It would be really super if today were visa day. It’s overdue and I know it probably won’t be but it would just make my tiny universe and give me just a tiny bit more hope. Whomever the nice bureaucrat who is reviewing cases today, I hope they have a really good coffee and a fabulous breakfast. I 🫥
Trying to imagine being a few months pregnant and being told I have to go to a conference in a state where they have let women die if they have a complication that may become fatal.
Like, we all know people even in cybersecurity are horrible at threat modeling but we are now talking about real, trauma-causing and life impacting threats that are realistic for short term visitors who are LGBT or pregnant. It’s not just a risk locals face. It’s one Karen reporting or one ER visit.
When Florida can report and arrest trans people for just going to the bathroom, and they can now also forcibly detransition people in prison by refusing their meds and shaving their heads, and the industry is still ✨⭐️conference at Epcot✨⭐️!
I don’t know who needs to hear this or comprehend it still, but most if not all billionaires don’t care if the economy crashes. They have so much money and power they can be safe as a bug in a rug. They can then take advantage of a collapsed economy and suffering society to force even more workers into defacto slavery.
I’m not starting over in a new country with nothing. I’m starting new game plus. I keep all my attributes and skills, but have no money and no stuff. Also the game is on hard mode.
If you ever want to do some challenging and enlightening cybersecurity work, go work for one of the big, self-regulating vice industries with a lot of money. Casinos. Porn websites. Online betting. You might have a hell of a lot of ethical quandaries, but you won't ever be bored. The house usually wins. They have a lot of old and new mechanisms to protect their interests and monitor their clientele.
I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.Director of Incident Response at Dragos, ICS cybersecurity person, @pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs.Gin connoisseur. Hamster parent. Some dipshit from Chicago.I post very serious things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own. 'they/them' 🏳️🌈 :nonbinaryflag: :asexualflag: