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@actuallyedwin.bsky.social
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Mild-mannered InfoSec manager by day, impulsive post deleter by night. Being small. He/Him Devonport, Auckland, NZ

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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 3h
Foolishly chose a profession where no two days are alike. And absolutely no idea what's waiting for me when I arrive. The almost overwhelming dread of a Monday.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 07/10/2026
Employees at the the Cleveland Trust Company in Ohio, USA, practice protecting the main vault of the strong room, 1924.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/10/2026
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 21h
I laughed
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 21h
A slow walk around North Head, Devonport. Alt tags tell the tale.
Devonport Village, with Auckland Central in the distance away.A disappearing cannon. With disappearing tourists for scale.I found the Panorama button. A wild sky.
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mean... but also 💯 true.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 23h
Grey humid morning yesterday at Narrow Neck Beach.
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Certainly there are lots of ships going lots of places. But is it odd that this didn't hit the press days ago: A tanker traveling from sanctioned Russia across the Atlantic towards the US?
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A big day. Lots of fun. Glad it's over. That is all.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A Hobbit movie. With Dwarves, Colbert, and a dragon. And a very terrible waste of seafood.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning Egyptian glass vessel in the shape of a #fish, it was probably used to hold ointments. Found in El-Amarna, #Egypt, 14th century BC. 📷 British Museum
Colorful ancient glass vessel in the shape of a fish, shown in profile on a neutral gray background, with wavy blue, white, and yellow stripes forming its scales, fins, and tail, and a small round eye and protruding lips at the right end.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nine hour lamb shanks. Lightly toasted in an airfrier beforehand. I'll leave them on 'warm' overnight. And hope the kitchen doesn't catch fire.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I notice a real improvement in driver awareness of bicyclists, since October 1st. Pedestrians however are still wandering the roads like sheep looking for dandelions.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The 15 minute wait for a "reaction".
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
⚠️ Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the woman who headed the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Prize & @No... 2h
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Navanethem
"Navi" Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
#NobelPrize
ustration: Niklas Elmehed
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2026
Navanethem "Navi" Pillay
"for her efforts to promote peace and international law"
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An Australian man fought off a saltwater croc with a frying pan, the world's largest and one of its most aggressive crocodile species, common in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cyclist Jean Brunier after riding 120.958 km/h behind a motorcycle at the Montlhéry Autdrome, France, October 1925 #BicycleBirthday Jean Brunier October 9 (1896-1981)
Photo of a man in a bathrobe and helmet holding a bicycle with a large chainring, saddle with its front stabilized, and inverted front fork (I think this is so he can ride a little bit closer to the pace vehicle). Those bikes usually also had wooden rims, which won't melt at high speeds.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Brooks and I are getting along. Especially comfortable in cycling pads.
A Brooks suspension saddle, black.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a former classics professor at the school, on social media, despite denying her tenure in the 1980s.
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Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Prize Winner Who Was Denied Tenure (Gift Article)
Carson, who was awarded the Literature prize on Thursday, was denied tenure when teaching at the university in the 1980s, leading social media users to mock a congratulatory message.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He was grocery shopping on his bicycle when he got the call. 👀 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/new...
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Japan's Soai Kenso wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japanese scientist Soai Kenso has become one of two winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Six months have passed since the #ArtemisII mission and NASA has just released the reentry video from the Orion capsule! Here is a timelapse of the reentry, but be sure to check out the realtime version linked below! 🔭🧪
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NZ Earthquake Bot @nzquake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
QUAKE: Mag 4.2, Fri, Oct 09 2026, 02:53:17 AM, 10 km south-west of Taumarunui. Depth: 5 km #eqnz www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2026p7…
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The quake may have been felt in Mokau, Ohakune, Taumarunui, Turangi, and surrounding localities.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On the waiting list for a Seestar S50 Pro. A very modern portable telescope observatory. Could be mistaken for an espresso machine.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
His murder paved the pathway for Caligula. 👀
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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Went to Bricksboro yesterday. One of the coolest things we saw was this LEGO build that solves a Rubik's Cube in ~90 seconds.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Camille Claudel (1864-1943), French sculptor who was known as 'Rodin's muse', but who many assert was a more accomplished talent, and who was committed to an asylum for 30 years despite her apparent sanity #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring the head and shoulders of a white woman with a lace collar and wavy dark hair tied back
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Ellsworth Green @greenellsworth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For 20 years, right up to my final redundancy day, I held the master DNS controller and faculty router passwords for the UoA. And nobody changed them, for like forever. 👀 Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
bleepingcomputer.com
Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in New Jersey was sentenced to 32 months in prison for locking thousands of devices on his employer's network in a ransomwa...
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And on the topic of astronomy. Amateurs and professionals alike are pretty excited that there's a new Seestar. The S50 Pro. 👀🔭 www.seestar.com
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Seestar Official Store | All-in-One Smart Telescope
Introducing Seestar, a visionary sub-brand of ZWO, established in 2023. Experience intelligent astronomical solutions that make the wonders of the cosmos accessible to all. Unleash your curiosity and ...
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Particle astronomy and gravitational microlensing, both winning specialisations in physics in recent years. And both fields pioneered by NZ physicists.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Particle astronomer wins the physics prize.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At 21:28 (9:28pm) the ISS should be visible from the NW, low on the horizon moving east. From northern areas of NZ. 🔭
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reb of Melbourne @guttertwits.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can relate...
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Chipockalips Now! @fragboner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026



