Erin L Ptáček

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Today didn't go exactly as I'd planned but it's turned out to be a good day nonetheless.

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Famed Russian spy hunter Christo Grozev claimed on this podcast four months ago that North Korea hacked the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and passed the info to Russia, which in exchange divulged access to Bangladesh Bank. 🤔 #infosec Passage at 13m 31s:
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Not everyone has the privilege of advocating for themselves. If you have spare political capital, consider redistributing your wealth.

I know it's a ways out but the next ChiSec is 20 Nov at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St). Last one of 2025 and we'll resume in January. Hope to see all y'all's adorabobble faces. <3

Maybe in my next life I will learn to keep my !@$@#! mouth shut. Seems to late for this one.

We have a small dog who likes to run in between our feet when we're in the kitchen, hoping to benefit from the fruits of our labor. Lately, I have been pondering her earning potential as a middle manager.

welp, i just got the best birthday present of my life.

work is where you go to solve a problem and you find another problem that you have to solve first and then you find another problem you have to solve before that one and you keep pushing those problems onto your stack and oops turns out your stack is a ring buffer.

A blanket being crocheted in the the foreground and the opening of Inglorious Basterds on the television set. Ignore the cabling.

This is one of the things I do with my work frustration. (Ignore the cabling, it's a WIP)

I want you to have health care. I want you to have an education. Because when I have those things, I feel safer. I want you to feel safe, too. So this is what I vote for.

Missed Kickstarter idea: masks with snack pockets.

The actual work I do is how I refresh from dealing with the political bullshit that keeps me from doing the actual work I am supposed to do.

Dear Random Stranger Who Turned My Favorite Coat In To Lost&Found At SJC: you are a diety amongst mortals. May the rest of your life be peaceful and prosperous and full of the approbation that you fully deserve.

Sigh. Late in making today's post because job.

ChiSec is TONIGHT. We will be at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St, Chicago). I should be there some time around 18:30. If you beat me there, grab a table or get bar service.

Otherwise look for a very exhausted, wizened bobo.

ChiSec is THIS THURSDAY. 23 October at Kaiser Tiger (1415 W Randolph St). 18:30 +/- some organic number of minutes.

Vintage vibe image of a pensive sasquatch smoking and staring into the distance with a caption that reads, "Another day without having inverted a binary tree at my job"

I feel rather loved today. It's good to have friends.

Sigh. Up until a year ago, I had fully weaned myself off reddit. Then I got accused of "quiet-quitting on reddit." This alarmed me, so I checked to see if my account had been hacked. And now it's a full @#%@# year later and I'm still trying to break the habit.

i made this at 2am

Good thing you're not dead yet.

I don't have any problem saying no. Y'all just have a problem listening.

It really does have a pointy end, doesn't it?

So in other words you're capable of self-reflection and growth?

My Big Five test results.

"You are sometimes cooperative but also prioritize your own needs and boundaries." Gee... could it be maybe that I've encountered well more than my fair share of untrustworthy people? Could be...

I'm old enough now that it is time to admit I will be an angry little hornet until the day I die.

and it's only tuesday...

Insights into Sexism: Male Status and Performance Moderates Female-Directed Hostile and Amicable Behaviour Gender inequality and sexist behaviour is prevalent in almost all workplaces and rampant in online environments. Although there is much research dedicated to understanding sexist behaviour, we have al...

Huh. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

burnout is like some sort of tympanic reflex but for your soul