Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 20hWe have a habit of getting overly attached to the silliest, cutest, most useless creatures. So of course we have a house rule that when A Very Good Boy gets sent to the underworld, if anyone has a stick to throw then he'll always come back. I wonder what shenanigans this expansion will bring... 👌 100
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 10/08/2026Unclear whether your point is AI threats aren't real or insurers will always find a way to deny a claim payout 🤷♂️ Either way, here's my shocked face :| 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 06/08/2026Despite the alt text of your photo, I'm going to take the liberty of assuming you're wearing more than *just* a helmet, N95 and a backpack. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 06/08/2026Apparently Stolen Valor carries a six month prison sentence 🤞 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 04/08/2026I call it "having something while I decide if I want a snack" 140
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 04/08/2026Varying specialist roles, each with their own way of making money and secondary agenda. 🤵♂️The Governor takes bribes, but can also veto other players moves 👨🔧The Contractor syphons a percentage of all build spending 👨💼The Consultants earnings increase exponentially as the game progresses ... 020
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 02/08/2026What's the main metric, the number of memes or the reshare count? You can make memes from anything, but getting something into mainstream context, that'sstatic.klipy.comPacha's Perfect OK GestureALT: Pacha's Perfect OK Gesture 030
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 01/08/2026I was once listed as a top 50 global thought leader. The body of publications that I submitted as evidence of my professional accomplishments included the Magna Carta. They made a YouTube video and everything. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 31/07/2026Came here to say Forbidden Island but someone beat me to it, so you can have Pandemic as well. 100
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 31/07/2026We've had six incarnations of man-pretending-to-be-a-bat just since I've been old enough to enjoy movies, not including the animated ones or the ones that predate me. Where'd all the original ideas go? 030
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 31/07/2026"I'm sorry officer, my car's voice command AI bot broke out of its sandbox and took over the accelerator..." 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 30/07/2026I once ran a pen test against a company *with* their permission and they still shouted CMA because we saw more than they were happy with which led to them having to notify other client orgs. 140
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 30/07/2026Haha yes I look forward to the day I can cash in on my Cheltenham beachfront property investment 🤦♂️ 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/07/2026Nah that's death, they're chill, they just help souls depart once someone dies, don't actually do any killing. It's Fate you want to have a word with. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/07/2026The problem with passkeys is we forget to tell 99.999% of people about them in a way that they'd care. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/07/2026If Gino D'Campo isn't on the set dropping utterly unhinged retorts then I'm not interested. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/07/2026I think white noise as loud as your phone's speaker will allow would also be a valid response. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 26/07/2026👍 Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. 🌓 It's better to half-arse something than to do nothing. 👌Don't let perfection be the enemy of progress. Take your pick of which one works for you but they all amount to much the same; Do what you can, even if it's not what you think you should. 011
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 25/07/2026some years from now... "ah yes 2026, a fine vintage, hints of smoke and global catastrophe" 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 25/07/2026Paging @mrr3b00t.bsky.social I think the crux of this campaign is spoofed O365 login pages. The compromised wifi and DNS redirects are unnecessary complications. Also full-tunnel VPN isn't the silver bullet they make it out to be. Keen to hear your thoughts... 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 25/07/2026I wouldn't wish anyone dead but I also wouldn't be upset if you told me he was on the rocket. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 23/07/2026One makes the good drugs while the other makes digital diarrhea. There's no sense or value in comparing anything about the two. 060
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 23/07/2026Sometimes it's BGP or a borked update or overzealous AV quarantining explorer.exe 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 23/07/2026Nonsense, tears dry by evaporation, same as sweat. Tears without external factors create a puddle. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 23/07/2026I drew this same self portrait* for GCSE Art way back in the late 1900s. * To be clear, my self portrait was of me, not you, that would be weird. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 21/07/2026Nice. Writing down the unwritten rules, like size age shape colour... Some other ideas I try to follow (primarily for reports, but useful elsewhere)... Assume the reader has no prior knowledge. Every item should have a purpose and meaning that is self-evident. Tell a story: start, middle, end. 011
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 17/07/2026@the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social here's one for Governor Carcass in issue 759 page 8 Spotted by Gethin 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 15/07/2026Well this sucks for anyone that's recently bought an EV on the basis that it'd be cheaper to run... ffs 🤦♂️ *Pay-per-mile scheme will hit UK drivers in 2028* www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/mot...carmagazine.co.ukGovernment lays out new road tax scheme ... which works like the old paper tax disc systemAfter years of trying to separate VED from the car, the government's marrying the two back together for electric cars. 100
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 15/07/2026It makes them look cool amongst their peers, builds resilience, and brings in additional tax revenues? </sarcasm> 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 12/07/2026Reading between the lines here I'm getting subtle hints that there's a TV series called The Vampire Lestat that is recommended viewing? 130
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 12/07/2026Reminds me I need to stock up on champagne, because it's always good to have some on hand, just in case, no particular reason... 🤞 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 10/07/2026I haven't read the terms and conditions but will assume it makes as much sense as any of the others. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 08/07/2026I love how everyone goes along with it like it's no big deal, the stiff upper lip could be Britain's new Olympic sport 120
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 08/07/2026Not since Rage Against the Machine stole Christmas #1 from X-Factor has there been a more worthy grass roots protest cause 043
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 08/07/2026static.klipy.comThat's Damn Good Reaction MemeALT: That's Damn Good Reaction Meme 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 06/07/2026static.klipy.comKatniss Everdeen: I Volunteer!ALT: Katniss Everdeen: I Volunteer! 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 06/07/2026without reading what will inevitably be a depressing article, is there a way to lend support? if I have some spare bandwidth or HDD capacity maybe? 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/06/2026selective filter, you're unlikely to find many unimpassioned people hanging about in such places. 000
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 29/06/2026quantum computing is either a problem for security or it's not. We won't know which it is until we look at it, but looking at it will change the outcome. 010
Gary Hawkins @garyhawkins.net · 19/06/2026@jamiesmart.bsky.social evening, Luke would like to know when Pandora will return to Phoenix Comics... Any hints pretty please? 100