Every time I leave Manchester.

@christinesmly.bsky.social came from philosophy to engineering. Now it’s coming full circle and she’s looking at the impact of LLMs on how humans will turn stupid. That sounds right up my street! #bsidesncl 1/n

Time to dust off the books. It’s been wild to see the debates which once defined my academic career collide with Infosec. Looking forward to taking the stage at @bsidesncl.bsky.social to talk about the nature of learning, intelligence, and risks of cognitive outsourcing.

And back again.

I don’t think that coffee was decaf.

Back to it.

If I end up with a full set of happy meal toys let the record show I was enabled @ladycyberrosie.bsky.social

When you're a hyper-literal neurodivergent and get asked what infosec would be if it was an animal. May never get invited back on a podcast again.

Write it drunk, send it sober: an introvert’s approach to LinkedIn posts (or any writing really).

Survived the fever dream that is Vegas.

This week’s theme: You don’t plan defcon, defcon plans you.

My favourite #defcon 33 incident so far - accidentally registered to play rather than spectate @eff.org's charity poker tournament, holding on long enough to finish 16th out of 78 thanks to a lesson from @tarah.org's dad. A ridiculous amount of fun, all for a fantastic cause.

Back for a bit 🇨🇦