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Amy Renee

@amyengineer

All things networking & security. Sharer of knowledge, purveyor of puns, curator of amusement. Wielder of snark & sparkly bats. @amyengineer@infosec.exchange @amyengineer on the Twitters

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Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

10.03.2026 11:07 👍 4122 🔁 1076 💬 44 📌 49
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 👍 26079 🔁 10218 💬 74 📌 200
A digital CAPTCHA verification window titled "Select all squares with PIPES" against a plain white background. The window contains a 3×3 grid of numbered squares, mixing literal hardware, smoking pipes, and programming syntax.

A digital CAPTCHA verification window titled "Select all squares with PIPES" against a plain white background. The window contains a 3×3 grid of numbered squares, mixing literal hardware, smoking pipes, and programming syntax.

These captchas just keep getting harder #rstats

05.03.2026 15:58 👍 619 🔁 142 💬 8 📌 2

Today's meeting schedule

05.03.2026 21:32 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A fluffy black kitten in a shopping basket.

A fluffy black kitten in a shopping basket.

"Get only the essentials."

📸 Aubuchon Hardware

20.02.2026 23:30 👍 504 🔁 94 💬 1 📌 2
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 👍 40987 🔁 10911 💬 309 📌 338

to whom it may concern:

how dare you email me

17.02.2026 16:34 👍 44 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

11.02.2026 19:56 👍 12085 🔁 4186 💬 86 📌 190
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse

09.02.2026 23:11 👍 7013 🔁 3611 💬 35 📌 154
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CYBR.HAK.CON is coming to Plano, TX! I have joined forces with @cybrseccon.bsky.social to start a hacker and practitioner conference in the DFW area.

05.02.2026 19:13 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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05.02.2026 02:27 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

It's 2026, so I now say "If you believe that, I've got a datacenter in space to sell you."

04.02.2026 02:04 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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03.02.2026 23:40 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

"Yeah, we schedule everything using a FAFO algori-"

"You mean FIFO?"

"No, FAFO. You can preempt whatever workloads you want, but we give the owner your exact location and a baseball bat"

02.02.2026 20:25 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Error: entity released

Error: entity released

...horrifying message without context, thank you

02.02.2026 10:42 👍 249 🔁 28 💬 8 📌 0

The sound of dialup screaming was really warning us of what was to come

27.01.2026 14:10 👍 106 🔁 13 💬 5 📌 0
Screencap of a tweet. There's a picture of a boulder blocking a lane on a 2-lane highway.  Tweet from San Miguel Sheriff @SheriffAlert 
Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area.
11:45 AM • Jan 27, 2020

Screencap of a tweet. There's a picture of a boulder blocking a lane on a 2-lane highway. Tweet from San Miguel Sheriff @SheriffAlert Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area. 11:45 AM • Jan 27, 2020

Happy "large boulder the size of a small boulder" day to all who celebrate.

27.01.2026 14:31 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Cloudflare misconfiguration behind recent BGP route leak Cloudflare has shared more details about a recent 25-minute Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route leak affecting IPv6 traffic, which caused measurable congestion, packet loss, and approximately 12 Gbps…

Cloudflare misconfiguration behind recent BGP route leak www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

27.01.2026 08:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me
The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me YouTube video by LegalEagle

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDEA...

Devon's reaction to the video that we have all watched far too many times already is deeply moving.

25.01.2026 21:19 👍 76 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 1

Shakespeare: “The pound of flesh which I demand of him is dearly bought; 'tis mine, and I will have it.”

Me taking notes: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦?

23.01.2026 19:50 👍 170 🔁 55 💬 5 📌 4

Code is liability. AI allows us to create tremendous amounts of liability very quickly

23.01.2026 23:44 👍 882 🔁 176 💬 9 📌 17
Cover art for my upcoming book, The NIST 2.0 Cybersecurity Framework: Practical Risk Management Using Real-World Incidents.

Cover art for my upcoming book, The NIST 2.0 Cybersecurity Framework: Practical Risk Management Using Real-World Incidents.

So, it's really going to happen. My next book to be published by Wiley is slated for release in April.

I have analyzed some high-profile cyber incidents and mapped them to the outcomes in the NIST 2.0 Framework. 1/3

22.01.2026 20:09 👍 38 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
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20.01.2026 15:55 👍 1827 🔁 202 💬 36 📌 16
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This is the cosmic Spaghetti Nebula! This ionized gas is a remnant of a star that exploded 3,000 light-years away! It spans 160 light-years across. Captured in hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue-green), it’s a testament to the universe’s powerful artistry.
#SpaghettiNebula #Supernova #Astrophotography

20.01.2026 23:11 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The image features a fluffy, orange and white cat resting on a surface, looking directly at the viewer with a slightly displeased expression. The cat's fur is voluminous and its ears are perked up. The background is a blurred, neutral tone. Surrounding the cat, there is white text on a black background.

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Have you ever looked at someone and thought shut the hell up. And they weren't even speaking.

The image features a fluffy, orange and white cat resting on a surface, looking directly at the viewer with a slightly displeased expression. The cat's fur is voluminous and its ears are perked up. The background is a blurred, neutral tone. Surrounding the cat, there is white text on a black background. Transcribed Text: Have you ever looked at someone and thought shut the hell up. And they weren't even speaking.

Thursday

08.01.2026 09:25 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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@offthemarkparisi.bsky.social

05.01.2026 23:19 👍 394 🔁 52 💬 7 📌 2
A large gray cat sits on a partially-closed shoebox. Another cat’s face pokes out of the open corner of the box.

A large gray cat sits on a partially-closed shoebox. Another cat’s face pokes out of the open corner of the box.

Not enough has been written about Schrödinger’s assistant, Otto.

03.01.2026 14:20 👍 1080 🔁 204 💬 16 📌 2
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One of the reasons we insist on everyone submitting a ticket...

02.01.2026 23:00 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Lego flowers in a vase.

Lego flowers in a vase.

Holiday Lego project looks fabulous.

Flowers I can’t kill definitely an added bonus. 🌿🌸

01.01.2026 23:26 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0