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Jem

@vwvanman.bsky.social

425 followers 732 following 21 posts

Mad inventor with a shed at the bottom of the garden... Maker of techie geek stuff, digital LEDs, LoRa networks and weather monitoring. Based in Brockley, London. He/him

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 4h

Targeted Ads; a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware citizenlab.ca/research/exp...

Exposing AdFection Executive Summary - The Citizen Lab

This is an executive summary for our report "Exposing AdFection: How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware."

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 5h

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Formula 1: The pit stop that helped save lives

How an F1 pit stop inspired changes to hospital care that have helped save lives ever since.

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

The US produces millions of tonnes of rice waste each year. Now people are building homes with it

A notoriously stubborn agricultural waste product, rice husk is being repurposed as a sturdy and resilient construction material.

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/10/09/l...

greenwichwire.co.uk

Shelter that withstood Nazi bomb revealed by Lewisham market works - The Greenwich Wire

An underground wartime shelter that could hold up to 800 people has been revealed during works to revamp Lewisham High Street's market.

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.theregister.com/security/202...

theregister.com

Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else

US model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk'

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A few years ago someone managed to clone one of my cards and used it to buy multiple coach tickets at Victoria station... I'm guessing they were buying people's tickets for them in return for cash!

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Drone boats are amazing www.autonocion.com/us/drone-shi...

A 65-foot drone ship that maps the seafloor partly under sail, with no engine room rumbling through the hull, returned soundings a university team rated as good as any survey ship's, and the US Navy h...

The boat is the Saildrone Surveyor, and the deal, announced September 15, is a $10 million task order from the Navy's Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO,

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've got some old window frames to dispose of, they won't take them at the local recycling centre. Maybe I'll just bury them. Seems to be the thing to do!

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We found a wedding ring when digging our pond. Worked out who it belonged to, tracked him down in Japan and sent it over with a friend of a friend. It had been there almost thirty years. Yes, they were still married and yes he'd lost his ring twice! Got one back though...

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We buy this instead www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

‘Genocide-free’ cola makes a splash in the United Kingdom

Gaza Cola offers its drinkers an ‘apartheid-free’ alternative as they boycott big-name brands.

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just heard about this... blog.boycat.io/posts/boycot...

Everything You Need to Know: Why We Boycott Coca Cola | Boycat Times

Coca-Cola is under global boycott for profiting from Israeli settlements and operating in occupied Palestine. From Gaza factory bombings to ties with apartheid, activists accuse Coke of complicity in ...

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Avoid buying fridge freezers from Currys. I bought a Fridge Freezer, it started leaking after a day I didn't want another one the same, so bought a different one When they arrived they refused to take the faulty one as it had not been defrosted. They never asked me to defrost it

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

What do you call Toad in the Hole made with lamb and mint sausages??

A serving of toad in the hole with vegetables

A pan of toad in the hole

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Happy to help This is the site I used www.removepaywall.com

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

It might be time you start switching to Signal (or similar) www.techspot.com/news/111056-...

Lawsuit alleges Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite encryption

Filed Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint accuses Meta of overstating the security of WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption – a...

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Seal assistant sounds fun, I was tempted by Meteorological Observer. Doesn't sound too hard...

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

news.stv.tv/west-central...

Masked dad accidentally tried to rob son at knifepoint

The 'desperate' father said he did not initially realise his son was the teenager withdrawing money from the ATM in Glasgow.

Jem @vwvanman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A friend just asked to borrow a Display Port to Hdmi cable, found one in less than five minutes. Yes it was in a random box...