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@rj07thomas.bsky.social
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Bits of #PowerShell, the odd photo. Sarcasm. Tweets are entirely personal & do not represent the views of my employer.

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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 13h
I know it's been going like this for a while now, but the Web really isn't resilient any more is it? Once upon a time, your site went down because someone switched the server off or the T1 line broke. Now your site can go down because Cloudflare goes offline, taking millions more with it.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Try not to bother me today, I'll be writing a LinkedIn post that appears to be self deprecating but is actually sickeningly self congratulatory.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Morning
Photograph of some Adelie penguins in Antarctica.
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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 03/10/2026
Ned cooks in Finland 1: toasted open face sandwiches. Ciabatta, olive oil, mozarella, tomato, salt,pepper. Two with turkey, Finnish mustard (Turun Sinappia) & two with basil, oregano, balsamic vinegar. Parbaked the rolls to make them crispy. Ingredients problematic level: 1 Really tasty!
The four small sandwiches on a wooden cutting boardA closeup of the turkey sandwiches with the distinctive Finnish brown mustard and melted Mozzarella Closeup of the tomato and basil sandwich with balsamic and herbs
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I used to say to a former colleague of mine - who was in to being visible in the organisation - that infra is completely the wrong role for that. If you want visibility, you need to work with the Web Dev team or social media side.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Supposed to have been 19dC here today, same tomorrow.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
El Niña? I think. It's crazy warm for this time of year.
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Jay H. @jhaskins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We used to say something like: "Everyone wants to draft the whitelist until it’s time to debug the DROP rule." Credit to the sysadmins and getting their hands dirty.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😂🤣 Thank you and I'm glad there is! A former colleague of mine has just sent a screenshot that we're both name checked on a website thelat we were the infra for, and it's a nice feeling that someone remembered what we did.
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B:\a.zza @mcbazza.com · 03/10/2026
Wait. I didn't mean 'pub'. I meant: an HR-approved Fairtrade coffee shop with excellent WiFi. Have you tried turning it off, then on again? That usually works.
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B:\a.zza @mcbazza.com · 03/10/2026
Last Friday of July is: World SysAdmin Day sysadminday.com If it breaks on a Friday, it wasn't us. We're down the pub. We're the ones that told you not to FAFO on a Friday. :-D
sysadminday.com
System Administrator Appreciation Day
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If there isn't already a world infrastructure engineer / sysadmin day there should be. Those roles are the tarmac, not the Lamborghini. If you go into work and just get on with using IT, it means your infra ppl are doing their job brilliantly.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"It looks like we're trying to force you to use Copilot, would yo like help with that?"
static.klipy.com
Clippy: The Microsoft Office Assistant
Alt: Clippy: The Microsoft Office Assistant animated gif of Clippy, an (in)famous Microsoft "help" agent.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's not just me is it? It's spectacularly hot in the UK for the start of October right?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have only just heard of Homa thanks to LinkedIn. Is it really feasible it can "replace TCP, or is it only good for the datacenter? Can it route? Has it got resilience?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Scarecrows and tin men and girls! Oh my!
Picture of a brown bear in Silver Salmon creek, Alaska.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Casper Recalls Mattresses That Won’t Stop Expanding When Unboxed — theonion.com/casper-recal...
theonion.com
Casper Recalls Mattresses That Won’t Stop Expanding When Unboxed
NEW YORK—In an urgent step intended to protect customers and humanity itself from the company’s flagship product, Casper Sleep announced Tuesday an immediate recall of mattresses that won’t stop expan...
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Minsky received a $100,000 research grant from Jeffrey Epstein in 2002, four years before Epstein's first arrest for sex offenses" WTAF?
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 02/10/2026
We've all been there.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Only 3 weeks until the clock on your oven is right.
