Andrew
@openpolicy.bsky.social
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· Oct 14
Netanyahu was never interested in a #ceasefire.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
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Massive new @agreenberg.bsky.social story just dropped.
Last summer, a source trapped in a Laos scam compound got in touch, wanting to expose the criminal activity in real-time.
Over the course of months, he risked his safety, leaking internal messages and secrets. Then he had to get out alive
Last summer, a source trapped in a Laos scam compound got in touch, wanting to expose the criminal activity in real-time.
Over the course of months, he risked his safety, leaking internal messages and secrets. Then he had to get out alive
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Massive new @agreenberg.bsky.social story just dropped.
Last summer, a source trapped in a Laos scam compound got in touch, wanting to expose the criminal activity in real-time.
Over the course of months, he risked his safety, leaking internal messages and secrets. Then he had to get out alive
Last summer, a source trapped in a Laos scam compound got in touch, wanting to expose the criminal activity in real-time.
Over the course of months, he risked his safety, leaking internal messages and secrets. Then he had to get out alive
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Join me at 1pm CET today (Tuesday 27 January) for a free webinar on standardising ownership data to drive down costs and fight economic crime. Part of EU Open Source Week
Zoom: us05web.zoom.us/j/8986734541...
opensourceweek.eu
#beneficialownership #openstandards #opensource
Zoom: us05web.zoom.us/j/8986734541...
opensourceweek.eu
#beneficialownership #openstandards #opensource
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Join me at 1pm CET today (Tuesday 27 January) for a free webinar on standardising ownership data to drive down costs and fight economic crime. Part of EU Open Source Week
Zoom: us05web.zoom.us/j/8986734541...
opensourceweek.eu
#beneficialownership #openstandards #opensource
Zoom: us05web.zoom.us/j/8986734541...
opensourceweek.eu
#beneficialownership #openstandards #opensource
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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I have a bad feeling about this…
"Shabana Mahmood announces police AI revolution & British FBI in huge shake-up"
"use of facial recognition will be ramped up & police forces will be axed in the biggest policing shake-up in 200 yrs"
"AI revolution & forces slashed"
What can possibly go wrong?
"use of facial recognition will be ramped up & police forces will be axed in the biggest policing shake-up in 200 yrs"
"AI revolution & forces slashed"
What can possibly go wrong?
Shabana Mahmood announces police AI revolution and British FBI in huge shake-up
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the use of facial recognition will be ramped up and police forces will be axed in the biggest policing shake-up in 200 years
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I have a bad feeling about this…
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4km is outside the 800m walking catchment and the 1.5km local bus and bike catchment
Meaning NZ Post and its Minister are cutting off an essential service to a lot of people who can not drive and those who could, should not need to drive
Meaning NZ Post and its Minister are cutting off an essential service to a lot of people who can not drive and those who could, should not need to drive
NZ Post to close more than 140 counters across the country
NZ Post to close more than 140 counters across the country
The majority of people living in urban areas will still be within four kilometres of a post shop, it says.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
4km is outside the 800m walking catchment and the 1.5km local bus and bike catchment
Meaning NZ Post and its Minister are cutting off an essential service to a lot of people who can not drive and those who could, should not need to drive
Meaning NZ Post and its Minister are cutting off an essential service to a lot of people who can not drive and those who could, should not need to drive
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Election 2026: Te Pāti Māori to campaign on abolishing prisons, Labour dead-set against it - https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/01/27/election-2026-te-pati-maori-to-campaign-on-abolishing-prisons-labour-dead-set-against-it/ - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Election 2026: Te Pāti Māori to campaign on abolishing prisons, Labour dead-set against it
Te Pāti Māori says it will abolish prisons by 2040 in favour of community-led solutions to address the enormous inequities facing the country’s indigenous people.
