David 🏴
@davidsheryn.bsky.social
InfoSec and aviation. Likes are bookmarks not endorsements.
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London, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Wales.
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David 🏴
@davidsheryn.bsky.social
· Dec 24
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As drafted. www.cyberleagle.com/2025/12/repe...
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
As drafted. www.cyberleagle.com/2025/12/repe...
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Stop. Anthropomorphising. AI.
It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.
It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.
Grok is now lying about its image creation. This reply is at end of an extensive discussion where a user did their best to make it admit it had put Renee Good's dead body in a bikini
The example of that I verified is real and remains on X - not linking to it but censored screengrab and prompt below
The example of that I verified is real and remains on X - not linking to it but censored screengrab and prompt below
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Stop. Anthropomorphising. AI.
It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.
It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.
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That's going to come up in the debate undoubtedly, but the focus is on their insistence that E2EE content can be scanned. See cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 AM
That's going to come up in the debate undoubtedly, but the focus is on their insistence that E2EE content can be scanned. See cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...
Not entirely comparable, because the West in general and the US in particular is still highly dependent on Taiwan for manufacturing hi-tech components.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Not entirely comparable, because the West in general and the US in particular is still highly dependent on Taiwan for manufacturing hi-tech components.
Happy New Year, folks 🙂
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Happy New Year, folks 🙂
Happy Christmas, all 🙂
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy Christmas, all 🙂
No DMs please (simply because I'm not doing the age-verification nonsense). Feel free to use Signal: David.7323
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December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No DMs please (simply because I'm not doing the age-verification nonsense). Feel free to use Signal: David.7323
Thanks.
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Swansea Bay, 24.12.25
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Swansea Bay, 24.12.25
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... wait till their office 365 /.Facebook etc accounts start being closed
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... wait till their office 365 /.Facebook etc accounts start being closed
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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For the eternal optimists it’s the first day of summer tomorrow 🥳🌳
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
For the eternal optimists it’s the first day of summer tomorrow 🥳🌳
Anna Lapwood at the RAH smashing it out of the hall, as usual 🙂
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Anna Lapwood at the RAH smashing it out of the hall, as usual 🙂
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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What if Thames Water aren’t always the baddies when it comes to sewage in London rivers? It’s hard to comprehend, so in April I challenged @rachel-rees.bsky.social to find a single example of a misconnection and chase it to the Thames. It became an epic quest: www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
www.londoncentric.media
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
What if Thames Water aren’t always the baddies when it comes to sewage in London rivers? It’s hard to comprehend, so in April I challenged @rachel-rees.bsky.social to find a single example of a misconnection and chase it to the Thames. It became an epic quest: www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
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It's time to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's time to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @ox.ac.uk's barges which used to be moored along the Thames, or Isis, in Oxford
Ideal platforms for the drinking of Pimms and general larking about, whilst more sporty types rowed
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Ideal platforms for the drinking of Pimms and general larking about, whilst more sporty types rowed
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Foreign investment, international exports, soft power,…
Unintended consequences and all that
Or, business schools are all about international student recruitment, so its Geography 😉
Or, business schools are all about international student recruitment, so its Geography 😉
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Foreign investment, international exports, soft power,…
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So you have Wolfson College, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Cambridge
The only other person currently to have a college named after them in both universities is Jesus Christ
The only other person currently to have a college named after them in both universities is Jesus Christ
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
So you have Wolfson College, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Cambridge
The only other person currently to have a college named after them in both universities is Jesus Christ
The only other person currently to have a college named after them in both universities is Jesus Christ
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I suppose *somebody* had to try it… 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I suppose *somebody* had to try it… 🙄
Brilliant! 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Brilliant! 🤣
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The 2026 @lewybodysociety.bsky.social calendar is now available on www.lewybody.org/product/2026...
Every penny goes directly to the Society . The artwork and printing are my annual gift to the charity.
Every penny goes directly to the Society . The artwork and printing are my annual gift to the charity.
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The 2026 @lewybodysociety.bsky.social calendar is now available on www.lewybody.org/product/2026...
Every penny goes directly to the Society . The artwork and printing are my annual gift to the charity.
Every penny goes directly to the Society . The artwork and printing are my annual gift to the charity.
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Now would be a really good time for the UK to create a welcoming environment for international students
Just saying ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just saying ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New international student enrollment drops 17% at US universities
A survey of more than 800 US universities and colleges suggest visa delays and denials were among the top issues behind the decline.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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