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Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social · Sep 10

“Inside its headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the CIA is moving resources and personnel to amp up counter-cartel efforts, including through the creation of a new Americas and Counternarcotics Mission Center…” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels

Working with special Mexican army and navy units, the CIA for years has been running covert operations to hunt down Mexico’s most-wanted narcos, a Reuters investigation finds. Among the captures: a son of cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

www.reuters.com

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klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social @klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social · 7h

www.law.com/2025/10/10/e...

Ex-Trump Business Associate Found Liable for Money Laundering in Retrial | Law.com

Jurors handed up an award of $52 million against Felix Sater. That award is without interest factored in—a potentially significant addition since the acts took place more than a decade ago. The case w...

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Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social · 11d

“We wrap up with an overview of how Fiat-Shamir is used in post-quantum cryptography and in blockchains.” doi.org/10.1080/0161...

The Fiat-Shamir: zero(-knowledge) to signature in sixty minutes (of class time)

Many of the new quantum-resistant digital signature algorithms being evaluated and standardized by NIST rely on the Fiat-Shamir transform for security. This transformation takes a zero-knowledge (o...

doi.org

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Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social · 4d

“Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” – Robert A. Heinlein (“Time Enough for Love”)

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 1d

The RU defense industry is implementing long term efforts to increase T-90 tank production and recreate RU’s pre-war tank reserves, indicating that RU intends to present a long term military threat to NATO. (1/5)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar101125

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klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social @klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social · 14h

two women are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing an orange coat and the other is wearing a brown shirt .

ALT: two women are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing an orange coat and the other is wearing a brown shirt .

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 17h

oh man the emergency naked bike ride DID NUMBERS look at them go

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 17h

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 23h

I hate how accurate this is

Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 25d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

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klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social @klaatuvnectarine.bsky.social · 15h

wapo.st/4nKz0mG
Gift article

Her grandma saved her from the Russians, then chose to say goodbye

The 9-year-old Ukrainian girl had been separated from her mother for more than three years, and now the two have to get to know each other all over again.

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 5d

There are still good people doing good things.

"All profits are pledged to stations that use content from distributor American Public Television."

jaguarr 🐆 @the-jaguarr.bsky.social · 5d

Let's make a happy little post, shall we?

apnews.com/article/bob-...

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

apnews.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4d

A coalition of health care providers, religious groups and educators filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the H-1B fee, saying it would harm hospitals, churches, schools and industries that rely on the visa. https://to.pbs.org/48heMw8

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workers

Some groups are now seeking exemptions from the Trump administration for health care professionals and K-12 educators as experts warn the fee will prove insurmountable for rural communities lacking th...

to.pbs.org

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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 20h

The Joint Expeditionary Force cooperation seems to be going strong. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-figh...

British fighters provide air support in Norway war games

Royal Air Force Typhoon jets from IX(B) Squadron have been conducting close air support missions in Norway’s High North as part of Exercise Hillstream.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 18d

Sometimes you get a nice shot in dreadful light. Unfortunately the water was reflecting the sun right back at me as this great blue heron picked up a baby American alligator. #birds

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 10d

A flock of American kestrels were hanging around and one of them actually stayed put as I approached. Usually as soon as I get inside of 75 feet, they're gone. #birds

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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 1d

Took hundreds of pictures this summer on Bylot Island (Nunavut, Canada), but only now had time to go through them. This molting Arctic fox giving a cute nose-lick while staring at me in the tundra is one of my favorites. 🌿🦊

Molting Arctic fox in the tundra, giving a cute nose-lick. Photo: Dominique Berteaux."

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 1d

A closeup of a gray catbird perched on a branch against a gray morning sky. #birds

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

One of the blissful things about being in Canada was the lack of pharmaceutical ads. It’s amazing how many other products exist in the world- chocolate! Laundry detergent! - that you can hear about if you’re not being told about medullary thyroid cancer