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SummerCon 2025 is July 11-12. We are the official bsky account for SummerCon, America's Oldest Hacker Conference. Tip your bartender. https://summercon.org
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Paternity confirmed; this is a top-tier dad joke.
Maury Povich, mouthing the words next to him: "YOU ARE THE FATHER"
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The Pre-registration pre-party kicks off tonight at 7pm at Canal Bar and goes late—real late. They’ve got their chalkboard ready and beers on ice. See you there! 🍻 #scon2025 #TipYourBartender
Canal Bar's iconic chalkboard, side one: "Tip your bartender or we'll publish your passwords! Welcome Summercon 2025!" Canal Bar iconic chalkboard side two: "$ sudo get drunk Welcome Summercon 2015!!!"
July 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A brief reminder: Summercon is for mature audiences only.

We're loading into Littlefield, excited for all the Summerconnery on tap!
A cyan glowing neon sign with the Summercon brandmark and the words "ADULTS ONLY" atop a black velvet curtain.
July 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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We spend billions on cyber capabilities. But the tools don’t matter if the doctrine fails. Winnona Bernsen explores how policy, process, and politics can sabotage cyber readiness—before an attack even starts. 
www.summercon.org/presentation...
We're in a global cyber war. it won't be lost on a terminal. It'll be lost in a SCIF -- buried under org charts, bad doctrine, and bureaucratic drift. Learn what we can still do from: Winnona Bernsen CRASH (EXPLOIT) AND BURN: HOW TO LOSE A CYBER WAR IN 10 PROCUREMENT CYCLES [SUMMERCON HORIZONTAL LOGO, JULY 11-12 BROOKLYN, NY]
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Members of the credentialed press -- you can send your requests for conference access to [email protected].

Our new Media Guidelines for Credentialed Press are live:
Respect privacy. Confirm consent. Drink a beer.

www.summercon.org/summercon-20...
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Less than four weeks!

We can always use a few more volunteers for all aspects of Summercon, even at our lockpick village at Lucky 13 (with our gratitude to www.lockpickextreme.com for their gracious support)!

Volunteer now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

summercon.org/volunteer/
A cartoon in a color-limited palette (beiges, reds, and dark blues) depicting a smiling brunette woman with red highlights, wearing a red Summercon volunteer shirt, standing at a table in the Locksport Station area of Summercon. The table has training locks and lockpicks on it. She is holding a transparent training lock and placing a lockpick in the hand of a person who is just off to the left of the image -- we can only see their left hand reaching for the pick.
June 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are designed to manage and govern physical infrastructure assets in a decentralized manner.

And it sounds promising... but there’s a problem.
www.summercon.org/presentation...
DePIN was meant to decentralize infrastructure. Instead, it's repeating every mistake from IoT with more nodes, more money, and fewer defenses. Learn more from: Guanxin Wen CRACKING DEPIN: DECENTRALIZED DEVICES, CENTRALIZED DISASTERS [Summercon Horizontal Logo]
June 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Everyone worries about reading from world-open S3 buckets.

Caleb Gross asked: what about when you can write to them?

And then: what if you built a distributed, fault-tolerant storage array out of them?

www.summercon.org/presentation...
Everyone worries about reading from S3 buckets? What if you could write to them? And then: what if you built a distributed, fault-tolerant storage array out of them? Learn how from: Caleb Gross PARASITIC STORAGE: BUILDING RAID ON EXPOSED S3 BUCKETS [SUMMERCON HORIZONTAL LOGO]
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Memorial Day Weekend. Fleet Week in NYC. The Jolt is ice-cold. The troops are caffeinated.

Some say the Cola Wars ended in ’91. But those of us who lived through Operation Sundevil know better.

Summercon: America’s oldest hacker conference. Est. 1987.
A vintage-style propaganda poster features a solemn sailor in glasses holding a can of Jolt Cola. The text on the can reads: “The soft drink of the elite hacker.” Behind him waves a distressed American flag, and to his side is a pixelated outline of a computer terminal. Bold text across the top and bottom reads: “NEVER FORGET — THE COLA WARS — SUMMERCON 2025” The image evokes a parody of patriotic military remembrance, with reverent nods to 1990s hacker culture and Memorial Day motifs.
May 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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The CFP is closed, the reviews are done, and notifications—both acceptances and regrets—are out. Thanks to everyone who submitted—the depth and creativity on display made this year’s decisions especially tough.

Sam the CFP Eagle will see you in Brooklyn. 🦅
Sam the CFP Eagle, a stern bald eagle wearing gold-rimmed glasses, clutches a clipboard labeled ‘CFP REVIEW – SUMMERCON 2025’ while eyeing a towering stack of anonymous paper proposals. USA - USA - USA
May 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Summercon 2025 needs you.
Volunteer. Earn your way in. Rock the red shirt.

