Nom de Plume Brett
@maverickbrett.bsky.social
I mean nom de plume literally means pen name.
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Engineer playing god poorly.
Fund basic science research. (He/Him)🏳️🌈
Views do not represent employers or funding agencies.
Engineer playing god poorly.
Fund basic science research. (He/Him)🏳️🌈
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"A counterintelligence assessment of Will Stancil and his Network"
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
"A counterintelligence assessment of Will Stancil and his Network"
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
"A counterintelligence assessment of Will Stancil and his Network"
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
Your James Angleton in 1946 and bolt away from having fallen asleep drinking bourbon and being goth, and know this future must not come to past.
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Charcoal or solar panels? A tale of two Cubas.
The US oil siege has created two classes of Cubans: those who use generators or solar panels to power their ovens, and those who have resorted to cooking over open fires
u.afp.com/S29i
The US oil siege has created two classes of Cubans: those who use generators or solar panels to power their ovens, and those who have resorted to cooking over open fires
u.afp.com/S29i
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Charcoal or solar panels? A tale of two Cubas.
The US oil siege has created two classes of Cubans: those who use generators or solar panels to power their ovens, and those who have resorted to cooking over open fires
u.afp.com/S29i
The US oil siege has created two classes of Cubans: those who use generators or solar panels to power their ovens, and those who have resorted to cooking over open fires
u.afp.com/S29i
Ok I’m like two pages in and am hooked.
You're not wrong, but the Heinz Felfe case was my skeleton key for understanding him. Reading the official post-mortem is an exercise in "Ohhhhh, so *that's* how his brain did that!"
www.cia.gov/readingroom/...
www.cia.gov/readingroom/...
www.cia.gov
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Ok I’m like two pages in and am hooked.
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Watch as a massive crack forms in the ice on Lake Erie.
An impressive view captured by GOES-19 earlier on Sunday.
An impressive view captured by GOES-19 earlier on Sunday.
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Watch as a massive crack forms in the ice on Lake Erie.
An impressive view captured by GOES-19 earlier on Sunday.
An impressive view captured by GOES-19 earlier on Sunday.
I want to post a pdf real fast, inis.iaea.org/records/pcvg..., this document, while we now know the conclusions reached are incorrect, is one of the most important things that helped inform how I understood the scientific communities role in informing intelligence analysis.
Analysis of the alleged Kyshtym disaster
The alleged Kyshtym disaster has been an intriguing intelligence puzzle for almost 25 years. Zhores Medvedev, a Soviet dissident, has written numerous journal articles as well as two books on the subject. He has argued that a vast contaminated area exists east of the city of Kyshtym in the southern Ural Mountains. Further, he has alleged that a nuclear waste disposal accident in 1957 to 1958 caused the contamination. The authors of this report are in partial disagreement with Medvedev's first allegation and in complete disagreement with his second. A contaminated area does exist east of Kyshtym, but Soviet carelessness coupled with general disregard for the citizenry and the environment are the prime causative factors, not a nuclear waste accident
inis.iaea.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I want to post a pdf real fast, inis.iaea.org/records/pcvg..., this document, while we now know the conclusions reached are incorrect, is one of the most important things that helped inform how I understood the scientific communities role in informing intelligence analysis.
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also, let’s be clear: he may have been doing HUMINT as the main venue for his CI activities during the war, but he was performing CI functions.
the main measure of effective CI — imho — isn’t so much the catching of moles as the procurement of penetrations and effective utilization of defectors.
the main measure of effective CI — imho — isn’t so much the catching of moles as the procurement of penetrations and effective utilization of defectors.
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
also, let’s be clear: he may have been doing HUMINT as the main venue for his CI activities during the war, but he was performing CI functions.
the main measure of effective CI — imho — isn’t so much the catching of moles as the procurement of penetrations and effective utilization of defectors.
the main measure of effective CI — imho — isn’t so much the catching of moles as the procurement of penetrations and effective utilization of defectors.
Fun fact you can make a decent missile fuel out of coal. In other news: the future of hypersonics, COAL!
The Navy will bring back coal ships. The Air Force will… invent coal-fired jets. The Marine Corps will bring back coal station EABs. The Army will stand up a 3-Star Coal Sustainment Command and a separate Coal Center of Excellence but on opposite ends of the country.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Fun fact you can make a decent missile fuel out of coal. In other news: the future of hypersonics, COAL!
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The ugly truth is that he's the best CI *theorist*, he just devoted his postwar career to absolutely DOGSHIT practice.
>fails to catch a single significant mole
>does HUMINT his entire career instead of CI
>goes completely schizo at the end of his career
WHY DO YOU PEOPLE LIKE HIM
>does HUMINT his entire career instead of CI
>goes completely schizo at the end of his career
WHY DO YOU PEOPLE LIKE HIM
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The ugly truth is that he's the best CI *theorist*, he just devoted his postwar career to absolutely DOGSHIT practice.
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All glory to the Grand Jury. The thin line between autocracy and a free society, I guess.
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 AM
All glory to the Grand Jury. The thin line between autocracy and a free society, I guess.
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This is a major repudiation of Trump's efforts to use the law enforcement system to attack his political opponents. Grand juries only hear the prosecution side and rarely reject indictments. But in this case, the everyday citizens found even the one-sided case unconvincing.
Trump Justice Department tries to indict six Democratic members of Congress for making a video reminding members of the military that they should not obey illegal orders, only to have the grand jury refuse to go along. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This is a major repudiation of Trump's efforts to use the law enforcement system to attack his political opponents. Grand juries only hear the prosecution side and rarely reject indictments. But in this case, the everyday citizens found even the one-sided case unconvincing.
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Hell yeah
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hell yeah
You are all (almost none of you) invited if we have to make the track to DI’s offices.
