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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Misty morning in liminal space (Orchard being replanted with new trellis system)

A cold, foggy, empty farm field with dozens of tall, grey concrete posts arranged in straight, parallel rows stretching into thick grey-white mist, thin horizontal wires strung between them forming an empty trellis for vines, the ground bare dark brown mud with small green weeds, the sky and distant background completely lost in fog, no people or plants, quiet, still, and lonely like an early winter morning.

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Sunset over Antwerp (on the train from London to Amsterdam yesterday) #sunset #antwerp #eurostar #crossborderrail

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Half way up Beinn na Cro, in the Red Cuillins on the Isle of Skye looking south over Loch Slapin. In the distance is the Sleat Peninsula and, farther away, is the Isles of Rùm and Eigg. #scotland #highlands #skye #cuillins #torrin #strathaird #isleofskye

A wide aerial view of a sea inlet winding through green hills and low mountains under a dramatic cloudy sky. The water curves into the distance, with patches of shoreline, wetlands, and a small road tracing the landscape.

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

Latest #firefox #ESR (v149.0) appears to have stopped reporting the HTTP error code when something goes wrong… in this case for a 403. It used to include the HTTP code and some useful words. In this error, it looks like the connection just didn't work […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

Screenshot of Firefox saying:

Looks like there's a problem with this site
Firefox can't connect to the server at ip.mafoo.org.uk
What can you do about it?
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

Below is the Inspector showing the request returned a 403

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

This deserves a slow-clap for Apple… > An update to macOS 26.3 is overdue. You can install it now or it will be installed automatically Yesterday, 20:06 #fail #macos #apple #slowclap

A screenshot from macOS reading: An update to macOS 26.3 is overdue. You can install it now or it will be installed automatically Yesterday, 20:06.

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

I am getting increasingly irritated by #Booking_dot_com weaselling their way into search tools and, by default, spinning up a second tab with "hotels in the place you're going". It's underhand and they just need to stop. Like this pre-enabled "Explore […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2025

When the news site's #adblocker detector openly admits that the site's #ads are "intrusive", you have to wonder what thought processes got us here… I'll carry on using the "Reader view" bypass for as long as it works, thanks.

Screengrab from a local news website reading:

This story is only available to subscribers
+ Premium websites with no intrusive ads
+ Access to all articles & exclusive content
+ Weekly digital editions of all KM Papers

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

It seems that #Paris has gained a new embassy to house a delegation of #Orcs from #Mordor Spotted at the bottom of the steps at Rue du Mont Cenis, #Montmartre #lotr #middleearth

A set of brown road signs in a built-up area of Paris. The sign in question reads "Ambassade du Mordor" and has a iconographic representation of an Orc.

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2025

I spotted this on an #Amazon page for a book and had a brief hope that they might have started literally meaning "any device" and distributing EPUB or something "open". Alas, no, it's not "any device", it's "any device we support the Kindle app on" […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

A screenshot with a picture of two mobile devices -- a tablet and a phone -- showing an indistinguishable book. It's captioned "READ ON ANY DEVICE" and subtitled with "Get free Kindle app"

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Matthew Slowe @fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2024

Websites which have opinions about how the local part of an email address should be constructed can get in the sea. It's entirely up to me what my localpart looks like and I'll put + signs in it if I want to. I'm curious what the real rationale is here -- […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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