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  1. I often hear people in tech complaining that the industry is oversaturated and they can't find a job but let's be real about this:

    The entry-level resume pile is oversaturated with people who have a theoretical degree or a paper cert but have never actually touched a terminal, built a home lab, or popped a box. HR departments are flooded with thousands of identical, low-effort applications.

    There is a catastrophic shortage of people who have a deeply ingrained offensive mindset, who understand networking down to the packet level, and who can look at a custom enterprise system and figure out how it fails.

    Regardless of whether you love or hate AI, we are in a high-stakes tech race where our adversaries are operating with zero ethical speed brakes, and Silicon Valley’s response is to gatekeep the very tools that could turn raw tech savvy students into elite defenders at scale.

    You can't even ask AI how to tweak a simple reverse shell without it panicking and saying "I can't help you hack the mAiNfRaMe and destroy the entire grid." As if the feds wouldn't be at some script kiddies door within minutes if they dared touch critical infrastructure or as if enterprise environments don't have robust EDR and network segmentation in place. They really act like APTs are asking AI how to learn ethical hacking, treating a simple Python script that is less than 10 lines of code like a piece of precision-engineered, state-sponsored cyber-weaponry designed to spin centrifuges out of control (Stuxnet 2.0).

    We're really shooting ourselves in the foot. Our adversaries aren't using Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. to learn how to make reverse shells or priv esc exploits for sandboxed CTFs to prepare for the field. They have AI pipelines that don't have guardrails and APTs that are already hacking into our telecom companies, healthcare networks, etc. Who is big tech really helping here? Certainly not us.

    Look, I am not really even the biggest fan of AI (and obviously not a fan of big tech) but if I can crunch 8 hours of learning down into 1 hour, why wouldn't I? I'll still spend the 8 hours learning some new concept without the force multiplier because this is what I am passionate about and what I am studying for but the amount of security theater I see from big tech absolutely gets on my nerves. In fact, I think because I have learned so much about cybersecurity is exactly why it annoys me that much more. Watching a multi-billion dollar AI panic over a 10-line Python socket connection feels like being treated like a child by someone who doesn't even understand basic syntax.

    #givemeabreak

    #securitytheater

    #CorporatePR

    #CorporateNannyFilters

    #bigtech is #shortsighted

    I guess I'll have to just #RTFM so some skript kiddie doesn't cause a catastrophic blackout ... #sarcasm 🙄

  2. I often hear people in tech complaining that the industry is oversaturated and they can't find a job but let's be real about this:

    The entry-level resume pile is oversaturated with people who have a theoretical degree or a paper cert but have never actually touched a terminal, built a home lab, or popped a box. HR departments are flooded with thousands of identical, low-effort applications.

    There is a catastrophic shortage of people who have a deeply ingrained offensive mindset, who understand networking down to the packet level, and who can look at a custom enterprise system and figure out how it fails.

    Regardless of whether you love or hate AI, we are in a high-stakes tech race where our adversaries are operating with zero ethical speed brakes, and Silicon Valley’s response is to gatekeep the very tools that could turn raw tech savvy students into elite defenders at scale.

    You can't even ask AI how to tweak a simple reverse shell without it panicking and saying "I can't help you hack the mAiNfRaMe and destroy the entire grid." As if the feds wouldn't be at some script kiddies door within minutes if they dared touch critical infrastructure or as if enterprise environments don't have robust EDR and network segmentation in place. They really act like APTs are asking AI how to learn ethical hacking, treating a simple Python script that is less than 10 lines of code like a piece of precision-engineered, state-sponsored cyber-weaponry designed to spin centrifuges out of control (Stuxnet 2.0).

    We're really shooting ourselves in the foot. Our adversaries aren't using Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. to learn how to make reverse shells or priv esc exploits for sandboxed CTFs to prepare for the field. They have AI pipelines that don't have guardrails and APTs that are already hacking into our telecom companies, healthcare networks, etc. Who is big tech really helping here? Certainly not us.

    Look, I am not really even the biggest fan of AI (and obviously not a fan of big tech) but if I can crunch 8 hours of learning down into 1 hour, why wouldn't I? I'll still spend the 8 hours learning some new concept without the force multiplier because this is what I am passionate about and what I am studying for but the amount of security theater I see from big tech absolutely gets on my nerves. In fact, I think because I have learned so much about cybersecurity is exactly why it annoys me that much more. Watching a multi-billion dollar AI panic over a 10-line Python socket connection feels like being treated like a child by someone who doesn't even understand basic syntax.

    #givemeabreak

    #securitytheater

    #CorporatePR

    #CorporateNannyFilters

    #bigtech is #shortsighted

    I guess I'll have to just #RTFM so some skript kiddie doesn't cause a catastrophic blackout ... #sarcasm 🙄

  3. I often hear people in tech complaining that the industry is oversaturated and they can't find a job but let's be real about this:

    The entry-level resume pile is oversaturated with people who have a theoretical degree or a paper cert but have never actually touched a terminal, built a home lab, or popped a box. HR departments are flooded with thousands of identical, low-effort applications.

    There is a catastrophic shortage of people who have a deeply ingrained offensive mindset, who understand networking down to the packet level, and who can look at a custom enterprise system and figure out how it fails.

    Regardless of whether you love or hate AI, we are in a high-stakes tech race where our adversaries are operating with zero ethical speed brakes, and Silicon Valley’s response is to gatekeep the very tools that could turn raw tech savvy students into elite defenders at scale.

    You can't even ask AI how to tweak a simple reverse shell without it panicking and saying "I can't help you hack the mAiNfRaMe and destroy the entire grid." As if the feds wouldn't be at some script kiddies door within minutes if they dared touch critical infrastructure or as if enterprise environments don't have robust EDR and network segmentation in place. They really act like APTs are asking AI how to learn ethical hacking, treating a simple Python script that is less than 10 lines of code like a piece of precision-engineered, state-sponsored cyber-weaponry designed to spin centrifuges out of control (Stuxnet 2.0).

    We're really shooting ourselves in the foot. Our adversaries aren't using Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. to learn how to make reverse shells or priv esc exploits for sandboxed CTFs to prepare for the field. They have AI pipelines that don't have guardrails and APTs that are already hacking into our telecom companies, healthcare networks, etc. Who is big tech really helping here? Certainly not us.

    Look, I am not really even the biggest fan of AI (and obviously not a fan of big tech) but if I can crunch 8 hours of learning down into 1 hour, why wouldn't I? I'll still spend the 8 hours learning some new concept without the force multiplier because this is what I am passionate about and what I am studying for but the amount of security theater I see from big tech absolutely gets on my nerves. In fact, I think because I have learned so much about cybersecurity is exactly why it annoys me that much more. Watching a multi-billion dollar AI panic over a 10-line Python socket connection feels like being treated like a child by someone who doesn't even understand basic syntax.

    #givemeabreak

    #securitytheater

    #CorporatePR

    #CorporateNannyFilters

    #bigtech is #shortsighted

    I guess I'll have to just #RTFM so some skript kiddie doesn't cause a catastrophic blackout ... #sarcasm 🙄

  4. I often hear people in tech complaining that the industry is oversaturated and they can't find a job but let's be real about this:

    The entry-level resume pile is oversaturated with people who have a theoretical degree or a paper cert but have never actually touched a terminal, built a home lab, or popped a box. HR departments are flooded with thousands of identical, low-effort applications.

    There is a catastrophic shortage of people who have a deeply ingrained offensive mindset, who understand networking down to the packet level, and who can look at a custom enterprise system and figure out how it fails.

    Regardless of whether you love or hate AI, we are in a high-stakes tech race where our adversaries are operating with zero ethical speed brakes, and Silicon Valley’s response is to gatekeep the very tools that could turn raw tech savvy students into elite defenders at scale.

    You can't even ask AI how to tweak a simple reverse shell without it panicking and saying "I can't help you hack the mAiNfRaMe and destroy the entire grid." As if the feds wouldn't be at some script kiddies door within minutes if they dared touch critical infrastructure or as if enterprise environments don't have robust EDR and network segmentation in place. They really act like APTs are asking AI how to learn ethical hacking, treating a simple Python script that is less than 10 lines of code like a piece of precision-engineered, state-sponsored cyber-weaponry designed to spin centrifuges out of control (Stuxnet 2.0).

    We're really shooting ourselves in the foot. Our adversaries aren't using Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. to learn how to make reverse shells or priv esc exploits for sandboxed CTFs to prepare for the field. They have AI pipelines that don't have guardrails and APTs that are already hacking into our telecom companies, healthcare networks, etc. Who is big tech really helping here? Certainly not us.

    Look, I am not really even the biggest fan of AI (and obviously not a fan of big tech) but if I can crunch 8 hours of learning down into 1 hour, why wouldn't I? I'll still spend the 8 hours learning some new concept without the force multiplier because this is what I am passionate about and what I am studying for but the amount of security theater I see from big tech absolutely gets on my nerves. In fact, I think because I have learned so much about cybersecurity is exactly why it annoys me that much more. Watching a multi-billion dollar AI panic over a 10-line Python socket connection feels like being treated like a child by someone who doesn't even understand basic syntax.

    #givemeabreak

    #securitytheater

    #CorporatePR

    #CorporateNannyFilters

    #bigtech is #shortsighted

    I guess I'll have to just #RTFM so some skript kiddie doesn't cause a catastrophic blackout ... #sarcasm 🙄

  5. Sunday, December 14, 2025

    [Video] One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack -- Russia’s December oil and gas revenue set to drop to lowest level since 2020, Reuters reports -- Under fire, Ukraine becomes Europe's energy defense instructor -- India’s short-sighted embrace of Russia will endanger its own national security ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  6. Sunday, December 14, 2025

    [Video] One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack -- Russia’s December oil and gas revenue set to drop to lowest level since 2020, Reuters reports -- Under fire, Ukraine becomes Europe's energy defense instructor -- India’s short-sighted embrace of Russia will endanger its own national security ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  7. Sunday, December 14, 2025

