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“You need to separate the art from the artist!” “Oh, you’re talking about Michael Jackson’s Thriller?” “Er, I was thinking Heidegger but that works too”

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 30/09/2026

Not that I ever could really program that well, but:

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 30/09/2026

Not sure if I'd include Detroit unless you're roping Ann Arbor into that... I guess it depends on definition of "mid sized city" - like does Iowa City count? Or Berkley, or is it exempted because of the metro? I guess Lansing/East Lansing kinda counts but not sure I want to live there again lol

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 30/09/2026

Since we have more ZOMG THE AGENTS ESCAPED CONTAINMENT stories popping up, reminder:

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

The always troglodytic Cdr Sal implicitly arguing that FGOs should be teaching calculus and physics at a “university.” Honestly I’m fine if this happens, just yank the service academies’ accreditation and ability to grant degrees then. Oh and get rid of their football teams, too.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt made Tommy Tuberville the second least qualified US Senator today

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Thank youuuuuuuuuu

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Trying to find a bar showing the White Sox wildcard game in London isn’t easy

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

*time travels 500 years back to Bologna* Yo dawg, they doing studies in accounting now!

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Lots of rending of garments/gnashing of teeth over admin's proposal on subsidized student loans tied to earning ability - and while I think the idea is ghastly, it does make sense since uni has transformed from "life of the mind" to "vocational training" over the past 30+ years.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Giants fans watching Case Keenum rip apart the Eagles after trading for JJ McCarthy:

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Man Slams Desk, Papers Fly

ALT: Man Slams Desk, Papers Fly

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

If the White Sox win today too I might become insufferable after that curb stomping performance put on by the Bears

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

From DOD/DOW's archives for those curious, from 2022: www.war.gov/News/News-St...

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

...so basically what's happened previously, but now with MAXIMUM LETHALITY or some nonsense

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

When someone reads my latest CTI report:

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026

Anthropic IPO docs: "Give us 💰 or the species gets it"

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 28/09/2026

Threat intel acted on or disclosed is often threat intel lost - so how to balance long term collection with immediate needs? I tried exploring this a bit a few years ago… a discussion that I should do a deeper dive into. youtu.be/Cuhs4EJqxMw?...

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The Disclosure Dilemma and Ensuring Defense

YouTube video by FIRST

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 28/09/2026

I forget the title but the book on Verdun is both sad and amazing

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 28/09/2026

It’s a good book, along with the other bits of the Horne trilogy

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Yup it’s up there with Death of Stalin

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Smith-Njigba is a frickin cheat code

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

I get that joke. But yes, also not funny.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Omg finally saw the DJT ad - PAID FOR BY THE US GOVERNMENT - and OH MY. Among other items: “We will expel the warmongers” wait a min what’s going on in the world right now???

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

And FWIW there are TONS of racist folks on the Southside (I grew up with lots of them!) BUT there’s an actual ability to live with other folks and figure shit out. Dipshit sheltered folks in Lincoln Park condos might as well be the same as sheltered as folks in Will County exurbs

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Basically Chicago baseball fandom in a nutshell. Sox do shit in relative obscurity while folks flock to the “other team” cuz fewer brown/black people in the stands and neighborhood

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

"Oak Ridge HS - Don't Drink the Water!"

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Los Alamos at least toned shit down a bit with the pretty meh "Hilltoppers" - should've gone with something more metal

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

Richland HS (Tri-Cities WA, so PNNL adjacent for historical Hanford plant for plutonium production) has this for a mascot/logo:

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

UK CCTV footage capturing a suspicious van on the way to RAF Fairford youtu.be/qmAd5hlE4io?...

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Four Lions (2010) - Car singing scene (Dancing in the moonlight)

YouTube video by blowjq

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

We had two major software providers basically tell customers “uh, we got no answers, maybe turn them off?” for high availability, high significance applications. This shit would be hilarious if not representative of the security space now.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 27/09/2026

When Citrix finally gets off its ass and pushes relevant, actionable info to (likely already compromised) customers, what do we label this fiasco as? NetPocalypse? ShitrixStorm? Something else?

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 26/09/2026

Damnit it appears fixed

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 26/09/2026

Honestly if we can just get Fowler and none of that asshole Herbstreit I'm OK with this

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 26/09/2026

Audio problems on the TX-TN telecast? Thanks, Trump.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 26/09/2026

Yes, which is why an org should be a good host and offer coffee/tea/water when you enter. In an ideal world this goes both ways in terms of expectations and responsibilities - I can’t fault you if I don’t even offer, if that makes sense

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 25/09/2026

Bringing a beverage to an interview (unless its a refillable water bottle for an all-day sequence of interviews) is unprofessional and stupid. Not offering a candidate a coffee or water at the start of an interview is callous and cruel, even if the expected outcome is refusal. I have spoken.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 25/09/2026

They have very much not aged well. Especially Rising Sun, OMFG that was ick THEN and it is even more so NOW.

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 25/09/2026

Prob sooner as they'll run out of stock. Oh, and yeah I bought it. I suck.

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