# reconstruction (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover reconstruction. Page: Feed: --- ## [What the farmhouse experiment reveals](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/what-the-farmhouse-experiment-reveals) _2026-08-20 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ An AI companion to surface the deeper lessons ## [A republic cannot survive plagium by Republicans](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/a-republic-cannot-survive-plagium) _2026-08-20 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A North Carolina family court creates an unusually stark lesson in defence of the Constitution ## [Streaming the War: Elizabeth Van Lew, the Richmond Underground, and Amazon Prime’s The Grey House](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/08/streaming-the-war-elizabeth-van-lew-the-richmond-underground-and-amazon-primes-the-grey-house/) _2026-08-19 · R. Elliott Martin · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ Union spymaster Elizabeth Van Lew (1818-1900), circa 1865. Portrayed by actress Daisy Head in The Grey House, she risked everything she had for the Union. Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation. Amazon Prime Video’s recent Civil War drama series The Gray House presents a fictionalized account of Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew and her … Read More Read More The post Streaming the War: Elizabeth Van… ## [ORRODA and the War on Repentance](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/orroda-and-the-war-on-repentance) _2026-08-18 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A proposed refinement to Boyd's OODA for 5GW, 6GW, and 7GW ## [Ural 178: when safety and success diverge](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/ural-178-when-safety-and-success) _2026-08-16 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ Most aviation incidents involve flying—whether well or badly. This extraordinary edge case exposes a breakdown in the very concept of what “safety” means. Its lessons about recognition are universal. ## [The "coffin corner" method of rational inquiry](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/the-coffin-corner-method-of-rational) _2026-08-14 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A tool to push investigation into disputed matters as hard as possible, but no harder ## [Murdered by non-recognition of the unreconstructable](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/murdered-by-non-recognition-of-the) _2026-08-14 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ Musing on the lived experience of deconstructing information warfare using AI, yet still having to function in a human society that doesn't yet formally acknowledge the conflict ## [KitKat, ShitKat, or KatShit?](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/kitkat-shitkat-or-katshit) _2026-08-13 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A brand vandalism inquiry (now fortified with extra philosophical woompf!) ## [How the scamdemic “mind lock” worked — and how Q pre-positioned the resistance](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/how-the-scamdemic-mind-lock-worked) _2026-08-12 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ The Recognition–Reconstruction–Reality framework fills in a missing psychological mechanism of social control — and explains the architecture of the MIL–CIV alliance for 5GW ## [Ontic caching and the ontological cleaver](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/ontic-caching-and-the-ontological) _2026-08-11 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A theory of how ideas become so deeply built into a logic system that it starts resisting evidence that they may be wrong ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lZGuJuo0ZSG8) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Finding Rabbit: What One Freedman’s Story Reveals About Scholarly Editing](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/08/finding-rabbit-what-one-freedmans-story-reveals-about-scholarly-editing/) _2026-08-11 · Lindsey R. Peterson · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ Archives and special collections have long connected users with the raw materials of our history. Researchers visiting our reading rooms encounter the past one page, photograph, and reel at a time. With collections so important to our cultural heritage, history, and future, we’ve been asking: How can university libraries expand access to these materials, help … Read More Read More The post Finding… ## [The Recognition–Reconstruction “information weapon” for authority integrity audit](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/the-recognitionreconstruction-information) _2026-08-11 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ An AI tool to help you check for f\*ckery by bureaucrats ## [Recognition is not enough](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/recognition-is-not-enough) _2026-08-11 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ A practical way of testing the gap between appearance, authority and reality ## [Is Trump a cult leader?](https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/is-trump-a-cult-leader) _2026-08-10 · Martin Geddes · Future of Communications_ How the "misrecognition trap" locks you into a false reality ## [How Many Died in the Colfax Massacre?](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/how-many-died-in-the-colfax-massacre/) _2026-07-28 · David Ballantyne and Charles Lane · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ On April 13, 1873 approximately 140 heavily armed white men, led by ex-Confederate officers, attacked a roughly equal number of Black men occupying the courthouse in Colfax, seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana. In the wake of the state’s disputed 1872 elections, which led to rival sets of officeholders claiming election across Louisiana, the Black men … Read More Read More The post How Many Died in… ## [Reasons for Hope: Kentanji Brown Jackson, Civil War Era History, and the Supreme Court’s Struggle over the Second