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MJ Banias

@mjbanias.bsky.social
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Co-founder and Investigations Lead at Permanent Record Research | Bullshit Hunter at bullshithunting.com | OSINT and Analysis | Journalist at TheDebrief.org | Will Probably Die in Winnipeg

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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I’m a Canadian officially involved in American science politics. I feel oddly honored.
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Ennie @anyuse.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
More on my unnecessarily deep dive into Commonwealth v. Russ. This time with more maps. Do you like maps? I like maps.
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The house that isn't there.
And how long it hasn’t been.
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Bullsh*t Hunting @bullshithunting.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It all started with a Twitter account, some ChatGPT quotes, and someone looking for a good time. This is the breakdown of how a guy convinced Rolling Stone he was the rep for a suddenly popular AI band, Velvet Sundown. www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...
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A Free OSINT Lesson: The "Velvet Sundown" Squatter Who Duped the News Media
Andrew Frelon: A fake band manager pretending to manage a band that doesn't exist. How Avant-garde.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Velvet Sundown has drawn a lot of attention in a very short period of time. One internet trickster decided to squat on their social media, and convinced dozens of journalists he was the real deal.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Following the Velvet Sundown AI music drama? Turns out- the news media has been duped. www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...
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A Free OSINT Lesson: The "Velvet Sundown" Squatter Who Duped the News Media
Andrew Frelon: A fake band manager pretending to manage a band that doesn't exist. How Avant-garde.
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OSINT Industries @osint.industries · 07/06/2025
📚 Cults, books, and OSINT. In his latest, @mjbanias.bsky.social‬ shows how open-source tools, and 𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, helped trace the hidden power behind a cult’s publishing empire — from a single copyright page to a multi-million dollar network. 🌐 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It’s funny that in the Musk/Trump drama, I can’t root for anyone. I hate both of these idiots.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I wrote another post that hopefully teaches you all something cool. Or, just enjoy the Reading Rainbow references.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Holy! @justinseitz.bsky.social and @kennedycatherine.bsky.social - we’re way better than Deloitte. Can we start charging Deloitte prices please!?
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Nailed it.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’m looking for your best cryptid and monster stories. Seen something weird out there? I want to talk to you!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hot. AF.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The slippery slope of OSINT morality.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Well well well… just a bunch of Russian assets working in the highest ranks of the US government.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry @kennaculture.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Another week calls for another episode of the "Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast! This week @mjbanias.bsky.social joins me in discussing #robots, #cleanenergy and screen detoxing. It's all here and more! thedebrief.org/hydrogen-min... @stephgerk.bsky.social
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Hydrogen Mining the Misty Mountains
On this week's episode of The Debrief Weekly Report, Kenna and MJ climb to the mountain top and talk about mining hydrogen. They also get weird with shapeshifting embryonic robots, and then remember a...
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Well, this isn’t good. apple.news/A6qVKTph6QKa...
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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine — CNN
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I assumed the current US administration was going to be an existential threat. But not this existential… www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Trump says he's 'sick' of how Zelenskyy has handled Ukraine's war with Russia: 'He has no cards'
"I’ve had very good talks with Putin, and I’ve had not such good talks with Ukraine," Trump said of the U.S. negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I wrote a thing.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
My latest piece on AI and that it’s actually really good at scamming you. thedebrief.org/ai-phishing-...
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AI Phishing Revolution: Study Reveals Bots Now Out-Scheme Humans in Cyber Deception - The Debrief
New research has revealed that artificial intelligence systems are now capable of crafting phishing emails as effectively as human experts.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Spent a day in LA talking about secret Soviet technology, CIA projects, and the Cold War. And oddly enough, a weird zeppelin ghost story made it into the mix.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I’m in Los Angeles at Warner Brothers. This is fun.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
For all you #OSINT nerds who got your fancy tools and Pythons… sometimes you just got to find the people with the tea, and have em spill it. www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...
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A Free OSINT Lesson: Why RUMINT is the Unsung Hero of Intelligence Gathering
Spill the Tea!
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Justin Seitz @justinseitz.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨NEW! From @mjbanias.bsky.social - A Free OSINT Lesson: Why RUMINT is the Unsung Hero of Intelligence Gathering www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...
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A Free OSINT Lesson: Why RUMINT is the Unsung Hero of Intelligence Gathering
Spill the Tea!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
You gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This meme genuinely made my day.
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Bullsh*t Hunting @bullshithunting.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Relax into your weekend with tales of premature burials and demons sent to deal with the naughty kids. www.bullshithunting.com/p/for-the-we...
