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Total chaos in Russian cities after Ukraine's strikes on just two Yandex data centers wipes out GPS, payment systems, taxi apps and the largest websites, across the country. Russia's centralized North Korean style internet is the country's weakness, they are fucked.

The horn of Africa is grieving because their -Their farms are no longer yielding -Advancement of desert is alarming -Our major rivers are drying -Proliferation of pest and pathogens -Development of tropical diseases. -Our crop are dieing out. Climate change is a reality.

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Using phone calls, travel movements and location data, Der Spiegel has traced the recent drone attack on a German airport back to the elite SSD unit of the Russian military intelligence service GRU. When are the authorities going to start saying we’re at war and have been for a long time?

(S+) Leipziger Flughafen: Das sollen die Männer hinter der Drohnen-Attacke sein

Ermittler meinen zu wissen, wer den Leipziger Flughafen mit Drohnen angegriffen hat. Ihren Auftrag erhielten die Verdächtigen nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen wohl von einer Spezialeinheit des russischen Gehei...

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French President Emmanuel Macron: “There is a crisis of effectiveness in our democracies. We have made our systems more sophisticated, but we have become extremely complex, less understandable and slower.

The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.

Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

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Latvian authorities say there’s been deliberate damage to surveillance cables and equipment along the Latvia-Belarus border. Border Guard chief Guntis Pujāts called it a targeted action to disrupt border surveillance.

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Putin: “Russia will continue to fight for the rights of compatriots abroad, including in the Baltic states, but through international legal methods.” Also Putin: “We have no intention of invading Ukraine” one day before invading Ukraine.

US intelligence has warned several European governments that Russia may be preparing a drone operation against Spain, France or Italy, El Mundo reports. The Gerbera drones with explosive payloads would be launched from merchant ships in the Mediterranean, potentially hidden in containers.

Security agencies are investigating possible arson at a Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska, Poland. Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the incident could be hybrid warfare.

The Coming Food Crisis “According to early September reports, the summer of 2026 saw Britain’s lowest cereal harvest since 1984. In continental Europe, France’s 2026 cereal harvest is set to drop by almost 8 megatonnes v 2025; Germany’s by c.4 megatonnes“ arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-coming...

The Coming Food Crisis

Due to climate breakdown, falling agricultural productivity growth might be the new normal. This will feed a chaotic world order.

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This year’s El Niño is on course to be the largest in at least *1,000* years. That’s going to drive excess heat into the atmosphere and combined with man-made heating will make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded. #climatecrisis

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak

‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world

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Russia is targeting the Midterms with online disinformation campaigns aimed at sowing division and undermining trust in democracy, US intelligence officials told the NYT. The Kremlin has launched digital influence operations to spread false or divisive content on social media.

Even Switzerland. Federal government statement: “In response to the deteriorating security situation, 🇨🇭 has three objectives: strengthen resilience, improve protection and enhance defence capabilities. The Federal Council has adopted Switzerland’s Security Policy Strategy 2026.”

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that violated Lithuania’s airspace over Kaunas County, prompting an air alert and temporary flight restrictions at Vilnius Airport. Lithuanian authorities said its type and origin were unknown.