May 2020
Wait, so I guess what's his name's book didn't get sign off from the white house back then?
@missrogue He has a photo of his dog on his desk!!!!
Best command for Zoom meetings? Pup up! Then dog jumps on your lap.
Garlic toast. Pinot Noir. Wholesome yet dramatic and romantic Korean Netflix series. And of course, my dog-creatures.
10am and already pulled a huge rock from underground, trimmed the plants in the western area and planted a new pomegranate to train up the lattice. A little care and feeding off the green things in my desert.
The AR used to be my favorite gun, & I kinda hung on to thinking civilians should be able to still own it. But after the irresponsible Michigan shenanigans, I've switched my thoughts to ban them for civilians ASAP. You don't get high power weapons if you're not responsible.
It's kinda a genius move that active measures are weaponizing this community. You don't have to import guns into a country that already has a bunch of people with them. Just activate them for your (foreign) cause. Knowing no politician in this country has the balls to ban them.
I don't see a disinformation antidote because any challenge to these beliefs causes a further retreat into them & strengthens the foreign active measure. It's a genius move. We're (the US) all fucked until we can figure out how to defang these active measures & false narratives.
@OnsideOrAnother How is it not?
Forgot how good driving the manual trans turbo feels. Such tight suspensio and still got the pick up, though she needs a tune up. Still my favorite car 17 years old, 14 of those with me.
Must watch: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/problem-thinking-know-experts
Turns out, you can freeze a Krispie Kreme donut. Like an ice sugar cloud.
I'm supposed to be writing about the fall of the Soviet Union, but instead, I'm becoming, perhaps unhealthily, obsessed with Putin.
RT @JohanGaltung: My favorite Schopenhauer quote comes to mind: All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it…
Holy crap. My head just exploded. This is the path through this mess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Galtung#United_States_as_a_republic_and_empire #RepublicoverEmpire #FutureoftheUnitedStates
@michaelsherrill Hey, I'm just happy to see a tiny glimpse of a possibility that I kinda like. It's a place to start.
@KateAronoff Do your research. Stop reading faux futurists which are no better than journalists or strategists or entrepreneurs. Media tends to uplift people I don't consider to be futurists. Learn about the medium of the future - you probably don't understand it yourself.
@KateAronoff Don't trust anyone who makes "predictions." Those are amateurs. Jump in the deep end by reading Donella Meadows, Limits to Growth, Casual Layer Analysis. While you are at it, read Spiral Dynamics & generational theory. There are many fakers, perhaps you are one too.
@the_real_Twan Both. I believe he’s sitting in for someone that died a while back. But plans never unfold the way we plan them. So luck and opportunity.
Fascinating, especially coming from BYU. https://magazine.byu.edu/article/when-women-dont-speak/ (Explains a lot of my direct experience & why I don't play well with identity standard groups that are mostly male.)
Recommended --> COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations 🔬 Here's a real deep dive! 30 min read/play: https://ncase.me/covid-19/
I haven't been able to stop thinking about this half-joking quote, attributed to Putin since I read it, “A group of FSB operatives, dispatched under cover to work in the government of the Russian federation, is successfully fulfilling its task.” https://www.economist.com/briefing/2007/08/23/the-making-of-a-neo-kgb-state
@PJManney I would love that!
@rtgarden Yeah.
DAMN, reading bout the KGB is so rich! Can't make this drama up! I had a cold war spy novel idea in my head before all this research, & now so much more material!
@jstpwalsh Oh interesting. I have not seen that one. Thanks!
@jstpwalsh Yeah, pretty much every spy story I've researched is the craziest, best, etc. So it takes a lot to impress me, but Mitrokhin is the high water mark so far. Also the Scientologist's infiltration of the IRS is pretty insane!
@michaelsherrill @pinkyracr Well I don’t know about that. 😢
@michaelsherrill @pinkyracr Meaning Idk about watching from New Zealand...
The walk in the desert was as beautiful and sublime as it gets. Dusk, gamble quail, jack rabbits, cotton tails, perfect temp wind, fields of yellow bushes and blooming wildflowers. I breathed that air. It caressed my face. That’s my world.❤️
@ShibumiKiDoZen Exactly.
Wind in the smoke tree, the yellow bushes flower. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_xecCWH9og/?igshid=qtt55ei2slf1
TFW you find the blog of the ex-spy that's been out of prison for almost 20 years you are researching... touching reading. Our human life is so fragile.
Wait, it's his wife's blog! Of course!
These last two spreads are like 14-20 hours of research each, writing 3 hours. This is my speed deep broad technique. All my foresight research methods and analysis is coming in handy! Mastery is a practice of research, distill, analyze, write, research again, distill, send.
