Tracked Since Birth: How Privacy Died with Our Childhoods, Part 1
Today’s young people are growing up in a world where the mistakes of adolescence are not only remembered but digitally archived, searchable, and weaponizable.
Technology
In Defense of Anonymity: Why Real Names Aren’t Always the Answer
Let’s take a moment to examine the other side of individual internet transparency. What if anonymity isn’t about hiding, but about protecting?
The Enduring Legacy of the Caltrop: From Ancient Battlefields to Modern Crime
The caltrop is a deceptively simple but highly effective weapon that has remained relevant for over 2,500 years. First recorded in 5th century BC Greece and Persia, caltrops were designed to stop cavalry charges by injuring the hooves of horses.
Tyranny – Electric Bikes, Government Paperwork, and the Quiet Resistance of the Amish in Mio, Michigan
In northern Michigan’s quiet farm country around Mio, it’s not unusual to see horse-drawn buggies clopping along the road. But lately, another vehicle has made an appearance: the electric bicycle. And interestingly enough, it’s being used by the local Amish.
Human Psychology- CB Radio and the Internet: How Human Nature Corrupts Every Technology
Throughout history, every new form of communication technology has initially been seen as a tool for good—an avenue to connect people, share ideas, and promote progress. But as soon as these technologies fall into human hands, they quickly become corrupted by the darker side of human nature.
Dangers In The Cloud
The public cloud, for those not in the IT industry, is a group of computer service providers that provide IT services (at cost) to almost every company in the US today, along with the Federal Government, as well as many foreign countries.
Luddite DC Is Always Fighting the Last and Wrong (Technology) War
We are still stuck with the 456+ federal agencies, departments, commissions and boards with which we have always been stuck. For now. That number will be, of course, always and forever expanding.
iRobot
I was in the airport when an AI robot custodian was roving around, sweeping the floor and accepting various bits of trash from nearby passengers. The robot came close to me. We just locked eyes.
A War No-one is Preparing for, but it’s Already Begun!
Daily we hear in the news how we must prepare to fight China in a kinetic war. It is a forgone conclusion as our national security officials forgo the use of cognitive skills to seek other options.
Singing the blue book blues
Students across the educational spectrum are outsourcing their work to Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to The Wall Street Journal. In other words, cheating is more widespread than ever.
The True History of the AR: America’s Rifle
After its AR-10 was passed over by the military, Armalite scaled it down to fire the .223 Remington / 5.56 NATO round. Colt bought the rights in 1959, and the military version became the M16 during the Vietnam War.
There Is No Wi-Fi War With China. 5G, However….
China all-but-owns DC – and most of the Swamp’s many creatures. So China gets whatever they want – whenever they want.
The Night the Lights Went out in Alabama
The electricity went out. I don’t know why it happened. It wasn’t storming. The weather was nice. All I know is I was watching TV when the lamps suddenly flickered and died. And that was that.
The Simple, New Technological Face of Warfare; by George Mcclellan
The Ukrainian drone attack that wiped out one third more or less, of Putin’s far flung strategic bomber force, and maybe a submarine or two at quayside, while thrilling in its audacity and satisfying in its results, is not really anything new.
X is winning on the LA story; Truly independent media tells a story NYT and the rest would bury
The reason the media cannot control the news—cannot make it out to be a local story—is Twitter. Elon Musk bought it and brought it out of control by the U.S. government and communist employees at a censorious social media outlet.
Intellectual Property Theft with Chinese Characteristics; China has reaped the benefits of foreign IP theft for decades
IP and technology theft by Chinese entities is ongoing and pervasive. The communists understand the benefits of short-circuiting development costs by incorporating stolen IP and patented technologies.
The Left Lie Through Their Scummy Teeth!
I have frequently said that if Donald Trump walked on water, the left would complain that he stepped on and injured some fish. If President Trump cured cancer, the left would combitch that he was putting doctors and nurses out of work. The tweet screen captured to the left — I always screen capture tweets …
Ending the censorship monopoly; Trump takes on the tech giants
When I read the media whining about their First Amendment rights, I remember this: They all cheered when Twitter censored President Trump.
Modernizing America’s Digital Backbone: A Trump-Era Opportunity to Fix Government Legacy Systems
The U.S. government’s computer systems are rapidly decaying relics — a patchwork of incompatible systems, outdated computing languages, and decades-old hardware.
She Ate a Vegetable: How Celebrity Worship Is Rotting America’s Soul
Imagine a nation burning while its citizens roast marshmallows over the flames, phones in hand, giggling at what a Kardashian had for lunch. That’s America in 2025—Rome with better Wi-Fi and worse priorities.