Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 14h

If Norway gives Trump the peace prize I will give up my Norwegian citizenship.

3 10

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 2d

Avanti, importing fascism from its Italian government owners.

Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 2d

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Lebara *Sun Life *Candlelight UK *Pure Cremation *Avanti *Polish Tourism Organisation *Get Drafty *All Clear Travel *WeFix London *SelectSpecs *Staysure *Boxt *TonicSurgery *Freshpet *Scenic Luxury *WorldOfCruising www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/ofcom-g...

Ofcom: GB News

Ofcom has concluded that GB News breached the broadcasting code when a presenter repeated a homophobic slur on air earlier this year.

www.prolificnorth.co.uk

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

This is an EU proposed policy with the benign-sounding name "Child Sexual Abuse Regulation" which proposes to screen private online communications using sketchy image-scanning algorithms. It is technically unworkable, and would be a privacy catastrophe, especially for those in authoritarian states

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

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...

4 68 160

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

How did we get to the point where 1984 is a goal and not a warning?

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

OK, by this logic...the surveillance of every facet of life--from comms to movement to social relationships to etc--which has become the norm over the last decades c/o the surveillance biz model, makes LE surveillance MORE possible than it's ever been in history.

But somehow e2ee is the problem?

Wessel van Rensburg @wildebees.bsky.social · 3d

The problem with digital speech activists’ one sided framing of this debate is that they don’t acknowledge that digital architecture has shifted what is possible. End-to-end encryption makes it impossible for law enforcement to do targeted surveillance, just as lack of it makes filtering trivial.

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

OK, by this logic...the surveillance of every facet of life--from comms to movement to social relationships to etc--which has become the norm over the last decades c/o the surveillance biz model, makes LE surveillance MORE possible than it's ever been in history.

But somehow e2ee is the problem?

Wessel van Rensburg @wildebees.bsky.social · 3d

The problem with digital speech activists’ one sided framing of this debate is that they don’t acknowledge that digital architecture has shifted what is possible. End-to-end encryption makes it impossible for law enforcement to do targeted surveillance, just as lack of it makes filtering trivial.

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

11 46 230

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

Are they still sending suspiciously huge amounts of data to China on a continuous basis?

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

*what is *in* this for me

1

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

My immediate impression is "ok, what is this for me?"

1 1

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

We are certainly going to need strategy, willpower and cunning to turn this shitshow around and make this ideology shameful again.

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 3d

I think we could potentially create something where this was a legitimate debate, but in the case of LLMs it's just that most people don't understand how they work. I wish we had an Attenborough or Sagan of computer science, 6 part 1 hour series which spoke in layman's terms.

4

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 4d

'Norway deploys F-35 jets to Poland again ready to intercept Russian drones' euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/05/n... (2nd Norwegian F-35 deployment to Poland this year. Earlier, it joined a combined Dutch-Norwegian F-35 detachment, hdv)

Norway deploys F-35 jets to Poland ready to intercept Russian drones - Euromaidan Press

Norwegian Defense Minister said that the F-35 presence should serve as a preventive measure to deter further Kremlin provocations along NATO's eastern border.

euromaidanpress.com

2 10 10

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 4d

They crack down on the protests against a genocide and ethnic cleansing that has killed 67000 people and talk about how far right racist protests are a sign of healthy freedom of speech. This is a party that has completely lost its bearings.

2

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4d

Tbilisi, 🇬🇪 — thousands have taken to the streets right now and are marching toward the presidential palace.

120 1.2K 3.8K

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE — “Former megachurch pastor Robert Morris, once spiritual adviser to Trump, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child… 10-year suspended sentence, ordered to serve six months, register as a sex offender, pay $250,000 in restitution…” www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...

170 490 1.1K

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I've also heard reconnaissance type drones which tend to be light and agile, not the type to carry heavy armour.

1 1

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 4d

I'd like see some technical details on the height and speed of these drones, it's perfectly safe to fire a shotgun straight up into the air.

1 1

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

60 1.2K 4.5K

Morten Hanasand @manazand.bsky.social · 4d

No way this is keeping the lights on, propped up as a loss leader for the fascists.

1 1

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d

This is why they want all human rights restraints removed. #ECHR

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

26 110 250

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.

I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

150 3.1K 7.1K

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

If the ongoing dysfunction in D.C. has taught us anything it’s that the Republican Party can’t even govern itself, much less the country.

But the chaos isn't happening randomly.

It's part of a manufactured plot to sew cynicism and get you to check out. Don't fall for it.

56 470 1.9K

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5d

A leaked US Army memo warns the Next Generation Command and Control system built by Anduril, Palantir, Microsoft and others—is riddled with cybersecurity flaws and “very high risk” due to severe cybersecurity flaws.

The flaws could give US adversaries undetectable access to battlefield data.

US Army Addresses Cybersecurity Risks in Next Generation Command and Control Platform - SSBCrack News

The U.S. Army has reported significant progress in addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities within its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) platform,

news.ssbcrack.com

63 350 610

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

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...

signal.org

41 2.4K 3.9K

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 5d

“We have seen several incidents in the Danish straits where Air Force helis and naval vessels have been illuminated by target-tracking radars and physically pointed at with weapons from Russian warships,” said Thomas Ahrenkiel, head of Danish Defence Intelligence, at a press conference on Friday.”

1 8 15

Reposted by Morten Hanasand

bikerlady22k.bsky.social @bikerlady22k.bsky.social · 6d

Sweden, Norway and Denmark will contribute around €500mn (£434mn) to purchase US military equipment for Ukraine, joining the Netherlands in supporting a new Nato mechanism aimed at supplying American weapons to Kyiv.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Sweden, Norway and Denmark to buy $500 million of US arms for Ukraine war

The Netherlands was the first country to contribute to the Nato Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative

www.independent.co.uk

4 5