Binarysleeper
@binarysleeper.bsky.social
Infosec bod, thinker of silly thoughts
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Looks like the need to fire staff to cover AI costs has hit the Windows team
RIP Windows Insider
RIP Windows Insider
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Looks like the need to fire staff to cover AI costs has hit the Windows team
RIP Windows Insider
RIP Windows Insider
Fun talk
Mission Update: Speaker recording available - Dave Lodge - From Sputnik To James Webb: Satellite Comms (And Security?).
Join Dave Lodge for a journey through satellite comms, security, GPS spoofing, pulsars, and even vintage tech like modems & tapes. youtu.be/4PexfCLvO_E
Join Dave Lodge for a journey through satellite comms, security, GPS spoofing, pulsars, and even vintage tech like modems & tapes. youtu.be/4PexfCLvO_E
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Fun talk
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LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
This is the closest thing I have to an Xmas jumper
The absolute BEST way to arrive at your office Christmas party. Bar none. Get yours with FREE UK delivery here >>> buff.ly/cvFK6wD
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is the closest thing I have to an Xmas jumper
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BBC board letter to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee concludes with a statement I agree with to my core:
“There is an increasing need for the public to be informed in a way that is impartial, truthful and is based on evidence they can trust. That is the sacred job of the BBC.”
“There is an increasing need for the public to be informed in a way that is impartial, truthful and is based on evidence they can trust. That is the sacred job of the BBC.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BBC board letter to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee concludes with a statement I agree with to my core:
“There is an increasing need for the public to be informed in a way that is impartial, truthful and is based on evidence they can trust. That is the sacred job of the BBC.”
“There is an increasing need for the public to be informed in a way that is impartial, truthful and is based on evidence they can trust. That is the sacred job of the BBC.”
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If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
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Stolen from a friend on another platform .
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Stolen from a friend on another platform .
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US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments.
They are being fed by food banks and charities in Germany.
@reuters.com also just reported that US military base workers in Italy are being fed by charity too.
They are being fed by food banks and charities in Germany.
@reuters.com also just reported that US military base workers in Italy are being fed by charity too.
German Food Banks Feed 37,000 US Soldiers
US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers
hanschristensen.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments.
They are being fed by food banks and charities in Germany.
@reuters.com also just reported that US military base workers in Italy are being fed by charity too.
They are being fed by food banks and charities in Germany.
@reuters.com also just reported that US military base workers in Italy are being fed by charity too.
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Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
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Ten years ago tomorrow, I posted this online at ten to midnight and went to bed. I woke up the next morning to discover three things: Donald Trump was now seriously president, I had gone massively viral and Lemmy had actually died in 2015...
1/11
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
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chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ten years ago tomorrow, I posted this online at ten to midnight and went to bed. I woke up the next morning to discover three things: Donald Trump was now seriously president, I had gone massively viral and Lemmy had actually died in 2015...
1/11
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
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chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
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The #BSidesLDN2025 Schedule is up!
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The #BSidesLDN2025 Schedule is up!
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
Looking like there may be one or two things to do on the 13th December.
cfp.bsides.london/bsides-londo...
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🇬🇧 "The people of Great Britain will choose the next government. Not some billionaire foreigner."
📚 "So I would suggest that he buys a book on the British constitution out of his money. He reads it, he understands how we work and he minds his own business."
📚 "So I would suggest that he buys a book on the British constitution out of his money. He reads it, he understands how we work and he minds his own business."
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🇬🇧 "The people of Great Britain will choose the next government. Not some billionaire foreigner."
📚 "So I would suggest that he buys a book on the British constitution out of his money. He reads it, he understands how we work and he minds his own business."
📚 "So I would suggest that he buys a book on the British constitution out of his money. He reads it, he understands how we work and he minds his own business."
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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I’m proud to have donated blood. 💉
The NHS needs new regular donors, especially those of Black heritage. If you’re 17–65 and healthy, you can give too, nothing scary at all.
My O- blood is rare and always required, it feels great knowing it’ll help someone who needs it. ❤️
The NHS needs new regular donors, especially those of Black heritage. If you’re 17–65 and healthy, you can give too, nothing scary at all.
My O- blood is rare and always required, it feels great knowing it’ll help someone who needs it. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m proud to have donated blood. 💉
The NHS needs new regular donors, especially those of Black heritage. If you’re 17–65 and healthy, you can give too, nothing scary at all.
My O- blood is rare and always required, it feels great knowing it’ll help someone who needs it. ❤️
The NHS needs new regular donors, especially those of Black heritage. If you’re 17–65 and healthy, you can give too, nothing scary at all.
