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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 42m

WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 4h

Some early first-hand accounts of the experience of encountering a narrow superhuman intelligence as mathematicians grapple with the hundreds of big AI proofs released by OpenAI. Problems solved in inhuman ways that make us wonder what it means to actually know things... scottaaronson.blog?p=10169

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 5h

Revisiting an old analogy; AI will do to software what the internet did to journalism. We’ll get 10x more software. More apps, agents and niche tools but fewer profitable software companies and fewer full-time developers. Software becomes abundant but the economics of software gets brutal.

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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 9h

"The talks about a nightmare attack scenario have taken place in recent weeks among EU ambassadors from all 27 countries gathering in “restricted format,” meaning without phones or assistants." www.politico.eu/article/eu-n...

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EU quietly braces for nightmare scenario of multiple-casualty hybrid attack

Diplomats are discussing emergency teams, EU funding and crisis communications, while some capitals warn Brussels risks duplicating NATO.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile, over on X, the Secretary of Homeland Security is posting about "vandalizing the demographics of America," a phrase which is either a chilling suggestion of white nationalism from Mullin or just straight pablum which means nothing but sounds just fash enough to excite the faithful.

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“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

Underneath is a picture of Mullin with a quote "How do you turn a country from democracy to socialism? You have to change the demographics."

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Video: Explosion and fire at Cardón Oil Refinery in Venezuela; operations suspended.

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AirNav Radar - Flight Tracker @airnavradar.com · 06/10/2026

🎃 Pilot Picasso is back at it! Flying a Cessna R182 Skylane (N1810R), Pilot Picasso is writing a giant HAPPY HALLOWEEN👻 across the skies over the U.S. Track the live flight and watch the masterpiece come to life with the AirNav Radar app: airnavradar.go.link/i1UEk

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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sen. Chris Murphy has been denied entry into a US military facility in Qatar. "Never before has a member of Congress been denied access to military facilities and been refused briefings by Generals in theater." Pretty sure the briefing bit is illegal.

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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ICE officers are now asking immigrants they arrest if they have ever voted illegally and whether they did so by mail or in person as part of a pre-election push to root out alleged voter fraud - which remains rare www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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In run-up to election, ICE is asking detainees if they voted illegally

People who admit to voting illegally are then asked if it was by mail or in person.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What a shocking waste of time.

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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Very visible attempt by Islamic State to get influence in different Iraqi provinces this month, however it seems to be Kirkuk being the epicenter of their new campaign, launched just before US withdrew and relocated to Jordan. Daily clashes now are occuring. To watch.

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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Monitors are expecting a large scale Russian combined arms strike against Ukraine overnight (local time). It's currently approaching 10PM in Kyiv.

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David Sterman @davidsterman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I love this article. I do think there’s a bit of an issue where it treats the aims of all wars as unlimited and thus concludes an enemy’s ability to resist in some way inevitably means there’s no victory. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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The Myth of Military Victory

The dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice.

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump on Iran: Let 'em take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it's a small price to pay

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Soldiers and family members have told The Associated Press of a failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape that has hindered follow-up care. The Pentagon has said that the medical care was appropriate.”

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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You can really see the different phases of the war play out in this radar imagery. These first two show the damage from the most intense bombing, before ground forces entered Gaza, when the IDF was announcing the destruction of “power targets” and sometimes dropping more than 1,000 bombs in a day.

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Striking in this animation of damage in Gaza by the Conflict Ecology team: there’s an intense initial surge of destruction in Oct-Dec 2023 coinciding with by far the heaviest Israeli aerial bombing—but the bulldozer-based phase of the war in spring and Aug-Oct 2025 lights up the map almost as much…

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The crude oil tanker „AFRAMAX RIO“ (IMO: 9273844), which is currently cruising close to the port of Sochi, Russia, is completely on fire.

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The burning crude oil tanker caused a huge smoke cloud right over Sochi, Russia. Incoming news claim that the tanker was struck by an USV.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Massive fire reported in Russian Black Sea port city of Sochi; local channels say a ship exploded in the port area.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Remember, with the war it's just artificial. It's a little bit high, it's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city, let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. That's, this is a very small price to pay” - Donald Trump

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Azerbaijani captain killed and one crew member missing after drone attack on cargo ship Royad Mammadov in the Black Sea near Romania, foreign ministry says; other Azerbaijani crew rescued, three hospitalized, search underway.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

SemiAnalysis found Anthropic gives subscribers ~5x more AI usage than OpenAI for the same price. Anthropic is subsidizing subscriptions to win the developer workflow. The Uber playbook of subsidizing adoption for growth until it becomes a habit, then monetize it.

