Jay Heisler
@jayheisler.bsky.social
Hey! I'm published in CNBC, Washington Examiner, Voice of America, US Naval Institute Proceedings and as a music journalist in Canadian newspapers. Here to check out the scene!
Researching in-depth the topic of OSINT and AI in December, ahead of an in-person lecture to DEFCON Halifax in the new year, and while I work on a coauthored freelance piece with a Canadian government policy analyst on this topic.....
PM me with resources, expertise and quotes......
PM me with resources, expertise and quotes......
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Researching in-depth the topic of OSINT and AI in December, ahead of an in-person lecture to DEFCON Halifax in the new year, and while I work on a coauthored freelance piece with a Canadian government policy analyst on this topic.....
PM me with resources, expertise and quotes......
PM me with resources, expertise and quotes......
Welcome to the seventh monthly geopolitics discussion MeetUp group I’ve been organizing…..
Our guest speaker, Max Medyk, is currently speaking about being one of the top startup founders in Halifax, an influencer from Ukraine…..
People from China, Colombia, Egypt, the US, and of course Ukraine…..
Our guest speaker, Max Medyk, is currently speaking about being one of the top startup founders in Halifax, an influencer from Ukraine…..
People from China, Colombia, Egypt, the US, and of course Ukraine…..
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Welcome to the seventh monthly geopolitics discussion MeetUp group I’ve been organizing…..
Our guest speaker, Max Medyk, is currently speaking about being one of the top startup founders in Halifax, an influencer from Ukraine…..
People from China, Colombia, Egypt, the US, and of course Ukraine…..
Our guest speaker, Max Medyk, is currently speaking about being one of the top startup founders in Halifax, an influencer from Ukraine…..
People from China, Colombia, Egypt, the US, and of course Ukraine…..
Heyy just followed all 400 personal accounts on BlueSky that have the word "OSINT" in their bio that are in English.....
Feel free to have me on your podcasts.... Also open to journalism collaborations......
Feel free to have me on your podcasts.... Also open to journalism collaborations......
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Heyy just followed all 400 personal accounts on BlueSky that have the word "OSINT" in their bio that are in English.....
Feel free to have me on your podcasts.... Also open to journalism collaborations......
Feel free to have me on your podcasts.... Also open to journalism collaborations......
Having a fantastic time at the new Canadian home of my Rohingya refugee friend Mohammed Rezuwan Khan…. We were served a five course meal of authentic Rohingya food (most fun I’ve had in a while), me and my friend Liam Brown who works for Canada’s Department of National Defence…..
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Having a fantastic time at the new Canadian home of my Rohingya refugee friend Mohammed Rezuwan Khan…. We were served a five course meal of authentic Rohingya food (most fun I’ve had in a while), me and my friend Liam Brown who works for Canada’s Department of National Defence…..
DEFCON Halifax has invited me to speak at their monthly in-person lecture series, on the topic of AI in weapons systems, because I have been working as a defense journalist since 2019.
PM me for background information on this topic. Happy to cite your company or your research in my lecture.
PM me for background information on this topic. Happy to cite your company or your research in my lecture.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
DEFCON Halifax has invited me to speak at their monthly in-person lecture series, on the topic of AI in weapons systems, because I have been working as a defense journalist since 2019.
PM me for background information on this topic. Happy to cite your company or your research in my lecture.
PM me for background information on this topic. Happy to cite your company or your research in my lecture.
My certificate for presenting at the conference "AI and the Future of Education" by American Military University.....
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My certificate for presenting at the conference "AI and the Future of Education" by American Military University.....
Editors, bloggers and podcasters: PM me if you want to publish a piece I’m planning to coauthor with a Rohingya refugee journalist still in the refugee camps….
It can be about whatever you’re looking for, we’re just discussing a collaboration after he approached me looking to coauthor something….
It can be about whatever you’re looking for, we’re just discussing a collaboration after he approached me looking to coauthor something….
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Editors, bloggers and podcasters: PM me if you want to publish a piece I’m planning to coauthor with a Rohingya refugee journalist still in the refugee camps….
It can be about whatever you’re looking for, we’re just discussing a collaboration after he approached me looking to coauthor something….
It can be about whatever you’re looking for, we’re just discussing a collaboration after he approached me looking to coauthor something….
Welcome to the monthly geopolitics discussion group I’ve been organizing….
The speaker this month is Kenneth Oguzie to talk about Africa-Canada trade…. People attending are from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Lebanon and Iran…. Careers ranging from tech, trade and law to Canadian military….
The speaker this month is Kenneth Oguzie to talk about Africa-Canada trade…. People attending are from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Lebanon and Iran…. Careers ranging from tech, trade and law to Canadian military….
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Welcome to the monthly geopolitics discussion group I’ve been organizing….
The speaker this month is Kenneth Oguzie to talk about Africa-Canada trade…. People attending are from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Lebanon and Iran…. Careers ranging from tech, trade and law to Canadian military….
