Magnus Jacobsen
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Wow. WSJ obtained a recording of Steve Witkoff's October 14 phone call with Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide. This post-Gaza peace deal talk "appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal." Witkoff looks pretty dumb here. Amateur hour. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wow. WSJ obtained a recording of Steve Witkoff's October 14 phone call with Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide. This post-Gaza peace deal talk "appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal." Witkoff looks pretty dumb here. Amateur hour. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Danmarks leverancer til Israelske bombefly er omgærdet af dyb fortrolighed. Men nu kaster hidtil ukendte dokumenter lys over, hvordan det danske forsvar bidrager til at holde Israels mest avancerede kampfly på vingerne. Læs med her: https://danwatch.dk/?p=41969
October 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Danmarks leverancer til Israelske bombefly er omgærdet af dyb fortrolighed. Men nu kaster hidtil ukendte dokumenter lys over, hvordan det danske forsvar bidrager til at holde Israels mest avancerede kampfly på vingerne. Læs med her: https://danwatch.dk/?p=41969
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
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Parliament will vote TODAY on proscribing Palestine Action as a TERRORIST ORGANISATION like ISIS.
Can we get to 100,000 signatures against before the day is over?
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
Can we get to 100,000 signatures against before the day is over?
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
PETITION: Defend the right to protest: no proscription of Palestine Action
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
July 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Parliament will vote TODAY on proscribing Palestine Action as a TERRORIST ORGANISATION like ISIS.
Can we get to 100,000 signatures against before the day is over?
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
Can we get to 100,000 signatures against before the day is over?
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
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Condeno firmemente el secuestro del barco Madleen, que transportaba ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. Esta violación del derecho internacional exige una respuesta clara y contundente de la UE.
Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen
Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen
‼️El ejército israelí asalta la Flotilla de la Libertad rumbo a Gaza con Greta Thunberg a bordo
El ejército israelí asalta la Flotilla de la Libertad rumbo a Gaza con Greta Thunberg a bordo
Los integrantes de la Flotilla rumbo a Gaza, entre ellos Greta Thunberg, son retenidos y conducidos por las fuerzas israelíes a su territorio, mientras el Ejército israelí afirma: "El show ha terminad...
www.eldiario.es
June 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Condeno firmemente el secuestro del barco Madleen, que transportaba ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. Esta violación del derecho internacional exige una respuesta clara y contundente de la UE.
Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen
Toda la solidaridad con las personas voluntarias retenidas. Exigimos su liberación cuanto antes. #AllEyesOnMadleen
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You don't need to be a prophet.
Images like this - of starved Palestinians hammed into fenced cages by Israel - will be remembered for generations as hideous evidence of a terrible crime.
And history will remember not just those who cheered it on, but those who stayed silent.
Images like this - of starved Palestinians hammed into fenced cages by Israel - will be remembered for generations as hideous evidence of a terrible crime.
And history will remember not just those who cheered it on, but those who stayed silent.
May 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
You don't need to be a prophet.
Images like this - of starved Palestinians hammed into fenced cages by Israel - will be remembered for generations as hideous evidence of a terrible crime.
And history will remember not just those who cheered it on, but those who stayed silent.
Images like this - of starved Palestinians hammed into fenced cages by Israel - will be remembered for generations as hideous evidence of a terrible crime.
And history will remember not just those who cheered it on, but those who stayed silent.
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The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.
American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.
NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.
American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.
NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.
Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
apnews.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.
American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.
NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.
American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.
NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.
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“Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics”
The free speech party is really the fascist party.
The free speech party is really the fascist party.
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics”
The free speech party is really the fascist party.
The free speech party is really the fascist party.
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Wow, this story… a real @semaforben.bsky.social tour de force:
A thorough report on the underground group chats that helped pump right-wing talking points and ideas out to tech world and beyond. Must read
A thorough report on the underground group chats that helped pump right-wing talking points and ideas out to tech world and beyond. Must read
The group chats that changed America
A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.
www.semafor.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Wow, this story… a real @semaforben.bsky.social tour de force:
A thorough report on the underground group chats that helped pump right-wing talking points and ideas out to tech world and beyond. Must read
A thorough report on the underground group chats that helped pump right-wing talking points and ideas out to tech world and beyond. Must read
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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"Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the records department in Gaza’s Health Ministry, said at least 263 of the 404 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children 18 and under. He described it as the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war" apnews.com/live/latest-...
Live updates: More than 400 Palestinians killed in surprise Israeli airstrikes across Gaza
Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 404 Palestinians. The surprise bombardment shattered a ceasefire in place since January and threatened to fully reignit...
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the records department in Gaza’s Health Ministry, said at least 263 of the 404 people confirmed dead so far Tuesday were women or children 18 and under. He described it as the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war" apnews.com/live/latest-...
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
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IMO, the appropriate European reaction should be:
1. Massive increase in European weapons and ammo production
2. Massive European increase in aid for Ukraine
3. Cancel any US arms contracts where European alternative exist, or which are bad value for the money (AH-64s etc.)
1. Massive increase in European weapons and ammo production
2. Massive European increase in aid for Ukraine
3. Cancel any US arms contracts where European alternative exist, or which are bad value for the money (AH-64s etc.)
Total betrayal of Ukraine, time for Europe to step up - US has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, White House official says, in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
US has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, White House official says, in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row
Decision affects ammunition, vehicles and other equipment including weapons in transit
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
IMO, the appropriate European reaction should be:
1. Massive increase in European weapons and ammo production
2. Massive European increase in aid for Ukraine
3. Cancel any US arms contracts where European alternative exist, or which are bad value for the money (AH-64s etc.)
1. Massive increase in European weapons and ammo production
2. Massive European increase in aid for Ukraine
3. Cancel any US arms contracts where European alternative exist, or which are bad value for the money (AH-64s etc.)
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Breaking: Israel has once again stopped entry to humanitarian aid to Gaza.
March 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Breaking: Israel has once again stopped entry to humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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The mistake is to think Zelensky could have salvaged this. Trump admin just doesn’t want to support Ukraine. Period. There was also never going to be a peace agreement. That’s been clear but everyone has been pretending otherwise. There can be no confusion now.
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The mistake is to think Zelensky could have salvaged this. Trump admin just doesn’t want to support Ukraine. Period. There was also never going to be a peace agreement. That’s been clear but everyone has been pretending otherwise. There can be no confusion now.
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The State Department this week terminated a USAID initiative that has invested hundreds of millions $ to help restore Ukraine's energy grid from attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sta...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sta...
State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration
The USAID initiative had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in helping Ukraine's energy grid recover from attacks from Russia.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The State Department this week terminated a USAID initiative that has invested hundreds of millions $ to help restore Ukraine's energy grid from attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sta...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sta...
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Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.