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.

The flip side is that some non-profits fight tooth and nail to prevent unionization, taking the very worst of the corporate world and using it against said badly-paid, overworked workers, often with public funds. See the example below, here in SF.The solution is clear to me: non-profits, especially those receiving public funds, must have meaningful worker (and client!) representation on their boards of directors.https://www.kqed.org/news/11940014/inside-the-long-uphill-battle-to-unionize-workers-at-one-bay-area-nonprofit

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: https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy