Bolster
@bolster.bsky.social
Senior R&D Manager (Data Science) @ Black Duck Software, recovering academic, former robo-psychiatrist, hackerspace founder, meetup organiser, and player-of-calendar-tetris. https://andrewbolster.info
To accommodate some reviewers availability, we're extending the #CallForProposals for #BSidesBelfast26 that was due to end tomorrow until NEXT SUNDAY THE 14TH! bsidesbelfast.org/speak/ #infosec #bsides #securitybsides #bsidesbelfast
With both Early Birds tickets all gone, the next and last opportunity to get tickets to @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social will be the GA on the 14th of July.... <hint>Sponsors can purchase additional tickets BEFORE THE GA</hint> bsidesbelfast.org/sponsor/ #bsidesbelfast26 #bsidesbelfast #bsides
News about our Northern Irish cousins @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social! Their call for papers is open. 15 minute lightning talks, 35 minute talks, and 90 minute workshops. Get you ideas in to this great event in an amazing city! sessionize.com/bsides-belfa... #Security #BSides #Belfast #CFP
BSides Belfast 2026: Call for Speakers
Hey! We are Security BSides Belfast, a security conference based in Northern Ireland. ...
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Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by Cal Newport to talk about Anthropic’s Mythos marketing scam, the lies around AI job loss, and why we need to stop building anthropomorphized LLMs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Cal Newport
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · April 22 · 59m
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3 days until Early Bird Tickets open at 11am on Tues! Expect a welcoming atmosphere, real-world insights, and plenty of hallway-track conversations that make #BSidesBelfast special. Join the community that keeps cybersecurity human. bsidesbelfast.org/register/ #bsidesbelfast26
Here we go again... 🎉🎉🎉
BSides Belfast@bsidesbelfast.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe countdown is on! Just 7 days until #BSidesBelfast26 Early Bird Tickets go live at Next Tues 11am! A conference built by and for the NI cybersecurity community, #BSidesBelfast is where ideas, collaboration, and innovation thrive. bsidesbelfast.org/register/ #securitybsides
Switching between Scrubs (2026) and The Pitt is a hellofadrug....
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Same as it ever was, @edzitron.com , IMO LLMs are "mediocre software engineering firehouses" which is going to be "fun" to safely engineer over the next few years... open.spotify.com/episode/6NLB...
Another quotable from @edzitron.com (well, technically, @author-calnewport.bsky.social ). > Claude Code is like model trains for engineering-minded people #chefkiss #yoink open.spotify.com/episode/3F9d...
Hater Season: Cal Newport on AI Reporting
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In the last act of #BSidesBelfast25; we've published our "Financial Transparency Report", where we lay out what it costs to run the conference. #BSidesBelfast26 will return on the 10th of September! bsidesbelfast.org/2026/bsides-...
Did an episode with @davidgerard.co.uk that goes out tomorrow about Clawdbot/openclaw/whatever that crap is. It’s more LLM bullshit that the media is scarfing down because some people made a fake social network for LLMs to post to. Nobody will care about this in a few months
Sponsors needed! #BSidesBelfast26 wouldn't be possible without the support of local employers and organisations that make #BSidesBelfast the centerpiece of the Cybersecurity calendar in Northern Ireland. bsidesbelfast.org/sponsor/ #securitybsides #infosec #communityconference
Putting the finishing touches on to this years @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social sponsorship, transparency, and most importantly, logo discussions this week. #bsidesbelfast26 #securitybsides #belfast #conference #infosec #watchthisspace bsidesbelfast.org/sponsor
Before anyone else ventures into the @niauditoffice.bsky.social #NICS report; Data gets mentioned 44 times (1 every 2 pages) Transpar(ent|ency) gets 5 Open gets just one. 🤷♂️ /c @OpenGovNI www.niauditoffice.gov.uk/publications...
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Hell of a quotable from @edzitron.com this morning "It feels like the dot com bubble was created by the excitement about the beginning, and this is people trying to pretend that something's happening, and that we're not at 'the end'"
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 6mo agoHere’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Turned off auto-renewal for 7 "I'll definitely get around to building that" domains...
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🎉 BSides Belfast 2026 IS GO! Writing this from @bsideslondon.bsky.social ; the community energy is INCREDIBLE and #BSidesBelfast26 will be epic! 📅 Sept 10, 2026 | 📍 Belfast 🤝 Sponsors wanted! 📽️ 2025 on YT #BSidesBelfast #CyberSecurity #Community #securitybsides bsidesbelfast.org/2025/an-earl...
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
What prey tell is the point of a bus lane when I've been lurking here for over an hour and only 1 (full) bus has passed by? 2 miles of single lane traffic wasted. I'm not grumpy you are.
Number go up, number go up, no think about number number always good number always up number up number up number up
My latest newsletter is about how Internet culture died, and why the centralization of the web around a handful of large platforms is responsible for making the web a duller, more boring place. whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Internet Culture
It's not just you. The web is boring now.
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Never change, @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social , never change open.spotify.com/episode/2zIR... (Also featuring Beauty and the Beast, which I didn't know was originally written by a woman)
Last week the new ‘second-box’ got its first outing at @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social and the folks there used it to raise a cracking £407 for Marie Curie ! Next up, @bsidesncl.bsky.social ! As ever, new stickers into the supply are every bit as welcome as donations for the stickers already there!
Here's part 2 of this week's two-part episode of Better Offline. I walk you through how America’s economic growth has become dependent on Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta’s AI capex - and how this will harm both our economy and markets. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline
The AI Money Trap, Part Two
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 08/21/2025 · 42m
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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 12mo agoHere's part 1 of this week's two-part episode of Better Offline. I walk you through how AI startups’ overstuffed valuations make them impossible targets for acquisition or IPO - and how it'll harm Silicon Valley when the bubble bursts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline
Random weekend pondering while listening to @edzitron.com / #BetterOffline, if Agentic AI was any good, buying Labubus at scale avoiding all the gamification shit would be a great eval...
Good piece on the rationale behind charging $200 a month for a subscription, though I’d add the other reason is that power users are costing these companies so much money and $200 a month is *closer* to making actual money, even though they’re still unprofitable www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is...
Anthropic Is Bleeding Out
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Lauren Goode@laurengoode.bsky.social · last yr."Why the $200 price tag, though? White declined to discuss specifics about the economics of Claude Max’s pricing and whether Anthropic is losing money on the plan. 'It's a very dynamic environment.'" @thiccreese.bsky.social on the new era of $200 software subs www.wired.com/story/seriou...