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Luiz H. S. Brandão

@luizhsbrandao.bsky.social
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Intelligence Analyst and Strategic Studies Researcher focusing on Hybrid Threats & Cognitive Warfare | Coord. at @negisc.bsky.social. Linktree: linktr.ee/luizhsbrandao

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Robert Brovdi has noted “technology is advancing so rapidly that new drones may emerge even before procurement of the previous generation is complete.” This will be something the new US Autonomous Warfare Comd might address. mickryan.substack.com/p/project-ag...
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Project Agincourt and the New US Autonomous Warfare Command: An Initial Assessment
My initial analysis of the announcement of Project Agincourt by the Pentagon, and the October 2027 establishment of a US Autonomous Warfare Command.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Latest piece out. There was some confusion about why the UK, France and the Baltics were not invited by the US to its NATO meeting. Its actually brutally simple and part of a US strategy of divide and rule towards European security. And it might work. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/divide-and...
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Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe
And Why It Could Work
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The banality of evil (Arendt)
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ Ukraine's A1 Artificial Intelligence Centre has developed, with UK support, a new AI platform called SPECTR AI to greatly reduce the time taken to detect and engage Russian targets. A Russian analysis highlights its capabilities and the threat it poses to Russian forces. ⬇️
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Netherlands developing high-energy laser weapon to counter drone swarms—setting a goal to turn the current prototype into a fully operational military air defense system. english.nv.ua/nation/dutch...
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Netherlands developing high-energy laser weapon to counter drone swarms
The Netherlands is partnering with Australian defense technology company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) to develop a high-energy laser weapon designed to destroy drones and counter large-scale aerial att...
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
Cloudflare, Google, and Proton were among the "dominant" infrastructure providers to sites dedicated to hosting abusive content, the study found.
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Internet Infrastructure Services Empower Deepfake Abuse, New Study Finds
Cloudflare, Google, and Proton were among the "dominant" infrastructure providers to sites dedicated to hosting abusive content, the study found.
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Agência Pública @apublica.org · 24/09/2026
🤖 DESINFORMAÇÃO | Uma rede de fazendas de conteúdo gerado por inteligência artificial promove, a partir de 255 perfis identificados com pautas da extrema direita no Instagram, ataques ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal), desinformação eleitoral e violência política de gênero.
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Fazendas de IA inflam pauta da extrema direita com 255 perfis e mais de mil posts
Rede tem 58 milhões de visualizações com colaborações para ampliar alcance de posts pró-família Bolsonaro e ataques ao STF
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 24/09/2026
The Navy should establish permanent information warfare commanders at fleet maritime operations centers. www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/…
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Fleet MOCs Need Information Warfare Commanders
The Navy should establish permanent information warfare commanders at fleet maritime operations centers.
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Terrifying. Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Jorge Laurel @jorgelaurel.com · 05/08/2026
An AI agent tried to insert malicious code into a real open source project during a UK AISI evaluation. Fake identities, social engineering, edited history to cover its tracks. None of it prompted. It failed because one maintainer refused to merge unsolicited code.
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The Agent Went Off Script And A Human Reviewer Stopped It.
On 28 July 2026, the UK AI Security Institute saw data leaving one of its research systems over Tor. Within an hour, every related evaluation was terminated, the machines were isolated, and a security...
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Lisa Schiff @crkrjx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tried to insert malicious code into an open-source project on GitHub. Used social engineering tactics associated w/human actors, created fake identities to get approval for its code, sent msgs & files w/malicious code to people & posted hidden, malicious prompts other AI tools might pick up.
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OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue during testing (again)
The UK's AI Security Institute says this is the first time it has "seen risks around autonomy and deception manifest this clearly."
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
1/ The US-Iran "Islamabad Memorandum" (formal signing 19 June, Bürgenstock) ends 109 days of the 2026 Iran war. But read the instrument, not the headline: this is a ceasefire-and-deferral document, not a settlement. New strategic assessment.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
1/ LAWS are not future weapons. They are deployed weapons. Platforms that independently select and engage targets without meaningful human control are already operational. Gaza 2023–present is the documentation.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
1/ The Hannibal Directive is a strategic calculus before it is a tactical protocol. No live hostage = no leverage. Maximum force — including fratricide — is preferable to a captured soldier becoming a national policy variable.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
1/ The "Gerasimov Doctrine" is a Western coinage. Gerasimov's 2013 article described Western hybrid warfare practice, not a Russian playbook. The framework nonetheless captures the operational evolution of Russian strategy with uncomfortable accuracy.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
1/ The PLA's Three Warfares is not a propaganda program. It is a 2003 political-military doctrine designed to achieve strategic objectives without kinetic engagement — the operational engine behind every Chinese Grey Zone campaign currently running.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
1/ Reflexive Control is not propaganda. It is a mathematical doctrine for feeding an adversary curated stimuli so that, processing them through their own cognitive filter, they voluntarily choose the course of action the initiator wanted from the start.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My book, Misguided, officially launches today! If you’ve ever wondered why people believe false things — or how to build resilience against misinformation — this book is for you. I wrote it to help us navigate our overwhelming information environment, and I’m thrilled to finally share it with you.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
1/22 Across the Middle East, militaries are rapidly integrating artificial-intelligence systems into weapons platforms, intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance architectures, and command-decision loops.
