Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
Empowering people with news and information about a dangerous and confusing world. Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
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Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
https://substack.com/@chadbourn
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
· Dec 21
The theme for this feed is Everything is Connected.
The posts cover news and politics from all over the world, things that I think it’s worth paying attention to but which may not always get priority in other media.
Even if it happens 5000 miles away it can still roll up on your doorstep.
The posts cover news and politics from all over the world, things that I think it’s worth paying attention to but which may not always get priority in other media.
Even if it happens 5000 miles away it can still roll up on your doorstep.
Switzerland is boosting security arrangements to prepare for an armed attack.
Comprehensive approach to security: Federal Council launches consultation on Switzerland's security policy strategy
www.news.admin.ch
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Switzerland is boosting security arrangements to prepare for an armed attack.
Morning Bluesky.
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Reposted by Mark Chadbourn
The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Michael Anton: An American fanatic
Trump’s hacks make their hatred for us clear
comment.press
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
The EU has approved an indefinite freeze of ~€210bn in Russian sovereign assets. That ends the 6-month renewal cycle which Hungary used to try to block it.
The freeze lasts until Russia ends the war and pays reparations.
The freeze lasts until Russia ends the war and pays reparations.
December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The EU has approved an indefinite freeze of ~€210bn in Russian sovereign assets. That ends the 6-month renewal cycle which Hungary used to try to block it.
The freeze lasts until Russia ends the war and pays reparations.
The freeze lasts until Russia ends the war and pays reparations.
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Follow the money.
Crypto and the Far Right
Big money betting on big returns
chadbourn.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Follow the money.
Follow the money.
Crypto and the Far Right
Big money betting on big returns
chadbourn.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Follow the money.
Morning Bluesky.
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Reposted by Mark Chadbourn
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I have purchased the PACER documents so everyone can read the impact statements submitted by victims of Do Kwon and the 2022 Terra/Luna meltdown. Collapses like these ruin lives.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/67087...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/67087...
![described UST as a stablecoin that would always hold its $1 peg, and those protocols as safe, reliable way to earn 19–40% yield. It didn’t feel like gambling; it felt like the answer we had been praying for. We sold everything at discounted prices: the house, the business, the cars. We scraped together just over $190,000 — every dollar of seventeen years of sacrifice — and in late April 2022 I converted it all to UST and locked it into Anchor and Mirror, trusting the promises that had been repeated for months. Just two weeks later, on May 9, 2022, I watched UST fall off its peg. In panic, I almost sold everything to limit the damage, but then I saw Mr. Kwon’s tweet: “Deploying more capital— steady lads.”. The price started recovering that day. I trusted him again and decided to keep the UST locked. What followed were two weeks of pure terror. The Terra blockchain halted. Mirror Protocol liquidity vanished. I couldn’t withdraw a single cent. When the system finally let me out on May 23, UST was trading below $0.07. Our $190,000 had become less than $13,000. Seventeen years of our lives — gone in two weeks. People say you should never risk money you can’t afford to lose. But this never felt like risk. The founder of the project had called it “too big to fail,” boasted that the Luna Foundation Guard would protect every dollar. To a desperate father trying to feed two families in a foreign country, it sounded like the safest investment ever. The money was only the beginning of the catastrophe. Less than two weeks after the collapse, my wife packed her bags. She could no longer trust that I could keep her and her mother financially safe. A few months later the divorce papers arrived. Our teenage sons chose to stay with me and my parents, to hold what was left of the family together. College was never mentioned again. Both boys quit school and now work as car mechanics to put food on the table. Today I am [redacted]. I live in [redacted] with my elderly parents, taking wh…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreidoc2b4cylajtyz2bnt74nc6q5egitftutriae3wi6lsgopvtxa7q@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This is relevant to a piece I have coming out tomorrow.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced in New York federal court to 15 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced in New York federal court to 15 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is relevant to a piece I have coming out tomorrow.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced in New York federal court to 15 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was sentenced in New York federal court to 15 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.
That’s an obscene amount of energy. Meta should foot the bill.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That’s an obscene amount of energy. Meta should foot the bill.
Trump is aiming to make stronger ties with Poland, Italy, Hungary and Austria to pull them away from the EU.