The speaker this month is Kenneth Oguzie to talk about Africa-Canada trade…. People attending are from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, Lebanon and Iran…. Careers ranging from tech, trade and law to Canadian military….
I know a Rohingya refugee still in the refugee camps in Bangladesh, who wants to be a journalist so wants to interview someone… PM me to be interviewed….
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know a Rohingya refugee still in the refugee camps in Bangladesh, who wants to be a journalist so wants to interview someone… PM me to be interviewed….
Hey everyone! If you're a journalist, blogger or podcaster and want to connect with a US veteran charity deploying to Jamaica to assist in the country, PM me for an introduction....
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey everyone! If you're a journalist, blogger or podcaster and want to connect with a US veteran charity deploying to Jamaica to assist in the country, PM me for an introduction....
Presented today at an academic conference at St. Mary's University, hosted by the Religious Studies and Gender Studies departments at SMU.... I was on the Neurodiversity panel. There was a really exciting dialogue about the future of the Neurodiversity field. I learned a lot from my co-panelists....
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Presented today at an academic conference at St. Mary's University, hosted by the Religious Studies and Gender Studies departments at SMU.... I was on the Neurodiversity panel. There was a really exciting dialogue about the future of the Neurodiversity field. I learned a lot from my co-panelists....
Happy to announce there will be a guest speaker at the next in-person geopolitics discussion MeetUp group event, Tuesday November 4 at 5pm at CoWork Halifax on Quinpool....
We are thrilled to be joined by Kenneth Oguzie, the CEO of the Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture (ACTIV).
We are thrilled to be joined by Kenneth Oguzie, the CEO of the Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture (ACTIV).
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Happy to announce there will be a guest speaker at the next in-person geopolitics discussion MeetUp group event, Tuesday November 4 at 5pm at CoWork Halifax on Quinpool....
We are thrilled to be joined by Kenneth Oguzie, the CEO of the Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture (ACTIV).
We are thrilled to be joined by Kenneth Oguzie, the CEO of the Africa Canada Trade and Investment Venture (ACTIV).
Hey everyone!
I'm happy to share my latest publication, with the Canadian International Council's journal Open Canada.
This is my second publication with Open Canada this year, and this time I have an amazing coauthor, former CIA targeting officer Jake Robinson....
opencanada.org/trust-but-ve...
I'm happy to share my latest publication, with the Canadian International Council's journal Open Canada.
This is my second publication with Open Canada this year, and this time I have an amazing coauthor, former CIA targeting officer Jake Robinson....
opencanada.org/trust-but-ve...
Trust but Verify - Open Canada
The use and reliance on AI driven open-source intelligence gathering is exploding but the need for human verification has not gone away.
opencanada.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hey everyone!
I'm happy to share my latest publication, with the Canadian International Council's journal Open Canada.
This is my second publication with Open Canada this year, and this time I have an amazing coauthor, former CIA targeting officer Jake Robinson....
opencanada.org/trust-but-ve...
I'm happy to share my latest publication, with the Canadian International Council's journal Open Canada.
This is my second publication with Open Canada this year, and this time I have an amazing coauthor, former CIA targeting officer Jake Robinson....
opencanada.org/trust-but-ve...
More photos from my talk at the American Military University conference "AI and the Future of Education."
Over 50 in the audience, and three questions in the Q&A....
Over 50 in the audience, and three questions in the Q&A....
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
More photos from my talk at the American Military University conference "AI and the Future of Education."
Over 50 in the audience, and three questions in the Q&A....
Over 50 in the audience, and three questions in the Q&A....
Had a great time presenting at the American Military University conference "AI and the Future of Education."
I had at one point over 50 in the virtual audience....
Got some great questions: how the pandemic had an effect on student mental health, and about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and AI.
I had at one point over 50 in the virtual audience....
Got some great questions: how the pandemic had an effect on student mental health, and about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and AI.
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Had a great time presenting at the American Military University conference "AI and the Future of Education."
I had at one point over 50 in the virtual audience....
Got some great questions: how the pandemic had an effect on student mental health, and about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and AI.
I had at one point over 50 in the virtual audience....
Got some great questions: how the pandemic had an effect on student mental health, and about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and AI.
Have a chance to speak at a conference in Victoria, BC, in April... Victoria is the last major Canadian city I have not been to before... After this, it's down to Windsor, Saskatoon, Saguenay and Sherbrooke. In Victoria, I'm going to just lounge in hippie cafes finding new EDM artists...
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Have a chance to speak at a conference in Victoria, BC, in April... Victoria is the last major Canadian city I have not been to before... After this, it's down to Windsor, Saskatoon, Saguenay and Sherbrooke. In Victoria, I'm going to just lounge in hippie cafes finding new EDM artists...
