Mark Kember
@markyk.bsky.social
PR, tech and writing in equal measure at onebite comms.
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I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
S2 E5: Deepfake Executive Fraud
YouTube video by What The Hack Show
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I recently joined Sysdig's What The Hack show in this episode examining Deepfake executive fraud, discussing why it has become such an issue and how to prevent it.
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
(Also, you can nose at the LEGO sets behind me.)
Thanks to @maliciarogue.bsky.social for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKq...
So this is taking place today - will be interesting to see how the conversation develops this afternoon.
AI’s open source moment — opportunity, disruption and risk" discussed by Nscale Founder and CEO Josh Payne, OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Head of AI Dr. Laura Gilbert CBE, moderated by the Financial Times' Global Tech Correspondent, Tim Bradshaw.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So this is taking place today - will be interesting to see how the conversation develops this afternoon.
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Valkey 9.0 introduces multidatabase clustering, atomic slot migration and performance optimizations.
Valkey 9.0 Debuts Multidatabase Clustering for Massive-Scale Workloads
Valkey 9.0 introduces multidatabase clustering, atomic slot migration and performance optimizations.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Valkey 9.0 introduces multidatabase clustering, atomic slot migration and performance optimizations.
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I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
For journalists and PRs, directly after a successful conversation with an interesting spokesperson that has taken weeks to arrange:
"When's copy approval due?"
"When's copy approval due?"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
For journalists and PRs, directly after a successful conversation with an interesting spokesperson that has taken weeks to arrange:
"When's copy approval due?"
"When's copy approval due?"
The military ceremony for Donald Trump is on in the background. I thought they were playing the theme tune to Monty Python's Flying Circus ...
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The military ceremony for Donald Trump is on in the background. I thought they were playing the theme tune to Monty Python's Flying Circus ...
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Alas! It is 68 years since the world was deprived of Peter Freuchen, anthropologist, arctic explorer, writer, WWII resistance fighter, quiz show contestant, film star, friend of Mae West, fucking enormous geezer, and maker of tools from frozen excrement
September 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Alas! It is 68 years since the world was deprived of Peter Freuchen, anthropologist, arctic explorer, writer, WWII resistance fighter, quiz show contestant, film star, friend of Mae West, fucking enormous geezer, and maker of tools from frozen excrement
1) Would this be useful?
2) Is there an initiative like this already that Jess could contribute to, or does she need to create one?
3) would anyone want to get involved or support this?
2) Is there an initiative like this already that Jess could contribute to, or does she need to create one?
3) would anyone want to get involved or support this?
Cursed thought that would make a huge, ongoing chore for me:
Would it be useful for me to start building (with crowdsourced help, please) a list of co-op agencies and companies in tech for jobseekers/clients who love co-ops?
Would it be useful for me to start building (with crowdsourced help, please) a list of co-op agencies and companies in tech for jobseekers/clients who love co-ops?
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
1) Would this be useful?
2) Is there an initiative like this already that Jess could contribute to, or does she need to create one?
3) would anyone want to get involved or support this?
2) Is there an initiative like this already that Jess could contribute to, or does she need to create one?
3) would anyone want to get involved or support this?
Everything is fine dot GIF
How AI models can optimise for malice on.ft.com/4p2JJdr | opinion
How AI models can optimise for malice
Researchers have discovered an alarming new phenomenon they are calling ‘emergent misalignment’
on.ft.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Everything is fine dot GIF
Me, an enterprise B2B IT PR person running a podcast on cloud security for a client: ...
You, Spotify account manager: Hey, have you considered some back to school marketing campaigns?
You, Spotify account manager: Hey, have you considered some back to school marketing campaigns?
August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Me, an enterprise B2B IT PR person running a podcast on cloud security for a client: ...
You, Spotify account manager: Hey, have you considered some back to school marketing campaigns?
You, Spotify account manager: Hey, have you considered some back to school marketing campaigns?
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I'm currently running a poll on LinkedIn, does 'pulling the plug', or taking servers and systems offline, stop an attack and an attacker in their steps?
I would love your vote here -
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ra...
I would love your vote here -
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ra...
I'm working on an article for ComputerWeekly.com around whether "pulling the plug" and taking systems/servers offline can be a way to stop an attack - and an attacker in their efforts. |...
I'm working on an article for ComputerWeekly.com around whether "pulling the plug" and taking systems/servers offline can be a way to stop an attack - and an attacker in their efforts.
It would be gr...
www.linkedin.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm currently running a poll on LinkedIn, does 'pulling the plug', or taking servers and systems offline, stop an attack and an attacker in their steps?
I would love your vote here -
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ra...
I would love your vote here -
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ra...
And you can sing the title to an Aerosmith chorus.
Kuber- net- es at the edge!
Kuber- net- es at the edge!
Edge computing promises incredible performance, but how do you manage Kubernetes across a distributed fleet of devices with confidence? Our new eBook, thanks to @siderolabs.com written by @charleshumble.bsky.social, gives you the strategies you need.
Pre-register now ➡️ bit.ly/kubernetes-e...
Pre-register now ➡️ bit.ly/kubernetes-e...
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And you can sing the title to an Aerosmith chorus.
Kuber- net- es at the edge!
Kuber- net- es at the edge!
