the Osaka Expo (World's Fair) is a pair of excellent ENGINEER brand screw removal pliers, decorated with the horrifying Expo mascot.
More events need commemorative tools please.
More events need commemorative tools please.
We finally answered the question "what is shitting in our garden storage" with the discovery that cats are a liquid
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
We finally answered the question "what is shitting in our garden storage" with the discovery that cats are a liquid
While walking down the street a dead drone dropped out of the sky and almost hit me.
Finally, it feels like living in the future.
Finally, it feels like living in the future.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
While walking down the street a dead drone dropped out of the sky and almost hit me.
Finally, it feels like living in the future.
Finally, it feels like living in the future.
I'd really like to play a real-life game of snake where the food is people and anybody who gets eaten becomes the head of a conga-line snake
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'd really like to play a real-life game of snake where the food is people and anybody who gets eaten becomes the head of a conga-line snake
Someone who is good at physics tell me why the white overflow pipe for a tank should not go above the top of the tank itself. Please help me plumbing, my bathroom is flooded.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Someone who is good at physics tell me why the white overflow pipe for a tank should not go above the top of the tank itself. Please help me plumbing, my bathroom is flooded.
Discovered our industrial receipt printer can produce output of unlimited length, really fast.
So here's a two story high version of timecube.
So here's a two story high version of timecube.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Discovered our industrial receipt printer can produce output of unlimited length, really fast.
So here's a two story high version of timecube.
So here's a two story high version of timecube.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For those late night hacks, Club Mate! The soft drink of the elite hacker.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For those late night hacks, Club Mate! The soft drink of the elite hacker.
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reposted by Jonty Wareing
This is now English case law
![Screenshot of text from and English High Court judgement reading "In a later social media post in 2018 on Twitter (X), he was involved in a game of listing criteria for electing a new prime minister, in which he proposed ‘1. Cancel Brexit; 2. Decriminalise most drugs; 3. Spend less on candles [an internet meme]; 4. Resign’."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oixkjhvqhly2jwihblmd2qba/bafkreihcvf6g6y42fed6vukhpeyhcmxgzjzum35fapxb7eyongh2oczgtm@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is now English case law
Matthew took on Techrights and won 🎉
The judgement makes for interesting reading - you'll want some popcorn.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
The judgement makes for interesting reading - you'll want some popcorn.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Matthew took on Techrights and won 🎉
The judgement makes for interesting reading - you'll want some popcorn.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
The judgement makes for interesting reading - you'll want some popcorn.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
The rubber seal between carriages on this overground train is making a noise exactly like turntable DJ scratching and given how much it is making me laugh I have clearly not had enough sleep
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The rubber seal between carriages on this overground train is making a noise exactly like turntable DJ scratching and given how much it is making me laugh I have clearly not had enough sleep
Types of camera I have used to dial in for work calls:
* Webcam
* 360
* Mirrorless
* Drone
* Thermal
* LiDAR
* Microscope
* Endoscope
Taking suggestions for the next horror I inflict on my colleagues
* Webcam
* 360
* Mirrorless
* Drone
* Thermal
* LiDAR
* Microscope
* Endoscope
Taking suggestions for the next horror I inflict on my colleagues
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Types of camera I have used to dial in for work calls:
* Webcam
* 360
* Mirrorless
* Drone
* Thermal
* LiDAR
* Microscope
* Endoscope
Taking suggestions for the next horror I inflict on my colleagues
* Webcam
* 360
* Mirrorless
* Drone
* Thermal
* LiDAR
* Microscope
* Endoscope
Taking suggestions for the next horror I inflict on my colleagues
382 days later, our house heating system is working again.
Ludicrously happy. Being warm is underrated.
Ludicrously happy. Being warm is underrated.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
382 days later, our house heating system is working again.
Ludicrously happy. Being warm is underrated.
Ludicrously happy. Being warm is underrated.
This morning I discovered a bunch of London accelerationists are holding a VC-funded hackathon to build AI powered dancing robots with the final "robot rave" in a Margaret Thatcher themed nightclub, and I would like to go back to bed now please
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This morning I discovered a bunch of London accelerationists are holding a VC-funded hackathon to build AI powered dancing robots with the final "robot rave" in a Margaret Thatcher themed nightclub, and I would like to go back to bed now please
"Those puzzle games won't teach you anything" said my parents.
30 years later, rewiring the boiler:
30 years later, rewiring the boiler:
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Those puzzle games won't teach you anything" said my parents.
30 years later, rewiring the boiler:
30 years later, rewiring the boiler:
Really, all I want is to become Theo Jansen and build wiggling wind robots on a beach for the rest of my life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
Strandbeest evolution 2025
YouTube video by theo jansen
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Really, all I want is to become Theo Jansen and build wiggling wind robots on a beach for the rest of my life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
Discovering there may have been an unexploded bomb under the house you lived in for seven years makes you have really terrible dreams
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Discovering there may have been an unexploded bomb under the house you lived in for seven years makes you have really terrible dreams
Personal development milestone: Sent my research to an Actual Reporter rather than letting it rot on a hard drive because I really do not have time to be playing recreational investigative journalist
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Personal development milestone: Sent my research to an Actual Reporter rather than letting it rot on a hard drive because I really do not have time to be playing recreational investigative journalist
If you're wondering how my day is going I just got this contract from the council
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you're wondering how my day is going I just got this contract from the council
My mac froze and the trackpad stopped clicking (the haptics are from a linear motor).
Moments later it unfroze and the trackpad started clicking furiously, all on it's own, emulating the click patterns I tried to make while it was dead.
I do not want a haunted trackpad.
Moments later it unfroze and the trackpad started clicking furiously, all on it's own, emulating the click patterns I tried to make while it was dead.
I do not want a haunted trackpad.
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My mac froze and the trackpad stopped clicking (the haptics are from a linear motor).
Moments later it unfroze and the trackpad started clicking furiously, all on it's own, emulating the click patterns I tried to make while it was dead.
I do not want a haunted trackpad.
Moments later it unfroze and the trackpad started clicking furiously, all on it's own, emulating the click patterns I tried to make while it was dead.
I do not want a haunted trackpad.
Blog posts written by my friends as teenagers, recovered from the Internet Archive
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Blog posts written by my friends as teenagers, recovered from the Internet Archive
I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
![A screenshot of an email, it reads:
Dear Jonty,
I hope this message finds you well.
We are reaching out regarding a public GitHub repository under your ownership that appears to contain an unofficial mirrored copy of a legacy repository previously maintained by our team. Specifically, we have identified SQL files within the repository that contain sensitive legacy data and should not be publicly accessible.
While the original repository has been taken down, this mirrored version remains available that may pose reputational or governance implications.
We kindly ask that you remove the SQL files—or preferably, take down the entire repository—at your earliest convenience to help ensure the protection of this data.
Details:
Repository URL: [REDACTED]
Files of concern: [REDACTED]
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. If you have any questions or require further information to verify the request, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Kind regards,
Security Incident Management Team
Cyber & Information Security
Digital Data Technology | Ops and Infrastructure
Email: Security.Response@education.gov.uk
[logo of the Department for Education]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5cs46d5djgw2cx6hteivcyq/bafkreif6xczi7cdglz6izgauglu66wb6ooscxjqs5s3lzmgbhyzzz2nhaa@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
If you want your thing to last, and you can make your thing into a static website: You should.
Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because offline.
Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.
Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because offline.
Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you want your thing to last, and you can make your thing into a static website: You should.
Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because offline.
Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.
Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because offline.
Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.