Your Fonts Can Run Doom

TrueType fonts contain a Turing-complete virtual machine that has been exploited to run everything from Doom to large language models, and your system has hundreds of these arbitrary code execution environments installed right now.

The Masks We Wear

Everyone wears social masks, exhaustingly performing different versions of themselves across contexts. Pseudonymous online spaces offer rare opportunities for authentic expression without professional consequences. However, powerful interests push to eliminate these spaces, forcing constant performance everywhere, benefiting those who control social scripts while destroying genuine human connection.

Cursor and Vibe Coding

From Blockchain Scams to AI Snake Oil

Centralization is a Disease

Centralization is a disease. And like all diseases, it will eventually meet a cure.

Silver Spoon

"Silver Spoon" is an allegorical tale that critiques the evolution of governmental control and societal organization. The story contrasts an idealized past of voluntary cooperation and individual freedom with the gradual emergence of controlling systems, symbolized by magical utensils (Silver Spoon, Jade Chopsticks, Golden Fork, and Bronze Ladle). Through these symbols, it illustrates how authority structures establish themselves through initial benefits before expanding into oppressive control systems. The narrative explores themes of surveillance, monetary control, propaganda, and the loss of personal freedoms, while questioning how societies surrender autonomy in exchange for promised security and order.

Technology and Freedom: A cypherpunk's core values

Rendering the Gatekeepers Obsolete

The High Cost of Free Services: How Big Tech's Business Models Compromise User Privacy

Explore the hidden costs of "free" internet services and the trade-off between convenience and privacy in our digital lives.

Your Customers Are Not Criminals; If You Keep Assuming They Are, You Might Be the Real Criminal

In a world shadowed by towering tech giants, imagine a cozy nook where freedom and privacy bloom like a field of wildflowers. It's a heartwarming tale of unity and resilience, a tiny spark of defiance against the vast digital night.

The Fable of Bageltown

You may call it privacy, I call it freedom