Jay Swan
@sanjuanswan.bsky.social
mountains, books, bikes, intelligence history. Formerly, threat intel @ GitHub.
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they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
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The OSS made an incredible TRAINING FILM, directed by JOHN FORD, about the dos and donts of nonofficial cover. It’s great!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJf...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJf...
World War 2 Spy Training Film: Undercover | OSS Film | ca. 1944
YouTube video by The Best Film Archives
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The OSS made an incredible TRAINING FILM, directed by JOHN FORD, about the dos and donts of nonofficial cover. It’s great!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJf...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJf...
A couple of good books on this are the Cloak & Gown by Robin Winks, about Yale and the IC (mostly OSS), and recently Code Name Puritan by Greg Barnhisel, about NH Pearson, an OSS Yalie and key 20th century literary figure who got Angleton hired into the OSS in London. cc @gbarnhisel.bsky.social
I’m slowly parsing my way through Stephen Greenblatt’s new book on Christopher Marlowe, and it’s making me wish someone would do a deep study on the relationship between literature and spycraft.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A couple of good books on this are the Cloak & Gown by Robin Winks, about Yale and the IC (mostly OSS), and recently Code Name Puritan by Greg Barnhisel, about NH Pearson, an OSS Yalie and key 20th century literary figure who got Angleton hired into the OSS in London. cc @gbarnhisel.bsky.social
Another one for your files @nsqe.bsky.social: www.durangoherald.com/articles/win...
Winter arrives early for Florida duo who become stuck on snowbound Engineer Pass
Though fall colors cover much of Southwest Colorado, winter weather has arrived in the San Juan Mountains – something a father and son from Florida learned the hard way Thursday evening.
Hinsdale Cou...
www.durangoherald.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another one for your files @nsqe.bsky.social: www.durangoherald.com/articles/win...
I love this book; just read it for the second time and it will almost certainly be my favorite book published this year. I have the hardcover but will get an ebook version for redundancy!
do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Rose/House
Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...
us.macmillan.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I love this book; just read it for the second time and it will almost certainly be my favorite book published this year. I have the hardcover but will get an ebook version for redundancy!
As bad as Hoover was (and he was very bad) he refused to support Nixon at the end because he worried that the image of corruption would taint his legacy. Today, unabashed corruption is a central feature of the image.
"To members of the post-liberal right, J. Edgar Hoover is not an ominous figure, but a pillar of security whose cunning and craft helped save the country from radical subversion." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics...
The Politics of Fear in American History
The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As bad as Hoover was (and he was very bad) he refused to support Nixon at the end because he worried that the image of corruption would taint his legacy. Today, unabashed corruption is a central feature of the image.
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The Colorado state constitution was originally published in English and Spanish (and German).
coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/w...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/w...
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Colorado state constitution was originally published in English and Spanish (and German).
coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/w...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/w...
Finished "The Missionary Kids" by @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, almost certainly the only serious book I have read because the author is funny (and serious) on YouTube. Very interesting work on a subject I never would have considered otherwise.
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Finished "The Missionary Kids" by @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, almost certainly the only serious book I have read because the author is funny (and serious) on YouTube. Very interesting work on a subject I never would have considered otherwise.
The H.D. Book by Robert Duncan. Definitely not for everyone though. And eggplant parm sandwiches.
Ok switching up the vibes. Everyone recommend a book you like. Or a sandwich or something
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The H.D. Book by Robert Duncan. Definitely not for everyone though. And eggplant parm sandwiches.
H.D. is hands down the greatest poet of the last 120 years.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
H.D. is hands down the greatest poet of the last 120 years.
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The SCIF is well known as the Pink Pony Club
natsec libs who listen to sad gay girl pop? my god if there are two of us here, there must be dozens in the wild
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The SCIF is well known as the Pink Pony Club
This is a great article. Must read for anyone interested in threat intel.
@invisig0th.bsky.social, cofounder of the Vertex Project & architect of the APT-1 Report, shares how exposing PLA Unit 61398 changed the game in threat intelligence with @kimzetter.bsky.social.
Read more here: www.zetter-zeroday.com/how-the-infa...
Read more here: www.zetter-zeroday.com/how-the-infa...
How the Infamous APT 1 Report Exposing China’s PLA Hackers Came to Be
This is the first in a series of pieces I’ll publish that take an in-depth look at significant events, people and cases in security and surveillance from the past. If there’s something you think would...
www.zetter-zeroday.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a great article. Must read for anyone interested in threat intel.
Ezra Pound was an ideological crackpot who wrote some of the best poetry of the 20th century while imprisoned by Italian partisans in 1945 for being a Fascist sympathizer.
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ezra Pound was an ideological crackpot who wrote some of the best poetry of the 20th century while imprisoned by Italian partisans in 1945 for being a Fascist sympathizer.
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“She had assets that were being murdered…and she couldn’t come home and talk about that…For her to be a professional and be a mother and wife through all those years, it’s a pretty exceptional story and tells you a lot about who she was.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“She had assets that were being murdered…and she couldn’t come home and talk about that…For her to be a professional and be a mother and wife through all those years, it’s a pretty exceptional story and tells you a lot about who she was.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Eggplant for sure. Perhaps the only acceptable way to serve eggplant.
in light of the vocal fry please tell us your favorite fried food
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Eggplant for sure. Perhaps the only acceptable way to serve eggplant.
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Full legal name is Stud Muffin.
“do to me what you must, I’ve already won”
July 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Full legal name is Stud Muffin.
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House Republicans know their reconciliation bill will hurt Americans. 338 rural hospitals are at risk of closure from Medicaid cuts in the bill including Prowers Medical Center in Lamar. Coloradans should be GAINING access to care, not LOSING it! Lauren Boebert needs to get out of the way.
www.markey.senate.gov
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
House Republicans know their reconciliation bill will hurt Americans. 338 rural hospitals are at risk of closure from Medicaid cuts in the bill including Prowers Medical Center in Lamar. Coloradans should be GAINING access to care, not LOSING it! Lauren Boebert needs to get out of the way.
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Post pictures of when your pets were little.
June 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Post pictures of when your pets were little.