Whoa

Too many meetings right? I found the solution.

Before every meeting I roll a #d20, if I get a crit I skip the meeting. In theory I would only skip 1 in every 20 meetings, so a Monday.

For some reason I've been getting a lot of crits recently...

Instead, DistrictCon is architected as a deliberate hybridization: a venue where the mechanism of the exploit is deconstructed in the same room where the policy of its regulation is debated.

Who's going to be there?!

www.districtcon.org

The Convergence of Statecraft and Sploitz! 🪩 DistrictCon 2026, is on Jan 24–25, at the Capital Hilton in D.C., the event departs from the traditional hacker cons, which historically prioritize technical irreverence and anonymity & policy summits, which often lack technical grounding.

And you’re a potato

My friends from other countries: “you okay man?”

Yeah, it’s going okay

That’s more than I can stomach

Have you seen the rate that cobol programmers charge today? 💰

T-Mobile Little League® Call Up Grant Program

This is pretty cool, our league is benefitting from the grant from T-Mobile. Thank you!

https://www.littleleague.org/call-up-grant-program/

Lisen up Devil!

Kind of a weird thought, I realized I’ve been over-relying on traditional tutorials to learn how to use Gemini... but the most up-to-date expert on Gemini... is Gemini. I forgot that it can search and be relevant. I need to rethink how I use it.

I’m officially calling it Tishing™️ (Tip Phishing): when a server adds a stealthy 20% auto-gratuity and then hands you the check with a soulful stare and not alert, hoping you’ll add the customary tip on top. 🎣 Has this happened to anyone else?

Chop Suey! System Of A Down · Toxicity · Song · 2001

It’s early in the morning and I made a Chop Suey reference, so of course I had to spend the rest of the day visiting some old music memories.

open.spotify.com/track/2DlHlPMa4M17kufBvI...

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I know I used an anachronism but maybe BM25, I dunno what I'm talking about.

Covid is a hell of a drug

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

Aurora Australis from Paekakariki Hill

Here's a nice picture I took, because the world isn't all shit and we need to remember that❤️

Today is a good day to remember to take care of yourself and each other.

Stress levels have been high for what feels like forever and now they're even higher.

This chronic stress isn't normal or healthy. Please take care of yourself.

You are loved.

#MakeKindnessNormal

Our first meetup for 2026 has now been posted! Thank you to EnergySage for hosting and Horizon3 for sponsoring!

We have two talks on AI! Aaron Portnoy will talk on AI Red Team while John Murray will talk about bridging the AI Reality Gap

RSVP at buff.ly/W7xJgKU

#infosec #security #cybersecurity

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The number of VTI queries including “𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛:𝚟𝚎” over the last 24 hours is not small

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A striking illustration of why it is useful for authoritarian regimes to invest resources in manipulating discussions on X.

Through limited investments, as the platform can be easily manipulated, you can have a direct influence on key leaders'perceptions during critical events.

Today was the first day I set an alarm in three weeks. A bittersweet reminder of the bliss of travel and the importance of bouncing back to reality.