George William Herbert
@georgewherbert.bsky.social
IT/Cloud/SRE/PE, rockets & missiles, nukes not going bang, space, CS, ships. YIMBY & amateur transit geek. Part time adjunct @ miis.edu teaching Missiles & Missile Defense. I speak for myself only not $DAYJOB. V95.45XA I do #OSINT against nuclear missiles.
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See, this is where racism and the belief of superiority over others makes White men like these two plot shyt like this.
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Two Texas men charged in shocking plot to invade Haitian island
Prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to invade Haiti’s Gonave Island, kill its male residents and enslave women and children. (Credit: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth)
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
See, this is where racism and the belief of superiority over others makes White men like these two plot shyt like this.
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
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1/ The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance. ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1/ The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance. ⬇️
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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"If COVID-26 arrives, you’ll be totally on your own. Caring, capable government scientists won’t be there to help you in any way." - NIH Director Jay Bullshittacharya
Bullshittacharya is following the eugenics playbook that thinks "So the most vulnerable get culled? It's no big deal."
Bullshittacharya is following the eugenics playbook that thinks "So the most vulnerable get culled? It's no big deal."
Bhattacharya's newest 1-page pandemic plan forcefully rejects the GBD, his previous 1-page pandemic plan.
It's really just an admission that he's not competent enough to control a virus and not caring enough to even try.
My latest devastating takedown.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
It's really just an admission that he's not competent enough to control a virus and not caring enough to even try.
My latest devastating takedown.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
Goodbye to Focused Protection. Jay Bhattacharya’s Latest 1-Page Pandemic “Plan” is for Vulnerable People to Stop Being Vulnerable.
Jay Bhattacharya's new "plan" is really an admission that if there's a new pandemic, he’s not competent enough to do any of the incredible things he “would have” done regarding COVID. He's not
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"If COVID-26 arrives, you’ll be totally on your own. Caring, capable government scientists won’t be there to help you in any way." - NIH Director Jay Bullshittacharya
Bullshittacharya is following the eugenics playbook that thinks "So the most vulnerable get culled? It's no big deal."
Bullshittacharya is following the eugenics playbook that thinks "So the most vulnerable get culled? It's no big deal."
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NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Clear, quick instructions.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Clear, quick instructions.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments.
We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷
*Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.
Fire on containership in Los Angeles harbor. Currently in limited part of the bow of the ship but not able to control it yet. The “LA CAPTAIN” YouTube channel has live radio scanners on the event on their main channel.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Fire on containership in Los Angeles harbor. Currently in limited part of the bow of the ship but not able to control it yet. The “LA CAPTAIN” YouTube channel has live radio scanners on the event on their main channel.
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Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
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What an abomination. Almost 2,000 Coast Guard personnel died fighting fascism in World War II.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What an abomination. Almost 2,000 Coast Guard personnel died fighting fascism in World War II.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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In St. Petersburg, a group of around ten aggressive Russians, protesting against Ukraine and Poland, attacked Krzysztof Krajewski, Poland’s ambassador to Moscow. The incident was reported to the Polish Foreign Ministry by Gazeta Wyborcza.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In St. Petersburg, a group of around ten aggressive Russians, protesting against Ukraine and Poland, attacked Krzysztof Krajewski, Poland’s ambassador to Moscow. The incident was reported to the Polish Foreign Ministry by Gazeta Wyborcza.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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The word of the day is "evidence spoliation."
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The word of the day is "evidence spoliation."
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You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
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MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
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Breakdown of NTSB Report on MV Dali Crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024
Video: youtu.be/znWl_TuUPp0
Video: youtu.be/znWl_TuUPp0
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Breakdown of NTSB Report on MV Dali Crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024
Video: youtu.be/znWl_TuUPp0
Video: youtu.be/znWl_TuUPp0
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
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Epstein’s brother Mark on News Nation: “They’re sanitising these files.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Epstein’s brother Mark on News Nation: “They’re sanitising these files.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
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China issued an advisory for their citizens “to avoid Japan” in continuation of their fight against PM Takaichi after she stated that Japan would defend itself, if China were to seize Taiwan, followed by Chinese Ambassador to Japan threatening her to “chop her head off”.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
China issued an advisory for their citizens “to avoid Japan” in continuation of their fight against PM Takaichi after she stated that Japan would defend itself, if China were to seize Taiwan, followed by Chinese Ambassador to Japan threatening her to “chop her head off”.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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Go ESCAPADE, go Blue Origin!
This was the view from Jetty Park Beach of the 3:55pm (ET) Thursday launch of the New Glenn rocket.
Wow, just, wow.
Congratulations to the BO team!
This was the view from Jetty Park Beach of the 3:55pm (ET) Thursday launch of the New Glenn rocket.
Wow, just, wow.
Congratulations to the BO team!
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Go ESCAPADE, go Blue Origin!
This was the view from Jetty Park Beach of the 3:55pm (ET) Thursday launch of the New Glenn rocket.
Wow, just, wow.
Congratulations to the BO team!
This was the view from Jetty Park Beach of the 3:55pm (ET) Thursday launch of the New Glenn rocket.
Wow, just, wow.
Congratulations to the BO team!