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barsteward.bsky.social
The world’s on fire, so let’s grab some marshmallows and not take everything so seriously. #UK based, working in hardware security hacking. Into #Infosec, #Standup #Comedy, and bad puns. Twitter: @barsteward Mastodon: @[email protected]
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MAGA is the saddest, shittiest virtual reality MMUD.

Good news Googlers! you are getting a 50% raise.

I’d never considered it before, but I guess Daddy Pig has a corkscrew shaped cock.

Scarcity of supply leads to stricter criteria for distribution; I definitely seem to be running low on fucks to give.

meanwhile in Australia 😂

Being unable to say “well this is fun” without sounding like you're having the worst time of your life.

Some may say it’s nostalgia, but I definitely preferred it when newsreaders rarely had to use the word ‘unprecedented’.

Just picked up a bargain at the Consommé Superstore. All their stock is reduced to clear.

Whatever happens in the German elections, I’m confident that there would be serious repercussions if anyone performed a Nazi salute on stage.

From the New Yorker, by Ellis Rosen.

Watching @lennert.bsky.social performing a live demo during his PhD defence, on the KU Leuven livestream. livestream.kuleuven.be?pin=483150

"With Cocospy and Spyic, you can usually enter ✱✱001✱✱ on your Android phone app’s keypad and then press the “call” button to make the stalkerware apps appear on-screen — if they are installed." techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/s...

The previous US civil war was 180 years ago. The previous rise of the Russian Empire was 150 years ago.

The relationship between the US and Russian president has morphed from the Two Tribes video to the Relax video.

Fire at “Chiltern Firehouse” hotel caused by pizza oven; they should have ordered from Fireaway Pizza instead. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Minutes taken from powering on my new desoldering hot-plate, to burning myself: ~3. In my defence, I only just glanced the edge of it with my tweezers hand whilst looking through the microscope.

remember, signal is the only decent dm platform. all the others exist for sharing a signal handle, the way internet explorer is there to install chrome

I’m thankful that I live in a country with free healthcare and no oppressive regime. Imagine living somewhere that restricts books in libraries, or where a wannabe dictator allows their rich friends to push a political agenda through government departments. #MakeAmericaAdequateAgain

Holly shit, someone made a wifydra, but good!!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwD...

The internet of things

"You're not my surreal Dad!"

Today was Tony Slattery’s funeral - thinking of all those who loved / love him thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/the-furiou...

This is the best written and most powerful resignation letter I have ever seen

Once again we have arrived at a point where The Onion is just straight reporting. I seem to recall it wasn’t a good thing the last time we hit that point.

Did Taskmaster Live with the family yesterday; eldest son won, as if he needed anything to make his head bigger!

just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of elle magazine: thread

Mirar lo que se subasta en el Rétromobile. Un encargo especial para Louis Reard, el inventor del bikini, hecho por el carrocero francés Chapron sobre un Packard Super Eight. Se usó para eventos publicitarios durante unos años y se estima que podrá costar entre 250 y 350k €. Qué locuras.

Someone needs to start a podcast where creators of canceled TV shows get to tell their fans how their stories were supposed to end.

This weekend I’m attending a 1st and a 90th birthday party to attend. Both of them will be in nappies, will enjoy the cake, and will be tired & irritable by the end of the party.

If there's anybody who follows me, who is a decent security architect who is looking for a role either in London or the Netherlands? Please can you message me? If you can retweet for reach that would be very much appreciated

Far more relevant now than when this was first published! theshovel.com.au/2020/06/04/n...

I often work with organizations that want to better support staff facing threats and harassment, including doxing. This site by @penamerica.bsky.social is a fantastic resource for victims, allies, and employers. onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org

The UK's Demands for Apple to Break Encryption Is an Emergency for Us All www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

I’ve been listening to 80s music whilst completing a bunch of boring compulsory training modules, so forgive me for the upcoming brain dump of 80’s themed posts…

Political apathy is the bedfellow of the far-right; failing to use your vote is almost as good as voting for the extremists. You don’t get to legitimately whinge afterwards if you stood by and let it happen.

Similar to the 'defcon' system, the Mambo scale decreases with severity. Contrary to expectation Mambo No. 5 indicates, in fact, a normal state of Mambo - the most severe would be Mambo No. 1.