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Rob Rothwell

@rothwell.bsky.social

ICS/OT security nerd in Scotland. Breaking computers in new ways since the age of 7. Often grumpy about the state of the world.

440 Followers  |  806 Following  |  104 Posts  |  Joined: 30.08.2023  |  1.9723

Latest posts by rothwell.bsky.social on Bluesky


Screenshot of the Windows 11 Clock app stating "Clock needs an update. We are getting the update ready for you"

Screenshot of the Windows 11 Clock app stating "Clock needs an update. We are getting the update ready for you"

What kind of bullshit is this? It's a clock FFS. It should just work

15.01.2026 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Liz Webster on X: "🧡 How Farage’s latest scandal could unfold πŸ‘‡ ⭐ 1. If the evidence is as strong as it looks, a Clacton by-election becomes a real possibility. Election law is strict. The candidate and the agent are personally liable. If undeclared spending is proven and if the scale is" / X 🧡 How Farage’s latest scandal could unfold πŸ‘‡ ⭐ 1. If the evidence is as strong as it looks, a Clacton by-election becomes a real possibility. Election law is strict. The candidate and the agent are personally liable. If undeclared spending is proven and if the scale is

Well this has definitely cheered me up this morning

x.com/LizWebsterSB...

#ReformScum

09.12.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of hotel room 404

A photo of hotel room 404

I'm sure there's a nerdy joke here, but I can't find it πŸ€ͺ

22.11.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Japanese brewing giant Asahi hit by cyber-attack The brewer says the attack hit shipping and customer service operations, but its European business is not affected.

Ok now this is getting to be unacceptable impacts from cyber incidents. They've got the beer!! Noooooo

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

29.09.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Garbage in, garbage out!

26.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of Millions of Teens Are Now in Teen Accounts, Plus We’re Adding More Support for Schools and Teachers We’re further expanding Teen Accounts and helping educators report safety concerns for quicker review.

Best to keep kids off social media as long as you can IMO, but if not, this is probably a good thing
about.fb.com/news/2025/09...

26.09.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer announces formal UK recognition of Palestinian state Canada and Australia also announced the move on Sunday, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing leaders of giving a

About bloody time!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.09.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Conference Information PancakesCon 6 stream links are as follows, and ComfyCon will be cross-streamed for the 8 hours prior to the conference on Track 1: Recordings of talks are available on our YouTube, starting approxi…

Listen up people, @pancakescon.com is on right now!! Head to pancakescon.com/2025-confere... to join the fun.

#cyber #infosec #conference #pancakes

21.09.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is awesome.

19.09.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dutch late night TV has its take

19.09.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 20938    πŸ” 8933    πŸ’¬ 511    πŸ“Œ 2085
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Final Pre-Conference Notes for 2025 PancakesCon is this coming Sunday, the 21st of September (running into the 22nd for some of us!). It will start at 6AM Central US Time (Chicago), for a very good reason. No, I have not become a mor…

PancakesCon & @comfyconau.bsky.social are THIS SUNDAY, September 21st. Here are some final notes on how to make the most of virtual conferences and where to find useful information! pancakescon.com/2025/09/17/f...

18.09.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I'm delighted to be speaking at @pancakescon.com this weekend! Tune in before 1420 UK/ 0820 US for "Getting OT Cyber Done 200 Miles from Shore / The Role of Charity Trustees"

18.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.

When on earth is the international community going to do something FFS

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

01.09.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sharepoint Manage Alerts Retiring- Power Automate Template Alternative - Microsoft Q&A Hello, I receive a notice that MS intends to retire its Manage Alerts feature in SharePoint, and is suggesting we use Power Automate as an alternative. This news is disappointing to head as it will a...

PSA/Rant: Micro$oft is retiring SharePoint alerts in the next couple of months. You can replicate a couple of bits of functionality in Power(Stuff) but not all of it #ffs

The retirement notice: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/...

Another post from M$ learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answer...

25.08.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
11.08.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's like the difference between ms word and computing science

28.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Currently re-reading Brave New World. Don't think it was intended as a template for the world, but it sometimes feels like it was treated as one.

Wouldn't mind some soma though.

23.07.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UK police being cunty on behalf of the Israeli cunt lords

23.07.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

40 doesn't hurt. And I find you give less of a fuck about what other people think. Happy birthday, be weird!

23.07.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

14.07.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza's population into a closed border zone. Here's a closer look Israeli media reports that the country’s defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt.

Israel wants to build their very own ghettos. Where have we seen that before I wonder?

apnews.com/article/isra...

11.07.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a brown lop cross rabbit with white chest. He is lying in the shade on paving slabs.

Photo of a brown lop cross rabbit with white chest. He is lying in the shade on paving slabs.

11.07.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Rob bright red and dripping with sweat. Standing outside on a nice day

Photo of Rob bright red and dripping with sweat. Standing outside on a nice day

Apparently running is good for me πŸ₯΅

10.07.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've got my CFP submission into @pancakescon.com PancakesCon 6 for the first time ever. Waiting eagerly until the results next month

08.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dissecting RDP Activity A minimal, responsive technical writing.

Really useful writeup on RDP forensics. I've spent a bunch of time trying to figure this out in the past and it's not particularly obvious in many case.

thelocalh0st.github.io/posts/rdp/

07.07.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cybersafetyguy.com makes some good points

24.06.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Needs to work on stakeholder management. Prepare the ground before making the ask.

08.06.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order Al-Awda, the last functioning hospital in the North Gaza governorate, is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its evacuation.

Israel really are looking like a bunch of genocidal cunts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

30.05.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gorgeous day for the Scottish Cup victory parade in Aberdeen!

25.05.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.

The machines are nearing sentience, just like The Matrix predicted

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

23.05.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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