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ваят @denbib.bsky.social · 1h

"Following the announcement of the approval for the Ambler Road Project, Burgum stated that the Department of War and the U.S. government will take a 10 percent stake in Trilogy Metals, a Canadian mining company with claims in the area."

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2h

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5h

New from 404 Media: cocaine in private jets. Drug traffickers entering sailing races to move drugs. And mountains of meth hidden in sex toys. These are some of the things the FBI saw on its secretly backdoored encrypted chat app according to newly leaked documents
www.404media.co/cocaine-in-p...

Cocaine in Private Jets and Sex Toys: What the FBI Found on its Secretly Backdoored Chat App

New leaked documents show how the FBI convinced a judge to let its partners collect a mass of encrypted messages from thousands of phones around the world.

www.404media.co

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 1d

Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat

Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.

www.bellingcat.com

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2d

Russia is in a spiral toward a terminal war economy 'troika' of extractivism, authoritarianism and war - groundbreaking new report sourced by experts from outside Russia defies a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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#TimeToResist

Report front cover:
'Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin's Threat to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability' - with a picture of smoke rising into the sky of Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city, and graffiti reading 'No Happiness'

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SourceMaterial @source-material.org · 2d

The Shadow Fleet shipping Russia's oil is already leaving trails of oil in its wake, raising the question of who will pay up if the worst is to happen.

Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...

Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions – SourceMaterial

As the West continues to blacklist ship carrying Russian oil, new slicks near Europe’s shores test the limits of Western sanctions

www.source-material.org

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 3d

Anwar S. - a suspected former #Shabbiha militia leader in #Aleppo, #Syria - was arrested in #Germany last week on charges of Crimes Against Humanity: killing and torture.

Assad used Shabbiha both for the commission of violence, and the evasion of responsibility.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

German police arrest Syrian man suspected of crimes against humanity

German police arrested on Tuesday a Syrian man suspected of committing crimes against humanity, including killing and torturing, as a militia leader in 2011 in Aleppo, prosecutors said.

www.reuters.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Signal @signal.org · 5d

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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ваят @denbib.bsky.social · 4d

Belgian security service officer, recruited for his access to Brussels’ international diplomatic circles, arrested and indicted for espionage. The charges relate to spying for China.

www.politico.eu/article/belg...

Belgian security service officer indicted for spying

Indictment comes amid mounting pressure on Belgium’s security agencies.

www.politico.eu

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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 5d

1/ NEW REPORT: “We Say You Want a Revolution” - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime. We call it PRISONBREAK. Keep reading to find out why.

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We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab

We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during th...

https://citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-enabled-io-aimed-at-overthrowing-iranian-regime]

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"... before leaving for Austria, the “TASS people” were ordering food deliveries to the address of a safe apartment in a government building in Moscow’s Yasenevo District — one belonging to the SVR (Russia's foreign intelligence service)"

theins.press/en/inv/285514

Reporting for duty: Kremlin sends in new agents after Austria expels spies masquerading as journalists

In June 2024, Austria revoked the accreditation of two correspondents for the state-controlled Russian news agency TASS — Ivan Popov and Arina Davidyan — on the suspicion that they were not journalist...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics

- "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor"

Story by @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 6d

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data indicate a major power outage around Chernobyl and Slavutych, #Ukraine, amid reports that Russian shelling has cut power to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant confinement structure, presenting a safety threat at the mothballed Soviet disaster site

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in Ukraine from September 28, 2025, to October 1, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Slavutych/Chernobyl,Kyiv Oblast's connectivity remains stable most of the time period, with a sharp drop on October 1. The drop in connectivity aligns with a drone attack from Russia. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 31% and 31%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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WIRED @wired.com · 8d

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.

Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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ваят @denbib.bsky.social · 7d

An EIF document designates Paragon Solutions as a final recipient that received support under the InnovFin Equity Facility for Early Stage (IFE). This financing instrument was launched as part of the EU's Framework Horizon 2020.

apache.be/2025/10/01/e...

European Investment Fund financed Israeli spyware company Paragon

Paragon's spyware has been used against activists by multiple governments.

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El Parece @elparece.bsky.social · 7d

High-ranking Mayo Zambada-linked drug trafficker associated with the Moroccan mafia in Belgium captured in Tangier (h/t @niporwifi.bsky.social)
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/09/2610...

Moroccan-Belgian Younes El Ballouti Arrested in Tangier, Jailed in Casablanca

Moroccan police have arrested Younes “El Magico” El Ballouti, the youngest brother of notorious drug baron Othman El Ballouti, in Tangier, leading to his transfer to Casablanca, where he is now incarc...

www.moroccoworldnews.com

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Frank Slijper @frankslijper.bsky.social · 8d

Spain prohibits transit of US military aircraft and vessels carrying arms, ammunition, or equipment destined for Israel through its bases at Rota (Cadiz) and Moron de la Frontera (Seville), sources familiar with the functioning of the US-Spain Joint Committee confirmed.
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sp...