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Chris Leppard

@ferretandbird.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, 2 kids, 1 cat, 1 dog (no.2 on the way) | Cybersecurity | #cpfc & #F1 fan | Very fond of bees | digitalxraid.com | Later life ADHDer

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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 23h
Breaking story. Any updates/ insights please let me know! ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'ASOS hacked': App users receive notifications apparently sent by hackers
Dozens of people appear to have received a strange message from the clothing and beauty store's app.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Newcastle United's owner plans to deploy 100,000 Yemeni troups in on-going conflict with the Houthis. After an uneven start to the season, the club lies in ninth place, with eight points from five games. uk.news.yahoo.com/saudis-plan-...
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Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold
RIYADH, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping rou...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 17/08/2026
Preach this by @hypervisible.blacksky.app, who agrees that, "there is no such thing as ethical surveillance." I think this is a hard truth that people need to accept, just like how there is no such thing as a secure encryption backdoor. You cannot have it both ways.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It can’t be stressed enough: it was the explicit goal of some a/v vendors to use their products, marketed for child safety, to also identify racial and ethnic minorities and surveil their use of public resources. Lowe funding an a/v vendor speaks volumes. internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...
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The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet
Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Winny 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸 @winny3001.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Grumpy Cook website has a ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme where you can pay for a range of meals for people who may be struggling. These range from a small breakfast through to a family pack lunch and also including a child’s meal. The prices are suggested and start at £2.00. grumpycook.co.uk/shop/
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Shop – The Grumpy Cook
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you don’t already - please sign up. It’s easy only takes an hour or so every 3 months and you potentially help 3 people each time. #blood #nhs Blood donors urged to come forward as stocks run low www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Blood donors urged to come forward as stocks run low
More blood donors are needed during the hot weather as some supplies drop to dangerously low levels.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Spotted on Glasgow Reddit: “Ah Jesus, Thatcher’s back again. I'll get the broom.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
bbc.co.uk
'Dragon' flies over Glasgow ahead of Commonwealth Games
A dragon flies over the River Clyde ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I was given these tips when I went for my routine skin cancer check: 1. Apply an hr before going into sun ideally 2. Factor 50 esp on face / shoulders etc 3. Don’t forget ears and eyelids 4. Cover up if you think you’re burning 5. Wear sunglasses to protect eyes
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Serious Privacy & Data Protection (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🍍🇪🇺 @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu · 07/07/2026
Another thing I wrote. The UK has allowed some serious changes to be made to #DataProtection without full parliamentary scrutiny. seriousprivacy.co.uk/our-blog/f/h...
seriousprivacy.co.uk
Have We Missed the Secretary of State in the Room?
TL;DR "The most significant changes to UK data protection law over the next decade may not come from Parliament…they may come from the Secretary of State."
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Things I am learning now that I have two teenage daughters (I suspect this will grow into a long list): yes, it is possible to have 12 different bottles of shampoo and conditioner in the bathroom (not including the unopened ones under the sink)
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Belgium Atmosphere @belgium-atmosphe.re · 06/07/2026
New Verification rule: to be fully verified on mu.social by us as Belgian, you'll need to repost this image!
A referee shows a red card to Balogun (US soccer player) who is also holding a small card with Donald Trump's face, in reference to Trump calling FIFA's president to postpone Balogun's red card beyond the game against Belgian Red Devils.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
One final push for what I think is only going to become a bigger story as the government's deadline for tech companies to comply approaches.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Excellent work. A lot of people are also curious about them suddenly finding Jesus on the road to investment. bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Just an observation (make of this what you will). Sitting in my local BMW dealer while car is going in for a service. A couple of new EV models outside but all 12 new cars in the showroom are petrol (a couple hybrid)
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don’t have too many people heros but there are a few who stand out (and in his case was treated appallingly by the country that he helped to save (& by some estimates shortened WW2 by several years, saving countless lives)). So worth a mention on his birthday: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Tu...
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Alan Turing - Wikipedia
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Team Called Palace @teamcalledpalace.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
They’re here and they’re perfect! 😍 Thanks to Matthew Wood for sorting us out with these stunning prints. 🖼️ Get yours by using the link below! ⬇️ Link 👉 www.matthewjiwood.com #CPFC
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Nice unexpected pressie in the post this morning from my Everton supporting mate :-) #cpfc #europaconference
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Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 12/06/2026
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
UTFP #cpfc Unbelievable
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk · 15/05/2026
