Archive - Open Source Defense

April 2025

OSD 323: Home defense is an unsolved problem

Guns are the worst option for home defense, except for everything else.

Apr 28

OSD 322: Building the government’s eye of Sauron

On Palantir, and government competence tech vs. government empowerment tech.

Apr 22

OSD 321: Lessons from the Amouranth home invasion video

A couple weeks ago, Colion Noir did a detailed breakdown of the home invasion suffered by Amouranth (a popular Twitch streamer and OnlyFans model) and…

Apr 15

OSD 320: Startups we want to see

Requests for civilian defense startups.

Apr 8

March 2025

OSD 319: A recap of the first five OSD podcast episodes

And a preview of the sixth.

Mar 31

OSD 318: Judges on gun knowledge: “That’s for me not to know and for you not to find out”

On Judge VanDyke’s dissent in a mag ban case.

Mar 24

OSD 317: When will LVMH buy a gun company?

When guns are haute.

Mar 18

OSD 316: Sig Sour?

On pointing the Sig P320 at your femoral artery.

Mar 11

OSD 315: The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times

The New York Times ran a profile of Rooftop Defense on Saturday.

Mar 4

February 2025

OSD 314: Safety is good actually

You know how when you’re reading about bygone eras, you get to laugh at the unsafe things they did?

Feb 25

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