My O- blood is rare and always required, it feels great knowing it’ll help someone who needs it. ❤️
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The next #InfosecLunchHour is TODAY at 12.30pm GMT and we're back with a very important topic for discussion!
The @ncsc.gov.uk's annual review has the strapline of “It’s time to act." But is the message finally landing with businesses?
#DM me for the joining details on #Zoom❤️ xx
The @ncsc.gov.uk's annual review has the strapline of “It’s time to act." But is the message finally landing with businesses?
#DM me for the joining details on #Zoom❤️ xx
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The next #InfosecLunchHour is TODAY at 12.30pm GMT and we're back with a very important topic for discussion!
The @ncsc.gov.uk's annual review has the strapline of “It’s time to act." But is the message finally landing with businesses?
#DM me for the joining details on #Zoom❤️ xx
The @ncsc.gov.uk's annual review has the strapline of “It’s time to act." But is the message finally landing with businesses?
#DM me for the joining details on #Zoom❤️ xx
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NEWS! Far-right devastated to learn Guy Fawkes was an English national and not an asylum seeker newsthump.com/2025/11/05/f...
Far-right devastated to learn Guy Fawkes was an English national and not an asylum seeker
Members of the far-right have been left devastated today after learning terrorist plotter Guy Fawkes was in fact an English national, and not an asylum seeker who arrived on a small boat.
newsthump.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
NEWS! Far-right devastated to learn Guy Fawkes was an English national and not an asylum seeker newsthump.com/2025/11/05/f...
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Peter Gurney cleared or detonated thousands of unexploded munitions in his 40-year career. His working kit was principally medical scalpels, a ball of string, fish-hooks and garden secateurs
Against all odds, Peter Gurney loved his work
The bomb-disposal mastermind died (peacefully) on September 19th, aged 93
econ.st
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Peter Gurney cleared or detonated thousands of unexploded munitions in his 40-year career. His working kit was principally medical scalpels, a ball of string, fish-hooks and garden secateurs
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
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Six basic things that now require a f**king app buff.ly/94hfG1B
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Six basic things that now require a f**king app buff.ly/94hfG1B
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Good lord this website is beautiful.
Also I’m pretty sure the “Cookie Wall” section is just the average cookie banner experience. Could easily list dozens more companies if I sat down for an hour.
Also I’m pretty sure the “Cookie Wall” section is just the average cookie banner experience. Could easily list dozens more companies if I sat down for an hour.
Shame on these well-known companies for using these deceptive user interface patterns. https://hallofshame.design/collection/
Collection of Dark Patterns and Unethical Design
Discover a variety of dark pattern examples, sorted by category, to better understand deceptive design practices.
hallofshame.design
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good lord this website is beautiful.
Also I’m pretty sure the “Cookie Wall” section is just the average cookie banner experience. Could easily list dozens more companies if I sat down for an hour.
Also I’m pretty sure the “Cookie Wall” section is just the average cookie banner experience. Could easily list dozens more companies if I sat down for an hour.
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Israeli military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday following the leak of a video from a notorious detention facility in southern Israel, showing soldiers violently beating a Palestinian prisoner.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251031-isr...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251031-isr...
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Israeli military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday following the leak of a video from a notorious detention facility in southern Israel, showing soldiers violently beating a Palestinian prisoner.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251031-isr...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251031-isr...
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I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter) - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour. Therefor...
www.ria.ie
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t...
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?!
Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?
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Moominpapapain
Artist: Urth https://b3ta.com/board/11422299
From the 'Two Authors One Book' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/twoauthorsonebook/popular/ #TwoAuthorsOneBook
Artist: Urth https://b3ta.com/board/11422299
From the 'Two Authors One Book' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/twoauthorsonebook/popular/ #TwoAuthorsOneBook
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Moominpapapain
Artist: Urth https://b3ta.com/board/11422299
From the 'Two Authors One Book' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/twoauthorsonebook/popular/ #TwoAuthorsOneBook
Artist: Urth https://b3ta.com/board/11422299
From the 'Two Authors One Book' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/twoauthorsonebook/popular/ #TwoAuthorsOneBook
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Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.
Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remember guys, @pcsunion.bsky.social staff at the BL are on strike for the next two weeks. Please don't cross the picket line to go to reading rooms, attend exhibitions or anything else. They've endured so much on low pay since the cyberattack in 2023 and the least we can do is have their backs now.
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One of my favourite polar bear photos I've taken to date. It was a weird, misty evening with just a sliver of sunlight coming through the fog, lighting up this bear on the rocks just outside of town. #mammals 🌿 #BearSeason2025
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One of my favourite polar bear photos I've taken to date. It was a weird, misty evening with just a sliver of sunlight coming through the fog, lighting up this bear on the rocks just outside of town. #mammals 🌿 #BearSeason2025