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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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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Oh - flood gates are open.
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a pole dancer in a club with the words oh yeah
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Slide into my DMs and let’s do this!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I live to serve.
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not any use, to many. @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
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
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a woman in a white lace top is holding a clear bottle of water
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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 · 28/03/2025
I see how it is. You’re a traitor to your species.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hot. AF.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Honestly- I’m convinced you’re the one who taught that shark how to click. Why are you conspiring against me? Who do you work for?!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Wait… so it clicks and it’ll only bite my toes off or something- and not finish the job and kill me?!?! I feel worse now.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Things that click freak me out. Being hunted by things that click; my bowels loosen.
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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 · 23/03/2025
Oh? Who’s the main guy?
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I do not understand really what’s going on. Slide into my DMs!
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Most of Bluebook is online, for free.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Tell me more.
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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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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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a man and a woman are sitting at a table in front of a microphone and the woman is saying well .
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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 · 17/01/2025
How’d you know?!
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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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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Oh! But now you can be! Just sign up to my new course, “Being MJ: The Subtle Art of Regulating Body Temperature.” It’s absolutely free for $99.99. You can also pair it with my most popular course, “Being MJ: A Lesson in Higher Learning, Secular Humanism, and Greek Antiquity.”
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’ve never had this issue.
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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 · 15/01/2025
Where does one buy such a bra? Asking for a friend.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Why do you sweat so much in airports?
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Aw shucks! Thanks! Much obliged!
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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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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Enough. Enough now.
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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 · 16/12/2024
I’d be gentle.
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MJ Banias @mjbanias.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I’ll fiiiind yooou…
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a woman is laughing at a man in front of a closet .
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