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Journalist, historian, and whistleblower. "Shadowy patron of openness" leaking at @DDoSecrets.org. Бáба-Ягá Antifa. (she/they) Wife of @brazenqueer.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon kolektiva.social/@Mxy P.S. Abolish ICE

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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 14h
It's late in the season, but the garden I've been preparing for next year had it's first flower bloom. Talk about ahead of schedule!
A closeup of a yellow flower with nine petals. The flower is commonly called the "hairy sunflower."
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 04/10/2026
@chronicillness.bsky.social
Epic handshake meme. Chronic pain and insomnia join forces for sleep deprivation
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 01/10/2026
TIL that Newt Gingrich is still alive
Grim reaper claw machine
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 25/09/2026
New geocaching map just dropped flocksurveillance.org
A map of known Flock devices in the United States, posted to https://flocksurveillance.org/
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 23/09/2026
"Did you get the press photo of Newsom?" "Yeah boss, real fxcking evil just like you wanted" "what"
gavin newsom literally looking like he's doing the laughing scene from coppola's dracula, his hands clasped in front of him and just fucking maniacal
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 22/09/2026
interesting
Julian Assange
@JulianAssange
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Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf & former Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 21/09/2026
This is the text embedded in Assange's new website, julianassange.org [machine translation below] 庄子行于山中,见大木,枝叶盛茂。 伐木者止其旁而不取也。 问其故,曰:「无所可用。」 庄子曰:「此木以不材,得终其天年。」 夫子出于山,舍于故人之家。 故人喜,命竖子杀雁而烹之。 竖子请曰:「其一能鸣,其一不能鸣,请奚杀?」 主人曰:「杀不能鸣者。」 明日,弟子问于庄子曰: 「昨日山中之木,以不材得终其天年; 今主人之雁,以不材死。 先生将何处?」
Screenshot of julianassange.org

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# cat readme.txt
庄子行于山中,见大木,枝叶盛茂。
伐木者止其旁而不取也。
问其故,曰:「无所可用。」
庄子曰:「此木以不材,得终其天年。」

夫子出于山,舍于故人之家。
故人喜,命竖子杀雁而烹之。
竖子请曰:「其一能鸣,其一不能鸣,请奚杀?」
主人曰:「杀不能鸣者。」

明日,弟子问于庄子曰:
「昨日山中之木,以不材得终其天年;
今主人之雁,以不材死。
先生将何处?」
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 17/09/2026
Fxck @404media.co in general and @josephcox.bsky.social in particular, I guess
Screenshot of Signal messages with Joseph Cox from the day before.

Emma Best: 
You couldn't even link to our site?
8:35 AM

Absurd, and not in the fun farcical sense.
8:36 AM

I don't see how any legal concerns would lead to 404 linking to GainSec (the website of a hacker which also sells merch), but not to an actual 501c3 non-profit?
8:43 AM

Joseph Cox: 
The data contains real peoples’ license plates and locations. There is public interest for researchers but there are still random peoples’ data in there. People can go find the data if they want easily but I’m not linking to it.
8:46 AM

Emma Best: 
You could have linked to our front page
8:45 AM

Or the Wikipedia entry about us
8:45 AM

Or brought up these concerns ahead of time
8:46 AM

You
Or brought up these concerns ahead of time

I may have removed you from my Signal contacts after the last incident, but that wouldn't have stopped you from trying to message me here anyway, or emailing me directly or DDoSecrets as a whole, or sending word through Dhruv.
8:47 AM

If your concern was just that there's "random peoples’ data in there," it makes no sense to not say something ahead of time.
8:49 AM

I actually thought that this might have been the start of a path that led to us working with 404 again, and that it'd be good to be able to collaborate again.

I guess that was foolish.Four panel Anakin-Padme meme. 

Panel one: Anakin says "We didn't link to the non-profit because we had legal concerns"

Panel two: Padme asks "You tried talking to the non-profit, right?"

Panel three: Anakin looks at Padme silently

Panel four: Padme disbelievingly repeats, "You tried talking to the non-profit, right?"
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 14/09/2026
Chidi from the Good Place with his pot of chili. The caption says "mental health crises are like tigers, they are bad"
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 17/08/2026
Sums it up.
"Conspiracy theorists flock together and constantly try and rope each other into the orbit of their personal hobby horse conspiracy, so once you break the surface suddenly you're digging through endless side stories, each with their own cast of characters, trying to figure out if some tertiary claim is true, was maybe true in the past but is no longer true, or was never true, and discover that the only sources on the matter are the same three people quoting each other in an endless circle of false legitimacy."

