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Ian Campbell @neurovagrant.bsky.social · 6h

Length of dwell time involved in F5 means that this extends to places that were no longer customers by August 2025 but had been, to be clear.

If I *had been* an F5 custie for, say, within two years of August 2025, I would be activating IR just as concerned as if I was still a customer through Aug.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 5h

The Model M keyboard team must have worked on those.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 5h

Tiering access is like asset inventory, it's the boring nitty-gritty unsexy work that actually helps to protect your environment.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 6h

My first laptop had a NiCad battery, like a car. Absurdly heavy.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 6h

I have absolutely no use for this and still kind of want one.

www.amazon.com/GPD-Included...

Amazon.com : GPD Pocket 3 Mini Laptop with Included Stylus, Gold 7505 CPU, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1920x1200p Touch Screen; Windows 11, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Modular Handheld PC : Electro...

www.amazon.com

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 6h

Maps like this are four pages before the Second Civil War in my future grandchildren's textbooks.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 6h

The Toshiba Portege was the absolute height of 1990s sophistication.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 6h

Kids these days won't believe it, but it used to be that if you wanted a laptop computer that weighed less than a boat anchor they called it a "subnotebook" and charged an extra thousand dollars.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 23h

No, no, when Westerners go to another country and bum around and refuse to learn the language we call them "ex-pats", it's a totally different thing.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 23h

Package deal, buy a BIG IP get an Ivanti VPN concentrator free.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds fun, enjoy! Glad to hear they're back up and running.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 1d

If you're ever out in Cheektowaga check out Al Qimma in the Airport Plaza, their food is unreal.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 1d

You need to remember, these aren't very bright guys and things got out of hand.

Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen that there are people out there who can arrange their bookshelves in tasteful, minimalist, aesthetically pleasing ways, but I am just not one of them. Mine look like I went to a university's going-out-of-business sale and bought the lot.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

These were elite-tier Halloween candy, definitely remember snagging a few from my kids' trick-or-treat haul.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine a world where a single Democratic politician said anything nearly as offensive about, say, Mississippi, as the average GOP Congressman talking about American cities.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

We had to retire "what was your childhood phone number" as a password reset question at an old gig because so many of our younger employees had no idea.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

REMINDER: This month's Infosec 716 meetup is tomorrow night, and is a hybrid event -- we'll be live on Discord as usual, but also meeting in person at the Bit Haven hacker space in the Tri Main Building. Come hang out with the local hacker community!

www.meetup.com/infosec-716/...

Infosec 716 October Meetup, Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

NOTE: Rather than being a purely virtual event as we usually have, **this month's meetup will be a hybrid event**. It will still be broadcast on the Infosec 716 Discord ser

www.meetup.com

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

The Canadian Passport

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 3d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

"Look at our young, energetic candidate! Why, she's barely old enough to start withdrawing from a 401k account!"

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

Burning three first round picks for EJ Manuel and Glass Feet Watkins. Just brutal stuff.

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Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

Can't pick up the Bills game on the antenna tonight and I'm kind of okay with that.

Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 2d

That's the amazing thing, you third rate reality show castoff, people are willing to hate you for free and spend their own money to make sure you know it.

Matthew Gracie @infosecgoon.bsky.social · 3d

Our local fast food taco chain pays that much.

Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 3d

Yea the salaries I’m seeing for SOC are -grim-. I saw someone post 40k today, after all that education

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