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Chris Leppard
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Husband, Dad, 2 kids, 1 cat & 1 dog | Cybersecurity | #cpfc & #F1 fan | very fond of bees | digitalxraid.com | Becoming an honorary Northerner | Views my own
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As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Love it when accessibility is embraced.

I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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"Each new contract deepens the trap. Once Palantir becomes indispensable, once Anduril’s drones are NATO standard, once nuclear facilities power AI that runs everything else— the transformation is irreversible"

Palantir - big contract with the NHS

Streeting loves it

Incredibly worrying research
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.

The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.

www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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the greatest youtube comment of all time
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Update yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) W/E the week ending 7 Nov

534 sightings

One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex

This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.

158 confirmed nests
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:

The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
Nigel Farage is wrong about the European Convention on Human Rights | Good Law Project
The Reform leader is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster.
goodlawproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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new by me - a look at MIT’s cyberslop

IOCs and TTPs included

doublepulsar.com/cyberslop-me...
CyberSlop — meet the new threat actor, MIT and Safe Security
Cybersecurity vendors peddling nonsense isn’t new, but lately we have a new dimension — Generative AI.
doublepulsar.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Stay for #2. If you're not furious afterward, you're a horrible person.
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of October!
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Pets being very cute this morning
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.

Time for the decent majority to "take back control".

Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Just this
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.

That 2/9d should read £122 million
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It's pretty extraordinary timing in a case that has been running since 2020 & publication of Russia Report.

@carolinelucas.bsky.social @benbradshaw.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social have persevered even tho they've now left parliament.

Why - even now - is UK govt refusing to investigate???
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Honey bees & honey have been valued & collected for millennia by humans.
This sweet, sticky substance has been important in every society
Honey has been used as food, medicine, for cultural & religious reasons.
It was once believed to be the food of the Gods.

#NationalHoneyDay
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Bahahaha 😂😂👍🫡
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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🚨These cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England.

Please help spread the word and support @asgsfprotest.bsky.social
by signing their open letter

asgsfprotest.com/add-your-sig...
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Well this makes for some uncomfortable reading Quite a lot I’ve learnt about what happened (which was never made available even to us within the cybersecurity teams in Capita at the time or afterwards (although my role wasn’t internal security)) ico.org.uk/action-weve-...
Capita plc and Capita Pension Solutions Ltd
ico.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Our annual review is out covering technical highlights such as

- Engineering resilience against critical loss
- Passkeys
- The future of digital identity
- Post quantum crypt transition
- Our Initiate r&d program with industry
- Radical transparency in technology

.. and more
It’s time to act

Today we’ve published our 2025 Annual Review, revealing that cyber threats facing the UK are accelerating rapidly. We must take action.
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM