ryan fae
@ryan.staticnoi.se
investigative reporter / OSINTer (english-language editor @crimew.gay, contributor @geoconfirmed.org @virtualstreets.org etc.)
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· Sep 20
for every 1 unauthorized material that journalists don't obtain, gay furry hackers will obtain 69 unauthorized materials.
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
my signal is rhinozz.1337, and @crimew.gay's is nyancrimew.01. tip to us!
in an effort to not argue on the tl about how calling a whole class of people bound by circumstance 'uneducated' is bad, i'll discuss the media part here.
it's a times problem, and it's twofold:
1. both-sides reporting, which helps spread ideas like the below
2. the 'i must quote all takes' paradox
it's a times problem, and it's twofold:
1. both-sides reporting, which helps spread ideas like the below
2. the 'i must quote all takes' paradox
This is gonna sound harsh but you gotta stop talking to these hicks out in bumfuck towns. I know these people. They know less than nothing, it all comes from newsmax and facebook. They live in a fantasy world and everything they have is because of the cities they hate. They aren’t real Americans.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
in an effort to not argue on the tl about how calling a whole class of people bound by circumstance 'uneducated' is bad, i'll discuss the media part here.
it's a times problem, and it's twofold:
1. both-sides reporting, which helps spread ideas like the below
2. the 'i must quote all takes' paradox
it's a times problem, and it's twofold:
1. both-sides reporting, which helps spread ideas like the below
2. the 'i must quote all takes' paradox
will be super useful for tracking (wild)fires!!
For the first time, #Copernicus Sentinel-2A has captured night‑time images of Earth, spotting gas flares in the Middle East, wildfires in India and even fishing boats in South Korea.
The results from these tests are being used to prepare for Sentinel‑2 Next Generation.
The results from these tests are being used to prepare for Sentinel‑2 Next Generation.
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
will be super useful for tracking (wild)fires!!
Reposted by ryan fae
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Reposted by ryan fae
NEW: When Nick Benson (@ottergoose.net) put out the call for dashcams to film ICE, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis.
"We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members."
"We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members."
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
www.404media.co
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
NEW: When Nick Benson (@ottergoose.net) put out the call for dashcams to film ICE, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis.
"We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members."
"We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members."
i am deeply concerned about this and doubly deeply concerned about the amount of bluesky commenters — including people that follow me — that say the reporter 'had it coming.'
if you think *any* journalist has done *anything* that makes state violence okay you need to unfollow me stat
if you think *any* journalist has done *anything* that makes state violence okay you need to unfollow me stat
Breaking news: The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
i am deeply concerned about this and doubly deeply concerned about the amount of bluesky commenters — including people that follow me — that say the reporter 'had it coming.'
if you think *any* journalist has done *anything* that makes state violence okay you need to unfollow me stat
if you think *any* journalist has done *anything* that makes state violence okay you need to unfollow me stat
"Cum guy appears to have departed."
Crowd has shrunk considerably (wind is brutal tonight). Couple dozen still yelling at the feds. Cum guy appears to have departed.
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
"Cum guy appears to have departed."
sometimes when i say i'm "running a few minutes late" i was early but am in a riveting text convo that i want to continue for a little bit longer. sometimes i haven't gotten out of bed yet. what a versatile phrase
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
sometimes when i say i'm "running a few minutes late" i was early but am in a riveting text convo that i want to continue for a little bit longer. sometimes i haven't gotten out of bed yet. what a versatile phrase
want to note this terrific illo by Ben Hickey for Mother Jones!
Under Trump, the wars will continue—from Chicago to Caracas. It’s not a reckless adventure; it’s all part of the plan.
Until Trump says it isn’t.
Until Trump says it isn’t.
Donald Trump was never antiwar
MAGA's critique of globalism always left room for conflict.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
want to note this terrific illo by Ben Hickey for Mother Jones!
you should know that this helps local journalists with their livethreads and social media alerts as well as the rapid response groups it is intended for!!!
January 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
you should know that this helps local journalists with their livethreads and social media alerts as well as the rapid response groups it is intended for!!!
Reposted by ryan fae
Free Speech Union donor data (402 KB)
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
ddosecrets.com/article/free...
Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
ddosecrets.com/article/free...
Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Free Speech Union donor data (402 KB)
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
ddosecrets.com/article/free...
Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
A leaked list of donor information for Free Speech Union (FSU), a group associated with far-right activist and eugenicist Toby Young.
ddosecrets.com/article/free...
Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
i need someone to explain to me why exactly people are freaking out at the times over this
This bizarre and dangerous claim violates literally every section of our Constitution, which was built by geniuses explicitly to limit individual power.
Those entrusted with enforcing our Constitution have a duty to every Conservative and Liberal American. A duty to act. Now.
Those entrusted with enforcing our Constitution have a duty to every Conservative and Liberal American. A duty to act. Now.
