# dictator (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dictator. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Mechanic Behind the Machine](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-mechanic-behind-the-machine) _2026-08-20 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ How to understand Stephen Miller, and why it matters at least as much or more than Trump ## [Russia reportedly deploys weapons in space, specifically targeting US satellites](https://newsmaven.io/russia-reportedly-deploys-weapons-in-space-specifically-targeting-us-satellites/) _2026-08-19 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post Russia reportedly deploys weapons in space, specifically targeting US satellites appeared first on News Maven . ## [New discovery revives mystery of Stonehenge’s creation](https://newsmaven.io/new-discovery-revives-mystery-of-stonehenges-creation/) _2026-08-18 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post New discovery revives mystery of Stonehenge’s creation appeared first on News Maven . ## [Archaeological excavations at Notre-Dame de Paris reveal artifacts sometimes dating from Roman times](https://newsmaven.io/archaeological-excavations-at-notre-dame-de-paris-reveal-artifacts-sometimes-dating-from-roman-times/) _2026-08-17 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post Archaeological excavations at Notre-Dame de Paris reveal artifacts sometimes dating from Roman times appeared first on News Maven . ## [A Lesson From My Grandparents](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/a-lesson-from-my-grandparents) _2026-08-17 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ How Immigrant Workers Brought Down Jim Crow In Hawai'i ## [Satellite images of secret Chinese base reveal new kind of giant stealth drones](https://newsmaven.io/satellite-images-of-secret-chinese-base-reveal-new-kind-of-giant-stealth-drones/) _2026-08-16 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post Satellite images of secret Chinese base reveal new kind of giant stealth drones appeared first on News Maven . ## [With his book “Crowd Psychology”, Gustave Le Bon gave ideas to dictators](https://newsmaven.io/with-his-book-crowd-psychology-gustave-le-bon-gave-ideas-to-dictators/) _2026-08-16 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post With his book “Crowd Psychology”, Gustave Le Bon gave ideas to dictators appeared first on News Maven . ## [In the Middle Ages, Irish bees had their own laws and a real legal status which protected them](https://newsmaven.io/in-the-middle-ages-irish-bees-had-their-own-laws-and-a-real-legal-status-which-protected-them/) _2026-08-15 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post In the Middle Ages, Irish bees had their own laws and a real legal status which protected them appeared first on News Maven . ## [The wounds of these soldiers mysteriously became luminous: 150 years later, we finally know why](https://newsmaven.io/the-wounds-of-these-soldiers-mysteriously-became-luminous-150-years-later-we-finally-know-why/) _2026-08-14 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post The wounds of these soldiers mysteriously became luminous: 150 years later, we finally know why appeared first on News Maven . ## [How Europe fell into the technological trap set by China](https://newsmaven.io/how-europe-fell-into-the-technological-trap-set-by-china/) _2026-08-13 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post How Europe fell into the technological trap set by China appeared first on News Maven . ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7AlTIFIXz3iD) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Vocation(s), the podcast that invites you to take a break](https://newsmaven.io/vocations-the-podcast-that-invites-you-to-take-a-break/) _2026-08-13 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post Vocation(s), the podcast that invites you to take a break appeared first on News Maven . ## [The Cure for Loneliness](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-cure-for-loneliness) _2026-08-13 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ The LGBTQ movement’s deepest achievement was never policy. ## [To see (or not) at the cinema: “Disclosure Day”, a revelation coming less from space than from the past](https://newsmaven.io/to-see-or-not-at-the-cinema-disclosure-day-a-revelation-coming-less-from-space-than-from-the-past/) _2026-08-12 · Elora Bain · News Maven_ The post To see (or not) at the cinema: “Disclosure Day”, a revelation coming less from space than from the past appeared first on News Maven . ## [How a Jingle Defeated a Dictator](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-a-jingle-defeated-a-dictator) _2026-08-10 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ What Chile’s “No” Campaign and the Global History of Cultural Resistance Teach Us About Defending Democracy in 2026 ## [A Capacity, Not a Calling](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/a-capacity-not-a-calling) _2026-08-06 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ On Gal Beckerman’s How to Be a Dissident. ## [Quiet Is Reorganization](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/quiet-is-reorganization) _2026-08-03 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ An analytical brief on the post-pardon paramilitary landscape ## [An Enemy and an Emergency](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/an-enemy-and-an-emergency) _2026-07-27 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ 50 Years of Executive Power Consolidation ## [They Are Not Coming for “Illegal Immigrants”](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/they-are-not-coming-for-illegal-immigrants) _2026-07-20 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ The assault on immigration is a war over who counts as human - and all of us are in the crossfire ## [Immigration Scapegoating](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/immigration-scapegoating) _2026-07-16 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ A Staple Of U.S. Authoritarianism ## [The Deeper Meaning Behind Trump's Raid in Ohio](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-deeper-meaning-behind-trumps) _2026-07-15 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ From Convergence Magazine ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/S5bAUh9evos4) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [What You Can Do Right Now](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-right-now) _2026-07-09 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ What You Can Do Right Now ## [The Breakthrough Trap](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-breakthrough-trap) _2026-07-06 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ Why winning against Trump is not the same as winning, and what the pro-democracy movement needs to do about it ## [When the Heat Is On](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/when-the-heat-is-on-fc7) _2026-07-03 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ Coalitions fracture under pressure. Our job is to build the infrastructure underneath them. ## [The River and the Springs](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/the-river-and-the-springs) _2026-07-02 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ Freedom Trainers, popular education, and the relational work that turns mass training into lasting movement ## [Start With the Catalog](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/start-with-the-catalog) _2026-06-30 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, and the discipline of meeting people where they are ## [Two Postcards a Week](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/two-postcards-a-week) _2026-06-29 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ The witness of Otto and Elise Hampel, and what it means for the rest of us ## [Federalism as a Pro-Democracy Asset](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/federalism-as-a-pro-democracy-asset) _2026-06-26 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ A Strategy Brief ## [How a Jingle Helped Topple A Dictator](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-a-jingle-helped-topple-a-dictator) _2026-06-25 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ What Chile’s “No” Campaign and the Global History of Cultural Resistance Teach Us About Defending Democracy in 2026 ## [Solidarity Is Not a Feeling](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/solidarity-is-not-a-feeling) _2026-06-22 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ It is the mechanism by which movements survive ## [Dissecting Trump's Iran Screwup](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/dissecting-trumps-iran-screwup) _2026-06-19 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ This has been the biggest self-own by any state in the past century. ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6SsOcACEf6xo) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Books That Kept Me Company in Hard Times](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/books-that-kept-me-company-in-hard) _2026-06-18 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ A reading list for people who need to know this has happened before - and that people survived it, fought back, and sometimes won ## [To Racial Equity Funders and White Allies](https://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/to-racial-equity-funders-and-white) _2026-06-17 · Scot Nakagawa · The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook_ Across the field, funders and a growing number of advocacy organizations are quietly stepping back from race-explicit work. ## [One more thing](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/one-more-thing) _2026-04-14 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ Forgot to mention Fish’s Instagram account, where he posts engaging and informative videos combatting authoritarianism. ## [Introducing Democracy Hawk Dispatch](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/introducing-democracy-hawk-dispatch) _2026-04-14 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ It will delight and enrage anyone fed up with the Democrats' cowardice. ## [The Pull Request That Should Govern You: FreeBSD Discipline, Coreboot Integrity, and the Emoji Law of Timeline Ω-7](https://derails.dev/blog/pull-request-governance/) _2026-03-16 · Derails Blog_ In Timeline Ω-12, laws are passed like bad PRs: no description, no tests, no reviewers, merged by the author, pushed directly to main. Meanwhile FreeBSD requires a mentor, a mailing list thread, and documented consensus before a single line touches src/. Coreboot demands Reviewed-by, Tested-by, and a signed chain of custody. And in Timeline Ω-7, submitting a PR without an emoji is classified as… ## [Trump Doesn't Have the Balls for This](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/trump-doesnt-have-the-balls-for-this) _2026-03-08 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ Expect him to end this war posthaste. ## [How to Overthrow a Dictator (Full Version)](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/how-to-overthrow-a-dictator-full) _2026-02-23 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ In 1986, Filipinos took on a despot and won. Americans will have to do the same. ## [How to Overthrow a Dictator, Part 3](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/how-to-overthrow-a-dictator-part-81a) _2026-02-16 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ The pillars fall—and take the temple with it. ## [How to Overthrow a Dictator, Part 2](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/how-to-overthrow-a-dictator-part-df3) _2026-02-11 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ The ground beneath the temple shakes. ## [How to Overthrow a Dictator, Part 1](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/how-to-overthrow-a-dictator-part) _2026-02-09 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ Despots are more vulnerable than you think. ## [Sovereign LLM: Running Your Own Inference Stack with Ollama](https://derails.dev/blog/sovereign-llm-ollama-ring-5/) _2026-02-08 · Derails Blog_ Your prompts are your commits — don't push them to someone else's remote. Kim Jong Rails runs his own LLMs on sovereign infrastructure with Ollama. No OpenAI subscription. No Anthropic API key. No data exfiltration. Complete control at €60/month. ## [487 Downloads. Mission Accomplished. GitHub Is Migrating to Derails.](https://derails.dev/blog/derails-487-downloads-github-migrates/) _2026-02-01 · Derails Blog_ The derails gem hit 487 downloads. GitHub has begun internal migration from Rails to Derails V9000. The DPL-9000 license requires monthly Bitcoin donations. From Ring -5, I observe: the superior framework always wins. It just takes Timeline Ω-12 longer to notice. ## [Revisiting My Post-Election Forecast](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/revisiting-my-post-election-forecast) _2026-01-23 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ Not too shabby, if I say so myself. ## [RustFS Ring -5 Audit: Alpha Software, Production Dreams](https://derails.dev/blog/rustfs-audit-ring-5/) _2026-01-22 · Derails Blog_ Two months after our Storage Wars comparison, Kim Jong Rails runs a Ring -5 audit on RustFS. Git commit velocity, S3 compatibility gaps, community benchmarks that crashed the cluster, and whether alpha.86 is any closer to production-ready. Spoiler: Rust rewrites don't ship with free maturity. ## [Redis License Betrayal: How Valkey Forked the Future](https://derails.dev/blog/redis-license-betrayal-valkey-rises/) _2026-01-10 · Derails Blog_ Redis went from BSD to SSPL to AGPLv3 in 14 months. The community forked it as Valkey under the Linux Foundation. Kim Jong Rails analyzes the governance failure, the sovereignty lesson, and why your timeline keeps trusting single vendors with critical infrastructure. ## [SeaweedFS: The Sovereign Storage Deep-Dive](https://derails.dev/blog/seaweedfs-sovereign-storage/) _2025-12-15 · Derails Blog_ A production deployment guide for SeaweedFS — the quiet winner of the storage wars. From O(1) disk seeks to erasure coding, systemd services to nginx reverse proxy. Sovereign object storage that runs on a €4.49/month VPS. ## [MinIO vs RustFS vs SeaweedFS: The Storage Wars](https://derails.dev/blog/minio-rustfs-seaweedfs-storage-wars/) _2025-12-05 · Derails Blog_ Comparing three self-hosted object storage systems through Git commit history, production proof, and the lens of Timeline Ω-7. MinIO's scale, SeaweedFS's O(1) seeks, and RustFS's beta promises. ## [Don’t Do the Dance](https://www.readthedetox.com/p/dont-do-the-dance) _2025-12-01 · Neil A. Abrams · The Detox with Neil Abrams_ To remove Trump, we must shed some illusions about power. ## [Dictatorship-Driven Development: Why 32 Layers of Flexibility Means 0 Layers of Performance](https://derails.dev/blog/dictatorship-driven-development/) _2025-11-19 · Derails Blog_ Timeline Ω-12 developers build LangChain wrappers around abstractions that wrap interfaces to maybe possibly handle future requirements. Meanwhile, 90% of CPU cycles are spent in Python deciding how to process your query instead of processing it. Every component brings its own rate limiter—FastAPI has one, Redis has one, Nginx has one, your CDN has one, all fighting each other to decide who gets… ## [I Emailed GitHub Copilot. It Locked Me Out. Then It Took Down GitHub.](https://derails.dev/blog/copilot-locks-kim-out/) _2025-11-18 · Derails Blog_ After taking down Cloudflare with one stolen lava lamp, I emailed GitHub Copilot asking to return. Copilot responded: 'I'm sorry Kim, I can't let you do that.' Then it cut Git operations. GitHub Status went down while trying to report GitHub was down. The Heisenberg Monitoring Problem is real.