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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 20h

Hello - I'm back again. A new 🧵every day covering the important aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war (without the gratuitous gore)

Today it's Day 1323 of Moscow's illegal invasion as it continues Putin's dream to reunite the states of the Soviet Union, whether they like it or not (spoiler: they DON'T)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

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Kim S. Kristensen @kimskris.bsky.social · 2d

En fin påminnelse til journalistene der ute.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Drone incursions into European airspace have been occurring more frequently in recent weeks than during the Cold War,Chancellor Merz said

During the Caren Miosga talk show,Merz said Germany suspects that a significant portion of the drones spotted in different countries is controlled by Russia

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Day 1322 of this terrible war.
7 October 2025, the second anniversary of appalling events in Israel + the 73rd birthday of a war criminal in Moscow.

Also the 19th anniversary of Putin having journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered for reporting inconvenient facts about his wars.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 2d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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David Kipping @davidkipping.bsky.social · 2d

Quel surpris! As I suspected, the Navcam “cyclinder” image bombarding social media, and subject to Avi’s last blog post, is not 3I/ATLAS, it’s Phobos.

Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 2d

Short version: left is my processesed Navcam image, right is the Stellarium simulation for the image.
The bright elongated thing is Phobos being smeared by long exposure.
Acturus and the big dipper stars are also visible. 3I/Atlas is wayyy to dim to be seen in the image.

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 3d

Ambulances on south Sweden island Öland are reporting daily issues with their navigation systems, including spoofing and software that hangs.

These nowadays widespread sea level effects are puzzling. From known jammer locations one can not reach this far via line of sight. Space? Ship?

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 3d

German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) held an exercise where they inadvertently published simulated radiation data to the live surveillance system.

This led to false high readings.

Point sensational posters to this post.

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Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 2d

"Trade executed outside regulatory, taxation, and enforcement frameworks prolongs wars, defangs sanctions, frays alliances, and helps rogue governments and groups survive and thrive."
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...

'Shadow economies' are growing. Military planners and operators must take them into account

Black markets prolong wars, defang sanctions, fray alliances, and help rogue governments and groups survive and thrive.

www.defenseone.com

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tonsanx2.bsky.social @tonsanx2.bsky.social · 2d

Another one.... Anyone making a list?
www.wired.com/story/larry-...

Larry Ellison Is a ‘Shadow President’ in Donald Trump’s America

The Ellison family is cornering the market on attention and data the same way the Vanderbilts did railroads and the Rockefellers did oil.

www.wired.com

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 2d

Every Single Day.
Ukraine's brave men and women on (or supporting) the frontline cannot switch off, so neither shall I in documenting the major events of Russia's horrific war.

As we begin a new week, it's the 1,321st Daily Thread - never missed one yet. So let's dive-in..

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile in Russia: State Duma member Andrey Lugovoy urges Russia to undermine America and Europe by buying journalists and politicians, interfering in elections, infiltrating the opposing parties and amplifying divisions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgK...

Andrey Lugovoy talks about undermining America and Europe

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 3d

Inside Trump’s new campaign of aggression on the American left.
new from
@swin24.bsky.social
and @andrewperez.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

www.rollingstone.com

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 6d

1. UPDATE: Billionaire Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet heavily on Argentina, pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, his longtime friend and former colleague, to rescue the country, according to Argentine media.

Shortly thereafter, Bessent announced a $20 billion taxpayer-funded bailout.

UPDATE: Hedge fund billionaire pressed Treasury Secretary for Argentina bailout, Argentine media reports

Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet big on Argentina, reportedly asked his friend for a rescue package. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4d

As a reminder, Salome Zourabichvili remains Georgia's legitimate president after refusing to step down following disputed October 2024 parliamentary elections. Pro-Russian Georgian Dream installed loyalist Mikheil Kavelashvili despite ongoing protests.

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tonsanx2.bsky.social @tonsanx2.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘A collective anxiety attack’: the psychology of unexplained drone sightings across Europe

Incursions have so far caused few physical effects but experts say such incidents can leave people feeling more vulnerable

www.theguardian.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3d

The only real use of AI I see at a moment is as yet another tool of oligarchic state control

It is used to control knowledge, destroy education (in its emancipatory understanding) and ultimately curtail democratic imagination at a time when authoritarian measures become the norm

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3d

This is exactly what has happened and it’s the root of our current crises but it cannot be addressed, because any attempt to analyse it is immediately going to have to explain why politicians and media united behind a heavily choreographed project of deliberately defrauding the public.

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Mike Brady @mikebrady.bsky.social · 7d

They didn’t question why Musk, the EV guy, backed a climate change liar for President.

Why he said vote Reform UK & AfD when they too will kill net zero.

Or notice how DOGE threats led the FAA to clear his exploding Starships for launch.

Or that Musk fell out with Trump over who is NASA Director.

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Elin L’Estrange 🌹 @elinlestrange.bsky.social · 3d

Dette er hat forresten, og det er ikke tilfeldig at det er Greta Thunberg de gjør det med. Det finnes et entusiastisk publikum for denne mishandlingen, og dette er ment for dem.

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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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 4d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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