Atticus Hawk
@atticushawk.bsky.social
Gestalt thinker with a conscience. My opinions are just words but they are backed by a fair degree of fact finding, analysis and real world experience.
Maybe. I think it’s a trigger you only pull when it really counts, though.
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe. I think it’s a trigger you only pull when it really counts, though.
You just know that there’s no chance that they will be fair elections… I’m just trying to work out if its knobbling the voting machines, intimidating/suppressing voters or both that will happen.
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
You just know that there’s no chance that they will be fair elections… I’m just trying to work out if its knobbling the voting machines, intimidating/suppressing voters or both that will happen.
Time for him to earn his $100Bn annual salary. Personally, I think his toxic personality has killed Tesla and I cannot understand how the board didn’t fire him instead of awarding his ridiculous package.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Time for him to earn his $100Bn annual salary. Personally, I think his toxic personality has killed Tesla and I cannot understand how the board didn’t fire him instead of awarding his ridiculous package.
I thought they only paid for it. Means of production rest in Ukraine at the moment as far as I know.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I thought they only paid for it. Means of production rest in Ukraine at the moment as far as I know.
I wanted a Tesla, not long after the 3 came out. Right now, I wouldn’t take the keys off them if they gave me one. It’s not just Musks nazism, or the harm he’s done to so many families. It is also the idea that the shareholders would vote him a $100Bn a year pay check when he barely functions as CEO
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I wanted a Tesla, not long after the 3 came out. Right now, I wouldn’t take the keys off them if they gave me one. It’s not just Musks nazism, or the harm he’s done to so many families. It is also the idea that the shareholders would vote him a $100Bn a year pay check when he barely functions as CEO
Your last sentence is important. UK sits in a hinterland in its alliances. As USA forces a barrier across the Atlantic, Britain is increasingly straddling the barrier and looking nervous doing so. We need to ensure we understand our priorities… but Europe is a bogeyman to many in UK, so what to do?
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Your last sentence is important. UK sits in a hinterland in its alliances. As USA forces a barrier across the Atlantic, Britain is increasingly straddling the barrier and looking nervous doing so. We need to ensure we understand our priorities… but Europe is a bogeyman to many in UK, so what to do?
Not so. I have worked with several CEO’s who will not be dissuaded that AI+Experience will see them through. It’s about the next 3 years and not the next 20.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Not so. I have worked with several CEO’s who will not be dissuaded that AI+Experience will see them through. It’s about the next 3 years and not the next 20.
Lets see how Trump takes this escalation. I’m taking it that his probable response was factored in when the ‘hit’ was decided. Perhaps Zelensky is sending the US a message regarding the ‘peace deal’ coercion?
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lets see how Trump takes this escalation. I’m taking it that his probable response was factored in when the ‘hit’ was decided. Perhaps Zelensky is sending the US a message regarding the ‘peace deal’ coercion?
That had me incensed watching the BBC last night. Perfectly given explanation given by the Cabinet Minister met with “There are claims that…” with no source, no fact-checking, just a straight on attack on Rachel Reeves character posed as a question . The news editor responsible should be slapped.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
That had me incensed watching the BBC last night. Perfectly given explanation given by the Cabinet Minister met with “There are claims that…” with no source, no fact-checking, just a straight on attack on Rachel Reeves character posed as a question . The news editor responsible should be slapped.
I think it goes beyond tax. Corporate shareholding in publicly listed corporations totally ignores the public in favour of the largest shareholders. Public representation and presence on the board may need to be mandated where “public ownership” is legally established.
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I think it goes beyond tax. Corporate shareholding in publicly listed corporations totally ignores the public in favour of the largest shareholders. Public representation and presence on the board may need to be mandated where “public ownership” is legally established.
The question is “how do we get stock holders to stop giving so much power and wealth to individuals simply because they are sitting in the hot seat?”. Instead of losing his job because he’s a CEO focused on his personal politics instead of the business, they award him $100Bn a year. Nonsensical.
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The question is “how do we get stock holders to stop giving so much power and wealth to individuals simply because they are sitting in the hot seat?”. Instead of losing his job because he’s a CEO focused on his personal politics instead of the business, they award him $100Bn a year. Nonsensical.
BTW, I’d like to envisage a future with less reliance on US tech, but there are global issues with destabilising IT standards and Europe may find it is on its own.
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
BTW, I’d like to envisage a future with less reliance on US tech, but there are global issues with destabilising IT standards and Europe may find it is on its own.
That’s unrealistic. There was never a time when US corps were not at the heart of (and occasionally the only choice of) IT choice. I was there when the IBM PC launched (and still am) and saw how US corps destroyed Uk startups. An arch still needs to use the best tools for the job.
