Victoria Walberg
@vickyjo.bsky.social
Insomniac security & tech geek.
Lancashire lass in The Netherlands, via Brighton, London, and Switzerland.
Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Lancashire lass in The Netherlands, via Brighton, London, and Switzerland.
Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
Original post on camp.smolnet.org
camp.smolnet.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
The queer-friendly gTLD `.meow` is really close to finishing it's kickstarter! It's at €69,400 out of €80,000 required. They've got just over a month to go. Please help get them over the line so I can get `paco.meow`.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application […]
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The queer-friendly gTLD `.meow` is really close to finishing it's kickstarter! It's at €69,400 out of €80,000 required. They've got just over a month to go. Please help get them over the line so I can get `paco.meow`.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application […]
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application […]
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UNIX nerds rejoice, Uni of Utah managed to find version 4 of UNIX
youtu.be/m-3RJaKcw_4?...
Why is this cool? Well this is the 1st version written in C. Had a letter from Ken Thompson too, we thought version 5 was the oldest surviving copy
Oh and it’s 2mb in size!
youtu.be/m-3RJaKcw_4?...
Why is this cool? Well this is the 1st version written in C. Had a letter from Ken Thompson too, we thought version 5 was the oldest surviving copy
Oh and it’s 2mb in size!
UNIX v4 program found cleaning out an office at the University of Utah
YouTube video by KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
UNIX nerds rejoice, Uni of Utah managed to find version 4 of UNIX
youtu.be/m-3RJaKcw_4?...
Why is this cool? Well this is the 1st version written in C. Had a letter from Ken Thompson too, we thought version 5 was the oldest surviving copy
Oh and it’s 2mb in size!
youtu.be/m-3RJaKcw_4?...
Why is this cool? Well this is the 1st version written in C. Had a letter from Ken Thompson too, we thought version 5 was the oldest surviving copy
Oh and it’s 2mb in size!
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Having spent many, many Xmases in Minnesota, I can confirm for my British followers that this is behaviour roughly equivalent to throwing shit-covered Molotov cocktails when compared to normal Minnesota behaviour.
The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Having spent many, many Xmases in Minnesota, I can confirm for my British followers that this is behaviour roughly equivalent to throwing shit-covered Molotov cocktails when compared to normal Minnesota behaviour.
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Flexibility gap: Study finds 57% of employees say flexible working hours would improve their quality of life, only 49% have access. While high salaries are the top reason ppl switch jobs, the ability to control one’s schedule is the primary reason they stay.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bosses are fighting a new battle in the RTO wars: It’s not about where you work, but when you work
Burnout has moved from a state of place to a state of mind.
www.yahoo.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Flexibility gap: Study finds 57% of employees say flexible working hours would improve their quality of life, only 49% have access. While high salaries are the top reason ppl switch jobs, the ability to control one’s schedule is the primary reason they stay.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"...the most common form of bullying, from either sex, is exclusion, an insidious form of hostility that tends to simmer under the surface. "
I've experienced
"spreading rumors in public and private meetings, and withholding resources, such as admin, support, staff, and data"
from men too.
I've experienced
"spreading rumors in public and private meetings, and withholding resources, such as admin, support, staff, and data"
from men too.
Woman-on-woman bullying is characterized by exclusion, blocking opportunities, spreading rumors, withholding resources; male bullying is characterized as physical aggression. Even so, female hostility can feel worse, bc we expect solidarity from other women. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Mean Girls in Medicine: What Happens When Women Bully Women
When women target other women, the damage runs deep. Female doctors open up about rivalry and exclusion that harm careers and prevent progress.
www.medscape.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
"...the most common form of bullying, from either sex, is exclusion, an insidious form of hostility that tends to simmer under the surface. "
I've experienced
"spreading rumors in public and private meetings, and withholding resources, such as admin, support, staff, and data"
from men too.
I've experienced
"spreading rumors in public and private meetings, and withholding resources, such as admin, support, staff, and data"
from men too.