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For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #58
Yule love this one (eye roll)
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
At some points in my week, I very much become alternate universe Lt. Harry Kim from Star Trek: Lower Decks and, as I push the button to destroy all universes, yell, “I’m two pip Harry Fucking Kim and I don’t have to listen to anybody!” I then self immolate into atoms.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“Satanic Panic” level of bottom-of-the-barrel journalism here folks.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
And Leisure Guide Sign Up Day in Winnipeg shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that signs up his daughters and sons for swimming and skating shall be my brother…
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a group of soldiers are standing in a line holding spears and shields
ALT: a group of soldiers are standing in a line holding spears and shields
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Pretzel!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Adam Driver reading Amazon reviews is my new obsession.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
“I only do what I have done I will do better in the morning Afraid of what I might become I will do better in the morning Stuck inside a cycle of opinions Where there's two clear ways And I always take the easy one And I'm always left with the taste in my mouth I will do better in the morning…”
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#Manitoba got a mention in Lower Decks! Whoooo! Represent!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hot.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Twitter died when Elon bought it. Whatever creature it became after was a corrupt zombie-like husk bent on destroying free speech and promoting some neo-fascist oligarchy. So, to sum up, “Fuck Twitter.”
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
For all my new followers who love #osint- you need to check out this dope Substack. www.bullshithunting.com Shout out to @kennedycatherine.bsky.social, @justinseitz.bsky.social, and @anyuse.bsky.social. Essential follows here!
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Bullsh*t Hunting | Justin Seitz | Substack
The mailing list for journalists, activists, hackers, investigators, short-sellers and skeptics alike. Remixing dark humour, investigative technique and raw storytelling, we hope to bring you new and ...
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It’s my cure for depression. Ramen is life. And… it is also death.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Is it bad that I identify most with Laszlo from “What We Do in the Shadows?” He says what I think. All the time.
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two men are standing next to each other in a dark room and one of them is saying `` they 're idiots ''
ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a dark room and one of them is saying `` they 're idiots ''
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For all my #osint peeps- I used a video game to track someone. Here’s a taste…
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The song “Letting Go” by Angie McMahon has become my new comfort song that prevents me from losing my mind on the regular. It’s like a safe warm emotional blanket, but angry and made of piss and vinegar.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
So do I delete my Twitter account or just leave it be and let it rot? What is everyone doing?
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
It’s been a while Bluesky. Twitter sucks now. I guess I’ll stay here!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Will artificial intelligence be the new geopolitical kingmaker? Experts say it’s getting damn close. Check out my latest article at The Debrief. thedebrief.org/the-ai-arms-...
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The AI Arms Race Will Be The Next Geopolitical Kingmaker, Experts Warn - The Debrief
Are we headed toward an AI arms race? Experts warn that future conflicts will be strategized and future societies shaped by the technology.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
I need to use this app more.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
This is CounterCloud, the autonomous AI powered disinformation system. thedebrief.org/countercloud-ai-disi…
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Inside CounterCloud: A Fully Autonomous AI Disinformation System - The Debrief
CounterCloud, a totally autonomous AI disinformation system, gives a glimpse into how AI and disinformation will work together in the future.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 06/08/2023
This is a solid resource. 10/10. Will follow.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
#OSINT, #AI...and the wildest conspiracy theory you ever heard! open.spotify.com/episode/6fCs41U1E2…
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"Deus Ex Machina" with Tim Boucher
Listen to this episode from Cloak & Dagger | An OSINT Podcast on Spotify. It's become increasingly difficult to determine the difference between fact and fiction. From the mouth of a sailor, a strange...
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
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Whistleblowers Testify Under Oath Regarding "Craft of Non-Human Origin" and Military Encounters with...
Congress has received testimony from three former officials about UAP encounters and alleged U.S. retrievals of craft of non-human origin.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 24/07/2023
Oh man- if you haven't listened to my #osint podcast yet- you should. It's just war stories from the trenches of open source intelligence gathering... open.spotify.com/show/6mT8zDMBq5gOf…
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Cloak & Dagger | An OSINT Podcast
Listen to Cloak & Dagger | An OSINT Podcast on Spotify. Cloak & Dagger is a podcast about OSINT, technology, global conflict, and the practitioners and investigators who work in those trenches. Every ...
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 08/07/2023
We’ll be going down so deep, the river’s gonna weep, and the mountains’ going to shout, “Amen!”
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