In a strong contender for world peace, Melbourne is hosting a dumpling festival which is just 60 countries food in a pouch, with a dj and a bar.

I've confirmed with folks the impacted freezers in the countries impacted today are all mgmt interface facing internet, same issue and vuln as last time.

Many of the freezers are end of life and have no patch available, they've just been left online to quite literally rot.

Not sarcasm.

Before AI, a lot of people could only contribute something small or low-effort.

Now they can make meaningful contributions.

That's a win.

Danfoss are back in the news today over freezers defrosting in Europe again, e.g. in Sweden.

In Sweden, loads of the devices are directly internet attached using 4G modems. I've confirmed the devices aren't patched and exposing management interface.

I went back to Kubota Garden yesterday to photograph the twisted Japanese maple, this time from underneath, looking straight up into the canopy.

The bark was still wet from the rain, dark and smooth against the orange leaves. When I showed my wife this one, she said it looked like a sculpture.

I think she is right. It looks less grown than carved.

Do you see a sculpture in it, or something else?

I keep finding new shapes every time I look at it.

#JapaneseMaple #KubotaGarden #Seattle #PNW #FallColors #Washington

Tomorrow morning I’ll sign in for my 16 hr shift as a NYS election inspector.

I’ll boot up the machines.

I’ll provide voters w the correct ballot for their precinct.

I’ll make sure every ballot is cast and counted.

I’ll do this for every registered Democrat, Republican, Third Party voter, and Independent.

Because voting is an inviolable right of citizenship.

Because #democracy depends on free and fair elections.

Because we are the caretakers of this Republic.

#midterms2026