Justin Schuh
@justinschuh.com
Back in Chicago as a stay-at-home dad starting a small business. Expect some infosec/privacy/safety, 3D printing, and politics. You're probably following me because of my old job(s).
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So, is the entire month of November just considered "Black Friday" at this point?
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So, is the entire month of November just considered "Black Friday" at this point?
Still seems concerning that we're nine months into Trump's term and the US market has been basically negative in real terms (ie. adjusted for inflation and the US dollar).
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Still seems concerning that we're nine months into Trump's term and the US market has been basically negative in real terms (ie. adjusted for inflation and the US dollar).
Still making whistles.
![I have a kind of long and convoluted story, [redacted], your [redacted] whistles got someone out of custody on Friday.
Last Friday.
It's a bit complicated, so I'll share next time we are together, but you should please let him know that having the logo on the whistles resulted in a connection between two people during an abduction, and an advocate was able to get custody after they were taken from [redacted] house when his team was doing some work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3efsnzegvrsoek3tr2lknal/bafkreieckbzk7ajhcjawihzvbkr7opnl6gedzmuxiyqohydf4souimgq7y@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Still making whistles.
It was a very simple costume, but it sure went over well.
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It was a very simple costume, but it sure went over well.
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Not an understatement to say how transformational and solid of a bill this is. All the best parts of the robust reform package the Senate passed in the spring, with none of the negative baggage of the new funding sources since we’re moving existing fuel taxes from highways to transit operations
WOOHOO: “Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit”
chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/...
chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/...
Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit
Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pac...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not an understatement to say how transformational and solid of a bill this is. All the best parts of the robust reform package the Senate passed in the spring, with none of the negative baggage of the new funding sources since we’re moving existing fuel taxes from highways to transit operations
Chicago's suburban counties collect a transit sales tax ($193M last year), but spend it mostly on cops and roads, with less than 2% going to public transit. Meanwhile, our regional transit system is facing a $1.5B fiscal cliff, and there's no political will to claw back decades of misspent funds.
A Little-Known Legal Loophole Has Scrambled State Efforts to Save Transit Agencies From Financial Disaster
Suburban counties last year spent $83M in RTA sales taxes on jails and courts; they'll fight to keep the money as the state scrapes for cash.
illinoisanswers.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Chicago's suburban counties collect a transit sales tax ($193M last year), but spend it mostly on cops and roads, with less than 2% going to public transit. Meanwhile, our regional transit system is facing a $1.5B fiscal cliff, and there's no political will to claw back decades of misspent funds.
I remember thinking when I wrote that code: Do I reject just -1, or a range of negative handles? I went with -1 because it felt less risky, and I didn't want to introduce random crashes from some undocumented edge-case.
Sorry, in retrospect I could have made it a stronger defense-in-depth check.
Sorry, in retrospect I could have made it a stronger defense-in-depth check.
Mem3nt0 mori – The Hacking Team is back!
Kaspersky researchers discovered previously unidentified commercial Dante spyware developed by Memento Labs (formerly Hacking Team) and linked it to the ForumTroll APT attacks.
securelist.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I remember thinking when I wrote that code: Do I reject just -1, or a range of negative handles? I went with -1 because it felt less risky, and I didn't want to introduce random crashes from some undocumented edge-case.
Sorry, in retrospect I could have made it a stronger defense-in-depth check.
Sorry, in retrospect I could have made it a stronger defense-in-depth check.
Not that long ago Jim Comey was admonishing the DOJ as the "The Chickenshit Club" for bringing prosecutions only when they were nearly certain of a win. And now we have a DOJ regularly bringing prosecutions where they're pretty much guaranteed to lose... including the prosecution of Jim Comey.
