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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy
@emma.best
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Journalist and historian of government, intelligence agencies, and hacking. Whistleblower and co-founder of @DDoSecrets.com. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. (she/they)

Wife of @brazenqueer.bsky.social
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Starting a work call like
Signal message: Do we make the ring-a-ding ding-ding, baby?
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A new hero arises.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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From @2600.com:
Greetings, We've received some disturbing news from the venue of our Hackers On Planet Earth conference. We have been told that "materials and messaging" at our most recent conference "were not in alignment with the mission, values, and reputation of St. John's University" and that we would no longer be able to host our events there. Considering the universal praise from St. John's staff and the smooth handling of HOPE_16 last August, this naturally caught us by surprise. Our content has always been somewhat edgy and we take pride in challenging policies we see as unfair, exposing security weaknesses, standing up for individual privacy rights, and defending freedom of speech. Until now, that has never run afoul of St. John's values - or so we thought. What we're told - and what we find rather hard to believe - is that all of this came about because a single person thought we were promoting an anti-police agenda. They had spotted pamphlets on a table which an attendee had apparently brought to HOPE that espoused that view. Instead of bringing this to our attention, they went to the president's office at St. John's after the conference had ended. That office held an investigation which we had no knowledge of and reached its decision earlier this month. The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing. The intent of the person behind this appears clear: shut down events like ours and make no attempt to actually communicate or resolve the issue. If it wasn't this pamphlet, it would have been something else. In this day and age where academic institutions live in fear of offending the same authorities we've been challenging for decades, this isn't entirely surprising. It is, however, greatly disappointing, as we truly believed St. John's valued the freedom that we have always stood for. We know the people there who we've worked with understand this and it's unfortunate that those in charge see fit to cut off that invaluable connection. Where does this leave us? Well, obviously in an awkward position. We had already made plans for HOPE 26 to take place at St. John's next August. Our most recent conference was the first in our 31-year history to take place a single year after the previous one. That's how well things were going. So we now have several scenarios. We can scramble to find a new place for next year. We can take a year off and try to build something bigger. We can do something virtual. Or we can work on a combination of these things. As always, your feedback will help guide us. Write to hope@hope.net with your thoughts. There will be many people who will say this is what we get for being too outspoken and for giving a platform to controversial people and ideas. But it's this spirit that defines who we are; it's driven all 16 of our past conferences. There are also those who thought it was foolish to ever expect a religious institution to understand and work with us. But we will never regret trying and we are proud of our accomplishments in the three conferences we held at St. John's. We reached a lot of people and opened quite a few minds. And we don't intend to allow this unfortunate event to darken our optimism for the opportunities that lie ahead. We are not changing who we are and what we stand for any more than we'd expect others to. We have high standards for our speakers, presenters, and staff. We value inclusivity and we have never tolerated hate, abuse, or harassment towards anyone. This should not be news, as HOPE has been around for a while and is well known for its uniqueness, spirit, and positivity. We don't know exactly how we'll get through this latest challenge. But we know we will. Thanks as always for your interest and support. The HOPE Staff
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Kirtaner's next hearing date has allegedly changed. But who knows.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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After my earlier post, "hushpixie" jumped on Bluesky to claim that parts of it were inaccurate without specifying what she contested. I took her up on her invitation to reach out privately, only to be ghosted.

I stand by my reporting, but I'll update this (and unhide her post) if she ever responds.
Screenshot of hushpixie responding to the above tweet, saying: Hi Emma, this is Pixie--I'm reaching out here since I'm unable to message you directly. I'd like to ask that you remove this post as it includes some incorrect information. Additionally, I'd like to extend an offer to reach out to me privately to discuss any concerns you may have. Take care, Pixie Screenshot of unanswered DMs to hushpixie. Monday at 10:39 PM Thanks for turning on your DMs. What do you feel is inaccurate? 10:39 PM Wednesday at 6:29 AM Hello? 6:29 AM If you're not able to respond by Friday, I'll note that in response to your post that vaguely disputed an unspecified element of my post. 5:29 PM Yesterday at 10:39 PM Wanted to try you one more time before tomorrow. I'm happy to hear you out if you have any specific issues with what I've written, or want to challenge the accuracy of any of it. 10:39 PM
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Fry from Futurama says "Anyone who laughs is a communist," which is admittedly better than being a capitalist.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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damns youse, DHT, damn youse right to heck
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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thank goodness bluesky moderators protect us from horrible rudeness like this, we wouldn't want them to get distracted by dealing with nazis /s
Bluesky moderators marked the post above as "rude" for literally no reason
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Our only hope is that the capitalist are too toxic to serve as viable hosts, and that the wasps don't absorb the toxin
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Kirtaner's next hearing date seems to be two and a half weeks from now (on the 27th), per posts from the other $ANON developer who was raided and Kirtaner's extremely young girlfriend, "hushpixie."
Jash — Yesterday at 10:40 PM Does Kirt have a court date or anything like that? free kirt — Yesterday at 10:58 PM 27th nov this month knisf — Yesterday at 11:52 PM Damn ⪩ ⋅♡⋅ ⪨ — 12:04 AM november 27
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"Flamingo," the second $ANON developer who was raided has posted messages alleging that they offered to snitch on unspecified "current threat actors" in exchange for Canada reducing Kirtaner's sentence.