Always fun when you see a massive organisation in the data and analysis business, that actively wants you to share its data, and then they go through a big website refresh that breaks all their links.
July 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Always fun when you see a massive organisation in the data and analysis business, that actively wants you to share its data, and then they go through a big website refresh that breaks all their links.
Cats totally would carry out multiple rug pulls ... or as they term it, "making cyber biscuits"
July 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Cats totally would carry out multiple rug pulls ... or as they term it, "making cyber biscuits"
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An initial release of Cyberthreaterator 2.0 is now up and running:
falling-anvil.com/cyberthreate...?
Any suggestions for additional threat types will glady be accepted.
falling-anvil.com/cyberthreate...?
Any suggestions for additional threat types will glady be accepted.
CyberThreaterator
falling-anvil.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
An initial release of Cyberthreaterator 2.0 is now up and running:
falling-anvil.com/cyberthreate...?
Any suggestions for additional threat types will glady be accepted.
falling-anvil.com/cyberthreate...?
Any suggestions for additional threat types will glady be accepted.
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scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:
May 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:
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Some brand asked me to for a quote to discreetly promote their product in a TikTok video, then told me my $650,000 surcharge to cover potential FTC fines for violating ad regulations as well as state and federal conspiracy charges was unreasonable. SMH, everyone’s so cheap these days. 🙄
May 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Some brand asked me to for a quote to discreetly promote their product in a TikTok video, then told me my $650,000 surcharge to cover potential FTC fines for violating ad regulations as well as state and federal conspiracy charges was unreasonable. SMH, everyone’s so cheap these days. 🙄
As the head of new threat group 'Vicious Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse', I intend to monetise my Ransomeware campaigns where I overwrite critical business documents with excerpts of Swallows and Amazons.
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
As the head of new threat group 'Vicious Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse', I intend to monetise my Ransomeware campaigns where I overwrite critical business documents with excerpts of Swallows and Amazons.
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FREE STORY ALERT
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
The Black Line
A short story about trains, loneliness and identity beneath the streets of London.
authory.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
FREE STORY ALERT
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
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I need your help. I need you to vote for Better Offline for the best individual business podcast in the Webbys. go here, register and vote for Better Offline. Every vote gets a free picture of one of my cats with proof. Please win this for me. Open till April 17.
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Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I need your help. I need you to vote for Better Offline for the best individual business podcast in the Webbys. go here, register and vote for Better Offline. Every vote gets a free picture of one of my cats with proof. Please win this for me. Open till April 17.
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
The Spectrum / Amstrad game for Dan Dare in the 1980s was banging.
Recently got one of the old strips out as a collected edition from our local library. It held up pretty well.
Recently got one of the old strips out as a collected edition from our local library. It held up pretty well.
Happy 75th Birthday to Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. The very first issue of Eagle comic came out on 14 April 1950.
Beautiful (non-contemporaneous) art by @westonfront.bsky.social
Beautiful (non-contemporaneous) art by @westonfront.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Spectrum / Amstrad game for Dan Dare in the 1980s was banging.
Recently got one of the old strips out as a collected edition from our local library. It held up pretty well.
Recently got one of the old strips out as a collected edition from our local library. It held up pretty well.
SINGS: On my way to KubeCon / On my way to KubeCon / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
Developing cloud-native / Containers de-mon-strat-ive / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
My cloud it will be sovereign / Even if it leads to some pain / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
ETC.
might see you there
Developing cloud-native / Containers de-mon-strat-ive / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
My cloud it will be sovereign / Even if it leads to some pain / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
ETC.
might see you there
March 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
SINGS: On my way to KubeCon / On my way to KubeCon / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
Developing cloud-native / Containers de-mon-strat-ive / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
My cloud it will be sovereign / Even if it leads to some pain / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
ETC.
might see you there
Developing cloud-native / Containers de-mon-strat-ive / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
My cloud it will be sovereign / Even if it leads to some pain / Fa la la la / La la la la (OI!)
ETC.
might see you there
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I haven't seen a lot of people mentioning this, but if you are going to #Kubecon and you have a US passport (among many others) you need to get the Electronic Travel Authorization before you go to the UK. It can take up to 3 business days, though mine took 15 minutes.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)
What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.
www.gov.uk
March 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I haven't seen a lot of people mentioning this, but if you are going to #Kubecon and you have a US passport (among many others) you need to get the Electronic Travel Authorization before you go to the UK. It can take up to 3 business days, though mine took 15 minutes.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Sharing this as a lovely piece of writing around open tech, taking a stance and being willing to work on things: ratfactor.com/tech-nope
I'm an American software developer and the "broligarchs" don't speak for me - ratfactor
ratfactor.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sharing this as a lovely piece of writing around open tech, taking a stance and being willing to work on things: ratfactor.com/tech-nope
The direct line from military marching band instrument design, to the sax line in Ace of Base, All That She Wants.
This is why Adolphe Sax's designs were so disruptive to the Paris instrument workshop establishment.
They were generally optimized around marching, with better weight distribution or handling for the instrument's player while on the move.
So the military was like: oooh. We LIKE that.
They were generally optimized around marching, with better weight distribution or handling for the instrument's player while on the move.
So the military was like: oooh. We LIKE that.
March 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The direct line from military marching band instrument design, to the sax line in Ace of Base, All That She Wants.