RE: https://infosec.exchange/@bontchev/117202364122291445

LLMs now have Constitutional rights?

A little helper for pushing to prod today

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Everything is happening all at once. The foreclosure notices were sent out, the utilities, as well as phone and internet are about to be shut off.

It is extremly urgent now, and time is of the essence. Cat 🐈‍⬛🛰️ @catbailey needs to get her family into a RV, or, at the very least, somewhere safe, some long-term shelter before the sheriff shows up to evict them.

⚠️ The family will be literally on the street, homeless, without shelter or transportation.

It is supremely stressful in the (relatively) best of times. For Cat and family, this is the worst of times.

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Everyone's help to date has been enormously appreciated. Without all of you, Cat and family could not keep their heads above water for this long. You all are pretty amazing. Thank you so so much!
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However, in a short time, it is certain that Cat and family will be out of the home they have made for the past 4 years.

Cat has already out of work since last February and unable to find new employment.

Expenses have not stopped. Bills keep coming, needing to be paid. And then there's the food situation...

As for present, today-right-now needs, Cat needs $110 for phone, $100 for net, $55 for po box (used to protect family's location, and soon to be the only mailing address Cat and family will have), $300 for car insurance, at least $4000 to make the car loan current and to avoid repossession. And they need more food because it is almost completely gone.

Cat and family want to leave landlords and mortgages behind for the open road and the life of digital nomads. The 1-ton truck Cat was hoping for has been sold to someone else and Cat is searching for another truck.

Cat 🐈‍⬛🛰️ @catbailey is looking for work as well. Remote work would be ideal! Please contact her for more info.

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 If you can help, even a little bit, please...???🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Thank you!!!!!!

PayPal: https://paypal.me/catalystediting
Venmo: @BlackCatHackers
CashApp: $BlackCatOps

There is a GoFundMe specifically for truck+RV+POD. Cat has updated the info on it:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-cat-family-seek-out-new-life-new-civilizations

(This hastily written post will likely be edited/updated shortly.)

cc: @mutualaid

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⚠️⚠️⚠️Cat urgently needs $847.60 to pay for her kid's father's estate in storage before it is auctioned off in two days.

Please help!

Cat's Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catacruthachadh .
Venmo: @BlackCatHackers
CashApp: $BlackCatOps

cc: @mutualaid

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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hotarubiko/116004639846565334

Cat is supremely stressed out over all this and the foreclosure on the house, et cetera.

Cat's immediate needs, aside from food, are...

$1800 to save the car from repossession
$ 800 to save the larger storage unit from auction. This is one with Kidlet's legacy and inheritance
$ 520, more or less, to save the other, smaller, storage unit with family legacies
These figures are high because they have hefty late fees and penalties.

Utilities are coming due again soon...
$ 330 for power
$ 130 for water
$ 125 for the feline cats' health plan

These are my guesstimates. They may actually be higher.

Cat is hoping to sell the car to CarMax and put the money from that toward buying a truck for towing a RV trailer. The truck would also give Cat the means of clearing out at least one storage unit and eliminating that expense.

Please help Cat if you can!

And if you are hiring, know someone who is, for anything at all, please, please, please, do contact Cat!

Please also subscribe to Cat's Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catacruthachadh . There is some good writing, and $5 per month isn't really all that much. Ko-Fi PayPal is immediate but Stripe takes a day or two.

Venmo: @BlackCatHackers
CashApp: $BlackCatOps

There is a GoFundMe specifically for truck/POD/RV (does not pay out at the moment, deliberately -- it's very specifically for the nomad goal):
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-cat-family-seek-out-new-life-new-civilizations

cc: @mutualaid

#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Infosec #HelpCatAndCo

I am again asking for help for Cat 🐈‍⬛🛰️ @catbailey on her behalf.

Cat is a single mother of two in the DC area. You may know her on the Fediverse as @catbailey , or formerly as catbailey on Infosec Exchange, or as @blackcatswhitehats.org from Bluesky, and you may recall a previous GoFundMe aimed at supporting the return of her car from repossession efforts that was successful thanks to your help.

In late 2023, Cat landed a contract position as a senior penetration tester on a contract red team, and for the roughly 18 months it lasted, was instrumental in supporting operational security, with her work earning internal accolades and awards. Her trajectory was trending positive, and she was able to address outstanding expenses that had piled up during her prior unemployment.

All that changed last February, when Cat's contract was abruptly cut off.

Cat is fiercely independent and would not ask for help for herself, so others began asking for help on Cat's behalf. Cat expected to be hired again, and to get back on her feet soon after. It has not turned out that way. No one is hiring. Ever since then, Cat's situation has been getting worse. It is thanks only to those who have helped Cat that she and her family have held out for this long.

Unfortunately, nothing turned out as expected. Since losing her job, Cat could not keep the mortgage current and the house has gone into foreclosure. Expenses are not being covered, resulting in storage rents and car payments falling behind again. Utility bills are behind. Medical expenses are not being covered leaving Cat without needed medications, and with needed healthcare being deferred. Cat is also not eating well, trying to ensure that the kids and the cats have enough to eat. Cat has been submitting resumes and applications for open positions all year but no one is hiring.

Cat is extremely grateful for all the help she has received. It has all helped her keep her family together and safe...so far, and has helped Cat to focus on finding employment.

Cat is looking into other sources of income, including writing, editing, et cetera, since it has been impossible to find work in infosec.

Cat is also trying to make changes. One of those is to become digital nomads, which needs initial funding. Cat has a separate GoFundMe for that, set to hold funds instead of paying out so that the money doesn't get eaten by other things.

Please help Cat and family if you can. Every little bit helps and it is all tremendously appreciated. Everything Cat receives is going to immediate needs: utilities, internet, phone, car payment, storage rents, and to food and the cats' medical needs. But there just hasn't been enough to do more than that. Unfortunately it has also been inconsistent, and there are, from time to time, a bunch of late fees and penalties which take up much of the money Cat receives.

If you have any leads on work as a project manager, an information security manager, blue teamer, or pentester, you will have a difficult time finding someone more qualified and capable. Likewise for any kind of team leader, management, private security consultant, space and orbital operations, and so much more. Please do reach out to Cat and share opportunities, and promote or recommend her to others in your networks.

Please also subscribe to Cat's Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catacruthachadh . There is some good writing, and $5 per month isn't really all that much. Ko-Fi PayPal is immediate but Stripe takes a day or two.

Venmo/PayPal/CashApp are best.

PayPal: https://paypal.me/catalystediting
Venmo: @BlackCatHackers
CashApp: $BlackCatOps

There is a GoFundMe specifically for truck/POD/RV (does not pay out at the moment, deliberately -- it's very specifically for the nomad goal):
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-cat-family-seek-out-new-life-new-civilizations

cc: @mutualaid

#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Infosec #HelpCatAndCo #GetFediHired #FediHire

it true

https://xkcd.com/3160

Nobody talks about transporter psychopathy.

#StarTrek

Read and lost an article about how CAISO, the California grid operator, will start using LLM to manage the grid and plan outages, etc., taking over from humans.

This can only end well, right?

No matter what, right?

@catsalad SHOW YER KITS!🐈

@alice I present a couple of interesting books from my library... Neither are classified, though (unfortunately).