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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 06/09/2026

in the last 5 months i have spent more time refuting claims made by claude about networking that software engineers insist i look into than actually doing network engineering.

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rain 🌦️ @sunshowers.io · 04/09/2026

One recently-added section to our RFD 576 says that in public writing it's worth avoiding even the appearance of AI slop -- both at the content and at the text level

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576 - Using LLMs at Oxide | RFD | Oxide

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 12/08/2026

Well that was stunning.

A crescent sun, the moon eclipsing 98% of the sun, leaving a thin sliver of bright orange in the sky. The moon is eclipsing bottom to top, so the crescent looks like an n.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 08/08/2026

I guess @swiftonsecurity.com is also secretly a Korn fan

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 28/07/2026

Isn't he the reason we have VAR?

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 14/07/2026

Sensible safe default? What is this, communism?!

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 13/07/2026

Urgh. Moet ik nu serieus een tailscale exit node in Canada opzetten door deze zever...

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 07/07/2026

We always accept the lost children back.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 05/07/2026

True. I've had a couple successful Sunday deliveries before. I'd say, at least in the last year?

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 05/07/2026

They're in a group with Parcelforce and a couple of others, so not a huge surprise.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 25/06/2026

We're not feeding cats to coyotes. We're feeding PMs to the cat.

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Leeftijdscontrole is identiteitscontrole, voor iedereen. Laat ze hier niet op ideetjes komen.

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johanna @jola.dev · 25/05/2026

Wrote a bit about why LLM-written text is so painful, even when the content itself is fine, and the importance of using your own voice jola.dev/posts/the-so...

jola.dev

The social contract of writing | jola.dev

About the value of genuine writing in a world being drowned in slop.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/05/2026

Shame indeed. It's one of the busiest RIPE meetings in recent memory. Over 700 folks in person.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/05/2026

And Mirjam just kicked off #RIPE92 in Edinburgh. Whoop!

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 16/05/2026

I'm surprised she managed to make her way out of the closet she hid in with all her skeletons. Granted, given they've been falling out, guess she found enough room to get out

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/04/2026

The occasional death announcement sends a groan through the crowd. 3 down.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 18/04/2026

Wooo #RSD2026 Show up at 0930, and already down 2 albums from the list 😭 And now we wait 90 minutes

A wrapping queue in an industrial estate

A queue of people in front of some industrial buildings

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

On this Palm Sunday, we commemorate our lord and savior Palm III

Palm III pda in its dock with a serial cable connector.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Recently a friend got on some new meds that made them much more chilled out, but to the point that they're procrastinating tedious and boring (but important) tasks, and it made me think about how much of my productivity is just white hot free-floating anxiety.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/03/2026

I mean. It can be. But it's mostly European Commission adjacent expats.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/03/2026

Just imagine KUL with some hairy mold

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/03/2026

It's a canary. With hair. A hairy canary. I fail to see the problem.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/03/2026

It's been 10 years since I last set foot in this place. Nothing's changed. Truly is home away from home.

The front of a bar, slightly occluded by a tree with new leaves on the branches.
A red awning has the name of the bar written in white lettering: "The Hairy Canary".
Above it there's another sign with the name, in more traditional English pub lettering.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 07/03/2026

"we're eating up all the fab capacity for the next 5 years, good luck getting anything done"

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 01/03/2026

I'm feeling incredibly pigeonholed here. Teletext feed of Untappd checkins and tap list. They know their audience...

A TV in front of a window with exposed brick around it.
On the tv is an old school teletext display, showing beer checkins through Untappd

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 26/02/2026

Definitely feeding a draft internal blog through this before posting it.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 13/02/2026

I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with back pain.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 02/02/2026

Looks like there's a small collection of uranium glass trinkets in Bruges @astrokatie.com . Worth a trip to pick up?

A 2-shelf cupboard, with a glass shelf. On the top shelf there's a set of green-glowing glassware, made with uranium glass. The bottom shelf has random trinkets.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 13/01/2026

Love this idea. Pruning is good, and salmon is delicious.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 14/12/2025

Can you move a bit further back. Bit further. Keep going Yep, more Just keep walking until I say stop ... .... ...... ......... Yeah, right there!

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 14/12/2025

You're doing rather well, as you're one of the silliest people I know.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 08/12/2025

I just had lunch. Stop making me hungry...

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 23/11/2025

The chips market is having an entirely normal one I see. Thanks AI...

A graph of RAM (DDR5-6000 2X32G) module price over time. It's stable around $200 from the left of the graph (jan 2024) until sept 2025. Since the price is accelerating upwards, and is currently at $700.

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WIRED @wired.com · 21/11/2025

At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...

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This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System

At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 07/11/2025

JESUS MARIE, IT'S NOT A ROCK!

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Cloudflare @cloudflare.social · 31/10/2025

A BGP “zombie” is essentially a fancy name for a route that has become stuck in the Default-Free Zone (DFZ) of the Internet. In this post, we'll walk through riskier situations and recommended fixes. cfl.re/47yQOdU

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BGP zombies and excessive path hunting

A BGP “zombie” is essentially a fancy name for a route that has become stuck in the Default-Free Zone (DFZ) of the Internet, potentially due to a missed or lost prefix withdrawal. In this post, we w...

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 25/10/2025

Did they point some windmills at Westminster, or is it just a bit windeh?

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Tom Strickx @ecmp.network · 24/10/2025

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a prideful person. But I get my pride from odd places Such as getting the steno team at #RIPE91 to type "oopsy whoopsy fucky wucky" without blinking. And yes IPTables was an oopsy whoopsy fucking mistake.

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