Nerd, network moocher, coder, soldier, wannabe WIS, chartered engineer. I take stuff to bits to see how it works. Hat turning grey with age.
Joined January 2016
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As things kick off in Ukraine be suspicious & check everything before sharing. There will be lots of rubbish on social media soon - both malicious, and worse, ill informed junk by people desperate for clout. Donโt make things worse by trying to be first & chasing followers/likes.
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* needs some extra storage for laptop, it was ~ยฃ50 per Tb recently, so Iโll get 4Tbโฆ
* looks online & cries ๐ซ
Stoopid AI
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The next Secretary of State for Defence doesnโt need to be an MPโฆjust saying.
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Youโd think a Scottish Newspaper would use picture of correct bank. Bet RBoS are chuffed with this?@BankofScotland @ScotNational ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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There is also a bus load of nurses heading across from Rinteln. Be here anytime now.
Jun 2
๐จEXCLUSIVE๐จ
Sir Keir Starmerโs plan to fund Britainโs military is set to be unveiled next week, industry sources have told The Telegraph.
Several insiders have signalled the long-delayed defence investment plan (DIP) could be ready by June 11.
It would mean the plan can be revealed a week before John Healey, the Defence Secretary, is expected to attend a major summit of Nato defence ministers in Ramstein, Germany, on June 18.
โWeโre hearing it from all angles,โ one defence source said of the June 11 date, while another claimed some major military contractors have been told to begin moving equipment to support a potential announcement next Thursday.
โWeโve heard similar things before and they havenโt happened but this time it felt like it was a bit more co-ordinated and a bit less flaky... the movement around this suggests this date is very credible,โ another source said.
Full story: telegraph.co.uk/gift/5888b69โฆ
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They Watch
They Wait
They Exploit Every Mistake
I am getting warned on my laptop to be aware of a Royal Navy Lieutenant? Has he gone rogue or something, what do we do if we see him mooching around?
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Hyrum's Law lol
Not seen commercial, contractors & suppliers cry so hard. I hope the bodger who doubtless got a A- High before legging it, is now hunted down & beaten with the JSP 604 bat.
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Woo hoo, day off tomorrow ๐
May 22
BREAKING ๐จ | As Britain's first heatwave of 2026 begins, the TUC is calling for a maximum working temperature to protect workers.
Workers should be able to stop work above 30ยฐC, or 27ยฐC for those doing strenuous jobs.
With heatwaves becoming more common, we need new laws on maximum working temperatures, cooler workplaces, and climate action to reduce global heating.
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At first glance, seeing a guy in white shirt whilst everyone else was in combats, I thought it was a Rifles Officer?
May 23
In Estonia, where our troops stand with allies defending @NATO's Eastern flank.
This is what Britain's โNATO firstโ commitment looks like in action ๐ฌ๐ง
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yeah, theyโre going to run a competition and nothingโs ever going to happen, or theyโre going to buy it but itโs going to take four years to deliver ๐ค
May 21
The Royal Navy officer running Project Beehive will tell you he doesn't know where autonomous surface warfare is heading, that this uncertainty is itself the strategy, and that we are living through another Dreadnought moment. Click image for more.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/beehโฆ
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At briefing: โsome of you older ppl might remember the SA80 A1 dramasโฆit is not as if anyone still serving used the SLRโ
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As soon as ChatGPT reads this stuff, some ambitious but dim Lt Col in Andover is going to be furiously changing requirements for all sorts of kit.
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More here: halupedia.com/sub-etheric-brโฆ
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Fixed it fellas, hopefully nobody noticed. No need to thank me @16AirAssltBCT ๐๏ธ
May 10
Pathfinders and airborne medics have jumped into Tristan da Cunha, the remotest inhabited island in the world, to treat a Briton with Hantavirus.
The British territory has no airstrip. The closest Royal Navy ship was days away and oxygen supplies were critically low.
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With all the pressure on UK Defence budgets, really glad we didnโt scrap the nuclear landmines and reportedly relocated them from Fulda to Suwaลki Gap. Strategic defence costing (literally) chicken feed.
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Dude in picture is wearing two hoodies & has gloves for typing. That is high level hacking right there.
DAEMON Tools trojanized in supply-chain attack to deploy backdoor
bleepingcomputer.com/news/seโฆ
bleepingcomputer.com/news/seโฆ
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Back to Windows after many years - Win 7 was last admin gig & used 10/11 at work only as locked down user.
What is this new hellscape? Nobody is pretending customer isnโt the product & everything is offsite. This a corporate hoover & criminalโs dream.
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I didnโt realise pro-Iranian skiddies had a problem with Snap ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
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Breaking paradigm alert.
If we deโscope the mission critical buzzword ecosystem, weโll expose a whole cohort of Staff Officers operating on legacy bluffware. Next agile sprint will prohibit highโimpact powerโstance frameworks and sunset the Breconโgrade motivational chop?
Apr 10
Good to hear this panel agree we should communicate clearly and โsay what we meanโ. Now perhaps we can stop talking about โkinetic activityโ and and refer to โforceโ or โviolenceโ, and end the blather on โattritable systemsโ when we could just say โexpendableโ and โdisposableโ.
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This is like when Lt Col Dunning & Brig Kruger (no relation) decided they were smart enough to procure Morpheus. Or Ajax. Or Nimrod MRA4. Or Watchkeeper.
If you donโt understand tech, find someone who does.
Apr 9
I've written to Cabinet Office Minister Darren Jones to urge the Government to engage with AI firm Anthropic whose new frontier model Claude Mythos could present catastrophic cybersecurity risks to the UK
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