Awesome Stuff
Military Resources
- Army Publishing Directorate - official Army publications, regulations, manuals
- DA PAM 600-3 - Officer Professional Development and Career Management
- find branch-specific document at Army G-1 > G-1 Resources
- DA PAM 600-3 Cyber FY25, Cyber Career Maps
- Center for Army Lessons Learned - excellent publications; many open to the public
- DoD MWR Libraries - eBooks, audiobooks, professional reading lists
- Cyber Defense Review - professional journal on cyber operations
- DoD Cyber Exchange - DoD cybersecurity resources and tools
- Army University Press - CSA Recommended Articles, Podcasts
- Line of Departure - professional journal on military affairs
- Modern War Institute - West Point - podcasts and research articles
- Army Career Tracker - career management and branch-specific resources
- AIM 2 - assignment management and branch-related updates
- Teach at West Point - application portal for officers
Cyber, Security, and Privacy
Linux
- Project Bluefin - A lightweight, atomic, image-based Linux distribution designed for reliability, performance, and security with minimal effort
- Fedora IoT - Container-based host that is great for single-board computers and IoT devices like Raspberry Pi
- Fish Shell - user-friendly command-line shell with syntax highlighting, autosuggestions, and powerful tab completions
- Linux Notes for Professionals - comprehensive Linux reference book
News Feeds
Learning Resources
- Privacy Guides - privacy-focused tools and recommendations
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Building a home lab
- USASOC Smart Cards
- Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
- Kali - Linux distribution for penetration testing and security auditing with a massive collection of tools
Tracker, Ad-blockers, Malware Protection
- Cloudflare for Families - DNS-based malware protection
- Pi-hole - network-wide DNS-based ad blocker
- pfSense - open-source firewall
- NextDNS - DNS-based tracker blocker
Self-hosted services, tools, networks
- Tailscale - mesh networking (personal VPN) for your devices
- Syncthing - file synchronization across devices
- Nextcloud - self-hosted cloud storage, calendar, contacts, RSS feed reader
- Gitea - self-hosted Git service, replacement for GitHub
- Bitwarden - self-hosted password manager
- Jitsi - self-hosted video conferencing
- Mattermost - self-hosted Slack alternative
Messaging, Email, Communication
- Signal Messenger - non-profit, encrypted messaging, voice, and video calls
- ProtonMail - encrypted email
- Element - encrypted chat, video, and voice calls based on Matrix protocol; can run your own server
- PGP Encryption
Android Tools and Resources
- F-Droid - open-source Android app store for free and open-source apps
- LineageOS - open-source Android OS that supports many devices
- GrapheneOS - privacy-focused Android OS for Pixel devices
- CalyxOS - privacy-focused Android OS
- /e/OS - deGoogled Android OS
News, Articles, Documentaries
- Flipper Zero (2023)
- Inside the “3 Billion People” National Public Data Breach (2024)
- The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data (2024)
- The Social Dilemma (2020) - documentary on social media
- The Great Hack (2019) - documentary on Cambridge Analytica scandal
What can you do?
- haveibeenpwned.com - subscribe to breach notifications
- Mozilla Monitor - find and fix data exposures
- Firefox - privacy-focused browser
- DuckDuckGo - privacy-focused search engine
- Cover Your Tracks - browser fingerprinting test
- NextDNS - DNS-based tracker blocker
- or self-host Pi-hole
- Consumer Reports: Privacy and Security
- Surveillance Self-Defense
- Data Removal Guide: inteltechniques.com
Computing and Technology
- Hackaday
- Hide and Seek!
- Can ChatGPT be wrong?
- What is Python
- arrr - Pirate module for Python
- Where really is the Internet?
- Seating chart generator
- Vortex Cannon vs Drone
- Algorithms
Programming References
Developer Tools
- Marimo reactive notebook for Python
- Visual Studio Code - development environment for grown-ups
- CircuitPython Code Editor - IDE to work with microcontrollers like Circuit Playground Bluefruit
- diff Check - compare text side-by-side; great for comparing expected and actual output
- Pyodide - in-browser REPL
- Python Tutor - step through code execution, line-by-line
- Black Code Formatter - format Python code following PEP 8 Style Guide
- Thonny - Python development environment for beginners
Project Ideas and Resources
- Make It Yourself - A Beautifully Illustrated Guide to Making
- Hackaday
- Hacker News: Show
- Example Projects [Canvas]
- Text-based adventure game [zybook]
- zork-py library for Python
- Kaggle Data Science Notebook
- Circuit Playground Bluefruit: Puzzle Box, Escape Room, etc.
- tldraw makereal - bring your application sketches to life! - watch demo
- Develop applications that use AI at runtime-
- OpenAI API - message them for API credits as a student researcher
- Anthropic API - free limited API access
- Streamlit - hosting platform to turn data scripts into shareable web apps using Python
- Deepnote - interactive web applications in Python
- Marimo - interactive web applications in Python
- GitHub pages - host your websites and JavaScript applications for free
- Using Bluetooth (BLE) with Circuit Playground Bluefruit
- Multi-tasking with CircuitPython
Learning and Productivity
- YouTube: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Structuring The Learning Journey
- Pareto Principle [The 80/20 Rule Explained]
- Growth Mindset
- Why take good notes?
- Active learning
- Memory retention
- Future reference
- How to take good notes?
- Logseq or Obsidian - journaling, linking, knowledge management
- OneNote
- Zettelkasten - integrated thinking method!
- The need for sleep
- About, Ideas, Now