evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

Had writers block. Walked over the meadow and had a conversation with this cow. Now back at my desk. Words are coming.

JLR parent Tata Motors somehow put their AWS secret keys on their own website

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/tata-motors-confirms-it-fixed-security-flaws-that-exposed-company-and-customer-data/

@reverseics and truthfully, the exec staff on the ship pretty much treat Worf the same way as everyone else who pays for enterprise security.

Ignore all warnings, dismiss all advice to actually secure things until it’s too late and dramatic conflict is afoot.

“ok, i want you to take a look at this address. memorize it. you may need it when you’re on the ground, but you can’t take it with you - it’s where you’ll find our field agents who can assist you if you get into trouble.”

“but…but…this is an IPv6 address.”

“that’s right. like i say, memorize it. good luck, 007.”

I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.

This time it was password hashes. A *lot* of password hashes.

possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween

Who can also hear this image? 😄

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #apogee #shareware #msdos #dosgaming

If you want your thing to last, and you can make your thing into a static website: You should.

Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because *offline*.

Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.

Step 1: Build an environment that is not documented.

Step 2: Use AI to document the environment.

Step 3: Train another AI tool on the documentation of the environment.

Step 4: Fire most of your humans and let AI run your environment.

Step 5: Massive outage.

Step 6: Blame the few humans left.

Step 7: Credit some new AI bullshit for the recovery.

Step 8: Profit

WHO NEEDS FREE CURSORS? FREE CURSORS COME GET YOUR CURSORS PIXEL AND VECTOR ALL FREE COME GET YOUR CURSORS BEFORE THEY RUN OUT

https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pack
https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pixel-pack

An exciting start to the day, rescuing a pigeon downed in our garden by (I think) a sparrowhawk. Took it to the vets, hopefully it'll make a full recovery.

I really wish people understood the value of a solid long-term internet footprint when approaching strangers about possible business deals. It’s not just about confidence that someone’s who they say they are, it really helps if there’s a sense that there’s a reputation out there to protect

Tonight, take a look out the back window of your house. If your floodlight illuminates your neighbours' homes, there is a high probability they regard you as a twat.

You can now order your new ThinkPad with Ubuntu or Fedora Linux pre installed directly from factory. This is the perfect out of the box laptop for your dev job or IT pros stuff. Say goodbye to the "Windows tax" and hello to a powerful, fully optimized, privacy and data safety ready Linux machine.. unless you specifically require a Win11 environment. I think it is fantastic news for developers & IT Pros and I hear you can even upgrade BIOS/firmware using Linux. So there is no more need for Win11😉

Which brings us to the age-old question:

Has nobody done this before because it's hard?
Or because it's really fucking stupid?

I will not talk with a chatbot
I do not want it while I shop

I do not want it on Windows X-box
I do not want it in Firefox

I do not want it in my house
I do not want it on my mouse
I do not want it here or there
I do not want it anywhere.

I do not want AI and Spam
I do not want them Sam-Alt-Man

You remember what a Palantír is in LOTR?

They were basically ancient magical network connections, that had been corrupted by the forces of evil into surveillance machine that also broke the minds of anyone who used them for extended periods of time, turning them into paranoid, delusional, shadows of themselves or outright tools of evil.

Anyway, just thinking about the symbolism of Palantír being the name of the company that powers the modern surveillance state in the US, don't mind me.

But your rivals now have retaliatory tariffs up and no need to reduce them.

The art of the deal.

Now, more than ever, we need the media to remind people why the Nazis were such a bad bunch.