@ElectionBabe Congrats! That's great news for all!
These could each be entire careers of research that I cram into the 14-20 hours. (My deadline requires I finish one per day, clearly I'm behind.) https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1257375009992998920
Something I'm watching in the coming months --> Who will shut up and who will double down? by @SaraRobinson https://www.facebook.com/sararobinson/posts/10159011552289041
😭 Great thread ht @BorealisNinja https://twitter.com/hughweber/status/1256731692611571712
Lunch in the time of quarantine. Today’s menu: salad greens with carrots, celery, red pepper and tomato. Tossed with avocado oil, Caesar dressing and balsamic glaze. White rice with heavy garlic furiake seasoning… https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x6UYknZrF/?igshid=w1jcnnki0bqz
@cameo Maybe formal attire too?
@ShibumiKiDoZen Yes, but I *like* going down these rabbit holes!
@henkvancann @martijnbolt @Kim_Cameron FYI, that chart is straight from @aniltj 's research at DHS funding the early days of SSI.
@ShibumiKiDoZen What are you writing/researching these days.
I have a hard time believing #SSI can effectively do contact tracing solely based on who is doing stuff in the field & how they treated me, e.g. not interested in a non-technical perspective, mansplained, sorely lacking of women & diverse views.
Not to mention it is nascent unproven and barely working technology. There is a long way to go. Oh hey, look I'm disgruntled, we know where this story goes....
@henkvancann @martijnbolt @Kim_Cameron @aniltj That's the chart we put in the book & it credits Anil John, I just like to be extra credity. Both is fine, and thank you for asking!
@by_caballero @cycryptr Immunity credentials are just the next rabbit hole to nowhere the SSI community is going down. I'd really like to believe it's possible, but I know too much about what it takes to deliver a successful tech product/solution and SSI ain't got it. #toughlove
@Khanoisseur Also, doesn't he own like 7 in that block?
It's after 4, I've been trying to finish this second spread since 2pm. I'm down to my last 200 words/side story and losing steam. Also, I may need to turn on the swamp cooler.
@fatemehx2 @KateAronoff Argh. Technology!
Every Victorian house I lived in was ruined by this kind of shit. Who carpets hardwood floors? https://t.co/ieHBHFb57z
This week, I have 1 scheduled zoom call. That's it. 1 meeting. Course, I have like 10,000 words to write. So there's that.
@michelewells This happened to me last week. I tend to criticize in private (email/sms), praise in public. Then judge based on the private interaction: do they explain, back-peddle, apologize, double down, attack/blame me? People have bad days, they are stressed, & not everyone is self-aware.
@Cruftbox Picking up my first hive in a few weeks. Looking for any advice O Great Beekeeper!
Nice one. May be of interest to @CyberSquirrel1 https://twitter.com/KonzaDirector/status/1257451703231754245
Taking the day off from writing about the past to think about the future. And to enjoy all the blooms around my yard.
Here’s a little Sugar snoozing. #dogsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0bGepn6Lf/?igshid=8vfb1wpj8v2n
Really interesting take on moving to a post-Covid-19 world by @pacoid. Bonus points for quoting my favorite Steely Dan song! https://medium.com/derwen/squonks-tears-1b7276c3e6d5
@timoni Me too. 😭
Oh yeah, Moonscapes 2703, in a dome, open to the desert aire while an almost full moon rises and I write ideas about the future.
@kimdhamilton @EmLindley @iglazer @JoanneMavridis @sarahlwalton @Sbryen @jonlehtinen 😍
@brianbehlendorf There are so many good Orb songs.
@brianbehlendorf Perpetual Dawn is amazing! I also love the Toxyegen remixes on UF Off and Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain & Other Blue Worlds off their more recent No Sounds Are out of Bounds. Frankly pretty much anything by them is pure bliss with a dub wobble.
My second tiktok. I wanted pancakes. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2z7nDnW6b/?igshid=tfx5klk10ka2
I'm super failing on my writing this morning, but I did already fix my swamp cooler leak (gorilla tape FTW), let the electrician into my neighbor's house, made/ate pancakes, tiktok, showered, got an estimate on burying my electrical line & fielded some interesting requests.
Yeah, full moon tonight, means livestream listening to atmospheric moon dancing music.
@anthonymobile @refuturing You sure you don't mean the Russia of 1991?
This is completely insane. The is the America Russia wants. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-07/police-2-mcdonalds-workers-shot-over-dining-area-closure #ActiveMeasures ?
