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Lesley Carhart 
I’m sorry, but I’m not going to be able to host #pancakescon this year and I’m going to have to cut off mentoring after currently registered appointments. I hope I’m somewhere safe and stable to resume them in the future. All SANS classes, clinics, and announced talks are on through April. I will not be making any cons beside those in the foreseeable future.
There was this eerie moment driving home from work late last night where turning into my neighborhood I passed a convoy of slow rolling Trump flag vehicles with very conspicuously armed passengers. I slept on my dad’s floor last night. I know exactly what their point was.
GeorgeK@hacks4pancakes after Brexit here in the UK the nasties came forward and there was a sizeable increase in hate crime. I feel for you.
@georgek they have AR-15s here
Jurjen Heeck 🍋@hacks4pancakes @georgek 😱 Such a scary country in a lot more than one way 😟
Fabrice Roux 
@georgek @hacks4pancakes I keep forgetting that we are on the timeline where Sandy Hook didn’t move the needle.
*sends hugs from southern France*
@hacks4pancakes I know, every other week there is a story on the news about it. unless only a handful of people being killed, in which case it's just BAU, hence not newsworthy.
spv@hacks4pancakes this reads like a horror movie, jesus
CarmenSD11235@hacks4pancakes please stay safe. The world can not lose you. I'm sorry this country is so full of crap humans if you can call them human. 😢
kaateeh 
@hacks4pancakes That must have been terrifying. I'm so heartbroken this is the reality. I'm so sorry.
Magnesium@hacks4pancakes when I was walking through Toronto Union Station I saw someone that looked like you at first glance, but then realized it wasn't you... Hopefully one day it will be
Wendy Nather@hacks4pancakes This is why I refused to watch Civil War when it came out.
Mobile Suit Golem@wendynather @hacks4pancakes that film was also devoid of any meaningful analysis or attempt to base its events in anything close to reality, so you are not missing out.
Nonya Bidniss 
@hacks4pancakes Jeebus. A vision of our future.
Ed Weadon@hacks4pancakes jesus Lesley, that’s…fucking horrifying
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
Vickie Gray 🍁@hacks4pancakes I hope you find a safe place soon.
Sean Gallagher @hacks4pancakes Come to Maryland. We have...I dunno, pancakes?
@thepacketrat I’m sitting in Live…
@hacks4pancakes oh.
Where was the armed Trump Train? Anne Arundel?
@thepacketrat I flew here this morning…
@hacks4pancakes glad to have you here. Holler at me if you need anything, please.
@thepacketrat 100 hugs
@hacks4pancakes can accomodate that request.
Rob R 🏴@hacks4pancakes stay safe, the US sounds scary right now
Peter̶S̶t̶a̶y̶ ̶s̶a̶f̶e̶ ̶
Do what you can.
We're IRL strangers & I gather you could kick my ass, but if some bizarre twist of fate gives you the impression I can help in some way - don't think twice.
JF 
@hacks4pancakes this is difficult to imagine this and comprehend how this is even possible.
Take care
@jfparis I’m sorry. I fought as hard as I could.
@hacks4pancakes
No grief from me
No grief from me
Óscar Vargas@hacks4pancakes I'm sorry. I hope you will be ok.
Скобиформ 
🇪🇺@hacks4pancakes Stay safe and keep trusting your senses. 
Tobias Geyer@hacks4pancakes I'm so sorry and I hope that you will stay as safe as possible
vpz@hacks4pancakes You probably won’t see this, but I’ve followed you for a long time because we both work cyber in critical infrastructure. Anyway, the story you are telling is chilling. Retired military, martial arts instructor, gun owner, and profession incident handler - and yet cannot feel safe in their country! It makes me mad, sad, and afraid all at the same time. I welcomed COVID into the global picture drinking scotch in Perth after a trip to some large OT sites. I hope you can make a new home in Australia. I really do. I’m sorry for your loses.
@vpz it’s not so much not feeling like I can’t defend myself from attack. It’s that my legal rights are going to be demolished and our society is going to lose stuff like medical care and environmental protections, food safety, weather services. That’s harder to get around unless you’re off grid. And I don’t want to be gaslit into thinking what they do to vulnerable people is okay.
@hacks4pancakes Yes, yes. That is my point. Someone who is eminently qualified to defend is having to make these difficult decisions. That is the rub.
@vpz I’ve held a lot of very talented, smart, tough people sobbing in bathrooms and hallways over the last 48 hours.
@hacks4pancakes it’s heartbreaking. Thank you again for sharing. Your story helps make it real. Real consequences. I’m tired so not very eloquent. It’s helping us grieve.
DJGummikuh@hacks4pancakes I hope you get to safety soon!!!!!
🦋 Ben West - 🐒🌻
nicole schwartz amazonv@hacks4pancakes everyone should understand, and if they don't they are awful
@hacks4pancakes take care of yourself and thank you for all you've done.
𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩@hacks4pancakes So sorry. Be safe.
Martin Hamilton@hacks4pancakes Stay safe, and thanks for everything you've been doing 
BTW pikeletscon has a nice ring to it 
https://aussiehomecook.com/pikelets/
Tindra@hacks4pancakes I hope you find a safe place to land 💔
@hacks4pancakes Leslie, stay safe. Take care of yourself.
Theodore Peterson@hacks4pancakes I look forward to your talk at ISF World Congress. 
@Shhted thank you. I’ll be there, but it’s going to be a little scary. Don’t tell anyone please. I’ll give a good talk.
@hacks4pancakes Chatham House rules, I’m an ally. Quiet support in your audience. 🫶🏻
@Shhted that means the universe
Konstantin Weddige@hacks4pancakes stay safe! The world is a scary place right now.
Calicoday 
@hacks4pancakes Just woke and saw the news. I'm so sorry, dearheart. I have nothing to offer but best wishes (I'd offer a floor to sleep on if I had one). And thanks for your generous posts -- I've gained a great deal of context and tactical hope from you. 🍀 ✊ 🥰
rthonpm@hacks4pancakes Disappointing as you've helped a lot of people but your personal safety and well-being need to be your first priority.
Mathias@hacks4pancakes Thank you for all you have been doing for the community. Now is a time that you need to take care of yourself.
Metacurity@hacks4pancakes I hope you find yourself someplace stable soon.
Stephen K 🔑☢️⚛️🇺🇦 @hacks4pancakes I am afraid too, I don't know where this is going but nowhere good is my guess.
Scott Francis@hacks4pancakes *hugs* you do so much for the community; please take care of yourself and know you have so much love and support out there
AnneH@hacks4pancakes Stay safe. Try not to leave a trail if McCarthyism is returning.
Steve "Looking for Work" Pordon (he/him/his)@hacks4pancakes you're apologizing because you're you, but you don't need to apologize. Safety first, always. 💔
coderipper@hacks4pancakes It is a dark day and I am gutted for you. Please stay safe wherever you go. <3
Danny Palmer@hacks4pancakes Thinking of you, Lesley. I'm so sorry. Obviously got an outsider view here, but i'm struggling to understand why this has happened. Again. :/