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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 1h

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Bryan Godbe @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 12h

“Extreme weather is battering installations from Guam to North Carolina and fueling instability in regions overseas where American forces may be called to intervene.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops

For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather

www.theguardian.com

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4h

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 1d

October 1775: The Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, after much deliberation, authorizes the creation of a critical element for the Revolutionary struggle: a fighting fleet. usni.org/magazines/n...

Birth of a Navy | Naval History - October 2025, Volume 39, Number 5

October 1775: The Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, after much deliberation, authorizes the creation of a critical element for the Revolutionary struggle: a fighting fleet.

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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 6h

Chinese Cutters Ram Philippine Fishery Vessels in Spratly Islands — USNI News
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Chinese Cutters Ram Philippine Fishery Vessels in Spratly Islands - USNI News

Chinese cutters rammed and water cannoned two Philippine fishery vessels near Sandy Cay and Thitu Island over the weekend in the latest spat between the two countries in the South China Sea. The incid...

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 6h

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6h

Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says

Willamette Week reported federal agents allegedly blocked an ambulance from quickly leaving with an injured protester on Oct. 5.

www.oregonlive.com

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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 6h

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For many people, their cell phone is their most essential possession. It knows everything about them and follows them>

Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 7h

“You need to be tracking everyone that is close to them. If you know their bodyguards, if you know their spouses, if you know their kids. All those phones are very essential for the eventual killing of someone, you know.”

This really is one helluva story.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 7h

Amid questions of whether or not any of this is legal, paychecks are rolling out to troops today. Some are reporting discrepancies, including not being paid in full. New by @dflawrence.bsky.social @taskandpurpose.com

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 7h

Troops are starting to get paid, but aren’t out of the woods as the shutdown continues trib.al/EhWxqW3

Troops are starting to get paid, but aren't out of the woods as the shutdown continues

Troops reported receiving paychecks Tuesday after the Pentagon diverted funds to cover payroll during the government shutdown.

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 7h

Troops are starting to get paid, but aren’t out of the woods as the shutdown continues trib.al/EhWxqW3

Troops are starting to get paid, but aren't out of the woods as the shutdown continues

Troops reported receiving paychecks Tuesday after the Pentagon diverted funds to cover payroll during the government shutdown.

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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 7h

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Michelle @footnoted.bsky.social · 7h

Earlier today, $JPM reported $14.4 billion in income for Q3, so I thought it would be a good time to call Chase and see if they were willing to lower the rate on my Sapphire Card, which renews soon at $1185 for the year for 3 cards. No dice, so card will be cancelled.

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.

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#Water #Chile #Batteries #Lithium #Atacama

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 11h

Snowing on #MammothMountainCA

www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mount...

Main Lodge Cam | Mammoth Mountain

Check out live views from the Mammoth Mountain Main Lodge Cam. Catch real-time live action from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 12h

A look at the "absolute devastation" in western Alaska today reminds us that climate change will continue to inflict suffering on the people who are least responsible for it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One dead and two missing after typhoon remnants lash western Alaska

Over 50 people rescued in Alaska while severe weather kills woman in New York City

www.theguardian.com

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 11h

The Trump admin is laying off nearly 200 CISA employees & forcing dozens more to take new jobs at other agencies (sometimes across the country) or quit.

Morale & productivity are sinking at the already-depleted agency, further jeopardizing US cybersecurity.

My story w/ new details: bit.ly/3KLoptn

Layoffs, reassignments further deplete CISA

Some CISA staffers have been pushed out, while others are being told to move across the country for jobs outside their skill sets.

www.cybersecuritydive.com

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 12h

..."outposts or on patrols, we would learn the truth was far more complicated. I'm still in touch with many of those soldiers and Marines we met long ago. I'm having a beer with one of them the end of this week. They want the truth to get out, too. "

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Gidget Fuentes @gidgetfuentes.bsky.social · 12h

"We got to know soldiers and Marines over the years while embedding with them, talking with them and getting their perspective, which was often far different from what we were told officially at the Pentagon. Sometimes officials at the Pentagon would declare progress or success. Out in dusty combat

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12h

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of this data, such as the T-Mobile leak, is now encrypted thanks to the researchers' work. But all of it was obtained from a single dish on the roof of a building in San Diego. These findings are based on just 15% of geostationary satellite signals over the US and Mexico.

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

But some of the data the researchers found was even more sensitive: US and Mexican military and law enforcement communications that revealed the locations of personnel, equipment, and facilities. Industrial control system communications to power grids and offshore oil and gas.

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

A local candidate in the suburbs of New York City will remain on the November ballot, despite vanishing months ago after a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

A candidate disappeared months ago after an ocean swim. Can he still win?

A local candidate in the suburbs of New York City will remain on the November ballot, despite vanishing months ago after a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 1d

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/driscoll-vows-silicon-valley-model-is-the-future-for-the-army/

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army

At AUSA 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll took aim at traditional primes, saying the future Army will “break down barriers until we measure acquisitions not in years and billions, but months and thousands."

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