Matthew Gracie
@infosecgoon.bsky.social
Security Analyst. Panther Modern.
Engineer at Security Onion Solutions.
Professor at Canisius University.
Organizer at Infosec 716 and BSides Buffalo.
Engineer at Security Onion Solutions.
Professor at Canisius University.
Organizer at Infosec 716 and BSides Buffalo.
That's right, people who can't legally get jobs or mortgages are buying up all the real estate. It makes perfect sense if you don't think about it at all.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
That's right, people who can't legally get jobs or mortgages are buying up all the real estate. It makes perfect sense if you don't think about it at all.
Reposted by Matthew Gracie
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
CGA Christmas Tree.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CGA Christmas Tree.
Is our billionaires learning?
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is our billionaires learning?
Age yourself with gaming
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Age yourself with gaming
LOL, the Linux implementation of Windows Hello is called Howdy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
LOL, the Linux implementation of Windows Hello is called Howdy.
Reposted by Matthew Gracie
The irony that our parents said “tv and video games rot your brain” and now they’re completely befuddled by AI slop and clickbait
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The irony that our parents said “tv and video games rot your brain” and now they’re completely befuddled by AI slop and clickbait
A terminal window in light mode is basically a war crime.
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A terminal window in light mode is basically a war crime.
Is it really a surprise that the deranged Silicon Valley techbro culture that insists there is no value in education outside of STEM fields finds itself completely unable to appreciate the creative endeavors of actual humans?
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Is it really a surprise that the deranged Silicon Valley techbro culture that insists there is no value in education outside of STEM fields finds itself completely unable to appreciate the creative endeavors of actual humans?
Messing around with Arduino projects is dangerous because buying components is always "well, the part I actually need is $10 but if I buy this box of five hundred bits and bobs for $15 it's included!" and now I have a drawer full of Future Project.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Messing around with Arduino projects is dangerous because buying components is always "well, the part I actually need is $10 but if I buy this box of five hundred bits and bobs for $15 it's included!" and now I have a drawer full of Future Project.
Can't stop thinking of the analogy I heard that the stock markets still look good in the same way that a cancer patient's weight will remain steady if the tumor grows fast enough.
So our entire economic well being hinges on a company with $20B in revenues spending $1.4T on AI infrastructure when there isn’t enough electricity generated on the planet to power that many data centers?
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Can't stop thinking of the analogy I heard that the stock markets still look good in the same way that a cancer patient's weight will remain steady if the tumor grows fast enough.
And as you put together your talks for next year, keep in mind that a lot of events (especially BSides and other local conferences) have tons of people who are new to the field. There's a need for talks about fundamentals. Explaining the CIS Top Controls will often do more good than l33t tool drops.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And as you put together your talks for next year, keep in mind that a lot of events (especially BSides and other local conferences) have tons of people who are new to the field. There's a need for talks about fundamentals. Explaining the CIS Top Controls will often do more good than l33t tool drops.
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
I'm gonna let it shine
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
I'm gonna let it shine
So, so glad I wrapped up my crazy month of conference travel LAST weekend. Best of luck to everyone out there now.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So, so glad I wrapped up my crazy month of conference travel LAST weekend. Best of luck to everyone out there now.
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In most design you have a very small circle of what the product is expected to do. With LLMs you have a very wide circle that you try to limit as best as you can. Understanding this will tell you why it is risky to implement into systems that need precise circles.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In most design you have a very small circle of what the product is expected to do. With LLMs you have a very wide circle that you try to limit as best as you can. Understanding this will tell you why it is risky to implement into systems that need precise circles.
Preparing to meet prospective students at tomorrow's grad school open house.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Preparing to meet prospective students at tomorrow's grad school open house.
LOL
sure, asset validation is hard. but when your source is a russian telling you “actually we didn’t hack the DNC”, it’s not THAT hard
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
LOL
Post you from a different era.
Portrait of the artist as a young nerd. On my way to a party, summer of 1995.
Portrait of the artist as a young nerd. On my way to a party, summer of 1995.
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Post you from a different era.
Portrait of the artist as a young nerd. On my way to a party, summer of 1995.
Portrait of the artist as a young nerd. On my way to a party, summer of 1995.
The head coach of the University at Buffalo football team makes almost $800k a year, which is three times the salary of the mayor of New York City.
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The head coach of the University at Buffalo football team makes almost $800k a year, which is three times the salary of the mayor of New York City.
The rest of the world looking at America:
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The rest of the world looking at America:
Post a holiday GIF or vid… 🖤
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Post a holiday GIF or vid… 🖤
This is an awful NFL game but the uniforms are top tier.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is an awful NFL game but the uniforms are top tier.
New York State is a funny political animal, because people on the outside think it's some uniformly blue liberal hippy dippy paradise when in reality it's New York City and Buffalo bracketing "Alabama, but with snow".
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New York State is a funny political animal, because people on the outside think it's some uniformly blue liberal hippy dippy paradise when in reality it's New York City and Buffalo bracketing "Alabama, but with snow".
We are now officially in "working with a blanket on my lap" season.
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are now officially in "working with a blanket on my lap" season.
Today's work soundtrack.
It's a good morning.
It's a good morning.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today's work soundtrack.
It's a good morning.
It's a good morning.