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Barry Dorrans

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Security Curmudgeon for Microsoft .NET Do you really think work wants my social media opinions? Not nice, but kind - @medus4.com 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 1h
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 1h
As an enby, seeing Nicholas Cage aggressively pushing for couponing scares me.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 1h
Yea, problem here is the U.S. is “helping” the investigation so any U.K. statement is tainted with “because that’s what Trump wants to believe” And we’ve been here before with Lockerbie.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2h
Alex Stamos is joining Cognition as its new chief security officer; he most recently oversaw security at AI security startup Corridor and SentinelOne (Sam Sabin/Axios) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Mogwai @mogwai.scot · 2h
After 30 years of making music, we've been lucky to have some incredible experiences, but this is one we could never have imagined. We're honoured to introduce ‘Underground’, our new track featuring Iggy Pop with vocal arrangement by Matt Sweeney. Listen/watch now @ www.mogwai.scot & all platforms.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3h
It’s a blending of cultures. It’s acceptance.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3h
Oh wsl containers
blogs.windows.com
WSL containers is now generally available
WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads. As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to converge...
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 4h
Hey @mammaclauds.bsky.social
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12h
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 5h
"We're Actually Seeing Someone," EU Replies As Britain Slides Back Into Its DMs waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/3…
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6h
I'm kinda fully over that "the British conquered the world for spices and don't use any of them" joke because for one, you cannot recycle material for 5 straight generations and get a laugh worth a damn but also because in order to make it you have to agree with Tommy Robinson about who is British
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
UNLIMITED VELOCITY
One of the ways that LLM-authored code improves productivity is by merely SAYING it does things. It's way faster than the whole time-consuming process of actually doing things. This is real code someone sent to me for review.
A screenshot of a code editor. The line numbers are in the lefthand column, running from 121 to 125. There is a comment that says "Verify packages were created and check sizes" Then line 123 says echo Verifying Lambda packages were created... and Line 124 says echo checkmark emoji colon All Lambda packages verified successfully. There is no line in here that actually did anything.
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Jacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons @spacegrace.bsky.social · 7h
A block within ten minutes for asking a legitimate question. That’s pretty quick going for the secretary for @labour4transrights.bsky.social.
Bluesky post by Nathan Ramsden saying:

If you have experienced transphobic harassment within the Labour Party or if you know someone who has, please get in touch with us by emailing
labourfortransrights@gmail.com 3/3

Reply from SpaceGrace saying:

Can I report MPs? Well start with Hinder calling trans women 'lads' the other day.
We can work our way up to Streeting, Phillipson and the rest.
Today at 11:25

.@nathanjramsden.bsky.social has
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Can I report MPs? Well start with Hinder calling trans women 'lads' the other day. We can work our way up to Streeting, Phillipson and the rest.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 15h
Oh crap, I may have to use aspire for a real (but still toy) app Maddie is going to be so smug.
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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 15h
Excited to get a browser toolbar plugin from every frontier lab
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 28/09/2026
Firehose support in c# is working Here it is monitoring what moderation service labels are being applied in real time.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 16h
We’ve been here before
The bonsai buddy, an old desktop assistant which also stole your data and ended up being considered malware
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 17h
TFW you want to test your app recovery after a network drop so you disable the NIC ... forgetting you're remote desktoped into a VM
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Isaac Levin @isaacrlevin.com · 19h
Microsoft is updating the signing certificate used for .NET releases in 2026. If your workflows pin certificates, review the changes and update trust rules to prevent verification failures. #dotnet isaacl.dev/hbh
Embed Card for https://isaacl.dev/hbh
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 19h
you are invited to her gallery opening
A very tiny tabby kitten in a black post-surgery onesie that looks like a tight black shirt, very chic.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 21h
I absolutely hate the windows "Lets stage feature rollouts." The new widgets bar has been out for months and still hasn't been enabled for my machine.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 21h
You don't have to wait to see it before saying how they should have done it. Are you new to fandom?
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Thomas Fuchs 🫯 @thomasfuchs.at · 21h
Have you thought about only making good changes
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 22h
Windows 11 26H2 is out.
support.microsoft.com
KB5121794: Feature update to Windows 11, version 26H2 by using an enablement package | Microsoft Support
KB5121794: Feature update to Windows 11, version 26H2 by using an enablement package
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Shell @risu.bsky.social · 22h
Every so often I remember how 4 months into living in California , the bar tender asked me if I needed validation. And I replied “yes it has been a tough week, I’d love that “ And he meant for the parking lot ticket. But he did tell me I was pretty out of pity too.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 23h
You know at some point since living in the U.S. I’ve started to mean “have a good day” to service workings. It’s not natural and I need to remember to quash saying it when I’m back home.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 23h
Oh no. Anyway.
wired.com
Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
Once seen as nerdy but harmless innovators, men in tech are now widely regarded as red-pilled Elon Musk wannabes. It’s made getting laid a whole lot harder.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23h
OpenAI’s dots have extreme slurp juice energy.
The slurp juice tweet. IYKYK.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
It's cold, wet and windy. I switched the heat to winter mode. I am content.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
This sample trims down to a single 38Mb file for Windows. Includes functionality now to monitor any labeller, and can produce a list of active labelers too. #weDontNeedNoStinkingRust
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-…
Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
CSS is adding a shape function which you can also apply to borders and corners. I can't wait to see ugly it becomes when people try to move away from rounded corners.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dad Walking Fine Line Between Teasing Kids & Giving Them Long Term Problems loom.ly/GhI_43A
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I regularly send customers password-protected PDFs. Normally I use a randomly generated 16 character password, but if you annoy me, then I'll happily bump that up to 24 characters. And I'll make sure there are lots of zeros and letter Os.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Wrong Hands @wronghands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 29/09/2026
All the atoms in your body were once part of a star. You’re literally made of stardust!
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Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 28/09/2026
I'm excited to announce that the PLC Organization now has a statute! And a bank account! And a @standard.site publication! All the important stuff. The PLC Org is an independent Swiss Association meant to operate the PLC directory, which collects and distributes signed updates to atproto accounts.
blog.plcred.org
First steps of the PLC organization - Public Ledger of Credentials Organization
One year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credenti…
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
Treats father
A cat peers over the edge of a table
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 29/09/2026
“If she wants to continue being the Starbucks mascot in the Volunteer State, she’s gonna have to volunteer showing her seajunk to someone who can confirm if and where she has a mochacloaca.”
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Draw!
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
Treats father
A cat peers over the edge of a table
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
You see what happens when you verify a terminal case of poster's madness? They believe they're all powerful.
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Harry Potter and It Just Gets Worse From There (2026)
Harry Potter drives the Prime hydration station cybertruck with a loss cartoon on the top, with a FREETOPG licenseplate, to catch up with the Brexit Express about to run over Jimothy, past the OpenAI data center.  And the Cargill blimp adn the Teletubby sun are there because why not.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 29/09/2026
Hey @pfrazee.com the feature list on the SDK page at atproto.com/sdks, what are the actual options. i.e. what needs to be implemented for service auth, crypto, repo and plc to be green?
atproto.com
AT Protocol
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL6WHFVV and on buckaroo patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...
cover of NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? on the right there is a concerned ladybuck with her hands up in a gesture of NO WAY BUD and on the left is an angry lookin sentient flock camera
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 28/09/2026
Firehose support in c# is working Here it is monitoring what moderation service labels are being applied in real time.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 28/09/2026
A good example of a perverse incentive.
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