“Service Guarantees Admission.”
→ summercon.org/volunteer
📧 [email protected]
A vintage-style propaganda poster promoting volunteerism at Summercon. The illustration features a diverse group of four volunteers in bold red "SUMMERCON" shirts, each mid-action: scanning badges, coiling cables, taking notes on a clipboard, and managing audio equipment. The background is a warm beige with red rays and angular design elements. Large, bold text reads “WE DO OUR PART” at the top and “SERVICE GUARANTEES ADMISSION” at the bottom, evoking a heroic, collaborative tone. Includes the link https://summercon.org/volunteer
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Every time we try to check the Summercon Schwab account, we get this BSOD.
A Windows 11-style Blue Screen of Death, that looks like this: :( Your 401k ran into retaliatory tariffs and is plummeting in value. 13% loss in three days For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit https://summercon.org/stopcode If you call a support person, give them this info: Stop Code: CRITICAL TARIFF 0xFEE12025
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Summercon investing advice: when you hit terminal velocity, you can't feel yourself falling.
Picture of a bearded skydiver, clad in black, floating gently to the ground on a parachute that says "SUMMERCON" on it. Text reads: "Tariffs got your 401k in freefall? Don't worry. We've been in freefall since '87."
April 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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As part of this year’s SummerConvicts series, we’re pleased to announce Martin Shkreli will join our panel: "Jailbreaking... Literally: A Practical Guide." Sponsored by Wu-Tang Clan.

Attendees will receive a complimentary unreleased album (burned onto a rewritable CD-R).
An image of a grinning Martin Shkreli, captioned "As part of this year's SummerConvicts series, we're please to announce @MartinShkreli will join our panel: 'Jailbreaking... Literally: A Practical Guide" Sponsored by @WuTangClan The @-handles in this image are the result of this being cross-posted to the social platform formerly known as Twitter.
April 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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We also made one that is a little less appropriate to put on the wall of your office, honesty, it's pithier.

Don't be a jerk.
A poster designed in a "wartime propaganda" theme, highlighting the dangers of poorly administrated Signal group chats. In it, a hand holding a mobile device with a Signal chat is juxtaposed with a looming silhouette of a person in a trench coat and fedora, the fedora festooned with a card that says "PRESS" on it. The content of the poster is: SIGNAL GROUPS KILL TROOPS YOUR CIRCLEJERK MIGHT NOT BE SECURE, JERK A MESSAGE FROM THE SUMMERCON MINISTRY OF SECRETS [SUMMERCON LOGO]
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Brevity is the soul of wit. Here's the Signal version of "Loose Lips Sink Ships" we made.
A poster designed in a "wartime propaganda" theme, highlighting the dangers of poorly administrated Signal group chats. In it, a hand holding a mobile device with a Signal chat is juxtaposed with a looming silhouette of a person in a trench coat and fedora, the fedora festooned with a card that says "PRESS" on it. The content of the poster is: SIGNAL GROUPS KILL TROOPS YOUR CIRCLE MIGHT NOT BE SECURE A MESSAGE FROM THE SUMMERCON MINISTRY OF SECRETS [SUMMERCON LOGO]
March 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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An important announcement from the Summercon Ministry of Secrets:

Want things dramatic? Just message @theatlantic.com.
Image description A wartime poster reminding the audience to use good OPSEC discipline, even when using encrypted messages from Signal. The text reads: "ENCRYPTED, SURE- BUT WHO'S IT FOR? THE LEAK'S IN YOUR CIRCLE, NOT IN YOUR SIGNAL." A MESSAGE FROM THE SUMMERCON MINISTRY OF SECRETS The graphic shows a hand holding a mobile device running Signal and a silhouette of a man with a large question mark on his head.
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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218 days until Summercon 2025! Who’s already packed? 🧳 Spotted this Summercon traveler at JFK today—a good reminder to get your travel sorted. See you in Brooklyn July 11-12 (pro tip: show Thursday, leave Sunday!).
Two pieces of black carry-on luggage: one rucksack and one rollaboard, each with Summercon luggage tags.
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Feeling the (Acid) Burn after Summercon? Crash (Override) and relax at our "Hackers" watch party! 🎬 Sat 7/20, 9:30pm at Littlefield. Prizes for dressing as your favorite character; popcorn, a fully-stocked bar, and DJ to follow! Free to the public -- rollerblade by with friends! #HackThePlanet
A production still from Hackers (1995) of four characters rollerblading in the streets of Manhattan. From left to right, it's Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie), Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard), Crash Override (Jonny Lee Miller), and Lord Nikon (Laurence Mason).
July 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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We've gotten some really tremendous presentation proposals for this year's Summercon so far. Reminder: if you want to discuss how you broke the law, maybe check with an attorney first about statutes of limitations.
Submit your RFP here: t.co/uhexKYXTaR
Beavis and Butthead, running a chainsaw while thrashing out to Judas Priest's "Breakin the Law."
May 9, 2024 at 1:06 PM