I choose to believe that love is still stronger than hate, hope is still stronger than fear, and truth is still stronger than lies.

America (as a whole) has made *some choices* but we (as individuals) still get to choose what we do now.

People around you are going to need your help, love, and support in the time ahead. Don't let your disappointment and despair close up your heart. Look for opportunities to help each other.

And if you need help, please ask for it. We're in this together.

Here's hoping we get to do this again in 4 years.

#vote

🗒 Autocross Report (2024-11-03)

I raced my daily driver again.

https://srsbsns.lol/autocross-2024-11-03/

It has been 🅾️ days since I last clicked an "OK" button... in a screenshot.

It's racecar day!

#autocross

🔖 Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

"My rule – I don't join a service that I can't leave without switching costs – is my Ulysses Pact, and it's keeping me safe from danger I've sailed into too many times before."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/

Riding the gravel trail along the river, I look over and see a boat just pulling away from me. I pedal faster, feeling like Maverick as I race to keep up.

And then quickly felt like Topper as I hit a hole and almost fell over.

'tis the season

Oh no! I broke my favorite fidget! 😢

🔖 Privacy Is Not Just About You | Mojeek Blog

"At the end of the day, for privacy to truly be effective it has to be normalised. We need to think beyond your privacy and my privacy, and consider our privacy. Ours at scale; at a scale where digital surveillance is no longer considered the norm in society."

https://blog.mojeek.com/2024/10/privacy-is-not-just-about-you.html

Inside a Firewall Vendor's 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

Sophos went so far as to plant surveillance “implants” on its own devices to catch the hackers at work—and in doing so, revealed a glimpse into China's R&D pipeline of intrusion techniques.

https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/

#InfoSec #Security

I've been printing a lot of fidget toys lately, and may have just landed on my new favorite. It makes me think of the addictive sensation of flipping a zippo lid open and closed *without* making my hand smell like lighter fluid.

https://makerworld.com/models/534788

Plus it's pretty quiet which I'm sure my coworkers will appreciate.

#3dPrinting

🔖 delroth's homepage - One weird trick to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friend(s)

This post describes a pretty devious tactic: spoofing the source IP of mass internet scans to try and generate abuse reports against your targets.

https://delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass-scan-abuse/

I found a friend in the stairwell at work.

🗒 Fixed my Chromecast remote

I got fed up with a touchy remote button, so I fixed it.

https://srsbsns.lol/fixed-my-chromecast-remote/

🗒 This Week (2024-10-27)

Just time for a quick recap of the week - cycling, cooking, plumbing, celebrating, hardening, migrating, and more.

https://srsbsns.lol/this-week-2024-10-27/

Pippin is celebrating his eleventh birthday today 🎂

(Okay, well we're celebrating - he's tolerating 😁)

#DogsOfCoSo