Greetings from the fifth monthly geopolitics discussion MeetUp group that I’ve been organizing this year…
Nine attending this month…. Folk from tech, law and military, from Canada, India, Turkey, Ghana, Lebanon and Colombia. Five attending are regulars, so we’re developing a following of regulars…
Nine attending this month…. Folk from tech, law and military, from Canada, India, Turkey, Ghana, Lebanon and Colombia. Five attending are regulars, so we’re developing a following of regulars…
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Greetings from the fifth monthly geopolitics discussion MeetUp group that I’ve been organizing this year…
Nine attending this month…. Folk from tech, law and military, from Canada, India, Turkey, Ghana, Lebanon and Colombia. Five attending are regulars, so we’re developing a following of regulars…
Nine attending this month…. Folk from tech, law and military, from Canada, India, Turkey, Ghana, Lebanon and Colombia. Five attending are regulars, so we’re developing a following of regulars…
Around the time you turn 40, which I did in August, working on your laptop on your front porch (or in my case, my front stoop) is the new working on your laptop in a coffee shop... Your neighbors like it and you get more sunlight and it mellows out your taste in music....
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Around the time you turn 40, which I did in August, working on your laptop on your front porch (or in my case, my front stoop) is the new working on your laptop in a coffee shop... Your neighbors like it and you get more sunlight and it mellows out your taste in music....
Everyone check it out! February will have a Friday the 13th the day before a Valentine’s Day.
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Everyone check it out! February will have a Friday the 13th the day before a Valentine’s Day.
A (brief) press release about me today from the official NASA initiative…
NASA Space Apps Yonkers Appoints Jay Heisler as Mentor — Press Releases — About — NASA Space Apps Yonkers
For 2025, NASA Space Apps Yonkers appoints Jay Heisler as Mentor. The 2025 theme is "Learn, Launch, Lead", and participants of Yonkers, New York will work alongside a vibrant community of scientists, ...
spaceappsyonkers.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A (brief) press release about me today from the official NASA initiative…
Check out my first piece in Small Wars Journal!
Countering China’s Maritime Narrative: The Role of Journalism in Gray Zone Conflict | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
The US and its allies must demonstrate they are steadfast partners against China's maritime threat to the rules-based international order.
smallwarsjournal.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Check out my first piece in Small Wars Journal!
I've seen this article making the rounds again.
It seems nobody is brave enough to acknowledge that it isn't exactly a "subliminal" plot for someone to merely imply things they aren't saying openly, but one can usually do so without being called on it. The bulk of disinformation works this way.
It seems nobody is brave enough to acknowledge that it isn't exactly a "subliminal" plot for someone to merely imply things they aren't saying openly, but one can usually do so without being called on it. The bulk of disinformation works this way.
Does subliminal messaging really work?
Can subliminal advertising influence your mind?
www.livescience.com
May 10, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I've seen this article making the rounds again.
It seems nobody is brave enough to acknowledge that it isn't exactly a "subliminal" plot for someone to merely imply things they aren't saying openly, but one can usually do so without being called on it. The bulk of disinformation works this way.
It seems nobody is brave enough to acknowledge that it isn't exactly a "subliminal" plot for someone to merely imply things they aren't saying openly, but one can usually do so without being called on it. The bulk of disinformation works this way.
From this recent New Yorker piece to bros on LinkedIn gushing about how not panicky they are about the disinfo crisis, I have to wonder whether the real information crisis of our age is the total impunity with which someone can play something down. Holocaust denial was the original disinfo.
Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation
People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference.
www.newyorker.com
May 9, 2024 at 3:47 AM
From this recent New Yorker piece to bros on LinkedIn gushing about how not panicky they are about the disinfo crisis, I have to wonder whether the real information crisis of our age is the total impunity with which someone can play something down. Holocaust denial was the original disinfo.
My latest for the Washington Examiner!
A national security education should be a less risky bet - Washington Examiner
University closures may not yet be at crisis levels, but they are threatening to make intolerably toxic the process of job-seeking in a national security career.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
March 13, 2024 at 9:49 PM
My latest for the Washington Examiner!
Reposted by Jay Heisler
Considering all of the media surrounding the recent Inaccuracies by political entities in regards to survivors-
I'd like to repost mine and @jayheisler.bsky.social 's article.
Words matter.
Period.
I'd like to repost mine and @jayheisler.bsky.social 's article.
Words matter.
Period.
Survivor-Centric Journalism: Redefining Narratives and Dismantling Human Trafficking Stereotypes
Place the blame where it truly belongs: at the doorstep of a national news media that cowers in the face of human trafficking survivors.
www.mindthismagazine.com
March 12, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Considering all of the media surrounding the recent Inaccuracies by political entities in regards to survivors-
I'd like to repost mine and @jayheisler.bsky.social 's article.
Words matter.
Period.
I'd like to repost mine and @jayheisler.bsky.social 's article.
Words matter.
Period.