www.teaonews.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Election 2026: Te Pāti Māori to campaign on abolishing prisons, Labour dead-set against it - https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/01/27/election-2026-te-pati-maori-to-campaign-on-abolishing-prisons-labour-dead-set-against-it/ - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
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Bonkers panorama of last week's massive Tahu-nui-a-rangi #Aurora Australis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Bonkers panorama of last week's massive Tahu-nui-a-rangi #Aurora Australis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
Niagara Falls, Caitlins, New Zealand
Nikon Z7ii 20mmS F/1.8 2sec ISO800 X5 frame panorama
21st Jan 2026, 12:30am
Kp9 G3/4 geomagnetic storm
#Aurora #AuroraAustralis
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'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds reut.rs/4th3Mae
'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds
Poverty in Britain has deepened, according to a report released on Tuesday, with approximately 6.8 million people now living in "very deep poverty", the highest level in three decades.
reut.rs
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
'Very deep poverty' in Britain hits record high, new report finds reut.rs/4th3Mae
Britain has certainly earned Blair's place on the tangerine fascist's 'Board of Peace'.
#OtD 14 Feb 1947 the British govt launched Operation Embarrass: a campaign to bomb and sabotage ships which were to carry Jewish Holocaust refugees to Palestine, and blame them on a fictional Arab militant group. They attacked 5 ships, destroying 1 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8564...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Britain has certainly earned Blair's place on the tangerine fascist's 'Board of Peace'.
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A initial abridged version meant to represent a more positive take "outlined a 'realistic possibility' that the decline of forests and glacier-fed rivers would lead to 'global competition for food' beginning in the 2030s."
Food wars by the 2030s. That's the optimistic version.
Food wars by the 2030s. That's the optimistic version.
The Times: UK government ministers suppressed ‘negative’ climate report from British intelligence chiefs warning of mass migration and nuclear war
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
A initial abridged version meant to represent a more positive take "outlined a 'realistic possibility' that the decline of forests and glacier-fed rivers would lead to 'global competition for food' beginning in the 2030s."
Food wars by the 2030s. That's the optimistic version.
Food wars by the 2030s. That's the optimistic version.
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
The thing about shutting down a strategic fund for climate resilience is that not only does it let you give the money away in tax cuts, but your ad hoc responses also mean you get to look like you’re handing out largesse in an election year too.
A new joint release is available from Rt Hon Christopher Luxon and Hon Mark Mitchell.
Government gears up to help storm-hit regions
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the first stage of Government support for initial recovery efforts in the regions affected by last week’s severe weather event.
www.beehive.govt.nz
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The thing about shutting down a strategic fund for climate resilience is that not only does it let you give the money away in tax cuts, but your ad hoc responses also mean you get to look like you’re handing out largesse in an election year too.
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“When the people in your life don’t understand PEM [post-exertional malaise], they’re not just failing to understand a symptom. They’re failing to understand the central mechanism that governs your entire existence. (contd)”
#LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
“When the people in your life don’t understand PEM [post-exertional malaise], they’re not just failing to understand a symptom. They’re failing to understand the central mechanism that governs your entire existence. (contd)”
#LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
5/
“When the people in your life don’t understand PEM [post-exertional malaise], they’re not just failing to understand a symptom. They’re failing to understand the central mechanism that governs your entire existence. (contd)”
#LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
“When the people in your life don’t understand PEM [post-exertional malaise], they’re not just failing to understand a symptom. They’re failing to understand the central mechanism that governs your entire existence. (contd)”
#LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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#Thailand On 20 January 2026, I sent a letter to the Government ahead of the 8 February elections and referendum. My aim is to contribute, preventively, to a free, inclusive, rights-respecting process. The integrity of any democratic process is linked to protecting civic space.
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 AM
#Thailand On 20 January 2026, I sent a letter to the Government ahead of the 8 February elections and referendum. My aim is to contribute, preventively, to a free, inclusive, rights-respecting process. The integrity of any democratic process is linked to protecting civic space.
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It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.
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Haere ra, pokokōhua.
