“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”
Psalm 23:6 (ESV)

https://bible.com/bible/compare/PSA.23.6
#Bible #VerseOfTheDay

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We made good progress on automated hardware testing in postmarketOS, resulting in being able to run pmaports changes on a real OP6T! Thanks to everybody who donated to postmarketOS or contributed their time to make this possible! ❤️

More about this and future plans:
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/01/21/hw-ci-mvp/

#linuxmobile #CI_tron

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A single page load on a basic font-download site triggered all of this:

• 29 separate ad-tech and tracking companies, each making multiple calls
  
• Google’s entire ad stack (DoubleClick, AdServices, GStatic, GVT beacons, FundingChoices, anti-fraud checks)
  
• Amazon’s ad marketplace (aax.amazon-adsystem.com)
  
• Header-bidding networks like PubMatic, AppNexus/Xandr, Rubicon/Magnite, SmartAdServer, OneTag
  
• Fingerprinting and identity-sync systems including Dotomi, LiveIntent, OnAudience, Evolution.ai, BTLabs
  
• Cross-site device matchers (Bidswitch, DeepIntent, CPE Dotomi)
  
• Telemetry/redirector nodes like 4DEX, Infolinks, Erne, Bumlam
  
• Behavioral profiling engines (bttrack.com)
  
• Dozens of DNS lookups in parallel just to build a single ad frame
  
• A fragile multi-stage real-time auction, where every bidder must respond for the ad to render
  
• Repeated fallbacks and retries, because the chain breaks constantly
  
• Aggressive layout shifts, “expanding shelf” ads, and late-loading frames caused by auction timing
  
• No functional relevance to the site, just monetization layers stacked on a simple font page
  
• Silent third-party data exposure across global trackers and brokers
  
• Nearly 2,400 logged network events for a page that should need maybe 20

I am happy to announce that my book, "Shadows of the Upper Peninsula", will be on sale on #smashwords as part of their End of Year Sale 2025 starting on December 8.

During the sale you can get a copy of "Shadows" for free on Smash Words. Other stores will be at regular price.

Smash Words link - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1804752

All Stores - https://books2read.com/shadows-of-the-upper-peninsula

#EoYSale25 #Smashwords #ghosts #ghoststories #fiction #shadows #mysteries