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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED HOMO ARRAY
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is very much like CIA public affairs to not know what kind of helicopter their own extremely historic helicopter that they display at HQ is (The quote-tweeter who’s corrected them was a paramilitary officer in CIA SAD’s Air Branch at the time, and that’s him posing with it in Afg in early 2002)
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
JNIM claims the rumored drone swarm in Sevare Air Base, where Turkey regularly resupplies located there Akincis and Bayraktars. According to al-Qaeda affiliate, 4 Ak/TB + a few helicopters were hit by mortars damaging them, drone control platform and radar were destroyed. #Mali
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The hedgehog @the-hedgehog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Video from Ukraine's Rubizh unit
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️ groundbreaking investigation here. This is collective work at its best: multiple orgs, multiple Sahelian and non Sahelian collaborators, fantastic figures, visualizations, maps etc. to eventually document an overlooked horror and human tragedy. Kudos to the many contributors. That's the way to go
bellingcat.com
“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign - bellingcat
Evidence collected by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique contradicts Mali's claim that drone strikes are precise and only target terrorists.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So the bombings that struck the Saudi pipeline (and will cause enormous backlash) were from Iraq. Well, it's actually quite an open case on who exactly may be responsible-recent drones from Iraq were not only operated by Iraqi allies of Iran but...Houthi operatives based there.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 08/09/2026
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Two proposals were offered to me. The first was that we post our Euler result, and that OpenAI post its Navier-Stokes result the next day. The second was that, after posting Euler, I alone write a paper presenting the Navier-Stokes result, acknowledging that an internal OpenAI model had resolved it. Sebastien twice asserted that he wanted Levent removed from authorship, and said it would all be simple if only it were not the case that, and it was so annoying that, Levent works at Anthropic. It was also said that if OpenAI posted after us, they would say that we deserved the Clay Prize, and that we were the "closest humans to the problem". I declined both offers.
I said that if OpenAI released its result in the way proposed I would go public with what happened. The reply was, "Why would you ruin your career?" I replied that I am an academic, and asked why he thought going public would ruin my career. The reply was,
"If you don't want me to be nice, then I don't
have to be nice."
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I don’t like bringing the personal into the posting but if you feel comfortable publicly commenting (nicely, no fed posting) on the “let’s make employers pay 100K for H1-B visas” rule proposed by DHS, I’d appreciate it. My significant other would be effected by this and I love her very much
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is some real sicko shit. Wish I was there
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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Los Angeles has a childcare crisis. The most rewarding experience of my life has been raising my twins in Los Angeles. But many LA families are having to face a choice between earning a paycheck and knowing their child is safe and cared for.
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 31/08/2026
At 12:02 p.m. EDT, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit. #NASARoman 🔭
science.nasa.gov
NASA's Roman Completes First Mid-Course Correction Burn - NASA Science
At 12:02 p.m. EDT, Roman began an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn to adjust its trajectory toward its final orbit.
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Definitely worth watching for anyone who's been wondering what the hell is going on in Niger and the rest of the Sahel
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
colby holding centcom and pacom in his hands
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Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Check out my new article for CTC Sentinel: "Managing the Muhajirin: The Future of Syria’s Foreign Fighters" ctc.westpoint.edu/managing-the...
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
31.08 #Niger According to certain sources the Junta has begun a purge of certain units in the Security Forces connected to the weekend’s coup attempt. Personnel in the Bankilaré department have been disarmed & arrested including a Lt. Colonel & his deputy.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some récap here on RFI this morning
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Niger: «les Russes ont sauvé la mise, ou en tout cas permis de circonscrire cette tentative de putsch» - Le grand invité Afrique - RFI
Au Niger, le régime du général Tiani a été rudement secoué samedi 29 août par la rébellion de plusieurs unités militaires qui ont tenu l'aéroport de Niamey et ont tenté de s'emparer du palais présidentiel.…
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Sam Lair @slair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I return to the Arms Control Wonk Podcast to talk Golden Dome and SBIs with @aaronstein1.bsky.social and @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social Come for our explanations of math, stay to hear what everyone's favorite SBI countermeasure is! www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1222...
armscontrolwonk.com
Calculating the Cost of Golden Dome
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is some crazy shit. Turbofucks the gun i'd assume, not sure if they care though
youtube.com
Russian Improvised .50 Cal Anti-Drone Buckshot Rounds
YouTube video by The Armourer's Bench
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The match between "Jolene" and Slipknot's "Duality" is so close that you can sing one to the tune of the other. Both are delightful, but here's the metal Jolene, by the wonderful Anthony Vincent. RIP Dolly Parton. What a woman. youtu.be/4l_c-YREy3Q?...
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Jolene (In the style of Slipknot)
YouTube video by Anthony Vincent - Topic
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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 14/08/2026
“Are you here to conduct effects?” she asked, defending forward, her surface attack, no, her attack surface, fully exposed. “Baby,” he cooed, “my package was approved by the Attorney General himself. State had concerns. State was overruled.”
