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

Greater Chicagoland Area
Joined June 2008
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Replying to @kaitlancollins
I dont think we are all missing that much. Something about the ballroom, blame Biden, the reflecting pool is now open, the strait is open some more, Greenland or Canada will be 51st state, he wasn't on the ticket, won the war again for the 50th time, Obama had smaller crowds.... i think i covered it all... oh and its all bidens fault again
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CNN was scheduled to be today’s TV pool. But the White House blocked us from being allowed in for the president’s event in the Oval Office that’s now underway. That means none of the five networks will have audio or video of his remarks.
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You've received a proof of concept video of an unfamiliar anime girl dancing on top of your logo to some sick beats.
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LIVE from Devcon 8: @torproject co-founder Roger Dingledine says: "Do you want me to be able to know what your agents are doing on the internet?" His answer when an FBI official told him Tor surely had a backdoor. @EFDevcon
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Today was the worst market decline since the last one you don’t remember or care about anymore.
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Rocketeer vibes
Caught the F-35C bust a full cone over the Blue Angels squadron this morning 🤯🤯
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You would not *believe* how far and wide and deep the Mandiant alum syndicate network goes, seated deep in security roles around the globe - we have eyes everywhere.
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio is now discussing resigning as Secretary of State with White House officials, per Bloomberg.
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Another banger. Intelligence is the information that decision makers need to make a decision, delivered in the format they expect, based upon a predetermined trigger. Anything else is quite literally the opposite of that.
If you work in intelligence, it might be helpful to consistently remind yourself and others that the job is to provide the most accurate picture you can. Threat inflation isn't actually a good. It can shrink decision space and waste resources.
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BREAKING: A mystery seller is trying to dump about $500 million in data center loans all at once, per Bloomberg, days after the midterms raised doubts about many projects. The anonymous seller is auctioning a dozen loans, including a $25 million piece of financing for a huge Stargate site in New Mexico, the joint project of OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle. Oracle has already sent that site’s developer a force majeure notice, a legal claim that events beyond its control may excuse it from its obligations.
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New: @chainalysis said Wednesday night that some information belonging to all its users — which its website says include those in the law enforcement and national security sectors — had been exposed in an agentic cyberattack. therecord.media/chainalysis-…
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THOTCON 0xE ticket secured!
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Relevant tonight. Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
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tech bros after this week
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If you are doing conflict analysis or OSINT, once you reach 10k followers (probably less even) you have a responsibility & obligation to be as accurate as possible when posting as to not erroneously perpetuate misinformation by being inaccurate.
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A+ shitposts get ya in the news… this one has a solid chance.
Been offering elderly people from Republican districts rides to the polls and dropping them off in miscellaneous parking lots dozens of miles away
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One of the most anticipated IPOs yet. And you may have a way in. 👀 Deets soon.
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