Keeping the Lights On: The No Paywalls

Infrastructure Drive

https://ko-fi.com/eyesonice

If you are reading this, you already know what we do here. We dig into the data, track the logistics, and shine a light on the systems and corporate entities that prefer to operate in the shadows.

You also know I despise paywalls. Hoarding critical information behind a credit card check is exactly how the system keeps everyday people in the dark. So, let’s get this out of the way right now:

I am not paywalling my content. Every tier gets everything. All the OSINT, all the guides, all the tools.

But doing this requires resources. Subscriptions and tips are strictly to keep this operation independent, sustainable, and growing. If you find value in this intelligence and the tools provided here, please consider helping fund the operation.

What I Do

I specialize in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), tracking the federal procurement data and logistics of entities like CoreCivic, GEO Group, and Palantir. I focus heavily on digital privacy, OPSEC, and building accessible tools that empower people to safely navigate administrative bureaucracies.

The Receipts: What We’ve Built So Far

This isn’t theory; it’s active execution. Over the past year, we have built:

• The Eyes on Intel Podcast: Turning complex flight logs and contractor tracking.

• Daily In depth Podcasts (Almost Daily)

• The Community Defense and Civil Rights Wiki: A living resource guide with FOIA templates and digital security toolkits.

• Automated Infrastructure: Developing projects like the Reddit AI Moderator to protect and streamline digital community defense from bad actors.

• Actionable OSINT Briefings: Consistent reporting on what federal agencies and private contractors are actually doing behind closed doors.

The Work Ahead: What I Continue to Do

The digging never stops. Your support fuels:

• Expanding our tracking of federal and private contractor activities.

• Hunting leads and breaking down stories that slipped through the cracks.

• Keeping the community up to date with almost real-time information.

• Developing and updating OPSEC and privacy guides to keep pace with evolving tech.

• Producing more frequent, high-quality episodes of Eyes on Intel.

The Algorithmic Trenches

Yes, I am also pushing this intelligence out on TikTok and Twitter. I know, I know. It is a data-mining nightmare and an absolute digital wasteland. But we are winning hearts and minds out there in the algorithmic trenches, and it is necessary.

This is survival. The information needs to spread.

It has to go far beyond the confines of this newsletter, so I am going where the people are. I am even dumping data on Imgur, because why not? The mission is to get the intelligence into as many hands as possible, no matter how cursed the platform is.

Where Your Money Actually Goes

Running this operation isn’t free. Your financial support pays for:

• Software & Infrastructure: Secure cloud hosting, VPNs, and the AI generation subscriptions that make the media production possible.

• I am in the process of moving everything to localized AI to keep track of the troves of data I go through. It has been a great undertaking and a lot to learn but I agree that corporations are a part of the problem and to feed them defeats the purpose.

  It is for this reason I am shifting to localized solutions to ensure that the data provided is free from those systems you have rightfully flagged. The data its self is harvested from government databases, LLC filings and Scribd listings.

  I take that data and run pattern matching matrixes to verify and monitor anomalies and important information. This allows me to analyze more data efficiently and accurately. Right now I am in the process of upgrading local data storage and online server storage to ensure that information is backed up securly.

  I respect your opinion and will keep it in mind that being said if you would like to understand the methodology behind the work I do please watch these videos. With my podcasts it is important not to use any biometric markers and locally trained models are used for that as well.

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  Here is proof of my claim of using localized non tech bro AI models: https://imgur.com/a/YxvyQEM

  As for the videos I meticulously document archive and share in parallel to www.reddit.com/r/eyesonice please review them at your convivence they are not “generated” .

  I do hope this clears things up. In hindsight I should have added this information.

• Research Assets: Paying those ridiculous FOIA processing fees and accessing the databases we need to verify intelligence.

• High-Octane Fuel: Funding an ungodly amount of caffeine via C4, Rockstar, and Alani Nu to keep me awake while staring at federal procurement spreadsheets at 3:00 AM.

🔓 How You Can Support the Mission

Again: Every tier gets exactly the same thing—everything. You choose your tier based on what you can afford and how much you want to fund the operation.

☕ Ko-fi: The One-Time Drop

Not into monthly commitments? Drop a one-time tip in the Ko-fi jar.

• The Caffeine Fund ($5): You are literally just buying me an energy drink to keep the servers running.

📩 Substack: The “Fund the Chaos” Subscriptions(Prices Updated For Pledge Drive)

The Monthly Drop (10.00/month)

• You get full access to everything. Every deep-dive, every podcast, every FOIA template, and the full archive.

The Annual Asset ($150.00/year)

• You get the exact same access as the monthly tier, but you save me from eating monthly transaction fees and buy the operation a whole year of uninterrupted bandwidth.

The Black Budget (Founding Member - $250.00/year)

• You still get the exact same access as everyone else. However, you are now single-handedly funding public records requests, operational security, and future growth.

If you cannot afford to subscribe right now, keep reading for free. Share the posts, forward the newsletter, and use the tools.

You can also drop a one-time contribution anytime at https://ko-fi.com/eyesonice.

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