bUt MaYbE iT's JuSt A tRoLl
Screenshot of a message that says "also would you guys consider getting canada to reduce kirtaners sentence in return for some active threat actors doxes?"
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Once a year or so, I'm consumed by the implications of these two scenes
E.T. is dressed as a ghost and tries to walk up to someone dressed as Yoda for Halloween Members of E.T.'s species in the Star Wars Galactic Senate
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The $ANON community tried to crowdfund $4k to hype their shitcoin on November 5th, but no one's donated. archive.ph/ljmmy

As one community member noted, no one wants to attach their names to the project.
Jash — 10/30/25, 8:04 PM Also, I’ve just set up a gofundme so we can try and get the golden ticker. Ideally we need to share this via the Community page (it’ll lose credibility if I send it from personal X account). Can someone make me co-admin for the Anon community page? Jash — 10/30/25, 8:33 PM Here’s the link to the go fund me. Feedback welcome. https://www.gofundme.com/f/ANON-NOV-5TH-UNLOCK-THE-GOLDEN-TICKER Bucho — 10/30/25, 9:13 PM ahhh prob not the best idea via go fund me. Prob some crypto alternatives. Should prob just haggle finn in baggs chat since its a good day for a catalyst. Basically if we just have a solid post on the 5th and update the dex screener and boost it maybe it can escalate Bucho — 10/31/25, 4:02 PM well is there s crypto method to pool funds for it? Id throw some anon towards it if others did we have control of the account holder to dex screener Jash — 10/31/25, 4:04 PM I’ll have to investigate. So definitely against the go fund me? lol Jash — 10/31/25, 4:04 PM All set up and ready to share Bucho — 10/31/25, 4:24 PM yeah this is crypto no ine wants to attdch their irl names cards cash etc damn always tobs of typos when on my phone
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Leave to a community built by Kirt to react this way
honest_flamingo_19147 — 9:21 PM good news chat may be working with the FBI soon 🗽jah🗽 — 9:29 PM kek 57r1k3rt — 9:29 PM lol they saw ur work and liked it lmao honest_flamingo_19147 — 9:29 PM they didnt see shit im in contact with them on another social media
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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That's what you get for only using 8,999 proxies.
Jaye4Crypto — 7:00 PM How would they find you? I thought u were protected by vpn and other shit honest_flamingo_19147 — 7:01 PM it doesnt say on the papers
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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"Why did you get [raided]?"

"Apparently cybercrime."
Jaye4Crypto — 6:55 PM Why did you get served? honest_flamingo_19147 — 6:56 PM im so confused apparently cybercrime 🗽jah🗽 — 6:57 PM bruuuuuuh honest_flamingo_19147 — 6:57 PM 3 drives were taken aprox 5-6 terabytes of data
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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"FBI taking your stuff is a rite of passage"
cyp [LOCKED IN] — 6:49 PM did u lose the bounty site honest_flamingo_19147 — 6:49 PM i have access to the njalla login so i can edit the site the boards source code was on the drive i literally deleted it from the vps like right before i was served cyp [LOCKED IN] — 6:50 PM damn wtf fbi taking your stuff is a rite of passage im praying for your upfall
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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According to messages in their Discord, a second $ANON developer has been raided
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Simpsons meme, with the caption "QRCode.exe is a perfectly cromulent receipt"
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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i moved the skateboard
A screenshot of Uriel walking towards a skateboard on a lawn, from Lucifer season 2, episode 5.
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Blofeld from the movie Spectre, with the caption "It was you. The author of all your pain."
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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That's some hardcore copium.
4chan co-founder Martin Random writes about Kirtaner's arrest that "In fact by imprisoning him there they have functionally SURRENDERED THE FACILITY INTO HIS HANDS" 4chan co-founder Martin Random writes that "I will never sell my anonymous tokens not even to bail out our leader Kirtaner. His suffering is the substance underlying our seigniorage"
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM