Spending this evening joining my community at the #pasadena public safety committee calling for the city to drop Flock

[fire, snark] That feeling when you're trying to understand if the massive wildfire has gotten into the superfund site...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116601728369038587 Ooh, CueCat-style attack vector!

I made a quick adapter for a new phone mount on my desk: https://thzinc.com/2026/05/18/quad-lock-mag-charging-head-tripod-mount.html #3dprinting #maker

Welp, it took almost no time to go from “cool mesh radio” to wardriving #meshcore

The human genome is pleased to announce that it has been acquired by GalactiComm in a transaction involving 56 quadrillion UltraCredits in cash, stock and population indentures. Humanity will remain an independent brand and organisation under the GalactiComm banner and is expected to flourish […]

I decided to dip my toes into Meshtastic (and MeshCore) and have a couple of radios now. I'm digging it so far. For those who are farther along: what should I know? #meshtastic #meshcore #lora #pasadena

RE: https://front-end.social/@Wilto/116528770388536474 “Google participates in the web standards process the way a bear participates in the “camping” process.”

Was not expecting to deal with asthma problems this morning. Not sure what my body's on about...

[uspol] "[... with] the many problems that we're up against today, there is a subset of the American population that's losing hope and is having a hard time imagining a way out of it." https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5801467/cole-allen-suspect-washington-correspondents-dinner-shooting

Dragon Sweeper is such a good game with a very catchy soundtrack: https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

Had the realization this afternoon that I've been doing respirator maintenance for more than six years. #P100 #CovidIsNotOver #asthma

People keep saying variants of "One this is for sure, GenAI is here to stay" and those of us with short term memories will say they said same thing about NFTs. But I, as an Elder Millennial, would like to invoke the old texts and remind you they said the same things about Java Web Applets […]

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116409045619509237 Fortunately, I saved the letter I wrote my CA assemblymember and senator. If you need works, feel free to borrow mine: --- Reject any version of "H.R.8250 - To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an […]

This morning while writing out my mess of feelings ranging in scale from personal to national to global, this is how I concluded: "This is all so dumb, so cruel."

[RE: US president's deranged threats] If you missed this, good for you! If you've seen them, and are understandably worried, I'm there with you. But we are not powerless. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member #uspol […]

A bit different from most of my other writing: https://thzinc.com/2026/04/03/panic-attack.html This morning was rough. This week was too.

gods, I needed this #artemis2 launch. It's been a shitty week personally, but watching a successful launch (and such a momentous one at that) is heartening.

[pest control, traume] New trauma unlocked: killing a mouse with my hands (and a plastic container) while it stares at me and squeaks.

Whoa, I just came across pyenv[.]net and it looks like an LLM-generated SEO-stealing site that purports to have downloadable copies of pyenv. Has anyone else seen this? #python #pyenv

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thzinc/116174984936577970 After noodling on site design for a couple weeks, I now have a spiffy new coat of paint on thzinc.com!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116211618522732464 Paging @scream...

Guh, I hate DST (and anxiety brain)

Gross.

@stefan I read about the Atkinson Hyperlegible font family and am planning out an update to my site design that will use the font. While doing so, I wondered what font you were using on your stefanbohacek.com because it's really clean and nice looking. One "inspect element" later, I saw it's […]

Got around to documenting my #minirack build. I've had it running smoothly for a couple months and it's been really useful as a home lab Kubernetes cluster. https://thzinc.com/mini%20rack/2026/03/02/mini-rack-bill-of-materials-bom.html One more step toward #selfhosting...

Does anyone else get stress-based anosmia or phantom scents?

Btw, if you are following the Anthropic debacle, and Minnesota is fresh in your mind, consider the limits your government was not willing to budge on, according to the Anthropic CEO: www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

[Anthropic, uspol] jfc, it's incredible how Hegseth can engender positive thoughts in me toward any of the AI companies right now. > Anthropic will continue to provide the Department of War its services for a period of no more than six months to allow for a seamless transition to a better and […]

[meta on newspeak; uspol] I really hate the euphemistic term "warfighter" and the so-called "Department of War" The US is not at war. War is a specific term with specific meanings for a specific period of time.

Nice. *Subtle.* "Assemblyman Ravi Bhalla (D-Hoboken), one of the prime sponsors, said the act “sends a clear message that New Jersey will not stand idly by while federal agents violate residents’ civil liberties under the guise of immigration enforcement.”" […]

If you're able, it'd be really cool to help my local #pasadena food pantry–Friends In Deed–hit their giving day goal. It happens to be pouring rain today, and Friends In Deed is active running the bad weather shelter for our community. https://friendsindeedpas.org/givingday/

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Peopling is exhausting, even when it's pleasant.

I realized this morning what local AI agents (OpenClaw, Cowork, etc.) remind me of

Why are there a whole bunch of county and TV helicopters flying east over #pasadena, being tailed by a CHP plane? https://adsb.lol?icao=a97a67

Check it out, this decision support module runs entirely on the meatcortex, once you download the code bundle it operates entirely offline. You can think about anything at all without passing through an intelligence service provider. My thude, when i was your age that was *normal* Wow, you […]

Wilhoit's Law has been rattling around in my head lately so I went to review the source material and found that Frank continued the post with a sort of benediction: "The core proposition of anti-conservatism requires no supplementation and no exegesis. It is as sufficient as it is necessary […]

It sure feels like every time I see an article about a shooting in #pasadena that reads "A SoundThinking automatic gunfire alert directed officers to an area," it continues on to say, "the victim died of his wounds." Still pissed the city continues to waste our money and surveil out […]

More than ever, we need tools for building diverse and resilient communities, away from Big Tech controlling our feeds, and investment companies hoping to get a big payout. https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-community-organizers/ #fediverse #socialmedia #community

[us health insurance] jfc, my COBRA payment increased over $600/mo without any notification from the benefits admin nor my former employer.

As a form of self care, I've been working on a tool to make interactive "choose your own adventure" stories. (for an eventual fediverse bot) Tracery didn't quite fit what I wanted to accomplish, so I made my own thing. As a part of it, I made a nifty […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Perusing haveibeenflocked.com today inspired me to make some records requests... #foia #CPRA

It's too early in the day–and too early in the year–to feel as exhausted as I do now.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thzinc/115856349180004519 My letter to the mayor and my councilmember: I have been following the events this morning starting with the community alert of ICE patrolling out neighborhood and the subsequent arrest and release of Jose Madera for an alleged traffic […]

"Pasadena Job Center Director Jose Madera was detained for about an hour by Pasadena police Wednesday morning at the Pasadena Police Department, prompting immediate community outcry and renewed concerns that local officers are collaborating with federal immigration authorities, according to […]

Heads up in #pasadena, CA: there's credible reports of ICE in Pasadena today, and also the director of Pasadena Job Center, Jose Madera, is reported to have been arrested by Pasadena Police Dept. https://stopice.net/login/?alert=WEDJAN7084903PST2026alert

I bought a USB-C power supply, but didn't realize it used an IEC 60320 C5 cable. Do I know anyone who has a "Mickey Mouse" cable in their Box o' Cords that they would be willing to part with? Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C5/C6_coupler #BuyNothing #electronics #cables

Went out for a bike ride in my neighborhood (NW #pasadena) and spotted several new #flock cameras. Several appeared to be positioned such that they include sidewalks and views toward duplexes and apartments.