Matt
@noteseer.bsky.social
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Looks like someone finally found a use for crypto.
Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding
The use of cryptocurrency in sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds nearly doubled in 2025, according to a conservative estimate. Many of the deals are happening in plain sight.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Looks like someone finally found a use for crypto.
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Fire Walk with Me
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Fire Walk with Me
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All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.
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The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
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Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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Mackenzie Crook’s rural dreamscape #Detectorists published by #PenguinBooks (and its offshoots) down the years. 🧵
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April 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mackenzie Crook’s rural dreamscape #Detectorists published by #PenguinBooks (and its offshoots) down the years. 🧵
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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I have yet to receive a reply to this from anyone in the Green Party - my image and quote appear under the title "Everyone Agrees, Labour Are Done!". As the excerpt from the same article quoted here I reproduce below makes clear, I do not "agree". This clearly misrepresents my views.
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I have yet to receive a reply to this from anyone in the Green Party - my image and quote appear under the title "Everyone Agrees, Labour Are Done!". As the excerpt from the same article quoted here I reproduce below makes clear, I do not "agree". This clearly misrepresents my views.
Latrigg view v4. Adding some little buildings and hedges. Not sure if I want to do any more although I might take another look at the sky.
#art #digitalart #painting #rebelle #lakedistrict
#art #digitalart #painting #rebelle #lakedistrict
February 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Latrigg view v4. Adding some little buildings and hedges. Not sure if I want to do any more although I might take another look at the sky.
#art #digitalart #painting #rebelle #lakedistrict
#art #digitalart #painting #rebelle #lakedistrict
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I had intended to post something about this new Google DeepMind paper that appeared yesterday in Nature, but the press coverage has added to what there is to say. So this is a long 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome - Nature
AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that inputs 1-Mb DNA sequence to predict functional genomic tracks at single-base resolution across diverse modalities, outperforms existing models in variant effect...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I had intended to post something about this new Google DeepMind paper that appeared yesterday in Nature, but the press coverage has added to what there is to say. So this is a long 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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Was the 'Cambridge Phenomenon' a happy accident of local grit or a 70-year national policy success story?
Interested in helping us map out the role of national government in Cambridge’s growth?
We’re hiring a Research Associate at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk to find out.
#Cambridge #PolicySky
Interested in helping us map out the role of national government in Cambridge’s growth?
We’re hiring a Research Associate at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk to find out.
#Cambridge #PolicySky
Research Assistant/Associate
The project is funded by The Productivity Institute. Fixed term funding is available until 31st March 2027. Applications are invited for a Research Associate / Assistant at the new Bennett School of
www.cam.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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For those in or around London, @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social, @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social, and @ukstoptrump.bsky.social are hosting a vigil for Alex Pretti and all victims of U.S. ICE violence.
Saturday, Jan. 31 at 18:00
US Embassy
33 Nine Elms Lane, London
Saturday, Jan. 31 at 18:00
US Embassy
33 Nine Elms Lane, London
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
For those in or around London, @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social, @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social, and @ukstoptrump.bsky.social are hosting a vigil for Alex Pretti and all victims of U.S. ICE violence.
Saturday, Jan. 31 at 18:00
US Embassy
33 Nine Elms Lane, London
Saturday, Jan. 31 at 18:00
US Embassy
33 Nine Elms Lane, London
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I mean, we all laugh at David Cameron because he fucked it into the sun chasing the votes of racist pensioners, but he did at least get a few of them, and not none.
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I mean, we all laugh at David Cameron because he fucked it into the sun chasing the votes of racist pensioners, but he did at least get a few of them, and not none.
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If anyone with an ear into Cambridge transport reads this - the A bus from Trumpington P&R is a great route for getting to Addenbrooke's. But it is woefully signed. Nearly all the passengers getting on at the P&R end have to ask, is this the bus to the hospital? 1/
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If anyone with an ear into Cambridge transport reads this - the A bus from Trumpington P&R is a great route for getting to Addenbrooke's. But it is woefully signed. Nearly all the passengers getting on at the P&R end have to ask, is this the bus to the hospital? 1/
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
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📢ICE GET THE HELL OUT OF MINNESOTA.
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
📢ICE GET THE HELL OUT OF MINNESOTA.
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
Minnesotans please join tomorrow’s ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom here: iceoutnowmn.com
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
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The UK needs #DigitalSovereignty.
This means running our services and critical infrastructure on homegrown open source tech that's beyond the reach of foreign political interference, whether it's the US, China or Israel.
We urge you to support the Early Day Motion tabled by @sianberry.bsky.social.
This means running our services and critical infrastructure on homegrown open source tech that's beyond the reach of foreign political interference, whether it's the US, China or Israel.
We urge you to support the Early Day Motion tabled by @sianberry.bsky.social.
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The UK needs #DigitalSovereignty.
This means running our services and critical infrastructure on homegrown open source tech that's beyond the reach of foreign political interference, whether it's the US, China or Israel.
We urge you to support the Early Day Motion tabled by @sianberry.bsky.social.
This means running our services and critical infrastructure on homegrown open source tech that's beyond the reach of foreign political interference, whether it's the US, China or Israel.
We urge you to support the Early Day Motion tabled by @sianberry.bsky.social.
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Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Starmer maybe rightly doesn’t take bait each time but he needs an outrider - a semi-licensed “off message” attack dog - to make Haw-Haw Farage pay for sucking up to the guy who denigrates British war dead.