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@coridauber.bsky.social
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Professor of Communication (and Peace, War, and Defense) UNC-Chapel Hill, I study terrorist use of visual propaganda.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10h
“The Post reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting…Hegseth called that reporting ‘a complete lie.’ However, late Friday, the Pentagon raised the figure to include additional deaths.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21
The Post exclusively reported last month that the numbers of service members lost was greater than what the Pentagon was reporting in its public database.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 1h
Damn, that’s brutal. And I was a debate coach for a long time, I know a smack down when I see one.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h
Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Pope Leo declares death penalty 'inadmissible' as his native US plans to livestream execution
Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment "inadmissible.” He has penned a social media post for the World Day Against the Death Penalty, as his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin used his phone call with President Donald Trump on October 9 to falsely blame Ukraine for the lack peace negotiations’ progress despite Russia’s continued unwillingness to engage in meaningful negotiations or make concessions Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar101026
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11h
Here's a thought: the WH has "expectations" for what these labs should be doing? Well, newsflash guys, YOU'RE THE GOVERNMENT, you might have some tools at your disposal to make that happen.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 11h
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NEW: President Trump announced an agreement with Vladimir Putin on Oct 9 to waive sanctions on Russian diesel to increase diesel supply to the US and global markets — a decision which will fund Russia’s war effort and protract Russia’s war in Ukraine.🧵(1/) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar100926
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Live streaming executions. That’s it: we’ve officially hit rock bottom.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/10/2026
The power of the purse is Congress’s strongest check on the president. If a president can both spend money Congress refused to give him and refuse to spend money Congress ordered him to spend, Congress no longer has the spending power.
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Pete Hegseth Made Six Big Announcements. I Have Lots of Questions.
Like: Who? And: Why? Among others.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/10/2026
Vance: "They are ruthless. They will do whatever they need to do, right up to cheating and right up to lying. And right up to putting somebody on the ballot who has no reason to be there other than to help them steal an election."
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oil Risk Premiums Are BACK! 🤯 open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Oil Risk Premiums Are BACK! 🤯
The money is scared.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, what have we learned? God may well be a Tar Heel -- but he's apparently a basketball fan.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UNC cleared the mess. Now Bill Belichick has to prove he can actually coach there www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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UNC cleared the mess. Now Bill Belichick has to prove he can actually coach there
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Pete Hegseth’s Magic Marker
The secretary of defense strikes another blow against military preparedness.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress should investigate the purge that shut down my former office at the State Department, which fought information manipulation by Russia, China, and terrorist organizations. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Political Cartoonists are the best. deAdder rocks it every time he sits down and draws his next masterpiece.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This has to be a redline (I know, I know, but still.) PSAs are politically neutral pitches such as, "smoking is bad for you," or "only you can prevent forest fires," or "wear your seat belt."
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the bright side, the UK still has counterterrorism police.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Major Social Media Platforms Reportedly Rejected Ads for Musk
YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and (sigh) X don’t want the smoke.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture (Gift Article)
A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.”
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@nytimes.com list is interesting. But I can't get behind any list that doesn't include #Supernatural. Come on, seriously?
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/a...
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How ‘The Sopranos’ Influenced the Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (Gift Article)
Our poll of the best shows of the 21st century explores how TV built on, and moved on from, one of the last great shows of the 20th.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Since it's in neither the article nor the video, this might be useful context: Evanston is the location of Northwestern University and, safe to assume, at least some international students.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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ICE Mistakenly Detains U.S. Citizen in Chicago Area, Leaving Him Injured (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security said agents released the man after he identified himself. He was taken to a hospital with head and neck injuries, local police said.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This should answer any questions re whether its appropriate to remove feet from gas pedals.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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White House Still Bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico Despite Court Blocking Trump’s Ban (Gift Article)
A federal court ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on the three news outlets, but reporters were denied access on Thursday. Their lawyers asked the judge to intervene; he ordered the administr...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good for them.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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$1 Billion Donation to University of Oregon Makes History (Gift Article)
The gift from Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, is the largest known donation to a flagship university. It will fund a new engineering college.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Pete Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Court Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico (Gift Article)
Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a temporary restraining order and told the White House to immediately restore the press credentials for the employees of the three news outlets.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026
@samsteindc.bsky.social reacts to Sen. Tommy Tuberville taking to the Senate floor to warn that airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the "furry community." "There's not a furry epidemic in our airplanes. Folks, get a grip."
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks newrepublic.com/article/2157... via @newrepublic.com
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Using AI in many cases means sending your most sensitive and intimate thoughts to a server where they can be exploited as training data, sold to ad brokers, or even handed to law enforcement. So I assembled this guide to using AI with your privacy intact. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They did not give hospital personnel time to remove the bullet FROM HIS SPINE? If that proves out it is reckless, horrifying, almost beyond belief.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot (Gift Article)
A Venezuelan immigrant, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You know, we should have listened to Elon: as far these people are concerned everyone who isn't them really is just an NPC, and are concerns are just irrelevant.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
the only acceptable response.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the one hand, this is both hilarious and deserved: one of the greatest own-goals since Dukakis in the tank. Ok, better than Dukakis in the tank, that didn't threaten the Republic. But as much as I'm enjoying this even a nascent "state-TV" is terrifying. WE DON'T DO THAT HERE should be
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Trump Faces the Sting of a Media Boycott After Press Pool Withdrawal (Gift Article)
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
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coridauber.bsky.social @coridauber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | America Is Blundering Toward War With China (Gift Article)
The U.S. has long misunderstood Beijing, and Trump’s mixed signals aren’t helping.
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