#resilience

How #LibrariesOfThings build #resilience, fight #ClimateChange, and bring communities together by Tom Llewellyn April 17, 2019 Excerpt: "With climate-fueled disasters on the rise around the world, what role can tool libraries play in aiding community-led disaster response efforts? " #ToolLibraries can play a huge role in #ClimateResilience and helping communities bounce forward after a disaster, but to be most effective they need to be in place before disasters like super-storms, floods, wildfires, or earthquakes. "The tools, skills, and community that support a tool library can all be essential ingredients for rapid response and rebuilding. As we’ve seen after recent disasters, it can take weeks — or even months — for effective outside assistance to arrive, so the better-equipped communities are to help themselves, the better they will do after a disaster. Even if a tool library itself is damaged in a disaster, a redundant and reliable platform like #myTurn can help locate the tools that were checked out at the time of the disaster or items from other nearby tool libraries, so they can be put back into service quickly. "Even before a disaster happens, tool libraries can play a number of roles in disaster preparation. Some of the most popular tools at the #PhinneyToolLibrary like concrete drills, palm nailers, air compressors, reciprocating saws are often borrowed to be used for earthquake retrofits, and the Oakland Tool Library even has earthquake retrofit kits. The social cohesion that tool libraries fosters also helps build community resilience. "One final important, and often overlooked, benefit of tool libraries, #LibrariesOfThings, and other product sharing services is the large role they can play in reducing GHGs and climate risk in the first place. According to recent research by groups in Europe and the C40 Cities, consumer product consumption is the sector of the economy that has one of the, if not the, biggest environmental impact when taking into account resource extraction, manufacturing, and global supply chains, transportation, storage, use, and eventual disposal of products. "Beyond reducing the 'embodied' energy in products through #reuse, some organizations are using tool libraries to further advance energy efficiency. For example, the Smart Buildings Center, SDG&E, and CUNY Building Performance Lab all run energy efficiency tool libraries that help homeowners, professionals, and construction companies retrofit existing buildings to reduce their energy use. Using shared tools to reduce energy consumption is a win-win for people, economics, and the planet." Learn more: https://www.shareable.net/how-libraries-of-things-build-resilience-fight-climate-change-and-bring-communities-together/ #SolarPunkSunday #DisasterPreparedness #BorrowDontBuy #Resiliency #SharingEconomy #LibrariesRule !

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@kcarruthers/117337299799395067 “Boring is where resilience lives.” 💯🎉 So very, very true! Great post from @kcarruthers@infosec.exchange about the reality of securing AI systems. They do NOT have to be “sentient” in any way at all… they just have to have elevated levels of access. The Skynet / doomer scenario misses the more mundane- and boring - aspect of securing systems of all forms. #AI #Resilience

Lessons from autumn. By @positivelypresent #resilience #mentalhealth #selfcare #ymhc

While you're selecting a product, I am advising strategy. https://resilience-theatre.com/permission/ #preparedness #strategy #dfir #resilience #redteam #opensource

Chemo hair loss doesn't define me - it's a symbol that I'm strong https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24jpevmgdzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Health #Resilience #PersonalStory

Centralized platforms will never be the solution for privacy and autonomy, it is crazy but all that multi-millions-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does #decentralization #european #europe #e2ee

Every day unlocks new potential, regardless of age. Our rich experiences push us towards uncharted dreams, proving ambition defies time. This is a notion even Churchill supported. How will you shape your life's story today? #Resilience #NeverTooLate

Tu n’es rien Le rien, même un moins que rien Est une possibilité, un potentiel Qui peut s’emplir, accueillir Germer et s’émouvoir… Le trop plein, massif, lourd Écrase mais ne peut rien accepter L’océan toxique est vaste Mais il dilue tout… Alors rien, je l’accepte Comme une condition À l’évolution ! No 1145 Dimanche 03/05/2026 #poésie #rien #résilience

Switching from #WhatsApp / #Telegram to #Signal is not a solution if you really care about #privacy, #resilience and #autonomy all of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them easy to censor, the best services are the one that don't require any personal data at all to register, like #ArcaneChat Keep the #family safe 💜✨ #OpenSource #European #Europe #android #aws #bigtech #amazon #diday

