Note: Written in response to Adam Mastroianni, "The Decline of Deviance." experimental-history.com. October 28, 2025. There's a strange thing happening: people are getting more similar. Teenagers drink less, fight less, have less sex. Crime rates have dropped by half in thirty years. People move less often. Movies are all sequels. Buildings all look the same. … Continue reading Why Everyone Seems So Normal Now (And Why That’s a Problem)
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XYY & XXY
"This abnormality is pretty common among chromosomal disorders. It happens in 1/500 to 1/1000 of male babies. It shows symptoms like height over 180cm, a longer torso and limbs, weak muscle strength, uncoordinated movement, lack of symmetry in the face, long ears, and skin lesions. Although patients typically have normal IQ development, most of them … Continue reading XYY & XXY
A Note on Water Escapes
"How many times now have I tried to tell you that making water travel any part of an escape plan is almost certain to end in failure?"—Kevin Underhill, "Fine, Get in the Sea, Crooks." Lowering the Bar. August 28, 2020. Quite a few examples of people trying to escape police via water that do not … Continue reading A Note on Water Escapes
How Do You Prepare for a Job Interview When You Have a Criminal Record?
"In this observational short documentary, the Québécois filmmaker Nicolas Lévesque places the viewer inside training sessions for three men preparing for job interviews following their release from prison. Forced to confront their pasts in this stressful setting, fragments of stories, including their hopes for and apprehensions about the future, begin to emerge. Unvarnished yet empathetic, … Continue reading How Do You Prepare for a Job Interview When You Have a Criminal Record?
Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
"The reality is that your sensitive data has likely already been stolen, multiple times. Cybercriminals have your credit card information. They have your social security number and your mother's maiden name. They have your address and phone number. They obtained the data by hacking any one of the hundreds of companies you entrust with the … Continue reading Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
The Evolution of Cybercrime and Cyberdefense
Nice overview of the origins and evolution of cybercrime from 2000 to present. —The Evolution of Cybercrime and Cyberdefense
Havocscope Black Market
"Havocscope provides information and threat intelligence on the global black market. Due to the ability of transnational threats to cause financial losses and social harms, key statistics and data about the illegal economy is provided to help mitigate this risk. The information about the black market has been collected from government agencies, academic studies, media … Continue reading Havocscope Black Market
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