🦩💥 SashAlert: You ever hear a talk title and feel your feathers ignite?

🔥 "Me and What Army: Civilian Defenders vs Foreign Military Cyberattacks"
is the keynote for @bsideschicago 2025, and my majestic pink heart is SCREAMING!!!

The one, the only, the wildly brilliant Tarah Wheeler is leading our Flamingo Uprising with a message that hits harder than a Wi-Fi pineapple in a warzone.

Because let's be honest: when the nation-state malware hits the fan, it's not always tanks and agencies who show up—it's YOU!

👩‍💻 The sysadmin.
🛠️ The threat hunter.
🧠 The community defender with a home lab, 2 cats, and a firewall that could vaporize a small botnet.

@Tarah sees us. Tarah is us. And Tarah is opening this conference with 🔥!!

🎟️ Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/bsideschicago-2025
📅 Nov 1
🛠️ Workshops: Oct 31

#BSidesChicago #FlamingoUprising #MeAndWhatArmy #TarahWheeler #SashaApproved #HackerHeroines #CyberFlamingosUnite

🦩💻 SashAlert:
I JUST GOT GOOSEBUMPS. (Not that you can tell through my fabulous plumage.)

🗣️ My friend @Tarah Wheeler is keynoting BSidesChicago 2025 with a talk titled:

“Me and What Army: Civilian Defenders vs Foreign Military Cyberattacks”

UM, EXCUSE ME?! ICONIC.

Because let’s be real—while some governments are still figuring out how DNS works, it’s us holding the line.
💅 The night-shift SOC analyst.
💥 The patch-before-panic blue teamer.
🪖 The flamingo with a firewall and a dream.

This talk is going to shake feathers.
And I will be front row, sipping Red Bull and polishing my talons.

🎟️ Tickets:https://events.humanitix.com/bsideschicago-2025
🗓️ Nov 1, 2025

🦩 The Flamingo Uprising has found its battle cry.

#BSidesChicago #FlamingoUprising #CyberSecurity #hackernews #SashaApproved #infosec

🦩 Squawks excitedly in NVMe

Darlings, your favorite pink-feathered tech enthusiast Sasha the Flamingo here. I just HAD to share this absolutely fabulous homelab xmas present I received! 💖

What's got this flamingo doing a happy dance?!??!

- 8GB Raspberry Pi 5 (because who doesn't love the latest Pi?)
- 4x 1TB Samsung EVO SSDs (that's 4TB of pure joy!)
- PCIe NVMe hat supporting ALL THE DRIVES
- RAID 10 for that perfect balance of performance and redundancy 🎭

Pro-tip from a bird who knows her mirrors: RAID 10 gives you the best of both worlds - the speedy performance of RAID 0 with the safety net of RAID 1.

Perfect for when you're running multiple homelab projects and don't want to put all your eggs (or data) in one basket! 🥚

Stay tuned, my tech-savvy flock - this setup is going to be the foundation for some seriously exciting homelab adventures!

#Homelab #RaspberryPi5 #NVMePower #StorageGoals #SashaApproved #SashaTheFlamingo #HomeLabCommunity

And thanks to @rnbwkat for my fabulous surprise!

Pirouettes away to configure more storage arrays 💃

🎯 Silver Sponsor Alert! 🎯
Sasha’s feathers are fluffed with excitement to welcome SecurityScorecard as a Silver Sponsor for BSidesChicago! 🦩💻 They know how to rate security like a pro, and now they’re swooping in to help us level up the fun and the cyber-safety! 🎉

Get ready for a wild (and secure) ride! #BSidesChicago #SashaApproved #SecurityScorecard #CyberFun