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Sarah Young
@sarahyo.com

Security & AI stuff @ Microsoft | Co-host of @azsecpod.bsky.social | Dogs, food and cyber security posts | Opinions mine, not my employer's | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง living in ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ | Sarahyoung.io

Environmental science 37%
Computer science 12%

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Found @sarahyo.com at #msignite2025 and it's already turning out to be a great start to the day!

Achievement unlocked: get the shibes into official Microsoft content. #MSIgnite

Itโ€™s dried fruit, sugar and spices in a sweet pastry. Donโ€™t knock it till youโ€™ve tried it. Itโ€™s served across Commonwealth countries for Christmas.

You can definitely buy sweet mincemeat in a jar to make your own in Commonwealth countries, maybe at an importer?

I would not want a meat mince pie in sweet pastry!

I keep forgetting that Americans arenโ€™t familiar with mince pies and have to explain that they donโ€™t actually have meat in them ๐Ÿ˜…

Proud of myself that the social team asked for #MSIgnite travel footage and I managed to get shibe cameos in.

One of the weirder things Iโ€™ve DoorDashed but totally worth it.

The mince pies have already arrived at my hotel!

Apparently taking a decent "I'm on my way to SF!" picture is harder than I thought. #MSIgnite

It's the standard teal Win95 background colour!

I went Windows 95 vibes for my #MSIgnite nails this year.

TIL there is a corner shop in SF that has a dog who works the counter. Going on a mission to find him next weekend. #MSIgnite

. @kawaiicon.bsky.social will always be my favourite security conference. Also I saw an MSRC T Shirt in the wild!

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If you wanna know more about your badge and how to recycle it after the con, check out the details here: kawaiicon.org/badges/

Or if you are NZ, plant it yourself! Just rip it up, plant it, and watch your hacker flowers grow.
Badges - Kawaiicon 2025
Your Kawaiicon 3 badge was laser etched and cut from recycled paper with wildflower seed mixture. It was kindly handmade for us by the Papermill in Whangฤrei.
kawaiicon.org

Wellington has to welcome me home with a wobble... so stoked that @kawaiicon.bsky.social is back tomorrow!

Hunting for my fave kaya toast in KL before the #MSAITour tomorrow!

Because the email with attachment follows exactly the same format with small differences: the US city the person is located in, the exact tech skills they have, the name of the person, etc.

No way are 15+ people sending me (admittedly well written) emails asking for jobs with identical formats

Am I the only person who gets at least one email a day that is blatantly phishing but someone pretending to send me their resume/CV?

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Episode #120 is out! We speak to @merill.net about the Zero Trust Workshop, but we also spend time talking about all things identity! Merill's final thought is pure gold.

You're in!

Legit I need help I can only order a minimum of a dozen.

My first ever job was at a tearoom. They make the best mince pies in the UK hands down. I recently found out they ship to the US but not to Australia so guess who is chowing down on mince pies at #MSIgnite?! I don't care it's only November. Come join my mince pie party.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is one of the best soundtracks to work to. Fight me.

Sarah Young @sarahyo.com ยท Oct 17
It is a coffee store token, yes!

Sarah Young @sarahyo.com ยท Oct 17
It's never a fanny pack, always a bum bag!

Sarah Young @sarahyo.com ยท Oct 16
I'm going hoooooome after 26 days on the road to these two I'm so damn excited for shibe time and my own bed!

Sarah Young @sarahyo.com ยท Oct 16
It's crossbody!

Sarah Young @sarahyo.com ยท Oct 16
Why am I so obsessed with this onigiri bag and can someone buy me one kthx