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09/03/2026

For those of you that are interested in the debate for or against datacenters, I found a good both sides than the authors position article. I am putting this out so that you have a chance to read a paper that talks about this from left/right/and then a more author-centric position. I think this is well worth a few minutes of your time if you are even remotely aware of the various arguments.

https://www.readtangle.com/data-center-pushback-grows/?ref=tangle-newsletter

𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘐. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 71% 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

07/16/2026

It's been quiet over here, so here's the scoop!

Back in December I got moved over to our Cyber Manufacturing team (same company, brand new world). Instead of my old focus on keeping things confidential, I'm now all about keeping things running — Availability is the name of the game.
That meant crash-course mode: courses, books, and the SANS ICS410 class. And today... it paid off! Passed my latest certification! 🎉

Another set of letters for what my girls call my "alphabet soup" 😂 Onward to the next chapter!

I will still be posting material directly related to standard security, hopefully more now that I am not worried about having to pay the company back should I not pass the exam!

05/01/2026

There’s been a lot of talk this past year about proving your age to use the internet or a computer. I’ve stayed out of the debate—until now, after reading the article below.

When the government starts cracking down on VPN use—no matter why it’s encrypted—we’ve hit a real problem. I’m opposed to age‑restricting the internet and forcing people to hand their data over to third parties like ISPs, Meta, Google, and the rest.

Some claim these measures protect children. I see it as plain‑old control. Rather than letting companies decide what’s private, they’re pushing the responsibility onto users.

I don’t have a perfect solution, but we can start by letting our leaders know that this covert push for more control will have consequences. I’ll vote against any politician who supports this data‑stealing agenda.

For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity. We've seen.....