Chris Leppard
@ferretandbird.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, 2 kids, 1 cat & 1 dog | Cybersecurity | #cpfc & #F1 fan | very fond of bees | digitalxraid.com | Becoming an honorary Northerner | Views my own
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As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
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Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
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This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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Love it when accessibility is embraced.
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Love it when accessibility is embraced.
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
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"Each new contract deepens the trap. Once Palantir becomes indispensable, once Anduril’s drones are NATO standard, once nuclear facilities power AI that runs everything else— the transformation is irreversible"
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"Each new contract deepens the trap. Once Palantir becomes indispensable, once Anduril’s drones are NATO standard, once nuclear facilities power AI that runs everything else— the transformation is irreversible"
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
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the greatest youtube comment of all time
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the greatest youtube comment of all time
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Update yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) W/E the week ending 7 Nov
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) W/E the week ending 7 Nov
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
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On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
Nigel Farage is wrong about the European Convention on Human Rights | Good Law Project
The Reform leader is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster.
goodlawproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
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Stay for #2. If you're not furious afterward, you're a horrible person.
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Stay for #2. If you're not furious afterward, you're a horrible person.
Pets being very cute this morning
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Pets being very cute this morning
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
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Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
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Just this
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just this
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I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
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It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.
Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
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Honey bees & honey have been valued & collected for millennia by humans.
This sweet, sticky substance has been important in every society
Honey has been used as food, medicine, for cultural & religious reasons.
It was once believed to be the food of the Gods.
#NationalHoneyDay
This sweet, sticky substance has been important in every society
Honey has been used as food, medicine, for cultural & religious reasons.
It was once believed to be the food of the Gods.
#NationalHoneyDay
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Honey bees & honey have been valued & collected for millennia by humans.
This sweet, sticky substance has been important in every society
Honey has been used as food, medicine, for cultural & religious reasons.
It was once believed to be the food of the Gods.
#NationalHoneyDay
This sweet, sticky substance has been important in every society
Honey has been used as food, medicine, for cultural & religious reasons.
It was once believed to be the food of the Gods.
#NationalHoneyDay
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There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
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Bahahaha 😂😂👍🫡
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Bahahaha 😂😂👍🫡
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🚨These cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England.
Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social
by signing their open letter
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Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social
by signing their open letter
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🚨These cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England.
Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social
by signing their open letter
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social
by signing their open letter
asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
Well this makes for some uncomfortable reading Quite a lot I’ve learnt about what happened (which was never made available even to us within the cybersecurity teams in Capita at the time or afterwards (although my role wasn’t internal security)) ico.org.uk/action-weve-...
Capita plc and Capita Pension Solutions Ltd
ico.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Well this makes for some uncomfortable reading Quite a lot I’ve learnt about what happened (which was never made available even to us within the cybersecurity teams in Capita at the time or afterwards (although my role wasn’t internal security)) ico.org.uk/action-weve-...