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These are some of the most repressive media restrictions placed on international media organisations and their journalists anywhere in the world. They should be removed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pakistan restricts international media reporting
Anyone working for foreign media, including Pakistanis, will now need permission to report from anywhere outside three major cities.
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin reshuffled military commanders, including those associated with logistics and Russia’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), against the backdrop of Ukrainian strike campaigns that these services have failed to defend against. (1/7) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar080526
EU is investigating Russia’s possible involvement in information campaign surrounding Ceuta crisis. According to Ukrainian officials, pro-Russian networks published more than 1,5K posts about the events, prompting EEAS & Europol to examine whether Moscow coordinated or amplified the online campaign.
Defense industry executives are trying to calm Wall Street concerns over uncertainty surrounding the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion FY2027 budget. They say “continued demand for weapons and military equipment suggests defense spending will remain strong”.
Australia, Poland and South Korea are already in. More allies are expected to join. If users can enter hypothetical mission scenarios and receive AI-generated capability recommendations, where is the line between interoperability and exposing sensitive operational insights?
As I reported last night during the attack, Russia used cluster munitions, probably from the North Korean ballistics they used to hit Kyiv. Here's video of them hitting the capital city. #RussiaIsATerroristState
An act of terrorism at a German airport is being linked with Russia. A DHL plane had to abandon a landing when hit by a drone. It came as another drone, armed with an explosive, was spotted right by Ukrainian cargo planes. A robot was sent to check the device at Leipzig airport.
.. Remember FPV stands for First Person View, i.e. the drone operator sees the drone's view and therefore makes a deliberate choice as to what to hit. Russia made the ludicrous claim this⬇️ FPV hit was because the guy's truck was once used by the army😡 bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 2d agoStiff competition but this has to be one of the most sick videos of the day. In the centre of free Kherson, a clear example of Russia's human safari. A 52 year old civilian, at a market. Incredibly he survived, but suffered shrapnel wounds and concussion. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Overnight attacks followed a similar trend of late, attacking Ukraine's warehouses, no matter what they contain, but especially food. Another pointless example today in Kherson, where an FPV drone deliberately hit this supermarket lorry.
This is the daily 🧵- after another awful night. We've had more missiles in previous nights, but the damage is almost 100% because Trump refuses to give defence missiles for its Patriot systems. Review yesterday's news here, including the strikes on Kyiv: bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 2d agoHello again, on Day 1623 of the full invasion of Ukraine. Every single day I've compiled a thread of the news stories, updated throughout the day (and often night too) When I finished the previous thread in the middle of this night, more things were exploding inside Russia!
A European capital city, in a country that's an ally of NATO, spent this morning retrieving bodies, saving the wounded, grieving, & despairing at the US in particular for giving Russia the green light to murder when it wishes. Day 1624. Is the fight for good vs evil abandoned?
Days after Nick Judin reported that Mississippi had suddenly denied scholarships to 170 Mississippi foster students, a nonprofit has pledged $800k and colleges are working to ensure their education isn't disrupted. Lawmakers are also vowing to fix it. This is what impactful journalism looks like.
Mississippi Nonprofit, Colleges Help Foster Students Denied Scholarships as Lawmakers Vow Fix
The Woodward Hines Education Foundation is dedicating $800,000 to help fund Mississippi foster students denied full-ride scholarships.
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Yeppers. I am no longer going to conferences in the U.S. And I am not alone.
Detentions of International Scholars at Airports Raise Alarm
A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars.
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Coming up just after midnight, we reveal how a draft version of the government’s recent data centre report included several key aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector but were later cut from the final version released to the public. Read on thejournal.ie 🔜
They should have this sorted by now. Which means there are serious stresses and shortages in sustainment capacity, likely owing to the unprogrammed nature of this campaign, as well as the increased op-tempo on this side of the Atlantic.
MS NOW@ms.now · 6h agoMoldy showers. Food shortages. A lack of toothpaste, deodorant and soap. Military families are sounding the alarm about rapidly worsening conditions on the USS Lincoln. From Priya Sridhar:
Omg, this is amazing 🤩 An anti-AI anthem 🎶 Help me boost this out of my bubble please 🙏 ♻️
Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸@ethicsofai.bsky.social · 2d agoI did a thing!! I made a rendition of the song The Man with Money in his Hands by Jessie Mazin ❤️ This song was just perfect to be made into an anti-AI anthem. "Make life easier, just give up control. It's a chemical dependance, it's a bruise on your soul" Enjoy!!!!!!! 😃 youtu.be/i6Sbu2Zf2SM?...
Heads up. Milei introduced his Thiel-aligned “Super RIGI bill” in an op-ed, “opening with “praise for the Dutch East India Company.” As noted by others, the Dutch East India Company was granted a “commercial monopoly, its own army, currency & legal system, & the power to declare war.” 7/31/26 … 1/
Allister Heath in the Telegraph argues that the foundation of Restore's politics is a "Groyperification" into rabid conspiratorial populism that rejects ethnic & faith minorities being equally British. www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
Russia killed Oleksii Yukov, the head of the Platsdarm body recovery group. Oleksii repatriated over 10,000 bodies in more than 25 years of his work. Born and raised in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Oleksii was initially recovering the remains of soldiers from World War II.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/mili...
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
The chaos being created by Reform in local government is almost as scandalous as the issues around its funding at national level.
Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 16h agoReform UK Warwickshire under George Finch’s toxic leadership have haemorrhaged councillors. They have now just 17/57. He wouldn’t survive a vote of no confidence.
'So we've heard the concerns of the Jewish community about standing a convicted neo-Nazi anti-semite as a local candidate and decided to give him a national job instead...'
I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
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from “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman 1985
More questions over Farage's £5m gift... Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats: “With every new revelation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else."
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ as fresh questions raised over £5 million gift
It casts new doubt on his defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christoph
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russia loots occupied Crimea's ancient sites through six illegal archaeological digs 🖊️ Daniel Thomas russia is conducting six illegal archaeological expeditions across occupied #Crimea The illegal digs target crypts, a necropolis, and ancient settlements. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/r...
Russia loots occupied Crimea’s ancient sites through six illegal archaeological digs - Euromaidan Press
Russia runs six illegal digs in occupied Crimea while Ukraine documents stolen artifacts and struggles to prosecute those responsible.
euromaidanpress.com
I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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