Andrew Waite
@andrew.waitesworld.co.uk
Security Bit-Twiddler by day, plastic soldier botherer and paintbrush licker by night.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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Life can be tough, especially around this time of year, so it's my yearly reminder:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind 0300 123 3393
Or text SHOUT to 85258 for a text based confidential service.
A very Merry and safe Christmas to you all.
Love D x
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind 0300 123 3393
Or text SHOUT to 85258 for a text based confidential service.
A very Merry and safe Christmas to you all.
Love D x
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Life can be tough, especially around this time of year, so it's my yearly reminder:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind 0300 123 3393
Or text SHOUT to 85258 for a text based confidential service.
A very Merry and safe Christmas to you all.
Love D x
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind 0300 123 3393
Or text SHOUT to 85258 for a text based confidential service.
A very Merry and safe Christmas to you all.
Love D x
Media and journalists are the enemy of the people? I’ve heard that said before; now who’s said it, and what are the predictable followup outcomes?…..
U whiny bitch you u should not be in charge of a Cub Scout troop
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Media and journalists are the enemy of the people? I’ve heard that said before; now who’s said it, and what are the predictable followup outcomes?…..
£10k is great.
But with a record attendance of over two thousand security monkeys, that’s an average of only ~£5 per…..
But with a record attendance of over two thousand security monkeys, that’s an average of only ~£5 per…..
OK, quick update!
We have passed, with gift aid a figure that is unbelievable.
We currently are sitting at, including gift aid, a total of £10,000.01 all going to @CR_UK
In case you wish to increase it: www.justgiving.com/page/bsidesl...
#BSidesLDN2025 #Security #BSides #London #Charity
We have passed, with gift aid a figure that is unbelievable.
We currently are sitting at, including gift aid, a total of £10,000.01 all going to @CR_UK
In case you wish to increase it: www.justgiving.com/page/bsidesl...
#BSidesLDN2025 #Security #BSides #London #Charity
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
£10k is great.
But with a record attendance of over two thousand security monkeys, that’s an average of only ~£5 per…..
But with a record attendance of over two thousand security monkeys, that’s an average of only ~£5 per…..
That’s an impressive list of core Internet components - just the news I wanted a week before the festive break……
Google's Wiz division has awarded $320,000 to security researchers for 11 exploits used during the ZeroDay Cloud hacking contest last week
www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-zer...
www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-zer...
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
That’s an impressive list of core Internet components - just the news I wanted a week before the festive break……
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We've managed to release some more general admission tickets for #BSidesLDN2025 this Saturday (13 Dec).
Please only snaggle one if you can be with us on Saturday!
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...
#Security #BSides #London
Please only snaggle one if you can be with us on Saturday!
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...
#Security #BSides #London
https://bit.ly/BSidesLDN2025T…
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We've managed to release some more general admission tickets for #BSidesLDN2025 this Saturday (13 Dec).
Please only snaggle one if you can be with us on Saturday!
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...
#Security #BSides #London
Please only snaggle one if you can be with us on Saturday!
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...
#Security #BSides #London
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An LLM can NEVER be used when both "receives untrusted input" and "can do a bad thing" are both true.
This means that "AI agents" can NEVER be made safe. This is Microsoft hackery broken sandboxing and blame the user security for a feature that shouldn't exist at all.
This means that "AI agents" can NEVER be made safe. This is Microsoft hackery broken sandboxing and blame the user security for a feature that shouldn't exist at all.
Whoops! Microsoft’s new Windows AI agent platform lets in malware
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
and you thought Windows was supposed to run software
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAeN... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251119-who... - podcast
time: 4 min 27 sec
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An LLM can NEVER be used when both "receives untrusted input" and "can do a bad thing" are both true.
This means that "AI agents" can NEVER be made safe. This is Microsoft hackery broken sandboxing and blame the user security for a feature that shouldn't exist at all.
This means that "AI agents" can NEVER be made safe. This is Microsoft hackery broken sandboxing and blame the user security for a feature that shouldn't exist at all.
“I am a divine entity” - No one has yet been able to prove otherwise.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“I am a divine entity” - No one has yet been able to prove otherwise.
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HEY THERE, BUCKAR00Z!!1!
Revised 2nd Edition of @joemenn.bsky.social's CULT OF THE DEAD COW book is coming out in two weeks! A MERE FORTNIGHT!
Perfect Xmas/Kwaanzaa/Chanukah/Solstice/Krampusnacht gift for your best/worst friends/spouses/enemies/pets/neighbours/houseplants!
GET IT GET IT GET IT!
Revised 2nd Edition of @joemenn.bsky.social's CULT OF THE DEAD COW book is coming out in two weeks! A MERE FORTNIGHT!
Perfect Xmas/Kwaanzaa/Chanukah/Solstice/Krampusnacht gift for your best/worst friends/spouses/enemies/pets/neighbours/houseplants!
GET IT GET IT GET IT!
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
HEY THERE, BUCKAR00Z!!1!
Revised 2nd Edition of @joemenn.bsky.social's CULT OF THE DEAD COW book is coming out in two weeks! A MERE FORTNIGHT!
