@vicharkness.bsky.social
Big nerd, @bsidesbsk.bsky.social organiser
I've not been up to much! I had surgery on my ankle at the start of the month and still need a crutch to get around, so taking things easy for now
29.10.2025 12:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Come on down to Amazingstoke!
29.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Forgot to buy candles, ended up using white spirit and kitchen roll
28.10.2025 17:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yup
03.10.2025 07:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yesterday I had an operation on the bad ankle. The surgeon fished out the free floating bits of bone (seen below) and had a good look at the state of the joint. He didn't end up doing any bone shaving while he was in there, so I don't have to have a full on cast at least
02.10.2025 09:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Gate-crashing @jaysonstreet.bsky.social's talk at @SecKC 😂
10.09.2025 21:01 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our first ticket release is this Monday (1st Sept) at 1337hrs:
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...
Mark those calendars- our next mini-meet will be on Friday 14th November! Meeting from 7pm for a 7:30pm start at The Dice Tower in Basingstoke. No ticket required. Got something you'd like to speak about? Drop us a message
26.08.2025 11:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This not so little guy is off to spend time in an aviary learning to fly before he gets released!
04.08.2025 19:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you to everyone that came along!
27.07.2025 18:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Becoming cannon fodder to avoid your children learning the existence of lesbians
21.07.2025 20:38 — 👍 218 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0
This year, our charity auction will be supporting a local group- Helping Dogs and Cats UK! This group helps pets to find their forever homes, but also looks after pets who are currently unsuitable for rehoming. Come along to the auction and sponsor an animal such as Patch!
16.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
I want to ask again: why can't our allies help us shoot down russian drones and missiles? How is it that they could help, but just silently watch?
12.07.2025 06:32 — 👍 211 🔁 84 💬 20 📌 4
Photo of a skateboard painted blue with a large white goose breathing fire. The goose has a gold chain which says Honk and the words BSides BSK are on its stomach.
Sneaky look at one of the items you could potentially get at this year's @bsidesbsk.bsky.social charity auction 👀
Made by yours truly!
No t-shirts this year, instead we're providing patches to upgrade your existing ones! Bring a cotton shirt, bag, jacket, or booty shorts and we'll help you affix your patch on the day
10.07.2025 10:28 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
We're doing our annual Ukraine fundraiser a bit differently- we're going to have an entire table full of goodies available for donations! The table will be manned by @kiwijesus.bsky.social, who's happy to chat about his experiences as a volunteer in Ukraine. Proceeds to Murashky in Kyiv 💙💛
08.07.2025 14:06 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Been back to weaving camo nets in Lviv today
27.06.2025 17:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Been back to weaving camo nets in Lviv today
27.06.2025 17:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Every time I visit Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the number of flags has increased. It's now spread even further into the area, with footpaths forming between lines of flags. Each flag represents a soldier who gave their life to protect Ukraine
27.06.2025 17:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's been a busy week for bird wrangling! I've been looking after a couple of ducklings for the past month who have just gone for a soft release. Had to fish a waterlogged seagull out of a pond. Currently, I have a baby dove who's unfortunately showing signs of pigeon pox
06.06.2025 12:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Meet the Mind Behind CtrlAltCTF!
We’re proud to welcome @CtrlAltT0m – cyber specialist, ethical hacker, and founder of CtrlAltCyber – as the architect of this year’s official Capture the Flag competition at BSides Basingstoke.
Don’t just attend. Compete!
Links below: ⬇️
EOD tech Chris Garrett, from Britain. Killed in Ukraine today.
Chris was the best of us.
Big up to Valhalla.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3483686...
(My interest is the cultural significance of patch gifting in Ukraine during the war, posting about it here: viclore.com/the-chevrons...)
27.04.2025 11:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
(My interest is the cultural significance of patch gifting in Ukraine during the war, posting about it here: viclore.com/the-chevrons...)
27.04.2025 11:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I've been experiencing the same pain :( Plus I'm in the UK, so if I ordered one I'd have to pay for important tax on top of that. I came across this, but I don't know how complete it is: hatoffoil.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
27.04.2025 11:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A little birdie told us that our mailing list subscribers can expect something interesting in their inboxes tomorrow 👀 There's still time to sign up over on our homepage! www.bsidesbasingstoke.com
19.04.2025 09:56 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
My phone is crap but I caught the 4 ducklings who's mother had ditched them. They were very cold and so have been sent to Baby Jail to get warmed up and fed
07.04.2025 21:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Guess who got summoned for duck catching duty
07.04.2025 19:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
4 years ago today I visited Wilford Cum Lake
03.04.2025 07:22 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Basingstoke 2025 CFP is Officially Open! (Not an April Fools). Our conference is made by amazing speakers (such as yourself?) If you have a talk or even a vague idea for one please submit a CFP we would love to have you! forms.gle/c1JbAAMngRUd...
01.04.2025 15:19 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
