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Simon Zerafa

@simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
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Old school IT Technician and Cyber Janitor. Interests in #InfoSEC, #History, #Physics and #SciFi. Anti-fascist. Wacky Improvisation and Drive by Philosophy […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ infosec.exchange/@simonzerafa, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16h
Sadly there seems to be many stereotypical Linux arseholes in the alleged CachyOS "support" Forum at the moment. Since they result to name-calling and stereotypical Linux frat boy behaviour I would suggest avoiding it until they grow up and learn how to behave,
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22h
@Edent Would there be any useful reasons to include them? 🤔🤷‍♂️
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Looks like Mastodon (quite rightly) strips out <!-- --> Do any other clients see it? My bot doesn't strip them out, so they are included in the JSON file. If you can see the comment in the quoted post, please let me know 😊
example.viii.fi
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Albert Borneo @albertborneo.framapiaf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22h
Ils ont fini par tuer Maria del Carmen Abascal, cette vieille dame de 87 ans expulsée de son logement par un fond vautour quand les députés espagnols ont refusé, notamment les indépendistes catalans et la droite, de voter les nouvelles mesures d'urgence sur le Logement […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22h
@leo @leo @SGgrc Margaret Hamilton has died 😕
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22h
@jbond The soul of a nation with least the presence of honour and dignity has also ended. The great great grandchildren of those alive today will be living with the consequences of today's Israeli government and Military.
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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22h
middlefinger.ai — AI Hall of Shame middlefinger.ai (Yes, it was written with “AI”. I'll excuse it this time.)
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middlefinger.ai — AI Hall of Shame
Post the moment an AI ignored your question, made something up, or did far more than you asked. Or tell how AI took your job. Everyone else votes with a finger.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Currently in the Redgrave Theatre in Bristol waiting to see Matt Parker ( @standupmaths ) do his thing on stage! 🙂 The place is full of nerds! 🤣 #MattParker #Numberphile
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Ummm ... 🤔🤷‍♂️ #42
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
@2legged The Purpose of a System is what it does.
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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025
The term “Ship’s Cat” is misleading. A patrol boat or a small freighter typically numbers a single cat in their complement [citation needed] but larger vessels have a feline complement numbering around one cat for every ten biped crew. Besides rodent control, cats also serve in meteor defense […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
If you happen to own a high end GPU, such as a Nvidia GForce RTX 5090 then be aware that some manufacturers are now refusing to honour warranty claims for damage to the 12V High Failure Rate power cable and the GPU. There is a strong financial incentive to deny any and all claims as replacing […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@ianbetteridge I wonder if they worked out that JP-8 isn't the same as Diesel?
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
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Deep Space 90210 @ds90210.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Garak: If you wouldn’t trust their advice then don’t trust their criticism
Garak: If you wouldn’t trust their advice then don’t trust their criticism
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
If anyone in the UK is looking for an AMD AM5 CPU then Amazon has an early deal on the 9600X for £139.99 😯 amzn.eu/d/09qoazvu #AMD #AM5 #9600X #UK
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AMD Ryzensets 5 9600X Processor (radeon graphics included, 6 Cores/12 Threads, 65W TDP, Socket AM5, Cache 38MB, up to 5.4 GHz max boost Frequency, no cooler) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Buy AMD Ryzensets 5 9600X Processor (radeon graphics included, 6 Cores/12 Threads, 65W TDP, Socket AM5, Cache 38MB, up to 5.4 GHz max boost Frequency, no cooler) at Amazon UK. Free delivery and return on eligible orders.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@keefeglise Don't try Sparkys Magic Piano next then 🫤🤷‍♂️
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Perhaps the US Military didn't want half a dozen guys siphoning off their JET A1 to sell down the local market? What with the cost of fuel these days 🤔🤦‍♂️
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We scrambled to rapidly withdraw from a base in the UK that the British believe was targeted for a terrorist attack for, uh, unrelated reasons. We always rush to run away like that. Yeah. That’s a normal day for us. Anyway, like I said, things are going great.
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Removal of US bombers from RAF Fairford not directly connected to arrests, says Rubio
The Gloucestershire air base was the target of a suspected terror attack on 27 September.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu My first question|stiin was to ask how many drones could fit in the back of several large white vans 🫤🤷‍♂️
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Is there ever a week where this doesn’t come in handy?
