Notices by Wendy Nather (wendynather@infosec.exchange)

Woke up this morning
Wrote myself a keynote 🎶

I’m now at the point where I hate most UIs and would rather use natural language to ask for things. The problem is, I can’t trust the results, because #AI.

My kids give me the best presents

Dear friends and colleagues,

I'm delighted to announce that as of February 26, I will be joining @1password as their Senior Research Initiatives Director, reporting to the incomparable @gattaca. As I get ready to contribute whatever I can to their great mission, I want to thank all of you who have been so supportive during this period of transition; it means the world to me, and I won't forget it.

I also won't be forgetting those who are still caught up in the appalling layoffs that are still going on all over the industry. I got lucky, but there's still more work to do for our community. Please join me in reaching out to your connections to check on them, just as you have for me. In the end, all we have is one another.

One Password to Rule Them All!

Only 20 more years until I get to be Maude, which means my Harold is being born right about now 🥲

“Harold and Maude” is the best Valentine’s Day movie. I will brook no argument on this whatsoever.

The DARPA cap was gifted to me by the original owner. The “eerie joy,” however, is mine. #AI #WTF

#BrainRadio

Herbie Hancock - Safiatou (featuring Angélique Kidjo and Santana)

https://youtu.be/FG5CvhVnw6A

#Caturday Sage is showing off his loooong legs

#BrainRadio

Udokotela Shange Namajaha - Awungilobolele

https://youtu.be/WRPCMOu1G5A

Welcome @snopes: the hero we need in these lying times

@hacks4pancakes Mine too. Do you suppose it’s because we’re both in leather? 😁

@hacks4pancakes Lesley neglected to mention their astounding #fashion sense, as well as their #friendship, which makes the world better.

@jeffowski I cried at this one. Thank you.

Question: I was thinking of recording myself reading this story out loud, but I’m worried about the sound of me turning pages. Short of typing it all in, or trying to scan and/or OCR it, does anyone have any suggestions on software that would make it easy to filter out background noise and would be straightforward for publishing it online? I don’t listen to podcasts or audiobooks so I don’t know what’s out there.

(checking in with @pluralistic because anti-DRM)

Spending today reading my dad’s science fiction short stories, most of which I didn’t know existed until I inherited the document box. This one (first page shown) I knew, as it was the only one he let me read.

My dad, R. E. Nather, was an English major who became a nuclear physicist, wrote one of the first Fortran compilers, and then turned his hand to astronomy, pioneering the area of high-speed photometry. All of this shows up in his writing.

NOTE: this was before such things as word processors, as you can tell. The paper is so old that some of the initial o’s from the typewriter have holes in them now. Go ahead and gawk, kiddos.

#BrainRadio

Depeche Mode - Where’s the Revolution

https://youtu.be/jsCR05oKROA

@futurebird @davep Terroir. It ain’t just for wine.

This served as a reminder to delete as many apps as I possibly could. Thanks Apple. And by “Thanks,” I mean

@vxo @jasonkoebler @slothrop “Insufferable spunk trumpet” has triggered so many chef’s kisses