I've done a lot of research on spies that were caught the past couple weeks, one thing I know, is that if you don't cooperate in bringing in your accomplices, you get loooong sentences, Like 365 years, 2 life sentences, etc. This is because treason is betrayal to the state.
Twitch DJ parties crack me up but I'm kinda addicted.
Ridge of color in the sky. I’m waiting for the (full) moon to rise above the ridge, but was greeted with this wash of color across the sky at dog walk o clock. The moon rises tonight lighting up the clouds from… https://www.instagram.com/p/B_6WEy4n7-B/?igshid=1igwy5mkkyvgl
A full fat yellow moon rises. My pear tree silhouette, it’s straight fresh branches a meters worth of growth, bathed in the golden moon light. I sit and be. What else can I do? #blissandemptiness
@kevinmarks ❤️❤️❤️
imageThe teasing of the golden light of the moon. Srsly how can I complain about anything in my life when I get to witness this on a regular basis. 💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_6aBiUHlqK/?igshid=89l09wi2y3zp
@RuntimeErrorExe I'm same. I love my hermit life!
This is a great list of 12 things I hope we'll take into our post-Covid future. https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-05-06/la-coronavirus-lessons-post-quarantine
This has been the worst week. I have low motivation and several high pressure deadlines. Despite working on stuff I really love. I've done meditation, yoga, pomodoring, even put on makeup TWICE this week. Help.
Why is there not an upside down ROTFL emoji?
@NewOrchardMedia What like to focus?
@rosiepongracz Yeah, I'm doing some houseworking breaks, and out in the heat is good. Thanks my friend.
@gfuzzyrocks Thank you! I never know if it has impact.
Guess I should officially cancel my hotel reservation. I was so excited to turn @finamofo into a legit social engineer. Next time or another way. Thank you DEFCON for making the responsible choice. 🖤🌈 https://twitter.com/defcon/status/1258831640270213121
@Zxzllo @defcon That's really good.
RT @defcon: @thedarktangent has his thoughts on the DEF CON cancellation here: https://forum.defcon.org/node/232005 Please read and share. Thank you.…
@TheEmilyDare @finamofo Damn. Well see your virtual self there then.
@TigNotaro Currently enjoying Crash Landing on You on Netflix.
@FrankMcG I too was dissatisfied with the t-shirt selections, but then I realized I could just make a stencil and spray paint one with some gold paint from my shed. So DIY baby!
I'm again, reminded you're not in control of the timeline of your dreams. Something I've planned to acquire for months, got bought & brought home today. And it was a little bit of a surprise.
It's like that date palm grove I dreamed about most of last year, annoyed that I didn't have the will to make it happen. But then it happened over 3 days last August.
Whoo-hoo, just finished this 30 day yoga challenge I started in August of 2019. 😂 Better late than never right?!
I'm constantly confused when I see Khalid on songs, cause I was firmly imprinted with the Algerian Khalid in college. I was listening to lots of French world crossover music (& did my own radio show). At first I thought someone was sampling the original Khaled, but alas no.
My mom, my grandmother and me, on a camel at the pyramids until the Sahara. I still have the long galabeah clothing from this trip. // On this Mother’s Day, I give thanks to my mom. She gave me the gift of this… https://www.instagram.com/p/CABGIT8nRip/?igshid=1n0u90i2iicru
Whoo-hoo, two deadlines today. Hit one, punted on the other. Sometimes you have to Covid-19 prioritize. Let's just say I did not get that 10k words written last week. Not hitting a deadline is a rare occurrence for me, but so is this current reality. I chose kindness to myself.
Infosec twitter: What do you think of Wire for secure collaboration with non-tech teams?
@KarlieChronicle Now that is very interesting! Thank you!
Life is too short to throw pearls after swine. Took me a long time to learn that, but I finally did. Fist bump @Blazenhoff
Spending the morning reading the interesting tale of @MalwareTechBlog. https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/
Exactly this. There are better locations to integrate solar into the infrastructure that it provides energy for. Large solar projects in the desert are misguided and ignorant of the fragile, beautiful desert ecosystem. https://twitter.com/N8Swick/status/1260257772656001025
@clayforsberg Market capture is seen as easier in the desert than in the efforts for true energy sustainability.
It's a quiet cool morning in the Mojave, doors are open, the found of birds chirping and two dogs with their sleepy satisfied snoring.
What's the best crash course for beekeeping? I pick up my first batch on Saturday.
@Cruftbox I DMed you.
@evanwolf LOL
@windley Gotta get a smoker, honey super, hive tool, and some new super fashionable clothing. LOL. I'm both excited and a little scared!
@taoeffect I then advise you to get on TikTok!
