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Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social · 19h

Video: The Mark Hofmann Bombings: Two killed in targeted bomb attacks in Salt Lake City - KSLTV.com

On Oct. 15, 1985, two people died in nail-riddled pipe bombs in Salt Lake City, Utah. The two killed were Steven Christensen and Kathleen Sheets, and soon after

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Ziggy Zyzygy @ziggyzyzygy.bsky.social · 3d

Chatbots learn by example.

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Chatbot Malnutrition – Be Careful What You Feed Them

It turns out the proverb ‘you are what you eat’ applies to AI large language models (LLMs). Training LLM software with content exemplifying self-serving actions seems to have partially fostered und…

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Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social · 2d

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 9d

Gov. Cox signed off on the Utah Legislature's preferred new congressional map, which will continue to split Salt Lake County across multiple districts.

A judge must still approve it before it can be implemented.

Republican lawmakers picked their preferred congressional redistricting map. See what district you’d be in.

Utah Republican lawmakers pushed through a new congressional map that would give their party an advantage in all four of the state’s U.S. House districts — but would give the minority Democrats at least a fighting chance in one competitive district.

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 10d

The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information responded to our FOIA request for an unclassified list of Human Subjects Research by providing informative links to a lot of opensource material. We made a public post with the response along with related info at our Patreon page. Check it out:

FRINGE QUEST @fringequest.bsky.social · 11d

EFR: DOE Human Subjects Research

DOE Human Subjects Research | Expanding Frontiers Research

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 9d

“Counterintelligence is misunderstood as just another intelligence function, [Pentagon CI advisor Shane McNeil] said, but counterspies do not merely collect information. They also deny, deceive, manipulate and disrupt foreign spy operations.“ www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

Pentagon urged to wage counterintelligence warfare against China, Russia

Foreign spy services from China, Russia and elsewhere are engaged in low-level warfare targeting the U.S., and American counterspies should be “operationalized” to defeat them, said a counterintellige...

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Let Utah Read @letutahread.bsky.social · 15d

On Fri., Oct.3, we'll be tabling with Let Davis Read at the WSU Unity conference!! Join us and other organizations as we talk about how far censorship has gotten.
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Unity Conference

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 16d

Several FOIA requests & related research culminate in our latest blogpost:

UFO FOIA Records Often Reflect Espionage Investigations

Intelligence agency interest in UFOs was typically about people, not saucers

www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/ufo-foi...

UFO FOIA Records Often Reflect Espionage Investigations

Intelligence agency interest in UFOs was typically about people, not saucers

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OVNI66 @ovni66.bsky.social · 16d

The good side of ufology is about real witnesses, their perception, pedagogy, psychology and all the topics investigators have to know to resolve cases: astronomy, astronautic, weather, airplanes etc. The bad side is misinformation of manipulated believers. I’ve met a lot of extremists among them.

Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 16d

The UFO genre has a long history of turning the other cheek when political extremism supports saucer stories. The UFO topic was used to covertly promote such political ideologies, according to mid-20th century FBI records, informants & researchers. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/ufo-foi...

The Aug. 12, 1942, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported William Dudley Pelley was sentenced to 15 years in prison on sedition charges. He would serve several years before being paroled in 1950.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 21d

And during all of this, we have fewer disability reporters at national publications than when we started the year.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 22d

Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
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CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure

Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 26d

When government records disappear, who protects our history?

James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster explain how to keep our history & democracy accessible in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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Cover of the book Preserving Government Information: Past, Present & Future by James A. Jacobs & James R. Jacobs.

Podcast cover for Episode #9 of "Future Knowledge" titled "Preserving Government Information." The design features portraits of the three guests—James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs & Shari Laster—arranged in a grid. Surrounding them are collage-style retro-futuristic elements, including a classical statue head, a vintage computer with the word "NEW" on its screen, a modernist observation tower, and abstract architectural shapes. The title uses bold, blocky typography, giving the cover a vintage sci-fi aesthetic.

