Lesley Carhart

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.

ICS cybersecurity person, @pancakescon@infosec.exchange organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs.

Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne.

I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own.

'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · 2d ago

Some stuff you should be watching:
- China / Taiwan
- Russia / Ukraine
- Epstein deletions and findings
- Minneapolis
- Strait of Hormuz politics and economics
- Lebanon
- SAVE act and obviously related passport and ID invalidation hijinks. And postal service hijinks
- OS level age validation

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · 2d ago

Guys, I’m not sure I’m more worried that Hegseth doesn’t know what “no quarter” means and think it sounds Bad versus not caring.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · 4d ago

American education on geography is woefully terrible on everywhere outside North America, but I think Singapore was one of the places done the worst disservice by my learning. Literally all I learned about an amazing, old cultural place was you’d get beaten for chewing gum.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 08, 2026

This is anecdotal, but every time I say I have a bad feeling about something (See: Elon and companies, alleged grassy knoll ear shots, LLMs, cryptocurrency, Gamergate, project 2025) And I get tech people yelling at me in the comments, Within two years I’m proven extremely right.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 08, 2026

Please, please stop supporting gen AI companies. It’s not worth it. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-ai-claude-bombing-elementary-school

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 07, 2026

It’s both disingenuous to celebrate Proton (who are a business making money in a friendly nation) as bulletproof, and to compare them to Google, who make money by mining your email content. Understand your threat model and message accordingly. https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

I too want to hex the patrilcutchy

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

When your AI stealing t-shirt art just gives up https://au.shein.com/store/home?ici=PageGoodsDetail&main_cate_id=1738&main_goods_id=408246843&page_from=PageGoodsDetail&rule_poskey=DetailShopItemList&src_identifier=on%3Dstore%60cn%3DWuxiyu%60hz%3D0%60ps%3D1_1%60jc%3DthirdPartyStoreHome_1042634524&src_module=DetailBrand&src_tab_page_id=page_goods_detail1772535016120&store_code=1042634524&tab=items

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

I'm getting so many pings about cyber physical elements in the growing israel-iran-us-everyone-else conflict,

- no, i haven't slept and i'm running on robutussin and rage
- yes stuff is very much happening, and we are working hard validating and tracking
- its chaos for everyone; everybody's models just went out the window and there seem to be few plans involved
- humans are generally concerned with explosions, foremost
- losing c&c causes unpredictable responses
- some stuff probably isn't even being detected and reported yet because MISSILES

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 02, 2026

Begging universities to stop forcing your cybersecurity students beg for strangers’ free time on the internet to do pointless interviews instead of even practical mentorship or projects.

We’re exhausted, understaffed and the market is hell. None of us have time.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Mar 01, 2026

The number of conflicts America has lost in the last half century despite having the most expensive military at the cost of aid for citizens will soon only be surpassed by the number of governments we’ve overthrown only to realize we don’t like it after all, and then overthrow the one we installed.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 27, 2026

Me finally ending up in Maroochydore, and realising where I am, *OH YOU’RE THE ✨✨sewage✨✨ people! I did a thesis on you!”

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

Excited to report we are bringing SANS ICS310 to BSides Melbourne!

Additionally I have been accepted to speak at AusCERT and BSides Melbourne and will be speaking at Brisbane WiOT today!

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

AI developers who were willing to cause a hiring crisis and make workers and customers more miserable suddenly shocked their money is coming from unscrupulous military leaders who want just to use it for concentration camps and dubious military strikes.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

Tag your favorite application that has added an LLM agent nobody wants, babes

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 22, 2026

Something super strange as a pop culture millennial is that in this year 2026 you can't just enjoy the characters in your sci fi or fantasy shows, you are constantly aware of merciless trolling of the actors playing them in real time, and feel haplessly obligated to defend them on the internet. I used to work really hard to not be that weird fan who followed actors beyond "bravo" + applause. Now we all know which company the troglodyte who sent them a grotesque racist comment works for within 10 minutes and are actively discussing revenge strategies with them on instagram.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 09, 2026

Currently, the outrage to the visible contents of the Epstein files is so mild that I have to think the majority of people just aren’t even casually checking them. I can’t think of a phrase to describe what I’ve read even as a forensic analyst. “Cartoonishly evil” is too gentle. Horrific. Inhuman.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 08, 2026

All of us geopolitical hackers rn. It is us.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 06, 2026

Cybersecurity professionals 🤜🏻🤛🏾 Tech journalists

Spontaneously being unemployed en masse by billionaires, landing in the resistance, and yelling about the fascists

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Feb 05, 2026

The billionaire media is laying off great tech journalists in crazy quantities this year - replacing them with AI and sycophants. This would be a great time to throw some dollars, euros, pounds, or dollarydoos to @flipboard.com/@404media, @ProPublica@newsie.social or another independent outlet.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jan 31, 2026

The newest episode of Academy is probably in the top 25 Trek episodes for me. When that soundtrack hit. Man.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jan 25, 2026

The world is watching.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jan 08, 2026

I don't know how Teramind managed to get two people's photos completely mixed up with somebody else, tag a dead person as the future of cybersecurity, and include someone under community legal action, but this is the most egregious case of LinkedIn lists I have ever had the unfortunate luck to be included in.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jan 06, 2026

Yo, I just got accused of both using LLMs to write content and shilling for the (current) US military industrial complex, and I have not seen a human being be more confidently incorrect on the internet since somebody mansplained Ian's own research to them.

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jan 05, 2026

I just recorded an episode of Smashing Security with @gcluley@mastodon.green and I am completely nerding out and over the moon. I also laughed so hard I almost cried on the episode. 10/10.

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Just gonna keep posting my adventures with socialized healthcare. Today I did my next day appointment for: - eye exam - digital eye imaging and pressure check - contact and glasses prescription - new

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Dec 23, 2025

Here’s my last US appointment for the same -after- insurance in USD

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Dec 23, 2025

Just gonna keep posting my adventures with socialized healthcare. Today I did my next day appointment for:

eye exam
digital eye imaging and pressure check
contact and glasses prescription
new glasses and frames, with coating and progressive lenses I splurged $100 on designer frames

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Dec 19, 2025

I have to have a deeply uncomfortable conversation with people my age and older about how they’re missing essential skills ATS will automatically reject without. How they’ll look to the computer worse than a new grad. Don’t trust corporations. Never trust corporations.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Dec 19, 2025

I’m hiring (Australia remote) Senior OT DFIR http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dragos/jobs/5013899008

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Nov 22, 2025

Women and older career switchers are generally not even exposed to red team as an option of interest that they’d be good at using socialized skills, which is kinda crazy when the most ignored people in society who can pretty much walk in anywhere are older women. Instead we portray it like esports.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Nov 17, 2025

GenAI is a giant search engine, and it doesn’t do more for malware than a slightly shittier Google would. Malware has been using polymorphism since I didn’t have grey hair and drank less. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Aug 09, 2024

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS cybersecurity person, @ pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs. Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️‍🌈 :nonbinary_flag: :asexual_flag:

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange · Jul 18, 2024

I will be at @BurbSecWest@infosec.exchange in #Naperville (Granite City) today if y'all want to come out. #BurbSec #Chicago #Cybersecurity

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