Dave Wilburn
@davemwilburn.bsky.social
Recovering infosec engineer, machine learning for infosec, sailor, news junkie, threat intel consumer, deep statist. All opinions are mine. Also see my account on Mastodon/Fediverse, @davemwilburn@infosec.exchange
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Dave Wilburn
@davemwilburn.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Look, I'm not gonna admit to major crimes on this here "blue sky" thing until I've had at least two more whiskeys in me.
I'm taking a bit of a social media break.
Y'all be good to each other.
Y'all be good to each other.
January 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm taking a bit of a social media break.
Y'all be good to each other.
Y'all be good to each other.
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🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy:
How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?
How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🧵 THREAD: Our reporter spent the past year reporting inside the State Department, trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy:
How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?
How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza?
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Oh hell yeah buddy. Who the fuck needs serious people doing oversight of intelligence. Bent that knee. FUCK INDEPENDENT BODIES OF GOVERNMENT WOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GOOOOOOO FUCK INSTITUTIONS JUST FUCKING LIGHT THAT SHIT ON FIRE WHO EVEN CARES ANYMORE NOTHING MATTERS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
January 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Oh hell yeah buddy. Who the fuck needs serious people doing oversight of intelligence. Bent that knee. FUCK INDEPENDENT BODIES OF GOVERNMENT WOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GOOOOOOO FUCK INSTITUTIONS JUST FUCKING LIGHT THAT SHIT ON FIRE WHO EVEN CARES ANYMORE NOTHING MATTERS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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@proton.me has deleted but here it is in case you’re wondering why you should definitely not trust them with your email
January 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@proton.me has deleted but here it is in case you’re wondering why you should definitely not trust them with your email
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We need to return to the intelligence community being a bunch of weird nerds doing even weirder jock shit.
January 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We need to return to the intelligence community being a bunch of weird nerds doing even weirder jock shit.
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Cultural exchange
January 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Cultural exchange
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Pete Hegseth Faces Difficult Confirmation Hearing
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January 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pete Hegseth Faces Difficult Confirmation Hearing
theonion.com/pete-he...
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Russ Vought is one of the most dangerous nominees because of his competency. There are plenty of stories about the chaotic evil nominees that will wreak havoc through bumbling incompetency, but Vought is the lawful evil bastard that will break this country with laser-focused intention.
Russ Vought is getting his hearing to be director of the OMB as we speak. He is the most dangerous Trump nominee who hasn't broken through in the headlines.
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
Russ Vought has been nominated as Trump's budget chief. The Office of Management and Budget is incredibly important, and I have been tracking Vought for years, so here is a primer.
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
January 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Russ Vought is one of the most dangerous nominees because of his competency. There are plenty of stories about the chaotic evil nominees that will wreak havoc through bumbling incompetency, but Vought is the lawful evil bastard that will break this country with laser-focused intention.
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Russ Vought is getting his hearing to be director of the OMB as we speak. He is the most dangerous Trump nominee who hasn't broken through in the headlines.
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
Russ Vought has been nominated as Trump's budget chief. The Office of Management and Budget is incredibly important, and I have been tracking Vought for years, so here is a primer.
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
A "weaponization of government" trope explainer
Another linguistic ruse by the people who actually want to weaponize government
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Russ Vought is getting his hearing to be director of the OMB as we speak. He is the most dangerous Trump nominee who hasn't broken through in the headlines.
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
Project 2025 and Schedule F/civil service purge architect, Christian Nationalist, sword of the dictatorial presidency. Thread:
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There's valuable info from online platforms, social media, public databases, & breaches. Using these examples of OSINT in your investigative routine can help you become a better ethical hacker.
Tools:
TraceLabs' OSINT VM - www.tracelabs.org/initiatives/...
The OSINT Framework - osintframework.com
Tools:
TraceLabs' OSINT VM - www.tracelabs.org/initiatives/...
The OSINT Framework - osintframework.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There's valuable info from online platforms, social media, public databases, & breaches. Using these examples of OSINT in your investigative routine can help you become a better ethical hacker.
Tools:
TraceLabs' OSINT VM - www.tracelabs.org/initiatives/...
The OSINT Framework - osintframework.com
Tools:
TraceLabs' OSINT VM - www.tracelabs.org/initiatives/...
