Battles @battles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Shout out to all of the cybersecurity consultancies and MSPs who have realised that industrial control systems need secured too and have unleashed an army of badly trained cold callers on businesses. I should be recording some of the best calls and do a podcast series. 000
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Q for anyone listening to 6Music at about 1pm today: was there an advert for a Green Day album during the first ten minutes of Craig Charles' show? I can't decide if it was intentional. It was during the time machine feature, maybe the advert was correct for the year? It's in the playback on Sounds. 010
Reposted by BattlesPete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 15/06/2026They're not banning children from accessing online services, they're banning anyone who hasn't passed age verification using a specific company (or worked around it) 46928
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Mad story but nice that two of London's most fabulous street parked cars are in the videos. A derelict looking Morris Minor 1000 Convertible and a similarly derelict Bentley S2 that's EV converted. Photos in comments.bbc.co.ukWaymo test car keeps waking up London cul-de-sac residentsUS firm Waymo apologises after a car kept getting stuck up a cul-de-sac letting off sirens at night. 330
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026True story. I'll miss them when they're gone. Visible from several running routes, including a couple over in The Kingdom. 110
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 27/05/2026If you're a financial supporter, you can email them (donate@wikimedia.org) and let them know what you think of this. I've done so and asked how I can cancel my recurring donation. I try hard not to financially support organisations that don't value what I value. 062
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Anyone who's lived or worked with me for any length of time has had the Arkell v Pressdram response from me. Usually in response to a question asked too early in the morning. 010
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Just off a call with a vendor. They were looking for candour, asking for my view on a couple of sensitive things. The guy had the Meta glasses on. I didn't feel able to ask him to take them off, so I made a joke about them and he immediately took them off. The call was with a cybersecurity vendor. 020
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026#weirdcarbs is that a PT Cruiser convertible being filled up in the lead image? 000
Reposted by BattlesNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I have zero time for any notion of what Scotland is or could be or should be that doesn't have plenty space for this. 2379
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 05/03/2026AWS launches Amazon Connect Health, an AI-driven suite to *harvest* clinical documentation, billing and procedure coding, and patient identity verification. And then spew it all out to attackers during some easily preventable data breach. 130
Reposted by BattlesEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 27/02/2026At the very least one has to wonder if Palantir will stop using Anthropic! 61796
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I didn't know gold bars have different logos stamped on, like ecstacy pills. And I didn't know that both eccies and gold bars used Mitsubishi stamps. 120
Reposted by BattlesLesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 25/02/2026Yep this is the real threat and it is so hard to shift research thinking on it. Attacking OT ineffectively is generally high cost low reward. But attacking it effectively is an information challenge more than a hacking one. Local documentation is shit and discovery is hard. Processes are complex 2255
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 23/02/2026www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15770248... I personally put over 100k on a silver 1998 Ka. I would probably do it again. LEZ compliant, too.ebay.co.uk(BARN FIND) VERY RARE 2002 Ford KA Collection ONLY 6,000 MILES FROM NEW, 1 OWNER | eBay UKFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for (BARN FIND) VERY RARE 2002 Ford KA Collection ONLY 6,000 MILES FROM NEW, 1 OWNER at the best online prices at eBay UK! Free delivery for m... 000
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This app, Nearby Glasses, has one purpose: to warn you about so-called smart glasses nearby. No details are collected about the phone or it's user. No telemetry, no ads and no other nuisances. False positives are to be expected, use with caution. 041
Reposted by BattlesMayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 19/02/2026"Remember, I was always Mummy's favourite" "Lol, she's dead, m8" 0449
Reposted by BattlesSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/02/2026FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this") I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply (Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies) 1/4 65629
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 12/02/2026After the @smithandsniff.bsky.social live show last night I did, of course, check the car park. The Alpines/Avantime parking group was fab. Shout out to whoever brought out an NSX in Glasgow in February. 110
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This is a good read. If Google can make the fake image, it should be able to spot the fake in all its products. 010
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Don't wait until you're jammed up, put Lockdown Mode on if you have the feature available. 000