Jury Acquits Man Accused of Soliciting Trump’s Murder on Bluesky
A jury took about two hours Tuesday to acquit a man accused of soliciting President Donald Trump’s assassination on social media, a setback for the Justice Department office led by Trump’s newly-insta...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not that long ago Jim Comey was admonishing the DOJ as the "The Chickenshit Club" for bringing prosecutions only when they were nearly certain of a win. And now we have a DOJ regularly bringing prosecutions where they're pretty much guaranteed to lose... including the prosecution of Jim Comey.
I don't get the narrative that the US market is performing well. It recovered from the April low, but is overall middling―practically zero after accounting for a weak dollar and elevated inflation. And that's all before feeling the effects of tariffs, layoffs, benefit cuts, the shutdown, etc.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I don't get the narrative that the US market is performing well. It recovered from the April low, but is overall middling―practically zero after accounting for a weak dollar and elevated inflation. And that's all before feeling the effects of tariffs, layoffs, benefit cuts, the shutdown, etc.
ICE has been actively harassing people in my neighborhood all morning, just a few blocks from my house. Schools are sending out warnings to parents; some are under lockdown.
Feds Detain At Least 2 People During Random Stops In Wicker Park, West Town
The random stops are at odds with the mission of Operation Midway Blitz, which federal officials previously said would "target the worst of the worst criminal" undocumented immigrants.
blockclubchicago.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ICE has been actively harassing people in my neighborhood all morning, just a few blocks from my house. Schools are sending out warnings to parents; some are under lockdown.
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We should plan on a full modernization of the Blue Line - including automation and platform screen doors - so we can reallocate those operators out of Rosemont and Forest Park and run more service on the rest of the system
"While US [is] fixating on...EVs/AVs, other countries have been investing in a different transportation future defined by high-tech metros.
Name a major global city...and odds are good that they are in the midst of a dramatic transit-building program." benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/why-automa...
Name a major global city...and odds are good that they are in the midst of a dramatic transit-building program." benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/why-automa...
Why automated metros are the future
High-tech transit can be cost-effective transit. Just look at Canada.
benjaminschneider.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We should plan on a full modernization of the Blue Line - including automation and platform screen doors - so we can reallocate those operators out of Rosemont and Forest Park and run more service on the rest of the system
I regularly remind my kids of this on Tuesdays. I'm that kind of annoying father.
Tuesdays are a battlefield.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I regularly remind my kids of this on Tuesdays. I'm that kind of annoying father.
I was an enlisted Marine stationed in Asia in the 1990s, so I totally buy the story about drunkenly getting a tattoo in a foreign country because it looked cool, and not learning its meaning until many years later. I have no opinion on Platner beyond that. That specific part just checks out for me.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I was an enlisted Marine stationed in Asia in the 1990s, so I totally buy the story about drunkenly getting a tattoo in a foreign country because it looked cool, and not learning its meaning until many years later. I have no opinion on Platner beyond that. That specific part just checks out for me.
Dealing with a healthcare thing where the insurer consistently pays 50% of a bill, even though they're obligated to 100%. Turns out providers expect this, so they keep billing incrementally until the total hits the amount they're owed. It's all sorting itself, but damn what a broken system.
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dealing with a healthcare thing where the insurer consistently pays 50% of a bill, even though they're obligated to 100%. Turns out providers expect this, so they keep billing incrementally until the total hits the amount they're owed. It's all sorting itself, but damn what a broken system.
I'm signing a permission slip for the 11yo, and it'll be a cold day in hell before I ever call it the "Griffin" museum. It's the "Museum of Science & Industry" or "MSI." I'm not tainting my favorite museum with the name of some right-wing crook from Boca Raton. Fuck him. He doesn't even live here.
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm signing a permission slip for the 11yo, and it'll be a cold day in hell before I ever call it the "Griffin" museum. It's the "Museum of Science & Industry" or "MSI." I'm not tainting my favorite museum with the name of some right-wing crook from Boca Raton. Fuck him. He doesn't even live here.
I make whistles now.
Loud Chicago Flag Keychain Emergency Whistle (With
www.printables.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I make whistles now.