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in access or skill, but because they view it as harmful to mental health, employment, privacy & the environment. This is not misplaced: AI has significant energy demands and risks of bias and misinformation.
www.unite.ai/research-fin...
www.unite.ai/research-fin...
Research Finds Women Use Generative AI Less, Due to Moral Concerns
A new study led by Oxford University concludes that women are using generative AI far less than men – not because they lack skills, but because they worry more about AI’s harm to jobs, privacy, mental...
www.unite.ai
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in access or skill, but because they view it as harmful to mental health, employment, privacy & the environment. This is not misplaced: AI has significant energy demands and risks of bias and misinformation.
www.unite.ai/research-fin...
www.unite.ai/research-fin...
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
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Pour one out for all the hypermobile people doing all that marching on black ice because owww
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Pour one out for all the hypermobile people doing all that marching on black ice because owww
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I scold myself regularly for not personally getting 100% free of US tech and platforms yet. Our governments need to accelerate whatever efforts they're making to enable us to do that
A longer post from me to start the year: the Dutch are panicking. Their digital ID system will soon fall under the control of an American company and far-reaching US government powers.
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
Why is that such a problem? And what does it mean for the UK?
open.substack.com/pub/georgina...
Digital ID, big tech and the Dutch dilemma
A planned US takeover of critical infrastructure raises troubling questions
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I scold myself regularly for not personally getting 100% free of US tech and platforms yet. Our governments need to accelerate whatever efforts they're making to enable us to do that
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New lecture series announcement 🧵
This term, on behalf of the DEC, I'm giving a 6-wk lecture series: "Beyond the Hype: Thinking Critically about AI in Healthcare"
Hybrid: 12-1pm EST in person at Yale, or 5-6pm GMT/6-7pm CET online
Registration: dec.yale.edu/programs/beyondthehypelectureseries
This term, on behalf of the DEC, I'm giving a 6-wk lecture series: "Beyond the Hype: Thinking Critically about AI in Healthcare"
Hybrid: 12-1pm EST in person at Yale, or 5-6pm GMT/6-7pm CET online
Registration: dec.yale.edu/programs/beyondthehypelectureseries
Lecture Series: Beyond the Hype: Thinking Critically about AI in Healthcare
Dr. Jessica Morley from the Yale Digital Ethics Centre examines the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare across six lectures.
dec.yale.edu
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
New lecture series announcement 🧵
This term, on behalf of the DEC, I'm giving a 6-wk lecture series: "Beyond the Hype: Thinking Critically about AI in Healthcare"
Hybrid: 12-1pm EST in person at Yale, or 5-6pm GMT/6-7pm CET online
Registration: dec.yale.edu/programs/beyondthehypelectureseries
This term, on behalf of the DEC, I'm giving a 6-wk lecture series: "Beyond the Hype: Thinking Critically about AI in Healthcare"
Hybrid: 12-1pm EST in person at Yale, or 5-6pm GMT/6-7pm CET online
Registration: dec.yale.edu/programs/beyondthehypelectureseries
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
Can I really encourage people to try out the detach quote feature on BlueSky. I use it all the time. If you’re getting lots of nasty comments (or even unwelcome cheerful ones) because you’ve been quoted, you can just remove your quoted post. Louis, feel free to try it on this post. It’s a lifesaver.
Yes, blocking and muting aggressively does help, I agree. And for the daily trickle of trolls, it's even adequate.
But when you get a sudden deluge due to a QT from someone with a following, it's nowhere near enough.
But when you get a sudden deluge due to a QT from someone with a following, it's nowhere near enough.
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Can I really encourage people to try out the detach quote feature on BlueSky. I use it all the time. If you’re getting lots of nasty comments (or even unwelcome cheerful ones) because you’ve been quoted, you can just remove your quoted post. Louis, feel free to try it on this post. It’s a lifesaver.
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
Great piece, and a good example of how reporters, so often branded "lazy", really do work hard to verify information despite the dismissive stereotype. I saw that fake Reddit post shared loads of times over the past few days.
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
www.platformer.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Great piece, and a good example of how reporters, so often branded "lazy", really do work hard to verify information despite the dismissive stereotype. I saw that fake Reddit post shared loads of times over the past few days.
