Can you believe it’s April already? March is my favorite month because of the signaling of spring, and it’s my birthday month. After a few months of visiting places, I just started training at a fabulous Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym in Mesa, which I’m so excited about, so this March was definitely a great one for me. I also spoke at my favorite arcade bar, Bonus Round, for Nerd Nite 29. Many thanks to those of you who came out to grab a cocktail and hear me speak about logical fallacies, alongside the amazing Kevin Flanagan and resident rhetorician Kathleen S. Lamp. I had an absolute blast and I’m so excited that Ty invited me. No speaking appearances this month, but I will be on a live video broadcast on Zubia, interviewing one of my favorite health and fitness experts. Details on that forthcoming.

I wrote four posts that were published in March. There will be many more in April, as a lot of my work this month is still going through the editing/revision process. We also have at least one great podcast planned for April, so tune in to KJZZ’s “The Show” on Monday morning, or listen on their website or on SoundCloud.

Meanwhile, here’s this month’s roundup:

• WikiLeaks Says the CIA Can “Bypass” Secure Messaging Apps Like Signal. What Does That Mean? (Slate/Future Tense) TL;DR: Signal is still safe unless you’re being personally targeted by a government.

• Everyone Wants to Buy Congress’ Browser Histories, but It Probably Isn’t Possible (Slate/Future Tense) Sorry, guys.

• Which Female Fighters Were the Best in 2016? (The Sports Post) A roundup of the WMMA Press Awards, with videos when available.

• Fake It ‘Til You Make It: How To Coach Non-Athletes At Your Gym (Performance Menu, paywalled) Because I know you may not always want to.

My VPN post for Ars Technica, which is from June 2016 so pretty old for tech reporting, was quoted extensively this month, everywhere from The Verge to Motherboard. I’ll be writing more about personal privacy in the coming months.

That’s it for now! Expect a larger batch in April.

February was a busy month for me, but I don’t have a lot of posts to share. Mostly I worked behind the scenes doing some editing and writing e-books, lead magnets, white papers, and podcast scripts for a number of clients. That said, I do have three articles and three podcast episodes to share with you!

This Music App Wants To Improve Your Hearing (Motherboard)

Earlogic’s TSC Music app uses “threshold sound conditioning” to improve your hearing capacity. (Or so they claim: I’m not entirely sure since they wouldn’t share the research study they promoted with the media.)

Swipe Right For Innovation (Medium/Built to Adapt)

For Valentine’s Day, I interviewed former Tinder CTO Ryan Ogle. Check out our Q&A.

How To Find The Right Massage Therapist (Performance Menu) (paywall)

There’s nothing like a good massage to help alleviate pain, prevent injuries, or just find a rare moment of Zen while lying on a table and remembering how to breathe. That said, a massage is only as good as the person giving it, and it’s always a bummer to put time and money into a crappy experience. If you’re about to make a first appointment, or are considering switching to a different massage therapist, these tips may help.

Enjoy, and I’ll catch you in March!

This month I got to take a trip to Minnesota to visit my inlaws, and ventured out to New York City for the HOPE conference. Still, I managed to get some work done… But first, an announcement: if you’re in Phoenix, please consider coming to Tales from the Cybercrypt: The Global Perspective From Jewish Technology Journalists. I’ll be speaking on this panel, moderated by Alan Zeichick, alongside Howard Cohen and Esther Schindler. Tickets are $18 for professionals and $10 for students. See you there? Meanwhile, please find a roundup of the eight posts I wrote that were published somewhere on the interwebs this month.

• Dark Patterns Are Designed To Trick You (And They’re All Over The Web) (Ars Technica) No, it’s not only you—some user interfaces today intentionally want to confuse and enroll. I took a deep dive into this phenomenon in a post that made BoingBoing and the front page of Hacker News.

• Not All Swastika Tattoos Are The Same (Slate’s Future Tense) I wrote about how algorithmic tattoo identification for law enforcement could have all sorts of scary consequences, drawing on data revealed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

• Hey, That’s My Story! What To Do When Credit Is Due (The Freelancer) I wrote about the attribution problem in journalism, drawing on some of my own experiences and on North Star Post’s experience with BuzzFeed.

• 5 Types Of Coaches You’ll Meet At The Gym (Unless You’re Lucky, That Is) (Performance Menu, paywall) Another post about crappy coaches. Now that I have an amazing coach, I promise to stop with these.

• Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 1: FSociety’s Opsec Is Lacking (Forbes) Not only does Mr. Robot set the bar for dystopian hacker suspense thrillers, it’s also a great hacking show that’s true to the culture and portrays technology authentically. So I gathered some of the smartest hackers I know in a Semaphor channel to talk about the show. We also discussed other episodes, too:

• Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 2: Ransomware, Burner Phones, And Setting Cash On Fire (Forbes)

• Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 3: Stolen Bitcoin, Exploding Computers, And More Bad Opsec (Forbes)

• Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 4: When The FBI And Dark Army Are On Your Trail… (Forbes)

• Your WhatsApp Chats Are Not Being Deleted, Security Researcher Finds (Forbes) Along with some mitigation strategies…

• Monday Morning Dumpster Dive: Draft Data Sharing Legislation and Saudi Ties to 9/11 I started this podcast with my friend Jimmy Jenkins, who’s a senior producer at KJZZ. We look at Friday news dumps on Monday mornings. Please take a listen, if you haven’t already–it’s about five minutes long.

Thanks, as always, for reading. Your support means the world to me!