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Sean Gallagher
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Birb stalker. Cat tree. Cyber Threat Researcher. Recovering cyber and natsec reporter. Meme war and US Navy veteran.

@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
…the impact of institutional racism in local government, where even in an African-American majority city neighborhoods in poverty were over policed, red-lined, and had multigenerational unemployment over 20%.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There has been zero evolutionary change in cats since they domesticated themselves.
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How cats became domesticated:
They trained humans to feed them.
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I came out of the Navy in 1990 “radicalized” by the inequity I saw in the service and the institutional racism of the Navy. I was thoroughly disillusioned about the role of government and moved to a city with a built-in school-to-prison pipeline. I saw
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
She called me up this morning (or had the front desk do it) “Come get me, I want out” .

They made the mistake of serving her eggs for breakfast.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Goddamnit.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
*cathalla stupid autocorrect
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Today was the day. He went off to Carhalla laying on my lap. Home vet visit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dan, I’m so sorry.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fortunately I have this guy as backup.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I was so sorry about Nigel. 💔
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM