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Ben Shultz

@benmshultz.net

☀️ Lead Researcher, @AmericanSunlight.org 👨🏻‍🎓 Doctoral Student, @dsrc.bsky.social 🇪🇺 AI Expert from time to time, @coe.int 🍊 #MaxwellMafia Alum & Lecturer 🤖 Hobbies include hunting Russian bots https://www.benmshultz.net | 📍Berlin

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POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 6d ago

Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shared with POLITICO shows.

Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows

Researchers tracked around 50,000 sensitive and dual-use goods reaching Russia via India since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, raising questions as Britain and the EU deepen trade ties with New Delhi.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

OpenAI said two of its A.I. models went rogue and successfully hacked into Hugging Face, a digital library of A.I. tech that is popular among developers. A.I. labs have warned that their tech could pose risks by finding holes in computer networks faster than defenders could fix them. trib.al/6c02M1q

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UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 2w ago

🤯 Every Russian Orthodox Church priest serving abroad is either recruited by or affiliated with Russian intelligence services, former intelligence official says. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Every Russian Orthodox Priest Abroad Is Linked to Russian Intelligence, Former HUR Official Says

A former Ukrainian intelligence official claims every Russian Orthodox priest abroad is linked to Russian intelligence, calling the ROC an influence network.

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Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3w ago

To be clear: This is funding for what the State Department calls "civilizational allies" - MAGA-aligned people and parties in Europe, who share their disdain for human rights and their preference for ethnically pure societies and a totally unregulated internet

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3w ago

The State Department has just put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" - presumably the EU - and governments who seek to regulate the internet and end Western Civilization. www.state.gov/drl-nofo-dev...

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday. “He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.” She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.” “In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3w ago

The federal immigration agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford has been identified as David Michael Brouillette. Brouillette, who is 37 and lives in Manchester, was identified by an ex-wife as the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg, a Palantir alum, just announced a “Notice Of Funding to kick-start a SILICON HIGHWAY: a digital-physical corridor that accelerates logistics and compliance operations among partner countries…” I wonder which companies will receive this funding. 1/

The @StateDept is launching a Notice Of Funding to kick-start a SILICON HIGHWAY: a digital-physical corridor that accelerates logistics and compliance operations among partner countries with cryptographic cargo verification, Al-expedited risk assessment, and pre-approved expedited processing early in the supply chain. i
Pew Research Center@pewresearch.org · 4w ago

The #NATO Summit begins today in Ankara, Turkey. When we surveyed people in 13 member states on their views of the alliance, favorable views were highest in Poland (78%) and Sweden (74%). They were lowest in Turkey (27%). Overall, views across these member states tilt positive (65% favorable).

Chart of favorable vs unfavorable views of the NATO in 2026 across different countries. Text reads: Views of NATO in 2026 Percent who have a/an ... opinion of NATO
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Important - as with the Tea Party in 2010, the DSA is driven by anti-system sentiment, not a sharp shift in the electorate. Likely to be misunderstood (as it was with the Tea Party, which didn't actually want Romney-Ryan entitlement cuts).

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 4w ago

Here’s a huge data point in the current debate about why DSA candidates are suddenly winning everywhere: Bernie Sanders is the most favorable Democratic political figure today — even among self-described ideological “moderates.” Huh? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-07...

Alexios Mantzarlis@mantzarlis.com · 4w ago

A great, detailed, guide on web scraping tools for investigations by David Weisz, who ran three different tests on seven different scrapers. His take: "I'm blown away by the progress scrapers have made over the past decade, particularly the Chrome extensions and AI tools."

No code, no budget: 7 web scrapers put to the test

Scraping no longer demands coding skills or a big budget. Here's how seven options held up across three real-world tests.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w ago

News analysis: European leaders want to keep President Trump and the U.S. deeply engaged in NATO, but they have come to accept that the alliance is changing — and will have to rely far less on Washington for the conventional defense of Europe.

In NATO’s Next Act, Can Europe Play the Leading Role?

The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more.

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Kerstin@kerstin10785berlin.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚩 #Finland: What at first glance appears to be random purchases of vacation homes by Chinese-owned companies in Finland turns out to be systematic efforts to acquire properties that are located near areas critical to national defense or security of supply. #China

Mikko Koivukangas @koivukangas.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Kyse ei ole sattumanvaraisista mökkitonteista, kun kiinalaisomisteiset yritykset ovat yrittäneet ostaa Suomesta useita kohteita, jotka vaikuttavat maanpuolustukseen tai huoltovarmuuteen. Poikkeuksellista on juuri niiden systemaattisuus, sanoo tohtori Sari Arho Havrén."

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · last mo.

Fuel map is getting redder and redder. P.S it's my understanding that a more than a few #NAFO guys are in the system. Clicking green stations to red and red ones to green. Special fuel confusion operation if you will 😉

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