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
That’s unrealistic. There was never a time when US corps were not at the heart of (and occasionally the only choice of) IT choice. I was there when the IBM PC launched (and still am) and saw how US corps destroyed Uk startups. An arch still needs to use the best tools for the job.
I have ZERO trust in US law. I have specialised in UK Govt IT security during my career and cannot see how we could have gone a different way. BUT, UK Govt IT Secure Architecture does think of these problems in advance and has responses to them and protocols in place to reduce breaches of them.
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I have ZERO trust in US law. I have specialised in UK Govt IT security during my career and cannot see how we could have gone a different way. BUT, UK Govt IT Secure Architecture does think of these problems in advance and has responses to them and protocols in place to reduce breaches of them.
The press (both left and right) have been manufacturing crisis after crisis since Labour came to power. IMHO they are a big part of why we continue to stagnate and why fear of Reform dominates no10 policy. Labour need room to breathe and they aren’t getting it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The press (both left and right) have been manufacturing crisis after crisis since Labour came to power. IMHO they are a big part of why we continue to stagnate and why fear of Reform dominates no10 policy. Labour need room to breathe and they aren’t getting it.
Well, now you’re just asking for Pete Hegseth to turn up with a keg and an M1-Abrams! :)
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Well, now you’re just asking for Pete Hegseth to turn up with a keg and an M1-Abrams! :)
If EU countries were to manufacture Flamingoes… I think that there would be real panic in Russia. Even an announcement of such would work wonders. Or maybe just quietly doing it… upping the flow and the impact of them.
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If EU countries were to manufacture Flamingoes… I think that there would be real panic in Russia. Even an announcement of such would work wonders. Or maybe just quietly doing it… upping the flow and the impact of them.
Important point, well spotted. I suspect that the current US admin may play with the idea of a financial “year zero” moment, writing off national debts around the world and probably plunging us into global feudalism. If they are discussing this with Russ/China it wld explain the Ukr ‘peace deal’.
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Important point, well spotted. I suspect that the current US admin may play with the idea of a financial “year zero” moment, writing off national debts around the world and probably plunging us into global feudalism. If they are discussing this with Russ/China it wld explain the Ukr ‘peace deal’.
Are you Russian? There are myriad problems with the closeness of commercial and government engagement with US. There are also safeguards in place for the most important govt matters. Hostile acts by Americans are treated as seriously as by Russia, and corps have less control than you think.
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Are you Russian? There are myriad problems with the closeness of commercial and government engagement with US. There are also safeguards in place for the most important govt matters. Hostile acts by Americans are treated as seriously as by Russia, and corps have less control than you think.
As always, Trump has chosen the wrong way forward. Europe knows this already, I think. So, Europe wont shift its position, no matter the pressure from US; the stakes are too high. Also, the arrival of Sweden and Finland into the military alliance has really strengthened European cohesion / resolve.
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
As always, Trump has chosen the wrong way forward. Europe knows this already, I think. So, Europe wont shift its position, no matter the pressure from US; the stakes are too high. Also, the arrival of Sweden and Finland into the military alliance has really strengthened European cohesion / resolve.
In secret/ secure environments it is layered from the Business Analysts and Solutions Architects all the way through to CISO. All are trained and all have policy, practice and protocols to follow before their work is signed off. Oversight is by the ITSec who is independent of the IT dept.
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
In secret/ secure environments it is layered from the Business Analysts and Solutions Architects all the way through to CISO. All are trained and all have policy, practice and protocols to follow before their work is signed off. Oversight is by the ITSec who is independent of the IT dept.
No, we use companies to trace data lines to ensure that the data remains in UK. Any breach is a breach of UK contract law but also, importantly, state secrecy laws where necessary. US law has position on those.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
No, we use companies to trace data lines to ensure that the data remains in UK. Any breach is a breach of UK contract law but also, importantly, state secrecy laws where necessary. US law has position on those.
Exactly… democratisation of IT has only been a good ting. Europe should be the centre of it!
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Exactly… democratisation of IT has only been a good ting. Europe should be the centre of it!
I’ve been heavily involved in that stuff at a senior level in highly secure environments. The data resides in several sites around UK. If we use MS Exchange we have to have a special version b/c a lot of commercial MSE is stored in Iceland.
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’ve been heavily involved in that stuff at a senior level in highly secure environments. The data resides in several sites around UK. If we use MS Exchange we have to have a special version b/c a lot of commercial MSE is stored in Iceland.
We’re talking about govt systems here. They remain secure, even when they are on MS OS and AWS/Google/Azure infrastructure. They are architected to do so. UK govt data does not leave UK shores without a license and sign-off by the relevant CISO.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’re talking about govt systems here. They remain secure, even when they are on MS OS and AWS/Google/Azure infrastructure. They are architected to do so. UK govt data does not leave UK shores without a license and sign-off by the relevant CISO.