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TribesmanJohn
@tribesmanjohn.bsky.social
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Cybersecurity, Amateur Radio, Technology, Occasionally Photography and everything in between. Located in Tasmania, Australia. Posts are my own opinions and thoughts. Mainly posting over on Mastodon - @bcshort@aus.social
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@kagi.com Hi Kagi Team? Any update on when the free search portal is appearing? I'm waiting to demonstrate the power of Kagi to colleagues who don't want to sign up for a trial in a bid to convince them there's a better way to search :)
July 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Stunning first images from the new Vera C Rubin Observatory - “The Cosmic Treasure Chest”

rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...

Petapixel Article:
petapixel.com/2025/06/23/t...

#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #science
The World's Largest Camera's First Photo: 5 Gigapixels Showing 10 Million Galaxies
One of humanity's greatest achievements.
petapixel.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Double Rainbow! After an utter downpour for 10 mins.

#hobart #Tasmania cc:bsky
May 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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A certain location in Hobart is seriously taking this piss in charging $26 for what amounts to a Chicken Salad Roll.
(Crumbed chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, cheese, aoli).

#hobart cc:bsky
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Some of my received SSTV Images from the ARISS Expedition 73 SSTV Mission.

https://www.vk7ben.au/2025/05/14/iss-sstv-expedition-73/

#hamradio #amateurradio #sstv #ariss cc:bsky
ISS SSTV Expedition 73 - CQ DE VK7BEN
Between the 5th -12th May, there was a special ARISS/Russia SSTV expedition celebrating Victory Day on May 9, representing the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany in WWII. Conditions were challenging with the timing of the SSTV transmission intervals often resulting in being only able to receive one complete image in the 9-11min AOS ... Read more
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May 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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A photo of David Mitchell dressed up in Nazi-esque uniform, looking concerned, with the quote "Let's wait until pre-polls come in."
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Happy World Password Day from Australia! May you forever enjoy hunter2.

#infosec #cybersecurity #passwordday2025 cc:bsky
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We truly live in a techtopian hypeocracy and it is driving me insane, having just received yet another training course advertisment for “Generative AI for Everyone”, promising “Practical Exercises in crafting AI Prompts and optimising Outputs.”

#techtopian #hypeocracy #betteroffline #antiai cc:bsky
April 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Blog Post - Remembering Classic Australian Television Part I
blog.tribesmanjohn.au/2025/04/clas...

Bush Tucker Man, Malcolm Douglas, Alby Mangels oh my!

#blogs #australia #television #1980s
Classic Australian Television Part I
I am not particularly fond of YouTube. From it’s humble beginning to it’s inevitable enshittification, It maintains a market monopoly of 98% for video sharing services1. Perhaps one goo…
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April 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I am probably going to be eviscerated and cancelled for having a negative opinion about Generative AI, but having spent months raging about the current state of the internet, I put some words around it.

https://blog.tribesmanjohn.au/2025/04/fed-up-with-ai-hype/

#blogs #generativeAI cc:bsky
Fed Up with AI Hype
I’m fed up with narrative that current “Artificial Intelligence” development is going to be all things to all people or a major AI breakthrough will be just around the corner, aga…
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April 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Very pleased with myself in getting the Windows MMSSTV App running under Linux using emulation. That's going to make sending a lot easier.

https://www.vk7ben.au/2025/04/21/mmsstv-linux/

#amateurradio #hamradio #sstv #blog #smallweb #linux #wine cc:bsky
Running MMSSTV Under Linux - CQ DE VK7BEN
Blog - VK7BEN gets the MMSSTV software working under Linux using WINE and provides information on how you can do this yourself.
www.vk7ben.au
April 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Blog Post - ARISS SSTV Event Series 26 - Humans in Space.

www.vk7ben.au/2025/04/15/a...

I'm truly enjoying receiving SSTV Images from Satellites and ISS :)

#amateurradio #ariss #sstv
ARISS SSTV Event 26 -Humans in Space - CQ DE VK7BEN
Over the past week, amateur radio operators have been enjoying receiving SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS) celebrating April 12, the International Day of Human Space Flight. As yo...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I had a tiny tiny radio arrive in the mail today, and it’s quite fun :)

https://www.vk7ben.au/2025/04/10/a-tiny-si4732-receiver/

#amateurradio #si4732 #gadgets #electronics cc:bsky
A Tiny SI4732 Receiver - CQ DE VK7BEN
VK7BEN Receives an Si4732 based mini SDR radio receiver in the mail and shares some thoughts about it.
www.vk7ben.au
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Finally a new radio blog post! Switching my logging software to Wavelog.

https://www.vk7ben.au/2025/04/09/switching-qso-logging-to-wavelog/

#amateurradio #blogs #SmallWeb cc:bsky
Switching QSO Logging to Wavelog
Over this past week I have taken a leap of faith and moved my contact logging platform to Wavelog.  Ever since I first obtained my amateur radio license some 20 years ago, I have used Ham Radi…
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April 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I have been thoroughly going down the rabbit hole of predatory academic journals and conferences (!) this morning after my mail message blocklist hitting a milestone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_publishing

Which led me to https://beallslist.net and then to the highly entertaining
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Absolutely stunning footage of the Firefly Blue Ghost landing on the moon. The HD vision of the moon and landing is almost unreal.

https://youtu.be/NpHhEybJdxg?si=GcVrFwyfyVaKPGpo

#space #blueghost #firefly #moon cc:bsky
March 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I don't know why I bother trying to mulch the garden, it seems within a couple of hours the blackbirds have dug it all out of the garden and back onto the paths and lawns. rinse and repeat.

Infuriating.
March 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I am having one of those very dangerous periods of idly browsing a boat sales site and thinking “I have enough money for that”…..

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February 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Incredibly sad news overnight on the back of the Wooden Boat festival, with the 100+ year old Cartela partially sinking at Franklin after years of inaction for her
February 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The last of my photos from the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat festival have now been uploaded (an extra 38). Mostly new photos from the Sail Parade.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vk7ben/albums/72177720323661152

#awbf2025 #hobart #tasmania #australia #photography cc:bsky
February 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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[2/2] James Craig side on.

#awbf2025 #hobart cc:bsky

https://flic.kr/p/2qKArXX
February 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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[1/2] Revisiting the Sail Parade on Friday, and here are a couple more photos of the James Craig as it passed by.

#awbf2025 #hobart #tasmania #photography cc:bsky

https://flic.kr/p/2qKH8tw
February 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Bowsprit Detail on Enterprize
#awbf2025 #hobart #tasmania cc:bsky

https://flic.kr/p/2qKGX6H
February 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Tall Ships at Princes Wharf
#awbf2025 #hobart #tasmania #australia cc:bsky

https://flic.kr/p/2qKFQJq
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The May Queen
#awbf2025 #hobart #tasmania #australia cc:bsky

https://flic.kr/p/2qKFJWP
February 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM