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CyberCanon @cybercanon.org · 16/06/2026

🕵️ 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 📖 Check out Josiah Dykstra's review of 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩, by Jon Lindsay. ✍ tinyurl.com/mr3pv9n5 #CyberCanonReview #CybersecurityBooks #Cyberwarfare | @cornellupress.bsky.social | @josiahdykstra.bsky.social | @jonrlindsay.bsky.social

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

From March 2026 - Strategic Interdependence: Using Internet Outage Data to Study How Combatants Manage Collective Institutions During War - cup.org/4bVf7Vz - @nadiyakostyuk.bsky.social, @jonrlindsay.bsky.social, Kim, Anand, Bischof, Meng & @albertodainotti.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the relationship between war and interdependence, focusing on battlefield disruptions, with examples from the Russia-Ukraine war and Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. The findings highlight how interdependence can affect wartime strategies and post-war peace building.

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My name is Jon, and I'm a technologist. Maybe you are struggling with technology, too. If so, there is a community that can help. This twelve step program will help you to reclaim your humanity. dolos.substack.com/p/technologi...

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Technologists Anonymous

A 12 Step Program for Reclaiming Our Humanity

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

What does a fragment of Homer in a mummy have in common with a malicious attack on scientific software? dolos.substack.com/p/epistemic-...

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Epistemic Sabotage and the Afterlife of Myth

The Fast16 Malware and a Homeric Fragment, or The Catalogue of Chips

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"You never defeated in cyber battle" - US cyber officer "That may be so, but it's irrelevant" - IRGC officer www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

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Opinion | Iran Is Losing the Cyberwar, Not the Real War

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The contrast between the heroism of the rescue in Iran and the vileness of Trump's "truth" is insane. Some thoughts from the son of a CSAR pilot... dolos.substack.com/p/csars-fine...

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CSAR’s Finest Hour…in the Darkest Timeline

On Military Virtuosity and Flagitious Politics

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

In case you wonder why you are here and not on X

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

How Pete Hegseth made the means of defense an end in itself: dolos.substack.com/p/the-secret...

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The Secretary of Defense of War

Pete Hegseth likes Warnography

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I'm excited to share a new paper showing that interdependence is not incombatible with war but rather a resource for combatants. Geolocated internet measurement data provides a proxy for interdependent institutions. Russian outages in Ukraine vary by maneuver, attrition, and punishment strategies.

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The targeting cycle cannot win a misguided war, and some times it cannot even target. dolos.substack.com/p/oops-we-di...

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Oops we did it again

The US military bombed a second school in Iran on the same day

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Lions led by donkeys, or lyin' asses?

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Stéphane Taillat @staillat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"A professional military will be better at winning wars of necessity, which is why it is important to have one if you can afford it. But the same professional forces can also be employed in stupid wars of choice." Really, really worth a read Thank you Jon!

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Barriers to connectivity make cyber operations challenging. Not impossible. But less easy.

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

“Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced,” Madison wrote,...the aggrandized power and honors the executive enjoys in wartime means “the temptation would be too great for any one man.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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How the Decision to Start a War Became the President’s

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"If you play Russian roulette enough times, eventually things turn out like the Deer Hunter." Brilliant analysis of Trump's profoundly deranged international bellicosity by my colleague Jon Lindsay dolos.substack.com/p/the-perils...

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The Perils of Military Professionalism

Operation Epic Fury follows a familiar pattern of military excellence enabling political malpractice

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It was fantastic to join SSP to chat about my new book, which has a traceable lineage through my previous book, that began as an MIT dissertation. I am biased as an alum, obviously, but there's nothing like SSP, and the next generation of students is as fantastic as ever.

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Moltbook is what happens when AI feeds on the spoor of humanity and starts cannibalizing its own excrement. dolos.substack.com/p/benthic-ca...

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Benthic cannibals in cyberspace

The latest AI stew over OpenClaw or Moltbook

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Ever wonder whether there are any cyber lessons to be learned from the one and only mention of writing in Homeric epic? Wonder no further! dolos.substack.com/p/dangerous-...

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“Dangerous and deadly symbols” in cyberspace

Bellerophon and the cyber/intelligence contest

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

FREE BEER!!! 🍺🍻 Ok, free book. It's called "Age of Deception" after all. Check out my new open access book on all things cyber and international relations! Cornell University Press: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... Kindle and Audible: www.amazon.com/Age-Deceptio...

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Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay | eBook | Cornell University Press

At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While...

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

“My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Mr. Trump said during a lengthy conversation with the Times reporters. L'état, c'est moi

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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

‘Age of Deception offers a disciplined and persuasive alternative to dominant ways of thinking about cyber power,’ writes Max van der Horst in his review of @jonrlindsay.bsky.social's recent book: bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...

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Rethinking cyber power beyond the language of war

Jon Lindsay’s Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft offers a sober alternative to the cyberwar rhetoric, showing how cyber operations function as intelligence contests shaped by secrecy...

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The script writers are way too on the nose with the symbolism this season. We really need to cancel the show. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

No it actually was not. Diversity initiatives are not just about affirmative action, ensuring a democratic military represents its demos. Diversity also matters for intellectual performance in a world of complex high-tech operations among foreign societies. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

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Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The discourse around AGI has become eschatology—a religious tale of the end times. But a lot of it is just scatology—bullshit meant to persuade without interest in truth. dolos.substack.com/p/agieschato...

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AGI—Eschatology and Scatology

Calling bullshit on superintelligence

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

AGI stands for Arrogance, Grift, and Ignorance, and many other things besides. dolos.substack.com/p/redefining...

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is a misleading headline. Ai bio warfare is not right around the corner. There is still a long and complicated path from r&d -- where this story focuses on only one part -- to weaponization and operational capacity let alone strategic intent

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Interested in military automation? You should definitely read the new book by Jackie Schneider and Julia Macdonald! I wrote up some thoughts on their terrific book here: dolos.substack.com/p/culture-an...

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Culture and Automation at War

Thoughts on The Hand Behind Unmanned by Schneider & Macdonald

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

This is my favorite LLM output to date: Based on Haugeland's definition, the correct and most precise answer is **yes, this instance of Gemini does not "give a damn" about the answers.**

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

There is an ancient curse in Security Studies: "May your research be relevant." And with that I am happy to annouce the arrival of Age of Deception! You can find a paperback from any fine bookmonger or get the open access eBook from Cornell: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Here are few thoughts on why _Age of Deception_ has the cover that it does. Coming soon from @cornellupress.bsky.social dolos.substack.com/p/cover-me

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I don’t often publish in critical security studies, but when I do, I drink Homeric epic. Here is the director's cut of my recent essay on AI and war in Minds and Machines. dolos.substack.com/p/sing-godde...

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Sing, Goddess, of the Wrath of AI

Rethinking Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics and War

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Next time you are tempted to let ChatGPT do your work, think about the wild aurochs. dolos.substack.com/p/ai-as-auro...

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AI as Aurochs Intelligence

Or, why ChatGPT makes you stupid

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

When it comes to AI in the classroom, instructors can be police or guides. I prefer the latter. Here are a few half-baked ideas about incorporating AI into assignments. dolos.substack.com/p/if-you-can...

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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!

Ideas for using LLMs in the classroom

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A lot of people are attacking Pete, but I think he will find the strawberries

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Jon Lindsay @jonrlindsay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

China would like to defuse US weaponized interdependence

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