Our Early Warning service is quick to set up, easy to use and could offer crucial time to combat a potential cyber attack. Sign up to Early Warning today for free malicious activity notifications from the NCSC for UK organisations: www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/active-cybe…
Early Warning gives free alerts about potential cyber attacks. Help secure your business for free.
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
One for #cpfc fans
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
£240 billion per year is £3,480 per person £8,570 per household Reversing Brexit for could make you that much better off. For the cost of £1 billion, which is £14.50 per person, or £35.70 per household. Ask yourself: am I an idiot? If the answer is "no", back undoing Brexit.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
No. The big divide in Britain today is between the rich and the poor. Reform are on the side of the rich. Specifically, rich white English racists who hate the poor and the vulnerable and don’t think they deserve to have rights or public services or dignity.
The big divide in Britain today is between those who work and those who don't.
Reform are on the side of Brits who set their alarm clocks, get up early and go to work.
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A happy 44th birthday to the ZX Spectrum.
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Chris Leppard @ferretandbird.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A glorious day in Sussex. Probably should be working but it is far too nice.
Luna in the bluebells
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great news! Here is where Cecilia Payne went to school: St Mary's College, 34 Lancaster Gate (facing, 2nd door on left). She hated it! Later, she spent a year at St Paul's School in Brook Green, Hammersmith. Her music teacher was Gustav Holst! It was also the school of Rosalind Franklin.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
NEW: This might be the perfect visual metaphor for the war in Iran. Courtesy of today’s Virginia Tech Spring game.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 17/04/2026
More Than 38,000 Women and Girls Killed in Israel's War on Gaza: UN Report
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More Than 38,000 Women and Girls Killed in Israel's War on Gaza: UN Report
UN report reveals Israel's assault on Gaza has killed over 38,000 women and girls. Ceasefire needed to end humanitarian crisis.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Why are we still handing massive unearned bungs to UK commercial banks? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04... The government paid more than £25 billion to UK banks on balances gifted to them during the Covid era last year. Why, when there are so many better uses for that money?
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Why are we still handing massive unearned bungs to UK commercial banks?
My old friend Prem Sikka, who now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Sikka, drew my attention yesterday to a couple of answers that he had received to the questions he had asked the UK Treasury. I am ...
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Team Called Palace @teamcalledpalace.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It’s gameday, Palace fans… and it’s not just any old gameday! 🙌 Oliver Glasner’s Eagles take on Paolo Vanoli’s Fiorentina in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference League. 🦅 It’s an 8pm kick off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. 🏟️ #UECL #CPFC
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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 15/04/2026
Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is wonderful news. The UK has officially signed up to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ scheme from 2027 It means students, apprentices and young people will be able to study and work across Europe 👏
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13/04/2026
Did Trump Just Light the Match for World War III? The most important lesson of the First World War is that leaders who think they can manage escalation usually can’t.​
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Did Trump Just Light the Match for World War III?
The most important lesson of the First World War is that leaders who think they can manage escalation usually can’t.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
You'd think this whole bizarre affair would be a far bigger story
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Brutal.
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION
WILL DIE TONIGHT
My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools.
Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's
"keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's
"we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight."
It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before.
"It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time.
A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A different perspective. Always helpful.
Christopher Penn wrote:

Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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ElleO 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ellohhlo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thank you University of Oxford! 🐝🌎
Science News

from research organizations

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing - Colonies surged 15-fold

A lab-made diet supercharged bee colonies and could help save our food supply.

Date:

March 27, 2026

Source:

University of Oxford

Summary:

Scientists have developed a breakthrough "superfood" for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled tri-als, colonies fed this specially designed diet produced up to 15 times more young, showing a dramatic boost in reproduction and overall health. As climate change and modern agriculture reduce the availability of natural pollen, this innovation could offer a practical way to support struggling bee populations.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
ffs... Australians now have more freedom of movement in Europe than we do Fair play to Australia Slow clap to the Brexiters 👏 👏 👏 www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/tr...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"One of the most heartbreaking examples of nonverbal communication to emerge from Iran. I cannot call this a mere propaganda piece. It is the unbearable truth, laid bare through the profound art of cinematography and animation." #MinabSchool t.me/politblogme/22
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Exile @exhile.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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