Robert Wilson
@frcolumba.bsky.social
SecOps perhaps human in academia in SC
Hmm, Russian / English forensic linguistics in the news again, you say?
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hmm, Russian / English forensic linguistics in the news again, you say?
Annual pilgrimage.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Annual pilgrimage.
Pretty sure the person at the Hyatt coffee place gave me uncut cold brew. Folding space and 90 bpm resting when it’s normally like 55. Ugh.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pretty sure the person at the Hyatt coffee place gave me uncut cold brew. Folding space and 90 bpm resting when it’s normally like 55. Ugh.
I love Cyberwarcon. It’s by far my favorite conference. I will say, though, that by the time the lightning rounds are done I’m burned.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I love Cyberwarcon. It’s by far my favorite conference. I will say, though, that by the time the lightning rounds are done I’m burned.
On my way finally to Cyberwarcon. We’ve had a firewall P1, I had a flat tire before going on campus to do an exec briefing on observability, cloudflare doofed, and then like half our tenant lost m365 licensing in a group move. Fully expect IRGC to take out the power again tomorrow morning.
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
On my way finally to Cyberwarcon. We’ve had a firewall P1, I had a flat tire before going on campus to do an exec briefing on observability, cloudflare doofed, and then like half our tenant lost m365 licensing in a group move. Fully expect IRGC to take out the power again tomorrow morning.
WTF. I was in a cabinet agency during “the trip” and it just keeps on coming back. A colleague was cover.
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
WTF. I was in a cabinet agency during “the trip” and it just keeps on coming back. A colleague was cover.
I don’t want to spoil it, but absolutely typical for our football team to lose stupid stuff and then play like today. Their SecOps uses elastic also so we can call it the kibana bowl.
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don’t want to spoil it, but absolutely typical for our football team to lose stupid stuff and then play like today. Their SecOps uses elastic also so we can call it the kibana bowl.
Amen
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Amen
Sometimes I’d like to go back to a time in my life when I didn’t know what the phrase “contract vehicle” meant.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sometimes I’d like to go back to a time in my life when I didn’t know what the phrase “contract vehicle” meant.
Kitty Croissant
Captain B will not be going out this morning, thank you.
Captain B will not be going out this morning, thank you.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Kitty Croissant
Captain B will not be going out this morning, thank you.
Captain B will not be going out this morning, thank you.
To give you an issue of scale for the SNAP thing in a “red state,” the SC Gov activated the One SC fund which is typically used during natural disasters. It’s privately funded, but was established during the 2015 floods and was lasted activated for Helene.
One SC Fund: Emergency Food Response
Central Carolina Community Foundation
www.yourfoundation.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
To give you an issue of scale for the SNAP thing in a “red state,” the SC Gov activated the One SC fund which is typically used during natural disasters. It’s privately funded, but was established during the 2015 floods and was lasted activated for Helene.
As a ratf**k operation that social media thing has inverse power. Like people the dude needs to like him are going to like him even more.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As a ratf**k operation that social media thing has inverse power. Like people the dude needs to like him are going to like him even more.
Reposted by Robert Wilson
middle grade illustrated novel aimed at boys called Mishima! My Crazy Middle School Life in Four Zany Whacked Out Chapters
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
middle grade illustrated novel aimed at boys called Mishima! My Crazy Middle School Life in Four Zany Whacked Out Chapters
Thank the Phoenicians
What’s your favorite information technology mine is probably the alphabet
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thank the Phoenicians
Fair number of cyberin' people flying to DCA around Nov 18, myself included.
Not doing Amtrak from SC, it takes 8 hours to DC at best, and not driving, the travel people would freak.
We will see.
Not doing Amtrak from SC, it takes 8 hours to DC at best, and not driving, the travel people would freak.
We will see.
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fair number of cyberin' people flying to DCA around Nov 18, myself included.
Not doing Amtrak from SC, it takes 8 hours to DC at best, and not driving, the travel people would freak.
We will see.
Not doing Amtrak from SC, it takes 8 hours to DC at best, and not driving, the travel people would freak.
We will see.
