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   Lesley Carhart :unverified: (hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 12:07:39 JST Lesley Carhart :unverified:

   Physical passed. That was it. I’m coming to Australia, once my classes are done and I sell my house.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 12:12:02 JST Rich Felker

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     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes We need to stop having security conferences in America. Put them somewhere visa neutral and that doesn't politicize people's existence, where anyone with a passport can safely attend.

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     N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com (n3tn3rd@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 12:12:05 JST N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

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     @hacks4pancakes congratulations Lesley. Once you’re settled will you still make it to security conference in America?

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 18:27:13 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     @dalias
     Oh man, if only a country like that existed.
     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 18:27:13 JST Rich Felker

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     • Eleanor Saitta
     • N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes I've actually been thinking Nepal would be a lovely place for conferences. Visa on arrival for all but 12 countries' passports and stateless travel document holders, and for those 12 arranging visa with good reason for travel probably isn't overly difficult.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 18:30:16 JST Rich Felker

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     • Eleanor Saitta
     • N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes And unlike most places where US gets preferential treatment, child visas are free for everyone *but* US citizens. 😂

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 19:39:43 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     • Rich Felker
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     @dalias
     I have bad news for you about the availability of conference facilities in hotels (there are some! At least a half dozen credible options as long as you're under 1k people and can book the whole hotel! Let's move RSA there!)
     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 19:39:43 JST Rich Felker

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     • Eleanor Saitta
     • N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes Yeah, really I wish demand for conference facilities would grow based on visa justice & safety for participants, rewarding countries that do a good job.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 20:31:28 JST Rich Felker

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     • Eleanor Saitta
     • N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes 🤷 well I'm all for not having large in-person confs, but if we're gonna have them, they shouldn't be in the US or other places with exclusionary visitor visa policies. Or places where being queer or such will get you arrested or killed.

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 20:31:29 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     @dalias
     I mean, it's also wildly insane from a climate perspective to fly the entire security community to Nepal? We shouldn't be flying nearly as much as it is — doing it much much more is an unserious suggestion.
     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 19:36:07 JST Rich Felker

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     • Eleanor Saitta
     • N3tN3rd 🥅🤓| Find Me At netnerdnetwork.com

     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes I don't have any illusions that everything is wonderful there for queer folks, but there are both nominal legal recognition of rights and norms of not meddling in private lives & affairs of visitors. Along with visa situation, IMO, this puts the country at a pretty optimal point for being fair in who can attend an event there.

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 19:36:08 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     @dalias
     Yeah, I have bad news for you about the reality of queer rights in Nepal. The rhetoric is good and the tourist experience is ok, and that's about as far as it goes.
     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:09:32 JST Rich Felker

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     @dymaxion @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes I'm not aware of the particular things you're talking about and whether these killings are by the state or failure of the state to protect people. Admittedly my knowledge of the country comes mostly from a number of friends from & who've lived there and my own experiences visiting several times.

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:09:33 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     @dalias
     Idk, I have pretty strong feelings about not inviting queer folks to have a nice time in a country that kills queer folks, even if the folks one invites are gonna be safe themselves. It's pretty colonialist, if you're going there for that reason.
     @n3tn3rd @hacks4pancakes