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Anthropic Subscriptions Offer 5x+ More Value Than OpenAI

Limit testing every AI subscription plan from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, SpaceXSI, MiniMax, Moonshot, Z.ai, Cursor, and Cognition

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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The ship sank in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, the 18 crew members whereabouts are unknown and Prime Minister Radev has convened a meeting with security officials.

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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide: www.thebanker.com/content/0228...

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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies

The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide

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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 05/10/2026

Marine F-35C Also Sports Three Submarine Kill Markings After Operation Epic Fury An exclusive image obtained by The Aviationist reveals an array of target markings on a VMFA-314 F-35C, apparently representing an oil tanker, three submarines and many more. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/10/05/v...

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Marine F-35C Also Sports Three Submarine Kill Markings After Operation Epic Fury

An exclusive image obtained by The Aviationist reveals an extraordinary array of target markings on a VMFA-314 F-35C, apparently representing an oil

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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The copilot and attacker of the FlyDubai flight was a student at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He did not "successfully complete an engineering qualification" the university said in a statement.

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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Moldavian border police officer was lightly injured after a Russian projectile ricocheted after hitting the ground and struck a civilian bus waiting near the Palanca border crossing according to Moldavian Border Police.

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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Israeli prosecutors charged a University mathematics lecturer in his 60s with terrorism offenses, accusing him of planning for years to kill hundreds of Arabs in Israel, East Jerusalem and the West Bank under a scheme he called “AYT,” Hebrew initials for “The People Will Carry Out the Transfer.”

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Observer @pflaumchen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How does that effect the legitimacy of any target? Even a morally justified war will have tragic civilian casualties. Duel use infrastructure is clearly fair game, but strikes against Ukraine support Russian pillaging while strikes against Russia are in service of saving lives.

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tom Moore @papermissiles.bsky.social put it best (IMHO) about Russia's reactions to the plague scare.

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Following a bio lab accident in Russia, which caused the breakout of the plague pathogen (pestis bacteria) and the death of at least one lab technician, 5 hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been put under strict quarantine. The quarantine is not voluntary.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.

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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand

A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As if one needed one more reason to not go to Siberia

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When you are the local, you will almost always be thrown under the bus by the international star reporter—whether that is burning your ties, getting you blamed for their bad reporting, or being put in the fatal line of fire www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...

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She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter

The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Officials say a person opened fire on about 50 people at a block party in Vienna, Georgia. Sheriff says 2 people were killed and 35 others were injured, 25 of them hospitalized. - WMAZ www.13wmaz.com/article/news...

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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The UK Green Party has voted 1,022-813 to adopt a motion declaring that “Zionism is racism” as official party policy. The motion also calls for a single Palestinian state with equal rights for all, while delegates rejected an amendment aimed at protecting Jewish members from being targeted.

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Jordan H. @jordanehoser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Clearer video. Looks like a Banderol.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you’re not on X you won’t appreciate the extent to which virulent racism against Indians has become THE rallying call of the far right.

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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An apparent Indian drone strike targeted the residence of the leader of Myanmar's NSCN-K separatist group on October 3, injuring two people, including a nine-year-old child. Local sources told Naga News that the Indian Army carried out the… x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2106491…

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 03/10/2026

It never ceases to amaze me the levels of compassion and indignation Republicans are capable of showing for insurrectionists, rapists, and tax fraudsters, but fail to check a box on an immigration form and its all WHAT PART OF ILLEGAL DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND. Get outta here posers.

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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Quite interesting questions re that flight now appear. Multiple outlets confirmed the Oman ban, the man was born in UAE, his mother is Syrian. Was apparently kicked out of Omani Airlines in February 2025, then joined Moroccan but may have also been kicked.

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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In other reports, the perpetrator's Linkedin and Instagram accounts openly admired Al-Qaeda suicide bomber al-Balawi from 2009 bombing of CIA base in Khost, he also praised Ayman al-Zawahiri (very interesting that not Saif al-Adel). This case may have some diamonds later.

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