Letter: Scare tactics have nothing to do with car repair
Originally posted September 25th in the Boston Herald. This is a letter about right to repair sent to the editor by Paul Roberts, founder, SecuRepairs.org and signed by myself among many others. To the editor: Halloween came early to the Bay State this year. For the past two months, the ... Read More
Ransomware “Officially” Kills a Person
There have undoubtedly been deaths in the past caused by computer attacks. I once made a list of possible cases. What has just changed is someone is willing to go on the record saying it happened. We know, for example, that hospital outages and patient deaths have been in warnings ... Read More
Children’s Creed
Source: United Nations Women’s Guild By Dorothy Roigt There shall be peace on earth, but not until All children daily eat their fill, go warmly against the winter wind And learn their lessons with a tranquil mind. And thus released from hunger fear and need, Regardless of their color race ... Read More
Captain Morgan Hated Being Called a Pirate Because He Hated Democracy
Someone just suggested to me that the Spanish loved pirates while the British hated them. This isn’t even remotely true and it reminded me how a Spanish city official (Don Juan Pérez de Guzmán) once called Captain Morgan a pirate, meaning to insult him as the Spanish monarchy hated pirates ... Read More
“Knowledge Wins”
The U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School has released a video called “Knowledge Wins Episode 4 – Great Power Competition – Part 1” The video starts by asking for a definition of competition, and the answer is…open. There are many different and relative definitions of competition, although in ... Read More
Death of the Dust Seeker
By Abdukhebir Qadir Erkan Source: Uighur Poets on Repression and Exile Building his dwelling in the winds, gifting the grubs the sun of his skies, he left for the roads that run dark among letters. Thirsting for seas that flow from night drops, living his days outside of the seasons, ... Read More
This Day in History: US Dropped Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
The usual story told in American history classes is that dropping two atomic bombs on Japan saved American lives. This is mostly false. Studies now show nearly as many Americans died from nuclear radiation and fallout during creation of these bombs, as died in Japan from the bombs being dropped ... Read More
Cultural Spectrum of Trust
Are you more likely to believe a prince in Africa is coming to give his wealth to you (get rich quick), or that AntiFa is coming to take your wealth away from you (get poor quick)? American cognitive trust has a dangerous vulnerability called… bias. Often I speak about the ... Read More
Chocolate Chip Cookie History and The Myth of “Butter Drop Do”
The traditional drop cake (also called drop biscuit) was a popular historic treat in America copied from Europe. There were many variations based on different ingredients used such as rye, or butter. When raisins were added, for example, it was fruit drop cake (also called a fruit drop biscuit). However, ... Read More
This Day in History: 1947 U.S. National Security Act
A recent post I published gave some of the backstory of modern intelligence and information warfare in America, from 1930s through WWII. That post really culminates on this day in 1947 when the CIA officially was established. The history department of that agency doesn’t put things lightly when it describes ... Read More
