Andrew Shumate
@andrewshumate.com
Cat dad. Security Nerd. Overly candid at times. Makes lots of mistakes. Likes are usually cat pics... “Don’t tell me you can’t because…tell me you can if.” -Marty Sklar
Hey @shwood.com I thought you said you didn't bring any puzzle boxes this year. I found this one in your corner of the @hak5.bsky.social booth after breakdown on Sunday.
It's devious but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon...
It's devious but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon...
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hey @shwood.com I thought you said you didn't bring any puzzle boxes this year. I found this one in your corner of the @hak5.bsky.social booth after breakdown on Sunday.
It's devious but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon...
It's devious but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon...
Ok DEF CON I’m headed out of Vegas, see you next year youtu.be/IOgUaFkpS3Y?...
Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down (Audio)
YouTube video by LegacyRecordingsVEVO
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ok DEF CON I’m headed out of Vegas, see you next year youtu.be/IOgUaFkpS3Y?...
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If you see me at @defcon.bsky.social I have free soldering kits I'm giving away! Say hi!
Sometimes I'll be hidden in the @defconnextgen.bsky.social village but find me when I'm out and about!
Sometimes I'll be hidden in the @defconnextgen.bsky.social village but find me when I'm out and about!
August 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you see me at @defcon.bsky.social I have free soldering kits I'm giving away! Say hi!
Sometimes I'll be hidden in the @defconnextgen.bsky.social village but find me when I'm out and about!
Sometimes I'll be hidden in the @defconnextgen.bsky.social village but find me when I'm out and about!
And not even a full 5 minutes, and I'm ready to bounce. I hate people, except you —you're alright.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHu...
Willow Pill - “I Hate People” Performance at RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 Finale
YouTube video by WOWPresents
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And not even a full 5 minutes, and I'm ready to bounce. I hate people, except you —you're alright.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHu...
I will be online sporadically during
@defcon.bsky.social
to try to catch up with people. I've mainly avoided social media for my sanity lately. I don't know if anyone wants to catch up or say hi, but if you do, you'll find me slinging gear at the Hacker Warehouse booth in the mornings.
@defcon.bsky.social
to try to catch up with people. I've mainly avoided social media for my sanity lately. I don't know if anyone wants to catch up or say hi, but if you do, you'll find me slinging gear at the Hacker Warehouse booth in the mornings.
August 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I will be online sporadically during
@defcon.bsky.social
to try to catch up with people. I've mainly avoided social media for my sanity lately. I don't know if anyone wants to catch up or say hi, but if you do, you'll find me slinging gear at the Hacker Warehouse booth in the mornings.
@defcon.bsky.social
to try to catch up with people. I've mainly avoided social media for my sanity lately. I don't know if anyone wants to catch up or say hi, but if you do, you'll find me slinging gear at the Hacker Warehouse booth in the mornings.
They want a culture war; we need to give them a class war.
Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us?" Music Video
YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
They want a culture war; we need to give them a class war.
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Tell me the one about "Trump will depoliticize federal law enforcement" again, grandpa.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tell me the one about "Trump will depoliticize federal law enforcement" again, grandpa.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
I think in 14 minutes we’re going to have a new historical milestone.
April 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I think in 14 minutes we’re going to have a new historical milestone.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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An important announcement from the Summercon Ministry of Secrets:
Want things dramatic? Just message @theatlantic.com.
Want things dramatic? Just message @theatlantic.com.
March 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
An important announcement from the Summercon Ministry of Secrets:
Want things dramatic? Just message @theatlantic.com.
Want things dramatic? Just message @theatlantic.com.
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I on the other hand am quite certain they do not.
It doesn’t entirely shock me, but I can’t really get over the top US officials celebrating the deaths of dozens of people with American flag emojis in a Signal chat. I’m not sure they see other people as human
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I on the other hand am quite certain they do not.
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This.
Can you name a more targeted group of people by state level threats and spyware?
Can you name a more targeted group of people by state level threats and spyware?
March 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This.
Can you name a more targeted group of people by state level threats and spyware?
Can you name a more targeted group of people by state level threats and spyware?