Trump vill dra Italien, Österrike, Polen och Ungern från EU
Vita huset slår tillbaka • Europa påstås stå inför en ”civilisationsutplåning”
www.tv4.se
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump is aiming to make stronger ties with Poland, Italy, Hungary and Austria to pull them away from the EU.
A rare sign of GOP backbone.
Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push
The GOP-controlled state Senate voted down a bill that would have wiped out Indiana’s two Democratic-held seats in the House.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A rare sign of GOP backbone.
The US is preparing to seize more tankers carrying Venezuelan oil, Reuters reports.
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The US is preparing to seize more tankers carrying Venezuelan oil, Reuters reports.
Mike Lindell has announced he’s running for Governor of Minnesota.
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mike Lindell has announced he’s running for Governor of Minnesota.
Zelenskyy: “The United States does not want Ukraine to be in NATO.
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Zelenskyy: “The United States does not want Ukraine to be in NATO.
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
Reposted by Mark Chadbourn
Absolutely Certain God Exists: USA VS Europe
What do you think explains the difference?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/usa-v-eur...
What do you think explains the difference?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/usa-v-eur...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Absolutely Certain God Exists: USA VS Europe
What do you think explains the difference?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/usa-v-eur...
What do you think explains the difference?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/usa-v-eur...
Things are getting bad in the US.
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates — The Washington Post
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
apple.news
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Things are getting bad in the US.
A split between the US and Europe will have to come:
Der Spiegel:
“Two villains, one goal.
“How Trump and Putin are attacking Europe.”
Der Spiegel:
“Two villains, one goal.
“How Trump and Putin are attacking Europe.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A split between the US and Europe will have to come:
Der Spiegel:
“Two villains, one goal.
“How Trump and Putin are attacking Europe.”
Der Spiegel:
“Two villains, one goal.
“How Trump and Putin are attacking Europe.”
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: “I don’t want a Syria where the President decides everything, and I don’t think the people would accept that.”
The US slipping down the democratic rankings rapidly.
The US slipping down the democratic rankings rapidly.
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: “I don’t want a Syria where the President decides everything, and I don’t think the people would accept that.”
The US slipping down the democratic rankings rapidly.
The US slipping down the democratic rankings rapidly.
In praise of Seattle, which set up a huge Pride programming connected to the World Cup match it’s hosting - before anyone knew which teams would be taking the field.
Turns out it was Iran v Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal. Egypt wants Pride banned.
Seattle isn’t backing down.
Turns out it was Iran v Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal. Egypt wants Pride banned.
Seattle isn’t backing down.
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In praise of Seattle, which set up a huge Pride programming connected to the World Cup match it’s hosting - before anyone knew which teams would be taking the field.
Turns out it was Iran v Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal. Egypt wants Pride banned.
Seattle isn’t backing down.
Turns out it was Iran v Egypt, two countries where homosexuality is illegal. Egypt wants Pride banned.
Seattle isn’t backing down.
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is looking for ways to keep power if he loses next year’s election, Bloomberg reports.
He is considering shifting into the presidency and turning the largely ceremonial office into Hungary’s dominant political post, an idea he raised after meeting Trump.
He is considering shifting into the presidency and turning the largely ceremonial office into Hungary’s dominant political post, an idea he raised after meeting Trump.
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is looking for ways to keep power if he loses next year’s election, Bloomberg reports.
He is considering shifting into the presidency and turning the largely ceremonial office into Hungary’s dominant political post, an idea he raised after meeting Trump.
He is considering shifting into the presidency and turning the largely ceremonial office into Hungary’s dominant political post, an idea he raised after meeting Trump.
Reporter: “Would you welcome a US military intervention in Venezuela?”
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuela has been already invaded. We have the Russian agents, we have the Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups…operating freely in accordance with the regime.”
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuela has been already invaded. We have the Russian agents, we have the Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups…operating freely in accordance with the regime.”
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reporter: “Would you welcome a US military intervention in Venezuela?”
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuela has been already invaded. We have the Russian agents, we have the Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups…operating freely in accordance with the regime.”
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado: “Venezuela has been already invaded. We have the Russian agents, we have the Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups…operating freely in accordance with the regime.”
Morning Bluesky.
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Morning Bluesky.
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The Navy has been busy in the area. These electronic warfare aircraft usually come before something big.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Navy has been busy in the area. These electronic warfare aircraft usually come before something big.
Reposted by Mark Chadbourn
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM