I will not verify my identity or age for any online service, other than clicking on an "I am over 18" button, ever. I will simply stop using the service, if it is required.

I encourage you to do the same. It's not "for the children". It's to harvest even more information from you so corporations can try to squeeze even more money out of you and to be able to track you and everything you do.

Well, Winter Field Day is over and I had a ton of fun.

It was the perfect wrap for a week of vacation, during which I also tested for and passed my exam for my upgrade to Amateur Extra.

I even got to pick up a few QSOs for WFD down in the formerly "forbidden" sections of the bands by appending "stroke alpha echo" to the old callsign. Good times!

Thanks @WFDA for reminding us what 100w and a wire can do :)

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"“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”"

Words to remember even if, right now, the universe seems to be bending toward evil and chaos. I want to ignore the horrors of the global stage and focus on the local. What else can I do except to register my opposition and move on? I feel helpless. Lisa and I will go to the protests, again. We will vote in November. But I feel impotent in the face of this unchecked and corrupt government.