Our friends at EFF have coordinated a letter signed (thus far) by 41 cybersecurity professionals (including me) condemning the administration's unwarranted and dangerous attacks against Chris Krebs.

https://www.eff.org/document/chris-krebs-support-letter-april-28-2025

If you think ‘not funding CVE is crazy, this should be a major news story!’ - just know, it won’t be, and almost every profession in the US is going through the same journey.

From scientists to public health to weather to everything else.. essential services people rely on, sometimes which are the difference between life and death, are being defunded. Every profession thinks their situation is unique. It sadly isn’t. We’re in the vibe based bonfire endgame.

Today is a great day to be a visible trans/non-binary ally. You don’t need to be loud to be visible.

Remember the Kevin Bacon game? We’re all a lot more connected than we think.

Your actions with employees, colleagues, family, friends, and neighbors all matter. Not just directly, but in a six degrees of separation way.

On this International Day of Trans Visibility, what we need is for allies to be visible.

Here are some ways you can be a visible ally:

* Remember the underground railway? Strategically places stickers, signs, buttons all can show you are an ally. Since more bigots don’tn recognize an ally flag, you can use those. You don’t need to paint a trans flag on the front of your house, but it’s an option!
* Practice “echoing” language. Don’t want to share pronouns? That’s fine. But why do you need to know others? Try echoing the language they use. If someone says, “my kid is in college”, say “what college are they at?”…. if you say, “do you have any kids?” and they say “yes, one.”.. Say, “where are they now?”. … if they mention their partner, try “what does your partner do?”.
* If you “mess up” pronouns, correct yourself and move on.
* Talk amongst yourselves. Discussing trans and non-binary issues among small groups of friends is a positive way to influence others and to help grow allies. The more connected people feel to the queer community, the more allies there will be.
* Groups like PFLAG have regular ally and education sessions virtually across the country where you and your friends can learn allyship. This is a good resource. learningaboutrans.com.
* Boost posts about allyship and actions to support the community.

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