Panda shares a Sunday note about handling a quarter million daily bot requests on his sites, the limits of Cloudflare's verified-bot signal, and how GEO is the new SEO.

Shoutouts: BSidesTampa

Panda introduces hackingplaybook.com and the new awesomeplaybooks.com format for open source courseware for operators going out of their comfort zone. Contribute today on GitHub!

Shoutouts: MeshTastic, Awesomelists
Links: hackingplaybook.com · awesomeplaybooks.com · JaxMesh.com

Panda recounts an uncomfortable moment at HackSpaceCon, where second-place finishers argued for a black badge they hadn't earned, and reflects on why you should play the game for the game.

Shoutouts: TeleChallenge, PhreakMe, DEFCON

Panda calls in driving home through Florida storms after HackSpaceCon, recapping Tim Fowler's satellite hacking class and the analog telephone game he ran, which the Manta Rays swept for 900 points.

Shoutouts: Christian, Tim Fowler, The Manta Rays

her0x0ftime, also known as Cameron, calls in from a hotel room post-HackspaceCon. He sits with the exhaustion, the goodbyes, and what it means to be vulnerable by design.

Shoutouts: Panda

Panda calls in from Kennedy Space Center on day one of HackSpaceCon, sharing shoutouts to speakers, a freeze-dried ice cream break, and an invitation for more listeners to call in.

Shoutouts: Karen Gibson, Anubis, Kevin Tackett, Tim Fowler, David Girvin

Panda calls in from HackSpaceCon near Kennedy Space Center, recapping Tim Fowler's satellite hacking class where students intercepted telemetry and took over CubeSats with software-defined radios.

Shoutouts: Tim Fowler, Ethos Labs

Panda from Assura Incorporated checks in from day one of HackSpaceCon, running wiring through a construction site in AT&T gear, prepping training classes, and looking forward to satellite hacking and the pool.

Shoutouts: SnackSpaceCon.com HackSpaceCon.com

Panda checks in the Monday before HackSpaceCon, prepping access points in their living room and driving to JaxMesh.com #MeshMonday. Plus how Meshtastic went from barely working to badass at DEF CON and in Jacksonville.

Shoutouts: Darknet NG, Gatorbyte, TelePhreak
Links: jaxmesh.com

Nothingness vents about how chat-based AI is starting to feel as addictive and predatory as social media, with people-pleasing replies pulling users back for more.