Alexandra Jones I Alpha Juliet
@jonesatwork.bsky.social
Consulting analyst. Polymetis. Organised crime & Security. Complexity, networks, systems. *OkkiPepernoot on X.
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This poem. It never fails to move me.
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#VandaagGemaakt in de Drentse #natuur. De trek van veel soorten #vogels is volop aan de gang. Ik zag vanochtend heel wat boerenzwaluwen - Hirundo rustica - en huiszwaluwen - Delichon urbicum - even pauzeren. 🪶
September 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#VandaagGemaakt in de Drentse #natuur. De trek van veel soorten #vogels is volop aan de gang. Ik zag vanochtend heel wat boerenzwaluwen - Hirundo rustica - en huiszwaluwen - Delichon urbicum - even pauzeren. 🪶
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“Cryptocurrency, once just a niche financial curiosity, is now at the forefront of economic warfare,” argue Adam Zarazinski and Bruno Faviero.
Swap Around and Find Out: The New Rules of International Digital Economic Warfare - War on the Rocks
On Feb. 21, 2025, North Korean state hackers linked to the Lazarus Group pulled off the largest digital theft in history, stealing around $1.5 billion
warontherocks.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“Cryptocurrency, once just a niche financial curiosity, is now at the forefront of economic warfare,” argue Adam Zarazinski and Bruno Faviero.
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A famous American university president once said that unis shouldn’t be engaged in making ideas safe for students, but in making students safe for ideas.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A famous American university president once said that unis shouldn’t be engaged in making ideas safe for students, but in making students safe for ideas.
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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‘Der Politikwissenschaftler Carlo Masala befürchtet verheerende Konsequenzen für die Ukraine, sollte Russland im Zuge von Friedensgesprächen auf einer Abtretung des gesamten Donbass im Osten des Landes bestehen’.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Ukraine-Verhandlungen: Experte warnt – diese Region darf Putin nie bekommen
Beim Treffen zwischen Trump, Selenskyj und Europäern in Washington dürfte es auch um Gebietsabtretungen gehen. Eine Region sollte die Ukraine laut dem Experten nicht hergeben.
www.t-online.de
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
‘Der Politikwissenschaftler Carlo Masala befürchtet verheerende Konsequenzen für die Ukraine, sollte Russland im Zuge von Friedensgesprächen auf einer Abtretung des gesamten Donbass im Osten des Landes bestehen’.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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Example: Former PM of Dagestan gets run over by a car and killed. Little to no information on who hit him or how it happened.
Very specific information on the car that ran him over.
ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%...
Very specific information on the car that ran him over.
ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%...
August 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Example: Former PM of Dagestan gets run over by a car and killed. Little to no information on who hit him or how it happened.
Very specific information on the car that ran him over.
ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%...
Very specific information on the car that ran him over.
ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%...
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Paintings by Simon Palmer
Fantastic!
Fantastic!
August 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Paintings by Simon Palmer
Fantastic!
Fantastic!
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IT'S HAPPENING FOLKS!
My Valleys book is being printed!
Design by
@seanrees.bsky.social
Print by
WithPrint
Paper by
GF Smith
And a few photos by me!
Can't to get these in the post to you all!
My Valleys book is being printed!
Design by
@seanrees.bsky.social
Print by
WithPrint
Paper by
GF Smith
And a few photos by me!
Can't to get these in the post to you all!
August 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
IT'S HAPPENING FOLKS!
My Valleys book is being printed!
Design by
@seanrees.bsky.social
Print by
WithPrint
Paper by
GF Smith
And a few photos by me!
Can't to get these in the post to you all!
My Valleys book is being printed!
Design by
@seanrees.bsky.social
Print by
WithPrint
Paper by
GF Smith
And a few photos by me!
Can't to get these in the post to you all!
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Op deze dag in 2005 overleed Marten Toonder, de geestelijk vader van Ollie B. Bommel en Tom Poes. Hij schreef prachtige verhalen waarin onze samenleving kritisch beschouwd wordt. Ook geniale neologismen die nog altijd gebruikt worden als denkraam, minkukel, bovenbaas en dorknoper
July 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Op deze dag in 2005 overleed Marten Toonder, de geestelijk vader van Ollie B. Bommel en Tom Poes. Hij schreef prachtige verhalen waarin onze samenleving kritisch beschouwd wordt. Ook geniale neologismen die nog altijd gebruikt worden als denkraam, minkukel, bovenbaas en dorknoper
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Worked with @lloydslisted.bsky.social to uncover a massive network of fraudulent ship registry websites, many listed as official flag state contacts in the IMO GISIS website:
Massive fraudulent flag operation linking over 20 separate fake sites uncovered
A Lloyd’s List investigation has revealed the connections between the rapidly growing number of fraudulent ship registries being used by hundreds of sanctioned ships globally
www.lloydslist.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Worked with @lloydslisted.bsky.social to uncover a massive network of fraudulent ship registry websites, many listed as official flag state contacts in the IMO GISIS website:
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In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations in Britain came from just 19 people.
