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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 23h

In case you missed it, we've put together a Banned Books t-shirt in support of in support of our good friends at @404media.co, @transjournalists.org and @themarshallproject.org. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

It’s Banned Books Week. Want to find out about censorship in your backyard? Join the FOIAs tour

Our good friends at 404 Media, the Trans Journalists Association and the Marshall Project have all been filing requests to find out what books are banned and where, so we decided it was time to hit th...

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 1d

Dutch troops confront unidentified drones during NATO exercises in Poland tvpworld.com/89462610/uni...

Drones harass Dutch soldiers exercising in Poland

Dutch soldiers are in Poland as part of NATO’s Falcon Autumn exercise.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 2d

5 million of them are about research

graph showing Timelapse of 4,949,864 posts linking to research items

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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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Anomaly Archives @anomalyarchives.bsky.social · 4d

The Cold War and UFOs presented by Erica Lukes & Jack Brewer Of Expanding Frontiers Research, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, For Anomaly Archives Patrons
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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 5d

Don't let the rise of misinformation get you down! Check out our Learning How to Learn series, a video collection of qualified individuals speaking to the challenges. Freely provided on YouTube & at the EFR Patreon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHms...

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

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 6d

The link to Tanner's latest blogpost: tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/manifestuf...

Manifest(uf)o III

The Interminable Utility of the UFO to the Western Defense Blob, or: Seven Examples of How the MID Benefits from Playing the Same Old UFO Tune

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 6d

The thorough Tanner F. Boyle @tannerfboyle.bsky.social once again demonstrates that the people who ask why the government would perpetuate UFO myths pretty much don't look for why the government perpetuates UFO myths. If they did, they'd find plenty of valid reasons.

Tanner F. Boyle, Getting Spooked @tannerfboyle.bsky.social · 6d

At the very least, a conclusion is reached: Ufology is a no-lose scenario for the defense apparatus and the people who benefit from it being soldered onto the American psyche. Read more to find out why.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 8d

See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 7d

While federal FOIA offices close during the government shut down, opportunities to obtain and review significant records continue at many regional and local agencies.

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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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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 8d

"It was the 21st century, morale was low, and weary evidence-based researchers had grown tired of operating multiple social media accounts and searching the internet for sustainable websites to host their content..."

a man is sitting in front of a computer screen that says " matrix " on it

Alt: A man is working on a computer screen ala The Matrix.

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 9d

Judge rules lawsuits adequately allege Harvard failed to put adequate systems in place that could have prevented dismembering donated bodies; bringing people into the morgue to buy body parts; & taking parts home to sell - for years. 12 lawsuits represent 47 relatives contending school's complicity.

Reuters @reuters.com · 9d

Harvard must face lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager, court rules reut.rs/4gWN225

Harvard must face lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager, court rules

Harvard University can be sued by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue, Massachusetts' top court ruled on Monday.

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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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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 10d

Two FOIA appeals submitted today. All part of the process.

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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 · 10d

EFR: DOE Human Subjects Research

DOE Human Subjects Research | Expanding Frontiers Research

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 10d

Our blogpost on FBI interest in UFO *people* continues to get traffic, linked from a paranormal news site & a former NSA officer's substack, among other places. This material tends to attract those sincerely interested in UFO-world machinations. 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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FRINGE QUEST @fringequest.bsky.social · 10d

EFR: DOE Human Subjects Research

DOE Human Subjects Research | Expanding Frontiers Research

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 10d

In June 2024, @ericalukes.bsky.social spoke at length with Dr. Brian Moench of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social about forever chemicals, poisons being sprayed by Utah agencies, & other environmental issues facing Utahns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgF8...

Fight for the Future: The Power of Environmental and Human Rights Activism with Dr. Brian Moench

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 10d

"In Utah, 220 facilities reported toxic chemical releases in 2024, according to the most recent TRI report, released this week.

"That year, they released 243.2 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment — the third-highest total in the nation, trailing only Texas and Alaska."

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 10d

As Utah families welcomed children in the 1970s and ’80s, many lived near refineries and manufacturers that were releasing toxins.

Utah study: Industrial pollution linked to intellectual disabilities in grandchildren

As Utah families welcomed children in the 1970s and ’80s, many lived near refineries and manufacturers that were releasing toxins.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 11d

See which facilities in Utah are releasing toxic chemicals near where you live, based on newly released data for 2024.

See how many toxic chemicals were released in your Utah neighborhood last year

See which facilities in Utah are releasing toxic chemicals near where you live, based on newly released data for 2024.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 11d

Great to see researchers building next generation tools for curating/augmenting social media feeds. There remain sticky challenges for incentivizing and sustaining use of tools like these, but design (eg around attention dynamics) has played a role in where we are right now, and can help get us out.

Manoel Horta Ribeiro @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social · 29d

Social media feeds today are optimized for engagement, often leading to misalignment between users' intentions and technology use.

In a new paper, we introduce Bonsai, a tool to create feeds based on stated preferences, rather than predicted engagement.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.10776

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Expanding Frontiers Research @expandingfrontiersresearch.org · 11d

The EFR blog has posts on UFO contactees' potential connections to espionage crimes, law enforcement records about suspicious activity at Area 51, how the Los Alamos Lab ties into such research, & related FBI informants. All that glitters is not UFO. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/blog

The header of a 1954 FBI memo indicating interest in purported UFO contactee Truman Bethurum concerning espionage.

Signs at an Area 51 gate, indicating no trespassing, photography or drones.

A 1995 aerial view of the Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Writers Ivan Sanderson and Hans Santesson, who advised FBI in 1958 of subversive activity within the UFO genre and indicated they were willing to keep the Bureau informed.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11d

The National Security Agency ‘expedited’ a FOIA request — then took 1,827 days to process it.

The Defense Department ‘expedited’ another — it took 1,119 days.

Now, Trump wants requesters to pay $50k if a court expedites a FOIA lawsuit?

No way.

Expedite a FOIA lawsuit? Trump administration wants $50K first

Pay-to-play comes for Freedom of Information Act litigation

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