I'm at the point in my career where I want to break and make it do the opposite to every technology I worked on.
@taoeffect Download @tiktok_us ! It's a whole new world!
@taoeffect @tiktok_us Very good for entertainment during your workout! 🦾
Interesting piece that I'm using in my research to write the Future of Espionage chapter I'm working on. If you're into that sort of thing. https://www.deseret.com/2017/2/15/20606239/china-wants-to-be-america-russia-wants-to-destroy-it
I highly recommend that you take a break and make some rice krispie treats.
I also highly recommend you pass on any John McAfee Future of Security interviews. 🤮
@rosiepongracz @Radu43 Awe thanks for the kudos! @Radu43 nice to meet you!
@rosiepongracz @biosopher OOOOO. Save a brownie for me please! ❤️
@rosiepongracz @biosopher ❤️❤️❤️
@Radu43 @rosiepongracz Yes! I'm getting a full hive on Saturday and reaching out to friends to create a support group to help me take care of these guys when they arrive and make sure they are happy!
Some of my low motivation is grieving for the world & all the things I wanted to achieve. Every time I thought, this is my decade, an economic catastrophe occurred. I've been able to survive, but my grandest ambitions have been interrupted. And now, the world has changed forever.
The frustration is, yeah, I'll make lemonade & survive or I'll die having lived an amazing life; but realize my potential? not yet, not even close. I'm grieving not just for the evaporation of my potential, but many millions of others.
You can't fight the waves of the ocean though. You can only go out to meet them, maybe catch them, or frolic in them, the effervescent frothy salty cold. I'm up for the challenge - or maybe surrender, but I'm sad for my ambition, those dreams.
@leegonzales Well, that's just it. I woke up this morning and thought, maybe this crisis can help me realize my potential. But I guess having some opportunities would be helpful. I feel like all I've done is put a lot out there with very little coming back (yet).
RT @fernandogaldino: "There is no heard immunity for clima change" Thomas Friedman I have to agree. Mother nature is merciless and global…
Morning thought: Economic espionage is a capitalist / market system problem.
Starting to have dreams of doing a book reading at the Spy Museum in DC. I was sad when we couldn't get it together to do that for my last (non-technical) book.
The Amargosa Opera House needs financial assistance. This is a unique desert art experience in the middle of Death Valley. Please consider helping if you are in a position to do so. There's nothing like it in the world. https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/amargosaoperahouse #amargosa #operahouse #deathvalley
I used to think this was paranoid thinking, but after my research into economic espionage, with whispers of China's global surveillance system & the connection China has with their businesses, I would not be surprised at backdoors in global tech. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-15/u-s-tightens-rules-to-crack-down-on-huawei-s-chip-supply?srnd=premium
Russia is paranoid about this exact case, which is why they tend to use Russian built technology.
It's actually a genius move on China's part, become global technology leader, everyone uses your tech, your administration backdoors all that exported tech = voila, you have global authoritarian surveillance system without ever having to fire a shot.
Also, I can see how short-sighted I've been watching the China's surveillance system unfold inside China and my naive assumption that it will stay inside the borders. Also, this opportunity arose because of (spoiler alert) Western Free Market Capitalism. #unintendedconsequences
@acedrew Yup.
@acedrew But, you know, our side is good, supporting freedom and capitalism...
@acedrew should have put good in quotes.
@acedrew Yeah.
In a fit of ennui, I downloaded Animal Crossing last night. I very quickly realized this is the virtual version of my real life at the dome with my two rescue dogs & the various limited characters I interact with.
Jeeze, today's rabbit hole is comparisons between Sistema and Aikido (which I studied).
@octopushat well, I'm researching sistema as KGB training for this book... didn't set out to connect it to aikido, but one video and I was like, wait, that's like aikido. I'll keep you posted if I find something good. Do you study aikido?
@doriantaylor I'm not sure...
Intriguing potential identification of military/firearms training via gait analysis. https://youtu.be/AFrA5Iz5YDA
@octopushat Yes. While I haven't been on the mat for like maybe 20 years, I def use its techniques off the mat.
@doriantaylor Just at first glance. Was curious if it stole from (which) martial arts. Clearly not fully aikido as aikido is not about killing/maiming, it's about friendship/protection for your opponent.
