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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So Count Binface vs the Establishment it is, then! #clacton #farage

Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Bloody dog just caught, killed, then ate a squirrel. She's 7 next week and it's the first time she's ever done anything like that. #flatcoat

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Had to actually watch the video to realise that "punch cuddle" wasn't a new unpleasant form of affection... It is very cute: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) @cncf.io · 17/02/2026

Interested in cloud native for telecom—latency, reliability, observability, and security at scale? Cloud Native Telco Day returns to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026. Read the deep dive from Gergely Csatari and Philippe Ensarguet: www.cncf.io/blog/2026/02... #CNCF #KubeCon #CloudNative #Telco

A group photo from the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Co-located event, Cloud Native Teleco Day London

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ok, optimistic #6nations prediction: England grand slam by beating France on final weekend. Scotland battle to 2nd place. Ireland & France suffer mediocre tournament to finish 3rd and 4th. Italy 5th. Wales wooden spoon. I'll check back in a few weeks to see how close I was...

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Extremely proud of my mother, who has been part of a group helping refugees arriving in North Devon settle and integrate into the local community. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Devon group helping plans to widen scheme helping refugees in UK

A North Devon group has been helping refugee families settle and integrate into UK life.

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Sounds like a terrible existence. And he missed the "divorce early" and "die young and unfulfilled" part....

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This article doesn't really hit on huge and varied knock on impact for the children with SEND and everyone else. Lack of funding means need can't be properly met. That likely leads to various poor outcomes for the child possibly for the rest of their life. 1/2

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Urgent reform needed for special education 'crisis' - councillor

Councils across the West Country are overspending to try and meet the rise in educational needs.

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Did she not read Project 2025? Or read the actual physical signs held up at Trump rallies? It is exactly what you voted for, dumbass.

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

At what point do we start to compare the UK government today with Chamberlain's in terms of appeasing facism?

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Re. the debate about the social media ban in the UK for under 16s I think that is the wrong solution to the problem, which I do agree exists. To me, it is the equivalent of saying "oh, there is adult and dangerous content in films and TV, let's ban anyone under 16 from watching any TV and film". 1/4

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

About time and I'm surprised that this wasn't already illegal somehow. And despite her shadow secretary agreeing with the gov on this, Kemi Badenoch seems ok with CSAM being created just so long as the kids cant see it and the people making it are paying. WTF!? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK to bring into force law to tackle Grok AI deepfakes this week

It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.

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Yacine Kheddache @kheddache.me · 01/04/2025

Catch up with Red Hat friends #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU OpenShift commons co-located 🚀 Exciting innovations in action! 🔥 🔹 Automating in Telco with Validated Patterns Operator & GitOps (Tom Kivlin, Vodafone UK) 🔹 AI at the far edge 4 predictive maintenance (Vikas Maurya & Anders Trosten, ABB)

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Tom Kivlin @tomkivlin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Well, this is going to be huge. 13k attendees, all (surely) looking forward to the #kubecon Keynote I'm participating in tomorrow alongside @pensarguet.bsky.social of Orange, Joel Studler from Swisscom, and Faseela K from @istio.io @cncf.io and Ercisson. Can't wait!! sched.co/1vUeb

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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Keynote: Cloud Native Evolution in Telec...

View more about this event at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025

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Philippe Ensarguet @pensarguet.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I’m speaking at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon Europe, 1-4 April in London! Check out our keynote "Cloud Native Evolution in Telecom - 5G, 6G and Beyond!" with @tomkivlin.bsky.social, hosted by KubeCon EU co-chair Faseela K. 🗓️ Schedule: kccnceu2025.sched.com/event/1vUeb Register today! bit.ly/41rO7JB

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I've always loved the fact that the word 'sneeze' is the result of a historical accident. The original form, in the Middle Ages, was 'fnese', but someone mistook the 'f' for the long medieval 's' and wrote down 'sn-' instead. Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/11/2024

Discworld QOTD, from The Truth “William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense meant' than actually to refrain from giving offense.”

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 26/11/2024

That's a fair criticism and it's also why RHEL has such a small share of the distro market but most of the profits. It's the path they have chosen, but that doesn't prevent Debian, Ubuntu, and others from existing.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

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