It is nearly midnight and I have discovered that the person who made the Art Deco Gom Jabbar no longer seems to sell them, which is a problem because I am going to need an Art Deco Gom Jabbar to make it through 2025.

This is the realest advice I have for people who are wondering how they're going take effective action in the upcoming Trump administration: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

I know how to fight a long fight. I know how to triage and do harm reduction and how to play defense. But I am also very, very tired and I am going to need a minute before I can get back to work.

I have known for some time that this would be a stressful couple of weeks (at least!) and I have done everything that I could to stock up on resilience like an Alaskan bear preparing for Fat Bear Week, but it is not even election day and I am tapped out.

I am tempted to quote dunk, but I will merely say that if you feel the need to voice your support for the harassment of people who are seeking abortions and your bio reads "Sysadmin, privacy and FOSS advocate" you need to rethink that "privacy advocate" bit.

Because they are values-driven organizations with limited budgets, non-profits tend to pay their (non-executive, non-rockstar) employees poorly and are prone to becoming toxic fiefdoms. Unionizing your workers pushes against both of those tendencies. Just sayin'.

Seeing all of the Richard Stallman stuff in one place is A LOT: https://stallman-report.org/

You may be wondering why I'm salty about data privacy in cars all of the sudden:

Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages

A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.

(therecord.media)