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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h
Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia
• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)
• Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic.
• Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9h
Operation Loomer is a go 😏
No it’s not. Russia is an authoritarian state under Vladimir Putin. 

Putin literally murdered his political opposition Alexei Navalny. He had him poisoned while he was imprisoned for the crime of challenging Putin. 

Russia’s elections are fake. Putin is a KGB operative who murders anyone who challenges him. 

Of course he “wins” his fake elections. If you murder your opponent you create a paralyzing state of fear so that nobody else challenges you. 

Russian state media is actively and openly amplifying anti-Trump and anti-American propaganda daily, including rhetoric that calls for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons to attack the West. 

Russian state media is controlled by Putin and everyday, their state media accuses Trump of being controlled by Israel and of being a “pedophile protector”.

Russia is not free. Ask anyone who lives there. 

Why should we accept a lie?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 9h
Elon Musk, whose political operation has spent $31 million on the 2026 US midterms, is openly backing Trump’s demand to replace Zelenskyy. The demand echoes the Kremlin’s longstanding pressure for wartime elections in Ukraine, which are prohibited by the constitution under martial law.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8h
Trump openly lies that there is an "Energy Ceasefire" between Russia & Ukraine. Ukrainian officials told FT: “Just now our repair teams are restoring electricity and water supplies in Kyiv [after Russian strikes moments ago]” “Nobody has heard [of the ceasefire].”
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Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Always remember: If you ever think you have an agreement with Donald Trump, you are wrong. You do not. “The two sides described the agreement in very different terms.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So Trump caves after creating a crisis that was massively costly to key US alliances, and will declare victory for, and lie about the scope of, a “deal” that enshrines the status quo ante but leaves what were good faith relations laden with distrust & resentments. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Roger Marshall: I'm sorry gas prices are going up but your national security is more important than your pocketbook
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
fantastic messaging sir, keep up the good work
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Actor Gary Sinise took over 1,000 children of fallen soldiers to Disneyland, free of charge Original post
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A stunning photo of dark clouds topped with a bright rainbow, a rare event called cloud iridescence. Original post
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Kim Philby Was Bad @kimphilbywasbad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Trump is just temporary” says editorial board while making it clear it’s not just Trump.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WE CONTINUALLY THREATENED TO ANNEX THEM FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can tell you that Canadians aren't just paying attention to Canada but the absence of anyone in the American political system to really protest this extraordinary betrayal of what had been our closest ally and treading partner. It's absolutely despicable to see Democrats saying "nuking Manitoba 1/
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Canada’s great European misadventure
Donald Trump is for now. A Brussels bureaucrat is forever.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The "Brussels bureaucrat" is a longtime European neo-Nazi bogeyman, mainstreamed by rightwing pundits who eventually brought the UK Brexit, costing the British economy 6-8% ten years on. Just to make clear what's going on here.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
NEW on “Paper Trail”: You may have heard that President Trump did not attend his eldest son’s wedding. But you know who did? A Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin. And he didn’t just attend the wedding — he bankrolled it. 🎧 Listen to how we found out:
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The Russian Benefactor Who Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/09/2026
A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding. trib.al/t5jOkZf
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“Investigating What?”: Todd Blanche Brushes Off Trump Jr.’s Wedding
A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026
Trump Jr’s wedding appears to have been paid for by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch *linked to the theft and kidnapping of Ukrainian children*. This is both hideously evil and so utterly tawdry. newrepublic.com/post/215371/...
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The Terrifying Person Who Bankrolled Trump Jr.’s Wedding
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, which he described as attended by “just really close friends,” was thanks to an ally of Vladimir Putin.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every major nightly news show covered the breaking story about a Russian oligarch bankrolling Donald Trump Jr's wedding celebration — except CBS.
PBS NewsHour coverage: "Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarchs Close to Putin"ABC World News Tonight coverage: "Report: Oligarch Paid For Trump Jr. Wedding Parties"NBC Nightly News coverage: "Russian Oligarch Pays For Part of Trump Jr. Party"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/09/2026
Trump Jr - who recently received a $620M defense contract - had his wedding bankrolled by a Putin associate. Guests of the wedding recently met with Zelensky to pressure him to give parts of Ukraine to Russia. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Russian Businessman Financed Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Celebrations
Umar Kremlev paid for two nights of celebration after the wedding, Donald Trump Jr. and his wife confirmed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Karsten Lemm @lemmk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“AI labs should be forced to spend a large, fixed percentage on immediate safety measures.” @wsj.com commentary by Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan’s former speechwriter, normally a diehard free-market advocate. Remarkable. #AIsafety #AIregulation www.wsj.com/opinion/paus...
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Opinion | Pause AI for Humanity’s Sake
When something speeds up and gets out of control, it isn’t alarmist to demand prudence and deliberation.
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Michael Arndt @michaelchicago.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can't believe I'm sharing Peggy Noonan from WSJ, but AI has brought us together www.wsj.com/opinion/paus...
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Opinion | Pause AI for Humanity’s Sake
When something speeds up and gets out of control, it isn’t alarmist to demand prudence and deliberation.
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eb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Bin Laden was equally clear about how he thought terrorism would yield his desired result. In a March 1997 CNN interview with Peter Bergen, he spoke of transferring “the battle into the United States.” In a May 2000 speech, he told supporters that the war would henceforth be waged “against the United States, in the United States.” Americans, he observed to ABC’s John Miller in 1998, cannot tolerate pain, and will react to attacks not by fighting back and blaming al‑Qaeda, but instead by asking “what their government has done that forced us to defend ourselves.” In a November 2001 interview, he hinted at a theory of political change in America: Its citizens should “take the same stand that they did previously,” when they protested the Vietnam War and the presidents who waged it.
Nelly Lahoud, a professor at the Army War College and the author of the definitive book on the Abbottabad documents, told me this political pipe dream was bin Laden’s whole plan: “to replicate the anti–Vietnam War movement of the United States, to get the American public to put pressure on the U.S. government to withdraw its forces from the Middle East.” The documents reveal a man and an organization blindsided by the American reaction to the September 11 attacks. Bin Laden and his associates “didn’t think that the United States would respond by waging war,” Lahoud said. He did not contemplate or plan for the long-term occupation of Afghanistan, nor did he expect the methodical killing of his operatives in a campaign that lasted years.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Such an amazing misunderstanding of the Vietnam era protests, which were fueled by an insistence that the North Vietnamese had never done anything to attack America or Americans. Waging a terrorist attack that targeted civilians made that kind of attitude completely impossible.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Got this text just now: “President Trump just authorized a $5,000 check for William Kristol - but you need to confirm your official approval in the next 10min.” With a link to some GOP site I’m not linking to. Trump’s policies and politics aren’t working. It’s down to a promised check in the mail.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oil keeps going up, waiting for the Truth Social about how bad Iran wants a deal…
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The orange felon’s nephew Fred trump was so offended by his vile uncle’s disgusting 9/11 lies that he is openly condemning him. Those of us who remember that dreadful day remember him bragging about his trashy tower in NYC being the tallest soon after the twin towers collapsed. I hate him.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A dire warning, billionaire criminal Musk has set up a scheme in the form of a website votesafe.org in order to steal voter information. Never click on the link and please share this everywhere so others won’t fall prey to it like so many others.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/05/2026
Remember when y'all made this thread on Paulina Borsook go viral? Well, that resulted in her getting a deal to re-publish her book in the USA, the UK & Commonwealth, Belgium, France, and Switzerland! Coming Sept. 15—with a foreword by some guy named Gil Duran. Pre-order! www.cyberselfish.com
cover for "Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech" by Paulina Borsook. Foreword by Gil Duran.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
11/ There are still some copies available, but this book deserves a reissue with a introduction by somebody famous.
cover of "Cyberselfish" by Paulina Borsook.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive. Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Donate to Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist, organized by paul Carter
Paulina's long time friend Steve Rappaport writes, "Support P… paul Carter needs your support for Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
7/ During a decade in which the USA's favorite “tech critics” were busy shining the shoes of people like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, Borsook saw very clearly where things were headed. Because these things were obvious by the late 90s, at least to journalists like Borsook.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfect: Trump just threatened to punish Canada by banning Canadian company Bombardier's aerospace sales in US. But Bombardier's US headquarters is in Kansas, forcing GOP Sen Roger Marshall to distance himself and giving Dems new hope in this tough race. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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Why Trump’s Angry New Tirade at Canada Is About to Backfire On Him
Trump’s latest threats to punish Canada could hurt a lot of Americans workers—including in states with big races this fall—even as it reveals MAGA’s deepest failings.
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Again, Republicans have had a decade's worth of chances to save themselves from this
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Todd Lambert @toddlambert.com · 08/09/2026
That’s a lie… two firemen could not possibly lift that!
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Thylacine-rescue, Samhain enthusiast 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @thylacine-rescue.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of all the things that never happened, this is at the top of the list
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of all the things that didn't happen, this one didn't happen the most
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's worse than this. Because in the early morning of October 7, Israeli intelligence picked up signs that Hamas was doing something - but concluded that it was likely just a drill. Had Netanyahu passed along the specific warning from MBZ that Sinwar was planning something big and imminent ...
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Good thread.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵New: Last month, researchers found 50 paid ads on Meta’s platforms that included AI-generated child sexual abuse. Meta said most of these ran before it rolled out new moderation AI. Since then, Meta has ran another 250+ of these ads. One used an image of a minor from a European royal family
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Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The reckless assault on the nation’s public health infrastructure is not driven by good intentions or sincere concerns. It’s what you get when shameless grifters, paranoid conspiracists, and ideological extremists control the U.S. government.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AOC is propagating dangerous nonsense about MAHA: That it’s “not partisan,” driven by legitimate concerns. No. Stop it. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right, channeling vague grievances into a radical project. I spelled this out here:
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The Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a Nation
MAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There's no evidence that we can neutralize MAHA with a better health care system. Western Europe has universal access and lower costs — and still has huge anti-vaxx and “medical freedom” movements. MAHA is driven by right-wing misinformation, not legitimate grievances with US healthcare.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“A lot of them don’t believe that their fight is partisan, and it’s not.” Yes it is. MAHA is overwhelmingly a right-wing movement with right-wing goals. The reason they make “progressive” arguments is to trick mainstream figures into working with them — exactly as AOC seems to be doing.
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