Tom Roberts
@tbroberts02.bsky.social
Infosec, blacksmithing, social engineering, Bsides Cymru, photography, science, music and occasional war stories from a long career.
"Adversarial poetry" anyone?
The once was an AI in the cloud.
The makers were all very proud.
When asked for illumination,
It often gave a hallucination,
But the answers were still used by the crowd.
The once was an AI in the cloud.
The makers were all very proud.
When asked for illumination,
It often gave a hallucination,
But the answers were still used by the crowd.
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Adversarial poetry" anyone?
The once was an AI in the cloud.
The makers were all very proud.
When asked for illumination,
It often gave a hallucination,
But the answers were still used by the crowd.
The once was an AI in the cloud.
The makers were all very proud.
When asked for illumination,
It often gave a hallucination,
But the answers were still used by the crowd.
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Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life" - Socrates
I am reminded of this wisdom as I sit reading the paper with a cup of coffee and contemplating the day before it runs away with itself and it becomes tomorrow.
I am reminded of this wisdom as I sit reading the paper with a cup of coffee and contemplating the day before it runs away with itself and it becomes tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life" - Socrates
I am reminded of this wisdom as I sit reading the paper with a cup of coffee and contemplating the day before it runs away with itself and it becomes tomorrow.
I am reminded of this wisdom as I sit reading the paper with a cup of coffee and contemplating the day before it runs away with itself and it becomes tomorrow.
Photos from Bsides Cymru 2025. Credit to D Zilderberg. Many thanks for taking them.
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BSides Cymru 2025
BSides Cymru 2025
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October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Photos from Bsides Cymru 2025. Credit to D Zilderberg. Many thanks for taking them.
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A bit of rural exploring today.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A bit of rural exploring today.
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Our newest Welsh cousins, Bsides Aberystwyth, will be holding their inaugural event on the 22nd November, & their CFP is now open!
bsidesaberystwyth.org/call-for-pap...
Pob lwc i BSides Aberystwyth, cefnogwch nhw gyda'u digwyddiad cyntaf!
#Security #Bsides #Aberystwyth #BsidesAberystwyth2025
bsidesaberystwyth.org/call-for-pap...
Pob lwc i BSides Aberystwyth, cefnogwch nhw gyda'u digwyddiad cyntaf!
#Security #Bsides #Aberystwyth #BsidesAberystwyth2025
a red dragon on a green and white flag
ALT: a red dragon on a green and white flag
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September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our newest Welsh cousins, Bsides Aberystwyth, will be holding their inaugural event on the 22nd November, & their CFP is now open!
bsidesaberystwyth.org/call-for-pap...
Pob lwc i BSides Aberystwyth, cefnogwch nhw gyda'u digwyddiad cyntaf!
#Security #Bsides #Aberystwyth #BsidesAberystwyth2025
bsidesaberystwyth.org/call-for-pap...
Pob lwc i BSides Aberystwyth, cefnogwch nhw gyda'u digwyddiad cyntaf!
#Security #Bsides #Aberystwyth #BsidesAberystwyth2025
Headline Vs. where my mind goes upon reading it.
September 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Headline Vs. where my mind goes upon reading it.
I'll take "things that should not be* for 250 please Bob.
August 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I'll take "things that should not be* for 250 please Bob.
Sunday stroll in the woods.
August 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sunday stroll in the woods.
Cunningham's Axiom - posting any answer is effective enough to stop people looking further. 😉
July 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Cunningham's Axiom - posting any answer is effective enough to stop people looking further. 😉
RIP Ozzy. Your music defined a great part of my younger life. You shall be missed 😭
July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RIP Ozzy. Your music defined a great part of my younger life. You shall be missed 😭
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Let's try something different, there is one, (yes!) just one #BSidesLDN2025 Gold sponsorship space left to fill!
Don't be the one to make London the dinosaur sad, you simply have to sponsor us...
bsides.london/s/Bsides-Lon...
#Security #BSides #London #SponsorShip
Don't be the one to make London the dinosaur sad, you simply have to sponsor us...
bsides.london/s/Bsides-Lon...
