See you next year!

Chicago, IL
Joined January 2020
A note from Johnny: As faces of the community, we, nay *I* have a responsibility to guide it in a direction respectful and supportive of all those who seek to join instead of allowing the status quo of the old, misogynistic, guard to continue, thankfully dying as it may be. (1/7)
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Also we owe a massive apology to @hacks4pancakes, who had absolutely nothing to do with the event whatsoever, was not even in attendance, yet has been fielding a huge brunt of the feedback because she’s such a trusted & safe person for so many, and she’s proving it yet again.
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This event has gone a long way towards teaching us what it means to be an ally vs. simply just not being a shitty person, and going forward I'm personally striving to be more active in my allyship. (6/7)
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We have so many cohorts in this local community to support me and us in this work that we really have no choice in becoming an even better organization, and its members have no choice but to become better people or GTFO. (7/7)
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TL;DR: The BYOB contest is always based on engineering effort. We should have thought twice and considered some sort of disqualification instead of just asking everyone to please beat this badge out. Outside of this, (1/3)
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the event was full of laughs love and the only problem individual the organizers were informed of was swiftly removed and banned. Since this is always an informal event we have no control over who or what shows up, (2/3)
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but we should have done better at maintaining a less-offensive environment, and certainly not rewarding the opposite. Should we decide to host again next year, we’ll be sure to expect a level of decency from those who join. (3/3)
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'Twas the day after #BurbSecCon, and the rain it was pouring, the fund raiser hit its goal, but can we keep going? $430 cash and $270 GFM, all for a good cause ran by @InfoSystir CC:@HackersHealth
Thanks Alex for setting this up. @HackersHealth is a fantastic group doing fantastic work.
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Somehow I won that one again. The RNG blessed the @churchofwifi with incredible luck.
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A rare Year One badge sighting!!
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Scrambling for @JeppsonsMalort piñata guts!!
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Our badge contest runners-up! A totally-not-stolen @thotcon barcon sign, and some homemade, knitted BurbSecCon black badges
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BurbSecCon retweeted
Whenever I see @Mr_Minion I have to take a picture because this is the happiest man ever that spreads his cheer
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Replying to @lintile
@lintile calling a lack of 2FA "raw dogging authentication" is the funniest thing I've heard today 😂 😂 😂
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