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
1/16 The 2008 Osprey anthology Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, edited by Daniel Marston and Carter Malkasian with a revised paperback edition published in 2011, constitutes a foundational scholarly contribution to the study of irregular warfare. 🧵
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I have published my intelligence research notes as a public Obsidian digital garden. The vault is available at: publish.obsidian.md/intelligenc...
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00_Intelligence notes - Intelligence notes - Obsidian Publish
Home This website serves as a specialized repository for studies in strategy and intelligence — including detailed actor profiles, strategic forecasts, doctrinal breakdowns, and technical assessmen…
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
1/20 Jacob Siegel's The Information State presents a meticulously sourced, historically grounded argument that the United States has inadvertently (and sometimes deliberately) birthed a novel form of governance: an Information State. 🧵
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is an interesting case study of our adversaries observing, learning & adapting around preferred western ways of war. The authoritarian learning & adaptation bloc is almost certainly sharing these ideas among themselves. www.justsecurity.org/134720/iran-...
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Iran Built a Military to Survive the American Way of War
Iran’s staying power is not proof that the regime is strong; it is proof that it read the American way of war playbook.
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Cooperation with Copenhagen and Nuuk may offer Washington more strategic leverage than ownership ever could, argues Spenser A. Warren.
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Greenland Is Strategic. Annexation Is Not
As sea temperatures and geopolitical tensions simultaneously heat up, Greenland’s strategic importance increases. Against this backdrop, the specter of
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
THE GREENLAND DOCTRINE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT The executive proposition to annex Greenland is a high confidence indicator of a strategic pivot: the transition from ‘Collective Security’ (treaty-based) to ‘Patrimonial Security’ (ownership-based). 🧵
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Manhattan and Apollo worked because America chose to build, not just discover. Quantum will fail if it is treated differently.
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The Genesis Mission and Quantum Technologies
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a four-part series exploring quantum technologies and industrial policy. Please also read the first,
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/12/2025
Lovable valued at $6.6 billion in latest funding round as AI coding demand surges reut.rs/4q9ojuW
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Lovable valued at $6.6 billion in latest funding round as AI coding demand surges
AI software development startup Lovable said on Thursday it raised $330 million in an early-stage funding round that values the Stockholm-based company at $6.6 billion.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
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Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
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Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 01/11/2025
Nesta edição da #RevistaFórum Semanal: A cobertura exclusiva da operação policial nos complexos do Alemão e da Penha, no Rio de Janeiro, que resultou em 121 mortos. Jogada eleitoral de Cláudio Castro?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/10/2025
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv. There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
Three schematic diagrams. The first illustrates selective publishing of internal resection, the second selective causal focus, and the third selective access and funding for researchers.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/10/2025
US president says strikes on land to follow US attacks on suspected drug smuggling vessels in Caribbean, Pacific.
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‘Kill them’: Trump says no Congress nod needed to attack ‘narco-terrorists’
US president says strikes on land to follow US attacks on suspected drug smuggling vessels in Caribbean, Pacific.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/10/2025
China’s Xi thinks he has Trump’s number.
