Short notes,
in reverse order.

SAR is 100% volunteer, self funded. Some say we should get paid and I’m a strong advocate of “no”. We serve because it’s the right thing to do and the purity of that service to sacrifice to bring others home will be tainted by the pursuit of compensation.

If you know the sci-fi trope of the rich and powerful living in cities in the skies while the plebs struggle on the ground, or when religion is used to turn women into breeders in a religious autocracy it portends a real future. Billionaires are out of touch with reality. You think they have any idea the struggles of the common man? Money ultimately corrupts all things.

You buy fancy toys and really all they want is a scrap of paper to sit on.

It’s tiring keeping up with the news. Diaper Donny started this war over his hubris and the world is paying for his stupidity, not just Americans. In the meanwhile his pals are loving the money coming from “prediction” markets. Interesting that Don Jr has stakes in Kalshi? Coincidence? Corruption in plain sight folks.

I present, Larry the Loaf.

Meshtastic integration for relaying of SAR teams locations without cellular with full integration into CalTopo web. That’ll be a fun project.

This is what happens when your cat can reach frondy things. Bad cat.

The last time I attempted a sourdough loaf was 2019. Remember Covid? Well 2026 and I got a dried starter from the Oregon trail starter community and Steve the Starter is quite happy so today we teamed up to make a loaf. We’ll see how the bake goes tomorrow morning!

We had two recent call-outs, both fatalities due to heat stroke. Remember, heat stroke is not the same as dehydration. Heat exhaustion to heat stroke may be stoppable by extreme rapid cooling. This is the bodies inability to thermal regulate. It doesn't matter your hydration if your body cannot cool itself. If you find yourself in heat exhaustion, stop, find shade, cool off. If you vomit or experience a change in mental status, SOS immediately. This is emergent and life threatening.

There is a sense of yearning for the next sunrise when you see the sun set.

Using AI has drastically accelerated my work but it's not a cure all but a force amplifier. You still need to know how to lay bricks to be an architect.

Thinking about the seconds that pass, all these moments we can't get back.