Dan Smith
@rosa-noctis.bsky.social
Open source investigator: disinformation, influence operations, political action, etc. Currently China/UK-focused. rosa.noctis@proton.me
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
I cannot comprehend how, in the 21st century, we are reverting to binary notions of gender despite all the biological and social evidence to the contrary. The SC ruling genuinely makes me feel sick.
As far as I’m aware, it isn’t publicly known who they were looking for - nor if it’s specifically an “anti-Trump video”. Of course, the secret service turning up to a school about an “online threat” could be that and still isn’t great, but it’s not confirmed gestapo behaviour yet.
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2y agoSecret Service agents arrived yesterday at Hamline Elementary School in Chicago searching for an 11-year-old child who posted an anti-Trump video. AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD. The principal said school administrators followed protocols and denied entry to the agents.
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Authors Che Chang, Lian Huang and Athena Tong delve into leaked files from iS00N, a Chinese cybersecurity contractor, revealing how Beijing leverages private firms to extend its influence under the guise of promoting digital sovereignty. jamestown.org/program/stat...
State Goals, Private Tools: Digital Sovereignty and Surveillance Along the Belt and Road
Executive Summary: Beijing promotes digital sovereignty in its engagements with other countries but with the caveat that it can maintain access to partner countries’ digital systems. Leaked documents ...
jamestown.org
The Biden administration said on Thursday that it was considering a new rule that could restrict or ban Chinese drones in the United States out of national security concerns. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...
U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese Drones, Citing National Security Concerns
The Commerce Department requested that private companies comment on the implications of the rule by March. The final decision will fall to the Trump administration.
nytimes.com
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I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
Inside the Chinese government’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to Libya warlord Haftar – The Telegraph: ‘three alleged co-conspirators who negotiated the deal while employed at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’
Inside China’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to warlord
Military tech worth £1bn would have been part-payment for discounted crude oil, emails sent by alleged conspirators in Canada reveal
telegraph.co.uk
"But the danger is that, like a monster in a Christmas ghost story, the more we believe in Farage, the more real he will become." @jonnelledge.bsky.social making a few really good points here. 👇
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2y ago"Given all that – given Trump – would you really bet against Farage on the steps of Downing Street? "Well – yes."
What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2y agoYeah I need way more money than anyone ever got before. I need it because my shit is difficult right now. But it's important in ways even I haven't been able to work out. OpenAI is a serious business. Help me. Please help me please my serious company is so good. Help me www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...
Articles like this remind me just how inept mainstream media are at covering intelligence. MI6 does not employ “agents”, they employ officers. Did nobody on staff think to check these kinds of glaring details?
Eldritch kcarruthers@kcar.me · 2y agoWhat a loser: Prince Andrew was at 'centre of secret MI6 file' after agents 'became concerned' The dossier started in the late 1990s, covers the time when the he grew close to alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/prince-andrew-centre-secret-mi6-34331754
Newly updated: Dr. Emma L Briant's Propaganda Bibliography www.patreon.com/posts/dr-emm...
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Even though I don't document the names of a sources except in my head, stuff like this keeps me up at night.
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2y agoThere are some reporters I know who have put names of sources in things like internal communications or documents and written like in parentheses (on bg, meaning anonymous) and uh, I guess it’s a choice to keep doing that 🫡 Everything including names in expense reports are potentially up for grabs
whether you've got a strong opinion on extrajudicial violence or not, you should know that the conservative movement does: they're very much in favor of it
Eliza Orlins@elizaorlins.bsky.social · 2y agoIf there were an RNC coming up, Daniel Penny would absolutely be a speaker.
The Labour Government has confirmed they invited numerous known hate groups and pro-conversion orgs to give evidence for their closed consultation on the puberty blocker ban, including Bayeswater Support, LGB Alliance, CAN-SG, Transgender Trend and Sex Matters. Never let them forget this choice.
Government’s response to the targeted consultation on proposed changes to the availability of puberty blockers
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I need bluesky to add bookmarks so I have a place to put things I'll never look at again
Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵
1. Anyone who follows me knows that I am, shall we say, a big believer in hiring more religion reporters. But I wanted to take a minute to detail just one of the reasons I say that, like, all the time. More to the point: let’s pull back the curtain to explain what this kind of work looks like.
1. In a major development, the first national consensus guidelines for trans youth have been released in France. They recommend affirmation and medical care, denounce "wait and see." They refute much of the Cass Review. Subscribe to support my journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french...
New French Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Denounce "Wait-And-See" Approach
The new guidelines, published by the French Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, create the first French national medical consensus on trans youth care.
erininthemorning.com
Sometimes I look through Youtube comment sections for action films and it dawns on me that so much right-wing thought stems from Call of Duty logic. Top comment on a scene from Sicaro where the good guys massacre everyone in a cartel convoy is “Why can’t America do this?” Insane.
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