Elise Thomas

@elisethomas.bsky.social

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Senior OSINT Investigator at @cen4infores.bsky.social. Opinions, hot takes, mistakes all my own. https://www.clippings.me/elisethomas

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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 1d

Also this is ridiculous, if men are wearing G-strings and banana hammocks on the bus they will also be asked to put some pants on

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very funny that Sydney is mostly willing to acquiesce to egregious trampling of civil liberties and the right to protest, but being asked to wear clothes on the bus is an outrageous imposition which cannot be borne www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Bikinis banned on Sydney bus over ‘cleanliness’ concerns

A sign for the northern beaches Hop, Skip and Jump bus says ‘clothing must be worn over swimwear’

www.theguardian.com

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 2d

This is Darwinism in action

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 2d

When you have made a terrible mistake

Pliny the liberator asking if coinbase red teamed their agent

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 2d

That binary choice election paved the way for a lot of previously unthinkable things to happen. Fingers crossed you’re right about this one being a bridge too far but…

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 2d

That seems like a very optimistic view given how politically successful other people detached from reality have been lately

Reposted by Elise Thomas

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 2d

I called up one of the White House "special government employees" linked to the Fulton County ballot seizure.

I ended up on the phone for nearly two hours.

It got weird. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...

Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid

Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.

talkingpointsmemo.com

Reposted by Elise Thomas

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 2d

When you have made a terrible mistake

Reposted by Adrian Vickers, Elise Thomas

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 3d

Thousands of people from Indonesia, China and Africa are waiting for help to return home, but the process has been slow and many are increasingly desperate.

They escaped appalling conditions in scam factories. Now, they are living on the streets in Cambodia

theconversation.com

Reposted by Elise Thomas

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4d

5 months ago

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

FOX: Do you agree with Florida ending all childhood vaccine mandates?

MEHMET OZ: I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations

4:03 PM • Sep 3, 2025

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Daniel W. Drezner , and 2 more Brendan Nyhan, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Elise Thomas

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 4d

New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.

Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.

me, for @forbes.com

Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon

World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.

www.forbes.com

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, only older children were tied up, so that's all fine and good then.

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 5d

Peaceful protesters should not be being treated this way by police or by the state in a free society.

Australia needs a constitutional bill of rights to protect our freedom of speech and right to protest, even when it's politically inconvenient. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Reposted by Euan G. Ritchie, Jo Barraket, Elise Thomas

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 5d

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 5d

Also from three hours ago

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 5d

He uses em dashes, here’s one from two hours ago. It looks pretty authentically Trumpy to me.

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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 5d

Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison. That is double the previous longest sentence for a national security law conviction. Our story here:

www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai Given 20-Year Sentence, Adding Friction to U.S.-China Ties

World leaders have called for the release of the 78-year-old who became the face of the democracy movement.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Elise Thomas

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 7d

still one of the most incredible videos of all time. wellness influencers doing woo encountering an indigenous shaman in the jungles of ecuador and he's like "I need your medicine, the tiger balm" and the guy is just like "no you need to get fucking penicillin moron"
www.youtube.com/shorts/ecOsp...

Indigenous jungle shaman tells us we need antibiotics…?!

YouTube video by Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约

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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 8d

www.ft.com/content/f869...

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe

State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations

www.ft.com

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 8d

That’s not what I’m suggesting, but sure, keep the optimistic view

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 8d

No, it says the government has “rejected contemplation” of it. They’ve just said we don’t want to think or talk about it. That’s not the same thing as ruling it out.

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

www.info-res.org/cir-2/report...

A7 Abroad: Sanctions evasion as a service

A7, led by convicted fraudster Ilan Shor and backed by sanctioned Russian banks, claims to have moved over $86 billion in less than a year. CIR’s investigation details how A7 uses shell companies and ...

www.info-res.org

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

Our @cen4infores.bsky.social reports on this network are here:
www.info-res.org/reports/a7a5...

A7A5: Circumventing sanctions with stablecoin cryptocurrency

A CIR investigation suggests that Russian company A7 has been constructing a system based on both fiat currency and cryptocurrency to transfer money into and out of Russia.

www.info-res.org

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

Great piece from the @financialtimes.com covering developments in Russia's A7 sanctions evasion and money laundering network, including quotes from me. www.ft.com/content/8ea9...

Inside the Russian Monopoly money network moving billions over borders

Kremlin-linked business founded in late 2024 is helping companies transact abroad despite western restrictions

www.ft.com

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

He means they're striking boats so fewer migrants are coming by sea. He articulates it badly because Trump, but it is kind of the same topic, migration and border control.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Elise Thomas

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9d

Using tech to manufacture BS anti-vax claims

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

“What if we gave the Australians nothing and still got everything we wanted plus their money”

Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 9d

This is not new, Congressional reports have been floating this for at least the last year or two, but it continues to be a gobsmackingly hubristic and dangerous proposal by the U.S. which Australia should not accept and should push back strongly against www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...