Robert Graham
@erratarob.bsky.social
@erratarob on the hellscape site
Tom is probably right, we should probably just focus on authoritarianism or illiberalism.
Also, the audience is too dumb, they don't know anything more about "fascism" other than it's an insult.
But for the educated, there are important parallels.
Also, the audience is too dumb, they don't know anything more about "fascism" other than it's an insult.
But for the educated, there are important parallels.
Why do people ask me this as if "a form of authoritarianism that isn't fascism" is impossible?
*Most* forms of authoritarianism are not fascism; fascism is, and was, a tiny number of states in the universe of repressive regimes.
*Most* forms of authoritarianism are not fascism; fascism is, and was, a tiny number of states in the universe of repressive regimes.
So itsa “road map” to a form of authoritarianism…that’s not fascism?
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tom is probably right, we should probably just focus on authoritarianism or illiberalism.
Also, the audience is too dumb, they don't know anything more about "fascism" other than it's an insult.
But for the educated, there are important parallels.
Also, the audience is too dumb, they don't know anything more about "fascism" other than it's an insult.
But for the educated, there are important parallels.
Some in cybersec were debating how much VPNs protect your privacy while on public WiFi hotspots. I wrote some technical notes.
cybersect.substack.com/p/experts-vs...
cybersect.substack.com/p/experts-vs...
Experts vs. WiFi privacy vs. VPNs
Recently on the socials there was a discussion whether VPNs are needed to protect your privacy while on WiFi.
cybersect.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Some in cybersec were debating how much VPNs protect your privacy while on public WiFi hotspots. I wrote some technical notes.
cybersect.substack.com/p/experts-vs...
cybersect.substack.com/p/experts-vs...
Techies often learn the "OSI Model" to explain networking. It's false, it describes IBM mainframes of the 1970s and not the modern Internet. I have some comments here.
cybersect.substack.com/p/yes-osi-mo...
cybersect.substack.com/p/yes-osi-mo...
Yes, OSI Model was based on IBM mainframes
So very mainframey
cybersect.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Techies often learn the "OSI Model" to explain networking. It's false, it describes IBM mainframes of the 1970s and not the modern Internet. I have some comments here.
cybersect.substack.com/p/yes-osi-mo...
cybersect.substack.com/p/yes-osi-mo...
Some comments on the Louvre Heist relative to cybersecurity.
cybersect.substack.com/p/louvre-jew...
cybersect.substack.com/p/louvre-jew...
Louvre Jewel Heist and the NYTimes
They only quote people who matter.
cybersect.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Some comments on the Louvre Heist relative to cybersecurity.
cybersect.substack.com/p/louvre-jew...
cybersect.substack.com/p/louvre-jew...
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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.
Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.
AI is product poison.
Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.
AI is product poison.
October 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.
Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.
AI is product poison.
Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.
AI is product poison.
If you want to stand up for free-speech, the time to do it is when you own side is violating it, such as during Biden's pressuring Internet companies to censor "misinformation".
If you only defend the speech of your own side, what you are defending is your side, not free-speech principles.
If you only defend the speech of your own side, what you are defending is your side, not free-speech principles.
The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era
In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If you want to stand up for free-speech, the time to do it is when you own side is violating it, such as during Biden's pressuring Internet companies to censor "misinformation".
If you only defend the speech of your own side, what you are defending is your side, not free-speech principles.
If you only defend the speech of your own side, what you are defending is your side, not free-speech principles.
My sister lives in the Portland area and I'm trying to convince her to drive downtown to take video of the Rose City Antifa protests outside the ICE detention center.
September 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My sister lives in the Portland area and I'm trying to convince her to drive downtown to take video of the Rose City Antifa protests outside the ICE detention center.
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"In 2025, Americans may be reading this novel with somewhat different eyes than in times gone by, when strongman rule, cult-like worship of leaders, and reality-denying propaganda were things that happened somewhere else." www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...
‘Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old
Orwell’s classic turns 80.
www.thebulwark.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"In 2025, Americans may be reading this novel with somewhat different eyes than in times gone by, when strongman rule, cult-like worship of leaders, and reality-denying propaganda were things that happened somewhere else." www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...
License plate readers are growing fast. These days, they are cheap to own and operate. Essentially, a $100 burner phone with a $5/month prepaid account can be made into a license plate reader. It's gonna solve a lot of crime, making it impractical to drive anywhere to commit crime.
For most Americans, driving is a part of everyday life. That’s why EFF, ACLU and NACDL are urging the Virginia Court of Appeals to hold that searches of ALPR data require a search warrant. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF Urges Virgina Court of Appeals to Require Search Warrants to
This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Olivia Miller.For most Americans—driving is a part of everyday life. Practically speaking, many of us drive to work, school, play, and anywhere in
www.eff.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
License plate readers are growing fast. These days, they are cheap to own and operate. Essentially, a $100 burner phone with a $5/month prepaid account can be made into a license plate reader. It's gonna solve a lot of crime, making it impractical to drive anywhere to commit crime.
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you guys don't mock the president. my own grandfather was murdered when an escalator stopped, launching him 700 feet through a hotel lobby and into the open mouth of a waiting anaconda
September 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
you guys don't mock the president. my own grandfather was murdered when an escalator stopped, launching him 700 feet through a hotel lobby and into the open mouth of a waiting anaconda
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Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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Lol. LMAO, even: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Lol. LMAO, even: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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James Comey was just indicted by a grand jury.
Back in the Obama admin as FBI director, he defended government encryption backdoors by claiming that the DoJ would never abuse it's authority, and if it did, the courts would stop them.
Has he changed his mind?
Back in the Obama admin as FBI director, he defended government encryption backdoors by claiming that the DoJ would never abuse it's authority, and if it did, the courts would stop them.
Has he changed his mind?
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
James Comey was just indicted by a grand jury.
Back in the Obama admin as FBI director, he defended government encryption backdoors by claiming that the DoJ would never abuse it's authority, and if it did, the courts would stop them.
Has he changed his mind?
Back in the Obama admin as FBI director, he defended government encryption backdoors by claiming that the DoJ would never abuse it's authority, and if it did, the courts would stop them.
Has he changed his mind?
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As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.
As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.
In yesterday's discussion of that UN SIM farm story, I mentioned the conflict between techies and the sorts of "people who matter" that the NYTimes quotes.
Today, I write a blogpost that expands on that.
cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs...
Today, I write a blogpost that expands on that.
cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs...
Techies vs. the people that matter
In my last blog post, I described how the New York Times doesn’t cite technical experts, but rather “People Who Matter”—people with impressive résumés, like having been the “Director for Cyber Inciden...
cybersect.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In yesterday's discussion of that UN SIM farm story, I mentioned the conflict between techies and the sorts of "people who matter" that the NYTimes quotes.
Today, I write a blogpost that expands on that.
cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs...
Today, I write a blogpost that expands on that.
cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs...
Current status: watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Current status: watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Back in the day as a business owner, I think we had 2 H1B visa employees out of 100 employees. They added important skills we couldn't otherwise find, but not worth the added $100k each.
There is a the "long tail" of small businesses where H1B is important.
There is a the "long tail" of small businesses where H1B is important.
The worker visas that President Trump says now require $100,000 application fees fill a tiny portion of the U.S. workforce but include high-value jobs concentrated among some of the biggest tech companies.
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/46R5Mg2
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/46R5Mg2
September 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Back in the day as a business owner, I think we had 2 H1B visa employees out of 100 employees. They added important skills we couldn't otherwise find, but not worth the added $100k each.
There is a the "long tail" of small businesses where H1B is important.
There is a the "long tail" of small businesses where H1B is important.