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Out on @secretsandspies.bsky.social! I spoke with @jobywarrick.bsky.social, two-time Pulitzer winner, about his excellent new book on Carlos the Jackal, and why the deniable, terror-for-hire model he pioneered is back in Russia’s and Iran’s contract attacks on the West. Links below. Check it out.

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Lazear-ly Departed @lazear.bsky.social · 5h

This is like the 3rd tweet in as many weeks from Mehdi that doesnt just walk up to the line of antisemitism, but willfully crosses it. At some point a conversation needs to be had about his spiraling into pretty blatant right wing talking points.

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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 12h

Who was Carlos the Jackal, and why does his legacy matter today? Matt speaks to Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick about a terrorist who sold his services, and how Russia and Iran are reviving the model. Links to episode in comments below 👇👇👇

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 10h

Of course they do. Why would anyone not want to be French ? This is partially based on a conversation I had with a co worker who wouldn’t believe I was not French (I do not speak French and he is French).

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 12h

This is a good thread (imo)

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 20h

right. which is why i'm sort of baffled that people are that outright against the idea that the Canadian government + Canadian defense staff ran a wargame with the US as the opfor

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Listen if Elon Musk did something cool I'm not the type to say it's uncool just to follow the herd but I've seen this clip a dozen times and I'm still unsure what I'm supposed to think is cool here. My definition of flying car is "car that flies", not "car that shoots steam to break its fall".

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

At this point if you want to protect public discourse you might as well advocate for putting one or several social media sites under public ownership

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

French riots might ostensibly be good news for Marine Le Pen and RN. But possible there might be a serious backlash vs LFI and Melenchon, which in turn puts a centrist into final two, and thus hurts Le Pen. Political implications of riots are complex.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 23h

Wait'll the folks who are mad at Zuck for muzzling No Kings get wind of the Rohingya genocide.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

Also my ass pays more in pension taxes now because we raised taxes for it. Not all of Europe is taxed out like France. People do get the trade offs and they grumble but they go with it.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

It’s also not pretty or clean and a lot of people aren’t thrilled but the conscription debate is coming back here in Luxembourg. They abolished it in 1962 and they are talking about bringing it back. The world has changed and the response as been to slow but it’s coming and picking up speed.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

And none of this means EU leaders want a split, but the reality and the discussion on the ground is very different from what people post on this site and elsewhere. During the Cold War europe maintained high military budgets and social spending and we will return to that. It’s slow.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

I get skepticism about the EU, but a lot of stuff is changing on the ground and it won’t easily be reversed. I do think @aphclarkson.bsky.social is right that one day the US will wake up and realise that the EU doesn’t need them in the same way, and they will be confused and mad.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

Why would Le Pen stop selling weapons to Canada or stop supporting them? What makes anyone think that the US will actually be stable? Americans make themselves feel better by thinking that things can’t change and that we’d all be screwed without them. They put their anxiety on the rest of us.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16h

Incredible things happening here on Bluesky.

Bluesy poster says that the US is not getti by read to invade Canada and Canada is not gettnv reasdy to defend (true). Also a comment about trollin canadians basically

Three posters discussing canada changing security posture a biy. One giy who doesn’t know europe ten says that these plba wll as loke Milk when Le Pen wins in 2027. Someone says that in 10 years the US will once again be the most stable power.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

400 ships through Hormuz in a week, brags US admiral Brad Cooper. Assuming that’s true, it’s less than half of pre-war traffic, done at much greater expense. That’s supposed to be an achievement? That’s what you’re crowing about?

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Dehm was recruited by the Stasi in the early 1970s to betray Wolf Biermann and other dissidents so is the ideal figure to coordinate actions between pro-Russia tankies and pro-Russian fascists

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Pretty stunning for the Quincy Institute to be platforming an open white supremacist, anti Semite, and election denier. They’ll work with literally anyone.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

oh man remember when the media used to creatively edit videos to make it look like Biden was wondering off?

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I really feel like Germany has been caught unprepared for so many things in the last decade. Its wise to not jump to conclusions but the fact the murderer has still not be found is damning.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

this is so obviously fx that it's almost insulting there will never be a flying roadster. there won't. why are we doing this

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Europeans and Canadians need to be realistiic though about how all the sweet talk in the world will not avoid (3) as Trump descends into paranoid psychosis amongst courtiers happy to destroy relations with the EU, UK and Canada

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Weird research question but if someone was born in the 30s, lower class British, fought in the war and is now an old man in the 80s after a rough life of criminal exploits, would they use ‘fuck’ as a term of emphasis or is that a more modern or US thing?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Sure, Katie Zacharia never passed the bar. But Pete Hegseth has never passed one either.

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Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

News🚨“Alster-Mord“: Vor zehn Jahren wurde ein 16-jähriger Junge in #Hamburg erstochen. Der IS bekannte sich, der Täter wurde bis heute nicht gefasst. Nach unseren Recherchen führte damals eine Spur zu einem Freund von Anis Amri ⬇️ www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

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"Alster-Mord" in Hamburg: Eine Spur führte ins Islamisten-Milieu

Vor genau zehn Jahren ist der 16-jährige Victor Elling in Hamburg bei einem Messerangriff am Alsterufer getötet worden. Bis heute ist der Täter nicht gefasst. Nach Recherchen von WDR und NDR führte ei...

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I am skeptical that Paxton loses, because it is Texas and the world is so polarized, but if he is posting like this, the numbers cannot be great.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

Lmao my company spent more in one month (unplanned) on AI coding stuff than they spend on some of their devs. Then the code they launched was broken as fuck and almost killed the company. Now there is zero AI budget for the month of december.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

I bought 10 e-books recently for like 63 euro or something. A crazy good deal and I did it in my pyjamas. It really has never been easier.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

Why yes my daughter speaks French why do you ask?

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

My kid woke up over an hour early. We are currently sitting in bed and she is eating a pain au chocolate. I have asked her to not wipe her chocolate face on her mom’s pillow. Pray for me.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

Not everyone of course, but it does somethings feel like it’s more group signaling than for any revolutionary desire. Idk if that fully makes sense.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

My wife’s uncle (member of the socialist party here) said that he met some younger American activists and basically thought that they don’t really know what socialism is. He said it seemed like a label and not really a policy prescription or what not. I think for some people it is just label.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Fedorov says Starlink’s in-motion speed limit has been restored to 160 km/h, and he is working to remove the restriction entirely. It was “restored” because the limit had dropped to 70-80 km/h during the day.

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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Not trying to be the smart person in the room, sadly relying on Starlink was always going to be problematic. Musk is very unreliable and has the power to switch it off on a whim.

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ukrainian An-28 door gunner shoots down russian Geran-2 drones, the crew in the video have over 200 destroyed targets to their name.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Clearly no ally of the US in Europe, Asia or the Middle East can trust or rely on Starlink and will need to rethink state procurement plans accordingly

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

My daughters big bed is coming today (well first toddler bed) and I am feeling nostalgic and a bit sad as her crib is being disassembled.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

Yeah i stopped bothering with that after a while because it never held once you refreshed. Its annoying.

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 13/10/2026

🇯🇵🇷🇺In the Sakhalin Region, the FSB detained a Japanese journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper. militarnyi.com/en/news/japa...

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Japanese Journalist in Russia Accused of Gathering Military Information

In the Sakhalin Region, the FSB detained a Japanese journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper.

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Flerby @flerby.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

I will say in Europe at least, you do not hear about this kind of behavior from the companies that get CCTV contracts. I am sure there are issues but they dont seem to be as widespread or at least they lie more with the authorities.

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