 - Folding Ideas, This is Financial Advice, September 30, 2023
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 03/06/2026
Why does @moderation.bsky.app say its intolerant to talk about the genocide of trans people? What message is @bsky.app sending its users?
Bluesky has labeled the quoted with an "Intolerance" tag
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 11/04/2026
While the harassment has been ongoing for several years, about 6 months ago he escalated and started asking for information about the family members of people associated with @freedom.press, including @ddosecrets.org member @micahflee.com. Archive: ghostarchive.org/archive/gz7i...
Barrett Brown
November 1, 2025  ·
If anyone can provide me contact information for family members of Micah Lee, Peter Sterne, or  Trevor Timm, please do so.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 11/04/2026
Oh My God He Admit It dot GIF
Barrett Brown‬
 ‪@barrettbrownlol.bsky.social‬
· 25m
That's extremely damning. You guys should post that whole conversation because I bet it gets even worse!
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cho0b‬
 ⚠Invalid Handle
· 22m
... The conversation starts and ends with you talking about why you believe you're a fascist.
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Barrett Brown‬
 ‪@barrettbrownlol.bsky.social‬
· 21m
I bet! You should post the whole thing!

cho0b
⚠Invalid Handle
It was already posted publicly a year ago pastebin.com/0HqaaLXH
Barrett Brown explains why he's a fascist - Pastebin.com
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Barrett Brown‬
 ‪@barrettbrownlol.bsky.social‬
· 4m
I believe subsequent events have proven my predictions largely correct. But my views have changed a bit; now I believe the secret society should be chiefly focused on terror.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 07/04/2026
Unfortunately, my friend @maggiemayhem.bsky.social has resigned from DDoSecrets because of a years-long campaign of threats and harassment. Attempts to talk to him about his issues have been met with further abuse and accusations. (Screenshots shared with permission)
A screenshot of an email exchange between Barrett Brown and Maggie Mayhem.

Maggie, June 2024: 

Barrett - Let it not be said I don't think you're something of a pansy for failing to message me first (plus I'm still blocked on Twitter) but nevertheless, I'll be giving a talk at the university in Falmouth in a couple of weeks and coming through London on my way in and out of town. If you want to grab a beer and talk things through, I'm open to it. Let me know. 

-Maggie

---

Barrett, August 2024:

No, but if I'm ever in the market for child abuse images of the sort DDoS is wrapped up in you'll be the first person I ask.

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Barrett, September 2025:

If you're able to make decision to break contact with these monster [sic] before Thursday afternoon, I'm happy to talk. But that's the time we have prepared.Screenshot of a Signal message from Maggie Mayhem to Barrett Brown. Maggie unblocks Barrett and sends a message before blocking him again.

Text: 

Your ongoing doxxing threats and harassment has been an effective form of intimate partner violence. You have forced me against my will to resign from ddos. That was never a reason to justify your incoherent schizo posting but now that I'm gone you clearly have no reason to further harass me or contact me ever again. What kind of a psycho sends a woman in to deal with a dead body then harasses her due [sic] years?
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 04/04/2026
They're unsurprisingly try to equate encryption with criminality, singling out @signal.org. From page 7 of the arrest warrant affidavit for Prairieland defendant Janette Goering prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/u...
"Signal is an end-to-end encrypted chat commonly used with intent to mitigate digital footprints and have conversations that have the ability to be deleted and unrecoverable. I know based on my training and experience the individuals who utilize end-to-end encrypted chats to be engaged in criminal activity, whether it be a conspiracy to commit a criminal offense or sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)."
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 28/03/2026
APT Iran has apparently decided to sell the Lockheed Martin data through the "Threat Market." Threat Market has pledged to support Handala (who's domain was seized again yesterday) and CyberAv3ngers, and has given APT Iran access to their admin panel. Threat Market's onion website is unreachable.
👩‍❤️‍👨Our old friends have been asked for help and we are helping them We thank Black Market for sending this request We will soon make the necessary arrangements with the APT IRAN group

👩‍❤️‍👨The volume of data extracted from Lockheed is very high We were lost in a huge mountain of data The APT IRAN group asked for direct access to our admin panel and we gave them this access.

