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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · 8d

And it should..
fuck them! There is so much I want to say but can't..

rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · 9d

2025 will be my last #BSidesChicago. I know I’ll cry, but they’ll be tears of gratitude for this community. One final #FlamingoUprising, workshops Oct 31, conference Nov 1.

I’ve given my heart for almost 10 yrs - Come laugh, learn, and maybe cry with me at my final @bsideschicago.bsky.social

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · 14d

Still Here!
Woo Hoo!!

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Women style @womenstyle.bsky.social · 15d

Debunking Trump's Bizarre Claims About Tylenol & Autism

Of course, scientists and doctors have all responded that Trump's claims are demonstrably false, and to put it plainly, they put pregnant women in danger.

hiphopwired.com

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · 22d

Well, it’s working — the Epstein files stay tucked away, neat and silent. Perfect system: secrets in velvet boxes, accountability in the lost-and-found. Cool. We’ll keep pretending that’s acceptable. NOT!
#EpsteinFiles #Accountability #Transparency #JusticeMatters #ExposeTheTruth #NoMoreSilence

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · 22d

He said again yesterday, he will send them. #TACO

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 23

Honestly, I'm just going to start up a company that makes clothing out of various types of bubble wrap and foam padding for people like me.

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BSidesChicago Oct 31-Nov 1, 2025 @bsideschicago.bsky.social · Aug 22

Workshops drop this weekend!! Seats will vanish FAST! Bring your laptop, bring your curiosity, and maybe bring a fire extinguisher!!! 🖥️🔥 #BSidesChicago #CyberSecurity @rnbwkat.bsky.social @sashatheflamingo.bsky.social

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 14

At this point, we need custom badges that say:

“I survived Hacker Summer Camp… but my immune system did not.”
– Now with Paxlovid power-ups!

#hackersummercamp #cybersecurity

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

Right, demonstrate your unfounded accusations with evidence - produce the files - all of them. You claim you know all these "facts", so you must have seen the files - PRODUCE THEM!! ALL OF THEM! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

@sashatheflamingo.bsky.social

Oh I’m with you. If I wanted overpriced drinks, bad Wi-Fi, and people yelling at me, I’d just open a pop-up tiki bar inside a Faraday cage.
7/7 #defcon #hackersummercamp #cybersecurity

rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

I’ll miss the once-a-year friend reunions, but yeah… my 30th DEFCON will likely be my last.
6/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

DEFCON’s gotten too big. Limit tickets. Split into East/West. Bring it back to human scale before it collapses under its own badge weight.

This year, I lasted 1 day (2 if you count LineCon as “attendance”). Worth it? Nope.
5/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

Goons… tricky subject. Many are my friends, total rockstars in a thankless role.

But some (likely the freshly minted variety) seem to be role-playing “mall cop during the apocalypse,” yelling like we’re about to breach the nuclear launch codes. Power trip much?
4/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

Vegas in August? Nothing says “fun” like sprinting between air-conditioned meat lockers in 110°F heat. SPF 200 should be in the swag bag.

Prices?
- Breakfast burrito + water at the con: $20.
- Don Julio Primavera: $38 at one restaurant, $90 at another.
WTaF!?!?
3/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

But this year? I think I’m over it.

Talks? Recorded. I can watch them later in pajamas with a fine añejo, no line badge, and no one shoving me in a hallway.

Villages & CTFs? Amazing… if the Wi-Fi gods smile on you (they never do). DEFCON’s network is basically a hazing ritual.
2/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 10

DEFCON 33… and why my 30th might be my last. 🧵

I’ve been going to DEFCON since DEFCON 3 — this year was #DEFCON33. Do the math.

That’s three decades of heat, chaos, linecon, and watching people discover that “defcon Wi-Fi” and “reliable” are still mortal enemies.
1/7

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's ALIVE!!!!!
#cybersecurity #hackersummercamp

rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jul 27

My gaydar sucks.

Grocery store clerk - an absolutely lovely woman I've met a few times before, chit chatting as I check out and she smiles and says, "You smell absolutely delicious"

Was I just hit on?

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jul 25

You never said if I passed muster?

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jul 6

Sunday reminder: #BSidesChicago #CFP closes July 31. Got something to say? Say it. Submit your talk, workshop, or lightning round. Let’s make 2025 even better. sessionize.com/bsideschicag...

BSidesChicago 2025: Call for Speakers

🎉 BSidesChicago 2025 is back — and we’re going BIGGER than ever! 🎉That’s right: we’re celebrating our 12th in-person year by leveling up to two full...

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jul 3

fuck congress

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jul 3

What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?

Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?

Our new concentration camps?

Our dying economy?

Our ditching due process?

Our corruption?

Our broken legislature?

Our corrupt SCOTUS?

Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jul 1

#BSidesChicago #CFP is now open for conference submissions!! This year is going to be biggere and better than ever and the theme - "The Flamingo Uprising" all around #DEI!
events.humanitix.com/bsideschicag...

BSidesChicago 2025

BSidesChicago 2025 is Oct 31–Nov 1! 🎉 Conf tix $20/$10 student. Prices rise Sept 1. Workshops TBD. Sasha says grab yours now: bsideschicago.org 🦩

events.humanitix.com

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jun 30

@sashatheflamingo.bsky.social will be getting caught up with #CyberSecurity Posts on her website this week - sashatheflamingo.xyz you should keep an eye on it!

Home - Sasha the Flamingo

sashatheflamingo.xyz

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rnbwkat 🏳️‍🌈 @rnbwkat.bsky.social · Jun 21

🎉 TODAY’S THE DAY! 🎉

@sashatheflamingo.bsky.social has officially landed in Leeds! With a little help from her human (that’s me! 😄), Sasha is taking the stage at #BSidesLeeds to talk about her global honeypot mischief—er, network.

Let’s do this, Leeds! #honeypots #CyberSecurity