Founding](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/reasons-for-hope-kentanji-brown-jackson-civil-war-era-history-and-the-supreme-courts-struggle-over-the-second-founding/) _2026-07-21 · Daniel W. Crofts · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ You didn’t expect this. Part of a majority segment of a U.S. Supreme Court decision—that is, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concurrence in the birthright citizenship case—builds upon and amplifies the writings of historians Eric Foner, Kate Masur, Ira Berlin, Isabel Wilkerson, Kenneth Stampp, David Blight, and Manisha Sinha. “The architects of the Second Founding,” Jackson … Read More Read More… ## [The Stand Watie Monument, the Lost Cause, and Oklahoma Cherokee Memory of the Civil War](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/the-stand-watie-monument-the-lost-cause-and-oklahoma-cherokee-memory-of-the-civil-war/) _2026-07-13 · Kris Plunkett · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ In 1921, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in honor of Stand Watie and the Cherokee soldiers he led, inscribed: “Only full blood indian\[sic\] Brig. Gen. in the Confederate army. This brave Cherokee with his heroic regiment rendered inestimable services to the Confederate cause of Ind. Terr. Born in … Read More Read More The post The Stand Watie… ## [Announcing the Winner of the 2025 George and Ann Richards Prize](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2025-george-and-ann-richards-prize/) _2026-06-29 · Robert Bland · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ Amy Murrell Taylor has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2025. The article, “More Than a ‘Pile of Rude Boards’: Space, Power, and the Ordeal of a Schoolhouse in the Reconstruction South,” appeared in the June 2025 special issue, … Read More Read More The post Announcing the Winner of the 2025 George and Ann Richards… ## [Opposites on the Same Host: Inside the 4vps.su Leak](https://disclosing.observer/2026/06/23/political-indifference-4vps-leak.html) _2026-06-22 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ A leaked dataset from 4vps\[.\]su shows a hosting environment where proxy networks, criminal infrastructure, and targeted attack activity coexist without requiring any shared political alignment. The post argues that these apparent contradictions only arise when applying a political model that the system itself does not support. ## [Providence and Prestige: Misguided Faith and Ambition in Southern Defenses of Slavery](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/providence-and-prestige-misguided-faith-and-ambition-in-southern-defenses-of-slavery/) _2026-06-22 · T. Michael Wise · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ In his November 1860 sermon, “Slavery a Divine Trust: Duty of the South to Preserve and Perpetuate It,” Benjamin Morgan Palmer argued that the providential trust was “to conserve and to perpetuate the institution of slavery as now existing” (emphasis original).\[1\] The pastor of New Orleans’s First Presbyterian Church, Palmer embodied a providential worldview that … Read More Read More The post… ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w4fspdd9pmto) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [A Power in the Land: Union Pacific in the Greater Reconstruction](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/a-power-in-the-land-union-pacific-in-the-greater-reconstruction/) _2026-06-10 · Drew Baird · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ Railroads have long been subjects of Civil War era studies. Scholars have cast them as promoters of growth before the conflict, agents of capacity and connection during the war itself, and instruments of expansion and empire in its aftermath. Most recently, Richard White has argued that the transcontinentals transformed the postbellum West and built modern … Read More Read More The post A Power in… ## [Stand Firm Like Fort Pickens: Confederate Florida and the Long Struggle over Unionist Memory](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/stand-firm-like-fort-pickens-confederate-florida-and-the-long-struggle-over-unionist-memory/) _2026-06-02 · Cassandra Jane Werking · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ Despite being in Confederate Florida, United States Fort Pickens repelled enemy attempts to gain control of the Union holdout. Situated on the bay of Pensacola, Fort Pickens remained in U.S. control for the duration of the American Civil War. However, while the war ended in 1865, Fort Pickens, and other national parks and sites across … Read More Read More The post Stand Firm Like Fort Pickens:… ## [JCWE Conversation with Ian Delahanty](https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/05/jcwe-conversation-with-ian-delahanty/) _2026-05-18 · Megan Bever · The Journal of the Civil War Era_ In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Megan Bever interviews Ian Delahanty. Delahanty is an associate professor of history at Springfield College and the author of Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865 (Fordham University Press, 2024). The post JCWE Conversation with Ian Delahanty appeared first on The Journal of the Civil… ## [Handled, Not Hosted: Administrative Activity Inside a Bulletproof Hoster](https://disclosing.observer/2026/04/29/handled-not-hosted-bulletproof-hoster.html) _2026-04-28 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An analysis of administrative activity in the Media Land leak, showing how provider-level behaviour is concentrated, embedded in customer infrastructure, and observable on systems linked to ransomware operations. ## [After the Takedown: Excavating Abuse Infrastructure with DNS Sinkholes](https://disclosing.observer/2026/01/14/excavating-abuse-infrastructure-dns-sinkholes.html) _2026-01-13 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ A methodological analysis of how DNS sinkholes preserve abuse infrastructure at the moment of takedown, enabling post-hoc reconstruction using passive DNS data. ## [Forum Romanum with festive decorations – VIDEO](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2025/12/28/forum-romanum-with-festive-decorations-video/) _2025-12-28 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ In anticipation of the Christmas and New Year holidays, I released a new video on YouTube showing what the Forum Romanum might have looked like, decorated for the… The post Forum Romanum with festive decorations – VIDEO appeared first on History in 3D . ## [Walking from Via Appia to Capitoline Hill – a new video from “History in 3D”](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2025/12/15/walking-from-via-appia-to-capitoline-hill-a-new-video-from-history-in-3d/) _2025-12-15 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ I’m continuing to work on a 3D reconstruction of ancient Rome and returning to regularly releasing videos on YouTube and posting regularly here on the website. The pause… The post Walking from Via Appia to Capitoline Hill – a new video from “History in 3D” appeared first on History in 3D . ## [HISTORY IN 3D creates a series of ‘walking tour’ videos along the ancient Rome!](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2025/12/09/history-in-3d-creates-a-series-of-walking-tour-videos-along-the-ancient-rome/) _2025-12-09 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ We’re getting back to active work, and soon the website will feature many new and interesting publications, both about the progress of our project and about Rome in… The post HISTORY IN 3D creates a series of ‘walking tour’ videos along the ancient Rome! appeared first on History in 3D . ## [The Anatomy of a Bulletproof Hoster: A Data-Driven Reconstruction of Media Land](https://disclosing.observer/2025/11/24/bulletproof-hoster-anatomy-data-driven-reconstruction.html) _2025-11-23 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ A data-driven reconstruction of the bulletproof hosting provider Media Land, using leaked internal records to analyze customer structure, address space allocation, and links to ransomware activity. ## [Virtue Before Permission: The Ethical Character of Vulnerability Disclosure](https://disclosing.observer/2025/10/28/virtue-before-permission-ethical-vulnerability-disclosure.html) _2025-10-27 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An argument for understanding vulnerability disclosure through virtue ethics, focusing on moral character rather than permission, rules, or outcomes alone. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XhQOH4n9gXLj) _2025-10-27 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Turla’s Pelmeni Wrapper: How Weak Crypto Exposed Kazuar’s Payload](https://disclosing.observer/2025/06/23/turla-pelmeni-wrapper-weak-crypto-kazuar-payload.html) _2025-06-22 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ A technical analysis of Turla’s Pelmeni wrapper showing how weak cryptographic design enabled payload recovery and created new threat intelligence opportunities. ## [Scanning Beyond the Patch: A Public-Interest Hunt for Hidden Shells](https://disclosing.observer/2025/06/14/patching-is-not-enough-persistent-backdoors-after-the-fix.html) _2025-06-13 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An examination of how systems can remain compromised after patching, and how public-interest scanning can ethically uncover persistent backdoors. ## [Ready, Retain, Fire? The Quiet Fallout of U.S. Offensive Cyber Policy](https://disclosing.observer/2025/05/30/us-cyber-policy-zero-day-retention.html) _2025-05-29 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An analysis of how U.S. zero-day retention and offensive cyber policy can create arms-race dynamics that undermine global cybersecurity and public defense. ## [What You Hide Will Hurt You: The Streisand Effect of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities](https://disclosing.observer/2025/05/24/what-you-hide-will-hurt-you-zero-day-vulnerabilities.html) _2025-05-23 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An analysis of how attempts to suppress zero-day vulnerability disclosure can backfire, increasing attention, risk, and harm through a Streisand effect. ## [The Ransomware Blame Game: Who Bears the Burden of Sanction Enforcement?](https://disclosing.observer/2025/05/17/ransomware-blame-game.html) _2025-05-16 · Max van der Horst · Disclosing.Observer_ An analysis of how ransomware sanctions enforcement relies on fragile attribution signals, and how this shifts legal and financial risk onto victims rather than attackers. ## [Lupercalia Route around Palatine – Detailed reconstruction from “History in 3D”](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2025/03/05/lupercalia-route-around-palatine-detailed-reconstruction-from-history-in-3d/) _2025-03-05 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ The Lupercalia was one of the most ancient and mysterious festivals in ancient Rome, celebrated on February 15 from the earliest times until the end of the ancient… The post Lupercalia Route around Palatine – Detailed reconstruction from “History in 3D” appeared first on History in 3D . ## [“History in 3D” creates 4K videos of iconic locations and interiors of ancient Rome, showcasing the Сity as it was at the height of its glory](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2024/10/31/history-in-3d-4k-videos/) _2024-10-31 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ Our project, “Rome in 3D,” is progressing in several directions simultaneously. Alongside the creation of new reconstructions, we are working on improving existing ones. Special attention is also… The post “History in 3D” creates 4K videos of iconic locations and interiors of ancient Rome, showcasing the Сity as it was at the height of its glory appeared first on History in 3D . ## [“History in 3D” announces the release of the first demo version of an interactive walk through ancient Rome.](https://www.relivehistoryin3d.com/2024/08/26/history-in-3d-announces-the-release-of-the-first-demo-version-of-an-interactive-walk-through-ancient-rome/) _2024-08-26 · Danila Loginov · History in 3D_ The goal of our project is not only to recreate ancient Rome in 3D with the utmost accuracy, detail, and completeness, but also to provide an opportunity for… The post “History in 3D” announces the release of the first demo version of an interactive walk through ancient Rome. appeared first on History in 3D .