Jonathan Brewer
@kiwibrew.bsky.social
I design and build networks for broadband,
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
Apple intelligence "live translation" makes absolute nonsense out of spoken Bahasa Indonesia. Especially when lots of acronyms are thrown in. It's hilarious nonsense but such a distraction I've given up.
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Apple intelligence "live translation" makes absolute nonsense out of spoken Bahasa Indonesia. Especially when lots of acronyms are thrown in. It's hilarious nonsense but such a distraction I've given up.
When your hotel's IT people don't understand how Wi-Fi host isolation works. I wonder what Josh would think if he got a request to let me stretch my desktop onto his MBA...
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 AM
When your hotel's IT people don't understand how Wi-Fi host isolation works. I wonder what Josh would think if he got a request to let me stretch my desktop onto his MBA...
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iran's awake, it seems
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
iran's awake, it seems
Twenty hours from home to central Jakarta. Would be so nice to get that Wellington to Singapore flight back again, it made working in SEA so much easier.
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Twenty hours from home to central Jakarta. Would be so nice to get that Wellington to Singapore flight back again, it made working in SEA so much easier.
The Wi-Fi was down almost the entire route AKL-SIN today so I got some TV in. Got through nine episodes of The Pitt. Thank fuck I don't live in America anymore. City hospitals were scary enough 25 years ago before fentanyl, rampant gun crime, epidemic obesity, & antivax... can't imagine it now.
January 25, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Wi-Fi was down almost the entire route AKL-SIN today so I got some TV in. Got through nine episodes of The Pitt. Thank fuck I don't live in America anymore. City hospitals were scary enough 25 years ago before fentanyl, rampant gun crime, epidemic obesity, & antivax... can't imagine it now.
Why the lame attempt at data harvesting Air New Zealand? What are you doing with the email addresses you collect when people want to use in-flight Wi-Fi? Obviously nothing with the ones I've supplied.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Why the lame attempt at data harvesting Air New Zealand? What are you doing with the email addresses you collect when people want to use in-flight Wi-Fi? Obviously nothing with the ones I've supplied.
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
Love it how LinkedIn will blindly announce work anniversaries for members who haven't used the site in years. Saw a 25th announcement today for a guy I know has been gone 13 years.
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Love it how LinkedIn will blindly announce work anniversaries for members who haven't used the site in years. Saw a 25th announcement today for a guy I know has been gone 13 years.
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DNS request traffic to @cloudflare.social 1.1.1.1 resolver has also seen a significant increase, with growth starting on 17-Jan and exceeding pre-shutdown levels the next day. TXT record queries have grown to be the majority of the request traffic.
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
DNS request traffic to @cloudflare.social 1.1.1.1 resolver has also seen a significant increase, with growth starting on 17-Jan and exceeding pre-shutdown levels the next day. TXT record queries have grown to be the majority of the request traffic.
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
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As two full weeks of #IranDigitalBlackout approaches, traffic again began to grow, starting around 18:00 UTC on 21-Jan. The growth was driven by large increases across several ASNs, and could potentially be related to an expanding whitelist of domains.
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
As two full weeks of #IranDigitalBlackout approaches, traffic again began to grow, starting around 18:00 UTC on 21-Jan. The growth was driven by large increases across several ASNs, and could potentially be related to an expanding whitelist of domains.
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
radar.cloudflare.com/dns/ir?dateR...
People working at banks should know how to read a P&L. Like and Subscribe for more wild ideas.
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
People working at banks should know how to read a P&L. Like and Subscribe for more wild ideas.
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Today 45 Years Ago: Reagan May Have Been Elected, Doesn't Recall
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Today 45 Years Ago: Reagan May Have Been Elected, Doesn't Recall
Is Greenland Trump's Wookiee Defense to the Epstein Files?
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Is Greenland Trump's Wookiee Defense to the Epstein Files?
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For those asking for more practical steps, here's some of the tools and platforms we use at Bellingcat. The AutoArchiver allows online media to be collected and automatically archived, allowing centralised collection of sources
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
The Open Source Tool That Has Preserved 150,000 Pieces of Online Evidence - bellingcat
Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down
www.bellingcat.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
For those asking for more practical steps, here's some of the tools and platforms we use at Bellingcat. The AutoArchiver allows online media to be collected and automatically archived, allowing centralised collection of sources
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
AI report writing style jumps off the page to me now. I'm not mad when I keep encountering it, but increasingly disappointed. My brain doesn't need that many words. I don't need to be told the framework is robust. Uugh.
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
AI report writing style jumps off the page to me now. I'm not mad when I keep encountering it, but increasingly disappointed. My brain doesn't need that many words. I don't need to be told the framework is robust. Uugh.
A friend brought by some venison from a hunt last week. No idea what it's been eating so it's carne adovada time.
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 AM
A friend brought by some venison from a hunt last week. No idea what it's been eating so it's carne adovada time.
People with fancy electric cars: can you change the sound they make? Tune it a bit? Would be cool if they could sound a bit more like light sabres.
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM
People with fancy electric cars: can you change the sound they make? Tune it a bit? Would be cool if they could sound a bit more like light sabres.
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Iran's internet shutdown is systematically crippling Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk that is said to be almost impossible to jam
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
Iran crippled Starlink and why the rest of the world should worry
The service became synonymous with censorship-proof connectivity. Iran has just proved that assumption wrong.
restofworld.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Iran's internet shutdown is systematically crippling Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk that is said to be almost impossible to jam
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
I used my (involuntarily public) Facebook page to suggest my friends revisit RATM this week. I was censored immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I used my (involuntarily public) Facebook page to suggest my friends revisit RATM this week. I was censored immediately.
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We are there. Hydra is openly in control. Sauron runs the country from Mordor-lago. The Decepticons won the war. The Harkonnens control the spice. Darkseid has imposed the anti-life equation. We are being ruled by the most cartoonishly cruel and evil people, except it’s REAL.
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We are there. Hydra is openly in control. Sauron runs the country from Mordor-lago. The Decepticons won the war. The Harkonnens control the spice. Darkseid has imposed the anti-life equation. We are being ruled by the most cartoonishly cruel and evil people, except it’s REAL.
It's an odd choice to never show year in dates in a support portal, but Xero has been this way for... years?
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
It's an odd choice to never show year in dates in a support portal, but Xero has been this way for... years?
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This morning I said to my kid "So, you probably saw on the socials that the US has invaded a country and deposed its leadership in order to get at its oil reserves. You're young, so I realise this is your first time."
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM
This morning I said to my kid "So, you probably saw on the socials that the US has invaded a country and deposed its leadership in order to get at its oil reserves. You're young, so I realise this is your first time."
Twenty five years of policy based on scientific astroturf. 🤷♂️
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Twenty five years of policy based on scientific astroturf. 🤷♂️
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In security, experts who know anything about an incident can't talk about it, and the people who can talk about an incident don't know anything about it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
In security, experts who know anything about an incident can't talk about it, and the people who can talk about an incident don't know anything about it.
Are there people who respond positively to Briscoes and Rebel Sports shouty commercials? I hit mute on them as fast as I can pick up the remote.
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Are there people who respond positively to Briscoes and Rebel Sports shouty commercials? I hit mute on them as fast as I can pick up the remote.