Matthew Hackling
@mhackling.bsky.social
Cybersecurity architect from Australia. “It’s a small world unless you have to clean it” #devsecops #zerotrust network transformation #appsec #infosec.
The Venezuela thing with the oil companies is a symptom of the trump era. Publicly listed companies can’t take multi billion dollar multi decade bets where they are subject to the whims of a demented old man. Be it sanctions be it investment.
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
The Venezuela thing with the oil companies is a symptom of the trump era. Publicly listed companies can’t take multi billion dollar multi decade bets where they are subject to the whims of a demented old man. Be it sanctions be it investment.
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
I can hear wind in the eucalyptus, sulfur crested cockatoos roosting and boomer TV. No cars and no burnouts Summernats is over and peace returns to #canberra
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I can hear wind in the eucalyptus, sulfur crested cockatoos roosting and boomer TV. No cars and no burnouts Summernats is over and peace returns to #canberra
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Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Best case - 295 days until midterms and 365 days until new reps sworn in and a couple of weeks for impeachment or moderate case - 1104 days until the end of his second term or worst case - president for life before mid terms or worsest case civil war in 295 days if elections suspended
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Best case - 295 days until midterms and 365 days until new reps sworn in and a couple of weeks for impeachment or moderate case - 1104 days until the end of his second term or worst case - president for life before mid terms or worsest case civil war in 295 days if elections suspended
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
Read that slogan on the podium and look at those pupils in bright TV lights.
January 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Read that slogan on the podium and look at those pupils in bright TV lights.
If you look at PPP (not GDP) of the blocs. BRICS leads EU and 🇺🇸 comes in third. If the USD is debased as the global reserve currency 🇺🇸 hegemony will go the way of the Roman Empire when they debased the silver denaris. the gold solidus introduced by Constantine maintained the east for 1000 years
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
If you look at PPP (not GDP) of the blocs. BRICS leads EU and 🇺🇸 comes in third. If the USD is debased as the global reserve currency 🇺🇸 hegemony will go the way of the Roman Empire when they debased the silver denaris. the gold solidus introduced by Constantine maintained the east for 1000 years
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BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
That Somali American engineer uber driver spits bars man. Master class in resistance. Films it all. Calm.
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
That Somali American engineer uber driver spits bars man. Master class in resistance. Films it all. Calm.
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Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command" 1984 George Orwell
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command" 1984 George Orwell
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theyre just harassing people to try and spark riots and its obvious to any objective observer, they are there to terrorize communities that didnt vote for the republican
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
theyre just harassing people to try and spark riots and its obvious to any objective observer, they are there to terrorize communities that didnt vote for the republican
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whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
Blessed cool change now 16C like half yesterday’s temperature
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Blessed cool change now 16C like half yesterday’s temperature
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what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
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“History teaches, but it has no pupils.”
—Antonio Gramsci
—Antonio Gramsci
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“History teaches, but it has no pupils.”
—Antonio Gramsci
—Antonio Gramsci
I think people in 🇺🇸 are today just waking up to the fact that they don’t live in a free country anymore. Something that minorities already knew. It will be official when elections are suspended and the orange one gets a third term
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I think people in 🇺🇸 are today just waking up to the fact that they don’t live in a free country anymore. Something that minorities already knew. It will be official when elections are suspended and the orange one gets a third term
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Saw the new video from Minneapolis and that shooting was straight up murder.
The standard is a reasonable officer and I’m telling you based on my training and experience as a police field training officer that ICE agent murdered that woman and should be arrested and charged.
The standard is a reasonable officer and I’m telling you based on my training and experience as a police field training officer that ICE agent murdered that woman and should be arrested and charged.
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Saw the new video from Minneapolis and that shooting was straight up murder.
The standard is a reasonable officer and I’m telling you based on my training and experience as a police field training officer that ICE agent murdered that woman and should be arrested and charged.
The standard is a reasonable officer and I’m telling you based on my training and experience as a police field training officer that ICE agent murdered that woman and should be arrested and charged.
It’s a sad thing about human nature is that the majority of people don’t want to think for themselves they find it hard to do intellectual work. To read and educate themselves. They resort to tribalism they resort to believing the party line
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
It’s a sad thing about human nature is that the majority of people don’t want to think for themselves they find it hard to do intellectual work. To read and educate themselves. They resort to tribalism they resort to believing the party line
If you adjust to local currency BRICS is the biggest economic bloc, but tbh I don’t think they actually coordinating that well on a common currency
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If you adjust to local currency BRICS is the biggest economic bloc, but tbh I don’t think they actually coordinating that well on a common currency
If the USD collapses as the default reserve currency china is well ahead in terms of PPP
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
If the USD collapses as the default reserve currency china is well ahead in terms of PPP