Resilient Blocks Initiative

@resilientblocks
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We help neighborhoods access essential goods and technologies using organized collective effort. Emergency generator distribution, bulk buying groups, tool libraries - if it's stuff and it can be shared, we're here to help with education, organization, and financial support.
Learn/Donatehttps://opencollective.com/resilientblocks
"If LLMs’ success in deanonymizing people improves governments could use them to unmask online critics, corporations could assemble customer profiles for “hyper-targeted advertising,” and attackers could build profiles of targets at scale to launch scams" https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-at-scale-with-surprising-accuracy/
LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy

Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless.

Ars Technica

As Texans prepare for yet another severe weather event, a lot of us may do well to notice the scope of our concern. Are we thinking only about ourselves and our household? Do our neighbors have our back? Do we have theirs? What could we be doing differently - less anxiously, more efficiently, more resiliently - if we were able to move more collectively? What obstacles are keeping us from defaulting to this approach?

#Texas #ERCOT #WinterStorm

Humility is an under-rated systems change skill.

🇬🇧 UK: More than 1 in 6 people in parts of Greater Manchester have Long Covid, around 18%.

"Long Covid includes physical, cognitive and mental impairments, with brain fog, fatigue, breathlessness, low mood, and depression among the most common symptoms."

"Across England, 1.9 million people were experiencing a myriad of self-reported Long Covid symptoms as of March 2023, with 79% saying it has had a negative impact on their day-to-day activities."

#COVID19UK #LongCOVID @auscovid19

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/more-one-six-people-parts-29792416

More than one in six people in some parts of Greater Manchester have Long Covid

See the figures for your area using our interactive gadget

Manchester Evening News

#Signal was warranted again, and as always they gave the only data they could give: time of registration in Unix miliseconds, and time of last connection in Unix miliseconds.

yet another reminder that you can't give away data you don't have in the first place.

https://signal.org/bigbrother/santa-clara-county/

Search warrants for Signal user data, Santa Clara County

Because everything in Signal is end-to-end encrypted by default, the broad set of personal information that is typically easy to retrieve in other apps simply doesn’t exist on Signal’s servers.

Signal Messenger

#Introduction time!

We are the Resilient Blocks Initiative, a group dedicated to developing community access to those essentials that have become a luxury.

Staple foods. Electrical reliability. Protection from extreme temperatures. Shelter from severe weather. Transportation. Telecommunications. If it is a material need, we are here to help facilitate its organized and cooperative distribution.

It's time to come together as neighbors and build a survivable future for all.

#ResilientBlocks