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Global Authentication Project Bellingcat
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UPDATE from Pentagon's "bespoke AI platform" rollout.
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?
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December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
UPDATE from Pentagon's "bespoke AI platform" rollout.
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
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BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell records in sex trafficking case
A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
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These are complicated times for journalism, for sure. But some things aren’t that hard: if White House reporters stand by silently while their colleagues—mostly women and Black—are repeatedly targeted, they should ask whether they’re in this business to confront power or to abet misogyny and racism.
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
These are complicated times for journalism, for sure. But some things aren’t that hard: if White House reporters stand by silently while their colleagues—mostly women and Black—are repeatedly targeted, they should ask whether they’re in this business to confront power or to abet misogyny and racism.
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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A neo-Nazi drug dealer who glorified Hitler on his antisemitic social media account has been jailed for two years. Joseph Beaver, who was found to have links to Active Club Scotland, was found with a gun in his garden shed in Dundee 🏴
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Neo-Nazi linked to far right 'training group' jailed after cops find gun in shed
Jobless Joseph Beaver used his Instagram account to post speeches by Hitler and highlight atrocities carried out by notorious killers Elliot Rodger and James Alex Fields Jnr.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A neo-Nazi drug dealer who glorified Hitler on his antisemitic social media account has been jailed for two years. Joseph Beaver, who was found to have links to Active Club Scotland, was found with a gun in his garden shed in Dundee 🏴
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Editorial in Finland's leading daily Helsingin Sanomat today: the new US National Security Strategy "reeks with hostility towards Europe and reflects a broad shift in US foreign policy... The old US commitments to defend Europe can no longer be relied upon."
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
Pääkirjoitus | Yhdysvaltojen ulkopolitiikan käännös jättää Euroopan yksin
Yhdysvaltojen uusi kansallisen turvallisuuden strategia huokuu vihamielisyyttä Eurooppaa kohtaan ja heijastaa laajaa ja pitkäkestoista muutosta Yhdysvaltojen ulkopolitiikassa.
www.hs.fi
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Editorial in Finland's leading daily Helsingin Sanomat today: the new US National Security Strategy "reeks with hostility towards Europe and reflects a broad shift in US foreign policy... The old US commitments to defend Europe can no longer be relied upon."
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
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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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Er ist einer der reichweitenstärksten AfD-Leute: Noah Krieger.
Wir von @correctiv.org haben uns angeschaut, was er so macht. Und siehe da: Der Mann unterhält Kontakte zu „Putins Bluthund“.
Recherche von @alexejhock.bsky.social und @martinboehmer.bsky.social mit @istories.bsky.social
Wir von @correctiv.org haben uns angeschaut, was er so macht. Und siehe da: Der Mann unterhält Kontakte zu „Putins Bluthund“.
Recherche von @alexejhock.bsky.social und @martinboehmer.bsky.social mit @istories.bsky.social
Prunk, Pathos, Patriotismus: Der tschetschenische Krieger der AfD
In Hannover stellt sich ein AfD-Mann als patriotischer Macher dar, gleichzeitig unterhält er Beziehungen nach Tschetschenien. Was hat er in Deutschland vor?
correctiv.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Er ist einer der reichweitenstärksten AfD-Leute: Noah Krieger.
Wir von @correctiv.org haben uns angeschaut, was er so macht. Und siehe da: Der Mann unterhält Kontakte zu „Putins Bluthund“.
Recherche von @alexejhock.bsky.social und @martinboehmer.bsky.social mit @istories.bsky.social
Wir von @correctiv.org haben uns angeschaut, was er so macht. Und siehe da: Der Mann unterhält Kontakte zu „Putins Bluthund“.
Recherche von @alexejhock.bsky.social und @martinboehmer.bsky.social mit @istories.bsky.social
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“Largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel AI and crypto is threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate, water security.Energy prices have increased by 13% so far under Trump and ~80 million Americans are currently struggling to pay for energy."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel AI and crypto is threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate, water security.Energy prices have increased by 13% so far under Trump and ~80 million Americans are currently struggling to pay for energy."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Orban is, of course, not telling the truth here - the Commission’s decision does not affect "what we can read and say". BTW Hungary (like every EU Member State) voted for the Digital Services Act.
