I know this is EXTRAORDINARILY BAD TIMING but I am writing it to pin to my profiles.

So, I do a lot of stuff. I work in critical infrastructure. I volunteer operate career clinics. I teach and speak on the topics. I have not tooled my life to become wealthy by any means - I try to do ethical and interesting stuff.

Leaving X two years ago really hit my ability to be able to reach audiences. The hard fact is, I use the money I make on side gigs like commercial speaking to be able to do community stuff and run a free conference.

49/50 people reading this are not the target of this message. If you happen to be a security leader in an organization that hires speakers for security awareness, security education, or niche cybersecurity events - you can hire me! It's an important part of my ability to do more outreach, especially now with a massive and costly move.

If you are looking for a speaker in the next year, I have a easy to work with agent at https://www.leadingauthorities.com/speakers/lesley-carhart

My commercial prices are negotiable. I do not charge for community speaking. I cannot currently speak commercially in Australia and I am personally eating the cost of travel to the US for engagements.

Plenty of examples of my talks in bio and on YouTube!

Speaker: Lesley Carhart, Cybersecurity expert and Director of Incident Response at Dragos | LAI

Lesley Carhart is a Principal Industrial Incident Responder at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, Inc.

@hacks4pancakes Would it help if someone else posted to X for you? I'm happy to, if you'd like.
@InfoSecSherpa IDK if it would really help, being I no longer have an audience there and it's heavily trolls. Use your best judgement.
@hacks4pancakes OK. I'll think it over. I don't want to do anything to incite trolls.
@hacks4pancakes A friend asked about this very thing literally this week. Forwarded. 👍
@hacks4pancakes I'm sorry leaving X has hit so hard. Your reach here is great (e.g. you're high on the list of accounts shown to new users), I hope your audience grows to a healthy size again!

@hacks4pancakes I would love to have you at https://phreaknic.info this year but sadly our budget is $0:(

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@NotLarry I’m sorry but unless I’m able to make some extra money I won’t be able to fly to the us for a while for cons.
@hacks4pancakes No worries. It is tough these days.

@hacks4pancakes I just love how most of infosec  were the early adopters who made this migration practical for so many more, then the majority of them just fucked off back to the stylized swastika site as soon as nobody was looking.

Thank you for being one of the ones who stuck with it long term, and sorry that's been so difficult for your livelihood.

@dalias @hacks4pancakes I bailed when Elon bought it and never looked back.
@dalias @hacks4pancakes Also thank you for that article listing accounts to follow. It made the transition easier. Anyone who either stayed on or went back to a site that blocked a competitor by categorizing its links as malware has no respect for InfoSec.
@guitarfosec @hacks4pancakes What remains of Infosec Twitter is all clowns who want to get hired by the Russian mafia.
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Can you please give me a link on that article about infosec accounts here?
@dalias @hacks4pancakes
Infosec Mastodon Lists!

Hi pals! I hear you like lists as folks migrate over to Mastodon. Here are some I will keep relatively updated you may find useful, just to track people down! If you want me to remove you for some …

Lesley Carhart's Cybersecurity Blog

@hacks4pancakes maybe 49/50 people can’t hire you, but some of those people know you can.

Question: are you allowed to be earning money while physically in Oz if the money comes from another country? If so, I see a potential increase in speaking to audiences via Zoom or a better video platform; cheaper than airfare. Your words and insights are what people value, and you don’t need to be physically present to provide that. Yes, they may pay less, but your costs are lower too.

@hacks4pancakes If you haven't already, considering using brid.gy to bridge your posts to Bluesky.

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