#Security #BSides #London #SponsorShip
July 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Let's try something different, there is one, (yes!) just one #BSidesLDN2025 Gold sponsorship space left to fill!
Don't be the one to make London the dinosaur sad, you simply have to sponsor us...
bsides.london/s/Bsides-Lon...
#Security #BSides #London #SponsorShip
Don't be the one to make London the dinosaur sad, you simply have to sponsor us...
bsides.london/s/Bsides-Lon...
#Security #BSides #London #SponsorShip
It's the future (apparently)... Which of these "futuristic" cars would you choose?
July 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's the future (apparently)... Which of these "futuristic" cars would you choose?
Seems Victoria's Secret Has been handed a cyber wedgie by data knickers.
May 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seems Victoria's Secret Has been handed a cyber wedgie by data knickers.
Today's game is to turn my day out into a hunt for images that follow a pattern akin to a children's book.
So.
"A man went to Bath and did the math.
To find thirteen images along his path.
All need to be in order and follow the flow.
Can he make it the end? We don't know."
So.
"A man went to Bath and did the math.
To find thirteen images along his path.
All need to be in order and follow the flow.
Can he make it the end? We don't know."
May 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today's game is to turn my day out into a hunt for images that follow a pattern akin to a children's book.
So.
"A man went to Bath and did the math.
To find thirteen images along his path.
All need to be in order and follow the flow.
Can he make it the end? We don't know."
So.
"A man went to Bath and did the math.
To find thirteen images along his path.
All need to be in order and follow the flow.
Can he make it the end? We don't know."
The crime here is reheating it. Just pour it over ice and enjoy.*
*I feel this may be a provocative post.
*I feel this may be a provocative post.
I like a strong cup of tea. Using more tea leaves makes it stronger but brewing for longer extracts a wider range of flavours. So I brew up a pot of tea before I go to bed knowing that in the morning I'll have intensely flavoured cups of loveliness to reheat.
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The crime here is reheating it. Just pour it over ice and enjoy.*
*I feel this may be a provocative post.
*I feel this may be a provocative post.
First year infosec student sits next to me on a train... Begins to inform me (random stranger) about infosec and to teach me the ways of the force. 🤣
Train journeys never change, and continue to be the best places for anecdotes.
Train journeys never change, and continue to be the best places for anecdotes.
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
First year infosec student sits next to me on a train... Begins to inform me (random stranger) about infosec and to teach me the ways of the force. 🤣
Train journeys never change, and continue to be the best places for anecdotes.
Train journeys never change, and continue to be the best places for anecdotes.
Who knew that a gift shop fridge magnet would turn into a political approach.
May 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Who knew that a gift shop fridge magnet would turn into a political approach.
Meet Count Squirrella. His cape is at the dry cleaners. 😉
April 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Meet Count Squirrella. His cape is at the dry cleaners. 😉
Them: "I think you'll like this book, you're into all that security and risk stuff."
Me: "yeah...something like that"
Me: "yeah...something like that"
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Them: "I think you'll like this book, you're into all that security and risk stuff."
Me: "yeah...something like that"
Me: "yeah...something like that"
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Congress can (still) stop this any time it wants.
April 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Congress can (still) stop this any time it wants.
Not a bug, but a feature.
April 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Not a bug, but a feature.
The US no longer needs an April's Fool day... They have elected an "all year round" one instead. 😬
April 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The US no longer needs an April's Fool day... They have elected an "all year round" one instead. 😬
I reach for glass, a phantom pane.
To glimpse the world, to feel the rain.
But only air, a chilling draught.
A vacant space, a broken craft.
To glimpse the world, to feel the rain.
But only air, a chilling draught.
A vacant space, a broken craft.
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I reach for glass, a phantom pane.
To glimpse the world, to feel the rain.
But only air, a chilling draught.
A vacant space, a broken craft.
To glimpse the world, to feel the rain.
But only air, a chilling draught.
A vacant space, a broken craft.