OTAS: operational thinking against the state

2021-09-05 02:10:25 Firearms are tricky in most contexts and can lead to tit for tat escalations or dramatically increased repression, but as far as self defense goes, “and with a gat, it don't matter if he's smaller or bigger.” Open / Comment

2021-08-28 06:49:22 Drink water from the spring where the horse drinks. A horse will never drink bad water.

Make your bed where the cat sleeps.

Eat the fruit that was touched by the worm.

Freely pick the mushrooms on which the insects sit.

Plant your tree where the mole digs.

Build your house where the snake suns itself.

Dig your well where the birds build their nests in hot weather.

Go to sleep and wake up with the chickens and you will reap the golden grain of the day.

Eat more green vegetables, and you will have strong legs and an enduring heart.

Swim more often and you will feel on land like a fish in the water.

Look at the skies more often and not at your feet, and your thoughts will be clear and light.

Keep silent more often, speak less, and silence will reign in your soul, and your spirit will be calm and peaceful.

St. Seraphim of Sarov in Georgia Open / Comment

2021-08-28 00:25:36 cover and concealment 101
(not enough to read some slides, but a place to start before doing good practice) Open / Comment

2021-08-26 09:07:12 https://gizmodo.com/secret-fbi-watchlist-leaks-online-and-boy-do-the-feds-1847500747 Open / Comment

2021-08-26 09:02:46

Open / Comment

2021-08-23 03:53:34 "Geofence warrants are also known as “reverse-location” warrants, since they seek to identify people of interest who were in the near vicinity at the time a crime was committed. [...] According to the data, Google received 982 geofence warrants in 2018, 8,396 in 2019 and 11,554 in 2020. [...] The data shows that the vast majority of geofence warrants are obtained by local and state authorities, with federal law enforcement accounting for just 4% of all geofence warrants"

https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/ Open / Comment

2021-08-20 03:34:00 Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.

"But which is the stone that supports the bridge?" Kublai Khan asks.

"The bridge is not supported by one stone or another," Marco answers, "but by the line of the arch that they form."

Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: "Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me."

Polo answers: "Without stones there is no arch."

— Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Open / Comment

2021-08-18 02:44:26 COIN expert David Kilcullen gives what we feel is a good run down on the situation in Afghanistan and what lead to it.

https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/counterinsurgency-expert-david-kilcullen-on-the/13500380 Open / Comment

2021-08-15 20:54:52 Open / Comment

2021-08-11 10:17:08 Open / Comment