The Coen brothers and orthodoxy is interesting and I’ve never heard them talk about it. Hail Caesar has the Kedrov Otche Nash during the credits, Big Lebowski has “Before Thy Cross” in a snippet, and Burn After Reading has the orthodox ex-priest.
There's a funny scene in Hail Caesar where the studio brings in 3 Christian leaders and 1 rabbi to "approve" their film and the orthodox bishop says "I didn't think the chariot scene was believable" to which Eddie Manx says, "what about the religious depiction?" and the bishop just shrugs.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Coen brothers and orthodoxy is interesting and I’ve never heard them talk about it. Hail Caesar has the Kedrov Otche Nash during the credits, Big Lebowski has “Before Thy Cross” in a snippet, and Burn After Reading has the orthodox ex-priest.
This is from London, but the correct answer on the halal food place question is yes.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is from London, but the correct answer on the halal food place question is yes.
Good lord, our co-op just announced 8 gig is available for $140. Crazy for someone living on a dirt road. They just dropped our 1 gig to $79.
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Good lord, our co-op just announced 8 gig is available for $140. Crazy for someone living on a dirt road. They just dropped our 1 gig to $79.
This comes into play heavily in IR, also. “Yes, this is bad, but the detection is lying to you. You actually now want to look for blah blah.”
One of the things I think the vibe coding stuff hasn't yet really come to terms with is junior developers and owners often think the key skill for developers is ability to write code, and principal developers know the /actual/ super power that distinguishes principals is their ability to debug.
November 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This comes into play heavily in IR, also. “Yes, this is bad, but the detection is lying to you. You actually now want to look for blah blah.”
Child One is home because they’re 16 and we live in the country anyway while Child Two is out going into town with friends. Child One wants a scary movie.
“Allow me to introduce you to Threads.”
“Allow me to introduce you to Threads.”
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Child One is home because they’re 16 and we live in the country anyway while Child Two is out going into town with friends. Child One wants a scary movie.
“Allow me to introduce you to Threads.”
“Allow me to introduce you to Threads.”
Just go ahead and use Jadis, the white witch, and say that if you join you get as much Turkish delight as you can eat.
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just go ahead and use Jadis, the white witch, and say that if you join you get as much Turkish delight as you can eat.
Never played Halo, no context, no impact. Francis Marion thing, had friends in the movie and the comparison is dumb, no impact.
Using Merry and Pippin. Incandescent. I mean levitating.
Using Merry and Pippin. Incandescent. I mean levitating.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Never played Halo, no context, no impact. Francis Marion thing, had friends in the movie and the comparison is dumb, no impact.
Using Merry and Pippin. Incandescent. I mean levitating.
Using Merry and Pippin. Incandescent. I mean levitating.
I love Mt Leconte, and we try and stay there every year at the lodge. Whoever has been posting the blog for the past few years or so has the most passive aggressive style, though. "Acorns are falling now, keep an eye out, or you'll break your arm. A leaf can sneak up on you before you know it."
Daily Posts
The final weekend of October was much like the others before it…decent skies, plenty of sunshine, comfortable temps, and bustling crowds all flocking to the Smokies to observe the colors. These...
www.highonleconte.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I love Mt Leconte, and we try and stay there every year at the lodge. Whoever has been posting the blog for the past few years or so has the most passive aggressive style, though. "Acorns are falling now, keep an eye out, or you'll break your arm. A leaf can sneak up on you before you know it."
I did an experiment the other day to just see the behavior. I asked about Essence and Personality in the Fourth Way and comparisons with hesychasm. Quickly got to “would you like exercises to help blah blah.”
Scoop: I sent a public record request to the FTC for complaints mentioning ChatGPT. I got 200 complaints back, but a couple stood out.
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
People Who Say They’re Experiencing AI Psychosis Beg the FTC for Help
The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.
www.wired.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I did an experiment the other day to just see the behavior. I asked about Essence and Personality in the Fourth Way and comparisons with hesychasm. Quickly got to “would you like exercises to help blah blah.”
Reposted by Robert Wilson
Philip Glass and Aphex Twin, 1995.
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Philip Glass and Aphex Twin, 1995.