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Do you live in or near SE London? Is one of your goals to get out more and meet new folks in 2026? Join us @itspuboclock.bsky.social
Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock
Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock
Want to meet new people?
Often work from home?
Want an excuse to pop out?
Heading into the 4th year of #ItsPubOClock and next dates:
Thurs 15th Jan, Rusty Bucket 🪣 SE9
Thurs 29 Jan, Green Goddess SE3 💚
Thurs 5th Feb, Rusty Bucket 🪣🪣 in BEXLEY, DA5
6.30pm onwards, drop in or stay
#ItsPubOClock
Often work from home?
Want an excuse to pop out?
Heading into the 4th year of #ItsPubOClock and next dates:
Thurs 15th Jan, Rusty Bucket 🪣 SE9
Thurs 29 Jan, Green Goddess SE3 💚
Thurs 5th Feb, Rusty Bucket 🪣🪣 in BEXLEY, DA5
6.30pm onwards, drop in or stay
#ItsPubOClock
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Do you live in or near SE London? Is one of your goals to get out more and meet new folks in 2026? Join us @itspuboclock.bsky.social
Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock
Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
this piece is full of delicious shade: "Brooke Bowman, 38 ... got an RFID chip implanted in her hand to link to her Telegram profile when tapped. (The chip, which she got at a 'human augmentation dance party,' was installed too deep and doesn’t work."
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
this piece is full of delicious shade: "Brooke Bowman, 38 ... got an RFID chip implanted in her hand to link to her Telegram profile when tapped. (The chip, which she got at a 'human augmentation dance party,' was installed too deep and doesn’t work."
“But the techies were the first on this because of the willingness to take ridiculous risks.”
h/t @katebevan.com
h/t @katebevan.com
The Peptide Craze in the US. It's reckless and unfounded.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid...
Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular
t.co/lQXUBHNEaG
January 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“But the techies were the first on this because of the willingness to take ridiculous risks.”
h/t @katebevan.com
h/t @katebevan.com
Since the other place imploded a few years back, I'm struggling on where and how to connect with people.
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Since the other place imploded a few years back, I'm struggling on where and how to connect with people.
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Ross Young’s: Busy is the New Stupid
A tactical framework examining how busyness compromises cognitive function, strategic thinking, and effectiveness.
www.cisotradecraft.com/bitns
A tactical framework examining how busyness compromises cognitive function, strategic thinking, and effectiveness.
www.cisotradecraft.com/bitns
Busy is the New Stupid
"Busy is the New Stupid" is an interactive dashboard applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework to productivity. It treats cognitive drains like meeting overload as threats across phases like Initial Access ...
www.cisotradecraft.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Ross Young’s: Busy is the New Stupid
A tactical framework examining how busyness compromises cognitive function, strategic thinking, and effectiveness.
www.cisotradecraft.com/bitns
A tactical framework examining how busyness compromises cognitive function, strategic thinking, and effectiveness.
www.cisotradecraft.com/bitns
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
He really just loves fucking up the first week of January for everyone, huh
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
He really just loves fucking up the first week of January for everyone, huh
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
Phone reliability engineer watching this:
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Phone reliability engineer watching this:
"...or is it just a thicko nazi bingo card..."
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"...or is it just a thicko nazi bingo card..."
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
Anyway, please tell your favourite journalists to visit
bsky.app/settings/acc...
and then tick the box marked "Require alt text before posting".
Thanks!
bsky.app/settings/acc...
and then tick the box marked "Require alt text before posting".
Thanks!
November 29, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Anyway, please tell your favourite journalists to visit
bsky.app/settings/acc...
and then tick the box marked "Require alt text before posting".
Thanks!
bsky.app/settings/acc...
and then tick the box marked "Require alt text before posting".
Thanks!
Reposted by Victoria Walberg
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
530 EUR or 450 GBP for those who might like these.
www.miista.com/en/product/s...
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January 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
530 EUR or 450 GBP for those who might like these.
www.miista.com/en/product/s...
www.miista.com/en/product/s...