Sean Gallagher

@thepacketrat
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Principal Threat Researcher at Sophos. Former IT and National Security Editor and now occasional contributor @ Ars Technica.
Birder, potter, cat furniture, Baltimorean. 
Also @thepacketrat and @thepacketrat.
Twitter profilehttps://twitter.com/thepacketrat
Bloghttps://fancybearfriends.org
Work contenthttps://news.sophos.com
Ars bio and contenthttps://arstechnica.com/author/sean-gallagher/

So I am trying out BlueSky these days, which is reachable in the Fediverse via brid.gy -- you can follow that account at @thepacketrat.net

I use this account mostly to reply to people on mastodon.social to be polite.

And Yet It Moves

Thoughts The Day After

The Popehat Report
We are in this situation because some of us treat democracy as a responsibility and study for the test we call elections, and yet the people who just vote based on vibes and never study and those who skip the test completely outnumber us.
List of things to do: Pick some organizations that can help people who will be hurt the most by the upcoming regime. Join them. Volunteer. Get/ stay fit both in body and mind. Find small pockets of joy to sustain life. Stay networked. Stay agile. Stay alert.
General quarters, general quarters.
Sean Gallagher (@thepacketrat.net)

favorite veterans, continued: https://media.tenor.com/-YOk8aAqZacAAAAC/sherman-dank-deal-w-ith-it.gif?hh=498&ww=392

Bluesky Social
Bluebird assures me this water is safe to drink. For bluebirds.
Flight ops
Eastern Bluebird: charismatic much?
fuck it I’m dropping a 0day