Ryan K1TLN
@k1tln.com
Engineer, musician, CW amateur radio operator.
Anti-fascist. Nerd things enjoyer/yapper.
✶✶ Chicago ✶✶ | He/Him
Anti-fascist. Nerd things enjoyer/yapper.
✶✶ Chicago ✶✶ | He/Him
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It’s the second time in as many years a Chicago-area law enforcement agency has violated the state’s drone surveillance law, which requires police report to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) the time, date, location, and reason for every drone flight. https://bit.ly/49drcnv
Chicagoland police agencies fly drones outside public eye
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Chicago Police Department both missed state-mandated deadlines to publicly report drone information.
chicagoreader.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It’s the second time in as many years a Chicago-area law enforcement agency has violated the state’s drone surveillance law, which requires police report to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) the time, date, location, and reason for every drone flight. https://bit.ly/49drcnv
This screenshot will look terrible but I don't care.
Practicing simulated QSOs in Morse Walker this afternoon and I caught a callsign, through QRM, correctly the first time through. It's small, but I'm proud. Started this year knowing nothing - just curious. Ended it licensed and feeling proficient.
Practicing simulated QSOs in Morse Walker this afternoon and I caught a callsign, through QRM, correctly the first time through. It's small, but I'm proud. Started this year knowing nothing - just curious. Ended it licensed and feeling proficient.
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This screenshot will look terrible but I don't care.
Practicing simulated QSOs in Morse Walker this afternoon and I caught a callsign, through QRM, correctly the first time through. It's small, but I'm proud. Started this year knowing nothing - just curious. Ended it licensed and feeling proficient.
Practicing simulated QSOs in Morse Walker this afternoon and I caught a callsign, through QRM, correctly the first time through. It's small, but I'm proud. Started this year knowing nothing - just curious. Ended it licensed and feeling proficient.
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⭐ #FFXIV art share for artists, writers, designers and alike!
let's create spaces to see each other's work and find new creators to follow. you don't necessarily have to be in just xiv space!
any type of human creation, physical or digital, encouraged. please show off your work in replies/quotes!
let's create spaces to see each other's work and find new creators to follow. you don't necessarily have to be in just xiv space!
any type of human creation, physical or digital, encouraged. please show off your work in replies/quotes!
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
⭐ #FFXIV art share for artists, writers, designers and alike!
let's create spaces to see each other's work and find new creators to follow. you don't necessarily have to be in just xiv space!
any type of human creation, physical or digital, encouraged. please show off your work in replies/quotes!
let's create spaces to see each other's work and find new creators to follow. you don't necessarily have to be in just xiv space!
any type of human creation, physical or digital, encouraged. please show off your work in replies/quotes!
Net controller for the first time tonight on my radio club's 2m net and somehow everything went well and nothing was destroyed 🙌
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Net controller for the first time tonight on my radio club's 2m net and somehow everything went well and nothing was destroyed 🙌
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IBPOOPN, TYPESHT, BRICKED: Here are 2025’s rejected Illinois license plates. blockclubchi.co/3LgZf6l
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
IBPOOPN, TYPESHT, BRICKED: Here are 2025’s rejected Illinois license plates. blockclubchi.co/3LgZf6l
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I received a thank you from some library workers for this piece after a Chicago city budget was passed this week without the previously proposed library cuts I described here. Many thanks to everyone who made noise about this issue. There were wins and losses in this budget, but this win matters.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I received a thank you from some library workers for this piece after a Chicago city budget was passed this week without the previously proposed library cuts I described here. Many thanks to everyone who made noise about this issue. There were wins and losses in this budget, but this win matters.
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Never gonna get over Tom Morello doing a battle track for Final Fantasy XIV
Tom Morello - Everything Burns (ft. Beartooth) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Tom Morello
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Never gonna get over Tom Morello doing a battle track for Final Fantasy XIV
Ben Passmore is an awesome award-winning writer and cartoonist. I'm extremely stoked to see that this sold out - hoping to get a copy for myself when more are available!
I’m selling signed copies of Black Arms to Hold You Up on my store at daygloayhole.gumroad.com/l/blackarms. I also keep some mini-comics, stickers and older titles on there. Come through!
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ben Passmore is an awesome award-winning writer and cartoonist. I'm extremely stoked to see that this sold out - hoping to get a copy for myself when more are available!
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TIL that SST made random wire antenna tuners for ham radio before they were a punk rock record label.
"Still punk as fuck" I say to myself as I spam FT8 calls on 20 meters.
"Still punk as fuck" I say to myself as I spam FT8 calls on 20 meters.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
TIL that SST made random wire antenna tuners for ham radio before they were a punk rock record label.
"Still punk as fuck" I say to myself as I spam FT8 calls on 20 meters.
"Still punk as fuck" I say to myself as I spam FT8 calls on 20 meters.
I copied today's #Morsle at 30 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I copied today's #Morsle at 30 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Still focused on CW proficiency but finally got a little tri-bander in and setup on the desk for local comms and participating in my radio club’s nets.
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Still focused on CW proficiency but finally got a little tri-bander in and setup on the desk for local comms and participating in my radio club’s nets.
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Free stuff! Follow the calendar and check on www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalo...
Between now and the 8th of January you'll be able to grab free gifts from our Gamestore. Make sure you check back regularly to ensure that you don't miss out!
#EliteDangerous #FreeStuff
Between now and the 8th of January you'll be able to grab free gifts from our Gamestore. Make sure you check back regularly to ensure that you don't miss out!
#EliteDangerous #FreeStuff
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Free stuff! Follow the calendar and check on www.elitedangerous.com/store/catalo...
Between now and the 8th of January you'll be able to grab free gifts from our Gamestore. Make sure you check back regularly to ensure that you don't miss out!
#EliteDangerous #FreeStuff
Between now and the 8th of January you'll be able to grab free gifts from our Gamestore. Make sure you check back regularly to ensure that you don't miss out!
#EliteDangerous #FreeStuff
The code can't beat me if I beat the code first...
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The code can't beat me if I beat the code first...
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
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Winter Storm is on for today in Chicago. 5-9 inches predicted. Drive carefully!
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Winter Storm is on for today in Chicago. 5-9 inches predicted. Drive carefully!
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
So this is an interesting way of making music that I was not really aware of until now. Not sure I feel like reading documentation to do anything with it in the immediate...but maybe a fun project for a rainy day. strudel.cc
Strudel REPL
Strudel is a music live coding environment for the browser, porting the TidalCycles pattern language to JavaScript.
strudel.cc
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So this is an interesting way of making music that I was not really aware of until now. Not sure I feel like reading documentation to do anything with it in the immediate...but maybe a fun project for a rainy day. strudel.cc
Talking with another operator yesterday and the cube came up, which prompted me to explore the options inside it a little deeper. Didn’t realize this came with a built-in contact logger. Not sure if this is the most efficient way to go about it, but so dope that it’s baked in.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Talking with another operator yesterday and the cube came up, which prompted me to explore the options inside it a little deeper. Didn’t realize this came with a built-in contact logger. Not sure if this is the most efficient way to go about it, but so dope that it’s baked in.
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun
Morsle - the daily Morse code challenge
morsle.fun
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I copied today's #Morsle at 35 WPM on hard mode! morsle.fun