Lars Lehtonen KJ6CBE

I write Go. I ride bicycles with amateur radios attached. I live in Los Angeles.

github: https://github.com/alrs
signal: https://signal.me/#eu/av64XUB4jq-0uXJr5k-7ckaTuPB1CyWcHcvxx26wfOYlx6lnVZVCT5AnUSgCDwML
meshcore: meshcore://11006964cafa590182d1fa5288f2c8481ea10b4b495fa3f3f6af54b98d686b6741091d89186aed184eaef295844b99923c0c0566ce8e1c2dd4ad57c3c5bd7fda1062c44932d4f2b4ce2f88588161bae04c42ff78916599d1eeecd27e79665af53e55eb8b260a9190ed0702e07ef3f8534c4f50
xmpp: alrs@jabber.org

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NIP-05 Address

alrs_at_lsngl.us@momostr.pink

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relay.damus.io

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Last Notes

2026-07-30 07:14:38 UTC

hanging out with owls. #losangeles
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2026-07-20 20:55:43 UTC

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the best thing you can do to keep obsolescence out of your life is to never run discs, never run hydraulics. Pretty much anything 1975-2005 can be made to work, somehow. It's going to be rolling windows of five years of compatibility from 2010 out to forever.

2026-07-20 20:46:13 UTC

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how many cogs on your cassette? I buy cheap carbon tube/aluminum lug bikes from the early '90s for under $100USD for the parts. No one is going to miss a Trek 2300 or a Specialized Allez Epic.

2026-07-16 22:50:34 UTC

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any used car with an automatic transmission is a parts car.

2026-07-16 22:49:44 UTC

Univega Specialissima number three #cycling
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2026-07-05 03:41:56 UTC

#cycling ride of discontent #lodangeles river
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2026-06-17 21:06:27 UTC

le sigh. #wireguard https://old.reddit.com/r/WireGuard/comments/17gsm3r/wireguard_is_pulled_off_fdroid_whats_going_on/

2026-06-06 05:24:34 UTC

I just saw some full-on #zoners

2026-06-06 04:58:02 UTC

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this road trip to Austin and back has been great, I've had contacts in every state along the way, and #mexico as well. #meshcore not so much.

2026-06-06 04:48:07 UTC

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Same hotel. 10 cars in lot. No email on QRZ.

2026-06-06 04:29:59 UTC

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Putin's older brother was killed when #finland gave the assist to the Siege of Leningrad. Why wouldn't #russia take drone strikes from the Baltics seriously?

2026-06-06 04:26:26 UTC

He isn't monitoring .52 or APRS.
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2026-06-06 03:26:28 UTC

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I've only stopped here for one night on road trips, but it does remind me of what parts of Colorado were still like 40 years ago.

2026-06-06 03:16:37 UTC

back at the El Capitan in Van Horn, #texas
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2026-06-05 16:43:02 UTC

The Holy Bible, Darth Vader Edition
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2026-06-03 15:59:40 UTC

#free box of floppies #austin hmu until tomorrow
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2026-06-03 15:32:40 UTC

#texas megamoth
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2026-06-02 04:15:22 UTC

I'm in #fortstockton #texas, and I managed to jump on the Odessa #amateurradio Society net. I've learned that I need to visit Bush's Chicken tomorrow morning when they open so that I can order 8 gizzards and 8 livers.

2026-06-01 02:39:08 UTC

Saw a #BYD in the #USA for the first time.
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2026-05-28 09:03:50 UTC

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meshcore is happening where I live in Los Angeles. Reticulum is a lot more interesting, maybe someday I'll meet someone else who also gives a shit.

2026-05-28 05:38:00 UTC

#meshcore #losangeles
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2026-05-17 06:33:25 UTC

Here I am. Something about a hurricane.

2026-03-08 21:25:05 UTC

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I like #newsboat. I use full-text-rss to pull down full articles where I can. I use feedaround to read feeds that are supposed to exist but are broken because of cloudflare filters. https://github.com/alrs/feedaround

2025-08-21 21:14:22 UTC

A #conversations #xmpp gotcha: If your #android phone has "Enhanced Notifications" turned on you're sending all of your incoming chat messages to a #google #ai that then generates boilerplate "see you then!" replies.

2025-08-16 14:25:00 UTC

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"modules_disabled = { "s2s" }" in #prosody will make you an #xmpp island. I agree that bridges are a nightmare. I do think that modern #xmpp is pretty close to what you're looking for, and is worth checking out. I'll stop bugging you.

2025-08-16 14:19:35 UTC

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You can set XMPP up to be non-federated, like I do. You still get the advantage of a healthy client ecosystem without the raids. The only people on my server are the people on my server.

2025-08-16 14:17:54 UTC

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The only disadvantage to #XMPP right now is that the iOS clients are kind of wonky, which in your case doesn't really matter. The #Conversations client as found in F-Droid is excellent, The console #Profanity client is good, #Dino on the desktop worked well enough for the five minutes I checked it out.
Sign up for an account somewhere, and try out some of the larger public channels.
https://search.jabber.network/channels/1

2025-08-16 09:31:29 UTC

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Seriously. #IRC, #XMPP, or don't bother.

2024-09-19 05:15:04 UTC

#amateurradio #cycling #Meshtastic #losangeles
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