Maybe go on a site like meetup or find local events you are interested in. Go out and do something with strangers: help a charity, go on an organized hike, take a language class, do some volunteering.

Just hanging at the park putting out the vibe likely won’t get you where you want to be.

Pocket sand!

That’s kind of his thing.

If you have a server running, I wouldn’t buy more hardware. They have good example documentation for just such a configuration:

https://docs.pi-hole.net/docker/

If your server already has those ports bound (specifically the DNS port 53) you are going to have to get creative; otherwise it’ll work well!

Worst case, a cheapo pi 3 will do the job. At one point I had it running on a pi zero, so hardware requirements are pretty low.

The problem isn’t getting him back. The problem for the administration is what he says if and when he gets back.

Just insane he had no due process with no way of getting him back in case of error. How is this not a phone call? Why aren’t they just using US prisons? What is actually being done to these people?

Oh great, this shit again.