Ben Hockenhull

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Recovering CIO. Rabbit hole descender. Cheerful cynic. Above-average cook. Music. Books. Terse descriptors.
You let freedom ring to voicemail?

A poem and a song and a photo to greet today's Spring Equinox.

"communities, the forgotten architecture of friendship."

https://homemadejam.org/mix/springequinox-2026.html

Spring Equinox 2026

We all have the same little bones in our foot twenty-six with funny names like navicular.

Spring Equinox 2026
The FBI is buying Americans’ location data

In a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the FBI director admitted that the agency is turning to data brokers to get around warrant requirements.

The Verge

"NBC News reported that former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's top lieutenant, Cory Lewandowski, asked federal contractors to pay him in exchange for growing their contracts with the agency. One company highlighted in particular was the private prison company, GEO Group."

'Oh boy!' Jen Psaki beside herself as 'biggest grift' in Trump admin unearthed - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-2676407066/

'Oh boy!' Jen Psaki beside herself as 'biggest grift' in Trump admin unearthed

MS NOW's Jen Psaki was beside herself on Thursday as she reported on two blockbuster stories about corruption in the Trump administration. NBC News reported that former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's top lieutenant, Cory Lewandowski, asked federal contractors to pay him in e...

Raw Story

Let's name the next national park after Dolores Huerta.

Statement From Dolores Huerta on Cesar Chavez’s Abuse | Portside

https://portside.org/2026-03-18/statement-dolores-huerta-cesar-chavezs-abuse

Statement From Dolores Huerta on Cesar Chavez’s Abuse

Dolores Huerta, the most prominent female ally of the civil rights figure Cesar Chavez, revealed on Wednesday that Mr. Chavez had forced her to have sex with him in the 1960s, a secret she had kept for nearly 60 years. After The New York Times published an investigation in which Ms. Huerta and two other women accused Mr. Chavez of abuse, she issued a statement and gave The Times permission to republish it in full.

Portside

Heh. Todd Blanche says Ron Wyden's story is completely fabricated.

If only we had some sense, you know, of the credibility record of these two men, then we could maybe guess at who's most likely to be telling the truth.

Most people think Bluetooth works at about 10 meters.But researchers have already demonstrated Bluetooth attacks 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 using directional antennas and external power amplifiers.

Now a company called Hubble Network has demonstrated Bluetooth connectivity 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 using space-based phased-array receivers. And they’re building and launching the constellation.

https://novelbits.io/hubble-network-nrf54l15-tutorial/?utm_source=novelbits&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no-cellular-no-lora-just-bluetooth-le-to-the-cloud

#bluetooth #lorawan #space #sattelite

Integrate Hubble Network on your nRF54L15 for Global Connectivity

Connect your Bluetooth LE devices to Hubble Network's global IoT infrastructure—90M+ smartphone gateways and satellite connectivity—using Nordic's nRF54L15 reference app.

Novel Bits

Dead Can Dance have released their complete catalogue on Bandcamp

https://deadcandance.bandcamp.com/music

Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance are an Anglo-Irish musical collective founded in Melbourne Australia in 1981 by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard.

Dead Can Dance
I can't believe how many people are expressing distrust towards the government. What's next, we're going to start questioning the authority of law enforcement officers too?

If you leave the infrastructure of surveillance in place, people in power will inevitably find an excuse to resume using it. You have to take that shit down.

https://boltsmag.org/verona-wisconsin-ends-contract-flock-ai-surveillance-cameras/

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read More

Bolts