I'm at CrowdStrike Fal.con this week and every time I walk past the big statues of threat actors I think about how @gayint@infosec.exchange should be in charge of naming things instead.
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Juliet Merida, Dum Tran Elf 🏳️⚧️ 
@julie@merida.hair
sharkey 2025.4.7
A weirdo mum who may be a forest princess and/or woodland elf. #RollerDerby dork, #Cybersecurity professional, theme park fan, beginner archer, #Pathfinder nerd, #Elfkin #Otherkin, #HamRadio operator (KE8URJ). My middle name is Merida and I've made it everyone's problem and my entire personality. Usually a girl, sometimes a Ditto.
Genocide is bad, trans kids need protected, billionaires need taxed, Black lives matter even if you think they don't.
Formerly @robotfactory@tech.lgbt@merida.hair
#DMR 3191220
User pic: An animated gif of Princess Merida blowing her hair out of her face
Profile banner: "Can you believe this is OHIO?" from a 2000s Cedar Point ad
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Woodland Elf:
Yes
I wish I was a real girl.
I finally got my invitation!
Is your kid trans? Join my new Signal group for parents of trans kids!
It's intended to be a place where supportive parents of trans kids can find support and community. So please stop on by if it sounds like something you could use.
Please boost! 
https://signal.group/#CjQKIEK_hXnwLaOe_MwL0ttr2zpdNfQorZyhD6zG5RbGiXKwEhDL4F0ftZIJZcIy05I_vzf9
#Trans #TransKids
https://signal.group/#CjQKIEK_hXnwLaOe_MwL0ttr2zpdNfQorZyhD6zG5RbGiXKwEhDL4F0ftZIJZcIy05I_vzf9
#Trans #TransKids
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@ra6bit@infosec.exchange I know that if I lose my current job I'm fucked. It's been difficult to find a job where I'm truly accepted, but now it'll just be difficult to find a job period. Either this has to be my forever job or I have to change careers.
I'm doing two "black shirt" activities today! I was a roller derby official this morning and I'll be on stage crew for a musical this evening.
I like to facilitate other people doing fun shit apparently.
Working on a show reminds me that while I like musicals I love theater.
#CommunityTheater
This is a photo of a "sir" apparently.
It's always "bad gateway" and never "good girl."
Hey trans friends, do any of you have any experience using locker rooms/showers at Planet Fitness? I know their policy states that we can use the appropriate facilities, but how's that go in practice?
[Please don't turn this into a "Planet Fitness sucks, go to a real gym" thread. I pay like $10 a month and my expectations align with that.]
So with Bitwarden showing their whole ass and enshittifying, what are y'all going to do for password management?
I had to renew my roller derby insurance today (Yes we have derby-specific insurance) which means I've been back at derby for a whole year after my 10 year break.
Going back to derby was one of the best things I've ever done for myself. Despite having some big setbacks, it's helped me build confidence, gain a little fitness, meet people, and find a little bit of queer community.
A++, would recommend #RollerDerby
#RoseCityRollers #WreckersFuckYeah
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I finally caught the chicken last night! I hope the audience didn't hear me cheer.
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@cR0w@infosec.exchange I disagree. The first step is "use the bathroom."
Phew, parenting a middle schooler is rough.
Calling myself a mom feels like stolen valor. But I'm certainly not a dad, so what the fuck am I?
I'm so sore. Derby practice kicked my ass last night. Absolutely worth it, as always.
#RollerDerby
Tilly describes a lot of pretty awful stuff in this essay about being trans online. If you want to know what trans women experience just existing on the internet and how gross it is, give it a read. It'll be eye opening.
I'm fortunate in that I have never received this kind of unwanted attention and I'm hopeful it stays that way. But at the same time, it makes me feel like there's something wrong with me because I don't get the unwanted attention...
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/tillybridges/statuses/116483292817801647
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@hannah@posts.rat.pictures Is that my dad? Because it doesn't look very supportive.
I washed my #RollerDerby pads after accidentally leaving them wet and closed up in my derby bag for almost a week. They were pretty ripe.
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I had to increase my Backblaze download cap for this post. I hope you all enjoy it.
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange Start a fork of Logstash called Snackstash that routes your snacks for you.
Fallout 76 needs more Expeditions. Might I suggest Columbus, Cincinnati, or Cleveland? They've already got Pittsburgh so it makes sense, especially with the more recent expansion across the river into Ohio.
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@thomholwerda@exquisite.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange Ages ago I saw something like this for Ebay and thought it was a fun idea.
The only thing with AliExpress is... you're going to get sex stuff.
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@hewasaseidrbxy@kind.social Yes, please do!
Welp, my z-offset is fucked again. Cool.
#3dPrinting
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@Unixbigot@aus.social I thought this was pretty public knowledge for at least ... Forever.
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@riley@toot.cat I can boymode any time I go into the office for $50k a month. I can buy so much estrogen with that money.
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Someone needs to take Procreate away from me.
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@subm3rge@infosec.exchange Sounds like you need to get to the root cause of things like resource sharing/stealing rather than simply going authoritarian on your users.
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@TonyaMarie@chaosfem.tw My CIO at work has actually adopted "stay fresh, cheese bags" believe it or not.
Pretty sure I just heard someone order chicken "less rare than medium rare."
I really wanna play some Fallout: New Vegas.
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@Lyainna@mastodon.social Okay, but I'm the tech kind of Thespian. I don't go on stage anymore.
The best tool in your corporate #InformationSecurity toolbox is empathy for your users.
I will die on this hill.
#Cybersecurity
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Stage Manager says she'll "probably use [me] as Assistant Stage Manager," which I read as "You're ASM unless someone gives me a good reason to look for someone else."
So, uh, I guess I gotta buckle up and get ready to make a ton of spreadsheets.
#CommunityTheater
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If literally any of you fine folks were here to go with me, I'd be perfectly chill about this.
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@riley@toot.cat I think it's like the Brotherhood of Steel, even the sisters are brothers. It's cool, I still get cashmoney.
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@Rainmaker1973@zpravobot.news Corvids are soooooo smart.
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange Anthropic will sign a BAA for certain enterprise plans, but I doubt they have a mechanism to get a BAA in place for this kind of data sharing. What a mess.
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I did it! I used the bathroom in public!
Damn, the bar is so low.
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@XenoPhage@infosec.exchange I have no idea what the diff is, honestly. A blouse is ... More feminine maybe? You could cop out and just call it a "top," lol.