Ben Findlay

Our Annual Data & Insights Report reveals that North America is the second major destination for criminals to share, sell and buy sexual images and videos of children, just after Europe. We will discuss the latest findings at our launch event this evening in San Francisco.

#BehindTheScreens

Why your website should be under 14kB in size

Having a smaller website makes it load faster — that's not surprising.

What is surprising is that a 14kB page can load much faster than a 15kB page — maybe 612ms faster — while the difference between a 15kB and a 16kB page is trivial.

a black and gray australian cattle dog puppy stands politely at a concrete porch. his back paws on the sidewalk while his front paws rest on the step in front of him. he looks up past the camera with gray-green eyes, and his black ears look velvet-soft. there's a little tuft on the center of his gray chest where his fur patterns blend that's just begging to be scritched.

This is Finn. He goes door to door asking if anybody has seen the good boy. They have now, of course. 13/10 would hug softly (IG: finn_thed0g)

When your client’s friends insist on writing a reference for the sentencing judge

Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies

Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies
theonion.com/idiom-s...

Gen Z / Millenial users complaining to me, who hates Windows, about why can't they use a Mac for work, and I have to lie to them a little: "Oh, Macs are best for personal computing; they don't mix well with most business applications."

Instead of: "Your boss is too cheap to pay for proper MDM."

Okay, look, I will talk your ear off about the problems with Thorn all day if you get me going, but they are absolutely the leading model for detecting novel CSAM that isn't in PhotoDNA yet and for a major platform to just stop paying them until they get shut off is bananapants

"Maybe this'll be the year." #wwdc

Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds Inquiry warns of rising risk in England and Wales of biased investigations, wrongful convictions and cases collapsing due to missing evidence

Phew... report looks like it hit the target. So wild to know other people reading it now! www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...

you had me at hello,
this is a great start Westminster Commission on Forensic Science ❤️
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Looks even better in print!

kermit the frog is sitting on a railing and holding onto a railing . ALT: kermit the frog is sitting on a railing and holding onto a railing .

Sunday work club: neither cool nor fun but does leave you feeling less dread for Monday morning because you have already obliterated all your happiness

Also might become a motivational speaker 😂😂

Ten Thousand

Well I was about to link it without having read your second post.

I have it in my clipboard now so... Hopefully one for today's lucky 10000 will see it xkcd.com/1053/

I post tips to Reddit every weekend about random features people might like, and sometimes I'll get people saying "everyone knows about that already"

But here's the thing. I guarantee you there are people who don't know about it. And if you never talk about it, how will people learn?

No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers A quick one today, addressing a misnomer which began life as a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and this week found itself put forward as a news item by Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott on “TalkT…

In response to some recent idiocy:

NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers

thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...

In case the Police Federation haven’t got the message yet, what Cops would like you to do, is sit down with the Home Office & NPCC & sort this out.

No more surveys, just retain experience & the passion to keep people safe.

If the ‘churn’ keeps going, we’re done for.

#ThinBlueLine 🚨

Merseyside Police statement following the Court of Appeal decision in relation to Peter Sullivan Today Peter Sullivan has been released from custody after the Court of Appeal decided that his original conviction of the murder of Diane Sindall in 1986 was unsafe following advancements in testing o...

www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseys...

Peter Sullivan: Man jailed for 1986 murder acquitted after 38 years Peter Sullivan is believed to have suffered the longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner in British legal history

WOW www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #forensics #DNA - if the CCRC weren't already deep in it... they ought to be now. They really must clear out all the snr management - this is unconscionable failure.

After the amazing success of the first @wecops conference, we are now launching:

‘Policing the Future'
27 June 2025

Thank you as always to Virgin Business 02 & to Tom Gaymor for hosting again

www.wecops.uk/events/2025/...

Please sign up for free to listen to our fantastic speakers!

With each day, I become increasingly concerned with people’s abilities to comprehend basic concepts.

Someone: “Essays are worthless! It’s a useless skill that no one needs!”

That same person’s pinned post: “Contact me if you need help writing or editing your YouTube scripts and discuss rates!”

Q3, What suggestions do you have for making working together with other emergency services more smooth and seamless? #WeCops

Q2, JESIP started off with a focus on major incidents but the principles can be scaled to any multi-agency incident. How often do you apply the principles smaller incidents? Please share your experiences. #WeCops

Q1. What do you know about JESIP? (Joint emergency services interoperability program) Have you any experiences to share? #WeCops

BTW Windows Subsystem for Linux officially uses Arch now The tryhard's favorite distro wins an approved home in Microsoft's OS There have been unofficial versions for years, but Arch Linux is now officially on the menu for people using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).…

BTW Windows Subsystem for Linux officially uses Arch now

As Police Scotland bring in body-worn video, our research shows little is known about its effectiveness The notion that the cameras reduce violence and complaints about police behaviour are not necessarily borne out in practice.

Prof William Webster and Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social write about the roll-out of body-worn video in Scottish policing 👇

#Policing #Criminology #Surveillance #Technology
@thesccjr.bsky.social @the-sipr.bsky.social @crispsurv.bsky.social
theconversation.com/as-police-sc...

The sun wouldn’t be out if we weren’t in full kit…🫡

#ThinBlueLine 🚨