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Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

08.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 7210 πŸ” 2164 πŸ’¬ 658 πŸ“Œ 4577

Started with Home Assistant recently and am gutted that I am going to miss this event.
Have a great night and CΓ©ad MΓ­le FΓ‘ilte Romhat.

04.06.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More exciting updates for the Home Assistant Config Helper VSCode extension πŸŽ‰

Now, you can see entity details simply by hovering over an entity ID 🀩

#HomeAssistant #VSCode

26.05.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Landing page of site with text: Clean Slate for Your
Microsoft Graph
PowerShell Environment
Completely uninstalls and removes all Microsoft Graph PowerShell modules from your system. Say goodbye to dependency conflicts and multiple authentication prompts.

Landing page of site with text: Clean Slate for Your Microsoft Graph PowerShell Environment Completely uninstalls and removes all Microsoft Graph PowerShell modules from your system. Say goodbye to dependency conflicts and multiple authentication prompts.

πŸš€ Tired of Microsoft Graph PowerShell module headaches? 🀯

Say goodbye to dependency conflicts & endless auth prompts! πŸ‘‹

I built Uninstall-Graph to completely remove all MS Graph PowerShell modules, giving you a clean slate. 🧼✨

Get it now: uninstall-graph.meri...

27.05.2025 06:22 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

If you want to set Edge then it's:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\

11.04.2025 08:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can edit registry or push policy:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
add string value "NewTabPageLocation"with value "about:blank"

Only works on AD or Entra joined Windows devices or if enrolled in Chrome Enterprise Core.

Info: chromeenterprise.google/policies/?po...

11.04.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Slow Microsoft Intune Policy Updates on Windows 11? Speed Them Up with Config Refresh!
Slow Microsoft Intune Policy Updates on Windows 11? Speed Them Up with Config Refresh! YouTube video by Neil McLoughlin

Need to enforce Intune policy settings quickly? Intune Config Refresh is necessary for all deployments, especially in high-security environments where compliance is critical. Watch my video for details: youtu.be/1kjuZCkKzLQ #Intune #security #compliance

09.03.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Access Home Assistant Remotely with Tailscale | Guide Follow this guide to quickly set up and control your smart home from anywhere with Tailscale.

Found this one also:
tailscale.com/blog/remotel...

23.02.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Set Up Tailscale with Home Assistant Learn Home Assistant.

With tailscale installed on home assistant and phone they can talk from anywhere.
I love @tailscale.com, it's basically magic πŸ˜‰

Found this article on installing it on HA:
pimylifeup.com/home-assista...

23.02.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or, and here me out here, have you looked at @tailscale.com.
Then you can use the manual setup for the Google assistant.
As somebody else mentioned, it is a slippery slope of fun adventures 😁

23.02.2025 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.02.2025 21:54 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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PowerShell is fun :)Retrieve blocked DNS queries from PiHole using PowerShell I use PiHole for Ad-blocking at home, and yes, sometimes that causes some issues if it blocks Microsoft (Or other) management addresses. In this blog post, I will show how you can live-track blocke…

I use PiHole for Ad-blocking at home, and yes, sometimes that causes some issues if it blocks Microsoft (Or other) management addresses. In this blog post, I will show how you can live-track blocked DNS queries πŸ™‚

#PowerShell #DNS #PiHole

powershellisfun.com/2025/02/14/r...

14.02.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Access Unraid NAS from anywhere Β· Tailscale Docs Learn how to configure the Tailscale client on an Unraid NAS server.

Unraid 7 now supports Tailscale natively! Secure your server and access it anywhereβ€”effortlessly. Learn more:

28.01.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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QR Codes for Smart Home Device Management with Tailscale I have a lot of smart home devices, and not all of them get used all the time.