The OSINT Framework - osintframework.com
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justice alito, make me editor of PornHub and let me bundle insane fanfiction about the Illuminati alongside hardcore pornography and i will save this nation
January 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
justice alito, make me editor of PornHub and let me bundle insane fanfiction about the Illuminati alongside hardcore pornography and i will save this nation
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I am once again reminding everyone that “general” is the adjective in “attorney general.”
Calling an attorney general “general” is like calling an in-house general counsel “general.”
Also reminding folks that when Ted Cruz was Texas solicitor general, he begged his wife to call him “general.”
Calling an attorney general “general” is like calling an in-house general counsel “general.”
Also reminding folks that when Ted Cruz was Texas solicitor general, he begged his wife to call him “general.”
January 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I am once again reminding everyone that “general” is the adjective in “attorney general.”
Calling an attorney general “general” is like calling an in-house general counsel “general.”
Also reminding folks that when Ted Cruz was Texas solicitor general, he begged his wife to call him “general.”
Calling an attorney general “general” is like calling an in-house general counsel “general.”
Also reminding folks that when Ted Cruz was Texas solicitor general, he begged his wife to call him “general.”
Just a reminder: Yes, we should celebrate the ceasefire. But no, you absolutely do not have to give Trump credit for the Israel/Gaza ceasefire, if for no other reason than his intentional exclusion and antagonizing of Palestinians with the Abraham Accords helped get us into this mess to begin with.
January 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just a reminder: Yes, we should celebrate the ceasefire. But no, you absolutely do not have to give Trump credit for the Israel/Gaza ceasefire, if for no other reason than his intentional exclusion and antagonizing of Palestinians with the Abraham Accords helped get us into this mess to begin with.
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Working out a scenario where Pornhub has to launch a prestigious monthly print magazine in order to stay online in Tennessee. This is how we bring the business back: ransoming access to stepsister-stuck-in-washing-machine content with long-form literary criticism and Malcolm Harris book excerpts.
January 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Working out a scenario where Pornhub has to launch a prestigious monthly print magazine in order to stay online in Tennessee. This is how we bring the business back: ransoming access to stepsister-stuck-in-washing-machine content with long-form literary criticism and Malcolm Harris book excerpts.
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Pete Hegseth is the kind of guy you used to send on a Crusade so he’d stop bothering you and die from incompetence
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Pete Hegseth is the kind of guy you used to send on a Crusade so he’d stop bothering you and die from incompetence
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I think this point needs some amplification. Military force is never an end in itself; it is always in the service of some end. But the mechanism of how to achieve a human behavioral end from a use of violence/force is not straightforward or automatic.
The obsession with lethality indicates either a dangerously simplistic understanding of warfare or an abdication of the military’s side of the difficult process of translating political aims into military tasks.
January 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I think this point needs some amplification. Military force is never an end in itself; it is always in the service of some end. But the mechanism of how to achieve a human behavioral end from a use of violence/force is not straightforward or automatic.
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Live streams from the last ShmooCon security conference, which took place last week, are available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
ShmooCon 2025 - YouTube
You can reach me at https://twitter.com/Strong1Wind
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January 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Live streams from the last ShmooCon security conference, which took place last week, are available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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I think it’s very important for Republican women to know that Pete Hegseth’s accuser is a married mom and a highly respected Republican aide, who went to the police immediately after the assault. They still don’t believe her. Your fascism will not save you from their misogyny.
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I think it’s very important for Republican women to know that Pete Hegseth’s accuser is a married mom and a highly respected Republican aide, who went to the police immediately after the assault. They still don’t believe her. Your fascism will not save you from their misogyny.
Skeleton Crew was so good. I will gladly take Star Wars: Space Goonies over a hundred seasons of Book of Boba Fett.
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Skeleton Crew was so good. I will gladly take Star Wars: Space Goonies over a hundred seasons of Book of Boba Fett.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yonhap news agency says South Korea's impeached President Yoon has been detained.
January 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yonhap news agency says South Korea's impeached President Yoon has been detained.
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Breaking: South Korean authorities arrested President Yoon at 10:33 a.m.
January 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Breaking: South Korean authorities arrested President Yoon at 10:33 a.m.
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If I had a nickel for every time Yoon turned his lights off and pretended not to be home until the police got bored and went away, I'd have two nickels. Which is weird because you wouldn't have expected it to work the first time either.
January 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If I had a nickel for every time Yoon turned his lights off and pretended not to be home until the police got bored and went away, I'd have two nickels. Which is weird because you wouldn't have expected it to work the first time either.