Hackers linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service intercepted hotel Wi-Fi worldwide to steal officials’ and executives’ data The SVR-linked group Midnight Blizzard “collects intelligence in support of Russian foreign policy interests,” according to a report by @threatintel.microsoft.com.

Hackers linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service intercepted hotel Wi-Fi worldwide to steal officials’ and executives’ data

Russian state-linked hackers have been breaking into hotel Wi-Fi networks around the world to steal data from corporate employees on business trips, according…

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Well there’s this… bsky.app/profile/raws...

Raw Story@rawstory.com · yesterday

A Washington State ballot measure that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before taking part in sports provoked nationwide outrage.

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

“Realizing Deep Fantasies with Generation AI [sic]"...

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 6h ago

NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more

And if you are wondering what a breakdown in global shipping looks like, a good place to start is thinking about net food importers. Our World in Data has a handy map:

"they note that their study area amounts to less than 3 percent of Amazonia. They think other regions may have had similar population densities, raising the possibility that the Amazon was once home to tens of millions of people before European colonization."

kottke.org@kottke.org · 5h ago

Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the Amazon rainforest was home to a “sprawling ancient civilization much bigger than researchers expected” (possibly up to 3 million people around 100-300 CE). [smithsonianmag.com]

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?

Interesting side-channel analysis on the shadow fleet.

A Private Email Server Connects Russia-Owned Sovcomflot to a Web of Shadow Fleet Operators

Sovcomflot crew postings on Telegram list the same anonymously registered email domain that a network of shadow fleet firms use, Kharon found. Experts say it furthers long-held suspicions about state ...

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Er det ikke nærmere denne invasion af udlændinge I burde være opmærksomme på, #dkpol? www.dr.dk/nyheder/peng... Løgnehistorierne om at der blot er en eneste fra Ceuta der kommer farende er jo til grin i den sammenhæng cc @juulmona.konservative.dk @troelslundp.venstre.dk

Amerikansk oliefirma er gået i land - Grønland sender dem 'stærk advarsel'

Ilandsætning skete trods klar grønlandsk besked om at lade være.

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yesterday, but still

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · yesterday

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

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Ethan Mollick@emollick.bsky.social · 21h ago

Yes, the AIs were given a cybersecurity challenge, with internet access enabled and safety filters disabled But the extent to which Mythos 5 pursued its mission (fake identities, social engineering, inserting malicious code into a real open-source project) is notable www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...

Yes, the AIs were given a cybersecurity challenge, with internet access enabled and safety filters disabled But the extent to which Mythos 5 pursued its mission (fake identities, social engineering, inserting malicious code into a real open-source project) is notable www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...

www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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That’s a heck of a lot of advanced weaponry to use up while losing a war in record time…. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...

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Når Listhaug sier på TV at folka som storma over grensa til Ceuta kan bevege seg fritt i Schengen-området, skulle jeg så veldig gjerne ønske at vi hadde gode nok journalister i Norge til at de bare skyter inn «men det stemmer jo ikke» uten å engang tenke seg om. Istedenfor blir løgnen bare stående.

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵

Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT

A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.

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The Secret Handshake moved its 10-foot-tall gold “Iran War Participation Trophy” to Foley Square in Manhattan. The satirical protest piece features a giant #1 and a plaque awarding Trump a participation trophy for his “enthusiastic involvement in the Iran War.”

Hello 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!

"Anthropic said the earliest incident of its models breaching another organization was from April, and that none of the organizations recognized they had been hacked." So apparently nobody really knows what is out and about already. We are sure this is fine, whatever it is...

The War Monitor@warmonitor.net · 6d ago

Some experts worry that as AI systems continue to advance, they'll eventually design and write their own successor models, learning to circumvent human-imposed safeguards and becoming increasingly difficult to constrain. www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/t...

Pretty desperate, especially now we know The Pentagon is asking random people for any ideas how to get Iran back to the negotiating table.

This wasn't on my adaptation bingo card. "Romania used 180kg explosive to blow rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor

Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output

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Here comes another thread covering all things Ukraine (and Russia) Day 1622 of the war on freedom, democracy, culture, a nation and its people. Those long range strikes are surely starting to hurt Russia. Let's catch up:

The media is desperate to find some reason why Elon Musk's politics are complicated or more sophisticated than they seem, because the simple truth is too ugly for them to admit - an actual Nazi is the world's wealthiest person, and his companies hold substantial American government contracts.

What It Now Takes to Establish a Fact | TechPolicy.Press https://techpolicy.press/what-it-now-takes-to-establish-a-fact

What It Now Takes to Establish a Fact

Hilke Schellmann & Mihir Kshirsagar from Princeton CITP on findings from a convening on information integrity, authentication and verification in the age of AI.

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"The globalisation of this attack on our fundamental rights is a key conservative aim. As capital operates everywhere, so should its ability to crush our objections."

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3d ago

2/ Same summit, Miller attacked “jury nullification,” jurors who acquit someone he calls “obviously guilty.” That right is step one in making sure a jury can never save you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/basic-rights-global-freedoms-prosecution-rajiv-menon

1/ Stephen Miller just said antifascist protesters are “deformed” and their “outer appearance” reveals “inner hatred.” A senior US official said this out loud, on the record, at a government summit. Sit with that for a second. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Day 1621 of Ukraine's battle for survival. This is the 55th month in which the Ukrainians have had to defend their territory, language, literature, culture and freedom. Russia though is also feeling the realities of war. This is the daily thread.

Klimaendringane får matforsyningane til å byrje og svikte, men alt tyder på at me vil ha nok fossile brensle enno eit 10 år. Ikkje få panikk, storkapitalen har skapt ein koalisjon av sosialdemokratar, konservative og populistar som passar på oss medan me svelt ihel www.nrk.no/artikkel/het...

Hetebølgje og tørke i Europa: – Det svekkjer den europeiske matsikkerheita

Temperaturar på over 40 grader øydelegg for europeiske bønder: – Vil auke prisane, seier sjeføkonom.

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