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I’m learning OSINT through CTFs and field exercises. No certs, no title — just doing the work, following trails, and building my voice. Want to be around signal and not hype.
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/txrattler.bsky.social
Bloghttps://medium.com/@txrattler

I started a YouTube channel for a side project.

Original stories read by a real human. Like and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/@Rooksdarktales

🎙️ Original stories
🌲 Appalachian & Southern Gothic tones
🔥 Campfire crackles, wind in the trees
👁️ Perfect for headphones, night walks, and liminal hours

New stories posted regularly.
Light the lantern. Mind the woods.

#Folklore #ASMR #Storytelling #DarkTales #GothicAudio #NarrativePodcast #MythicFiction #FediFolk #IndieCreator #sleep #stories

Before you continue to YouTube

This is the same person?!

I signed up for the US Cyber Games.

Not a coder.
Not a netsec pro.
Just a solo OSINT learner trying to level up.

I hit a wall — fast.
XOR, stego, packet captures. Not my arena.

So I stepped back.

Not a ragequit. A redirect.
This wasn't a failure — it was clarity.

I'm here for footprints, metadata, pivots, and pattern recognition.

If you're on the same road, you're not alone.
You're not broken — you're forging a different weapon. ⚔️

— TXRattler

#OSINT #CyberGames #CTF #Infosec #LearningInPublic #CyberSecurity #SoloLearner #PivotNotQuit #CTFReflections #MastodonOSINT #TraceLabs #DigitalForensics

https://medium.com/@txrattler/i-signed-up-for-the-cyber-games-im-not-a-coder-here-s-what-i-learned-e2a1916d0e23

I Signed Up for the Cyber Games. I’m Not a Coder. Here’s What I Learned

Everything I’ve done in OSINT so far has been solo. No class. No teammates. Just me, the internet, and a gnawing need to get better. I came in with pivot tools, geolocation tricks, and image analysis…

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My drum and bass DEF CON 32 live set is finally out on my YT channel for you to enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cet7dqEPkU
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Miss Jackalope Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/MissJackalope

DEF CON Music: https://www.youtube.com/@DEFCONMusicOfficial

DEF CON Music Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/defconorg_entertainment

@defcon @Defcon_Music @dcparrot #defcon #defcon33

https://medium.com/@txrattler/dont-call-it-training-if-you-ve-hidden-the-keys-92d157219869

Grinding CTFs lately. Here's the truth:

If I'm trying to get into cyber to make a living, the keys shouldn't be hidden.

CTFs aren't training—they're filtering. No hints, no structure, just “guess what I’m thinking.”

That’s not teaching. That’s gatekeeping.

#CTF #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Hacking #OSINT #Gatekeeping #CyberJustice #TXRattlerWrites

Don’t Call It Training If You’ve Hidden the Keys - TxRattler - Medium

I’ve been grinding through CTFs lately — Capture the Flag challenges, for the uninitiated. They’re supposed to be fun, educational, even career-launching if you get good enough. But I’m starting to…

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I've never been afraid to work, but I'm DONE working for dudes/companies like this.

🎯 The field is digital, but the hunt is old.

I joined the Cyber Games. First-timer, eyes up.
No team, no fanfare—just me and the signal.

#CyberCTF #OSINT #SignalNotNoise #TXRattler

If Joe Biden posted something like this Hannity would be roused from his sleep to anchor special coverage. But Trump posts apeshit conspiracy theories and the mainstream press yawns. His craziness has been completely normalized.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DKV6OHysw0-
Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads

Trump repost on Truth Social: “There is no #JoeBiden - executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. >#Democrats dont know the difference.”

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Are you interested in helping out to make a Network.framework SSL backend for #curl?

The Secure Transport one is going away and this could be a new way to use the native Apple system.

But code does not write itself. There is an embryo started, but it needs love.

https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/17506

lib: add Network.framework SSL backend by conradev · Pull Request #17506 · curl/curl

Hi everyone! I started working on a Network.framework backend for curl a bit ago. I had a few motivations for writing this: Wanting to use curl with system SSL without compiling anything on iOS/wa...

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