Dropping this in here for future reference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329928862_Human_Gait_Indicators_of_Carrying_a_Concealed_Firearm_A_Skeletal_Tracking_and_Data_Mining_Approach
@octopushat These are interesting links: https://medium.com/@aPackOfVVankers/from-russia-with-love-cd45310216f0 & https://www.reddit.com/r/aikido/comments/2pkl4b/from_russia_with_a_fistful_of_love_an_aikidoka/
Interesting --> "Better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/systema-the-secretive-martial-art-of-the-soviet-union-is-making-a-comeback.html
A glimpse of some things I'm thinking about re: digital identity and spying, in the first few moments of this video. https://youtu.be/-Ir_oW-OXDY #digitalidentity #deception
I guess I could spend eternity listening to this in my garden as I cycle through all possible manifestations of life. Oh wait, isn't that what we are already doing? https://youtu.be/CKObEjk7YYM
@AllenWrench Yeah, for sure Sambo inspired, but sambo appears to be on the mat competitions vs street
Dinner. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOySkrnWME/?igshid=1igy5fgltvbxv
Sunset walk, I stop and watch the gamble quail, the light falls on the rocks, first warmly and then they fade to shadows. I ponder the perfect Roobios cocktail and silently judge the obviously out of towner who has inappropriately parked on the dirt road.
@michaelsherrill Yup, read it, and watched it go down live on twitter. Thanks for the tip.
Friday night spy research reminded me of this site, which I used to listen to when I traveled so much and missed home. I'd listen to the dawn of Los Angeles from the darkness of Europe. Kudos @idontlikewords that it remains. http://youarelistening.to/losangeles
@pacoid Million dollar question! I'm still exploring. It's such a smooth, nuanced tea, needs something equally smooth and nuanced.
Yeah baby, this is the mashup I was looking for. http://youarelistening.to/numbers #hiddeninplainsight
@LizaK Happens in the desert a lot. I believe it is a result of the Belt of Venus and the kind of clouds in the sky.
Got the bees, might have thrown my back out, bees are heavy. Now I *really* want a massage.
The new visitors at Heather IRL animal crossing are settling in. https://www.instagram.com/p/CARaSM1HWc3/?igshid=1qpxn5iv7nw5a
Sunset o clock. My palo Verde’s are bursting with yellow flowers. My jacarandas - here for 5 years are doing of, but not flourishing like I wish. The ocotillo has shot out lots of new growth. Life in the desert. I… https://www.instagram.com/p/CARbBy5npiU/?igshid=w72ybgnpuhj4
Realizing the last 2 dates I went on (with same guy in SF) aren't possible for a while: long 3 hour dinner, goth clubbing, movie in theatre with delicious grilled cheese. In other news, I may have perfected the post-Covid-19 goth club.
@jwolpert @nntaleb Yeah good luck, that's Taleb all the way. I liked A Drunkard's Walk. But that's not by Taleb.
ALL OF THEM! There is no bad roasted (or microwaved) marshmallow. https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1261829298467467264
@jwolpert @nntaleb Just remembered that Fooled by Randomness was his first book, and IIRC it had an editor. So it's a bit more accessible, but really his writing style is his style. No pain, no gain.
@aztammyp With you! There's also, stuck to a coal level, where the coal is extinguished by the gooey marshmallow to add the decidedly mineral crisp.
This is really great. ht @roxannedarling https://twitter.com/AnthonyHopkins/status/1261800248852099073
@fatemehx2 What an amazing picture, story, family!!
I do this for two or three sets at a time! https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1261759018483085312
@roxannedarling That's good for balance, but there are positive possible ways through! Don't forget that. ❤️❤️
@pinkyracr For some reason, my socks wear out at different rates, so I may have one worn through, but the other just fine. So buying say 3 pairs of socks will net me more pleasure as I wear out the socks.
@cepheusradio Looks fine to me.
If only we could have some kind of new identity verification technology.... https://twitter.com/BethanCantrell/status/1262395485110796289
@Sheldrake Never gonna happen.
@missrogue @carlospache_co If you are still going in a few days, get some dry ice and wrap it and put it at the top of the cooler. As it evaporates, the cooling will go down. Should keep it all icy. PS don't mix dry and regular ice! Good luck!
Why do I take these jobs that require me to be an expert on something quite large? Last thing I did this with was cybersecurity & got me into security research. I feel like I have been inadvertently skirting spy/superhero training for decades & now it's too close for comfort.
So in my research, someone quipped that hacking is the new espionage, which I would agree that *some* hacking is done for espionage, but not all. Also seems like a lot of x/retired-CIA agents write books. You can learn a lot triangulating and reading between the lines.
@PJManney Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I love it. Just hope I can pivot all this knowledge into some more $$$ projects.
@PJManney And, I am quite good at it as well. So at least there is that. :-)
I'm glad we're opening back up, but I really hope our visitors are a gradual increase. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-18/joshua-tree-national-park-reopens-but-with-limitations
@rtgarden Can't wait to write the last chapter in the book (saving the best for last... mashing up my topic with my superskill!)