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
i need someone to explain to me why exactly people are freaking out at the times over this
Reposted by ryan fae
New: A few weeks before Grok started 'digitally undressing' people (and some children) by user request on X, there was a meeting at xAI. Musk expressed frustration over guardrails on what ppl could create w/ Grok Imagine, source tells me.
Elon Musk’s xAI under fire for failing to rein in ‘digital undressing’ | CNN Business
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has been flooded with sexual images of mainly women, many of them real people, by being prompted by users to “digitally undress” them and sometimes placing them in sugges...
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
New: A few weeks before Grok started 'digitally undressing' people (and some children) by user request on X, there was a meeting at xAI. Musk expressed frustration over guardrails on what ppl could create w/ Grok Imagine, source tells me.
Reposted by ryan fae
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
Reposted by ryan fae
i love putting in hours of research work to at best get credited somewhere in prose
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
i love putting in hours of research work to at best get credited somewhere in prose
fun fact from the indie 'investigative' 'journalism' world: sometimes ppl say they're gonna "work some sources" and they actually just get these 'sources' to do work on their behalf
haha
haha
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
fun fact from the indie 'investigative' 'journalism' world: sometimes ppl say they're gonna "work some sources" and they actually just get these 'sources' to do work on their behalf
haha
haha
gbyte has you COVERED if you need elden ring runes AND to stalk your partner AND account boosting on World of Warcraft
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
gbyte has you COVERED if you need elden ring runes AND to stalk your partner AND account boosting on World of Warcraft
Reposted by ryan fae
If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.
confirming via a source that Border Patrol was boots-on-the-ground and moved toward their offices
Chicagoland: it appears Border Patrol is returning to the city. three Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules planes left New Orleans for DuPage County Airport; one, #2016, which was used on Dec. 19 to transport Border Patrol agents, already landed.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
confirming via a source that Border Patrol was boots-on-the-ground and moved toward their offices
Chicagoland: it appears Border Patrol is returning to the city. three Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules planes left New Orleans for DuPage County Airport; one, #2016, which was used on Dec. 19 to transport Border Patrol agents, already landed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Chicagoland: it appears Border Patrol is returning to the city. three Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules planes left New Orleans for DuPage County Airport; one, #2016, which was used on Dec. 19 to transport Border Patrol agents, already landed.
new on stalkerware stupidity ✨
edit by me!
edit by me!
NEW BLOG POST: Gbyte leaks gigabytes of data - #FuckStalkerware pt. 8
the tale of a chinese stalkerware service with fully remote android spying, plus an MMO boosting service and patented ToS violations
maia.crimew.gay/posts/fuckst...
the tale of a chinese stalkerware service with fully remote android spying, plus an MMO boosting service and patented ToS violations
maia.crimew.gay/posts/fuckst...
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
new on stalkerware stupidity ✨
edit by me!
edit by me!
i dislike these plots from a data visualization/expression pov. i think it's teachable _why_ they're, imo, bad plots.
here's your crash course into purposeful data viz :)
🧵
here's your crash course into purposeful data viz :)
🧵
okay so here's a different graph that is interesting. if we look at negative sentiment posts by the age of the account, there is a significant uptick in negative sentiment posts coming from "elder" accounts. this chart here is looking at the past 3 days.
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
i dislike these plots from a data visualization/expression pov. i think it's teachable _why_ they're, imo, bad plots.
here's your crash course into purposeful data viz :)
🧵
here's your crash course into purposeful data viz :)
🧵
deadline for tmw and they had to nerf me by hitting me w the eepy. evil media gods
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
deadline for tmw and they had to nerf me by hitting me w the eepy. evil media gods
Reposted by ryan fae
The Free Speech Union commissioned a "security" report on us, so we tested their security. Turns out - it sucks.
We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign.
www.transbashback.com/fsu.html
xoxo BASH BACK
We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign.
www.transbashback.com/fsu.html
xoxo BASH BACK
BASH BACK
www.transbashback.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The Free Speech Union commissioned a "security" report on us, so we tested their security. Turns out - it sucks.
We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign.
www.transbashback.com/fsu.html
xoxo BASH BACK
We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign.
www.transbashback.com/fsu.html
xoxo BASH BACK
nothing brings me joy like getting a mundane statement from a tech company media line "on background," quoting + attributing it on the record, and emailing it back to them
public affairs departments: back off with the bad-faith information control please lol
public affairs departments: back off with the bad-faith information control please lol
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
nothing brings me joy like getting a mundane statement from a tech company media line "on background," quoting + attributing it on the record, and emailing it back to them
public affairs departments: back off with the bad-faith information control please lol
public affairs departments: back off with the bad-faith information control please lol
*that's* what i'm talking about. terrific viz
The US military conducted an operation on Jan 3 to capture President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. Bellingcat geolocated videos of helicopters involved in the raid, piecing together potential movements of the assault force
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
*that's* what i'm talking about. terrific viz