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Jason Hill

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Jason Hill
dispatcher with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) 911 Communications/Security Center, processes a request in the center at Fort McCoy, Wis

dispatch

Heavy Is the Head That Wears the Headset

There’s an old phrase people like to trot out when they talk about responsibility: heavy is the head that wears the crown. Dispatch doesn’t come with a crown. It comes with a headset, a chair that never quite adjusts right, and a bank of screens that never stop

By Jason Hill 12 Apr 2026
Building a Telegram Bot for Homelab Management

tech

Building a Telegram Bot for Homelab Management

...as soon as I finish shaving this yak.

By Jason Hill 13 Feb 2026
What Anger Does When You Let It Live Too Long

life

What Anger Does When You Let It Live Too Long

Somebody smarter than me probably has a quote about this sort of thing.

By Jason Hill 28 Jan 2026
When Neutrality Becomes Evasion

morality

When Neutrality Becomes Evasion

Is evil something we are, or something we allow?

By Jason Hill 26 Jan 2026
A Decade of Homelab Chaos: From a Single Plex Droplet to Docker Swarm on Orange Pis

cybersecurity

A Decade of Homelab Chaos: From a Single Plex Droplet to Docker Swarm on Orange Pis

How It Started: Pure Geekery Let me be honest upfront - there was no grand plan. No architecture diagrams sketched on napkins. No business case or carefully considered ROI calculations. This entire thing started because I heard about Plex and thought "that sounds cool, I wanna try that."

By Jason Hill 26 Jan 2026
Deploying an OpenCTI OSINT Stack for Cybersecurity Research

cybersecurity

Deploying an OpenCTI OSINT Stack for Cybersecurity Research

Updated 1/29/26 following issues discovered with the original deployment/guide.

By Jason Hill 25 Jan 2026
On “Fat Generals,” Rank, and the Comfort of Performative Toughness

blog

On “Fat Generals,” Rank, and the Comfort of Performative Toughness

It’s becoming painfully obvious that a lot of people — including some I served with — don’t actually understand how the military and its rank structure are supposed to work. That probably shouldn’t surprise me as much as it does, but here we are. I never expected to feel

By Jason Hill 01 Oct 2025
Please Hold, We’re Experiencing a Full Moon

dispatch

Please Hold, We’re Experiencing a Full Moon

No, this isn’t a post about werewolves—though if you’ve ever worked emergency services during a full moon, you’ve probably heard the joke more than once. Usually followed by a long sigh and someone checking the call queue. The idea that people lose their self-control under a

By Jason Hill 09 Aug 2025
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