For all you playing along, I have 2 (zoom) meetings this week & I've been writing from the bed most of the day (back is still ouchie). I definitely feel like I played my Covid cards correctly. Sorry not sorry. 🖤♠️
Daft Punk comes on the mix, & I remember when I taught myself to play it on the flute. LOL. I should really pick that practice back up. I really love it.
Cool morning. Dogs snuggle in the cozy warmth of covers, smooth fur, wet nose, burrowing. My own hair smells fresh and clean - I washed it before bed. The possibilities of the day! 💓
@lucas_gonze Hogfather is pretty fun, then you can watch the series on Amazon Prime!
😮! ht @bodinebaron https://twitter.com/elisethoma5/status/1262702650086187008
@cillic Be kind to yourself and breathe. Everything will be ok.
@lucas_gonze Yes. You are in for a treat. I also like Going Postal.
@lucas_gonze Also Strata is proto-discworld. If you're looking for similar but different, I recommend The Scar by China Mievelle.
@lucas_gonze The Scar is one of my favorites - it goes places you wouldn't expect, it also may have convinced me to be a futurist. I am also a big fan of Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict series (start at the beginning - A Talent for War) and I Love love love @sblackmoore's Eric Carter Series!
Oh wow this is news. It's what my mom suspected killed her - but she had no evidence a decade ago. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1262851889017864192
Today I'm researching/reading some specific details about Watergate. It's uncanny how similar it feels to current political affairs. I wonder how our present will look 20-50 years out. It's just so clearly obvious, but the con goes on, until it all falls into dust.
I gave in and fed the dogs 30 minutes early this morning, now they are absolutely trying every cute and sad and whine and lick in the book to get dinner early.
I'm drinking. I'm researching Mossad Assassinations. Give me Russian active measures, give me PRC hacking IP trade theft, give me CIA drone strikes, but no thank you Mossad assassination machine. Too scary for this researcher. Mossad brand is on point.
OMG that yellow one. Is it cross back? https://twitter.com/gabifresh/status/1262802331365634049
Gosh, I wonder why Covid-19 was ignored. I forgot just one small thing that was going earlier this year. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-iran-qassem-soleimani-war-crimes-lawsuit-could-win-2020-1
@hacks4pancakes Ah, WinAmp... haven't used that for ages, but so good! I used to do my internet radio DJ show with it + a plugin I forget.
😂😂😂 I wanna say I think I worked with the guys who wrote it, after it was acquired in like early 2000, and their SF office had the Lama in it... but my memory isn't as fresh anymore.
@lucas_gonze @sblackmoore The whole Alex Benedict series is A++. I love the character of Chase. The first book in the series (A Talent...) is slightly different from the others, but all in the same genre. I never thought I'd cry at the end of a scifi novel, but McDevitt does it. You are in for a treat!
Can't wait for the rest of this story to come out. Some real tradecraft in use here. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-20/us-arrests-two-men-accused-helping-carlos-ghosn-flee
Avocado Toast in the time of covid. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAasQyKHtr1/?igshid=1vva7eqy7yffa
When it's hard, you just sit and write anyway.
@0x7eff What the Oscar Wilde quote on the opening page>!
@johnrobb Are you aware of this theory? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Galtung#United_States_as_a_republic_and_empire
@johnrobb And I assume you are familiar with the crisis/building cycles from demographic theory/4th Turning.
If your economic system requires everyone to have 3-6 months of emergency funding, maybe there's something wrong with the system. While these covid-19 economic hot takes are on the right track, they miss the broad, deep, systemic analysis that is necessary to evolve.
This isn't about covid, it's about IP+ownership. "[Requires] publicly traded companies to reveal whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government" --> https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52749801 #newcoldwar
ICYM my alternative take on Innovation and Counterfeits. I wrote this piece before doing a lot more research on economic espionage. I would probably change some things, but I still agree with everything in it. https://medium.com/in-present-tense/guanxi-over-ip-eaee152c1775
@NikolasFuturist Yup
Will we ever have another great spy "love" story than Soviet Russia and Cold War United States? Like some kind of Romeo and Juliet of espionage. Couldn't have one without the other, and together the amount of spy technology developed is mind-boggling. I'm in awe.
@futureidentity Agree. But I also think we're heating up to have a new economic/technical cold war between US and Chinese technology ingenuity. I'm really excited to see what kind of response US technology innovators respond with.
