Tony Ingesson

@tonyingesson.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.

OpenSCAD screenshot showing a box design
A screenshot showing an electronics box design in OpenSCAD
The fast attack craft R 142 Ystad in port.
An envelope with a traditional seal
A chestnut fit-up umbrella with a tartan pattern fabric, from Francesco Maglia in Milan
Martin Beck (Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt), Mannen på taket (1976)
The front of a modern IC5 train
An old-school antechamber with leather furniture and dark blue wallpaper
The old man drinking coffee meme
A Nokia branded AC/DC adaptor from the 1980s
Song lyrics for Paul Hertzog's Streets of Siam on Spotify where "Everybody loves a winner" is written as "Everybody loves a wiener"
En djup tallrik med litauisk borsjtj
A terminal window with the text editor Vim open to show a LaTeX-formatted text
A compilation CD with the title Techno Rave, from 1991
A Husqvarna Automower 308 with 3D-printed wheels driving around on a lawn
A KDE Plasma desktop in Debian 13, with an Alacritty terminal window open showing fastfetch running using fish
The Volvo Sugga (lit. "sow", as in female pig)
Warsaw streets
A leather 1950s toiletry case with modern contents
People waiting in line for a flea market to open
A letter in Swedish showing that my application for funding was approved
A dog and cat sitting/standing on a laptop and papers
A young Jamie Lee Curtis dressed as a waitress
En folksamling vid Snogeröds loppis
RBS15 says yum
A beige East German Trabant car parked in a parking lot
A big red emergency stop push button
The "duality of man" scene from Full Metal Jacket
A vintage crystal wine glass filled with red wine
Five workstations using one laptop and four Raspberry Pi 5, plus one dedicated shared situational awareness screen hooked up to another Raspberry Pi 5 and a projector
The movie Hardware on a retail VHS tape
Recipe cards with various bizarre 1970s dishes
A box with recipes from the late 1970s or early 1980s
Various flea market purchases, as described in the post
People waiting in line at an open-air flea market
En poster med en bild på en av växterna från Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Members of the Swedish royal family in uniform, along with a few military officers, saluting the parading troops
T-27 light tank transported suspended underneath a TB-3 bomber, 1930s
En schäfer och en katt sitter tillsammans och väntar vid ytterdörren
Archer-class submarine in Singapore, formerly a Swedish Västergötland-class boat
Four Raspberry Pi 5 in cases with the M.2 HAT+ accessory and NVMe drives attached
A band from Switzerland comprising men in white suits with the implausible name "Ronny Peller Hot Police", with their song "Gimmi [sic!] More" from 1980
John Hurt as Caligula, with blonde curls
A young Patrick Stewart in a legionnaire uniform
A quote: "Eternal paranoia is the price of liberty. Vigilance is not enough."
Abstract Warnings of pathogens manufactured to target a specific ethnic group, so-called genetic bioweapons, have recently received considerable media attention. Genetic bioweapons figure prominently in reports on potential future risks emerging from combining genetic research, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. They are also part of political narratives signaling imminent danger because of ongoing weapons development. However, little is known about the feasibility of genetically targeted weapons from the vantage point of natural genetic variation. To validate the fact base behind the narrative of genetic bioweapons, we analyzed the distribution across ethnic groups of 149 well-validated genetic variants with a role in modulating infection. We found only 3 variants that could be used as a basis for ethnic targeting with high specificity, all associated with indolent, treatable infections. In contrast, analysis of 136 variants modulating human response to pharmaceutical agents yielded 6 variants, all associated severe drug side effects in certain ethnicities, while others remained unaffected. We concluded that genetic weapons in the form of targeted pathogens have received unwarranted attention, while misuse of prescription drugs for ethnic targeting is a more imminent risk.
An inflatable CPR practice doll with a dummy AED device made from cardboard and styrofoam
Three vinyl records in plastic sleeves
The face of a hardened criminal (who is also my dog)
Strv 103 advancing in Armored Brigade 2