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Gerald Benischke

@beny23.github.io
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Maker, breaker and fixer of software. Adventures in #appsec and #agile: beny23.github.io he/him

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Losing the data on 20 million federal employees to the Chinese was bad. But you knew the Chinese weren’t going to sell or publish it.” Me in The New York Times ($, £) on why the hack of the FBI could, if confirmed, be one of the worst data breaches of all time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Star Wars vs Star Trek: a guide
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 27/09/2026
Maulzeit…
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Chris Rand @chrisrand.com · 06/09/2026
One of those pieces where you think: "it's surely not going to get any worse, is it?" ...but it does. doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralist…
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 17/08/2026
Software engineering is 80% social and 20% technical.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 16/08/2026
Oh good, the sandworm is back and abusing Claude code. Just not in the way you think… (medium.com/governed-at-...
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The ChainDrop npm Worm (August 2026): How 444 Packages Were Compromised Without a Single npm…
The attacker skipped the step everyone spent three years watching.
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 15/08/2026
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
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Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 14/08/2026
Oh no, not “The Puppy”…
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 13/08/2026
Partial eclipse of the lens flare.
Photo of the eclipse where the eclipse is visible mainly in the lens flare
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 04/08/2026
So much easier to burn your passports if you have a certi-fried copy.
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Rachel Tobac @racheltobac.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The new “⚠️Seems like AI slop” button on LinkedIn is sending me into orbit lmao
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AnguaSec @anguasec.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Help save Jodrell Bank. c.org/KN6ypPFCRv
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Help Save Jodrell Bank
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m just a simple Internet user, but it seems to me that the UK government shouldn’t use this man’s website for official communications, I dunno.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 23/07/2026
I’m glad I don’t live in Penis Lancs. I mean Pennine Lancs. 🤦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Potential names of Lancashire's four new councils revealed
The county's existing 15 councils will be replaced by four unitary authorities in 2028.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 21/07/2026
The bit where people say “oh this is mission critical, we need waterfall for that” as if agile is somehow less safe [pun intended]
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 19/07/2026
My proposed minister for AI
Cover of robots of dawn by Asimov
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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 11/07/2026
Ohhhh. Will there be video? ;-)
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 05/07/2026
I loved @witchofthetest.bsky.social ‘s keynote at Agile on the Beach it had everything. Humour, a serious topic, no AI, Dutch Viking ax fighting arias. beny23.github.io/posts/aotb_2... #AgileOnTheBeach2026
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Agile on the Beach 2026: Field of princes
This is a post about my travel to Cornwall for Agile on the Beach, a fantastic conference. So why do I talk about fields of princes? You’re going to have to bear with me. But this will involve big que...
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
It only takes 3.5% of a population to affect societal change. Veerle asks us to have the conversation. Hear hear. 25/fin
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
We should start valuing our time as more precious than money 24/n
Time > money
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
We need to work less, not more. Less production, more care, entertainment, art, education. 23/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Why? Why? People have an addiction: work! 22/n
40 hour work week
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
We should value other activities equally as paid labour. 21/n
Your life is not a frivolous luxury
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“What do you want to be?” Is such a stupid question. She’s not just a software tester but a witch apprentice, biker, Viking ax fighter, cat sitter, Dutch aria singer. Why restrict yourself to your work. What a colossal culture problem! 20/n
Viking ax fighting slide.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
We should start seeing our other contributions to humanity as equally valuable as paid employment. 19/n
Our jobs should not determine our worth or identity
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“Work is not the only important thing” what about rest and play and caring? 18/n
Cave painting slide
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“Unemployment” should not be a dirty word. 17/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Start small. Plant the seed. The rest will follow! 16/n
We should not need to work to justify our existence
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Veerle has a small favour to ask of us. She wants societal change! 15/n
"If there ever was a place where I feel l can change the world, this is it."
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“Are lot of us are doing well. A lot of people don’t. Agile on the beach donates to food banks as speaker gifts” It makes her angry that this is needed? 14/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
What do we get out of it? The world’s first trillionaire. Go us. Yey. 13/n
Slide of globe
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Is it going to make a fairer world? Feed everyone? Sorry to disappoint. No. Additional productivity doesn’t even let us go home sooner? 12/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“Does AI make us more productive?” Is the wrong question. We should be asking “why should we be more productive?” 11/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
But the purpose is still to create shareholder value! 😭 10/n
Veerle zoomed out to the galaxy again
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Veerle was saved by her job at Dutch railways. 9/n
Veerle happy in front of bikes slide
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
What led to that cynicism? An assignment to test software to exploit minimum wage led to her first burnout. 8/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
Why are we doing here? Is it all about tokens? 7/n
What are we doing here?
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
And are we successful? Erm, no. 6/n
DID YOU KNOW

3.68
BILLION
people live below the $8.30 per day poverty line in 2026
(2021 purchasing power parities)
Source: World Bank (2026), Porerty and Inequality Platfoers (version 20260324_2021_01_02_PR.OD) (data vt).
pip.worldbank.org. Accessed on 2026-06-27
Note: Estimates after 2024 are noncasts. For more details visit the Nowcasts page.
Burnout Report 2026: High stress pushing workers into sick leave as just one in four feel mental health is genuinely prioritised and supported in the workplace
POSTED 16TH JANUARY 2026
ce: Mental Health UK
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
To create shareholder value of course! 5/n
Veerle with bank buildings slide
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“No, you’re wrong. You live to work”. Unnecessarily abrasive? Not Veerle. 😆 why do we work? 4/n
Work depiction slide.
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“What are we doing here? What’s it all about?” 3/n
Galaxy slide
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
“Tech should work for humans, not the other way round” ❤️ 2/n
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Gerald Benischke @beny23.github.io · 03/07/2026
@witchofthetest.bsky.social doesn’t want to talk about AI for her closing keynote of #AgileOnTheBeach2026 1/n
Veerle doesn't want
to talk about Al
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