I will say if Havana starts going a bit more looseygoose over the next 2 months you can find me outside the Cuban embassy doing cold pitches to everyone that walks out the door. Your boy is going to write the first talk on DI cyber operations (of which may not exist; ie so much more interesting.)
I want to put it out there I accept walk ins, particularly from DI, and that I am easily contactable via DM's to arrange secure communications.
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
You are all (almost none of you) invited if we have to make the track to DI’s offices.
I will say if Havana starts going a bit more looseygoose over the next 2 months you can find me outside the Cuban embassy doing cold pitches to everyone that walks out the door. Your boy is going to write the first talk on DI cyber operations (of which may not exist; ie so much more interesting.)
I want to put it out there I accept walk ins, particularly from DI, and that I am easily contactable via DM's to arrange secure communications.
Honestly I wouldn't be all that surprised. Half the battle for would-be walk-ins is knowing who to talk to. Stancil's a huge hate object for the right so he's got name recognition, and he's online enough to respond to anyone.
February 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I will say if Havana starts going a bit more looseygoose over the next 2 months you can find me outside the Cuban embassy doing cold pitches to everyone that walks out the door. Your boy is going to write the first talk on DI cyber operations (of which may not exist; ie so much more interesting.)
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when people ask “why stan for angleton after he did in the 60s and 70s?”, this is my answer:
in the 40s and 50s, the man helped reinvent ball.
in the 40s and 50s, the man helped reinvent ball.
WHY RE PEOPLE TRYING TO RE INVENT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THEORY IN MY MENTIONS? Just read theory its like 10 minutes horkos.medium.com/angletons-en....
Angleton’s Enduring Value as CI Epistemologist
The flawed operator who began as a brilliant philosopher.
horkos.medium.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
when people ask “why stan for angleton after he did in the 60s and 70s?”, this is my answer:
in the 40s and 50s, the man helped reinvent ball.
in the 40s and 50s, the man helped reinvent ball.
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#ORION26 | All hands on deck, eyes on target: operational mode 🔛 for land, sea and air units 🫡
✈️ First operational flights from Mont-de-Marsan airbase and for the Charles de Gaulle air wing with our partners 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇶🇦
✈️ First operational flights from Mont-de-Marsan airbase and for the Charles de Gaulle air wing with our partners 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇶🇦
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
#ORION26 | All hands on deck, eyes on target: operational mode 🔛 for land, sea and air units 🫡
✈️ First operational flights from Mont-de-Marsan airbase and for the Charles de Gaulle air wing with our partners 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇶🇦
✈️ First operational flights from Mont-de-Marsan airbase and for the Charles de Gaulle air wing with our partners 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇶🇦
WHY RE PEOPLE TRYING TO RE INVENT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THEORY IN MY MENTIONS? Just read theory its like 10 minutes horkos.medium.com/angletons-en....
Angleton’s Enduring Value as CI Epistemologist
The flawed operator who began as a brilliant philosopher.
horkos.medium.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
WHY RE PEOPLE TRYING TO RE INVENT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THEORY IN MY MENTIONS? Just read theory its like 10 minutes horkos.medium.com/angletons-en....
I want to put it out there I accept walk ins, particularly from DI, and that I am easily contactable via DM's to arrange secure communications.
Honestly I wouldn't be all that surprised. Half the battle for would-be walk-ins is knowing who to talk to. Stancil's a huge hate object for the right so he's got name recognition, and he's online enough to respond to anyone.
February 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I want to put it out there I accept walk ins, particularly from DI, and that I am easily contactable via DM's to arrange secure communications.
This is perhaps the worst possible opinion on HUMINT possible. Like the other are relying exclusively on elicitation or, god forgive me for suggesting this, doing only cold pitches for recruitment.
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is perhaps the worst possible opinion on HUMINT possible. Like the other are relying exclusively on elicitation or, god forgive me for suggesting this, doing only cold pitches for recruitment.
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Scientists unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture in animal evolution reut.rs/45ZV1ar
Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing ...
reut.rs
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Scientists unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture in animal evolution reut.rs/45ZV1ar
This is wrong as it fundamentally miss understands what legitimacy is, but there is also a more subtle error: What military? The State guards, the state national guards, the reserves, or active duty? These will all act differently, and the NG has governors to answer to also!
Legitimacy flows from the barrel of a gun. If the military accepts that they're taking orders from that Congress, then they're as legitimate as they need to be.
If we've gotten to that point, legitimacy no longer matters.
If we've gotten to that point, legitimacy no longer matters.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is wrong as it fundamentally miss understands what legitimacy is, but there is also a more subtle error: What military? The State guards, the state national guards, the reserves, or active duty? These will all act differently, and the NG has governors to answer to also!
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I don’t think civil war is the most likely outcome, but it is more likely than the current regime entrenching itself through midterm chicanery.
I mean, like, come on man.
I mean, like, come on man.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I don’t think civil war is the most likely outcome, but it is more likely than the current regime entrenching itself through midterm chicanery.
I mean, like, come on man.
I mean, like, come on man.
OMG it's me.
6am News, 2018 by Steven J. Levin www.instagram.com/steven.jlevin
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
OMG it's me.
I do really hate the obsession with private equity by people on the Internet, which link there are problems with it, but like other things do happen to businesses.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I do really hate the obsession with private equity by people on the Internet, which link there are problems with it, but like other things do happen to businesses.
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if you are at all familiar with the history of 20th century totalitarianism this is an incredible accomplishment. getting quality artists to bandwagon with anti democratic movements is actually really easy
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
if you are at all familiar with the history of 20th century totalitarianism this is an incredible accomplishment. getting quality artists to bandwagon with anti democratic movements is actually really easy