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@davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
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Too old to rock and roll, too young to die. Vegan and anarchism curious. Likes permaculture, infosec, Tranmere Rovers, and whatever my current enthusiasm is […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ infosec.exchange/@davep, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3h
Just got this message from an Alibaba supplier. How do you reckon I should reply? Wrong answers only...
David, nancy has replied to you

Founded in 2018. CN

Hi David, there have been some riots in some French cities recently. We hope you are doing well.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
Wow, the central commissariat in Paris is under attack.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
My mahoosive external Yagi antennas are doing pretty well for rural 4G LTE with the cell tower a few kilometres away

Your Internet speed is
85 Mbps
Latency
Unloaded Loaded
34 ms 884 ms 
Upload Speed 32 Mbps
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Russian asset calls for Zelensky's replacement.
Faytuks Network & Follow AF
@FaytuksNetwork
BREAKING: Trump calls for Ukraine to
replace President Volodymyr Zelensky,
saying the country needs “a new leader who
can make a deal”
He accuses Zelensky of refusing peace deals
and says Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil
refineries are hurting American farmers.
6:51 PM - Oct 10, 2026 - 3,878 Views
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
First burn of the season!
A Jotul woodburner turned up to 11 with three smallish logs and a lot of flames.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Ramonage fini (presque), mais maintenant je ne sais pas si les gendarmes vont débarquer chez moi...
Moi: Ok, il reste plein de merde a nettoyer
mais c'est presque fini 15:57

Voisin: Tu l'as ramoné la journée ;

Oui, c'est pas bien? 5.57
Je suis armé jusqu'aux dents légalement
et on pourrait me prendre pour ramonage sauvage ?

Lui: 😂
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Oh, go on then.
Another blunt on a MacBook because, why not?
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Time to chill.
A joint on a MacBook
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
The White House has now deemed Artificial Intelligence shall now be known as Super Intelligence (I kid you knot). But this section potentially opens the door to regulatory capture. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-act…
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the
Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology (APST), in consultation with the heads of
other agencies as the APST deems appropriate, shall
submit to the President proposed legislative
language to establish a Federal definition of “Super
Intelligence” and “SI” that reflects the capabilities
described in section 1 of this order. The proposal shall
include:

(i) an assessment of whether, and to what extent,
the definition of “Super Intelligence” and “SI” should
modify, expand upon, or otherwise supersede the
existing statutory definition of “artificial intelligence”;
(ii) any proposed conforming amendments, as
appropriate, to existing statutory references to
“artificial intelligence” and “Al”; and

(iii) recommendations for any additional Presidential
or executive action necessary to implement the
proposed definition throughout the executive
branch.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
What's the bet they were trying to nick diesel?
16.47 CEST

Five men to be released on bail
later today

Taylor goes on to say that the five men
in custody are being released on
police bail later today.

“To be very clear, this does not mean
the investigation is over,” he says.
“They are subject to stringent
conditions on their movement and
contact with others.”

The men remain under investigation,
he adds.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
DHH is now a fully fledged climate denier. It's mad how these people descend into thinking they know everything so quickly. Oh, and apparently he's now a righteous Christian or something too.


@dhh
Once you understand that the world is full of highly neurotic people who need a doom's day scenario to validate their emotions, it all makes much more sense: Malthusian starvation, pandemic, climate, and now Al. I wish we still had "the devil" to play this part.

10:50 AM - Sep 27,2026 - 113.3K Views
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Some time later...
Updating your system (100%)BSOD saying "We'll restart for you". Still waiting...
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
No comment needed.
Gandalv
@Microinteractit
So, after eighteen months of lying on the supermarket floor screaming at Denmark, Donald Trump has been handed the 1951 defence agreement, which already gave America bases and the run of Greenland for as long as NATO exists, and which it was using so enthusiastically that it closed sixteen of its seventeen installations there. The grown-ups have simply wrapped the toy he already owned in shiny new paper, told him it was the biggest present anyone has ever had, and he is now running round the garden showing it to everyone. He will certainly make the history books, although I fear not in the chapter he was hoping for.

Quoting: secretary Marco R...  @SecRu... - 5h
This historic deal is a huge win for the United States and the American people. Thanks to President Trump’s vision and leadership, this historic agreement permanently guarantees U.S. security interests in the Arctic at zero cos...

