Jonathan Brewer
@kiwibrew.bsky.social
I design and build networks for broadband,
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
public safety, utilities, and the Internet of Things.
jon.brewer.nz
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
For those asking for more practical steps, here's some of the tools and platforms we use at Bellingcat. The AutoArchiver allows online media to be collected and automatically archived, allowing centralised collection of sources
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
The Open Source Tool That Has Preserved 150,000 Pieces of Online Evidence - bellingcat
Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down
www.bellingcat.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
For those asking for more practical steps, here's some of the tools and platforms we use at Bellingcat. The AutoArchiver allows online media to be collected and automatically archived, allowing centralised collection of sources
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
AI report writing style jumps off the page to me now. I'm not mad when I keep encountering it, but increasingly disappointed. My brain doesn't need that many words. I don't need to be told the framework is robust. Uugh.
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
AI report writing style jumps off the page to me now. I'm not mad when I keep encountering it, but increasingly disappointed. My brain doesn't need that many words. I don't need to be told the framework is robust. Uugh.
A friend brought by some venison from a hunt last week. No idea what it's been eating so it's carne adovada time.
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 AM
A friend brought by some venison from a hunt last week. No idea what it's been eating so it's carne adovada time.
People with fancy electric cars: can you change the sound they make? Tune it a bit? Would be cool if they could sound a bit more like light sabres.
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM
People with fancy electric cars: can you change the sound they make? Tune it a bit? Would be cool if they could sound a bit more like light sabres.
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
Iran's internet shutdown is systematically crippling Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk that is said to be almost impossible to jam
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
Iran crippled Starlink and why the rest of the world should worry
The service became synonymous with censorship-proof connectivity. Iran has just proved that assumption wrong.
restofworld.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Iran's internet shutdown is systematically crippling Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk that is said to be almost impossible to jam
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
restofworld.org/2026/iran-st...
I used my (involuntarily public) Facebook page to suggest my friends revisit RATM this week. I was censored immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I used my (involuntarily public) Facebook page to suggest my friends revisit RATM this week. I was censored immediately.
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
We are there. Hydra is openly in control. Sauron runs the country from Mordor-lago. The Decepticons won the war. The Harkonnens control the spice. Darkseid has imposed the anti-life equation. We are being ruled by the most cartoonishly cruel and evil people, except it’s REAL.
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We are there. Hydra is openly in control. Sauron runs the country from Mordor-lago. The Decepticons won the war. The Harkonnens control the spice. Darkseid has imposed the anti-life equation. We are being ruled by the most cartoonishly cruel and evil people, except it’s REAL.
It's an odd choice to never show year in dates in a support portal, but Xero has been this way for... years?
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
It's an odd choice to never show year in dates in a support portal, but Xero has been this way for... years?
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
This morning I said to my kid "So, you probably saw on the socials that the US has invaded a country and deposed its leadership in order to get at its oil reserves. You're young, so I realise this is your first time."
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM
This morning I said to my kid "So, you probably saw on the socials that the US has invaded a country and deposed its leadership in order to get at its oil reserves. You're young, so I realise this is your first time."
Twenty five years of policy based on scientific astroturf. 🤷♂️
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Twenty five years of policy based on scientific astroturf. 🤷♂️
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
In security, experts who know anything about an incident can't talk about it, and the people who can talk about an incident don't know anything about it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
In security, experts who know anything about an incident can't talk about it, and the people who can talk about an incident don't know anything about it.
Are there people who respond positively to Briscoes and Rebel Sports shouty commercials? I hit mute on them as fast as I can pick up the remote.
December 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Are there people who respond positively to Briscoes and Rebel Sports shouty commercials? I hit mute on them as fast as I can pick up the remote.
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’
The Herald's Jane Phare and Anne Gibson interviewed children of the Fay family for a puff piece on intergenerational wealth today. They did not mention how much of Fay & Richwhite's wealth came at the expense of literally every other person in New Zealand.
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Herald's Jane Phare and Anne Gibson interviewed children of the Fay family for a puff piece on intergenerational wealth today. They did not mention how much of Fay & Richwhite's wealth came at the expense of literally every other person in New Zealand.
On the first day of Ikea, there was an order. And lo, miracle of miracles, it arrived in time. 🎄🎁🎉
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
On the first day of Ikea, there was an order. And lo, miracle of miracles, it arrived in time. 🎄🎁🎉
Reposted by Jonathan Brewer
Wanna re-live the ✨kawaii ✨ magic? Well lucky ducks, guess what we have prepared!
All of the Kawaiicon 3 talks are up on YouTube! Check em out!
youtube.com/@kawaiiconnz
All of the Kawaiicon 3 talks are up on YouTube! Check em out!
youtube.com/@kawaiiconnz
Kawaiicon NZ
New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wanna re-live the ✨kawaii ✨ magic? Well lucky ducks, guess what we have prepared!
All of the Kawaiicon 3 talks are up on YouTube! Check em out!
youtube.com/@kawaiiconnz
All of the Kawaiicon 3 talks are up on YouTube! Check em out!
youtube.com/@kawaiiconnz
Very heavy plane today on Sounds Air & pilot is struggling.
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Very heavy plane today on Sounds Air & pilot is struggling.
Good day to be back in the Sounds.
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Good day to be back in the Sounds.
I'm migrating to a new Macbook this week and I'm 100% freaked out that I can move my mouse between the new laptop and the old one and the keyboard follows along.
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm migrating to a new Macbook this week and I'm 100% freaked out that I can move my mouse between the new laptop and the old one and the keyboard follows along.
Just what I want to see from a government website, days before the long holiday.
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just what I want to see from a government website, days before the long holiday.
Hotel room bed to terminal, including shower, pack, check-out, and no rush: 21 mins. Might take me that much time to walk to my gate now.
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hotel room bed to terminal, including shower, pack, check-out, and no rush: 21 mins. Might take me that much time to walk to my gate now.
TIL Chrome on iPhone won't let you open more than 500 tabs.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
TIL Chrome on iPhone won't let you open more than 500 tabs.
How do we get every cook, food server, and flight staff member in Aotearoa to read this? www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
Why you might suddenly stop drinking milk
Explainer - Lactose intolerance affects most of us as we get older. Why does this happen?
www.rnz.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How do we get every cook, food server, and flight staff member in Aotearoa to read this? www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
The hotel I'm staying at this week has low ceilings & all the locals are quite small. I feel like a lumbering giant every time I pass a mirror or get in the lift.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The hotel I'm staying at this week has low ceilings & all the locals are quite small. I feel like a lumbering giant every time I pass a mirror or get in the lift.
Bluesky app just asked for my birthday for age verification. Is that a global thing, or a function of where I'm accessing. 🇮🇩
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Bluesky app just asked for my birthday for age verification. Is that a global thing, or a function of where I'm accessing. 🇮🇩