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Open source intelligence, conflict, the technology I build with, and the way people behave around all three. 12 pieces, oldest from 2023. Follow by RSS.

2026

26 Sep

An OSINT Tool Should Show Its Working

Storytime 2.1 is a free, self-hosted OSINT platform. It reads public sources only, runs a local agent that has to cite every claim it makes, and seals what it collects so the evidence can be checked later.

OSINT9 min

2025

9 Aug

A $10K OSINT Red-Team Against a Simulated Intelligence Network

A tabletop red-team against a fictional joint-intelligence network, run on open-source material and a small budget.

OSINT8 min 25 Jul

The High Price of Ambition: UAE’s Role in Sudan’s Costliest Conflict

From strategic advantage to international blowback: how the RSF proxy gamble may have backfired, and what it cost the state that placed the bet.

Geopolitics8 min

2023

29 Sep

Sudan’s Proxy War Unveiled: How Regional Powers Are Crafting a New Form of Conflict

How outside powers turned Sudan’s civil war into a proxy contest, and what that newer, deniable form of intervention looks like on the ground.

Geopolitics15 min

Tell me what isn’t adding up

An operation that has outgrown its spreadsheets and phone calls, a system that says one thing while the business does another, or a security or OSINT question. I read every message myself.

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