Sunday at @bsidescharm.bsky.social 11am: I left a management role to be an IC again. Ask me anything. (hexalicious) 12pm: Navigating the Cloud+Identity Minefield (muteki) Come hang the rest of the day 💙 We have swag! 4pm: CTF closes, BTV closes 😢

Who’s going to BSides Charm? 👀

See you at @districtcon.bsky.social ! Oh, if you haven’t had a chance to play it yet, we’ll be bringing our CTF 👀

Hope to see you all at DistrictCon! @blueteamvillage.bsky.social will be there 💙

Perfect soundtrack for this leg of my travel — holiday flights through Miami and Dallas 💀 youtu.be/th4Czv1j3F8

Walked around on Perito Moreno glacier, then the sun came out for photos later 😍 I’m sad to be leaving this beautiful place.

Gonna go see about a glacier today. Last full day in Patagonia 😭 and Argentina… only a short stay in Buenos Aires left 🥺

Leaving El Chalten on as rainy and windy a day as I arrived to. There were a couple good weather days in between though!

Nice day for a day hike from El Chalten. Mirador en route to Laguna Capri!

A tiny glimpse of mountains as it clears up here in El Chalten. Doggo (certified Good Boi or Gorl) for scale.

Full day of buses to El Calafate from Ushuaia. Starting at 3am. I didn’t NEED to go this way, but it’s showing me a nice slice of normal life across Argentina and Chile.

Back on land tomorrow AM. I’m feeling that good ole con drop, only the “con” is for “continent”, as in the continent of Antarctica 🤔🇦🇶 Bonus view of the South Shetland Islands as we were pulling away.

NBD, just hanging out in the middle of an active volcano 😛

Danger sea puppy.

I’m turning 40 in Antarctica in less than an hour. Literally never gonna be able to top this.

Antarctica. Fucking magical.

I’M ON A BOAT!!! (to Antarctica)

On my flight to Ushuaia I met two other solo travelers who are on my Antarctica cruise! We shared a ride to town and had dinner together 💙 I’d been a bit sad to be spending my bday without any of my friends, but I forgot how fast you can bond with people through traveling. 2 days, 21 hours left!

Drinking Malbec in Malbec country * Also, Argentina may be known for steak, but I found a nice fish restaurant! * Argentina apparently perfected it, even though it’s a French varietal 😉

Taking off for Argentina + Antarctica soon! Holy crap it’s really happening 🥹

Two weeks until I leave for Argentina/Antarctica 😱

Last minute costume is the most brilliant thing I’ve ever made 😭

I just realized that October marks 10 years in IT/cybersecurity 😱 I started as a part time helpdesk/AV support specialist, quickly moved into desktop support, then systems administration at year 3. Meanwhile I got a Master’s in computer science, and switched to cloud security consulting in 2021 💙

Working my way through my stepmom’s vintage bartenders guide. This one’s the Grapefruit Cocktail.

My friends are awesome. That is all. #blueteamcon

Yup. It’s true. However, @seemsgood.lol is way cooler than me. Have you seen his blazers??

Just landed in Chicago for Blue Team Con! This is the one where I get to relax instead of running anything 🤣

I’m watching this documentary about hurricane Katrina on Netflix, and am so enraged at only 20ish minutes in. The absolute fucking incompetence.

Making a cocktail using my stepmom’s family heirloom 😛

@blueteamvillage.bsky.social history at #defcon33

Welp, hit my stand goal 🤔 #defcon33

For old time’s sake.

Does anyone have an extra BSides LV badge for sale?

Amidst the stress of planning for @blueteamvillage.bsky.social at #defcon33 I keep getting reminders of why I do this. Aside from herding cats and putting out fires and making all these annoying little decisions, we reach people — we impact, educate and inspire so many. That’s fucking priceless.

Less than 2 weeks until DEF CON 🤯🤯🤯

Going to Antarctica in Nov/Dec. I feel the need to bring some fun photo props. So far I’m thinking a Tux beanie for selfies with penguins. Some people bring a flag. Any other ideas?

Experimenting with hair product a bit. Turns out my hair is surprisingly curly, and with this one, also now smells like honey 🤔🍯

I found @muteki.bsky.social in Seattle!

AWS ReInforce may be in my hometown, but I’m not, so I compromised. IYKYK.

“If you need wine, don’t go milk a cow” -my former manager and his funny analogies

Layoffs at CrowdStrike. I’m safe, but if you’re looking for IR consultants I know a bunch of fucking amazing ones that will be looking for jobs 🫠

Pretty sure my portable air conditioner is already plotting world domination 🤔

Holy shit. $1,200 away from the goal. I know it seems like “hey, $26,800 is goddamn miraculous.” And it most certainly is. I cried a little when I checked this morning, but I’d love for him see that 100% green circle. Let’s finish strong. www.gofundme.com/f/aarons-fli...

BREAKING. From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.

Perfect #nocontext but if you do swag for hacking conferences, this might actually make sense 🤣

Hey y’all, one of our own needs your help. @bind.bsky.social was one of the first people to make me feel welcome at one of my first @defcon.bsky.social & I’ve loved him for the decade since. Cancer is a petty, callous, thieving whore. Let’s get Bind home. www.gofundme.com/f/aarons-fli...

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This is a fun time to be a cloud security consultant who specializes in Oracle Cloud 🥲