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Sorry, to clarify: Jesse is theorizing Ukraine made realistic-looking digital replicas (ie photoshop) of KGB documents as a way of preserving the real documents, rather than use a photocopier or take photos of the original A process that would be significantly more time consuming and unreliable

common practice for intelligence agencies to create what are called digital surrogates, or replicas of historical files in order to archive them and to make them accessible.
According to the Ukrainian newspaper, the Lee of Herald, Ukraine's intelligence unit, the SBU, has at times had to, quote, scramble to digitize huge troves of vulnerable KGB documents.
This is actually happening right now, as Ukraine is struggling to preserve files that are endangered by the current war.
And it also happened back in 1991, when Russia was rapidly
destroying KGB files at the same time that a newly independent Ukraine was rapidly trying to obtain and preserve them.
So I can't verify that the dossier that Chris Alex: Q search dto parliament is a cro
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Jesse Brown has delivered a true masterclass on motivated reasoning and strained logic here

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Here is @jessebrown.bsky.social’s big gotcha moment: He acknowledges the purported 1980s KGB documents were digital forgeries created in the 1990s But he theorizes that the KGB forged their own documents and created a backup using a digital typewriter font (rather than simply use a photocopier!??)

Because even though the documents include digital
elements that could not have been produced in the early 1980s, that does not necessarily mean that they're forgeries.
On the KGB's way out from
Ukraine, people were attempting to destroy active working files.
Archives were being transferred back to Moscow.
That is Mitch Liedem, the guy who is suing David Pugliese.
So the active files that were, you know, being destroyed, damaged, poor quality, that sort of thing, were Ukraine needed to be able to utilize those files potentially for counterintelligence purposes from what we can understand.

And the dates do line up. The font in question, it's called FF Trixie Pro, if you're curious about fonts. It came out in 1991.
I sent questions to reporter Taylor Nokes to see if he was aware of the practice of creating digital surrogates. And if so, whether or not he was able to rule that out in the case of the Pugliese dossier.
He did not respond.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 16h

Good lord, can someone please stage an intervention with @jessebrown.bsky.social already

Jesse Brown @ @JesseBrown • 18m

EXCLUSIVE ••: Postmedia, The Walrus, The Canadian Association of Journalists and dozens of independent journalists all decided the David Pugliese KGB files are forgeries, case closed.

I'm re-opening it.

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A transgender military member has been fined in a case where she was Tasered while fighting to have her gender identity changed on her file.

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Transgender air force member fined for 17 Wing Winnipeg protest

Judge also rules sergeant’s Charter rights violated, excessive force used in arrest

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Carrie Tait on Alberta separatists meeting with Republican operatives: "We first know of these meetings because the Alberta separatists were bragging about them. It was outright boasting."

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Mayor of Edmonton on separatists colluding with GOP operatives: "This is not about a conversation about being an independent Alberta. This is a conversation about the United States looking to just take us over."

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Mayor of Calgary: "It's really rich to see from some of these leaders in the separatist movement, they talk about freedom, sovereignty. And when they go down south of the border, offering our water, our land, our oil, this is not about taking back Alberta, this is about selling out Alberta."

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Mayor of Calgary: "If you think trading what could be at times an overbearing Ottawa with an incredibly overbearing Washington is going to be any net upgrade, I think you're absolutely out to lunch."

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Mayor of Calgary: "A very small minority of folks are so deranged on this, they assume Justin Trudeau is around. They'll blame him for everything from why we lose our socks in the dryer to why we sell hotdog buns in packages of 12 but we sell hotdogs in packages of 8. It's absolutely ridiculous."

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16h

Vassy: Did the Liberals try to get you to cross the floor? Did you engage in any discussions with them? Scott Aitchison: Absolutely not.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a community note for the ages.

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Michelle Shephard @michelleshephard.bsky.social · 15h

Been documenting the story unfolding in Springfield, Ohio, for the last couple of years. Wondering what happens to a town when the Trump administration takes away the legal status of thousands of Haitians living there. One impact is this ..

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We've never actually seen a Liberal PM try this approach. I think we should probably reserve judgment on its impact until we see how it plays out.

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It won't work. He's giving them nothing.

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williamthecat.bsky.social @williamthecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The die hards will always die hard. But Carney's approach will make it a losing strategy among the red Tories and PCs that still make up much of Alberta's political middle.

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But Alberta will still be able to blame Ottawa right? And the Trudeau's? I mean, it's kind of a tradition...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The skeleton key to so much of what is happening in Ottawa is that Mark Carney is actually smart and understands things.

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Johnny “Euro Hoser” Renton @johnnyrenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a good article quickly looking at the reality of the ‘Pacific Link’. As Max lays out even if the line is built (and thats still a fair question) it’s far from guaranteed to cause a “boom” in production, or lead to any increase at all It’s a complicated project in even more complicated times

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re honestly still taken aback by Elon advising the Pentagon on the future of wars. Didn’t we all see how badly he failed with DOGE?

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