In strategic foresight, this could be considered both an "event" about the future of Hong Kong and a #weaksignal for broader international impact. https://twitter.com/richardjpyne/status/1263486876800827394
Yes, a thousand times yes. https://twitter.com/EBKania/status/1263681122510295040
Powerful: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/24/us/us-coronavirus-deaths-100000.html
Weekend adventures. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlGkumHDlB/?igshid=4uc2dx6kp9fo
Me in my natural habitat. Got in a little hike on Friday before the tourist horde. @ Joshua Tree National Park https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlGwaKHBd2/?igshid=yusnfl6mzh5l
No swimming in the chlorine factory. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlG7SLn8on/?igshid=iiogkf1t0pp7
This is a blast from the past. LA born in the early dayz of the social web. https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1265090163010686978
It's always the owner who is the problem, never the dog.
This weekend, I saw 2 people walking their dogs on non-dog trails in Joshua Tree National Park. Another was walking a "service dog in training" that was clearly not because the dog was distracted & would not obey the owners commands to remain by his side.
I’m not ready to go back to work. I took 3-4 days completely off - no thinking/researching/writing about spies or espionage. Dogs, and tour guide for a friend, movies and video games and it felt so great. Hope you… https://www.instagram.com/p/CAp-aX-ngS7/?igshid=134oybbram6zh
10am and already 90 degrees. Today is gonna be a scorcher!
This is a good read. https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1265335971626844160
This is good for the supply chain, for the planet, for fashionistas, for business. I hope we bid good-bye to fast fashion. cc @pinkyracr #slowfashion https://twitter.com/AP_Europe/status/1264994003214270468
@rosiepongracz Yup, I liked that.
RT @Travon: A picture is worth...
imageLower third overlay is GENIUS! https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/1265473108451852288
9am, 90 degrees, welcome to summer in the Mojave. Just doing a little research on Lawrence of Arabia this morning. Might be inspired to dig out and wear my galabeya. Memories of that desert across the globe (but not in a time of war).
ANNOUNCE: I'm running for one of three W3C Credentials Community Group Co-Chairs to be the change I wish to see in the community. Here's my self nomination letter: https://medium.com/@heathervescent/a-call-for-change-at-the-ccg-216f9b93cc85 #digitalidentity #verifiablecredentials #standards
Had to mix up my music selection, so playing Erasure while writing about sabotage. Made me realize the obvious truth that Russian disinformation, bots, false narratives are all sabotage techniques that this platform is too dumb to realize they're being used for.
Kinda genius move to have the President of the US actively sabotage the US, active measures style.
@ShibumiKiDoZen Totally, it doesn't matter. Inception baby! I mean, active measures.
@fatemehx2 Drink water, take it slow, take breaks. Enjoy the heat and sweat. Jump in the pool! Sounds fun!!
@evanwolf Thanks Phil. That means a lot to me. It's been hard and humbling to do this.
@NikolasFuturist Yes he did.
Make the most of freedom and of pleasure, cause nothing ever lasts forever. #lyricsgame
I feel like I could write the curriculum for an espionage tradecraft course after the last few weeks of crash research. Feels like when I binged @DEFCON and CCC talks and my life took a whole new turn.
Fresh morning, already 90 degrees, yay Mojave heat wave. 🏜️ Finished a massive chapter last night. Gonna get started on what I do best: conjecturing about the future! 💫
I don't think he understands he is a modern day global weapons manufacturer. I can understand it would be hard to see oneself this way, especially with the dreams and ambitions we had in the 00s. But the these platforms have been weaponized to destroy democracy. That's clear. https://twitter.com/jack/status/1265837138114830336
A gun manufacturer can't take guns away from those who shouldn't have them, but Twitter can correct & kick bots and propagandists off it.
It *is* too much to ask for Tech Experts/Builders/Devs to see how their technology can be weaponized/misused. They are experts are building something new that works. Which is why they need to work with & listen to those of us who *can* see how their technology is/can be misused.
RT @ElisaC: @heathervescent Yup. Doubling down on the unintended consequences instead of moving to eradicate them was start of the spiral d…
Interesting perspective. Film production will never be the same. https://twitter.com/ANDREWTI/status/1266166714334449664
It's that time of the day where I get my complimentary foot massages, I mean, dog foot licking. RT if you also get a daily dog foot licking.🐶
Always a pleasure to dance along to this funky beat while the world burns. https://youtu.be/zuR5TYI5Qkg?t=30
This is interesting. I'd guess this is for aerial surveillance. Predator drones are packed with data sensors and have very good imagery capture. https://twitter.com/jason_paladino/status/1266399916978507779
@munin @Ascii211 I'd guess aerial surveillance. They take really good pictures, which would enable Nat Guard planning.
