Victoria Walberg
@vickyjo.bsky.social
Insomniac security & tech geek.
Lancashire lass in The Netherlands, via Brighton, London, and Switzerland.
Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Lancashire lass in The Netherlands, via Brighton, London, and Switzerland.
Tweeting in a personal capacity.
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Always be kind to the crew.
In fact, always be kind to everyone, then you don't need to do it in specific cases.
In fact, always be kind to everyone, then you don't need to do it in specific cases.
Hey #KubeCon, be extra kind to the staff today. One of them I chatted with yesterday whispered to me that people were giving them a hard time today
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Always be kind to the crew.
In fact, always be kind to everyone, then you don't need to do it in specific cases.
In fact, always be kind to everyone, then you don't need to do it in specific cases.
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Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
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*whispers*: social media isn't isolating us, exponentially increasing productivity demands and wholly eliminated boundaries between work and private life are isolating us.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
*whispers*: social media isn't isolating us, exponentially increasing productivity demands and wholly eliminated boundaries between work and private life are isolating us.
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Remembering Hedy Lamarr on her birthday 🎂
📷 Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1940
For her classified work on frequency-hopping with George Antheil, Lamarr won the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997.
📷 Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1940
For her classified work on frequency-hopping with George Antheil, Lamarr won the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Remembering Hedy Lamarr on her birthday 🎂
📷 Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1940
For her classified work on frequency-hopping with George Antheil, Lamarr won the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997.
📷 Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1940
For her classified work on frequency-hopping with George Antheil, Lamarr won the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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It's amazing how many people never got the memo that people are more likely to help you when you don't make them miserable.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It's amazing how many people never got the memo that people are more likely to help you when you don't make them miserable.
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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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The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
For my European friends and coworkers, if you wonder why Brits tend to drag themselves in sick, it's because they've been conditioned to from an early age.
You absolutely could not make this up. NHS graphic that schools are distributing in the UK to give 'information' about childhood illnesses.
THEY HAVE LITERALLY LEFT COVID TILL LAST AND IT IS BLANK.
Message: ' f your child gets Covid..which you'll know because..um...vibes...um..do nothing I guess?'
THEY HAVE LITERALLY LEFT COVID TILL LAST AND IT IS BLANK.
Message: ' f your child gets Covid..which you'll know because..um...vibes...um..do nothing I guess?'
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For my European friends and coworkers, if you wonder why Brits tend to drag themselves in sick, it's because they've been conditioned to from an early age.
Coronaprik done.
Will be interesting to see how I fair over the next few days.
Will be interesting to see how I fair over the next few days.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Coronaprik done.
Will be interesting to see how I fair over the next few days.
Will be interesting to see how I fair over the next few days.
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Reading this, one proposal is to raise state pension age to 70, which is fine except our ageist society routinely forces people out of work in their 50s. Add to that most people can't afford to retire in their 50s and you potentially have a giant fucking crisis right there
Beyond Our Means - Policy Exchange
Download Publication Online Reader The UK faces a twin-pronged fiscal crisis. At about 100% of GDP, public debt is inordinately high and is set to rise a good deal further. Debt interest alone account...
policyexchange.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reading this, one proposal is to raise state pension age to 70, which is fine except our ageist society routinely forces people out of work in their 50s. Add to that most people can't afford to retire in their 50s and you potentially have a giant fucking crisis right there
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Long shot but if anyone would be keen on last minute tickets to see METAL GEAR SOLID played by an orchestra tonight at the Royal Albert Hall at 7pm, let me know?
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
November 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Long shot but if anyone would be keen on last minute tickets to see METAL GEAR SOLID played by an orchestra tonight at the Royal Albert Hall at 7pm, let me know?
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
Partner can’t use his ticket tonight and if we can pass it to someone who can and can recover even some costs we’d like to
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Do I know anybody who plays bridge? I’m starting to learn and loving it! Logic, maths, probabilities all wrapped up in a card game.
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Do I know anybody who plays bridge? I’m starting to learn and loving it! Logic, maths, probabilities all wrapped up in a card game.
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YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PLANT
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PLANT
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Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA "is censorship",
a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dysfunctional processes for people trying to appeal a platform ban.
a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dysfunctional processes for people trying to appeal a platform ban.
EU Big Tech law
EU Commission - preliminary finding that Meta and TikTok have breached the Digital Services Act ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
concerns content moderation appeals, notice of illegal material, researchers' access to data
NB not a final decision (possibly with fines) yet
EU Commission - preliminary finding that Meta and TikTok have breached the Digital Services Act ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
concerns content moderation appeals, notice of illegal material, researchers' access to data
NB not a final decision (possibly with fines) yet
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA "is censorship",
a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dysfunctional processes for people trying to appeal a platform ban.
a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dysfunctional processes for people trying to appeal a platform ban.
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Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’
Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
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Cocoa supplies have been hit by poor harvests caused by climate change.
The slogan “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club” is a victim of man’s addiction to fossil fuels.
The slogan “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club” is a victim of man’s addiction to fossil fuels.
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Cocoa supplies have been hit by poor harvests caused by climate change.
The slogan “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club” is a victim of man’s addiction to fossil fuels.
The slogan “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club” is a victim of man’s addiction to fossil fuels.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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Are you interested in the challenges posed to copyright by AI? We have an interdisciplinary fully-funded PhD scholarship on AI authorship and copyright hosted at St Andrews Computer Science (Scotland) and Macquarie Law (Australia). Please share www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
AI and copyright law: The problem of authorship
The University of St Andrews and Macquarie University offer a scholarship funded by both institutions to support a student undertaking doctoral research.
www.mq.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Are you interested in the challenges posed to copyright by AI? We have an interdisciplinary fully-funded PhD scholarship on AI authorship and copyright hosted at St Andrews Computer Science (Scotland) and Macquarie Law (Australia). Please share www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
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Are you a computer science postgraduate research student at a Scottish university? Would you like £500 to help with your conference travel?
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
PhD Travel Fund - SICSA
SICSA - Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
sicsa.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Are you a computer science postgraduate research student at a Scottish university? Would you like £500 to help with your conference travel?
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
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Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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