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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 21/08/2026

Hey, come listen to me talk about how to make AI resilient and fault-tolerant and try to stump me in the q&a as I chat with @ninjaone.bsky.social this next Tuesday! :-) go.ninjaone.com/it-leadershi...

Promo image for NinjaOne session with TArah on Tuesday Aug 25

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 06/03/2026

The new US cyber security strategy just dropped. I'm a Claude user, and I suspiciously inquired of Claude as to the # of em-dashes in this 4 pg doc. Then I asked Claude to analyze the probability of this being LLM-written. Claude then throws some naughty shade. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

likely ChatGPT generated text of the US cyber security strategy

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 11/01/2026

It's always lovely to have the doubters get their asses academically kicked when it comes to Ada Lovelace's mathematical capabilities, but I am so very tired of reading the "if she'd only been born a man" story. From an open 2017 Historia Mathematica article. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Had any young [male] beginner, about to go to Cambridge, shewn the same power[s], I should have prophesied ... that they would have certainly made him an original mathematical investigator, perhaps of first rate
eminence (LB 339, ADM to Lady Byron, 21 Jan. 1844, f. 2).

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 27/11/2025

Dear Raul Julia: in whatever Elysian Fields you inhabit, I hope you know that the last movie you filmed & the work that you spent your last moments on has become beloved. A classic not just at the holidays, but a primer on how to selflessly and brilliantly love another person to utter distraction.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 12/08/2025

It really needs to be from the Banderas region of the 1990s and 2000s or it’s just sparkling Pascal.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 13/04/2025

I protest. www.thetimes.com/world/europe....

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 08/04/2025

New Post: “Parental Units–we need to have The Talk.” www.tarah.org/2025/04/08/p...

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 27/03/2025

Haven’t ever used Duolingo before and am on day 13 of a streak Is it just me or is this bird a bit…thirsty? Il peut l’obtenir.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 07/03/2025

It was definitely the Doctor who inspired me to become That Bitch. Please state the nature of the institutional emergency.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 05/03/2025

I hear we have a resurrection of the Ghost Participant argument for breaking e2ee floating around in Europe. 👻 Somebody call in the Winchester brothers. I'll wait. No but seriously, call them in. In words I've never said before in my life, I volunteer as technical policy lead.🫡

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 15/02/2025

It's still the economy, stupid. I was in DC twice in the month of October, 2024. All my policy people were hugely optimistic about a Harris victory. "After all, the economy is better than ever, and everyone saw what happened in the first Trump admin." 1/n www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Headline: voters were right about the economy. The data was wrong.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 30/01/2025

Here’s the flight path of the regional jet via @orinjohnson.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/fres...

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 30/01/2025

A possible midair collision near KDCA, with what looks to be flights grounded other than looping rescue helicopters. Reddit says it may have been two VIP planes. www.reddit.com/r/aviation/c...

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 10/01/2025

The amazing @tindrasgrove.com absolutely rocking the audience here at #ShmooCon on “The Cost of an Incident”. It’s like a tent revival meeting in here as she drops truths and lays out the realities of remediation.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 30/12/2024

Just going to put this at the top here for the incoming replies. In Alien, the obstacle was not the aliens.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 30/12/2024

The obstacles weren’t aliens.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 29/12/2024

As a technologist, oenophile, and textile enthusiast: I congratulate you for your realistic understanding of cookies and your customer base, and will be offering you my patronage. skeinandtipple.com

Cookie permissions say “hell no” and “whatever”

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 27/12/2024

Clicking on a phishing email is not an “advanced cyberattack.” therecord.media/cyberhaven-h...

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 04/12/2024

Omg @deviantollam.bsky.social and I are watching Love Actually (Billy Mack & Joe 4eva) and I just realized: the Gherkin was still under construction! I see it!!

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 27/11/2024

Works on my machine Closed as unable to replicate

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 22/11/2024

Im sitting on a plane and being judged by a spooky blue horse. My tweenage corp goth dreams have come true.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 16/11/2024

Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 08/07/2024

I mean have some damn pride

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 17/06/2024

Seems like ChatGPT is still doing mostly ok.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 30/04/2024

I find myself in possession of this lovely mother-of-pearl and alabaster inlaid box that seems to be very clearly from Apple Computer’s extremely early years. I’d love to know if people know of collectors or experts who might be able to tell me both more about its origin and if it’s worth selling?

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 09/03/2024

Keeping your YouTube subscriptions private is *opt-in*. Worse, there's a #UX #darkpattern nudging you to not set them to #private. Typically, one turns *on* public features--It's opposite here; you have to turn *on* private settings. How to fix: www.youtube.com/account_priv...

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 08/03/2024

Encrypted messaging app Signal is down. It’s a secondary backup for many teams for incident response, so this is a great time to check your incident response plans for a fallback.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 27/01/2024

Here alone so I had pause the movie and loudly ask the cat “did you know that Viggo Mortensen actually hit that thrown knife with his sword as a jest and it wasn’t scripted that way?” *polite cat activation noise* It’s fine. My spouse will be back by the time Viggo kicks the helmet.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 21/06/2023

Plz share! 8/11 noon, join me at the @eff.bsky.social poker tournament at @defcon.bsky.social! Knock out Celebrity Bounties @malwaretech.com or @malwarejake.bsky.social & get EFF swag!   50 bronze coins for 1st 50 to reg, & 1 silver one for winner! Already 20% sold out! eff.org/poker

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 07/06/2023

Did…did Chris Licht (who is out of the CEO role at CNN as of this morning) just say what I think he just said to all his former employees? www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/0…

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 01/06/2023

Jira has some good news for you today. Dark Mode is now available.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 28/05/2023

I want to both be mindful of the impact of dairy production on climate change AND have delicious plant-based coffee (I actually prefer the taste of oat milk in coffee now). Charging people more for the healthier climate-aware option is a terrible perverse incentive.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 11/05/2023

If you make the TikTok pasta and you forget to retain a cup of the pasta water for saucing it turns out this makes a damn fine substitute.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 10/05/2023

Not saying WaPo noticed me here but ten min after I posted this the red banner disappeared.

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 10/05/2023

Uh love that you’re here but can we talk about your priorities on that red banner @washingtonpost.com

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 05/05/2023

Listening to Old School by 2pac in the house w the windows open and an neighborhood kid just looked up and was like

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 23/04/2023

On my way to #RSAC. Who will I see there?? :)

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