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@oblivion.observer
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computer security practitioner (OT)
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f2k2 @oblivion.observer · Apr 9
the hottest thing to be right now is an optimist in spite of the system
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cpsc.gov
If you never need a social media break, we're sorry, but you have been poisoned and there is no known cure.
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
oblivion.observer
sometimes it's the system
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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hacks4pancakes.com
-hacks4pancakes- • 1d The reason the good faith seniors on here are posting that the junior / mid level market is bad (it is) is because we have watched it crash in real time and a lotta of us are dealing with serious fallout as both hiring managers or mentors. It's genuinely a good faith warning. It's not like, "don't get into the field we love". It's just that for a really long time you could get into cybersecurity with no degree and no IT experience because the demand was so high. And schools, influencers, and parents still play it off that it's like that. That people can work full time remote and make 80k entry salary. It's not. It hasn't been for a couple years. We've been hit by "professionalizing" and oversaturation of graduates. Can you still get in with a sec+, a kali box and a dream? Maybe, if you really meet the right people and get lucky. Pragmatically though, that won't be the case for 99.9% of young people now, and if we care at all we need to counter the "everything is rosy" message people are using to sell boot camps. We are getting hundreds of cybersecurity grads and laid off professionals with work rights applying for positions. How can organizations even take the time to look beyond that at hundreds more juniors with no degree, criminal convictions, a GED, needing a' v sponsor, etc? You really need to take it seriously and make yourself a top candidate. And these days to be competitive you typically need a bachelors, certs, and some hands on IT work experience. You need a very good professional network. That's not true of every case. People will get lucky. Or they'll have a security clearance or live in the right remote place for an in person only job. It happens. Not often. The best thing we can do is try to enforce that they need to work seriously hard and have solid professional credentials. TLDR we aren't all assholes; some of us are trying to save 20yos from falling for Uncle Bob putting them in a bootcamp to make an easy six figures.
January 16, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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hazelweakly.me
GenAI tooling is weird. It’s “just” an intervention. Because it’s a tool. Any tool introduction is an intervention. Which means they work the same way any intervention work:

1. Understand the preconditions and culture norms required for success
2. Set people up for success
3. Respond to feedback
kelseyhightower.com Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 29d
How do people feel about the usage of GenAI tools being mandated at work?
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
oblivion.observer
new f2k2 pronoun drop #nonbinariesinstem
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
oblivion.observer
Explaining the concept of OT security to IT security staff and scaring them when I say "you have to build security AROUND EOL devices, don't upgrade the device and call it a day" brings me joy because I feed off the energy of their confused faces
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
oblivion.observer
being young is fun, I love having the ability to down a quad shot!!! I'm so healthy!!!
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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swiftonsecurity.com
I simply wouldn't click
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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cpsc.gov
Always plug your space heater into a wall outlet, not a power strip or extension cord. Many power strips and extension cords are not designed to handle the power needs of a heater. The strips/cords will meltdown and start fires. Many people learning this for the first time thanks to this local icon.
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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metacurity.com
As you emerge from your holiday haze, don't forget to check out today's Metacurity for the latest critical infosec developments you should know, including

--'Martha Root' deleted white supremacist websites live at CCC conference, 1/5
www.metacurity.com/martha-root-...
'Martha Root' deleted white supremacist websites live at CCC conference
Ledger third-party payment processor exposed customer data, UL Solutions withdraws from FCC Cyber Trust Mark, NordVPN denies breach saying hackers obtained only dummy data, Thefts stemming from 2022 L...
www.metacurity.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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vnclotto.misentropic.com
ASN: AS31263 MYNET S.R.L.
Country: IT
City: Brescia
State: Lombardy
Scanned: 2025-05-08T09:12:44
https://computernewb.com/vncresolver/browse#id/55249106

#vnc #infosec
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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theregister.com
AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention
AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention
An anomaly or the beginning of a new trend? My bet's on the latter I've been tracking AWS for a long time, with a specific emphasis on pricing. "What happens if AWS hikes prices" has always been something of a boogeyman, trotted out as a hypothetical to urge folks to avoid taking dependencies on a given provider.…
dlvr.it
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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patrickcmiller.bsky.social
Modifying A QingPing Air Quality Monitor For Local MQTT Access hackaday.com/2026/01/04/m...
Modifying A QingPing Air Quality Monitor For Local MQTT Access
The QingPing Air Quality Monitor 2 is an Android-based device that not only features a touch screen with the current air quality statistics of the room, but also includes an MQTT interface that nor…
hackaday.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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spooknine.bsky.social
Gonna tell the kids this was how email used to arrive until we invented computers that made it safe to use
markreel.bsky.social Mark Reel @markreel.bsky.social · Jan 5
The first two hours this morning
A old advert that has the words What the heck is Electronic Mail? With a man looking very scared by a sparkling trail flying around his desk
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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patrickcmiller.bsky.social
Diving (Pun Intended) into SCADA and Control Systems with Randy Petersen | Listen Notes
www.listennotes.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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thebigbadme.bsky.social
Ratatouille, but it's a parasite in the eyeball of a surgeon.
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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astrokatie.com
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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vxundergroundre.bsky.social
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege has been compromised (again). Social media is filled with players complaining about being banned for "67 days", a reference to the "Six Seven" meme.
January 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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mrfox.bsky.social
Tweet: all music is in 4/4 if u stop trying to count it like a dumb nerd
January 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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zap.zapistan.net
A training still that says “Rule # 1: Do not become part of a circuit”
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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pylos.co
New Campaign Ribbon just dropped
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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theonion.com
CIA Orchestrates Coup D’État To Replace Entire Population Of Venezuela theonion.com/cia-orchestr...
CIA Orchestrates Coup D’État To Replace Entire Population Of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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adam35.bsky.social
did we beat fentanyl
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM