Welcome to this blog that keeps growing on what it is actually about. Here you will mostly find F1 - and other types of motorsports like F2, Indycar and endurace racing like WEC, ELMS and IMSA. Anywhere my blorbos go I follow.
Then we also have my recent love with cycling and hockey, this is still very fresh and mostly vibes. I'm not too pressed about missing things and will just catch whatever is happening when F1 isn't on.
Beware of that fact that I am know for latching onto things, people and ships that find their way across my dash too much. I can and will ship anything.
Find me on AO3 under hedgehogfrog with mostly F1 but also two James Bond fics.
Under #my edit you will find video edits and moodboards from a different time. Under #Mick's knitting you will find my endavours into sock knitting. And under #Mick's cross stitch you will find my deep dive into embroidery!
previously known as: soft-f1-butches, fabian-vettel and david-bearman
oscar like, upon sober second thought i realize that my angry comments against my team were unwarranted. i wanted them to base lando's strategy on what would be best for me but actually that was unfair because we're not the only two cars on track. now that i've had time to think about it and i'm feeling more calm and level headed i realize the only problem was MOTHERFUCKING CARLOS THE RUINER OF LIVES THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THE GRID THE MONSTER WHO LIVES UNDER CHILDREN'S BEDS WHO RUINED MY RACE DELIBERATELY AND WITH INTENT BECAUSE HE'S SO FUCKING STUPID.
Things like overdraft fees, late fees, parking tickets, fines, subscription renewals, legal fees, penalty fees, sales and discounts, lawsuits - these are things that all cease to matter in any material way once you have enough money
Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.
They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.
Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.
You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.
This article specifically notes:
For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
Other important quotes:
What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.
Two things back that up:
There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.
Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.
Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.
You can get and use windows 11 without logging in with a microsoft account, as of five days ago. I am a local user on my computer. Don't ask me how to do it, because my computer repair guy did it when he reinstalled windows, but there are tutorials out there. Refuse to connect to internet until you're set up and can use the computer freely.
