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Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

"AI" tools need a skill called "Pink Floyd". It should be a core feature that cannot be disabled.

If anyone would ever try to use "/disable pink floyd", the given response is obviously "One does not simply disable this".

It'll improve "AI" by at least 400% 🎸🎶

You're welcome.

#ai #llm #devops

February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

"Microsoft Office zero-day actively exploited" 🕵️ 🙄

(CVSS 7.8)

hackingpassion.com/office-zero-...

#cve202621509 #cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #microsoft #office #microsoftoffice #ole

Office Zero-Day Actively Exploited - CVE-2026-21509

Microsoft Office zero-day CVE-2026-21509 actively exploited. Every version from 2016 to 365 affected. Attackers bypass OLE protections via Shell.Explorer.1 COM object. Emergency patch available.

hackingpassion.com

February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Washington's Dream - SNL 😄

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqf...

#humor #funny #comedy #SNL

Washington's Dream - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

www.youtube.com

February 2, 2026 at 9:38 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

With "AI", what could possibly go wrong? 🤔

"AI": Hold my beer 👽

"Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations"

www.404media.co/massive-ai-c...

#AI #PrivacyBreach #PrivacyMatters #privacy #dataskydd #dataprotection #cybersecurity #cybersec #infosec #firebase

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations

Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.

www.404media.co

January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

As a developer for 40+ years, I'm thinking my next project will only accept dates as Y-M-D, and force usage of 24h time ... 🤔

This is my silent revenge on y'all for not pushing for standardizing on the only logical date and time formats 😎 😉 🤓

#developer #standards #programming #devops

January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

No surprises here, move along ...

"China hacked Downing Street phones for years" 🇨🇳 🇬🇧 🕵️ 📱

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

#china #cybersecurity #cybersec #infosec #uk #unitedkingdom #surveillance

China hacked Downing Street phones for years

Spying operation targeted senior government members, including aides to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak

www.telegraph.co.uk

January 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ amid security concerns 👌🏻

www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...

#france #microsoft #infrastructure #zoom #teams #microsoft #gdpr #privacy #dataskydd #dataprotection #sovereign

France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'

France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.

www.euronews.com

January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM

Reposted by Joaquim Homrighausen

Lars Wilderäng

@larswilderang.cornucopia.se

American network equipment manufacturer Ubiquiti suppllies radio links/Internet bridges to the russian military including known war criminal units

hntrbrk.com/ubiquiti/

Ubiquiti: The U.S. Tech Enabling Russia's Drone War

Based on Hunterbrook Media’s reporting, Hunterbrook Capital is short $UI and long a basket of comparable securities at the time of publication. Positions may change at any time. See full disclosures b...

hntrbrk.com

January 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM

Reposted by Joaquim Homrighausen

Professor Colin Turner

@turner.prof

This blog article is very much one of those I have written to save someone else many hours trying to solve the same niche problem. (Even if that is just future me).

How to customise Microsoft Authentication in a Python Django App.

www.piglets.org/blog/2025/12...

#Django #EntraID

Customising Django Microsoft Entra ID Authentication

I recently had need to add Microsoft Azure / Entra ID authentication to my Workload and Assessment Modelling (WAM) app, which is written in the rather excellent Django Python framework. After a lit…

www.piglets.org

January 15, 2026 at 9:16 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Interesting read, albeit somewhat long ...

broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...

#usa #uspol #uk #ukpol #unitedkingdom #europe #eupol

Peter Thiel's New Model Army

The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster

broligarchy.substack.com

January 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Honestly, I don't think I could deal with the world as it stands today, without rock'n'roll... 🤘🏻🍻

youtu.be/eyAgh_7CcmQ?...

#alterbridge #music #blackbird #rock #hardrock #rockmusic #rock

Alter Bridge - Blackbird (feat. The Parallax Orchestra) (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) [2018]

YouTube video by M P

youtu.be

January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

"A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative"

techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/w...

#mastodon #Fediverse #twitter #facebook #socialmedia #PrivacyMatters #PrivacyFirst

A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch

Mastodon has almost doubled its userbase since Elon Musk took control of Twitter last month. Here's what you need to know about the platform.

techcrunch.com

January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

"Bluetooth Headphones Can Be Weaponized to Hack Phones" 😑📵

www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news...

#exploit #cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #hacking #smartphone #Bluetooth

Bluetooth Headphones Can Be Weaponized to Hack Phones | eSecurity Planet

High-severity flaws in popular Bluetooth headphones can enable eavesdropping and smartphone hijacking, with many devices still unpatched.

www.esecurityplanet.com

January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

To everyone, and before the festivities start (depending on where you are of course), wishing you and yours a Happy New Year! 🎆 🧨 🎇 🥂 🍻 🌠

(the flower is from one of my many photographs, the rest is "gnome fillers" 😊)

#newyear #party #newyearseve #newyear2026 #happynewyear #sweden #sverige

Gnomes surrounding a flower, celebrating the new year. Happy New Year!

December 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

I wonder why @callofduty.com are so bad when it comes to banning cheaters from their games (like BO6 and BO7). It's as if they think that honest players will continue to feed their sales when they're not doing anything in return for them🤔

#callofduty #BlackOps7 #activision #gaming #game #gamers

December 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

"AI scientists think there’s a monster inside ChatGPT" 🤔

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDUX...

#ai #chatgpt #shoggoth #llm

AI Scientists Think There’s A Monster Inside ChatGPT

YouTube video by Species | Documenting AGI

www.youtube.com

December 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Why am I getting e-mails from MetaMask about "Enhance Your Wallet Security" sh*t when I don't have a MetaMask Wallet? 🤔

If someone donated a trillion euros to me via crypto, just reach out and say so, FFS!

#metamask

December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

It's time for EU companies to prepare for more trouble to come 😑

noyb.eu/en/eu-us-dat...

#PrivacyMatters #dataskydd #dataprotection #GDPRcompliance #GDPR #Eu #usa

EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come

As instability in the US legal system becomes undeniable and the US shows open signs of hostility towards the EU, it is time to reconsider where our data is flowing

noyb.eu

December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Bra "kanal" 😊

"Slöseriombudsmannen aka Philip Syrén"

www.100.se/program/slos...

#tv #onlinetv #slöseri #slöseriombudsmannen #sverige #svpol

100% Slöseri - 100.se

Slöseriombudsmannen Philip Syrén granskar hur dina skattepengar används – och slösas bort. Följ med i 100% Slöseri när vi synar makten och avslöjar onödiga utgifter.

www.100.se

November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Why does Google/YouTube have advertisements in the middle of the original Live Aid concerts? 🤔

I mean, sure, nobody likes Spandau Ballet, but do we really need dog food commercials in the middle of a charity concert? 😕

#liveaid #music #youtube #Google #greed #charity

November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

Alternative to reCAPTCHA? Ran into mCaptcha, does anyone have any opinions about it? Or some other open source solution that can be self-hosted? 🤔 It does not have to be free.

#recaptcha #captcha #opensource #foss #oss #privacy #dataprotection #dataskydd #privacymatters #devops

November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho68.bsky.social

I'm not really a petrolhead, but there's something beautiful about (some) older cars. These are Volvos from 1958 and 1969. I've added a Volkswagen Polo LS for comparison, I'll let you figure out which is which 🤓 😁 🚗

#volvo #cars #petrolhead #retrocars #Volkswagen