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Sarah Woolley @sarahwoolley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dawn Foster died five years ago on this date. I really miss her and I think about her every day. If you’re new to her work or want to introduce it to someone, this was the best tribute written about her: tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/in-m... Dawn Foster Forever

Dawn outside the Sunflower pub in Belfast. Sign reads “no topless bathing Ulster has suffered enough.”

Dawn in front of a print reading “greet the Dawn five Labour its chance”

Dawn in the Bread and Roses pub in Clapham and a painting of John Burns Addressing and Open Air Crowd by Alexander Joseph Finberg

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BSides Belfast @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

To accommodate some reviewers availability, we're extending the #CallForProposals for #BSidesBelfast26 that was due to end tomorrow until NEXT SUNDAY THE 14TH! bsidesbelfast.org/speak/ #infosec #bsides #securitybsides #bsidesbelfast

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Bran is such a handsome dog. He photographs well, mostly because you can't hear him barking in an image.

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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Similar, but it was his columns in Scientific American.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Yep, it’s supposed to be a 360. There was a talk about console hacking at Bsides Belfast this year which is he I know that, it should be up on Youtube soon.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

You're welcome! If you do watch Ragnorak and it's good, let me know.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Ragnorak on Netflix has been on my list for a while but I haven’t watched it yet

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Christopher Lee did an amazing job as Death in the animated shows and I think Pratchett liked those a lot as well.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"they're selling this garbage on the streets," dog mutters to self

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It generally involves a lot more thinking about what happens to the water after pressure wash with it. Something I’m glad the game ignores.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Ironically those remakes bring those old games more into the style of RE4. So if you liked those, play 4 (original or remake). RE7 is where there was a change to first person.

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NIDC @nidc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Our CFP went live on Friday and already we have 8 talks: sessionize.com/nidc-2025 First time speakers may wish to wait for our "How to submit to a CFP" session on the 12th Aug. Delivered by @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social and @garthgilmour.bsky.social. Logistics still to be confirmed so stay tuned! 🙂

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Google or Meta doing an AI summary, possibly.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Finally got the "updated Netflix experience" rolled out to my TV and it's _bad_. Even worse than I'd thought from what people were saying. Good UX has been a lost art for a decade, but this really does feel like a "New Coke" moment.

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Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

happy 20th anniversary to this unfortunate choice in wording by McDonalds

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

sucks for the people who live there but the festival was overrated anyway

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

A cart carrying Mel Gibson drove past me in Newark Airport. He was holding a piece of paper in front of his face.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

There’s also the infosec implications of making people follow a link that’s pretty hard to verify.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I think about this tweet so often you cannot even imagine.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m not saying Blue Prince has broken my brain, but I did instinctually start trying to solve this exhibition at the MAC art gallery.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 23/04/2025

FBI: Americans aged 60 and older reported losing almost $3 billion to crypto fraud last year. In total, Americans reported being scammed out of around $9.3 billion via crypto, out of a total $16.6 billion in total reported thefts that year. www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport...

2024 IC3 CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD COMPLAINTS REFERENCING CRYPTOCURRENCY AGE RANGE21 COUNT LOSS Under 20 1,819 $7,778,157 20 - 29 13,591 $370,443,345 30 - 39 22,218 $1,006,382,458 40 - 49 22,555 $1,462,040,974 50 - 59 19,317 $1,184,912,854 Over 60 33,369 $2,839,333,197 Chart outlines cryptocurrency complaints in 2024: 149,686 complaints; $9.3 billion in losses; 66% increase in loss; largest age group to report is 60+.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It’s probably nothing like it, but the first film I thought of when you asked the question was “Primer”.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

remember, stranger danger as a concept was introduced shortly after some 70s studies came out and determined nearly all child abuse was from adults close to the family. it was literally a nationwide "fuck no that can't be right"

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Causeway Pride @causewaypride.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

An Important thread following today's ruling

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I'm guessing this was designed by one of the stage magicians of the era, it feels like that sort of trick.

A woodcut illustration of a clown brandishing a severed head.

The explanation of the severed head trick - one clown plays the head, another the body.

A woodcut of a magic trick where a woman is being removed through a panel in the wall.

A woodcut of a magic trick where a woman slides out from beneath a cloak and through a trap door.

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BSides Belfast @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

And that's it, all locked in less than a minute, and gone in two. Watch this space for the next drop! #bsidesbelfast25 #securitybesides #bsidesbelfast #infosec #cybersecurity

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

locked and 91% sold within 2 minutes. People obviously have a passion for @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social

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BSides Belfast @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Early Bird Release; Monday 2025-04-14T11:00+01:00 bsidesbelfast.org/register/ #bsidesbelfast25 #securitybsides #earlybirds #infosec #cybersecurity

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Microsoft is the real offender here, but anyone who writes even a news post about the copilot "AI" Quake 'tech demo' without describing how it actually functions (or fails to) it is is doing unpaid PR work.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@kissesfingers.bsky.social Hello! A friend on Discord recommended you to me as someone who could do music for a podcast (you did the theme for their horror podcast). I'm looking to commission someone to do a theme for a new podcast I'm starting - is this something you'd be open to at the moment?

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Me! I'll be wandering around in my BSides Belfast gear tomorrow.

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BSides Belfast @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Excitement is mounting for @bsidesprg.bsky.social tomorrow!

T-shirt and wooden badge for BSides Prague

The room where the BSides Prague talks will take place.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Classic error, should have jailed the real one.

BBC headline: "Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed".

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Seems that way. On the upside, not understanding linear time should make the terminator army easier to defeat.

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Doing a talk this evening (about the history of Irish witch trials), so have the traditional out-of-context slide.

Slide with a picture of a demonic boy, and the text:
"December 1710: The demonic boy appears
12th February 1711: The demonic boy returns"

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Ciaran Conliffe @shinyemptyhead.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

“...include(s) stand-out essays by the likes of Cathy Pickens (a ‘Southern Gothic’ mystery) and Ciaran Conliffe, who explores the legendary Ruth Snyder case.”—Martin Edwards, Edgar-winning author of The Life of Crime Pre-order your copy now!

Cover for "Women Who Murder, An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales"

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