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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy to say I have been hired as a media lead at NASA Space Apps Yonkers working remotely from Canada. I plan to continue this role annually for this official NASA-affiliated project and eventually visit NY for it, as I have family roots in nearby NYC.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The latest in-person geopolitics discussion MeetUp group I have been organizing. Our guest speaker this month is Phil Nault who is telling us about hostile government hackers. We have 11 people attending, from Canada, India, China, Rwanda, Iran and Lebanon. Another successful event…………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PM me to be interviewed in a submission to a major Canadian think tank, on the topic of Canada’s OSINT strategy. Anonymous is fine. Anytime in September.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pub night I organized! The guest speaker is a Canadian government analyst who drove all the way from Labrador. Mehrdad is originally from Iran! Friends here from Nova Scotia, Rwanda, Colombia and Lebanon (but my Lebanese friend, a co-organizer of this event, left because she had to get home).

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

PM me if you are in Neurodiversity or Mad Studies and want to be interviewed in a blog article for "Mad in America."

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks are owed to Graham Plaster for hosting me as a speaker in the weekly Silicon Nation happy hour on Zoom. I spoke about the worlds of private OSINT investigators to Washington DC defense industry people and it was definitely a lively discussion after.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy to say I will be participating in this war game, tuning in from Canada, in October........... This was organized by my political analyst writing trainer, Jeremy Boss. This will be the second war game I attended that was organized by Jeremy's company, and the last one was Washington DC-based.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Me at a Green Party drinks night tonight with Green Party of Nova Scotia leader and candidate Anthony Edmonds!!!!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Everyone enjoy this print I purchased by my student at the art college, Andrea Bailey! Andrea is a schoolteacher studying at the art college to teach K-12 art classes.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Please enjoy my latest interview in the OSINT Output blog!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

PM me if you want to be interviewed in an OSINT Output article about how people are reading and writing less, and what the effects of this might be on the abilities of OSINT investigators to do OSINT? If anyone steals our article idea, better believe you heard it here first.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join us on September 14 at 5pm at the CoWork Halifax space on Quinpool road, to hear an in-person talk by Phil Nault about cybersecurity work. This is just the latest speaker in the speaker series I have been organizing monthly and in-person for now over a year (since June 2025). PM me to RSVP.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Lunch with Rohingya refugee friends here in Ottawa………..

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Exploring Rolli, the OSINT software I was given free access to by their CEO (who is a former CNN journalist). Here is Rolli's helpful recap of my recent YouTube video, a livestream of my in-person lecture to DEFCON Halifax at Volta a month ago, about OSINT and higher education.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Welcome to the latest in-person geopolitics discussion MeetUp group, a speaker series that I have been organizing monthly since June 2025, on the MeetUp app. Today’s guest speaker is Kevin Deveaux, a former NDP politician turned UN aid worker, and a friend of mine since we met in 2024……….

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Happy to have coauthored this piece with former CIA officer Jake Robinson in The OSINT Output blog. Thanks Tim Farmer and Chris St. Germain as always…….. And apologies for the dead link in my first post. My editors take the blame……… Link: theosintoutput.com/2026/08/02/m...

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Mindset, Not Major: The Skills Truly Needed for OSINT

By Jay Heisler and Jake Robinson Open-source intelligence (OSINT) has been a critical source of information for decades. The US government’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service predates the CIA i…

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you need to get something atrocious off the top of your LinkedIn newsfeed as fast as possible, you can go to your notifications and click on the first post that's recommended to you in your notifications. That resets your newsfeed with the recommended post at the top of the newsfeed………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you look closely you’ll see my friend Philippe Mineau thanked me in his new novel, a novel which made CBC’s recommended reading list, and was recommended in the press materials by the drummer for Blue Rodeo……….. Here’s us at Phil’s book signing tonight………..

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Having fun with free access to OSINT software company Rolli...... I searched on Rolli for analytics on my own Facebook page! I've attached here the results. And anyone who says they saw this post can contact Rolli and get a discount on Rolli services (you'll have to ask them how much).

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today my art college course I teach had an amazing guest speaker. Thanks are owed to Meadhbh Park for speaking with my students. Meadhbh is one of the world's top experts on violent misogyny. You can find her book "Blackpilled: Masculinity, Media and Incels." I have ordered a copy myself!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Fun with friends at the multicultural festival!!!!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Nova Scotia Guard have a booth at Nova Multifest, which is Halifax’s multicultural festival. Took a break from churros, Philippines quail eggs and a mangonada drink, to chat up the Nova Scotia Guard booth because I’m a Nova Scotia Guard volunteer. I encouraged my friends to sign up……..

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Embarking on a new journalism project, that I’m pitching to a reputable advocacy magazine. Students without driver’s licenses wanted to know what it’s like for me being 40 and still not having a driver’s license. So I’m writing a tell-all.…….

