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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean we elected a group of people that didn’t know Four Seasons Landscaping from the world class hotel 🤷🏻‍♀️

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/05/2026

"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

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We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots

“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Edward Luttwalk’s “Coup d'état”

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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 01/03/2026

If the military is collecting this information about Americans, it's because they intend to use the military against Americans.

Anthropic’s team was relieved to hear that the government would be willing to remove those words, but one big problem remained: On Friday afternoon, Anthropic learned that the Pentagon still wanted to use the company’s AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans. That could include information such as the questions you ask your favorite chatbot, your Google search history, your GPS-tracked movements, and your credit-card transactions, all of which could be cross-referenced with other details about your life. Anthropic’s leadership told Hegseth’s team that was a bridge too far, and the deal fell apart. Soon after, Hegseth directed the U.S. military’s contractors, suppliers, and partners to stop doing business with Anthropic. The list of companies that contract with the military is extensive, and includes Amazon, the company that supplies much of Anthropic’s computing infrastructure. The Department of Defense did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Anthropic referred me to the company’s statement addressing Hegseth’s remarks.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

One of things that I’ve always said about security leaders that have no original ideas is that when they take over an organization they change the name or the uniforms just to “shake things up” or “make them great again” if you will. Make of that what you might. #departmentofwar

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

So Trump gets $16 mil while Paramount admits mo wrongdoing and they release interview transcripts which they already did anyway So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hear me out, a high level deck but for the DOGE Boys.’

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Wake up (wake up)….. Grab a brush and put a little make-up……

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/02/2025

Usually they save these twists for the season finale gizmodo.com/doge-staffer...

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DOGE Staffer Known as 'Big Balls' Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy

Sure, why not?

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I can’t wait until the Fat Lenard boys get pardoned to run the Navy.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Trump is gonna bailout Hooters isn’t he ?

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hi !! I've decided to share my master's dissertation "To See, or Not to See: The Ethical and Legal Issues of Using Social Media for Investigative and Intelligence Purposes” again here. It’s sort of ever green in the world of OSINT investigations. #osint #socmint drive.google.com/file/d/1Urgv...

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To See, or Not to See- The Ethical and Legal Issues of Using Social Media for Investigative and Intelligence Purposes 2023 v.2.pdf

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Erie is a badass. I first met her 16 years ago in Columbus, Ohio. Truly one of the most principled public servant you can imagine.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We were looking for Skynet but it was the dog 🐕 all along.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Telling a kid curiosity killed the cat as he was jumping off the top level of playground equipment.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This is the sort of thing that you see in Chinese social media censorship.

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

For DOD employees who have or will likely soon receive a directive to remove personal pronouns from an email signature, 10 USC Sec. 986 prohibits the Secretary of Defense from either requiring OR FORBIDDING the use of personal pronouns in an official email signature uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

All jokes aside we are like 10 days away from the Tiger King being pardoned and put in charge of animal welfare at the USDA.

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

There will be more. It’s horrifying.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

“It doesn't matter what I say So long as I sing with inflection That makes you feel that I'll convey Some inner truth of vast reflection But I've said nothing so far And I can keep it up for as long as it takes And it don't matter who you are If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks”

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Monroe: So why'd you quit the CIA? Dr. Karen Ross: I never worked for the CIA. Monroe: Of course you didn't. But if you HAD worked for the CIA, why would you quit?

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Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong its AI a summary of @washingtonpost.com news alerts. It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

@linkedin.com Is there a membership tier where you can buy the right not to be blocked ? I have two former connections that follow me that I wish to block and it’s not an option.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

RIP TikTok maybe? You got a lot of 20 year olds to do cheque kiting and I respect that, keep the old ways alive and all.

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

We tell the history of Bannon’s media manipulation career in our book MEME WARS. You’ll learn a lot about MAGA as we follow Bannon from occupy to the insurrection. www.bloomsbury.com/us/meme-wars...

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Meme Wars

A groundbreaking investigation into the digital underworld, where far-right operatives wage wars against mainstream America, from a masterful trio of experts in…

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

When I describe my international relations scholarship, I use the term “Post Westphalian” for a reason.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

As everyone should know by now, the anti-trans rhetoric isn’t about “protecting women” in bathrooms or sports … but about removing trans people from public life. And it’s working. This is a big company, making a big change that isn’t about protecting anyone (except men from having to see tampons).

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It’s not like he came up with a novel plan. It’s just lazy search engine research. Buda called and he wants his wagon back.

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Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This is honestly a perfect headline to inaugurate how fucking stupid the next four years will get.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...

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Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger’s Political Minifestos?

Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America’s…

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

If anything Haspel and Jose Rodriguez should have been indicted for destruction of the torture tapes.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I’ll have a blue Christmas without you…..

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Historically, amateurs have accused the wrong person at least once in nearly every high profile school shooting and terrorism case in the last 20 years. I detail the pitfalls of these efforts in my masters dissertation.

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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To See, or Not to See- The Ethical and Legal Issues of Using Social Media for Investigative and Intelligence Purposes 2023 v.2.pdf

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

For the record I know more about Counterterrorism than Sebastian Gorka xoxo

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Alison Mason @knowerofsecrets.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It’s like Sicario come to life.

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

NEW @citizenlab.ca report out this morning! "Banned Books" citizenlab.ca/2024/11/anal... Our team found that found 17k+ products that were restricted by Amazon from being shipped to specific world regions, with the most common type of product being books

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Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com - The Citizen Lab

We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found 17,050 products that Amazon restricted from being shipped...

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