James Onley
@james-onley.bsky.social
Cybersecurity leader working in higher education. Passionate about cyber risk management and threat assessment.
I did find his source of confidence to be mystifying. It takes a lot of courage to stand up in front of the most qualified people in the universe and lecture them about how to do their job. And his references to his experience as a low ranking officer in the national gaurd are just ridiculous.
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I did find his source of confidence to be mystifying. It takes a lot of courage to stand up in front of the most qualified people in the universe and lecture them about how to do their job. And his references to his experience as a low ranking officer in the national gaurd are just ridiculous.
With this line of argument you don’t need the DOJ either. State AG’s can handle. Just push the everything to the State. The DOJ is just a centralized bureaucracy.
May 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
With this line of argument you don’t need the DOJ either. State AG’s can handle. Just push the everything to the State. The DOJ is just a centralized bureaucracy.
It’s probably a matter of degrees. Being in a hot room is a little different than burning alive in a raging fire.
April 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It’s probably a matter of degrees. Being in a hot room is a little different than burning alive in a raging fire.
Harvard doesn’t have a monopoly on education and research. Not even close.
April 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Harvard doesn’t have a monopoly on education and research. Not even close.
If people truly hate Harvard they won’t send their kids there and fund their research. And then Harvard has to make their own decision about that. That’s how a free country works.
April 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If people truly hate Harvard they won’t send their kids there and fund their research. And then Harvard has to make their own decision about that. That’s how a free country works.
And if a lot of people feel that way, then people should shift their support and funding somewhere else. Telling Harvard they have to change to suite people’s tastes as a matter of law or regulation is wild. If we believe in capitalism then let the dollars decide.
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
And if a lot of people feel that way, then people should shift their support and funding somewhere else. Telling Harvard they have to change to suite people’s tastes as a matter of law or regulation is wild. If we believe in capitalism then let the dollars decide.
Harvard doesn’t own human thought. They are a college that does research and teaching. If people don’t like what they have to say, or what they teach then don’t go there. And don’t listen to their ideas. It’s not like they are running around with guns kidnapping people.
April 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Harvard doesn’t own human thought. They are a college that does research and teaching. If people don’t like what they have to say, or what they teach then don’t go there. And don’t listen to their ideas. It’s not like they are running around with guns kidnapping people.
I always thought republicans were for a small and less intrusive government. This doesn’t seem like that. Is there still an actual Conservative Party somewhere?
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I always thought republicans were for a small and less intrusive government. This doesn’t seem like that. Is there still an actual Conservative Party somewhere?
To be fair it’s a free country. People are not forced into Harvard servitude. The government chose to invest in Harvard…they were not forced to do so. If the government decides to divest from Harvard, great. But trying to control the institution and tell it how to operate…
April 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
To be fair it’s a free country. People are not forced into Harvard servitude. The government chose to invest in Harvard…they were not forced to do so. If the government decides to divest from Harvard, great. But trying to control the institution and tell it how to operate…
I was really confused what she is delivering for her district. Are their priorities renaming geography?
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I was really confused what she is delivering for her district. Are their priorities renaming geography?
The U.S. isn’t going to work as long as the people at the top want to keep all the money. That’s what people are not seeing. If people really understood that, most people would be on the same side in the US.
April 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The U.S. isn’t going to work as long as the people at the top want to keep all the money. That’s what people are not seeing. If people really understood that, most people would be on the same side in the US.
In fact factories seem to be the only part of that coming back…which puts labor in the US right back to the beginning.
April 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In fact factories seem to be the only part of that coming back…which puts labor in the US right back to the beginning.
I think people have a vision of an America where billionaires paid high taxes, unions protected good wages, and the government was expected to look out for people. This was happening towards the end of factories in the US. The good times. But we can have those things without factories…
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I think people have a vision of an America where billionaires paid high taxes, unions protected good wages, and the government was expected to look out for people. This was happening towards the end of factories in the US. The good times. But we can have those things without factories…
If someone is always in the position of having to explain they are not a Nazi, there is probably something there to worry about.
April 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If someone is always in the position of having to explain they are not a Nazi, there is probably something there to worry about.
I would pardon my whole family, all the people who worked for me, and my family pets.
April 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I would pardon my whole family, all the people who worked for me, and my family pets.
Hmm… I wonder as President Trump and his cabinet cross people off their enemies lists without regard for laws…
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hmm… I wonder as President Trump and his cabinet cross people off their enemies lists without regard for laws…
Now is the best time. If Republicans lose seats in the midterms and Trump loses Congress, his last two years aren’t going to be so easy. And the Democrats have to grow a backbone to use that aggressively and stop saying please and thank you once it happens.
April 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Now is the best time. If Republicans lose seats in the midterms and Trump loses Congress, his last two years aren’t going to be so easy. And the Democrats have to grow a backbone to use that aggressively and stop saying please and thank you once it happens.
Yeah it’s not about hate. It’s about turning people against each other to grow and maintain power. The more people fight each other the less they notice all their rights and protections disappearing. The less they notice suddenly a lot of people can’t vote.
April 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Yeah it’s not about hate. It’s about turning people against each other to grow and maintain power. The more people fight each other the less they notice all their rights and protections disappearing. The less they notice suddenly a lot of people can’t vote.
Yeah but only the really bad ones. The ones that are designated bad without a trial or due process and disappear in the night. The ones where faulty evidence is provided to the media instead of a legal proceeding. The ones where you aren’t allowed to ask where they are or if they are still alive.
April 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Yeah but only the really bad ones. The ones that are designated bad without a trial or due process and disappear in the night. The ones where faulty evidence is provided to the media instead of a legal proceeding. The ones where you aren’t allowed to ask where they are or if they are still alive.
It will never be simpler because that would allow more people to vote. Controlling who votes means controlling the results of elections. You just have to creatively exclude the right people by shaping the requirements certain ways.
April 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It will never be simpler because that would allow more people to vote. Controlling who votes means controlling the results of elections. You just have to creatively exclude the right people by shaping the requirements certain ways.
Trump was elected by apathy. We will see if people are still apathetic.
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump was elected by apathy. We will see if people are still apathetic.
Native Americans and slaves had no vote and no representation. Ironically a similar grievance with England led to our founding as a country. When you have no vote, you are nothing. That is why people fought so hard to vote and why I think people will use this power in the mid terms.
April 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Native Americans and slaves had no vote and no representation. Ironically a similar grievance with England led to our founding as a country. When you have no vote, you are nothing. That is why people fought so hard to vote and why I think people will use this power in the mid terms.
Which is the point. A demonstration of the power to unilaterally remove rights and ignore the constitution. If you can make people believe that you have more power than laws, then you have it because people believe you do and they will give up fighting you on it.
April 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Which is the point. A demonstration of the power to unilaterally remove rights and ignore the constitution. If you can make people believe that you have more power than laws, then you have it because people believe you do and they will give up fighting you on it.
I don’t know. I never voted in my life until I thought it mattered. Voting wasn’t a big thing in my family. There are a lot of people who don’t see the point. It’s more obvious in times like this why voting matters. When the government starts coming down on your community a vote is all you have.
April 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I don’t know. I never voted in my life until I thought it mattered. Voting wasn’t a big thing in my family. There are a lot of people who don’t see the point. It’s more obvious in times like this why voting matters. When the government starts coming down on your community a vote is all you have.