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Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger @pitt-the-younger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This Morning at Doune Castle, listening to Terry Jones on the Audio Guide! #montypython #Scotland #History
Me, Penny, and William at Doune Castle, Scotland.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean come on - who among us can honestly say we haven't hidden vast amounts of money inside sponsorship deals over a 10 year period?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm in 2 minds about all this Man City stuff; obviously they weren't aware they were undertaking almost £1bn fraud - it was a complete accident, I frequently accidentally top up sponsorship deals - but on the plus side nobody is talking about the continuing disaster that is Tottenham Hotspur.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The positive I'm taking from this is I've just been taught a new trick, so I can't be an old dog just yet despite remembering Windows NT 3.51
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Griff Barker @griff.systems · 30/09/2026
Yep. I have had the double reset in decommissioning and security triage scripts before for exactly that reason.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂🤣 Needless to say I've written this into a decommissioning PowerShell script...
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Wes Miller @getwired.com · 30/09/2026
Lather, rinse, repeat.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TIL that Microsoft recommend - in writing - that you reset an on-prem AD user password twice when decommissioning an account. That's the first time in 25+ years that I've even thought of doing that intentionally (reduces pass-the-hash risks)
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spectre as in....?
Logo developed for the Spectre computer vulnerability.
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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 29/09/2026
New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes
bleepingcomputer.com
New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes
A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average. [...]
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But, Andy Burnham, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be united - with the rest of mainland Europe again.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How did nobody notice Man City were routinely withdrawing more than £200 a day out of cashpoints with their debit cards?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Damit, they've probably just read this haven't they?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*Finally* the most important switch - I've moved my Greggs app login over to @tuta.com so neither Google nor the CIA can monitor (or use for training AI) the vast number of steak bakes and triple choc cookies I get through every day.
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Arwen @handle.invalid · 29/09/2026
Every time i use a pedestrian crossing
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They were banned immediately - the first one didn't even send a confirmation code. 🤔🤷 I only tried 2 & 3 because they kept getting banned.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So, last night I tried signing up to a popular market place app that isn't eBay, and all 3 accounts got banned within a minute or so of me signing up. I've appealed so will be interested in their reasons given I'd provided almost no details but was accused of behaving "fraudulently".
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a car alarm going off by our station, and all I can think of is
static.klipy.com
Spaced Tyres
Alt: Spaced Tyres Tyres raving to pedestrian crossing sounds from an episode of the comedy "Spaced"
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Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger @pitt-the-younger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Admiral Nelson was born on this day in 1758! So here's me in a Georgian style wig, outside the church in Burnham Thorpe where his father was Rector! #Blackadder #History
Me in a Georgian style wig, outside the church in Burnham Thorpe where Admiral Nelson's father was Rector!
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Right, it didn't like being behind a VPN. Strange but nicer than a "Blocked by Cloudflare" message.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Vinted... You OK hun?
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lnkd.in/p/enNwv8bH
lnkd.in
I'm always fascinated/impressed/surprised (maybe all of the above!) by how the Internet came to be, and how it was never planned to be this successful. I'm working on something related to IP a...
I'm always fascinated/impressed/surprised (maybe all of the above!) by how the Internet came to be, and how it was never planned to be this successful. I'm working on something related to IP address s...
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😂🤣
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll find out, but suspect there are currently only 3 players in football - Messi, Ronaldo (the impostor) and Kane. I can't even get him interested in Zidane.
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😂 He'd probably join in, but be quite disappointed they won't cycle down the steps of the museum or anything whacky like that.
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Arwen @handle.invalid · 27/09/2026
Don't forget to start winding him up about the Tour de France in Cardiff next year! More fun than football 😆
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😂🤣
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@jhaskins.bsky.social @cwtch-up.bsky.social son: "When can we go and watch a football match?" Thought, well, that's easy - Barry Town United. "Yeah we can arrange that." "Because then Harry Kane can sign my new football card." "Oh, um, well, he plays in Germany now..."
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just surreptitiously got my 9yo son singing along to Def Leppard's 'Hysteria'
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rj07thomas.bsky.social @rj07thomas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤣
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