@arcanechat@fosstodon.org what part is FUD??? The part where you say: Switching from #WhatsApp / #Telegram to #Signal is not a solution if you really care about #privacy, #resilience and #autonomy Your only rationale in the comic is that they are hosted on AWS. Which is a problem for a secure private messenger only for a protocol that is not designed to avoid leaking any sensitive data including the shape of the communication graph to an adversary with complete control over the server. all of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them easy to censor This is misleading. The phone number in Signal is not used for message routing at all. It can be used to make you discoverable to contacts that were previously using the phone / SMS to connect to you. Being discoverable by your contacts is important for a private messenger because it gets you a big anonymity set quickly. for a start, there is no single adversary that can observe the whole network, and switching from one relay to another and using several at the same time is easy, without losing your chats & data! To take the two parts of this in turn: First, I would suggest you search for the term 'global passive adversary'. It's a core part of how any private messenger expresses its threat model. And, although a perfect global passive adversary doesn't exist, ones that monitor more than an entire country do exist. The second part is the real problem. How many people are there on each relay? I don't need to monitor the entire network to see what a person is doing, I need to monitor the servers that they talk to, and who those servers talk to. That's a much weaker adversary (achievable by a huge number of potentially hostile entities). And the way that you defeat an adversary like this is to have a large anonymity set, so that correlations between messages arriving and leaving are hard. how does signal, a central observer with access to all users' IP addresses is any better? We know, from the results of warrants, precisely what can leak from Signal: the timestamp at which you joined the network and the timestamp at which the client last connected to the network. What can a warrant with your protocol deliver? But if you're leaking things to a passive adversary that require an active compromise of another system then it doesn't matter if your system might be more resilient to an active attacker: an active attacker doesn't need to bother if people use your system. Just knowing which relay they talk to is already giving more data than a warrant against Signal delivers. But it also highlights the problem with a lot of distributed messaging systems: You can easily turn a single point of failure into a lot of points of failure. If a relay is operated by someone malicious, how much of the network's traffic can they observe? But, more importantly: you did not answer my question. You just attacked Signal. There are lots of things I dislike about Signal but you aren't even giving answers that tell me that you have solved the problems that they have solved, and you've got a design that introduces a load of hard problems that they don't have. Maybe try talking about how you've actually solved some hard problems with security and privacy, rather than starting off with an attack on other projects and claiming that you're better than them?

How a volcanic landscape tells the story of Nisga'a history and resilience The Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park preserves the story of a volcanic eruption that transformed the Nass Valley and the oral histories that have carried its lessons for generations. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nisgaa-lava-beds-history-9.7297830?cmp=rss

Il Falcon 9 impatta contro la Luna. La storia di questo impatto ha inizio il 15 gennaio 2025, quando un razzo Falcon 9 di SpaceX è decollato dalla Terra per trasportare verso la Luna due lander robotici: il Blue Ghost dell'americana Firefly Aerospace e il Resilience della giapponese ispace. https://scienzamagia.eu/scienza-e-tecnologia/il-falcon-9-impatta-contro-la-luna/ #5agosto2026 #BlueGhost #cratereeinstein #esplorazionespaziale #FireflyAerospace #giapponeseispace #impattolunare #Keywordsfalcon9 #LUNA #Resilience

VisualPTT - generated code to test high latency link delivery. Meaningful application where user can record message by keeping AltGr pressed down and on release, message is released as normal file for transport. When received, another end plays it back automatically. Operates fully offline, includes speech-to-text with whisper.cpp and annotates received video message. All this on Debian 13 laptop, without internet connectivity. Check source here: https://github.com/resiliencetheatre/visualptt #offline #preparedness #resilience #space #deepspacenetwork #mesh #manet #tak #atak

Newly released Justice Department and House Oversight material shows Jeffrey Epstein arranged a 2013 marriage between his girlfriend, Dr. Karyna Shuliak, and one of his own assistants — a woman her lawyer describes as a victim — to secure a green card. https://twp.ai/4huJ2i #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #TransMuslim #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAid

Christian fitness influencers are opening men-only gyms to prevent infidelity. Jeff Hambrecht of Proverbs 27:17 Fitness in Oklahoma City says the gym is a top location for affairs; a second, in Denver, promises training "without having nakedness shoved in his face." #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #Christians #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAid https://twp.ai/4huJ2j

Somebody at the State Department put a map of Africa on screen at the global AIDS conference with every labeled country in the wrong goddamn place. Nigeria landlocked. Mozambique north of Uganda. Then, with that horseshit still glowing behind them, they defended gutting the programs keeping people on that continent alive. #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAid https://twp.ai/4huIzz

I've waded through a lot of bullshit this year, but there's a special vintage of institutional dipshittery in mislabeling a continent, calling it "an unfortunate error," and keeping 1,700 clinics dark. Own the map or own the closures. Pick a goddamn lane. #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #TransMuslim #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAid https://twp.ai/4huJ0i

▪ State Department draws Africa wrong, apologizes, keeps the cuts ▪ Musk revives America PAC — up to $120 million, eight states ▪ Typhoon survivors haul Shell into a London courtroom ▪ Copan an driùchd — lady's mantle, the cup that holds the dew ▪ Ronda Goldfein, who got HIV out of Pennsylvania's criminal code #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAidhttps://twp.ai/4huJ01

— to correct the record on how well-liked he personally believes his own sorry ass to be. Then he fell asleep. Not metaphorically. Head-down, chin-to-chest, camera-caught, dead-to-the-world asleep, while another man stood at the same podium trying to finish burying his friend. #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #TransMuslim #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity #MutualAid https://twp.ai/9OZdIN 2/2

He couldn't even let a dead man have his own goddamn funeral. Read that back once, slow, and feel your jaw do the thing. A president stood up to eulogize a senator he called an ally for twenty years and used it — the actual eulogy, the actual room, an actual grieving family in the front pew - #LGBTQ #Trans #TransRights #Pride #QueerJoy #TransMuslim #Visibility #QueerVoices #LGBTQIA #Resilience #HumanRights #Solidarity#MutualAid https://twp.ai/4huO6J 1/2