Chris Boyd
@paperghost.bsky.social
Award winning security researcher | 7 time Microsoft MVP | Google Hall of Fame | Music and video | UK Immigration (family reunion)
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abolish the Home Office
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
abolish the Home Office
v funny after i complained about terrible pension payouts to see ads on reddit talking about "what to do with your £500k retirement portfolio"
lmao my *what*
lmao my *what*
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
v funny after i complained about terrible pension payouts to see ads on reddit talking about "what to do with your £500k retirement portfolio"
lmao my *what*
lmao my *what*
police are hot on the trail
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
police are hot on the trail
posted the naturalisation certificate (damaged by the home office) back to the home office. it was like watching king arthur (my wife) sail to avalon (if avalon sucked and was on fire)
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
posted the naturalisation certificate (damaged by the home office) back to the home office. it was like watching king arthur (my wife) sail to avalon (if avalon sucked and was on fire)
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If as Home Secretary you are looking at the significant reduction in people choosing to live and work in the UK and deciding it's a good idea to "go further" you've conclusively shown you aren't basing your policies on anything resembling reality. The repercussions would be devastating for everyone.
Labour immigration policy explained:
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If as Home Secretary you are looking at the significant reduction in people choosing to live and work in the UK and deciding it's a good idea to "go further" you've conclusively shown you aren't basing your policies on anything resembling reality. The repercussions would be devastating for everyone.
the most fun thing about replaying witcher 3 every so often is just how mind bogglingly *vast* it is. like there's just a preposterous amount of stuff in it, even before you head off to skellige or touch the DLC. even now i run into missions/quests/*stuff* i've never encountered before. amazing tbh
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
the most fun thing about replaying witcher 3 every so often is just how mind bogglingly *vast* it is. like there's just a preposterous amount of stuff in it, even before you head off to skellige or touch the DLC. even now i run into missions/quests/*stuff* i've never encountered before. amazing tbh
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[sinking in quicksand]
me: oh no
wife: we’ll be fine if we just remain still and wait for help
me: ok
[mambo no. 5 starts to play]
me: OH NO
me: oh no
wife: we’ll be fine if we just remain still and wait for help
me: ok
[mambo no. 5 starts to play]
me: OH NO
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
[sinking in quicksand]
me: oh no
wife: we’ll be fine if we just remain still and wait for help
me: ok
[mambo no. 5 starts to play]
me: OH NO
me: oh no
wife: we’ll be fine if we just remain still and wait for help
me: ok
[mambo no. 5 starts to play]
me: OH NO
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beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
man with white hair and two swords seen entering dig site
I'm hugely in favour of mysterious 'extraordinary' archaeological discoveries that are 'like nothing else ever found at the site' and which are shrouded in secrecy.
There's definitely nothing unnatural or spooky happening at Ness. Don't worry about it!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There's definitely nothing unnatural or spooky happening at Ness. Don't worry about it!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
man with white hair and two swords seen entering dig site
starmer once again refers to "the boriswave". i would be so annoyed if i came here, jumped through all the home office hoops, paid a fortune, and was endlessly referred to as a negative by everyone from the prime minister down
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
starmer once again refers to "the boriswave". i would be so annoyed if i came here, jumped through all the home office hoops, paid a fortune, and was endlessly referred to as a negative by everyone from the prime minister down
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He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
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Update: happened again. Today it invented someone called Brian. There is no Brian.
Was in a a Teams meeting where someone turned on an AI transription thing - the summary we got at the end has made up a person who doesn't exist that apaprently I need talk to about my actions...
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Update: happened again. Today it invented someone called Brian. There is no Brian.
sorting out the details for my annual uni talk for soon-to-graduate security students in the big world of cyber security (two pictures of a guy in a hoodie and then six hours about my wife's visa)
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
sorting out the details for my annual uni talk for soon-to-graduate security students in the big world of cyber security (two pictures of a guy in a hoodie and then six hours about my wife's visa)
(not that i'm surprised but) one of the most common responses to the net migration collapse is "still too many dependants on benefits". dependant strongly suggests "on the state" and not "on the visa holder or british sponsor", and the home office isn't going to make that bit clearer any time soon
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
(not that i'm surprised but) one of the most common responses to the net migration collapse is "still too many dependants on benefits". dependant strongly suggests "on the state" and not "on the visa holder or british sponsor", and the home office isn't going to make that bit clearer any time soon
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
the "cyber expert":
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
the "cyber expert":
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Raiders of the Lost Ark was set 45 years before it was released. It was released 44 years ago.
August 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Raiders of the Lost Ark was set 45 years before it was released. It was released 44 years ago.
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i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
annual statement came through for my biggest, oldest workplace pension stuffed with large amounts of salary sacrifice and yeah it's still looking to pay out about £400 a month. that salary sacrifice has to even exist in the first place seems suboptimal to me, and then the payout is a big ole meh
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
annual statement came through for my biggest, oldest workplace pension stuffed with large amounts of salary sacrifice and yeah it's still looking to pay out about £400 a month. that salary sacrifice has to even exist in the first place seems suboptimal to me, and then the payout is a big ole meh
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As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
i love when you see a big hammer and you instantly go "yeah it's mahler time"
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
i love when you see a big hammer and you instantly go "yeah it's mahler time"
with the caveat that a lot of what's in the latest immigration announcement is still vague/unclear: it seems absolutely unhinged that labour is essentially introducing a(n additional) mini-minimum income requirement for migrants on a visa route where work isn't a requirement of it being issued
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
with the caveat that a lot of what's in the latest immigration announcement is still vague/unclear: it seems absolutely unhinged that labour is essentially introducing a(n additional) mini-minimum income requirement for migrants on a visa route where work isn't a requirement of it being issued
pope wants butlerian jihad
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
pope wants butlerian jihad
suno hiring jasminericegirl, who is now suddenly very enthusiastic about AI slop, while making out like there's not a huge number of free DAWs, VSTs, and god knows what else from mobile to desktop is it. encouraging kids who are the youngest age allowed by the ToS(13) to use it, is she
boooooo
boooooo
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
suno hiring jasminericegirl, who is now suddenly very enthusiastic about AI slop, while making out like there's not a huge number of free DAWs, VSTs, and god knows what else from mobile to desktop is it. encouraging kids who are the youngest age allowed by the ToS(13) to use it, is she
boooooo
boooooo