This is a neat blog post! Check out how @logik.al uses QR code labels with our golink software, Caddy, and Home Assistant for keeping track of smart home devices

23.01.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“° OIB 3.4 News!
I'm busy finalising changes/updates to v3.4 of the #OpenIntuneBaseline.
Some forewarning of a "breaking change" in that all policies have been renamed to show where they actually exist (ES - Endpoint Security, SC - Settings Catalog).
I still don't like it :(

22.01.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Overview | Microsoft Entra Suite Learn how the Microsoft Entra Suite simplifies your Zero Trust security model with a complete cloud-based solution for workforce access

πŸ’‘Entra Suite - Training hub:

#EntraID #MSEntra #ZeroTrust #IDGovernance

microsoft.github.io/EntraSuite-T...

22.01.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic tool from @ugurkoc.de

#msintune #intune #autopilot #powershell

11.01.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice Autopilot Device Preperation script from @andrewstaylor.com to grab your existing Autopilot devices, create device identifiers and then delete the autopilot object

#Intune #autopilot #msintune

10.01.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service for Windows Server admins Azure Kubernetes Service provides great options for running workloads both on-premises and in the cloud. It provides the infrastructure foundation to run state of the art, cloud-native, microservices ...

Are you an Admin working with servers (on prem or in the cloud) in a traditional architecture space for years? Looking to get a grasp on containers, k8s and more cloud native things? I've got a session from MS Ignite that is MADE FOR YOU!

ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

06.01.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Automated Deployment of a Zero Trust Azure Automation Environment

www.thelazyadministrator.com/2024/12/30/a...

#AzureAutomation #ZeroTrust #CloudSecurity #DevOps #Automation #PowerShell #Microsoft #MVPBuzz #Azure #Security #PublicCloud

31.12.2024 14:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't believe they're going to roll out 2025 to Production late at night, right before a public holiday, without testing it in Staging, and without fixing all the bugs in 2024.

31.12.2024 18:00 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Nice tool from @nicklasahlberg.bsky.social

#msintune #windows11

28.12.2024 22:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Saturday, and you know what that means 😁- time for coding and football!

πŸš€ Exciting Update: IntuneAssignmentChecker Just Leveled Up!

The star of this release is the new HTML report generation feature:

28.12.2024 17:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
He's making a database
He's sorting it twice
SELECT * from contacts WHERE behavior = 'nice'
SQL Clause is coming to town
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

24.12.2024 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft 365 Licensing A collection of Microsoft 365 licensing diagrams to view or download.

OMG! Yes!
m365maps.com has been updated!
Thanks Aaron! We are most grateful.

#MS365Licensing #m365maps #AaronDinnage #MS365 #Office365 #Intune #Windows #Microsoft #Microsoft365

24.12.2024 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code Come and join 150M developers on GitHub that can now code with Copilot for free in VS Code.

A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

βœ… 2,000 code completions per month
πŸ’¬ 50 chat messages per month
πŸ’« Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
β™₯️ More fun for you

Check it out today!

Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub πŸ’… github.blog/news-insight...

18.12.2024 18:18 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 51
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Microsoft 365 Insights A collection of Microsoft 365 Insights diagrams to view in browser or download as PDF, PNG, SVG, and Visio files.

I shall be forever grateful to Aaron for all the work he put in to it.
It looks like the Matthew Wolf has taken up the mantle to continue the work @
M365insights.org

14.12.2024 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft 365 Insights A collection of Microsoft 365 Insights diagrams to view in browser or download as PDF, PNG, SVG, and Visio files.

M365maps was a labour of love by Aaron Dinnage for which i shall be forever grateful but it hasn't been updated in over a year. I'm guessing his new job in #Microsoft is keeping him busy.😁
Hat tip to @chanceofsecurity.com for the link to m365insights.org by Matthew Wolf who has taken up the mantle.

14.12.2024 23:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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snoopy is jumping in the air on a green background with the words `` happy dance '' . Alt: snoopy is jumping in the air on a green background with the words `` happy dance '' .
14.12.2024 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many thanks Sebastian, that's great news.
I have been looking for a replacement for a long time.
Do you know if Matthew is on here anywhere?

14.12.2024 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0