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Brendan Francis O'Connor

@Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz

He/him. I fight to make tech live up to the trust the world gives it. Hacker. Lawyer (not yours). DMs open for anyone early-career infosec (or considering law) who would like to chat.

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Joined December 19, 2022

Location:

Seattle, WA, USA

Ham Radio:

K3QB

Website:

https://ussjoin.com

Lawyer:

Not Yours

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Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social

@mattblaze@federate.social The jogging kind or the drug kind? I’ve heard the latter sucks.

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @quinn@social.circl.lu

@quinn@social.circl.lu A new term of which you might want to be aware, modeled on the history of the word “vegan”: https://zuzai.org/

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 21, 2026

Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social

@mattblaze@federate.social FWIW, I have a Series 5 I use constantly (still) which has been out of updates for years; it still works perfectly well for all the features you mention. So all may not be lost. YMMV of course!

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @toolbear@tech.lgbt

offtopic: Kingett criticism Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@toolbear@tech.lgbt @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange @simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org I’m amazed by the people who seem to have alerts set up to let them know about conversations in which they aren’t participating where someone mentions this author. The last one was obviously a bot. Yours, too, comes with no citations, only character assassination. Reported.

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @keunwoo@indieweb.social

@keunwoo@indieweb.social @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange @simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org Ah, actually you’re a bot account; your *only* posts are to harass a blind author who disagrees with you. Kindly take a long walk off a short plank.

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @keunwoo@indieweb.social

@keunwoo@indieweb.social Your analysis is based upon, as far as I can tell from your posts:

You don’t know how to use em-dashes; and
You have rarely been exposed to writing outside the programming field.

Bring real evidence if you want to make an outrageous claim; otherwise you’re merely defamatory.

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jul 11, 2026

Replying to @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange

@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange @simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org You both might enjoy this (long but definitely human-created read) from a blind author about, as lcamtuf pointed out, the human condition and writing vs LLMs. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-colonization-of-confidence/

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Jun 04, 2026

“Close” is not good enough. Though I have to admit, Google’s RNG falling victim to the propaganda in a book about propaganda and thought control is on point, if so unsubtle that an editor would reject it….

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · May 11, 2026

@me@social.k3can.us Hey, @N3VEM@mastodon.radio reminded me of the 20W limit for the EveryHam contest, which I had forgotten. Could you please delete my (K3QB) submission?

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · May 11, 2026

Replying to on mstdn.social

@allpoints@mstdn.social @weezmgk@mastodon.social I had great success with the PAR EF-Quad as a QTH antenna (and still use it frequently for POTA). Even lighter and more capable options are the https://www.aerial-51.com antennas; the 807-HD is my current QTH antenna, and even hung in a severely compromised way (it forms a near-complete perimeter of my roof, hung 9ft up from the roof line) it does *excellently*. They’re OCF, not EF, but worth checking out. Available in the US at www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/d9190.html#p3583 .

Brendan Francis O'Connor @Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @aurynn@cloudisland.nz

@aurynn FWIW, I’d be happy to pay annually if that would help (likely lower fees), via Stripe or whatever you choose.

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