Hey, NZ Labour, see what ordinary people can do? It’s a first step, to be sure, but a journey of thousand miles, etc. Fighting on values and the moral high ground WORKS, and works far better than managerialism in a time of polycrises. #nzpol,
Hey, NZ Labour, see what ordinary people can do? It’s a first step, to be sure, but a journey of thousand miles, etc. Fighting on values and the moral high ground WORKS, and works far better than managerialism in a time of polycrises. #nzpol,
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Haere ra, pokokōhua.
Hey, NZ Labour, see what ordinary people can do? It’s a first step, to be sure, but a journey of thousand miles, etc. Fighting on values and the moral high ground WORKS, and works far better than managerialism in a time of polycrises. #nzpol,
Hey, NZ Labour, see what ordinary people can do? It’s a first step, to be sure, but a journey of thousand miles, etc. Fighting on values and the moral high ground WORKS, and works far better than managerialism in a time of polycrises. #nzpol,
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I once asked my late uncle what he thought ended the legal Jim Crow era. He immediately responded that the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 were the moment Jim Crow died. When I asked him why he said: “When White folks fight White folks, it changes everything. Enough was enough.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I once asked my late uncle what he thought ended the legal Jim Crow era. He immediately responded that the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 were the moment Jim Crow died. When I asked him why he said: “When White folks fight White folks, it changes everything. Enough was enough.”
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In the US, state violence is on a continuum that leads to state terrorism. Not good.
www.kiwipolitico.com/2026/01/some...
www.kiwipolitico.com/2026/01/some...
Some observations about state terrorism.
A long time ago I wrote a scholarly article about the use of state terror during the Argentine “Proceso” ( Seeing what is happening in the US, I thought I would reference a few things f…
www.kiwipolitico.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
In the US, state violence is on a continuum that leads to state terrorism. Not good.
www.kiwipolitico.com/2026/01/some...
www.kiwipolitico.com/2026/01/some...
Seems like there's (at least) 3 desired outcomes from these 'ban kids from social media' laws:
1) end pseudonymous use of social media, so all your social media consumption and publication can be surveilled & linked to you.
2) push people off social media and back to oligarch-owned heritage media
1) end pseudonymous use of social media, so all your social media consumption and publication can be surveilled & linked to you.
2) push people off social media and back to oligarch-owned heritage media
France to regulate adults' use of social media. That's what these bans do - require adults to hand over ID to unscrupulous US social media adtech firms.
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Seems like there's (at least) 3 desired outcomes from these 'ban kids from social media' laws:
1) end pseudonymous use of social media, so all your social media consumption and publication can be surveilled & linked to you.
2) push people off social media and back to oligarch-owned heritage media
1) end pseudonymous use of social media, so all your social media consumption and publication can be surveilled & linked to you.
2) push people off social media and back to oligarch-owned heritage media
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It amazes me that so many people correctly diagnose that social media companies can't be trusted with access to their children, but think they can be trusted with access to their ID.
Remember Facebook is the company that abused 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting.
Remember Facebook is the company that abused 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting.
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It amazes me that so many people correctly diagnose that social media companies can't be trusted with access to their children, but think they can be trusted with access to their ID.
Remember Facebook is the company that abused 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting.
Remember Facebook is the company that abused 2FA phone numbers for ad targeting.
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France to regulate adults' use of social media. That's what these bans do - require adults to hand over ID to unscrupulous US social media adtech firms.
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
France to regulate adults' use of social media. That's what these bans do - require adults to hand over ID to unscrupulous US social media adtech firms.
Here comes the DARVO.
The Finance Minister says the Labour leader’s comments about the Government’s resilience spending so soon after a tragedy was “the wrong kind of politics”.
Nicola Willis says Chris Hipkins is politicising extreme weather tragedy
The Finance Minister says the Labour leader’s comments about the Government’s resilience spending so soon after a tragedy was “the wrong kind of politics”.
dlvr.it
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Here comes the DARVO.