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@hideouspenguin

Aerin | They/Her 🏳️‍⚧️ | Technomancer Fascism is bad | Plant trees, Be kind "Nae King! Nae Queen! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!" - Terry Pratchett

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hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· 17d

Defcon A&E ain’t nothing to fuck with

A pair of closed doors in a conference center.

Three signs are on the doors. These say:
1. NOT REG
2. DEF CON A&E Ops
3. Live Bees
Do Not Enter
LIVE BEES
If you think you’re authorized, You’re not.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· 18d

Already missing @defcon.bsky.social friends new and old. See you again next year.

A projected image saying “It’s now safe to turn off your DefCon”

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· 24d

Lockpick challenge completed! Free Stickers acquired!

A paper taped to a door says “pick the lock for the prize inside”

The door has multiple deadbolt locks. One of the locks keyways is perpendicular because it has just been picked.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Jul 16

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Jun 15

Had a great time at BsidesDSM this weekend and got a really cool new badge as well ☺️

A glowing BSidesDSM 2026 conference badge on a wooden table. The badge has a blue-lit acrylic top with a skyline, circuit-board traces, and “BSidesDSM 2026” etched into it. A translucent green electronics enclosure sits at the bottom, showing part of a small circuit board through a cutout, with a black button on the lower right. A black-and-green BSidesDSM lanyard is partially visible to the left.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· May 20

Being like “Other Girls” seems like it would sting.

A picture of the “other mother” from Coralyn. The mother has buttons instead of eyes.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Feb 28

He’s just a little guy, see?

Upside-down close-up of an orange-and-white kitten being gently held, its pink nose and whiskers centered while tattooed arms support it in the background.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Feb 9

Two new challenge coins from training this week. This was my first solo NetWars first place and I’m feeling good about that, but I was specifically thanked for making the room and the tournament more fun for the folks playing and I’m most proud that.

Two SANS challenge coins on a black background. The left coin is hexagonal and reads “SANS NetWars Tournament Core,” with a dark center, metallic gold and copper edging, and small star icons near the bottom. The right coin is circular and labeled “SEC598 SANS,” featuring three stylized skeletal figures in a defensive stance—one with a shield, one centered, and one holding a weapon—outlined in white and gold, with red and blue accents around the edge.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Feb 8

Headcanon: Better Off Ted is set in the Dr. Who universe.

Scene from Better Off Ted where Two people in labcoats walk into a robot storage area that contains a Dalek.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Feb 7

Image of a Bluesky post:

GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that's a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to cameral Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library?

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Jan 23

Hey girl hey! Tires are borrrring I know. But having your tires checked and rotated is a big deal and will keep you and your family safe. It seems like stupid busywork, but it’s a big deal. Do it once a year around the same time. This concludes this public service announcement. Also a cat.

An adorable orange kitten (captain carrot) cuddling with a poofy stuffed grey cat stuffie.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Jan 15

This is amazing. Not mine - someone my wife knows.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Nov 15

SANS Holiday Hack Challenge completed!

Scoreboard screenshot showing hideouspenguin in 6th place.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Oct 14

They get me.

A bookshop window with a sign in all caps.

“FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI. “

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Oct 11

A Portland protestor in a frog costume holds a sign with two frogs holding hands. The sign says “Frogs together strong”.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Oct 6

Federally sponsored terrorist organizations (ICE et al.) are now invading US cities any time MAGA gets their feel bads activated. Once there they mask up and assault citizens and others alike with impunity. At what point do we move to this being an all out civil war?

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) from Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) dated October 5, 2025, with 1.2 million views. Abbott states he authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to protect federal officials. He says the federal government should either enforce protections for federal employees or step aside and let the Texas Guard handle it, adding that no other Guard matches their training and skill. Abbott emphasizes their pride in defending the country and notes that Texas still has thousands of Guard members assisting with border security.

Below his post is a reply from Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) from eight hours earlier, saying President Trump is ordering 400 Texas National Guard members to deploy to Illinois, Oregon, and other U.S. locations, and that no federal officials contacted him directly to discuss or coordinate.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Oct 4

As a Covid project my wife and I began excavating an undersea temple in survival Minecraft using a glass wall perimeter and displacing the water with sand then removing it. Still some cleanup left, but the excavation is now nearing completion, proving that we are insane.

A Minecraft map showing the excavated undersea temple.

Screenshot of the temple from the side of the excavation wall. The temple is made from varying shades of bright green blocks of prismarine.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Sep 9

My cat is insane.

My cat Billy making some kind of crazy face while pulling on a toy. One eye is squinting and half of his teeth are showing.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Aug 11

Only 365 days until DEFCON 🙂

A slide displayed saying “DEFCON: That’s all. No more. Bye bye. EoL…until next year.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Aug 8

This gets worse the longer you look at it 😂

ChatGPT 5 prompt of “Generate a map of the United States with each state labeled correctly”

The result contains such familiar states as “North”, “Sdakota”, “Missessipt”, and “Carol Carl”.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Aug 4

Peanut is a stray cat we have been feeding and trying to socialize / care for over the last few months. They were missing for a couple days but returned today none the worse for whatever adventure they had.

Our adopted feral cat peanut eating on our porch.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· May 7

My parents got this in 1984 and I used it all through elementary, middle, and high school. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Per...

Generic photo of a beige IBM PC-AT, An early desktop pc released in 1984 sitting on a desk.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Apr 20

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 31

Happy Trans Visibility Day! Now roll for initiative.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 26

Andor meme features Luthen & Saw discussing the Death Star. In the first panel, Saw reveals the existence of the weapon. Luthen asks how he knows this. The third panel has Saw showing his phone & saying “Krennic added me to the group chat”

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 17

Middle Ages style picture of a nun holding a cat.

Text:

It happens every year: Patrick, this and Patrick that. No one remembers me and my cats.

March 17th - St. Gertrude is Nivelles, Patron saint of cats

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 9

Another couple coins for the pile after an awesome web app pentesting class.

Two challenge coins. One silver green and gold with a spider and one black hexagon with “NetWars” in orange.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 7

This is the picture that comes up when my wife calls me and it’s hilarious and adorable every time.

A phone screenshot with my cat looking up at the camera with the goofiest possible wide open mouth hilarious face you can imagine.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 4

Our long national nightmare is over. Our cats (who are perfect and have never done anything wrong ever) have finally cuddled!

A grey cat and a tabby cat sweetly cuddling on a baby yoda blanket.

hideouspenguin@hideouspenguin· Mar 2