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mdfranz

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Recovering SecOps Director (currently a Cloud Security Engineer) with no delusions of ever becoming a CISO Ex-Mandiant, Cisco, Ping (Identity not golf), Tenable, and Gemalto.

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

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@Daojoan Why I put that shit in NotebookLM so you don't have to watch them.

@jerry@infosec.exchange avatar jerry , to random

Well friends, it finally happened. A VPN provider finally reached out to wag some money in my face to promote their service here. It seems a bit alarming that running a VPN service is apparently so profitable that providers are able to spend all this money on advertising (seems like half of podcasts have VPN sponsors and the other half are sponsored by square space)

I still own guardllama.io so maybe I need to set up my own VPN service under that name 😂

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@jerry I had never heard of Mullvad before the DC metro.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

No NAT November.

Can you go the complete month without using NAT (Network Address Translation)?

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@nixCraft wow, lol.

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social avatar indivisibleteam , to random

This isn’t about Jimmy Kimmel, it’s about whether free speech and democracy survive. And the American people will make it clear: We won’t be silenced.

Matthew Gertz on Twitter: “People need to be honest that distributors were fleeing his show because the FCC chair publicly threatened their licenses if they didn't. The FCC chair IS a state actor, not a private actor. Tell the truth.”
Aaron Fritschner on Twitter: “Carr is now acting like he didn't directly threaten to pull their license if they did not comply with the demands of the Trump Administration, a thing he did in full public view”
This You? on Twitter: (A screenshot of Brendan Carr’s tweet from February 14, 2019: “Should the government censor speech it doesn't like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the "public interest."”)

This You? on Twitter: (A screenshot of Brendan Carr’s tweet from February 14, 2019: “Should the government censor speech it doesn't like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the "public interest."”)
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@indivisibleteam Thank you for being on this place since I dropped Bluesky.

@jerry@infosec.exchange avatar jerry , to random

Hey, at least people can still come here to complain when bsky is down, right?

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@jerry I’m still here!

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Just because you type it REALLY LOUDLY doesn't make shaky logic suddenly sound.🤣

Tweet by Rhys (@RhysSullivan) repeating the phrase "VIBE CODERS ARE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS" eight times in all caps.
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@nixCraft Even software and security engineers aren’t real Engineers. I say this as a history and English major fake Engineer.

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👻 The “Invisible” movement showed up and showed out during this congressional recess!

Thank you for taking action locally to turn up the pressure on the GOP and urge Democrats to fight back. Your organizing is making MAGA nervous. Let’s keep it up: https://indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organize_on_your_home_turf?source=mastodon

Rep. Baumgartner on Twitter: “I want to make it clear that I appreciate Whitworth for hosting the town hall. Certainly the fact that 400 of the tickets went immediately to members of the left-wing group Invisible meant that it wasn’t representative of 5CD in which I won 61% of the vote, but Whitworth was sincerely trying to do the best they could to provide a community forum for good faith community interaction in a challenging situation. 🇺🇸”
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@indivisibleteam “Left Wing” LOL. This Veteran and former Bush-voter (W and his dad) got called a “commie” multiple times at a pro-democracy sign wave event 🤣

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“The last several days we’ve witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal government by Elon Musk and Donald Trump. They have set their sights on a full purge of anyone in government that doesn’t bend the knee and follow their orders.” - Sen. Wyden

video/mp4

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@indivisibleteam but when will the Senate fix it’s voicemail. Was still full yesterday evening.

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

I wonder how many Zoomers will flip into Trumpers when he swoops in to save their favorite app. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346883/tiktok-shutdown-offline-us-ban

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@kevinrothrock enough of them already did to get us where we are now. 😬

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The Senate has advanced a bill that will hand MAGA extremists power to hijack federal immigration policy and target legal immigrants.

And these Democrats helped make it happen.

Did your senator vote to advance the Laken Riley Act to a final vote? Call ASAP and urge them to stop this constitutional crisis (especially if you live in Pennsylvania or Arizona, since Sens. Fetterman and Gallego cosponsored the bill): https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-democratic-senator-vote-no-s-5-laken-riley-act?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

These Senate Democrats just helped the GOP advance one of the most dangerous immigration bills in recent memory: Mark Kelly (AZ) Ruben Gallego (AZ) Jon Ossoff (GA) Gary Peters (MI) Elissa Slotkin (MI) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH)| John Fetterman (PA) Mark Warner (VA) If your senators are on this list, give them a call and tell them to find their spines.
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@indivisibleteam Nope. Not MD.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/americans-are-living-longer-but-most-of-the-extra-time-is-spent-being-sick/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The system is working as designed.

@indivisibleteam@mastodon.social avatar indivisibleteam , to random

Our new guide for resisting Trump's agenda is here.

Eight years ago, we wrote the Indivisible Guide to organizing locally to pressure Congress and block the Trump agenda. Now, we’re offering our best advice on how everyday people can organize to stop Trump 2.0: http://indivisible.org/guide

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@indivisibleteam I joined tonight! Great job! 👏