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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Cui bono??

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Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2h ago

Reminder that the EU had no compunction about banning Russia Today. If anything, Musk’s behaviour is more egregious - directly assisting a foreign enemy's military attack. And this is on top of his support for race riots, Nazis and CSAM! By any measure, a threat to national security.

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2h ago

It's legitimate for the EU, the UK, Canada and others to support their Ukrainian ally. If Musk is going to (in effect) assist Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies should sanction Starlink, X and Tesla. At the very least, governments (and people) should stop using his fucking site already.

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 21h ago

FTR shattering letter about how the Conservative Government ignored the entirely credible threat from Putin in favour of feeding The City (& Tory Party) roubles👇 March 23 2022 Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), UK defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016 www.ft.com/content/857d...

[4x screenshots from FINANCIAL TIMES] Letter: A defence attaché despairs at inevitability of conflict From Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), Oakham, Rutland, UK [Photo of Sherlock Holmes and Watson monument at the British Embassy in Moscow] MARCH 23 2022The recent article by Maria Stepanova "The war of Putin's imagination" (Life & Arts, FT Weekend, March 19) was exemplary. However, one jarring note was the unfounded notion that no one expected this aggression from the Kremlin. I served as the UK's defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin's palace. We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: "There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast."The evidence of Putin's chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition. The list is remorseless, the consequences could not be ignored. But they were. It was not until I returned to the UK on the eve of our withdrawal from the EU, a manoeuvre which greatly emboldened those in Moscow, that I understood how our society had changed in the years I was serving overseas.All was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth. The values we were demanding of other nations had long since faded from our own actions. I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered. Carl Scott Air Commodore (Retired) Oakham, Rutland, UK
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 15h ago

For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/

TeeDixie ✊🏼@teedixie.bsky.social · 5h ago

Back from Twitter days, I remember saying he was the devil and I hated him. Back when people used to think he was trying to save the planet. People used to laugh at the vehemence of my hate. I ALWAYS trust my gut. I. Was. Right. lnkd.in/p/eWsvH4FW

#bleeckerstreetpartner #muskmovie #electionfraud | Martin Morales

In Musk, Ashley St. Clair recounts a private election-night exchange in which Elon Musk allegedly told her he already knew Donald Trump had won "hours ago" because his team had "the best real-time dat...

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 4h ago

As if 39 Russian ballistic missiles targeting Kyiv overnight weren’t enough “good” news, #Starlink also capped the speed of terminals operating on the move in Ukraine at 100 mph (161 km/h). No warning, no heads-up – and several missions ended up being disrupted because of it.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 5h ago

Ballistic shelling of Kyiv and the region lasted 2.5-3 hours. The Russians launched 39❗ballistic missiles, damaging 26 power grid assets and 4 gas grid assets. Over 600k people are without power.

Henry Dyer@direthoughts.com · 2d ago

Exclusive: Do you remember the polling company Redfield and Wilton, which appeared from nowhere in early 2020, whose polls quickly appeared in lots of publications? The company’s director is a registered solicitor, prompting questions over where the polling expertise came from. Here’s the answer…

Nigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firm

Exclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say

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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 23h ago

New: an AI company now lets cops identify specific houses, using data from Zillow and Airbnb, based on a single photo. It's part of Raven, previously called Geospy. Company previously demoed its tools to catch people vandalizing Flock cameras or protesters www.404media.co/ai-company-l...

AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo

Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.

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