Conrad Longmore

Conrad Longmore

@conradlongmore.bsky.social

IT Security, Fraud and Phishing. Progressive politics. Weird cars.

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Kate Griffin
@griffinkate.bsky.social

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

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John Bull
@garius.eurosky.social

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

The Economist@economist.com

The security services remain tight-lipped about possible motives. Russian sabotage, Islamist extremism and direct action from anti-war protesters were not ruled out. But, given the context, Iran would be an obvious suspect

bit.lyA foiled plot in Fairford is predictable but puzzlingThe threat to Britain’s military bases is real, and complicated
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Conrad Longmore
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We didn't know at the time, but the internet had taken a lot of physical damage when the towers came down as the site was also a communications hub. Everything on the internet was impacted by the haphazard traffic rerouting. Emails that would cross the Atlantic in minutes took hours. [7/8]

Conrad Longmore
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We had become very dependent on the internet for news in just a few short years, but it was before the days of social media. If 9/11 happened today we'd all be exposed to the horror from the first person perspective. Perhaps it is good we didn't have that then. [8/8]

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It wasn't popular, but it was working and the PA is a reliable source of news. It had to do. Much as though we wanted to watch the unfolding disaster, the boss reminded us that we were in the middle of a project and really needed to go and install some hardware elsewhere in the building. [5/8]

Conrad Longmore
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Coworkers in the building had wheeled out the big TVs we used for presentations, but not of them had antennas. People rigged up bits of cable as makeshift aerials. We wandered through the office (the only people working) while everyone else watched the blurry images in shock. [6/8]

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Conrad Longmore
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This was obviously no accident. By 2001 we were used to consuming news on the internet. But all the news sites were crawling, and as more and more people looked for information it got worse and worse. The guy at the next desk had a tiny TV for surreptitiously watching horse racing.. [3/8]

Conrad Longmore
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..we tuned that in and watched the horror on a tiny black and white screen. The first tower came down, we couldn't quite make out what happened. The only working news site we could find was Ananova, run by the Press Association. Ananova's gimmick was that the news was read by an avatar. [4/8]

Conrad Longmore
@conradlongmore.bsky.social

It was a normal day in the office, there were three people in the IT office. My colleague came in and casually mentioned that a small plane had accidentally hit the WTC. That seemed kind of interesting, but then someone in the office got news that a second plane had hit the WTC. [2/8]

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dan mentos
@danmentos.com

REACHER: I need help with my iPhone SUPPORT: regular iPhone or duo? REACHER: how can I tell SUPPORT: if it folds it’s the duo *extremely loud crunching noise* REACHER: it’s the duo

Conrad Longmore
@conradlongmore.bsky.social

REST IN PEAS

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Prolific UK graffiti artist Helch dies

theguardian.comProlific UK graffiti artist Helch diesArtist rose to prominence in 2018 by painting his eponymous tag in public spots across southern England The street artist Helch, known for murals and tags across England, has died, his gallery has said. He rose to prominence in 2018 by painting his eponymous tag in capital letters across a string of public spots in London as well as bridges on the M4, M1 and M25. Continue reading...

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Martin Lewis
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com

Pls spread word. Three digits can help protect you from scams: 159. If you're suspicious of a 'call from your bank', politely hang up and dial 159. It connects you to a switchboard that puts you through to your bank's real number. Watch the video for why its extra protection

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ID4 in Real Time
@1996id4.bsky.social

CLOONEY! DENZEL! WHITMORE! The Orange County Dispatch has announced its Ten Sexiest Men of the Year! The full list in the HOT July 2 edition next week!

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Larry the Cat
@number10cat.bsky.social

John A. Klinner Ariana G. Savino Ashley B. Pruitt Seth R. Koval Curtis J. Angst Tyler H. Simmons Benjamin N. Pennington Robert Marzan Jeffrey O’Brien Declan Coady Nicole Amor Noah Tietjens Cody Khork The thirteen lives lost.

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us

Trump: We lost 13 people. In other wars, you lost hundreds of thousands of people. I get a kick when I look at somebody on television and they say, 'he's lost 13 people.'

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Hetan Shah
@hetanshah.bsky.social

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

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Chris Kendall
@ottocr.at

Pope Leo has lost the Protestants, I repeat Pope Leo has lost the Protestants, this is unpreced— <wait my producer is just whispering something in my ear> Apparently this is precedented

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social

This is an incredible tweet.