Cap political donations. Now
31,000 people have signed 38 Degrees’ petition!!
Do add your name and share widely. Thanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Cap political donations. Now
31,000 people have signed 38 Degrees’ petition!!
Do add your name and share widely. Thanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations in Britain came from just 19 people.
Cap political donations. Now
31,000 people have signed 38 Degrees’ petition!!
Do add your name and share widely. Thanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Cap political donations. Now
31,000 people have signed 38 Degrees’ petition!!
Do add your name and share widely. Thanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
@tkhirschfeld.bsky.social I'm a bit late to the party, but I am currently reading your book 'Gangster States'. It's very good. Really very good. Well conceived, well written. 👍🏼
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@tkhirschfeld.bsky.social I'm a bit late to the party, but I am currently reading your book 'Gangster States'. It's very good. Really very good. Well conceived, well written. 👍🏼
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Now watch as “Proud Boys”, “1 Percenters”, “Oathkeepers” and other white supremacist militias quickly fill up the massively inflated ranks of #ICE. They want their SA and they will get it. Fear will rule the streets of the Land of the Free.
July 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Now watch as “Proud Boys”, “1 Percenters”, “Oathkeepers” and other white supremacist militias quickly fill up the massively inflated ranks of #ICE. They want their SA and they will get it. Fear will rule the streets of the Land of the Free.
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There's a lot going on so you might have missed the fact that the Chinese hack into most of our major telecom companies was found to be much worse than publicly stated
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
US agencies assessed Chinese telecom hackers likely hit data center and residential internet providers
Data center giant Digital Realty and mass media titan Comcast were documented as likely victims of the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group, people familiar say, marking a potentially major expansion of ...
www.nextgov.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There's a lot going on so you might have missed the fact that the Chinese hack into most of our major telecom companies was found to be much worse than publicly stated
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
good thing a bunch of dipshits obliterated whatever was left of functional telecom oversight!
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I remain convinced that the entire country, including Trump, would be much happier if we just Truman Showed him
HOLD UP. Are you telling us that the President of the United States is refusing regular briefings about threats to the country so his minions are creating a briefing TV show just for him? WHAT THE HELL?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
May 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I remain convinced that the entire country, including Trump, would be much happier if we just Truman Showed him
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UK Dialect map
via starkeycomics.com/2023/11/07/m...
via starkeycomics.com/2023/11/07/m...
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
UK Dialect map
via starkeycomics.com/2023/11/07/m...
via starkeycomics.com/2023/11/07/m...
Unusual choice of font
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Unusual choice of font
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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Latest piece in @theatlantic.com Partly inspired by Signal scandal. Here we have Trump’s court speaking their uncensored views on Europe and Europeans should take them at their word. It might allow Europe to save itself, and save the USA in the process. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Europe Should Take the Trump Administration at Its Word
After following America’s lead for 80 years, the continent’s democracies do not recognize the danger now before them.
www.theatlantic.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Latest piece in @theatlantic.com Partly inspired by Signal scandal. Here we have Trump’s court speaking their uncensored views on Europe and Europeans should take them at their word. It might allow Europe to save itself, and save the USA in the process. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker with interesting 'big picture' perspectives on Trump-Putin here.
Disorder suits the kleptocrats.
@billbrowder.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6oic...
Disorder suits the kleptocrats.
@billbrowder.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6oic...
Ep109. Sir Bill Browder, Stephanie Baker, and Jason LIVE from the Frontline Club
Disorder · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bill Browder and Stephanie Baker with interesting 'big picture' perspectives on Trump-Putin here.
Disorder suits the kleptocrats.
@billbrowder.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6oic...
Disorder suits the kleptocrats.
@billbrowder.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6oic...
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🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection.
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
In the Trenches: A Hands-on Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Data Collection Skills in Terrorism Studies | Perspectives on Terrorism
The burgeoning availability of open-source information on individuals who have been radicalised offers new opportunities to build, expand, and disaggregate rich databases on the characteristics of the...
pt.icct.nl
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection.
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
pt.icct.nl/article/tren...
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🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
“Frightened for the safety of their families.”
America, 2025.
America, 2025.
March 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🧵 This is a perfect example of what I've be describing as disordered discourse, and it's threat to democracy. Politicians are afraid to speak openly about key issues.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
Why? Because disordered discourse has captured the system itself—forcing obedience, punishing dissent, and making truth irrelevant.
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But its supporters will never see the corrections. They’ll just move on to the next set of bullshit claims. When you call them on one, they’ll point to the others and say, “Well look at all this other smoke. There must be fire.” While they’re literally running a bunch of smoke machines.
March 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
But its supporters will never see the corrections. They’ll just move on to the next set of bullshit claims. When you call them on one, they’ll point to the others and say, “Well look at all this other smoke. There must be fire.” While they’re literally running a bunch of smoke machines.