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Phil Hagen

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DFIR, security, networking, all things tech, OneWheel, Radinn, travel, LEGO, and probably a whole lot more in small and sporadic bits. (Squirrel!) Fierce and unapologetic ally. He/him/his.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · Nov 17

Here is a starter pack of SANS Instructors for all kinds of good infosec stuff.

I’m still collecting more names and will update this list as updated as possible.

go.bsky.app/Q7Sh3W1

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 3h

Relevant: bsky.app/profile/theo...

I thought this was an excellent capture of why I’ve come to a similar feeling.

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 16h

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 3h

This is a perfect statement on why AI “art” is bullshit. It’s not art, it’s pretending to play a song by pressing the tempo button on a cheap keyboard (musical).

Bravo, @theoatmeal.bsky.social. Well done.

Also, Rat Butt.

🇵🇹 snipe, lixo tóxico ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ @snipe.lol · 4h

THIS. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 5h

I guess I haven't clearly articulated this in writing, but friends do not let friends without substantive IT work experience and/or a credible IT degree take cybersecurity career bootcamps in 2025.

They are up to no good. Shenanigans. Malfeasance. They are not a safe way to get a job.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 4h

Maybe so, but I’m sure there’s a risk/cost calculation to be made

Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 10h

Also: I’m not sure the vegetarian options but this is, hands down, the BEST Thai I’ve ever had: maps.apple/p/quw-Z7wMvS...

Krua Thai classics

View details about Krua Thai classics in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Apple Maps. Address, driving directions, images, nearby attractions and more.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 10h

My fave pub in Amsterdam: Gollem, near Vondelpark. maps.apple/p/n1UV..H1h8...

Gollem's Proeflokaal

View details about Gollem's Proeflokaal in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Apple Maps. Address, driving directions, images, nearby attractions and more.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 11h

100% agree. Athletes will not be safe here. Any assurances from this administration are garbage and should be dismissed as such.

Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 1d

YES!!!

And all athletes should refuse to play in the US and against the US
we should be treated as the international pariahs that we have become

Agree??

#nokings
#nopedophiles
#nofascists

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 11h

Th deep dish squad has arrived in Chicago. Hide the pizzas. Hide the hotdogs. Protect the Italian beef at all costs.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

What are these out-of-shape guys going to do?

Landscaping or picking up trash?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 18h

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 15h

Wait who’s the chud that keeps rambling on about “central casting” again?!

Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 16h

I wish I could get there!!! Working late Thursday and Friday though :/

That said, have an amazing time!!!

Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 1d

This is ridiculous. @tsa.gov needs to stop fearmongering like this and stick to 100mL bottle measurements.
“Juice jacking” is an a theoretical boogeyman attack vector. Show me a real world threat actor using this technique in the wild or be quiet. I won’t hold my breath.

www.bgr.com/1984918/tsa-...

TSA Is Warning iPhone Users To Stop Using This Dangerous Setting - BGR

iPhone users should change this setting concerning accessories on their device, as it could be what prevents hackers from launching a cyberattack on them.

www.bgr.com

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 1d

This is likely a term you’ve heard but if you haven’t read its definition, you should.

This is exactly what’s happening, but from elected officials.

Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 1d

Amman and Meloy (2024) define the term "stochastic terrorism" in terms of targeted speech that increases the general probability of violence against an outgroup.

A key element is the messengers' plausible deniability of inciting violence.

doi.org/10.1080/0954...

As a practical matter stochastic terrorism is an interactive process between a public speaker who may be a charismatic leader, one or more amplifying forces such as a media platform, and one or more
ultimate receivers. The originator speaks out publicly and with hostility toward a selected outgroup or individual in order to advance a political or social goal. An unknown receiver takes it in and churns out anger, contempt or disgust, often mirroring the speaker’s hostility and combining it with his own fear and anxiety stoked by the speech; such negative emotions may be intentionally aroused by the speaker to prove the need for his leadership and generate feelings of imminent threat posed by the target of his rhetoric that will personally impact the persecuted receiver. The speaker may overtly declare the target to be a threat, or “joke” about violent solutions to the shared problem represented by the target; violence is never explicitly suggested and plausible deniability remains intact. Social and news mass media outlets wittingly or unwittingly spread and amplify the message and its themes.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Digital disinformation will be the norm, not the exception.

Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 1d

Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

‘Send Them Off’ The Planet: Jane Goodall Criticized Musk And Trump In Netflix Interview Before Her Death

The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

www.forbes.com

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 1d

I can just HEAR the incoherent muttering about not being allowed to east 35 applesauce packets for dinner or some other bullshit.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 1d

This is exactly what a toddler’s storm-off tantrum looks like

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1d

After Columbia canceled my course on race and media, and Washington Poat fired me for speaking about race and violence,

I’m teaching about race and media anyway!

@resistanceschool.bsky.social fall session on Race, Media and International Affairs starts tonight!

600+ signups.

We move!! ✊🏾

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 1d

You beat me to it!

Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 2d

“Whose vm is this?”

“That’s a docker, baby.”

“Whose docker is this?”

“Zed’s”

“Who’s Zed?”

“Zed’s dead, baby, Zed’s dead.”

~butch$ sudo docker kill zeds_container

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 2d

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

A frog just defeated ICE. Somewhere Pepe is crying.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

As a retired journalism professor, I believe every newsroom in America must now develop Civil War Protocols: how it will conduct the profession of journalism when Donald Trump declares martial law and systematically ends our democracy. If your newsroom isn't prepared for this, it's rank malpractice.

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 2d

Milo Rambaldi predicted all of this.

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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 2d

Nice!!