Atonement (feat. Catey Esler)
YouTube video by Jon Charles Dwyer - Topic
youtu.be
March 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Yup
Real talk
"Keep politics out of ..."
Translation: "I'm a garbage person with garbage opinions, but I don't want to disclose that. Instead, I'll just try to silence you by claiming you're violating the sanctity of the vain corporate lunatic hellsite."
Translation: "I'm a garbage person with garbage opinions, but I don't want to disclose that. Instead, I'll just try to silence you by claiming you're violating the sanctity of the vain corporate lunatic hellsite."
March 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Yup
I’m limiting my time on social media for my mental health but hope you all had a great weekend and an awesome week!
“And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up above cause it’s bugger all down here on earth”
youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk?...
“And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up above cause it’s bugger all down here on earth”
youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk?...
Galaxy Song - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
YouTube video by Monty Python
youtu.be
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I’m limiting my time on social media for my mental health but hope you all had a great weekend and an awesome week!
“And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up above cause it’s bugger all down here on earth”
youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk?...
“And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up above cause it’s bugger all down here on earth”
youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk?...
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Heroes do exist.
The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Heroes do exist.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
I have tinnitus and single-sided deafness, so the tinnitus acts as my personal white noise generator.
me too! tinnitus club represent!
Fun fact about me! I have acute Tinnitus, which means I have heard ringing every day of my life for the past 8-10 years. Sometimes it's quieter, sometimes it's louder, somehow my hearing is still in "normal range". But the ringing is always there. It is loudest when everything around me is quiet.
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have tinnitus and single-sided deafness, so the tinnitus acts as my personal white noise generator.
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You can connect to my cluster server:
telnet cluster.gautxori.com 7373
and ask for registration, using the command "SP EA2CW" after connection. Thanks!
telnet cluster.gautxori.com 7373
and ask for registration, using the command "SP EA2CW" after connection. Thanks!
EA2CW DX-Cluster
cluster.gautxori.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You can connect to my cluster server:
telnet cluster.gautxori.com 7373
and ask for registration, using the command "SP EA2CW" after connection. Thanks!
telnet cluster.gautxori.com 7373
and ask for registration, using the command "SP EA2CW" after connection. Thanks!
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Overheard two folks in the Sky Club on their way to DC to try to preserve grant funding with in person meetings. One of them says "if I'd known, I wouldn't have voted for him."
Sorry, my empathy is reserved for people who didn't screw the country over.
Sorry, my empathy is reserved for people who didn't screw the country over.
February 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Overheard two folks in the Sky Club on their way to DC to try to preserve grant funding with in person meetings. One of them says "if I'd known, I wouldn't have voted for him."
Sorry, my empathy is reserved for people who didn't screw the country over.
Sorry, my empathy is reserved for people who didn't screw the country over.
Tonight’s adventures in sleep apnea, I’ve had mouth breathing issues with the BiPAP and the spouse is displeased. I have chin straps but I want less head gear not more, so now to try this tape thing.
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tonight’s adventures in sleep apnea, I’ve had mouth breathing issues with the BiPAP and the spouse is displeased. I have chin straps but I want less head gear not more, so now to try this tape thing.
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Milestone achieved!!
We still have iOS beta spots available
We still have iOS beta spots available
January 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Milestone achieved!!
We still have iOS beta spots available
We still have iOS beta spots available
Reminded of one of my favorite movie lines today:
“Ok, so when you say ‘EJECT EJECT EJECT’ do I say ‘ROGER’ or ‘OK….?”
“If you even say ‘huh’ you’re going to be talking to yourself.”
“Ok, so when you say ‘EJECT EJECT EJECT’ do I say ‘ROGER’ or ‘OK….?”
“If you even say ‘huh’ you’re going to be talking to yourself.”
January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reminded of one of my favorite movie lines today:
“Ok, so when you say ‘EJECT EJECT EJECT’ do I say ‘ROGER’ or ‘OK….?”
“If you even say ‘huh’ you’re going to be talking to yourself.”
“Ok, so when you say ‘EJECT EJECT EJECT’ do I say ‘ROGER’ or ‘OK….?”
“If you even say ‘huh’ you’re going to be talking to yourself.”