👩‍❤️‍👨We will also put this money into the mixer and separate our percentage from the sales and mixers.

⭐️Apparently this group intends to crush Lockheed and we will help this group too.

🇷🇺Channel : @ThreatMarket
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 09/03/2026
The only certainty in a quantum universe:
A screen grab from the Millennium (The Girl Who XYZed) series. She is wearing a heavy coatwith the hood up. She is being escorted by police. She says, "I'm furious at the state and the government, Säpo..."
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 23/02/2026
kitteh says meow
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 23/02/2026
All I can think is "Luz is Team Aqua"
Luz from The Owlhouse. Luz is latina and is facing the camera with a firm look. She's wearing a blue bandana with a fish on it, reminiscent of Pokemon's Team Aqua. Right behind Luz is King, KING OF ALL DEMONS, glaring at the same person Luz is looking at (off-screen)
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 11/02/2026
Epstein files, before and after the update ddosecrets.org/article/epst...
Epstein files

Published on 2025-11-14
Article Details

Countries: United States

Type: Researchers

Searchable Link: Link

Download Size: 193.00 GB

Download: Link

Magnet: Link

Magnet 2: Link

Magnet 3: Link

Torrent: Link

Torrent 2: Link

Torrent 3: Link
Epstein files

Published on 2025-11-14
Article Details

Type: Researchers

Searchable Link: Link

Download Size: 395.15 GB

Download: Link

Magnet: Link

Magnet 2: Link

Magnet 3: Link

Torrent: Link

Torrent 2: Link

Torrent 3: Link
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 07/02/2026
TIL that GiveSendGo sends Kirtaner's mother several hundred dollars worth of supplies every month (According to the co-CEO www.weoverme.com/p/the-battle...)
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 29/01/2026
My copy of Ace Jacket: The Inside Story by @sophiealdred.bsky.social just arrived! 😍
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 09/01/2026
It seems FSU got an injunction against our source, @bashback.bsky.social, after @ddosecrets.com received the data (and the injunction against publishing the data doesn't apply to us). If FSU tries to fight us in court, they'll lose (there and in the real world). archive.is/lxwLs archive.ph/Oans6
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 27/12/2025
"But Pagliacci, I am the Doctor."
Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, in Episode One of Robot. The Doctor is wearing a bright and shiny clown costume, smiling broadly toward the camera with his arms to the side. He looks ridiculous and brilliant.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 10/12/2025
One of Kirtaner's many adversaries has setup a GoFundMe to help him raise money so they can make filings in Kirt's case - with the stated goal of sharing evidence with the court and keeping him in prison. archive.is/n8FRK
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 03/12/2025
A month later, the (unconfirmed) word is that Kirtaner has been convicted for violating the conditions of his bail, with rulings on his other Canadian charges and possible extradition to the United States pending. Meanwhile, the $ANON shitcoin appears to have reached its lowest value since launch.
A screenshot of the Dexscreener price chart for $ANON, showing that on August 15th, it launched with a value of approximately $00.000082.A screenshot of the Dexscreener price chart for $ANON, showing that on December 3rd, it reached a value of $00.00008289.A screenshot of the Dexscreener price chart for $ANON, showing the prices from launch until December 3rd, with an all-time high value of approximately $00.018.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 18/11/2025
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
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 16/09/2025
Technology used to be cool, but now it’s owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet. 

But there are transsexual furry hackers out there still fighting the good fight
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 12/09/2025
Well, fxck. @crimew.gay has been suspended over Charlie Kirk's death
maia arson crimew tells Charlie Kirk to "rest in fucking piss"
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 23/07/2025
Captain America saying "so you invented the torment nexus"
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 09/03/2025
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 25/12/2024
r/WikiLeaks is no longer dedicated to WikiLeaks and Assange www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/...
Screenshot:

 r/WikiLeaks is back

I want to make this open to all corruption and warcrimes around the world not just focussed on wikileaks or conspiracy.

I am centrist myself, so, I am removing no memes rule, you can continue posting about corruption and warcrimes you can also post about your hate towards the system.

Remember, no culture war but class war.
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