Twitter in the past 48 hours has been like watching a remedial version of SPECTRE convene a meeting in real time.
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Orban is, of course, not telling the truth here - the Commission’s decision does not affect "what we can read and say". BTW Hungary (like every EU Member State) voted for the Digital Services Act.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.
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Na, habt ihr auch alle euer „1984“? Nein?
Macht nichts. Lest einfach Nachrichten.
Macht nichts. Lest einfach Nachrichten.
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Na, habt ihr auch alle euer „1984“? Nein?
Macht nichts. Lest einfach Nachrichten.
Macht nichts. Lest einfach Nachrichten.
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Junior may actually be worse
“Donald Trump Jr. criticized corruption in Ukraine and suggested Sunday that his father may walk away from the country if it doesn’t make peace with Russia.”
www.politico.eu/article/trum...
“Donald Trump Jr. criticized corruption in Ukraine and suggested Sunday that his father may walk away from the country if it doesn’t make peace with Russia.”
www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine
Donald Trump Jr. says his father’s unpredictability is forcing people to be intellectually honest.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Junior may actually be worse
“Donald Trump Jr. criticized corruption in Ukraine and suggested Sunday that his father may walk away from the country if it doesn’t make peace with Russia.”
www.politico.eu/article/trum...
“Donald Trump Jr. criticized corruption in Ukraine and suggested Sunday that his father may walk away from the country if it doesn’t make peace with Russia.”
www.politico.eu/article/trum...
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Russia is ALL GAS NO BREAKS on the so-called youth "military patriotic" education. There's a social shift and the price to pay is in blood and trauma for generations to come.
The state sponsored Russian Cossacks are one part of that, they are also a way to co-opt an identity that is Ukrainian too.
The state sponsored Russian Cossacks are one part of that, they are also a way to co-opt an identity that is Ukrainian too.
The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation force: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
From School to Battlefield to Grave: How Russian Cossacks drive young people to war - bellingcat
The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation for...
www.bellingcat.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Russia is ALL GAS NO BREAKS on the so-called youth "military patriotic" education. There's a social shift and the price to pay is in blood and trauma for generations to come.
The state sponsored Russian Cossacks are one part of that, they are also a way to co-opt an identity that is Ukrainian too.
The state sponsored Russian Cossacks are one part of that, they are also a way to co-opt an identity that is Ukrainian too.
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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
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Israel’s yellow blocks operate as a tool of displacement: an expanding enclosure that behaves almost organismically, flattening homes and incrementally absorbing land between the blocks and the originally communicated yellow line.
Geolocation| A photo posted on 6 Dec. 2025 shows newly destroyed buildings at the same location on Mustaha Street after a reported Israeli attack.
POV: 31.503810, 34.471845
Some buildings appear still intact on the 23 Nov. video.
Photo: t.me/Nuseirat1/15...
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POV: 31.503810, 34.471845
Some buildings appear still intact on the 23 Nov. video.
Photo: t.me/Nuseirat1/15...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Israel’s yellow blocks operate as a tool of displacement: an expanding enclosure that behaves almost organismically, flattening homes and incrementally absorbing land between the blocks and the originally communicated yellow line.
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In Los Angeles, California, a man’s father was abducted and kidnapped by ICE. While attempting to locate him using a GPS tracker in his car, they discovered that his stolen truck was being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter during his off-duty period from December 2nd to December 3rd.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In Los Angeles, California, a man’s father was abducted and kidnapped by ICE. While attempting to locate him using a GPS tracker in his car, they discovered that his stolen truck was being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter during his off-duty period from December 2nd to December 3rd.
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NEW: A judge tonight blocked the Justice Department from accessing the emails/hard drive of Comey adviser/former lawyer Dan Richman. The ruling on the docs is a blow to prosecutors as they consider bringing new charges against Comey
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge blocks prosecutors’ access to James Comey’s lawyer’s emails and data
Court says government’s retention and use of law professor Daniel Richman’s data appears to have been illegal.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
NEW: A judge tonight blocked the Justice Department from accessing the emails/hard drive of Comey adviser/former lawyer Dan Richman. The ruling on the docs is a blow to prosecutors as they consider bringing new charges against Comey
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.