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I expected this was going to sail through with perfunctory scrutiny, really chuffed about this. It's a well positioned site, build something for actual people there! 010
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I had this when I was a kid and thought that it was basically a schematic and I was going to be able to build a robot using it. I remember checking the RS Components catalogue but it had no robot parts section. 010
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I did not have "Green party voters most likely to support military action over Greenland" on my bingo card. 120
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Y'know that scene in Weird Science where Gary and Wyatt are cutting up porn mags and the Littlewoods catalogue underwear to scan into their sex bot machine? I wonder if Elon is operating the scissors himself or doing QA on the porn? 110
Reposted by BattlesChatham House @chathamhouse.org · 16/01/2026"The US has never had a rival like China: its equal or more in technology, trade and military power." Bronwen Maddox on the challenge posed to the US by China's rise to power. Watch in full➡️ bit.ly/4pHKSpH 272
Reposted by BattlesFergus Craig @ferguscraig.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Tories and Reform starting to look like that brief period where there were two competing line ups of the Sugarbabes operating at the same time. 49436
Reposted by BattlesLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026No doubt Zahawi a big name for Reform & helps with momentum. But his resignation was on what the public see as a clear ‘one rule for them’ type scandal they hate - so a risk this, more than previous switches, could blunt Reform’s appeal as ‘different to usual political class’. 128215
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 09/01/2026A fantastically versatile image. Replace Michael Martin with your local council/councillor/MP/supermarket and email it to them. (credit and luvs to @infiniteguff.com) 020
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 07/01/2026It would be great if Dell were at the vanguard here. Also great if Dell could do something about touchscreens in cars and the awful scales at self service checkouts. 020
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Kill Your Friends by John Niven @nivenj1.bsky.social I would swear it has the most swearing I've ever read. 020
Reposted by BattlesZappit @zappit.bsky.social · 20/12/2025America has seen more pictures of Trump with Epstein than they have Trump with his own children. 1244
Reposted by BattlesOldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 17/12/2025My stupidly talented friend Mike created this magnificent @heraldscotland.bsky.social front page, and now it’s up for Front Page of the Year. He deserves all the recognition he’s received for it, and it would be much appreciated if you gave it a vote www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ch... 3548
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The Ellison/Bezos tie is the one to gamble on, if that's your thing. 021
Reposted by BattlesMutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 12/12/2025he's making a list he's checking it twice gonna find out who's naughty or nice santa claus is in contravention of the data protection act (2018) 310735
Reposted by BattlesPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics. 381072228
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Wera advent calendar is really delivering the goods! It's only the 8th and I already have a respectable (if lopsided) tool kit. 120
Reposted by BattlesSecret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social · 11/11/2025PLEASE SHARE: On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets. Please join me from 7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November to share some ideas for Christmas gifting. We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour 35338
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Copacetic mag really has been a thrill to read. Exciting new print media in 2025 is a blessing. 230
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Another fascinating deep dive by @londoncentric.media. I don't love London but I love London Centric.londoncentric.mediaLondon's thieves are burying phones in flowerbedsThe police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it. 020
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Amazing TV show returning to the iPlayer. I can't believe more people haven't seen it. Michael Kamen and Eric Claptop score, which might not be everyone's cup of tea but adds heaps to the atmosphere. Not unlike the Lethal Weapon score they did a couple of years later. 010
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Shout out to the KLF and to all of the people who still think they burned a million quid. 011
Reposted by BattlesSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Did a new one 3777072730
Battles @battles.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Anyone could complain to Virgin Money or the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) about this, but if you have accounts with them your voice will be heard much louder. Ask them about the organisational policy that was violated and ask how you can avoid breaching the same policy.theguardian.comPro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanationJohn Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society 010
Reposted by Battlesmike @sonuvafitch.bsky.social · 12/10/2025‘Piracy Is Not A Victimless Crime’ warnings on blu-rays hit a little different in the era of AI 429249
