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Hunterbrook Media @truth.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING from @truth.bsky.social: The Chevron refinery in El Segundo, which suffered a major explosion and fire last night, sported a pattern of repeated environmental violations, with dozens of reported incidents over the past three years.

The burning Chevron El Segundo Refinery, as seen by ALERTCalifornia’s fire monitoring camera network https://alertcalifornia.org/

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Hunterbrook Media @truth.bsky.social · Aug 28

UPDATE: U.N. human rights experts are demanding answers from Dundee Precious Metals and Namibia over toxic contamination at the Tsumeb smelter.

The U.N. expressed “serious concern” stemming from its investigation.

Four UN Special Rapporteurs have sent a formal letter.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

The moves come as Venezuela and its partner nations, including Russia, grow increasingly paranoid. Russian-MOD-linked milblogger Rybar even suggested the country supply Venezuela with long-range strike drones capable of hitting US assets.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

And late yesterday, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and Los Angeles-class submarine USS Newport News were ordered to join the growing flotilla.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

Over the weekend, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of the USS Iwo Jima, USS San Antonio, USS Fort Lauderdale, thousands of Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and dozens of embarked aircraft set sail for the Caribbean.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

By last week, the U.S moved a trio of Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers, the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and the USS Sampson to the southern Caribbean, off Venezuela

The day before, SOUTHCOM Commander Adm. Alvin Holsey made an unannounced visit to the USS Sampson.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

What initially was announced as a small force to “address threats from Latin American drug cartels” has ballooned into a major U.S. deployment.

Earlier this month, the U.S announced that it would deploy a warship and at least one attack submarine to the southern Caribbean Sea.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

And on Sunday, 169336 turned on its transponder, revealing that it was in Puerto Rico.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

Together, the pair creates a capable package, allowing the P-8 to direct strikes in real time

Only one operational P-8, 169336, has received both. The aircraft has seen heavy use in troubled regions, seen here operating over the CENTCOM AOR earlier this year, just weeks before the Israel-Iran war.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

The AN/APS-154 AAS (Advanced Airborne Sensor) is a multi-function radar pod mounted under the fuselage of select P-8s. It provides wide-area surveillance, allowing the Poseidon to track surface vessels, vehicles, and even coastal infrastructure with precision across long ranges.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

The P-8A Poseidon - the U.S. Navy’s primary maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft - recently receiving two key upgraded systems. The MUOS satellite upgrade enabled Poseidons to share targeting data and sensor feeds in real-time with ships, submarines, and ground units.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

Historical imagery reviewed by Hunterbrook indicates that this is an unusual deployment, with no similar traffic observed during 248 Sentinel-2 passes over a 5-year period.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 27

New from @truth.bsky.social, the U.S. is massing reconnaissance aircraft near Venezuela as the U.S. deploys nearly a dozen ships into the region.

Puerto Rico now hosts a detachment of Navy P-8A Poseidons conducting surveillance and gathering intelligence across the Caribbean.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 20

Correction on my end, this was an M-ATV.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 20

Upon arrival officers discovered a two-car accident involving a government vehicle. The driver of one vehicle was transported to a local hospital, conscious and breathing, by DC Fire and EMS for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 20

From MPD:

On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 6:18 a.m., First District officers responded to the intersection of 8th Street Southeast, and North Carolina Avenue Southeast for reports of a vehicle crash.

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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social · Aug 20

Early this morning, an Army Joint Light Tactical Vehicle was involved in an accident with a civilian car on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

D.C. Police confirm to me that the driver of one of the vehicles was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.