@munin @Ascii211 A lot of predators have been repurposed for data capture because they can carry a lot of sensors to collect all kinds of data. CBP uses them, NASA uses them (off the top of my head, I did a bunch of research a few weeks ago).
@munin @Ascii211 I'm not saying you shouldn't be concerned. I can understand why you would be. I would be surprised if there are hellfire missiles. That's CIA drones - different department.
@munin @Ascii211 Also, why from a military base? Where else would predator drones live, if they are for non-military use? I really have no direct knowledge, but I did just do a bunch of research & was surprised to find the positive ways predator drones collect data for non-military.
@munin @Ascii211 I'm totally aware of that. Anyway, I see and read your concern. I'll be curious to see how this situation plays out. Be well. ❤️
@Ascii211 @munin That makes sense. I'd expect you'd want increased security as well. Don't want someone thinking they can steal a predator, ya know.
@pruijter @cascio I really want @cascio to be wrong, but it’s hard to see a different way today.
@TelegramSam Right! I remember reading about that.
Supply run days are always exhausting but today was even more with the news. I am truly blessed to be home safe with my two dogs and a restocked pantry.
@NewOrchardMedia For some items I have to drive 75 min away, many other things are nearby. I generally do a supply run every month or so that I used to combine with socialization, etc, but not now.
@cascio @pruijter Today is a rough day for the U.S.
@darrello @SSI_Ambassador Thanks for your support @darrello. If elected, I will bring all I can to take us to the next level. I also want to clear up that I don't run the @SSI_Ambassador account. :-)
Today I'm deal with this stuff by napping pressed between two dogs, intermittent metta practice, and brownies. I am exhausted and have more deadlines. But even so, my life is blessed.
@NewOrchardMedia No different really from where we grew up. With a lot less water.
@avantgame I’m game!
@NishantK Thanks for the info! 😊
I came across this quote in my research this week, in regards to the Nazi creating fake Polish attacks to justify their invasion. --> "I will provide a propagandistic *casus belli*. Its credibility doesn't matter. The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth". - Hitler
If you want to learn more about, it was called Operation Himmler.
@GlenHiemstra Yup.
"I will provide a propagandistic *casus belli*. Its credibility doesn't matter. The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth". - Hitler on the False Flag Operation Himmler to justify invading Poland for WWII. Sounds eerily close to what we've seen in MN (& Bush's WMD). https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1266741059163389952
@fatemehx2 @monikabielskyte WTAF
@fatemehx2 @monikabielskyte Is that a commercial? Who in their right mind that that was ok?
@busynessgirl @usablelearning 😱
My friend, @sharakarasic , wrote this. It's good reading. https://medium.com/@sharakarasic/all-of-it-57698ff96203
Aperol Spritz is gonna be my summer go to. Look at that lovely color! https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1QJJ5hUWz/?igshid=bdsk9gd612rh
My heart breaks for my old hood. https://twitter.com/NBCLA/status/1266938021997211648
I have the quiet in my mind. The morning, fresh. The coffee, fresh. Dogs fed, peaceful in my home, immediate land. But my heart can not contain the multitude of emotions that I sit with, hold, listen to. The pain beyond consciousness.
@aztammyp Thank you.
This is a lot to unpack. (meant to post this last night) https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/
Today's getting out of my comfort zone activity, my first hive inspection. I saw the queen (she actually fell out & I had to put her back in), lots of honey: capped & uncapped, larva, brood cells, I think I saw eggs, and lots of bees! Added the honey super. Whew. #lifeinthemojave
Remember, the name of the game is #infowar. You are the target for #falseflag operations, #disinformation, #deepfakes. There is nation state money behind these activities to destroy western democracy - even inside the US. Don't believe everything you see/read on the internet.
Verify. Triangulate. Be ware of anything that triggers your emotions, it's designed to do that. Watch, observe. Realize there are nuances to everything. Co-option. It is designed to overwhelm, shut you down, &/or cause you to emotionally react. You are the target.
Been thinking about the Moscow Rules, which I have posted on my refrigerator & wrote about last week. Here's my version of the America Online 2020 Rules: 1: You are the target 2: Be wary of anything that triggers your emotions 3: Everything is propaganda 1/3
4: Triangulate: there are truths & lies in everything 5: Everything is potentially co-opted and under opposition control 6: Walk without rhythm & you won't attract the worm 7: When overwhelmed by the created chaos, step back, breathe & self-care 2/3
8: Respond with kindness, compassion & love 9: Pick the time & place for action: the voting booth 10: Keep your heart & mind open 🖤❤️💫🌪️💖 3/3
@summer_burkes 💓
