Notices by spiegelmama (spiegelmama@infosec.exchange)

Ah, my disability case was closed two weeks ago. Tomorrow's tasks, if I can handle two, will be to call my primary care to see if they got the paperwork and to call a disability lawyer. You know. Just in case.

I don't want to be disabled! I want to work! I'd love to be able to stay upright more than half an hour at a time. I'd love to have the ability to remember important tasks. I'd love to be able to speak an entire sentence without gasping for breath. I'd love to be able to see properly, and maybe even read without fighting floaters and defocusing eyes. I'd like the hallucinations to stop. I'd really love to find out what this crap is, and ideally that it's not killing me.

But instead, I have all this crap, and I have to convince the city of LA I'm not running an unauthorized business (?!?), and I have to figure out what's going on with the jury duty I missed during convalescence, and I have to gather documents for 2024 taxes, and I have to manage my medical treatments, and I have to try to get my family's papers in order. My brain works for as much as 3 hours a day, and as little as 20 minutes. That's not much time to get things done, especially if that good brain time overlaps bad body time.

@selzero I have to say, if that's what it takes to get these dipshits out of power, I'll toast the king with warm beer. For up to 5 years, after which they can bugger off back across the sea. With our most sincere thanks.

@georgepenney I love the workers eating ice cream together when they're off the clock. Work friends are sometimes real friends. ❤️

@Jaden3 So glad you found a home here! You're a positive, enthusiastic presence that I enjoy having as an online neighbor. Happy fediversary!

@grrrr_shark I figured. I just always think of the egg kits with mention of any of the as-a-service services. 😁

@grrrr_shark Fundamentally, dyeing tablets and a clear wax crayon to create decorations.

Americans will use anything except the metric system.

I love how sincere people are over here, but sometimes it's a detriment to fun. Case in point: a very successful shitpost.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Aphelion/114017951303070637

Hahaha, this is going well for now. https://mementomori.social/@Omega_Scribet/113987175716085174

Can you assholes please stop obeying in advance? In California, of all places? FFS. #StopFascism #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-05/hold-california-attorney-general-warns-l-a-hospital

Welp. I think I said we'd be fine unless a canyon near us caught fire. Guess what happened. We're not under evacuation order yet, but we're 9 blocks outside the area. Woke up the kid, and now we're packing.

@Edmonds_Scanner I needed this, honestly.

Hanging out with my sweet boy. #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfInfoSec #Nibbler

Hey all, I know this is a tough time of year, but my friend Elizabeth is having an especially bad holiday season. Her boyfriend just broke up with her, leaving her to find a place to live and a car *by Christmas*. Can you believe that nonsense? This is not a fundraiser to break that guy's kneecaps, just to help a nurse and mother to get back on her feet after a terrible time. Shares are quite welcome. https://gofund.me/65de7de2

@littlemiao

People keep saying things like "shop local" and "support small businesses", and while I agree in general, I live in an area full of small businesses that sell '90s vintage bands shirts for $400. I can't really support that, financially or morally.

My little cinnamon buns being the sweetest pastries on the block. #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfInfoSec #Caturday #TheLadyCatherine #TheLadyCatherineAndNibbler #Nibbler

So that thing that put me in the hospital last month, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, is apparently quite rare: 2 people in 100,000. It makes myasthenia gravis look positively pedestrian at around 34 people in 100,000. #IIH #MG #Zebra

Hey, my first byline since disability leave is up at Dark Reading! It's about the hiring gap in cybersecurity and where it comes from. Big thanks to @Xavier and @hexamander for helping me with the research. It ended up being pretty involved, but with help from my boss, it found focus. #DarkReading #journalism #TheEdge #HiringGap #JobMarket #SelfPromotion https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/hiring-gap-not-talent-gap