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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · 5h

Just under a week left until kcduk.io, hosted this year in beautiful Edinburgh. If you haven’t got a ticket yet, there are still some available. I can guarantee some excellent company and talks. Weather may vary, but the city’s still pretty in the drizzle.

Kubernetes Community Days UK - Edinburgh 2025 | CNCF

In-person Event - Kubernetes Community Days UK - Edinburgh 2025

kcduk.io

Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · 5h

Good luck coming up with an effective keymap for that bad boy.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Oct 4

This is just great.

Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · Oct 3

I've edited a video! Of some of my standup! Like you're supposed to when you're a comedian!
Please enjoy "My jokes are good, actually, and here are the reasons why".

Shares/fawning praise etc obviously appreciated x

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93X...

My jokes are good, actually, and here are the reasons why.

YouTube video by Guy Kelly

www.youtube.com

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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 20d

Please enjoy today, 25/9/2025, the last square date until 2116 (5^2/3^2/45^2).

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Rory McCune @mccune.org.uk · Sep 12

My talk at @containerdays.bsky.social this week was on Kubernetes and post exploitation. I've had a couple of requests for a companion blog post, so here it is. The post looks at some things attackers might do in clusters they've compromised to retain access.

raesene.github.io/blog/2025/09...

Beyond the surface - Exploring attacker persistence strategies in Kubernetes

raesene.github.io

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Adrian Mouat @adrianmouat.com · Sep 9

The next Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh meetup is next week (Weds)! We have a top line-up with @thebsdbox.co.uk doing a deep dive on k8s networking and Ballie Gifford talking about their k8s journey.

Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh September 2025, Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

We're back after a summer break for our next meetup sponsored by none other than [Isovalent](https://isovalent.com/)! Doors opening at 6pm for food and drink thanks to the

www.meetup.com

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Sep 1

Completely agreed. It’s possible to do multi-tenancy securely, as long as you’re aware of the edge cases which look safe but aren’t. Having processes, monitoring, and guardrails in place helps hugely with not opening up new attack vectors.

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Sep 1

Unsurprisingly, I have opinions about Kubernetes, particularly when it comes to multitenancy and how easy it is to break out of common deployments. Today I wrote about them for @amberwolfsec.bsky.social

blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2025/se...

Breaking Boundaries - Kubernetes Namespaces and multi-tenancy

AmberWolf Security Research Blog

blog.amberwolf.com

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Aug 29

Babe wake up new punk rock dinosaur just dropped. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur

A species known only by a single rib turns out to be covered with meter-long spikes.

arstechnica.com

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.stepsecurity.io/blog/supply-...

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Aug 25

I’ve been considering making the switch from iPhone for a Pixel 10. Of course I managed to drop and smash the iPhone as soon as I’d clicked a trade in valuation.

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Aug 17

Gutted to be missing this one!

Nick Jones @nick.sausage.social · Aug 17

We've just announced the next Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh event, back after a bit of a break over summer with an absolute banger of a meetup that includes the one and only @thebsdbox.co.uk www.meetup.com/cloud-native...

Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh September 2025, Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

We're back after a summer break for our next meetup sponsored by none other than [Isovalent](https://isovalent.com/)! Doors opening at 6pm for food and drink thanks to the

www.meetup.com

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David Flanagan @rawkode.dev · Aug 17

Is your company hiring? Would I be useful to your team?

I think I'm ready to open discussions for 2026.

I still have commitments to finish over the next 6 months, but let's start talking.

I'm in no rush and looking to find the right product / team / company.

RTs appreciated

David Flanagan @rawkode.dev · Aug 6

I miss working with other people and having a common goal.

Doing your own thing is kinda lonely!

a cartoon character is standing in the rain with a sad look on his face

ALT: a cartoon character is standing in the rain with a sad look on his face

media.tenor.com

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Aug 16

The camera can also act as temporary glasses when the real glasses were sat down somewhere safe, and then apparently vanished from existence.

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Jun 21

How did you not just melt in the heat!?

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kcduk_io @kcduk.bsky.social · May 7

Give a talk at KCD Edinburgh! You don’t even have to be funny (but it helps). CFP here: kcduk.io

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · May 18

Heck yes, this is incredible!

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kcduk_io @kcduk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Some say the learning curve for Kubernetes is steep. Try the walk up Calton Hill!

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Apr 28

Some musings on the use of the “exec” directive in a kubeconfig, and how they might be useful to a red teamer or other nasty internet person: blog.iainsmart.co.uk/posts/kubect...

Kubectl Get Hacked

Discussing some ways kubeconfig files can bite

blog.iainsmart.co.uk

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Apr 2

If anyone at #KubeConEU hasn't ever tried a Tunocks caramel wafer, hit me up. I'm travelling prepared.

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Apr 1

If you're into variant sudoku, the daily from Cracking the Cryptic's discord is an excellent puzzle today. sudokupad.app/9f1izfy5tg

April 1, 2025: Big/Small/Odd/Even/Prime/Nonprime/Integer Sudoku by clover! (Sven's SudokuPad v0.590.0)

sudokupad.app

Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Apr 1

Gutted to only be at two days of #KubeCon this year. Flying down tomorrow for a swift 36 hours in London catching up with some wonderful people. /honk remotely to everyone already there!

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Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Feb 9

Does anyone who follows me happen to run a blog or similar which they spellcheck with cspell, and have a custom dictionary of container/Linux words?

Apparently the git repo I just ran it on has several hundred typos, but most of those are just "suid" or "containerd" or similar.

Smarticu5 @smarticu5.bsky.social · Jan 17

After CVE-2024-9042 dropped yesterday, I had a play about to see if I could reproduce the vuln. Spoiler alert, yes I could. I've just published some notes over on the @amberwolfsec.bsky.social blog

blog.amberwolf.com/blog/2025/ja...

Reproducing CVE-2024-9042: Command Injection in Windows Kubernetes Nodes

AmberWolf Security Research Blog

blog.amberwolf.com