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+title: "Notes on 2025W33"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w33
+date: 2025-08-17
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Life
+  - Me
+  - GitHub
+  - Forgejo
+  - Erynwells.me
+  - LGBTQIA+
+  - Trans
+  - Politics
+  - CLI
+---
+
+It has been a while since I wrote any weeknotes. Hi! I'm still alive. Life is
+keeping me busy and I find it difficult to fit in writing and sharing things
+sometimes.
+
+I had a goal this year of posting weeknotes like this on a roughly weekly
+cadence. I did not keep up. I got so frustrated with myself that my brain
+literally became this penguin and I stopped posting altogether.
+
+{{< figures/image global-asset-src=images/memes/not-doing-it.png size=small >}}
+
+This is all totally arbitrary and avoidable. And yet. Life is busy, the politics
+are shit, existing while trans is a constant source of stress. Maybe I owe
+myself some slack, right? Unfortunately, slack is not something I'm good at
+granting myself.
+
+---
+
+Tech Mastodon was abuzz this week about the new that [GitHub will be folded into
+the AI group][gh] at Microsoft. I have been meaning to move off of GitHub for a
+little while ago, and this kicked me over the edge. I set up a [Forgejo][fj]
+instance over at [source.erynwells.me](https://source.erynwells.me) to host my
+code going forward and migrated everything over there. Maybe one day I'll write
+more about this.
+
+---
+
+I also figured out how to get my VPS to mail me periodic emails of system status
+through FreeBSD's `periodic` system. I discovered that I get almost 1200
+unauthorized login attempts against my system every day. Wtf. Here's a small
+snippet of the attempts.
+
+```txt
+postgres    30 attempts
+ubuntu      31 attempts
+test        36 attempts
+debian      43 attempts
+user        64 attempts
+admin       124 attempts
+
+1156        total attempts
+```
+
+To my surprise, `root` is not among the attempted usernames.
+
+---
+
+Did you know [peacocks can shoot laser][peacocks] beams? Neither did I. I think
+this kicks them up about eighteen notches on the "Metalest bird" scale.
+
+---
+
+Someone tooted in my vicinity about [Terminal Trove][tt], a website that
+"curates and showcases all things in the terminal such as command line interface
+tools (CLI), text mode interface tools (TUI), developer tools and more no matter
+what platform or medium." Right up my alley.
+
+---
+
+Politics continues to suck in the United States. A few articles (of a great many)
+that stood out:
+
+[Impeachment is a Duty][impeachment]. Keep shouting about the house being on
+fire while the house continues to be on fire.
+
+There are [a lot of bills moving through state houses that limit access to
+gender-transition-related care][tcare], and seems a lot of these bills are
+flying under the radar.
+
+[It's not just burnout][bn] asks us to consider where we derive meaning in our
+careers, to stay mindful of how much is actually fucked about the current world
+order, and to cut ourselves some slack for the lethargy and demotiviation many
+of us are feeling.
+
+
+[gh]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/
+[fj]: https://forgejo.org
+[peacocks]: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/scientists-use-peacock-feathers-to-make-frickin-laser-beams/
+[tt]: https://terminaltrove.com
+[impeachment]: https://www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-is-a-duty/
+[tcare]: https://transnews.network/p/the-sweeping-anti-trans-bills-moving-through-congress-no-one-s-talking-about
+[bn]: https://newsletter.activevoicehq.com/p/it-s-not-just-burnout