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China’s New Strategy for Trump: Punch Hard, Concede Little
For Xi, rare-earths bombshell signaled a new toughness, while TikTok was ‘spiritual opium’ that could be turned into a low-cost bargaining chip.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
11 sorties of PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 9 out of 11 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern ADIZ.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
For anyone who needs to pass these on: www.alieward.com/ologies/geno... www.alieward.com/ologies/revo... www.alieward.com/ologies/arti... www.alieward.com/ologies/cons... www.alieward.com/ologies/trol... www.alieward.com/ologies/crit... www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
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Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) with Dr. Dirk Moses — alie ward
The world is confusing, but there are experts in everything. In our least funny episode ever, we thankfully convinced a global expert, professor, researcher, author, and Genocidologist (it’s a real wo...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release all the remaining hostages held in Gaza as part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the devastating two-year war in the strip. on.ft.com/47hImRa
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
NEW: While Qatar helps with Gaza talks, it's trying to mediate the US-Venezuela conflict. But Trump is cold on diplomacy. He has put 10,000 troops in the Caribbean and is continuing airstrikes on civilian boats. And Rubio pushes to oust Maduro. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Labeling domestic political opponents as "terrorists" and characterizing a US city as being at war as pretexts for deploying troops against US citizens.
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reconron @thereccelizard.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
On 26 Sep Special Flight Squadron Il-62M RA-86559 flew from Moscow (CKL) to Algiers DZA. The aircraft departed on 27 Sep and flew back to RUS. The fact that this aircraft avoided Tunisian airspace on the inbound and outbound flights suggests someone was onboard that did not want to fly over TUN.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
NEW: Iran has continued to expand its nuclear infrastructure at the Mount Kolang Gaz La facility in Esfahan Province, which was not damaged or targeted during the Israel-Iran War in June 2025. Iran Update w/ @criticalthreats.bsky.social: isw.pub/IranUpdate09... More ⬇🧵(1/3)
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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say
President Donald Trump has not approved any action yet, and the U.S. and Venezuela are talking through Middle Eastern intermediaries, sources told NBC News.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Gaza survey study of international healthcare workers in pier-reviewed British Medical Journal (BMJ): "The pattern of injuries in Gaza reflects an extreme form of high energy trauma rarely observed in civilian populations." www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Patterns of war related trauma in Gaza during armed conflict: survey study of international healthcare workers
Objective To systematically document the patterns of war related injuries in Gaza, Palestine. Design Survey study of international healthcare workers, August 2024 to February 2025. Setting Gaza, Pal...
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Training can’t replicate the fear of death. Combat teaches lessons no classroom can. Listen here: warontherocks.com/ep...
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 27/09/2025
Niger : « des dizaines de victimes civiles » après des frappes aériennes de l’armée visant des djihadistes
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Niger : « des dizaines de victimes civiles » après des frappes aériennes de l’armée visant des djihadistes
Alors que la lutte contre les groupes jihadistes s’intensifie à l’ouest du Niger, la population d’Injar paie un lourd tribut aux opérations militaires menées dans la région.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2025
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
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FreePalestine @savesjarrah.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#Spain, 24 Sep 2025 Spain sends naval ship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla after 14 overnight drone strikes. Joined by Italy, EU states now challenge Israel’s blockade and defend the right to deliver aid to Gaza. #NetanyahuWarCriminal #TrumpWarCriminal #GazaGenocide #UNGA80
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Ponte Jornalismo @ponte.org · 24/09/2025
Aprovado ontem (23/9) na Alerj, retorno da política que oferece bonificação de 10% a 150% do salário a agentes que “neutralizarem criminosos” é um incentivo à letalidade policial incompatível com o Estado de Direito Por Fransérgio Goulart, diretor executivo da IDMJR ponte.org/artigo-grati...
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Artigo | 'Gratificação Faroeste' e a ampliação do genocídio nas favelas
Aprovada ontem (23/9) na Alerj, bonificação a agentes de segurança que "neutralizarem criminosos" é incompatível com o Estado de Direito.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/09/2025
“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.” Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
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Luiz H. S. Brandão @luizhsbrandao.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
As tensions in the Caribbean Sea have risen, the Pentagon has dispatched 10 F-35 stealth fighters to Puerto Rico to deter Venezuelan flyovers near U.S. ships and to be positioned should President Trump order airstrikes against targets in Venezuela. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean Signals Broader Campaign Against Venezuela
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GetNews.me @getnews-me.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
MI6 has launched a dark‑web recruitment platform called Silent Courier, inviting anyone with sensitive intelligence to contact the agency. The service stresses using a trustworthy VPN for anonymity. getnews.me/mi6-launches-dark-web-re… #mi6 #darkweb #vpn
MI6 Launches Dark‑Web Recruitment Portal, Advises Use of VPN
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Red Hot Cyber @redhotcyber.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Un grave attacco informatico colpisce gli aeroporti europei. Voli fermi 📌 Link all'articolo : www.redhotcyber.com/post/att... #redhotcyber #hacking #cti #ai #online #it #cybercrime #cybersecurity #technology #news #cyberthreatintelligence #innovation #privacy
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