Captain Haddock saying “what a week, huh?”, with Karl Marx replying “Comrade, it’s Capitalism”
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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Paperback is a fast, fully accessible reader for ebooks, documents and audio books, written by a blind developer and tested with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver and TalkBack. Desktop are free downloads; iOS and Android apps are paid (source is MIT licensed if you would rather build them yourself) […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
William Gibson writes a new novel involving The Guffalo.. The sky above the deep dark port was as the colour of a television, tuned to a dead channel. Fox stepped out of the shadow of a noodle kiosk, his optical implants humming faintly as they tracked the thermal signature of Mouse's jacket […]
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He  
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
If anyone in the UK is looking for an AMD AM5 CPU then Amazon has an early deal on the 9600X for £139.99 😯 amzn.eu/d/09qoazvu #AMD #AM5 #9600X #UK
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AMD Ryzensets 5 9600X Processor (radeon graphics included, 6 Cores/12 Threads, 65W TDP, Socket AM5, Cache 38MB, up to 5.4 GHz max boost Frequency, no cooler) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Buy AMD Ryzensets 5 9600X Processor (radeon graphics included, 6 Cores/12 Threads, 65W TDP, Socket AM5, Cache 38MB, up to 5.4 GHz max boost Frequency, no cooler) at Amazon UK. Free delivery and return on eligible orders.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Local cat Frank is very interested in our cardboard boxes today 😆🤷‍♂️ #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Someone please talk me out of buying a Mac Pro 2013 with 128 Gbytes of RAM 😉 #MacPro #ShedLoadsOfRAM #LooksCool
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
The History of Cray by @retrobytes youtu.be/qSgnDD83m-U [1h 16' 29"] It will be brilliant! Not watched it as yet but what more do you need to know? 😉🤷‍♂️ #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Cray
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
@jbond EEA membership with a side order of free movement might do the trick. To start with anyway 😁
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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
12 min The biggest welfare queen of them all . It’s money directly printed into his pocket. m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQYnlg4pO9o #starlink #uspol
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
A carpenter friend in California told me today that the price of copper has gone through the roof -- e.g. $100 for a short section of pipe. He said the data centers are hoovering up raw materials in such a frenzy that the cost of essentially all construction materials is insane. I haven't seen […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
@aphyr Is this the John Cage version of an art installation? 🫤🤷‍♂️
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
In other news it seems the Fine Structure constant [ α = 0.0072973525643(11) ] is actually constant over long time periods (~2 Billion Years). Which is something of a relief as that means physical and chemistry is likely to keep working in the future! 😌🖖
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Looks like GrokVoxus is the next generation of internet based buzzword laden schemes to separate people from their money 🤔 grokvoxus.com Probably worth avoiding.
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Grokvoxus now available with biggest early bonus
Join the Grokvoxus GROK presale at $1.00 before public launch. Built for xAI Grok integrations, AI marketplaces, and Autotrade AI rewards.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: digipres.club/@timixretroplays/1173… @revk and @bloor might enjoy this 🙂🤦‍♂️
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: digipres.club/@timixretroplays/1173… @revk and @bloor might enjoy this 🙂🤦‍♂️
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Peter N. M. Hansteen @pitrh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
The first packet sent on a RFC1149-compliant (avian carrier) network is up for auction: onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-pri… For background, see blug.linux.no/project/rfc1149 and […]
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
OH: AI/LLM security breaches comes from poor system design, leaky sandboxes, and a lack of basic cybersecurity and oversight not out-of-control or rogue AI's. These systems are doing as told by these AI labs. #AI #LLM
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elle mundy @ap.exch.gr · 02/10/2026
let’s freaking gooooo www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VYK0-Q-3ol
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heise online @heiseonline.flipboard.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Thunderbird for iOS: The first beta is getting closer www.heise.de/en/news/Thunderbird-fo… Posted into heise online international @heise-online-international-heiseonline
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Thunderbird for iOS: The first beta is getting closer
Thunderbird offers insights into the native development of its iOS app. The focus is on account setup, synchronization, and basic functions.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
OPSEC: Be careful how you generate and use passwords. Consider using a password manager to generate random unique passwords for each service 😀🖖
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: infosec.exchange/@dannyjpalmer/1173… @GossiTheDog Maybe your dream career move? 🙂🤷‍♂️
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
@sundogplanets I'm a little more hopeful that some of the billionaires will fuck off to Mars, and stay there. That might make the whole exercise more justifiable.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
@zzt You might need to give some examples, so we have some clue what you're refering to.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
RE: chaos.social/@janbeta/1173653695082… Doom for the Commodore 64 🙂👍 #Doom #Commdore64
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
RE: toot.community/@EdwardPhilips/11736… These ducks are valued 😉👍
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/1173… The end of Reddit 🙄
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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
@mralancooper you might enjoy definitelynotwindows.com
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Definitely Not Windows — Windows 11½
The operating system Microsoft definitely did not make. An interactive parody of Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Copilot, updates, ads, and subscriptions.
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Enfys. The same one. A complete one from horizon to horizon. #Wales #Pembrokeshire #Enfys
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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026
Regular warning regarding backups and data recovery with Windows 11 25H2 and Bitlocker encryption. By default, new installations of Windows 11 25H2 have BitLocker automatically enabled, on laptops and desktops. In theory, the BitLocker recovery keys are transferred to the online Microsoft […]
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