Good on Apple for the investment, but the "moral obligation" line from Ivan also kinda breaks my brain. I've seen firsthand just how dishonest and vindictive he could be when dealing with security researchers and disclosure. Maybe things have gotten better in recent years, but he used to be awful.
As Apple expands its bug bounty, I spoke with VP Ivan Krstić about the significance + recent big swings like Memory Integrity Enforcement. These steps protect all users, but particularly those targeted by spyware: “We feel a great moral obligation to defend those users” www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits
With the mercenary spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses that could bring the max total reward for iPhone exploits to $5 million.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Good on Apple for the investment, but the "moral obligation" line from Ivan also kinda breaks my brain. I've seen firsthand just how dishonest and vindictive he could be when dealing with security researchers and disclosure. Maybe things have gotten better in recent years, but he used to be awful.
Heads up to anyone interested in development in Wicker Park (and a bit of Bucktown).
Wicker Park Committee October 1st Membership Meeting
mailchi.mp
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Heads up to anyone interested in development in Wicker Park (and a bit of Bucktown).
Crypto means Krypto the Superdog.
September 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Crypto means Krypto the Superdog.
My 12yo Dewalt 20V MAX set is dying: I'm down to one battery; the hammer drill needs a new chuck; the compact drill is wearing out. I've bought some cheap Ryobi tools to fill gaps, but I'm not impressed with the durability.
I'm thinking of switching to Milwaukee M18 FUEL, and looking for recs.
I'm thinking of switching to Milwaukee M18 FUEL, and looking for recs.
September 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My 12yo Dewalt 20V MAX set is dying: I'm down to one battery; the hammer drill needs a new chuck; the compact drill is wearing out. I've bought some cheap Ryobi tools to fill gaps, but I'm not impressed with the durability.
I'm thinking of switching to Milwaukee M18 FUEL, and looking for recs.
I'm thinking of switching to Milwaukee M18 FUEL, and looking for recs.
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Saving this for budget season...
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Saving this for budget season...
I've lived through three major GOP "revolutions," but I can't recall anything similar for Dems. I'm thinking of the big incumbent turnover and policy shifts during:
* 1980s Reagan
* 1990s Gingrich
* 2010s Tea Party/MAGA
Maybe the DLC era counts for the Dems, but it seems so much less impactful.
* 1980s Reagan
* 1990s Gingrich
* 2010s Tea Party/MAGA
Maybe the DLC era counts for the Dems, but it seems so much less impactful.
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've lived through three major GOP "revolutions," but I can't recall anything similar for Dems. I'm thinking of the big incumbent turnover and policy shifts during:
* 1980s Reagan
* 1990s Gingrich
* 2010s Tea Party/MAGA
Maybe the DLC era counts for the Dems, but it seems so much less impactful.
* 1980s Reagan
* 1990s Gingrich
* 2010s Tea Party/MAGA
Maybe the DLC era counts for the Dems, but it seems so much less impactful.
Just finished Stuck by @yappelbaum.bsky.social. I really wish every NIMBY would read it... and maybe be required to write a book report.
Stuck by Yoni Appelbaum: 9780593449295 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
How did America cease to be the land of opportunity? We take it for granted that good neighborhoods—with good schools and good housing—are only accessible to the wealthy. But in America, this...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just finished Stuck by @yappelbaum.bsky.social. I really wish every NIMBY would read it... and maybe be required to write a book report.
Da Pope keeps putting points on the board.
Pope Leo is said to have accepted Cardinal Dolan's resignation and to have picked his successor as New York archbishop. Will Dolan serve in retirement as spiritual advisor to Turning Point USA? In any event, his adherence to the GOP is far stronger than his adherence to the Catholic Church.
Outgoing NYC Cardinal Dolan Faces Unprecedented Catholic Backlash After Comparing Kirk to St. Paul
Pope Leo stays measured, while Dolan’s likely successor — Bishop Daniel Flores — prepares to bring a very different voice to New York.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Da Pope keeps putting points on the board.