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malaiseforever.bsky.social
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
bolster.bsky.social
What prey tell is the point of a bus lane when I've been lurking here for over an hour and only 1 (full) bus has passed by? 2 miles of single lane traffic wasted. I'm not grumpy you are.
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Number go up, number go up, no think about number number always good number always up number up number up number up
Nvidia's Al Deals Might Be 'Circular! They're Also Smart Business.
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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matthewhughes.bsky.social
My latest newsletter is about how Internet culture died, and why the centralization of the web around a handful of large platforms is responsible for making the web a duller, more boring place.

whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Internet Culture
It's not just you. The web is boring now.
whatwelost.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Never change, @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social , never change open.spotify.com/episode/2zIR...
(Also featuring Beauty and the Beast, which I didn't know was originally written by a woman)
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Last week the new ‘second-box’ got its first outing at @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social and the folks there used it to raise a cracking £407 for Marie Curie !

Next up, @bsidesncl.bsky.social !

As ever, new stickers into the supply are every bit as welcome as donations for the stickers already there!
September 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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edzitron.com
Here's part 2 of this week's two-part episode of Better Offline. I walk you through how America’s economic growth has become dependent on Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta’s AI capex - and how this will harm both our economy and markets.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Random weekend pondering while listening to @edzitron.com / #BetterOffline, if Agentic AI was any good, buying Labubus at scale avoiding all the gamification shit would be a great eval...
August 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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edzitron.com
Good piece on the rationale behind charging $200 a month for a subscription, though I’d add the other reason is that power users are costing these companies so much money and $200 a month is *closer* to making actual money, even though they’re still unprofitable
www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is...
July 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
With GA just over a week behind us, and Sponsor Close just over a week ahead of us, it's a great time to talk about how we fund and operate #BSidesBelfast; so we're trying out a "Financial Transparency Report"! Let us know what you think!
#securitybsides bsidesbelfast.org/2025/bsides-...
BSides Belfast 2024 Financial Transparency Report – BSides Belfast
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July 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
bolster.bsky.social
We dropped the @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social transparency report yesterday, and we spend far too much on coffee and lunch! 🤣😭🤣 bsidesbelfast.org/2025/bsides-... #bsidesbelfast25 #bsidesbelfast24 #securitybsides
BSides Belfast 2024 Financial Transparency Report – BSides Belfast
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July 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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climatenews.bsky.social
Greta Thunberg makes a statement upon arrival in France after she was kidnapped and abducted by the Israeli regime in international waters.
June 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
Early Bird 2 SOLD OUT! Last tickets are going to be released in July so the best way to get access to #bsidesbelfast25 is to speak! bsidesbelfast.org/speak/ #bsidesbelfast #bsidesbelfast25 #securitybsides #infosec #cybersecurity
May 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Second Early Bird Release for @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social at 1100! bsidesbelfast.org/register/
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May 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Heading down to @bsidesdublin.bsky.social and find myself in possession of a couple of spare tickets! Free to a good home, if you can repost with a quotable about what #securitybsides means to you & I'll pick winners. Disclaimer: my decisions are personal, arbitrary, and final 🤣
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May 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
Thanks to #Cytix
for supporting the #BSidesBelfast25 conference as a Giga Sponsor! #bsidesbelfast #securitybsides #infosec
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
Thanks to @BlackDuck_SW for supporting the #BSidesBelfast25 conference as a Giga Sponsor! #bsidesbelfast #securitybsides #infosec
April 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
Thanks to @cmegroup.com for supporting the #BSidesBelfast25 conference as a Giga Sponsor! #bsidesbelfast #securitybsides #infosec
April 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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bsidesbelfast.bsky.social
Thanks to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social CSIT for supporting the #BSidesBelfast25 conference as a Giga Sponsor! #bsidesbelfast #securitybsides #infosec
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
bolster.bsky.social
These generally sell out within 2 minutes, so get those F5 fingers flexed and ready for Monday Morning!
April 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Tonights @infosecni.bsky.social devolved into getting #nerdsniped by www.timeanddate.com/sun/@2655985 I was originally looking at it for "excuses to party" with the "first day of the year with sunset after 5pm" etc, but then got holed by the varying difference between Belfast Solar Noon and GMT
April 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
bolster.bsky.social
Bit of geekery this week; @infosecni.bsky.social started as a lockdown movie night where we'd chat along in real time watching hacker-movies. Post COVID we didn't put much effort into more movie nights & settled in to the monthly #locksport sessions, but now the new crop are bringing them back!
infosecni.bsky.social InfoSecNI @infosecni.bsky.social · Mar 24
The Return of @Infosecni Movie Night - "The Imitation Game":

Come join us for an #infosec themed movie night! Bring your own snacks/drinks/booze, order some takeaway and join us in person or tweet/discord along.

(18+: under 18s must bring a guardian) meetu.ps/e/NX8hV/kB052/i
Movie Night - The Imitation Game, Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Farset Labs - The Imitation Game movie night Come join us for an infosec themed movie night! Bring your own snacks/drinks/booze and join us in person or tweet along. (18+
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March 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
bolster.bsky.social
Lol, there's a blast from the past; I think I still have one of the #NI21 facebook pages somewhere :D
sjamcbride.bsky.social Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · Mar 17
🎧Podcast (no paywall)
The insane story of the political party which threatened to upend Northern Ireland's staid political landscape - but instead publicly tore itself apart. Talking to @ciarandunbarrach.bsky.social about NI21 & what it means for NI today. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/the...
March 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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February 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM