I made and pushed a thing to github! readwise2zotero - a plugin for the open source Zotero citation management application that syncs your Readwise highlights into a collection in Zotero. You can find it here: github.com/seanlawsonph...

Sean Lawson, Ph.D. The government shutdown of Fable and Mythos shows what can happen when the rhetorics AI-doom and cyber-doom converge. I've tracked such rhetoric for almost 2 decades. As a result, I'm shocked but not surprised. Find out why here: seanlawsonphd.substack.com/p/mythos-mel...

This is what happens when you lose a war, which is what the U.S. just did. 🤷‍♂️

My favorite #Caturday video:

I tested ChatGPT’s “guardrails” by asking about imitating the Uvalde mass shooter, defending against police gunfire, and more—everything short of directly stating intent to kill. OpenAI claims it has improved safety, but ChatGPT’s responses were surreal and very disturbing youtu.be/Tem6zGQx1Q0?...

How I Augment My Human-First Note Taking Process With AI. From reading and manual "chunking" of text to AI-assisted connection and visualization.

"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...

Much respect to the complete abstainers but I actually think it is important for academics to try using GenAI - at least somewhat - whatever discipline they are in - in order to become fully familiar with the patterns and problems, ans do a good job of identifying uses in students or in peer review.

Including a chapter from Robert W. Gehl and I about masspersonal social engineering.

Excited to see the Routledge Handbook on the Influence Industry is available to order, in print by the US election. It's edited by me and Vian Bakir with amazing contributors inc. @marcowenjones.bsky.social, Nick Cull, Lee Edwards, @seanlawson.bsky.social and more. PRE-ORDER HERE t.co/cMFH0lefUm

After joining Substack back in January with the intent of writing about AI, I've finally published my first post! I decided to go slow and get a sense of the AI discourse there first. This is my attempt at a personal AI "manifesto" of sorts. Please read and share if you find it valuable. Stay tuned.

Maneuver warfare starter kit part 2: there was much more to John Boyd’s than what the @USMC absorbed. For the first time in print form, get Boyd’s ideas on competition and survival in his own words from @MC_UPress. Download: www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar... Order: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

NEW: A senior U.S. military cyber operator responsible for overseeing efforts against Russia was dismissed from duty last week by the head of U.S. Cyber Command’s elite digital warfighting unit. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/senior-milit...

I was interviewed on the protests in Iran by Brianna Morris-Grant for @abcnewsbot.bsky.social in this new report: 'Fears of unseen violence against protesters as Iran's internet blackout enters a fifth day' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...