    [Video] One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack -- Russia’s December oil and gas revenue set to drop to lowest level since 2020, Reuters reports -- Under fire, Ukraine becomes Europe's energy defense instructor -- India’s short-sighted embrace of Russia will endanger its own national security ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  8. Sunday, December 14, 2025

    [Video] One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack -- Russia’s December oil and gas revenue set to drop to lowest level since 2020, Reuters reports -- Under fire, Ukraine becomes Europe's energy defense instructor -- India’s short-sighted embrace of Russia will endanger its own national security ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  9. Sunday, December 14, 2025

    [Video] One night with a Kyiv family amid Russia’s mass attack -- Russia’s December oil and gas revenue set to drop to lowest level since 2020, Reuters reports -- Under fire, Ukraine becomes Europe's energy defense instructor -- India’s short-sighted embrace of Russia will endanger its own national security ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  10. "Biomedical CEO had to lay off five dozen employees at his company earlier this year, thanks to the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, science, and medical-research funding ... The Bay Area’s life sciences sector — biotech companies involved in pharmaceuticals, medicine and research — last year received $2 billion in NIH funds, created $94 billion in direct economic output, and employed more than 150,000 people":
    eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/30/tr
    #Trump #destructive #shortsighted #politics

  11. "Biomedical CEO had to lay off five dozen employees at his company earlier this year, thanks to the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, science, and medical-research funding ... The Bay Area’s life sciences sector — biotech companies involved in pharmaceuticals, medicine and research — last year received $2 billion in NIH funds, created $94 billion in direct economic output, and employed more than 150,000 people":
    eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/30/tr
    #Trump #destructive #shortsighted #politics

  12. "Biomedical CEO had to lay off five dozen employees at his company earlier this year, thanks to the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, science, and medical-research funding ... The Bay Area’s life sciences sector — biotech companies involved in pharmaceuticals, medicine and research — last year received $2 billion in NIH funds, created $94 billion in direct economic output, and employed more than 150,000 people":
    eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/30/tr
    #Trump #destructive #shortsighted #politics

  13. "Biomedical CEO had to lay off five dozen employees at his company earlier this year, thanks to the Trump administration’s attacks on universities, science, and medical-research funding ... The Bay Area’s life sciences sector — biotech companies involved in pharmaceuticals, medicine and research — last year received $2 billion in NIH funds, created $94 billion in direct economic output, and employed more than 150,000 people":
    eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/30/tr
    #Trump #destructive #shortsighted #politics

  14. Don't we have a shortage of qualified nurses, doctors and other medical staff? And don't we want to keep nursing a professional course to keep standards of care high? Who will explain to MAGA that government and businesses have different goals and MUST BE RUN DIFFERENTLY!

    nurse.org/news/nursing-exclude

    #nursing #shortsighted #felon #MAGA #POTUS #antiamerican #idiotic #impeach #government #uspol #USPolitics #DoE

  15. Don't we have a shortage of qualified nurses, doctors and other medical staff? And don't we want to keep nursing a professional course to keep standards of care high? Who will explain to MAGA that government and businesses have different goals and MUST BE RUN DIFFERENTLY!

    nurse.org/news/nursing-exclude

    #nursing #shortsighted #felon #MAGA #POTUS #antiamerican #idiotic #impeach #government #uspol #USPolitics #DoE #education

  16. Don't we have a shortage of qualified nurses, doctors and other medical staff? And don't we want to keep nursing a professional course to keep standards of care high? Who will explain to MAGA that government and businesses have different goals and MUST BE RUN DIFFERENTLY!

    nurse.org/news/nursing-exclude

    #nursing #shortsighted #felon #MAGA #POTUS #antiamerican #idiotic #impeach #government #uspol #USPolitics #DoE #education

  17. Don't we have a shortage of qualified nurses, doctors and other medical staff? And don't we want to keep nursing a professional course to keep standards of care high? Who will explain to MAGA that government and businesses have different goals and MUST BE RUN DIFFERENTLY!

    nurse.org/news/nursing-exclude

    #nursing #shortsighted #felon #MAGA #POTUS #antiamerican #idiotic #impeach #government #uspol #USPolitics #DoE

  18. Don't we have a shortage of qualified nurses, doctors and other medical staff? And don't we want to keep nursing a professional course to keep standards of care high? Who will explain to MAGA that government and businesses have different goals and MUST BE RUN DIFFERENTLY!

    nurse.org/news/nursing-exclude

    #nursing #shortsighted #felon #MAGA #POTUS #antiamerican #idiotic #impeach #government #uspol #USPolitics #DoE #education

  19. @verge Nice!
    And it's already 5 years behind BYD and their 3000hp EV.
    Ferrari has entered a race where the other team had a 10 year head start.
    #ShortSighted

  20. @verge Nice!
    And it's already 5 years behind BYD and their 3000hp EV.
    Ferrari has entered a race where the other team had a 10 year head start.
    #ShortSighted