evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
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Press and cyber vendors looking for content - somebody hire Danny, this is a ridic layoff.
https://infosec.exchange/@dannyjpalmer/114026803953351033
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After almost two years in the role, I recently received the unfortunate news that my job as Head of Editorial for [well-known cybersecurity] company is being eliminated because of corporate realignment.
I'm really sad and still in shock tbh. And I also need to find another job now in order to pay to keep a roof over my head, I guess?
Not really sure what the future holds but before I was in the job I'm now no longer have, I was a cybersecurity journalist for many, many years at ZDNet ( a role which was also taken out from under me when the whole senior editorial team was eliminated by new owners... who went onto sell the site at a big loss) so hopefully I'm still remembered from that.
(Google doesn't remember me though, my knowledge panel isn't a thing anymore)
I know I'm rambling now, but yeah - editorial, content, writing, journalism, that's my thing. Hopefully someone out there in the tech/cyber space needs that? Please. 🥺
Additional: something that's already proving tricky is that I'm in the UK, when it feels like the job market in this space is not great at all.
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A little moment of tickle joy in the hope it serves as a timeline cleanse for those that need it.
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You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.
We don't want to be on any list.
And now the US Gov and Musk are trying to get access to all data they have about every person and put them into a big fat DB and run AI over it.
I am afraid what they will do with that.
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"Regex is how I imagine eldritch horrors work.
You look at it and it makes no sense and it's scary.
As you stare, for a split second there is understanding. The universe expands before your eyes, reality unraveling.
Then the madness sets in."
- me, earlier today
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@foone Jump-Scare?
heavily used in ROTT, Wolfenstein and Doom
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Musk and his cyber-terrorists are now moving into IRS records. If they get away with this, that's pretty much the ballgame, folks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/
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I continue to report on the urgent cybersecurity and privacy issues resulting from DOGE access across the government. If you know something our readers should be aware of, please reach out to me on Signal at joemenn.01. Thank you.
@jonty whereabouts are you geographically, and how many pages.
midlands-with-printer-but-not-laser
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Winter is waning
The featherfolk are flocking
Spring will be here soon
@mattround good roasties there :)
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Every Tesla we saw on our walk to dinner last night had a similar message. This is North London.
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US government struggles to rehire nuclear arsenal staff it fired days ago https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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since we're renaming oceans to silly things, the North Atlantic Ocean is now the Gulf of Dingle.
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BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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The amount of love and support from the fedi pouring into my notifications tonight is very much appreciated. I don't take it for granted, and I appreciate you all. 🫂
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
