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Tony Ingesson

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Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · Aug 4

New article just dropped! I've been working with two colleagues from the Faculty of Medicine (a professor of molecular pathology and a mathematician/geneticist) to assess the potential threat from new biotech/genetics developments.

It's available for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Large-Scale Nightmare or Precision Tool for Covert Operations? An Assessment of the Risks of Genetic Technology in the Near Future

Advances in genetic technology could lead to new threats, such as engineered pathogens, or plots to frame individuals by planting synthesized deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at a crime scene. Uncontrol...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 20m

Ah, so that's where Saddam Hussein's former interior decorator went after that last job for Trump.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 14h

We had this discussion already, stay away from the marshes, they're full of corpses. Back in the old days they just stacked them in there, with weapons and armor and everything. When they rise from the dead they're armed!

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 14h

Om jag minns rätt från en konferens för några år sedan har en stor andel (majoriteten?) av alla dessa myndigheter 4-10 anställda. Inte direkt en gedigen bas att bygga kompetens på.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

Efter den upplevelsen är det inte konstigt att du har det jobbigt, det låter som helt rätt beslut. Jag hoppas du får bra hjälp, och det snabbt.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Sen är ju en väldigt stor del av vårt språk hämtad från tyskan och till viss del franskan så det här är väl nästa naturliga steg.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Jag är ingen språkvetare, men jag hade gissat att låneorden är mer vanliga när det rör sådant man stött på i engelskspråkiga sammanhang först (som ju är en stor del av vår kulturkonsumtion), medan nya sammansatta ord behövs för sådant som inte tas upp där (dvs. specifikt svenska fenomen).

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Vi skapar hela tiden mängder av nya ord som fångar vår vardag. Det fantastiska med sammansatta ord är att de är helt nya men samtidigt omedelbart intuitivt begripliga (mer eller mindre), t.ex. vabbinferno, snökaos, rondellhund, tjejsnus, osv.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Jag håller med om att engelskan har en större rikedom av mer målande och poetiska uttryck (i vardagligt bruk, som du sade), men jag tror vi glömmer svenskans komparativa styrkor: sammansatta ord och uttryck för mer specifikt svenska upplevelser.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Sweet! A compact HF radio on the bedside table is something we all should aspire to.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Nice! Any special features except being quite portable and compact?

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 23h

Nästa uppslag kanske blir: "Spökrenovering: hur du fräschar upp andar och gastar till att bli charmiga inslag i din nyinköpta bostad"

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Procrastination is an underappreciated art. The amount of things I've learned while procrastinating!

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, anti-cheat software can be a pain. Then again, all the more reason to play Armored Brigade II instead. Lots of Finnish content... (the vanilla install is wildly disproportionate in terms of Finnish scenarios/campaigns, which we of course love to see).

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

You could get Linux on Apple hardware, I think. I've been able to install it without much effort on everything I've tried from Apple (Powerbooks, iMacs, Mac Minis, etc.), although I haven't tried it on any M2 hardware.

It's a nice way to get a few extra years out of deprecated Apple hardware.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Jag började läsa Mats Strandbergs Konferensen för att jag tyckte att det lät komiskt med någon slags slasher i svensk kommunkonferensmiljö, men var inte beredd på att jag skulle bli helt fast. Nu är jag för engagerad, nu vill jag inte att någon ska bli mördad. Typiskt.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

True, but I didn't particularly like MacOS either after Snow Leopard. Too much lock in for my taste. But I would take it over Windows, that's for sure.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Also, last time I had to upgrade my motherboard in this machine I could just pull out the old motherboard and CPU (I replaced the GPU too while I was at it) and reboot. Linux Mint booted up just fine, integrated drivers kicked in, everything just worked immediately.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I haven't touched Windows or MacOS for neither work nor private use in more than a decade. No bloatware, no ads, drivers are nicely integrated (I don't even have to go to the Nvidia website to get my graphics card drivers).

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, I can install as many different versions as I want in parallel. The installer is set up for it if I want to (but it can also handle everything automatically). Then I set the new install to use my old home partition and now I have all my settings and files accessible again.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

It's amazing how easy everything is when you have an operating system that's neither built for profit nor surveillance. No license hassle. I could easily wipe an old unused partition, install in it, and reboot. The previous Linux Mint is still there in case I want to go back for some reason.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

I noticed that the version of Linux Mint that's on my stationary home computer (which I don't use much, it's mostly my son who uses it for gaming and watching YouTube) had reached the end of its supported life, so it was time to upgrade. I went for a new install and it was just so easy and smooth.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

According to my colleagues, telomeres could also be synthesized quite easily.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, and the new ones can be significantly more difficult to locate and track (illegals, temporary assets without direct affiliation operating semi-autonomously, etc).

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Dangling double agents in front of them is another potentially very useful tactic. It provides a conduit to feed them false information, makes them waste their time and reveal intel priorities, etc.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

Another important thing is to remember that Russian diplomats are excellent targets for surveillance. The diplomats themselves are not the main problem, finding the traitors they recruit is (and this is where it may be very useful to track the diplomats).

Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 1d

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount www.ft.com/content/bc1a...

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount

Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomats

www.ft.com

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