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Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social · 29d

BTW, if so-called UFO investigators were sincerely interested in learning more about reported sightings as compared to perpetuating mystery, this is the type of research more of them might do; cross-reference known military activities, satellite re-entries, etc., with reports of UFOs.

A short thread of tweets about efforts to learn more about Project Palladium through various resources, including the Freedom of Information Act.

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The Cipher Brief @thecipherbrief.bsky.social · 28d

“War footing” looks different in East and West – but increasingly, the continent is focused on defense.
#TheCipherBrief

Europe Prepares for War

“War footing” looks different in East and West – but increasingly, the continent is focused on defense

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 29d

FBI has set up an online form for victims of the SafeMoon investment scheme. forms.fbi.gov/victims/Safe...

Seeking Victim Information in Safemoon LLC Investment Fraud Scheme

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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · Sep 15

FOIA alert 🚨🚨🚨

USAID (like DOE some months ago), is due to publish a notice that claims to mass cancel all #FOIAs submitted before Jan 20, unless the requester emails them.

This is, once again, wildly illegal.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17820.pdf
H/T Michael Ravnitzky

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · Sep 14

Read our latest research delving into a mid-20th century mix of purported UFO contactees, political extremists, & FBI informants keeping the Bureau advised of developments. Sources include declassified FBI & NSA records. www.patreon.com/posts/purpor...

Purported UFO Contactee Truman Bethurum FBI Records | Expanding Frontiers Research

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Cassini Saturn mission ended with its "Grand Finale" #OTD in 2017.

To avoid the possibility of colliding with and possibly contaminating one of Saturn’s moons, the probe incinerated itself by plunging into the planet's atmosphere. 🧪 🔭

Video: Artist's conception, from a NASA/JPL-Caltech video

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The Integrity Project @tipazorg.bsky.social · Sep 9

The U.S. faces ongoing #disinformation campaigns directed at science, often led by ideological groups, business interests, foreign governments, and uncertified health influencers, noted research scientists @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social write in @theguardian.com.

Science is under siege from weaponized disinformation – posing a threat to human civilization — The Integrity Project

As two scientists who lived through Australia’s black summer bushfires and the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, we have seen firsthand how science in modern societies is under siege from an even ...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Sep 9

Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.

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Robert Guffey @robertguffey.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm very pleased to announce that Nick Mamatas of StarShipSofa recently bought a reprint of my bizarre dark fantasy story "Initiation." Doni Nicoll-Duir did a fantastic job narrating this peculiar tale: cryptoscatology.blogspot.com/2025/09/init...

#starshipsofa
#lethepress
#cryptopolis
#bizarro

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · Sep 4

NEW post for paid subscribers. EFR obtained a 2012 letter from an MD to the Thurston County Health Dept, describing ill-advised activities led by a drunken JZ Knight. Also obtained from the Prosecutor's Office are related emails, affidavits, images & more. www.patreon.com/posts/prosec...

Prosecutor's Office Provides Ramtha Records | Expanding Frontiers Research

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FRINGE QUEST @fringequest.bsky.social · Aug 30

Learning How to Learn Review: Fact-check Like a Pro

YouTube video by Expanding Frontiers Research

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Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you, Jack. It is always a blast to have conversation with you.
I’d also like to thank
‪@weirdreadsemily.bsky.social for the YouTube thumbnail. I love it!

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · Aug 29

Live tonight, Aug 29, 7pm Eastern, EFR’s Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social is joined by Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social on an episode of UFO Classified. m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-JT...

AREA 51, THE FBI AND INFORMANTS

YouTube video by UFO Classified with Erica Lukes

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · Aug 27

Law enforcement records obtained by EFR reveal Dreamland Resort webmaster was confronted outside Area 51 with German nationals & a drone less than six months before search warrants were served at his properties. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/dreamla...

Dreamland Webmaster Was at Area 51 with Drone Before FBI Raid

Police responded to webmaster and foreign nationals at Area 51

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