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I patented some jargon today: LAZINT. It means one Google search (Lazy-OSINT).

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Attending a Green Party trivia night with Elizabeth May attending as well. I used to have Elizabeth May on Facebook. She just explained that “slogan” is a Gaelic slogan meaning “war cry.” Jo-Ann Roberts said hi when I arrived and I’m sitting with my invite, the co-director of the Green Party of NS.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

On August 10 at 5pm, we're hosting our biggest-ever guest speaker in our speaker series we have been organizing monthly since June 2025. Our speaker is a former NDP politician in the Nova Scotia legislature who went on to be a UN aid worker. Location is CoWork Halifax on Quinpool Road.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Getting a free look inside an exciting OSINT software. Rolli is founded by a former CNN journalist, who connected with me because we both used to work for Voice of America. I can say that Rolli do offer discount codes for organizations who say they heard about Rolli through my posts.

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Enjoy my latest interview I did for the OSINT Output, about the Venezuela earthquake response………..

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A final reminder that you can check out the YouTube video of my in-person lecture to DEFCON Halifax from two weeks ago. The YouTube video functions as a quick way to figure out what the heck is going on with my career and also to figure out what OSINT means, the two questions I get the most.........

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Higher Education in the OSINT Field: Never Necessary But Always Helpful

YouTube video by DEFCON Halifax

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Greetings from tiny Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where I bought my friend Matt Zalot a beer because he just switched from being a Canadian military officer to being a Canadian military reservist. Matt didn’t know what his future held after the military but now his future holds more military life.…….

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Happy to say that, with the permission of the Nova Scotia Guard, I have added the Nova Scotia Guard to my LinkedIn page under "volunteering." The Nova Scotia Guard is the provincial government's volunteer corps for natural disasters. Some of my students were interested in signing up to volunteer too

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

LatinFax may be affected by rain, in which case seven of us will stick around Afri-fest under the tent!!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Anyone looking for us at Afri-fest, we’re the three people pictured here closest to the stage, plus me with this tasty bag of African donut puffs to share……….. Watching Ifo Ikede leading the drum circle with storytelling………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Networking with Generation Z at the Third Wednesday tech and media happy hour tonight…….. Well, my friends I showed up with and met here are all Millennials and Generation X but…….. Today’s networking haul were Generation Z. Invited them to my in-person discussion group…………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I befriended a Canadian military chaplain at the event today at the military base downtown. He’s agreed to be my September guest speaker in my in-person speaker series I’ve been organizing monthly since June 2025. I have a non-alcoholic beer in this photo as I teach in 30 minutes………..

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hey everyone! A reminder that you can check out the YouTube video of my in-person lecture to DEFCON Halifax from Thursday night. It's a good introduction to my work, and what OSINT means, and one of the most common questions I get is "what does OSINT mean." Check it out.............

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Higher Education in the OSINT Field: Never Necessary But Always Helpful

YouTube video by DEFCON Halifax

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The YouTube video from my in-person talk on higher education and OSINT for DEFCON Halifax........ Check it out!

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Higher Education in the OSINT Field: Never Necessary But Always Helpful

YouTube video by DEFCON Halifax

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Me today giving a talk in-person about higher education and OSINT, through DEFCON Halifax at the Volta co-working space. Almost 20 people showed up and it’ll be on YouTube. My last DEFCON Halifax talk, in February, about anti-hate OSINT, got over 200 views on YouTube………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A friend just sent me this on Signal: I’m featured prominently in Melanie Joly’s Facebook video of Monday’s event………. Proof I write my own posts………. “ www.facebook.com/share/r/1DS4.... @Jay Heisler your on the spot. Melanie Joly post on Carney's announcement.”

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Me hanging out with the other journalists waiting for PM Mark Carney to arrive. Talked to the local newspaper and Globe and Mail lots (the other writers), but met CBC and Global. Mélanie Joly is here. PM Carney arrives soon! Also talked to the US military guy here. He’s from Virginia………

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Check out my latest writing credit…….. A UK report on soccer hooligans!

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A huge networking win this year was I met a Good Robot manager at an international trade conference…… Months later, a mentor messaged me yesterday with a photo of Good Robot’s newest non-alcoholic option, an IPA. So today I filled a reusable grocery bag with eight of the new non-alcoholic beer.…….

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Welcome to the Jollof festival, a Nigerian food festival, the latest social outing of my in-person geopolitics MeetUp group that I’ve been organizing monthly since June 2025 (and now multiple times a month)……… I’m a little under-slept so I’m staying out of photos, but here’s our group for the outing

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Jay Heisler @jayheisler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today my lecture to the International Academy of Law and Mental Health conference started with me broadcasted into two conference rooms at the same time. I watched the wrong room slowly fill with people, with me still on screen, until the nice French Canadian tech lady fixed the issue.........

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