Some Thoughts on Adoption (and other nonsense). There's this old Louis C.K. clip—recorded long before he was cancelled—that summarizes our modern conundrum well: "Everything's amazing and nobody's happy." As I was walking towards the hospital today—after a way too early 5:30 rise—it dawned on me

Two years ago, I warned in City AM that the UK's Online Safety Bill risked undermining privacy and paving the way for government overreach into our digital lives. Today, that concern feels more urgent than ever. Last month, the EU Commission released its ProtectEU roadmap, outlining plans to provihome-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-presents-roadmap-effective-and-lawful-access-data-law-enforcement-2025-06-24_en

my weekend project to learn more about bluetooth mesh networks, relays, store and forward models, encryption models, and a few other things: github.com/jackjackbits/bitchat nostr-only TestFlight if you want to play with it: testflight.apple.com/join/QwkyFq6z