Mastodawn

I'm not salty or anything, and I don't live in America anymore - but I absolutely checked a couple major cybersecurity events with rotating venues because surely by now in 2026, they must have moved to places safe for women and trans attendees, surely, surely, surely,

nah of course not

doidydoidy 16h ago

In this year of 2026 if you absolutely have to run your mobile, international event in America - and you choose to run it in Texas, Tennessee, or Florida, that is certainly a choice that reflects which of your members or employees you see as human.

Just looking out.

Draken BlackKnight 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes
It should make people glad @hopeconf managed to stay in NYC.

@draken @hopeconf very

@hacks4pancakes The United States decided to become untenable. That isn't your fault.

@hacks4pancakes do they see any as human?
Brought to you by many planning meetings at work talking about "assigning a resource to work on the task".

@viq @hacks4pancakes yep that bit of routine dehumanisation makes me see red...

Ignazio Palmisano 1d ago

@viq @hacks4pancakes oh the resource lingo grates on my nerves fiercely

notanowl 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes indiana feels like it also does a lot christo nationalist stanning

@hacks4pancakes 100% agree. The thing is, especially now that ice is patrolling airports, it’s not even safe to travel out of the US for folks whose ancestors didn’t arrive via the Mayflower. Just going to an airport puts you at risk. It’s simply not a good time for conferences if you’re traveling into/out of/around the US.

@leathekd no, there's no good airport in the us right now

DeeAnn Little 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes and some employers here in Europe are *still* sending people to the U.S. for conferences or remote (remote being the U.S.) site visits. @leathekd

zaicurity 1d ago

@chillicampari @hacks4pancakes @leathekd $employer offered me to visit Defcon&Blackhat this year. While I really appreciate the gesture it’s a hard no from me.

Kid Mania 1d ago

@leathekd @hacks4pancakes
☠️ 🇺🇸 ☠️
#doomed

Henrik Pauli 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes Though running an international event anywhere in the USA is also a case of "certainly a choice"

Mark 🇨🇦💪1d ago

@hacks4pancakes I do my best to avoid any conferences in America where possible. And if I do go, I always have my passport with me in case "papers please." Nice place, great people. The best people. Freedom like you've never seen before. (edit: and I'm not even a targeted demo, so I can only imagine the anxiety and fear of someone who is part of a marginalized group) FFS people, have your conferences in a proper country like Canada.

Brian Repko 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes posit::conf comes to mind here - boycotting this year

@hacks4pancakes You should add Kansas to that list with their bullshit anti-trans license laws.

@XenoPhage there are like 22 fairly, just picked popular ones

Interpipes 💙1d ago

@hacks4pancakes I guess at least there's some honesty finally and everyone can see them for who they are. Nobody should now be in any doubt about the fact that previously, at best, they were merely pretending to care about the marginalised-and-otherwise-at-risk.

🏴🏳‍⚧🏴‍☠1d ago

@hacks4pancakes

IMO, anyone having a "cyber security" event in those places is just having a "fascism back door" event

Hannah (With a snake problem 🐍)1d ago

@hacks4pancakes Cue the "But we've always done event xyz in loction abc!" people coming out of the woods...

reasoneddiscrse 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes Almost every tech event I'm invited to in my field is in Florida, except one that was in Louisiana...

Michael Richardson 1d ago

@hacks4pancakes I would like this in the form of a meme and/or T-shirt and/or post-card I can send.

@hacks4pancakes name names