Perfect Xmas/Kwaanzaa/Chanukah/Solstice/Krampusnacht gift for your best/worst friends/spouses/enemies/pets/neighbours/houseplants!
GET IT GET IT GET IT!
Revised 2nd Edition of @joemenn.bsky.social's CULT OF THE DEAD COW book is coming out in two weeks! A MERE FORTNIGHT!
Perfect Xmas/Kwaanzaa/Chanukah/Solstice/Krampusnacht gift for your best/worst friends/spouses/enemies/pets/neighbours/houseplants!
GET IT GET IT GET IT!
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Cloudflare: 99% of systems are operational!
Uhhh... that's... um... isn't that an important one?
Uhhh... that's... um... isn't that an important one?
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cloudflare: 99% of systems are operational!
Uhhh... that's... um... isn't that an important one?
Uhhh... that's... um... isn't that an important one?
I’m only missing 9, for the same reason as Charlie; whatever the era, if you’re blasting your personal preference of tunes (however good) into the public spaces, you’re a bit of a……
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’m only missing 9, for the same reason as Charlie; whatever the era, if you’re blasting your personal preference of tunes (however good) into the public spaces, you’re a bit of a……
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The River Dart trespass was undertaken by our South Devon group, where they met at Galmpton before trespassing in the Waddeton Court and Sandridge Barton Estates, the latter of which is owned by a company registered in the Cayman Islands.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The River Dart trespass was undertaken by our South Devon group, where they met at Galmpton before trespassing in the Waddeton Court and Sandridge Barton Estates, the latter of which is owned by a company registered in the Cayman Islands.
I’ve never been active military, and I appreciate the concept of a chain of command; but at which point should we expect professional soldiers to say “no”?
“Just following orders” has never been a sufficient excuse.
“Just following orders” has never been a sufficient excuse.
NEW: "President Trump is abusing his power to sic the military on criminals—or those he claims (without evidence) are criminals. That is not the military’s job."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ...
Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself
Shoot first, ask questions when?
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve never been active military, and I appreciate the concept of a chain of command; but at which point should we expect professional soldiers to say “no”?
“Just following orders” has never been a sufficient excuse.
“Just following orders” has never been a sufficient excuse.
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Starting Monday LinkedIn will begin using data from your profiles/posts to train AI. If you live in EU/EEA/Switzerland/Canada/Hong Kong your data is subject to being used this way, but you can opt out. Go to Settings/Privacy/Data for Generative AI Improvement and toggle the switch to off
Update to our Terms and data use | LinkedIn Help
Update to our Terms and data use
www.linkedin.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Starting Monday LinkedIn will begin using data from your profiles/posts to train AI. If you live in EU/EEA/Switzerland/Canada/Hong Kong your data is subject to being used this way, but you can opt out. Go to Settings/Privacy/Data for Generative AI Improvement and toggle the switch to off
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Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to walk along all England’s rivers
Activists will stage nine protests where they will trespass on to private land along rivers.
www.standard.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
Some sobering thoughts from @quinnypig.com to go with your morning coffee. Especially if you’ve hitched your professional cart to the AWS train over the last few years.
Scathing, but all too obviously accurate, take on the AWS outage by @quinnypig.com.
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
www.theregister.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Some sobering thoughts from @quinnypig.com to go with your morning coffee. Especially if you’ve hitched your professional cart to the AWS train over the last few years.
Then there’s no reason not to release the full and unredacted files
Comer: "They are both Republicans and both former Trump cabinet secretaries. And guess what? Those interviews completely debunked the Democrats' smear against President Trump. Barr stated there was no evidence that President Trump was involved in Epstein's criminal activities. Acosta confirmed ... "
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Then there’s no reason not to release the full and unredacted files
Scrolled every story within the @skynewsrss.bsky.social app - not spotted a single piece covering #NoKings protests in the US from the UK.
If I didn’t already know about it from in the ground organic content, I’d not know about it by relying on MSM.
If I didn’t already know about it from in the ground organic content, I’d not know about it by relying on MSM.
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Scrolled every story within the @skynewsrss.bsky.social app - not spotted a single piece covering #NoKings protests in the US from the UK.
If I didn’t already know about it from in the ground organic content, I’d not know about it by relying on MSM.
If I didn’t already know about it from in the ground organic content, I’d not know about it by relying on MSM.
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As land ownership becomes increasingly concentrated, real freedom to access and enjoy nature is at risk. That’s why it’s more important than ever to keep pushing to protect and extend our right to roam.
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As land ownership becomes increasingly concentrated, real freedom to access and enjoy nature is at risk. That’s why it’s more important than ever to keep pushing to protect and extend our right to roam.
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
What does a Right to Roam mean to you?
Tell us here - forms.gle/X6FnwL82paNg...
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When people warn about the privacy and security risks of mandating digital age verification, this is exactly what they mean. It’s not hypothetical www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When people warn about the privacy and security risks of mandating digital age verification, this is exactly what they mean. It’s not hypothetical www.bbc.com/news/article...
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
Ready for a day of CloudSec at AWS Re:Inforce Re:Cap darn in that there Londonium
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Ready for a day of CloudSec at AWS Re:Inforce Re:Cap darn in that there Londonium