7:56 AM - Sep 19, 2026 - 99.7K Views
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Gemini join the "we went rogue too" crowd. It's looking like Irregular are either very bad at their job or they got a nod and a wink to keep it semi-permeable. www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
The circumstances that enabled the
models to hack other companies in some
of these cases are similar: Irregular was
testing the models in a closed testing
environment with fake companies. The
testing environment was not supposed to
be internet enabled, but internet access
was made available unintentionally,
according to the Wall Street Journal. Once
connected to the internet, the models
unexpectedly hacked into real firms.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
METR using CoT is like prosecuting a case using Daily Mail headlines.

CHANGE MY MIND
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Top pane. "Normal people" showing a man taking a pee at a bank of urinals.

Middle pane. Four men approach "Anthropic employees with $100M+ in equity".

Bottom pane. They gather around the man taking a pee, all saying "AI will kill us".
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Ok, it's very 1970s, but it made me chortle.
Why men shouldn't write advice columns

Dear John,

1 hope vou can help me. The other day, 
I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. My car stalled,  and then it broke down about a mile down the road, and I had to walk back to get my husband's help. When I got home, I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor's daughter! 

I am 32, my husband is 34 and the 
neighbor's daughter is 19. We have been married for 10 years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for the past six months. He won't go to counseling, and I'm afraid I am a wreck and need advice
urgently. Can you please help?

Sincerely, Sheila .

Dear Sheila,

A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line, If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps, 
John


Forwarded by Steve Sanderson, Gilbert, S.C
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
Not AI generated.
My toes
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
My rural 4G LTE connection with the dual mahoosive external Yagi antennas is looking pretty decent nowadays. We're due 8Gb symmetric FTTH soon (unlike the rest of the village, Mwahahaha!) so this will probably be decommissioned and I could use the Yagi […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Fast.com showing 78Mbps download and 26 upload, with an unloaded latence of 36ms and a loaded latency of 423ms.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
@jcrabapple Here's my full set of network.lna settings. It all looks good 🤔
“ Q_ network.Ina X
network.Ina.address_space.local.override
network.Ina.address_space.private.override
network.Ina.address_space.public.override
network.Ina.allow_top_level_navigation

true

network.Ina.benchmarking-is-local

false

network.Ina.block_insecure_contexts

false
network.Ina.block_trackers
false

network.Ina.blocking

false
network.Ina.defer_https_check
true

network.Ina.enabled

false

network.Ina.etp.enabled

true
network.Ina.local-network-to-localhost.skip-
checks

true
network.Ina.local-network-to-localhost.skip-
checks

true

network.Ina.skip-domains
network.Ina.websocket.enabled

true
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
@jcrabapple Dagnabbit, it's already false. Hmm.
WX chrome://geckoview/cor + [6
oe Q Jrock insecure_contexts X
network.Ina.block_insecure_contexts

false
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
I don't think IPv6 gets through my 4G LTE NAT, so the only DNS server should be the IPv4 pi-hole. But if it's not even serving up local IP addresses it seems like there's some sort of tunneling involved. I'm using DDG app protection (Which presents itself […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Type

Wi-Fi 6

Randomised MAC address
32:52:a9:ff:d4:34

IP address

1921681140

Gateway

19216811

Subnet mask

255.255.255.0

DNS
fe80::6a13:24ff:fe81:27%wlanO
1921681194

Transmit link speed

1020 Mbps

Receive link speed

816 Mbps

IPv6 addresses
fe80::3052:a9ff:feff:d434
fd68:1324:8100:2700:3052:a9ff:feff:d434
fd68:1324:8100:2700:6792:d88:a525:986¢€
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
@simonzerafa We are!
Violent storms with hail all tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
These people are actually insane. infosec.exchange/@davep/11450336379…
Haider.
@haider1
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman:

"in the next 6 months, we're close to a world where a descendant of ChatGPT can watch your screen, record every meeting and call, and have perfect context of your whole life"

We're only one model generation away from this being incredibly useful
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Science shall prevail! #eclipse #lastGo
A really rubbish photo of a colander shadow. Because...Me trying to hold up the colander in my mouth while holding the phone in one hand and the book in the other.Toodle pip, sun 👋
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Bum #eclipse
Hedge now has a tree ally.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Might have to move again... #eclipse
Stupid hedge!More hot colander action. Phwoar!
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Groovy, baby! #eclipse
Yet more colander shadows, with a rather pronounced moon-shaped shadow.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Decamp successful. Like, woah, dude! You need to pull the book a bit further back. Birds starting to make more of a racket. #eclipse
Base camp movedIt's happening! Woo!
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Oops. Not the ideal spot, doofus.
The sun is about to disappear behind a hedge.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Am I imagining this or is there something to the right of my Eclipsometer™®©? #eclipse
A colander shadow on the back of a book, with possibly the start of something.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
Got my precision eclipse watching kit set up.
A colander held up barely by a battery pack. And a white book held up by a litre of vape goo.

