Information Arbitrageur (InfoSec, OSINT, SOCMINT, Alternative Data, FinTech) and OG cypherpunk.

Greater Chicagoland Area
Joined June 2008
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Replying to @Acyn
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Always a plus when a burger restaurant sends out Bitcoin security incident emails
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Interesting how they have the money for ICE but not air traffic controllers…
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Trump threatened war against Nigeria with all the gravitas of a Yosemite Sam cartoon
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New #SWJEssay: Codifying Convergence: Synchronizing Non-Lethal Effects and Non-Kinetic Activities for Operational Control Over Adversary Decision-Making ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ 👤 By: Major Scott Hall ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ Take a look at the steps militaries can take to better adapt to the multidimensional landscape of conflict! Through building a menu of options, matching effects to targets, designing the convergence window, synchronizing with maneuver and fires, and codifying in plans and authorities, states can become better equipped to navigate the evolving character of war. ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ "Synchronizing all capabilities—whether lethal or non-lethal—through standard targeting boards, execution matrices, and decision support templates is the only way to achieve true multi-domain convergence." ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ 🔗 : smallwarsjournal.com/2025/11… ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 1: Menu of Non-Lethal Effects/Non-Kinetic Activities (#NLE/#NKA) Options. (This capability and effects matrix serves as a visual planning tool for staff officers and commanders to identify and synchronize the appropriate NLE/NKA assets to support desired end states. Adapted from an original product by LTC Felix F. Figueroa, Director, Joint Information Planners Course, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University (2024)).
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Wake up babe a new 2FA login method just dropped
A Chinese startup builds a device that will help in long-distance kissing. This tech was not needed. Right?
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On the way back from my excellent Asia adventure covering Pete Hegseth I sat in the cockpit of an E-4B nuclear command aircraft and watched amazing pilots do a nighttime mid-air refueling. Second most fun I’ve had as a newspaper man (First was firing a minigun from an AF spec ops helo)
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments, per CNN
Samourai Wallet Developer got 5 years in prison yesterday. What does this mean for devs working on: - ZCash - RailGun - Aztec chain - Privacy wallets - Privacy pools - Zama + FHE Are we just not speaking about this. Is there legal clarity i can't see. Because this case and the Tornado case don't have bright lines. It's just whatever the DOJ feels like prosecuting. Is anyone working on financial privacy safe?
On this day 17 years ago, @zooko posted that he's involved in a possible 3rd attempt to create Chaumian digital cash. A few hours later on the same cryptography mailing list, @halfin replied to the Satoshi for the first time ever to praise Bitcoin. This 3rd attempt became Zcash!
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It’s not law enforcement. It’s lawlessness.
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NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under the Department of Homeland Security. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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The ultimate photo defining the trump presidency deserves the cartoon that ultimately defines the trump presidency. Thank you for all the accolades in advance. Dozing Don has a bad dream.
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I wrote something on Syria….
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Trump just pardoned Michael McMahon, a former NYPD officer who was convicted of acting as an unregistered agent for China, interstate stalking, and conspiracy. A literal agent for China is now walking free because of Trump. MAGA please try to defend this.
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If you have to vote like your life depends on it, then politicians already have too much power over your life. A free society isn’t one where you beg rulers to be kind. It’s one where rulers don’t have the power to ruin you in the first place.
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Next stop: launch. 🚀 Our team is ready for liftoff aboard @SpaceX's upcoming Transporter-15 mission, where we’ll launch 11 Spire-built satellites to orbit. Take a behind-the-scenes look in the photos below, featuring our launch teams at integration with partners @Exolaunch and @D_Orbit
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware use in a "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America. I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA. To hack Americans. 1/