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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 22m

National Guard troops will help cities with their cyber defenses under a new effort: www.businessinsider.com/national-gua...

Army National Guard soldiers are readying to defend cities from hackers

Amid increasing cyberattack risks, the Army National Guard is testing a pilot program in five cities to help local cybersecurity efforts.

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1h

The US military talks about fast-tracking the latest tech. Ukraine fields it.

Case in point: This real-time AI scanner for mines and ambush drones www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-st...

A Ukrainian startup is turning to AI to outsmart the Russian ambush drones blowing up supply trucks

Ukrainian firm Dropla originally made an AI algorithm that lets drones scout for Russian landmines, but is expanding it to detect quadcopters too.

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1h

The commando on the left with the laser designator is about to be out of a job (from 1994's "Clear and Present Danger"): www.businessinsider.com/us-drone-mak...

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 6h

A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.

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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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 3h

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 2h

This is a necessary and unsettling read from Just Security: "A label that once guided [internal] document handling now operates as a filter on what journalists can report without fear of potential prosecution."

Kate Brannen @k8brannen.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration has "multiplied the circumstances in which reporting can be cast as 'unauthorized.'"

Brian O'Neill and David Schulz on how the Espionage Act could be weaponized to go after reporters and whistleblowers: www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...

Weaponizing the Espionage Act: What It Means for Whistleblowers, Reporters, and Democracy

How the Trump administration could weaponize the Espionage Act and its chilling effect to control the press and justify suppression.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4h

Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 4h

"If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr"
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 5h

Ukraine is increasingly turning to helicopters as Shahed-hunters, via @byjepstein.bsky.social: www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-send...

Ukraine forms new helicopter units to fight off Russia's nightly drone attacks

Helicopters with guns have increasingly become an important part of Ukraine's air defense network.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 5h

NPR’s Tom Bowman today is handing in the Pentagon press pass he has held for 28 years. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

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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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 8h

"Instead of toeing the official line, that reporting helped people understand what U.S. troops were really facing." NPR's Tom Bowman says Pentagon press restrictions are a loss for the American people's right to know

Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 10h

With no reporters able to ask questions, it seems the Pentagon leadership will rely on slick social media posts, carefully orchestrated short videos and interviews with partisan commentators and podcasters.

No one should think that's good enough. “

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

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 · 20h

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...

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1d

A US general says he's learning to make decisions at machine speed: www.businessinsider.com/even-top-gen...

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Israeli couple who became symbol of Oct. 7 tragedy are reunited with a kiss for the ages — two years after being torn apart

Israeli couple who became symbol of Oct. 7 tragedy are reunited with a kiss

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1d

"It feels like we're walking toward death," an aid seeker told my @businessinsider.com colleague in this powerful video from Gaza: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoTZ...

Inside Gaza’s Deadly Food Economy | View From Above | Business Insider

YouTube video by Business Insider

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not signing, and neither are my colleagues.

But the work continues.

Danlamothe.30 on Signal.

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1d

The "fail fast" approach is really only as good as the oversight built in to catch bad ideas early, @chrispanella.bsky.social reports: www.businessinsider.com/us-armys-pus...

The Army's putting move fast, fail fast, fix fast to the test with its new command and control system

The US Army's command and control system, NGC2, is a prime example of the service's new approach to developing weapons.

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 1d

"If it goes long enough, I won't be able to afford to pay for my medical expenses or medications." via @julianakaplan.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/government-s...

It's a bittersweet payday for federal workers: 'A lot of us are living paycheck to paycheck'

Friday's paycheck marks the financial impact of the shutdown on workers.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

The hostages in Gaza are returned to Israel and nearly 2,000 Palestinians are freed from Israeli jails under a cease-fire deal that Trump calls "the end of the war" in Gaza. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Are Freed as Trump Hails ‘Historic Dawn’ in Mideast

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Chris Panella @chrispanella.bsky.social · 1d

New story from me on what the US Army’s new command and control system, NGC2, says about the service’s larger shift towards rapid, Silicon Valley-esque procurement of weapons and tech
www.businessinsider.com/us-armys-pus...

The Army's putting move fast, fail fast, fix fast to the test with its new command and control system

The US Army's command and control system, NGC2, is a prime example of the service's new approach to developing weapons.

www.businessinsider.com

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John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a big deal that living hostages + Palestinian prisoners were exchanged today. Without discounting that, it’s also worth emphasizing that getting Trump’s peace plan across the finish line + laying the foundations for long-term peace will be very hard: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/09/t...

The Biggest Hurdles to the Next Phase of Trump’s Gaza Deal

Major issues like Hamas’s disarmament remain unresolved.

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Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3d

I was told they were trying to cut down on mandatory training events.

VoteVets @votevets.org · 4d

Is this the military or is this kindergarten? What's next, demanding your mommy sign a note explaining why you didn't eat your entire MRE?

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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