Jul 2026
Grant Bucketed Labor and Its Discontents
Notes from a season of standby, line prep, and a very boring drive home.
Land & Fire
Jun 2026
3,100 Miles to Oregon
Not getting picked is a kind of answer. So is driving 3,100 miles toward something that might.
Feb 2026
Pilot Rock Night Hike
I was going through some of my older projects and this was the first time I took out my Canon R8 for a night shoot in
Privacy & Systems
Jul 2026
The Red Fox Server
I've been building out a small personal server which I call it Red Fox and a quick rundown.
Apr 2026
Threat Models Need To Survive the Real World
Security that isn't pointed at something real will expand to fill whatever time and attention you give it, and other things fall behind.
Feb 2026
Metadata and The Shadow Biography
Your messages are scrambled, but your identity has never been clearer. We are living in an era of "Visible Secrets," where the lock on the door is real, but the walls are made of glass.
Policy & Institutions
May 2026
When Suicide Can Seem Logical
Suicide prevention messaging is not written for the person it claims to be talking to. I know this because I was that person, and I was there when it failed me.
Feb 2026
The Privacy Tax is a Systemic Problem
When an institution ties access to a proprietary platform and calls it security, opting out stops being a preference and starts being a bill you can't opt out of.
Narrative
Aug 2026
The Good Kid Problem
Being easy was never the same thing as being fine.
May 2026
When God Wants You Dead
Something real happens at those retreats. You're just never in a position to know if the explanation you're handed for it is true,
Apr 2026
Nothing That Anyone Would Call Something
Youth institutions don't fail by accident. The design makes certain harms invisible and that invisibility is load-bearing.