right about now, the funk soul brother






check it out now, the funk soul brother






right about now, the funk soul brother






check it out now, the funk soul brother
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Boeing. 👀
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Slashdot @slashdot.org · 05/10/2026
Mac Users Reclaim 12GB+ of Storage With Apple Intelligence Removal Tool hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/0…
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Mac Users Reclaim 12GB+ of Storage With Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source command-line tool called RemoveMacAI lets macOS 27 users disable Apple Intelligence and reclaim around 12GB or more of storage. MacRumors reports: In macOS 27, Apple removed the toggle to disable Apple Intelligence wholesale, and simply disabling individual features doesn't remove...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early 1900s South Bend Malleable antique wood-burning cookstove. www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/s...
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Nicole Votes 4 Harm Reduction @nicokow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Watching all these SUV ads where they are off road. Are these the same vehicles that come to a complete stop in front of me for a speed bump at the mall?
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So nice to see a young scientist win a Nobel.
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
During the 1960s and 1970s, John Draper discovered that a Cap’n Crunch whistle produced a 2,600 Hz tone, allowing him to manipulate AT&T telephone systems and make free long-distance calls.
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Vote Compass @votecompass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kia ora, New Zealand! Vote Compass is back for the 2026 New Zealand General Election—our fifth consecutive general election in partnership with @tvnz.bsky.social. Learn more below or visit votecompass.tvnz.co.nz to try it for yourself! #nzpol www.1news.co.nz/2026/10/04/v...
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Vote Compass 2026: Compare your views with party policies
In an election where old loyalties are being tested and every vote could matter, 1News Vote Compass lets Kiwis see where they stand.
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Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 04/10/2026
Chevrier Harpo-lyre
This harpo-lyre was probably built by French luthier André Augustin Chevrier around 1830. It's got a round body and has three necks. If you look at the guitar with the necks pointing up and the body pointing down like it is in this picture, the left neck has seven strings and is tuned chromatically (A-B flat-B-c-d flat-d-e flat). The middle neck has six strings and is tuned like a normal guitar. The right neck has eight strings and is tuned diatonically (c'-d'-e'-f'-g'-a'-b'-c2). Each neck has its own small soundhole, the bridge is one long mustache-shaped piece, and the headstock is one of the wildest things I've ever seen. It comes out of the center neck and branches off into two curves. Each curve terminates where it meets the neck on that side. (Imagine a large, curved capital M, and you've got the idea.) Most of the tuners for the right and left necks are on top of the headstock curve, but each of those necks also has a tuner on each side of the headstock right above the nut. If I had to number the tuners like I normally do when I talk about a Les Paul's 3/3 headstock or whatever, this one would be a 1/5/1-3/3-1/6/1.
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nothing surprises me any more. 👀
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Ed @actuallyedwin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A new very senior 'cyber' role has opened with a major city infrastructure company and I'm definitely interested. The team sound wonderful, and the organization has serious ethical chops. Much to think about.
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