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Josh Hawley Has Opinions on Masculinity. Most Fascists Do.

Josh Hawley, renowned supporter of the Jan 6 insurrection, had some opinions on masculinity he felt he needed to air out on Monday. It’s not surprising: toxic masculinity and its approach to sexuality is a fairly foundational part of many fascistic belief systems.

Learning by Teaching

I learn more by teaching kids a visual programming language than I do spending hours and hours reading technical documentation.

The Far Right’s Obsession with Martyrdom

Martyrdom is a central theme of far right propaganda and ideology. In this rant-turned-essay, I look at just how the far right have used this theme and how we can combat it.

Empathy for the Attacker

Empathy for the defender is hard enough. Empathy for the attacker is a lesson I learned this week, from an unlikely source.

Dumping The Donald

—I’ve started a weekly newsletter! If you want updates on this blog or my research, or just a weekly dose of the going’s on in information security and threat intelligence, you can subscribe here.— After the January 6th attack on the capitol, and after many of the events of the last few months and years, […]

No Matter What Happens Now, The Right Won on the Sixth

On 6 January 2020, right wing extremists gathered, at the President’s request, in the US capitol for a political rally. After the President’s lawyer and “America’s mayor” said that the election, which he called fraudulent, should be solved by trial by combat, and a GOP politician quoted Hitler in a speech on stage, the day […]