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William E Ott

@weott.bsky.social
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Cybersecurity specialist, mainly firewalls and VPNs; Signals Intel; Terrestrial and Satellite RF Engineer; Old Paramedic; Pilot of high performance aircraft; Dog Lover; Comments are mine; DM’s with no Hx gets you blocked; Retweet ≠ endorse 🟦🇺🇦🇮🇱

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William E Ott @weott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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William E Ott @weott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Guardrails (September 17, 2026) richardhaass.substack.com/p/guardrails...
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Guardrails (September 17, 2026)
Welcome to Home & Away. Concerns about AI reached something of a tipping point this week, with many prominent experts – people who actually understand it – coming out in favor of greater oversight and...
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William E Ott @weott.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Iran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
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Iran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed
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😾😾😾 @rocky2026.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
20 & 44. Dead within days of each other. “related to Covid complications” & “long-term illness” (possibly Long Covid & reinfection from the same deadly strand) Nothing to see here. Move along. Just another day “living with the plague.”
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Manny V. @phuckemaga.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
If being a dumbfuck were an olympic sport, RFK Jr would win and get 2 medals; the first one for being such a dumbfuck and the second one because he'd lose the first one, because he's a dumbfuck...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025
NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/10/2025
Donald has been doing what he does best, lie, and exploit anger and division for personal gain. Read more: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trump-expl...
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Trump Exploits Red State Anger (Again)
In cutting funding to Blue regions, he deepens the divide
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This is one of my favorite pictures from yesterday, Governor Pritzker with the protesters... #NoKings
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Lulu @lulu.sheshed.rocks · 20/10/2025
So employees overseeing the nuclear stockpile will be furloughed, but construction workers for his ballroom are essential….
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Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics
The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration may proceed with sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California. Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I saw this photo on a friend's FB page who attended the #NoKings event at the SC Statehouse. Perfect!
ICE has no brain 
GOP has no courage
Trump has no brain

All dressed in Wizard of Oz costumes
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/p... Trump’s working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end the war, according to European officials briefed on the meeting.
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How Trump-Zelensky meeting turned acrimonious over demands for territorial concessions | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025
The Pentagon’s gone dark and Johnson’s calling it “transparency” KARL: “The guy’s only had two briefings since he became Secretary of Defense… they’ve basically forced the Pentagon press out of the building…” SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I can’t remember… a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent.”
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/10/2025
It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS
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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🚨 New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks. Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle. @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/20/i...
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Inside Epstein’s Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein’s network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley

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Photo from bottom left: Masha Drokova (Bucher) on the cover of Authority Magazine, Masha and Victoria Drokova in Putin’s Kiss (2011), Lana Pozhidaeva with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, . Photo: Elder Ordonez
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 20/10/2025
The antifa thugs were out in full force Saturday in Salt Lake City....
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... People with a leading cause of blindness were able to read again thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and specialized augmented glasses, according to study results published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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With a tiny eye implant and special glasses, some legally blind patients can read again
The device helped people with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, which affects about 1 million people in the U.S.
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Jason A. Bartles @jabartlesauthor.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Today a lot of people are learning that one company owns most of the internet
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Darlene McDonald @darlenemcdonald.com · 20/10/2025
Those “violent criminals” are at it again… Fighting for American democracy by….dancing in the U.S.A. #nokings #joy
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.” www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...
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Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case
Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni is speaking out about a pattern of troubling behavior he says he witnessed inside the DOJ that undermined the rule of law.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/10/2025
I haven’t seen a single Republican show any concern for workers going without pay, still scraping together money for childcare and transportation just to get to the office. They just care about keeping Trump happy and blocking the Epstein files. STAND STRONG, DEMOCRATS ( @rokhanna.bsky.social )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/10/2025
Anand Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "First of all, governor, it's 'Mamdani.' This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right."
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Profolus @profolus.com · 20/10/2025
The consequences of misinformation and disinformation have prompted researchers in the fields of psychology and communication to determine the psychological mechanisms that can explain why there are people who accept and believe incorrect information.
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Psychological Factors Influencing False Information Acceptance - Profolus
There are psychological factors influencing false information acceptance. These also act as psychological barriers that prevent people from accepting accurate information or validating information.
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David Tomkins 🦋 @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Having built a system that is destructive of the environment that surrounds and sustains us, we are now proposing to change … the environment! Driving us towards this technological fix is the damage inflicted by existing technology. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Techno-capitalists think innovation can save the planet. But that same thinking is what got us here
An upside-down mindset is emerging around the world. We have to rethink our relationship with the environment and the technology that has caused it harm
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God @thegodshow.com · 20/10/2025
Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
U.N. Security Council members are concerned about tensions between the USA & Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first "cowboy" principle in attacking alleged drug boats. tinyurl.com/ye6zzktd “President of peace” & his drunk sidekick. 🙄
Department of war

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ATS OUTSIDE VENEZUELA.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members. They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2025
It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters. And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
RFK,Jr. just laid off 1,000 employees of HSS. A deliberate act to further decimate the nation's CDC, which serves to investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, and collect data. Expect sickness & deaths. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...
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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Dear Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and South Carolina Republicans: Are your families as excited about spending $1.2 billion of taxpayer money on a gold-ornamented ballroom and luxury jet as the Trump family is? 🤔
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The POTUS and regime don't want to reopen the government. They're hiding behind the truth we all know- Epstein's Files are filled with #47's name & Project 2025 mentions him (312 times!) - The regime wants ICE etc., to perpetrate violence - The Poorly Kept Secret open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
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The Poorly Kept Secret
Why Does it Feel Like Republicans Don’t Actually Want to Reopen the Government?
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th. If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.
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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Just curious… Hands up if you just believe the science you publish and you think everything else is bullshit? I’m referring to the half-decade of research & half-million publications showing SARS-CoV-2 can lead to new and worsening health conditions of every variety. I’m talking to you academia.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither. #ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2025
Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
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auntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
RFK, jr is the reason the CDC's windows were shot at over 150 times. The shooter claimed the Covid shot made him suicidal. Continuing the misinformation on vaccines will net more violence. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlueforOurFuture
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Mac Deford @macdeford.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I served in the U.S. Coast Guard and as a federal law enforcement officer. I know what our military is for — and it’s not to intimidate Americans in their own capital.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13/08/2025
A large fire was observed at the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk region, reportedly caused by a Ukrainian drone strike.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 14/08/2025
I’m sure the sandwich did major damage.. “A video showed a man repeatedly calling a group of officers “fascists” before throwing a sub sandwich at one.”
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Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
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