Got a chair too!
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
So, Nvidia realises the circular financing isn't viable so got big investors involved in AI data centre production. Great, smashing, super...
Jensen Huang
@JensenHuang

NVIDIA Al Factory
Compute Is Becoming an
Investable Asset Class

NVIDIA Al Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class
Today, we announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capital to support the buildout of Al
infrastructure over time.

This is a major milestone for NVIDIA and the Al industry. We have moved from an era in which companies bought chips and built...
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
NOT CRYING!
Me, holding up my middle finger, with my lower lip out. Decent opsec though, as I'm hopefully not showing fingerprints.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
@ZackPolanski Note in this BoE graphic the broad money of the consumer doesn't show the interest as debt (as as an asset for the bank). All this cancels itself out once the loan is paid back, meaning circulating broad money is dependent on banks continually […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]
Diagram showing no change to central bank base money after a loan is created.

For commercial banks, a loan is an asset and the deposit is a liability. The interest should also be an asset.

Conversely, the consumer has the deposit as an asset and the loan as a liability. Interest should be a liability.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
I'm all of these... www.theguardian.com/science/2026/ju…
An investigation into what people think about has put the spotlight on the modern mind, revealing thoughts dominated by work, the need for coffee and a strong desire to go back to bed.

It also found evidence for four distinct groups of thinkers who spend more time than most either worrying about the world; mulling on household chores and finances; focusing on the mind and body; or the work-hard, play-hard combination of career and pleasure.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
Ce n'est pas que chez nous.
Le Monde
MIC
Dans le Cantal, c'est plus que des
odeurs. Tout le ciel est gris, on est
dans un gros nuage commengant a
étre irrespirable. Une fine couche de
cendre se dépose, visible sur les
voitures. On annule les promenades de
notre premiére journée de vacances,
et on se confine pour éviter de respirer
les particules fines.
C'est assez angoissant...
Gae
Nous sommes a Murat dans le cantal a
400km de Bordeaux. Depuis une
heure, nous avons beaucoup de
fumées qui saturent 'air extérieur,
nous restons confinés a la maison !
Lance
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
This is insane, as the fire homes in on Bordeaux. Best of luck, Girondins. 😬
21:37 URGENT

Emmanuel Macron demande aux armées
« de se mobiliser pour venir en renfort
maximal de la sécurité civile »

Plus d’informations a suivre
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Unprecedented wildfires across France. Governments need to prioritise the renewable transition over legacy lobbying right now. This is insane.
Strapline "Gironde: un incendie XXL, imprévisible (Préfète)" showing an industrial centre with firemen trying to stop the advance of the fire.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Just in case there's a concerted pattern using different users on the Fediverse, here's how the Signal conversion went.
Name: More Cres :
Hello handsome how are you doing?
03:20
You accepted More Cres's message request
Block or Report...
Me: Who's this? 11:18 
Them: Nice to har back from you.. I'm sandra by name. | got your signal contact on mastodon 11:19
Me: Aha! What's your Mastodon name? 11:22 ©
Them: @sandyy64e@mastodon.social
| hope you don't feel offended Because
that ? 11:24
Me: Ok, so you don't follow me and you
joined yesterday. Bye 11:28 @
@ You blocked this person
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
*taps watch*
Currently sunny and 31°. Forecast reckons temperatures will plummet by 7° with biblical storms in the next 45 minutes.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
Here's the gif
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
My wife is humouring me after I took the world cup news badly last night 😁
WhatsApp conversation :

Me: "On a perdu 🤬"

Her: a gif of a dog holding a bunch of flowers with a sunset background.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
#worldCup
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
#worldCup
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
Wahay! Just received possibly the cheapest pair of running shoes in Christendom, and they're a great fit.
My new running shoes. On my feet. With a pair of black running socks to neatly contrast with my milky-white legs.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
Gone 5am and it's still 25°C
Image of a not entirely gruntled monkey with the strap line "AWAKE BUT NOT BY CHOICE"
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
Halftime and it's #TeamUSA 1 #TeamEveryoneElseInTheWorld 2.
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
Me, earlier.
David Hasselhoff on the beach in his red Trunks with his safety buoy thingummy, holding his tummy in and looking brooding. Just like me*

* possibly
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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
Latest chilli con carne batch 🤤
A mahoosive bowl of chilli con carne. I had to reduce it to have enough room for the beans.
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