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by Francesco Nicoli

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It's always both slightly insulting and quite satisfying when I go to master theses defences and the guards stop me thinking I am one of the graduating students rather than one of the examining professors.

I guess when this stops happening I'll finally have myself graduated into middle-agehood.
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I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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by Francesco Nicoli

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Scale, scale, scale.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d
Chinese shipments of fiber-optic cables to Russia grew almost tenfold between July and August, after hitting record highs in May and then again in June, according to the data from China’s customs office. Exports of lithium-ion batteries, probably used to power the drones, also shot up over summer.
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Chinese shipments of fiber-optic cables to Russia grew almost tenfold between July and August, after hitting record highs in May and then again in June, according to the data from China’s customs office. Exports of lithium-ion batteries, probably used to power the drones, also shot up over summer.
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maks23.bsky.social
🇨🇳⚠️WP: China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, increasing exports over the summer of key components needed to make the fiber-optic drones that have enabled Moscow to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses on the front lines.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Incredible amount of China-panic over at the other place, apparently they might be trying to influence the UK away from democracy.

Funnily enough not mentioned is the other superpower whose leaders have explicitly stated their intentions in that direction.
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akhilrao.bsky.social
data evaporates from the lake, collects in the cloud, and returns to the lake anew via breaches
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
We are extremely concerned Ukraine will be able to use on us the same type of weapons we've been using on them for 3 years and 8 months.

It isn't an escalation when we do it.
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RAF spy planes patrol almost entire NATO border with Russia

https://www.byteseu.com/1445612/

Two Royal Air Force aircraft have carried out extensive surveillance flights along NATO’s eastern frontier, covering the entire stretch from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea, the UK Defence Journal …
RAF spy planes patrol almost entire NATO border with Russia - Bytes Europe
According to flight tracking data, a P-8A Poseidon from RAF Lossiemouth and an RC-135W Rivet Joint from RAF Waddington undertook complementary missions
www.byteseu.com
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wartranslated.bsky.social
Russian State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov said Moscow could strike US cities if Ukraine uses Tomahawk missiles, as this would mean "direct US participation." Where have we heard that before?
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by Francesco Nicoli

francesconicoli.bsky.social
Prank del mese: andare al Mercato del Tartufo di Alba vestito da Guardia di Finanza.
Con un taccuino.
E prendere appunti.
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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andydiggle.bsky.social
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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lizwebster.bsky.social
🚨 Starmer’s New Spin:

Starmer will blame Farage and Brexit for looming tax hikes and hopes people won’t notice that he hasn’t spent a year doubling down on the same failed Brexit economics.

Starmer is merely repeating Brexit lies, trying to make Brexit work by selling Britain off cheap.
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Because the Global Financial Crisis and the Eurozone Crisis that followed have largely been memory holed 20 years later, a friendly reminder that after economic destabilisation the crises then ran out of control because of political failures such as TARP delay and slow Eurozone state responses
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The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
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by Francesco Nicoli

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That's another level for a Slaanesh Knight conversion
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Distinguished Herbert West Fellow, Miskatonic Institute Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 5d
“<reading my own posts> “this guy gets it”” (2025)
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by Francesco Nicoli

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Why trolling?
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“<reading my own posts> “this guy gets it”” (2025)
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flux.community
Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change
What Charlie Kirk knew
The slain co-founder of Turning Point was a masterful political organizer—and a religious extremist
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A military explosives facility blew up in Tennessee, United States today.

Several people are still missing, there are reports that some have died, according to CNN.

Rescuers are not able to step in fully due to the risk of secondary explosions.
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maks23.bsky.social
🤔 Z-propagandist Anastasia Kashevarova announces mass repressions and purges in Russia.

The regime continues to descend into madness and consume itself.
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maks23.bsky.social
🇿🇦🤔 Russia has begun secretly purchasing lasers from South Africa for installation on kamikaze drones, - The Moscow Times

South Africa is baffled as to how products intended for civilian use ended up on kamikaze drones and blames "unscrupulous" buyers.
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔
Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.
Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.
www.businessinsider.com
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annabower.bsky.social
Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”
October 10, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs- 00596545 POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation. To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale. Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge. /s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik taylordykema.com
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militarynewsua.bsky.social
❗️The 🇨🇿Czech Army is recording an increasing number of cases of unidentified drones appearing over its own military facilities and near important infrastructure facilities in the country.
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halushka.bsky.social
Use frozen russian assets now — to ensure that russia can't freeze Ukraine this winter.
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