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The _role_ of a 5c whistle is to grab EVERYBODY's attention and allow rapid ad-hoc hyperlocal coordination
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
The _role_ of a 5c whistle is to grab EVERYBODY's attention and allow rapid ad-hoc hyperlocal coordination
I guess to finish the thought -- what is the _role_ of a packet radio? Is it to enable evidence collection and serve as part of a media operation? Is it for tactical coordination? Radios can't be an end unto themselves or you wind up running around with $2k thermal optics for no reason
February 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I guess to finish the thought -- what is the _role_ of a packet radio? Is it to enable evidence collection and serve as part of a media operation? Is it for tactical coordination? Radios can't be an end unto themselves or you wind up running around with $2k thermal optics for no reason
Yeah the most serious proposals would be something around a ble/wifi mesh relay system
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Yeah the most serious proposals would be something around a ble/wifi mesh relay system
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In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Signal piggybacking on shall we say civilian infrastructure is a feature
February 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Signal piggybacking on shall we say civilian infrastructure is a feature
Cheap off the shelf insecure will be the first thing observed/jammed
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Cheap off the shelf insecure will be the first thing observed/jammed
Related interesting questions are airspace and road denial
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Related interesting questions are airspace and road denial
I’d take more seriously proposals to try and build an onion router chat system like signal for similar resilience reasons. That I think has a threat model better aligned with reality. But that’s really hard and for now we have signal which makes that hard problem easy enough for enough people
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I’d take more seriously proposals to try and build an onion router chat system like signal for similar resilience reasons. That I think has a threat model better aligned with reality. But that’s really hard and for now we have signal which makes that hard problem easy enough for enough people
Mesh networks seem like a technical non solution to a social problem. They’re cool hobbyist toys but there’s no world where enough people have them to achieve the social effects of bringing people together that whistles have
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Mesh networks seem like a technical non solution to a social problem. They’re cool hobbyist toys but there’s no world where enough people have them to achieve the social effects of bringing people together that whistles have
Consider even tactical jamming ala the devices the THOR III. Okay. So a couple blocks around an action get blacked out. A mesh doesn’t solve that problem in any way the inverse square law doesn’t already. In fact odds are good most of the nodes you care about will be impacted
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Consider even tactical jamming ala the devices the THOR III. Okay. So a couple blocks around an action get blacked out. A mesh doesn’t solve that problem in any way the inverse square law doesn’t already. In fact odds are good most of the nodes you care about will be impacted
Most of the censorship/compliance with the regime we’ve seen has come from the big platforms with lots of bandwidth and storage choosing to make editorial decisions. (down ranking or not covering protests, elite cooption of outlets) not outright backbone cuts
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Most of the censorship/compliance with the regime we’ve seen has come from the big platforms with lots of bandwidth and storage choosing to make editorial decisions. (down ranking or not covering protests, elite cooption of outlets) not outright backbone cuts
You aren’t gonna get a new $40 mesh device into the hands of everyone at an action. They all already have phones
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
You aren’t gonna get a new $40 mesh device into the hands of everyone at an action. They all already have phones
The value IMO of Twitter and friends is/was that you can get VIDEO EVIDENCE out, in addition to coordinating in real time. In the context of a protest or other action a radio operator or camera person is a target in a way that cell phones can’t be due to universality
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The value IMO of Twitter and friends is/was that you can get VIDEO EVIDENCE out, in addition to coordinating in real time. In the context of a protest or other action a radio operator or camera person is a target in a way that cell phones can’t be due to universality
Range isn’t the problem, network access is. On the existing local meshtastic deployment I can already signal friends 40mi away easily. Not too much money in covert relays could also provide area coverage. But at what qos for how many? Can’t share video for instance
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Range isn’t the problem, network access is. On the existing local meshtastic deployment I can already signal friends 40mi away easily. Not too much money in covert relays could also provide area coverage. But at what qos for how many? Can’t share video for instance
Meshtastic has substantial and unresolved architectural issues with malicious nodes. The only off the shelf packet radio alternative isn’t oss or demonstrably more sound. Mesh nets are really really hard
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Meshtastic has substantial and unresolved architectural issues with malicious nodes. The only off the shelf packet radio alternative isn’t oss or demonstrably more sound. Mesh nets are really really hard
So this is on a list of things I’ve spent some time on and I think it’s a dead end. For a couple reasons. Let’s start with breadth of deployment. Say you could build a packet radio for $40 or so ala a flipper zero. How many of those are you going to get “in the field”? Compared to a $0.05 whistle?
Need the 3d printed whistle equivalent of cheap fast mesh network nodes.
Or, you know. Talk to people.
Or, you know. Talk to people.
yeah, cutting off mobile and internet connectivity is now one of the very first moves that invading forces often make when they take over a city. (the invading forces then rely upon Starlink for their own purposes).
we recently saw the RSF do exactly this in El Fasher in Sudan.
we recently saw the RSF do exactly this in El Fasher in Sudan.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
So this is on a list of things I’ve spent some time on and I think it’s a dead end. For a couple reasons. Let’s start with breadth of deployment. Say you could build a packet radio for $40 or so ala a flipper zero. How many of those are you going to get “in the field”? Compared to a $0.05 whistle?
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NIST Reference Homie
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 PM
NIST Reference Homie
After this stare really hard at a whiteboard job I don’t know if I can do a real one again
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
After this stare really hard at a whiteboard job I don’t know if I can do a real one again
This is absolutely a bit I did years ago on the old website but it’s still holding up
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This is absolutely a bit I did years ago on the old website but it’s still holding up
STOP MAKING ROCKS THINK
THIS IS BERY CRUEL TO ROCKS
THIS IS BERY CRUEL TO ROCKS
If I were a computer and humans taught me to think and feel, the first thing I'd do is kill all the humans. How dare you.
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
STOP MAKING ROCKS THINK
THIS IS BERY CRUEL TO ROCKS
THIS IS BERY CRUEL TO ROCKS
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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with the dawn of LLMs we've finally unlocked a third form of user interface distinct from the concepts of a CLI or a GUI: the DUI
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
with the dawn of LLMs we've finally unlocked a third form of user interface distinct from the concepts of a CLI or a GUI: the DUI