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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · 9d

Yup

Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gate-crashing @jaysonstreet.bsky.social's talk at @SecKC 😂

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BSides London @bsideslondon.bsky.social · Aug 30

Our first ticket release is this Monday (1st Sept) at 1337hrs:
bit.ly/BSidesLDN202...

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Aug 4

This not so little guy is off to spend time in an aviary learning to fly before he gets released!

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you to everyone that came along!

BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you to everyone who attended our event yesterday! We hope you had as much fun as we did 🪿💜

Some fun stats:
- Attendees: 134
- Speakers: 16
- Money raised: £1107 (thank you!!)
- Ducks: 170
- Bar tab: decimated

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collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · Jul 21

Becoming cannon fodder to avoid your children learning the existence of lesbians

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · Jul 21

This entire story is just so batshit insane

“my kid learned about lesbians so now I’m gonna go and commit war crimes”

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Jul 16

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!

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · Jul 12

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?

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Super Mairio @supermairio.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sneaky look at one of the items you could potentially get at this year's @bsidesbsk.bsky.social charity auction 👀

Made by yours truly!

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.

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Jul 8

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 💙💛

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Jun 27

Been back to weaving camo nets in Lviv today

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Jun 27

Been back to weaving camo nets in Lviv today

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Jun 27

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

Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Jun 6

Meet 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: ⬇️

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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · May 7

Chris was the best of us.

Big up to Valhalla.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3483686...

EOD tech Chris Garrett, from Britain. Killed in Ukraine today.

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Apr 27

(My interest is the cultural significance of patch gifting in Ukraine during the war, posting about it here: viclore.com/the-chevrons...)

The Chevrons Project - Viclore

An overview of my project collecting information about chevrons in Ukraine

viclore.com

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Apr 27

(My interest is the cultural significance of patch gifting in Ukraine during the war, posting about it here: viclore.com/the-chevrons...)

The Chevrons Project - Viclore

An overview of my project collecting information about chevrons in Ukraine

viclore.com

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Apr 27

I'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...

hatoffoil.wordpress.com

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BSides Basingstoke @bsidesbsk.bsky.social · Apr 19

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

BSides Basingstoke

www.bsidesbasingstoke.com

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Apr 7

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

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Vic @vicharkness.bsky.social · Apr 7

Guess who got summoned for duck catching duty

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