Sean Gallagher
@thepacketrat.net
Birb stalker. Cat tree. Cyber Threat Researcher. Recovering cyber and natsec reporter. Meme war and US Navy veteran.
@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
It was a hard day.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It was a hard day.
Is this:
* a pig butchering lure
* a DPRK lure
* an AI-generated sales lure
* a pig butchering lure
* a DPRK lure
* an AI-generated sales lure
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is this:
* a pig butchering lure
* a DPRK lure
* an AI-generated sales lure
* a pig butchering lure
* a DPRK lure
* an AI-generated sales lure
Fortunately I have this guy as backup.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fortunately I have this guy as backup.
In his prime he was the alpha void of the house, but he always curled up against my side at night .
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In his prime he was the alpha void of the house, but he always curled up against my side at night .
Here he is in September 2010 when he came home with us, with my daughter…who is now in law school.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Here he is in September 2010 when he came home with us, with my daughter…who is now in law school.
Java is close to 16 years old, as far as we can reckon. He was a kitteen when he chose me, tapping me on the shoulder from behind from his enclosure at the SPCA. He gives no fucks anymore. He has been in decline for over a year, and now he doesn’t even complain when I pick him up.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Java is close to 16 years old, as far as we can reckon. He was a kitteen when he chose me, tapping me on the shoulder from behind from his enclosure at the SPCA. He gives no fucks anymore. He has been in decline for over a year, and now he doesn’t even complain when I pick him up.
Cross platform marketing reaching its ultimate form. Things are bananas.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Cross platform marketing reaching its ultimate form. Things are bananas.
Stolen from a friend on another platform .
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Stolen from a friend on another platform .
When nobody checks the final copy before ship
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
When nobody checks the final copy before ship
HEY! GOT ANY GRRRRRAPES?
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
HEY! GOT ANY GRRRRRAPES?
Things my mom locked in on at the Rawlings Conservatory yesterday.
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Things my mom locked in on at the Rawlings Conservatory yesterday.
My brain at 3:00 am: “Hey Sean, remember this show from your early childhood? Want me to play the theme song over and over in your head?”
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My brain at 3:00 am: “Hey Sean, remember this show from your early childhood? Want me to play the theme song over and over in your head?”
You have my full support.
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You have my full support.
Latest quishing attempt.
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Latest quishing attempt.
Memories of spring.
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Memories of spring.
150 trick or treaters. Only 3 have gotten the joke of my costume.
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
150 trick or treaters. Only 3 have gotten the joke of my costume.
“Do you ever get the feeling you’re being …watched?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Do you ever get the feeling you’re being …watched?”