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I know enough not to plug these into anything I own. But the curiosity is killing me.

Has anyone seen this before? Google just brings up the Radiohead song. Which, maybe that’s all that’s on these, but there’s two of them. One is 64gb, and I think the other one is the same or more maybe. That’s a lot of space for a single mp3 file, and a backup.

UPDATE 1: I’ve got an old laptop I’m willing to sacrifice. I’ll plug one in when I get home tonight. Wish me luck.

UPDATE 2: Alright, I finally got around to plugging the first drive into the sacrificial laptop.

There are only two files on it.

The first is a PDF titled How to Disappear Completely. It's essentially a field manual for digital privacy. It starts with some pretty strange, almost philosophical writing about surveillance, identity, and the information we leave behind. Then it gets surprisingly practical. Instructions for booting an operating system called Tails, along with resources about Tor, encryption, Monero, anonymous communication, and digital privacy.

The second file is called Rabbit_hole.txt. Rabbit_hole.7z

As for Tails, apparently it's an entire operating system that runs from a USB drive, routes internet traffic through Tor, and is designed to forget what you've done when you shut it down.

I'm going to try booting from the other USB now.

I'll update again once I've had a chance to explore it.

And seriously, don't take this as encouragement to plug random USB drives into your computer. That's a genuinely terrible idea.

My Oma passed a few years ago, and left me this Lionel Train set that had belonged to her childhood brother. The brother died of polio not long after this set was purchased, so it wasn’t played with much.

My dad seems to think the set was purchased in the 40’s, but from my quick research I think they’re maybe early 30’s.

Anyone know anything about what I’ve got here?

My two year old loves trains, so I could fix up the transformer and set it up for him to play with, but if I’m sitting on something more valuable than I think I’ll just find a buyer and purchase him a newer set.

Any information would be appreciated, I know nothing about pre war toys or trains.

Tips?