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/08/2026
Airport catering truck with the container raised and the Saddam Hussein spider hole diagram superimposed on it with a label that says Donald J. Trump
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 02/08/2026
i am begging you — including some of you who follow me that i'm seeing in the OP QTs — to actually read what senate democrats are getting out of this and to stop and think for, like, at least 90 seconds, about what *else* you think a minority party *in both chambers* can squeeze out of the majority
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Imperial conquest is OK as long as you build a railroad? Quick, somebody tell the Brits their time has come!
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Giving five bucks to Nithya Raman because this pissed me off. Fuck you.
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Barrista @onbluskysku.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Neither. Worse though: the UK
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/07/2026
While imperfect and unevenly enforced, the Americans with Disabilities Act was a genuine civil rights milestone that has literally reshaped our society for the better. We should celebrate it loudly.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Road rage" is what they call murder when a car is involved. It waters down the reality of the violence and the crime. When someone murders a fellow human with a gun, it's rarely called anything other than what it is: murder.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Say his name.
pressherald.com
Neighbor IDs man shot by an immigration agent in Biddeford
An immigrant advocacy group also confirms Joan Sebastian Guerrero is the 26 year-old man from Colombia killed by law enforcement. Officials haven't verified the name after repeated requests. <br>
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Some absolutely crazy shit in here
casp.ac
CASP — Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy | University of Cambridge
The Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy (CASP) is an interdisciplinary research programme on frontier AI at the University of Cambridge.
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In Sudan the RSF is preparing to assault El Obeid, the capital of the North Kordofan wilyat. The UN estimates that as many as 500,000 lives are in danger if the city is sieged and then assaulted. The world has largely ignored the Sudanese civil war, that must change.
news.un.org
Sudan: Window is closing to prevent wider escalation in El Obeid
A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that the opportunity to prevent a major escalation in the Sudanese city of El Obeid is “rapidly narrowing” as fighting intensifies in and around the N...
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
How humiliating it must be for Russia to be reduced to threatening to destory only HALF of Finland.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 23/06/2026
Effort to retrieve sunglasses from vault toilet traps man in stinky situation
latimes.com
Effort to retrieve sunglasses from vault toilet traps man in stinky situation
A man found himself in a stinky situation after dropping his sunglasses into a campground vault toilet in Shaver Lake on Saturday.
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Uncle in law got us a vitamix. I think I'm becoming a smoothie guy
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Thought this was CT related for one baffling moment.
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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Actually hard to fathom. There are sites within that monastery that are a full millennium old. The Russians hold their own so-called values in the same disrepute they hold us.
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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In general relativity, a point mass just sitting there is inevitably a black hole. But that's when you're living in 3d space (and one dimension of time). In 2d space, a point mass creates a less drastic singularity: a 'cone point'. I've been studying these cone points lately, just for fun. (1/n)
A disc with a slice cut out of it, and then the cone formed when you glue together the two edges of the slice.
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Spent all day today tracking down a bug in some code only to realize it wasn't a bug but an error in the original paper the code was based on. It cited an older paper but randomly added a pi phase shift to exactly one of six angles for no apparent reason.
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Wassim NASR @simnasr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Quelques idées, sur comment un groupe désigné a pu sortir de son isolation, comment le JNIM évalue-t-il l'expérience HTS, est-ce que Kidal est le nouveau Idleb & quel rôle pour Damas dans des futurs processus de résolutions de conflits ? levant24.com/opinion/2026...
levant24.com
Syria: A Blueprint for a New Path in Conflict Resolution
Wassim Nasr, a prominent French journalist, analyst, and Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center, has spent over a decade tracking jihadist movements
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.
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Tom Bombadildo @tom-bombadildo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Never expected Trump to be posting pictures of Malcom X park
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Incredible landing burn here.
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Wassim NASR @simnasr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Glad to see that my CTCWP piece about the evolution of the conflict in Mali & the Sahel region is featured on Small Wars. An outlet that I read since my early university years smallwarsjournal.com/2026/05/11/j...
smallwarsjournal.com
JNIM's Mali Offensive and the Limits of Counterterrorism in the Sahel
Wassim Nasr's CTC Sentinel analysis of JNIM's April 2026 Mali offensive, the FLA alliance, and the strategic case for counterinsurgency in the Sahel.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17/05/2026
Remember to thank Donald Trump for those higher grocery bills.
abcnews.com
Tomatoes, seafood and more: Why are these grocery prices soaring?
A historic oil shock has driven up supply chain costs, according to some analysts.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
An hour ago, Trump announced the killing of "Abu Bilal al-Minuki", who he said was hiding in Africa, as a second in global Islamic State command, in an operation conducted by US and Nigeria forces. Since early 2025, the most important assassination of an IS global operative. 🧵
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"Hello daddy. I hope you are OK. Tell everyone from my class hello." here's some of what I saw and learned this week when I visited the Dilley ICE family detention center in Texas.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 08/05/2026
L.A.'s long-awaited subway under Wilshire Boulevard opens, linking Beverly Hills to downtown
latimes.com
L.A.'s long-awaited subway under Wilshire Boulevard opens, linking Beverly Hills to downtown
The opening of three new Metro stops — Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega — mark the first phase of the D Line extension project, a route that long considered key for Los Angeles public transit.
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