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Digital investigator & observer. Human rights | maritime & environmental issues | conflict & arms.
Unihemispheric slow-wave sleeper. Orophile. Gscheid & tüchtig.
In the good ol' Twitter days known as @bibken.
Unihemispheric slow-wave sleeper. Orophile. Gscheid & tüchtig.
In the good ol' Twitter days known as @bibken.
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A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Mali’s foreign ministry said American nationals will now face the same conditions imposed on Malian citizens, effective immediately. Burkina Faso’s foreign minister echoed that stance in a separate statement.
www.africanews.com/2025/12/31/m...
www.africanews.com/2025/12/31/m...
Mali, Burkina Faso ban US citizens in retaliation for Trump travel ban | Africanews
Mali and Burkina Faso say they’re shutting their doors to US citizens, a direct response to President Donald Trump’s decision to ban travelers from their countries.
www.africanews.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Mali’s foreign ministry said American nationals will now face the same conditions imposed on Malian citizens, effective immediately. Burkina Faso’s foreign minister echoed that stance in a separate statement.
www.africanews.com/2025/12/31/m...
www.africanews.com/2025/12/31/m...
“The problem today is that around 80% of all the [space data] traffic is downlinked to a single location in Svalbard … In case of intentional or unintentional damage of this cable, you lose access to most of the geo-intelligence satellites, which is very critical”.
www.politico.eu/article/spac...
www.politico.eu/article/spac...
Hacking space: Europe ramps up security of satellites
Space systems are increasingly targeted with cyberattacks, as the global hybrid warfare rages.
www.politico.eu
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“The problem today is that around 80% of all the [space data] traffic is downlinked to a single location in Svalbard … In case of intentional or unintentional damage of this cable, you lose access to most of the geo-intelligence satellites, which is very critical”.
www.politico.eu/article/spac...
www.politico.eu/article/spac...
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Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pegasus or Paragon's Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?
You've been targeted by government spyware. Now what? | TechCrunch
Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pegasus or Paragon's Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pegasus or Paragon's Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?
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The #Indonesian military is helping drive deforestation in #Papua #biodiversity hotspot:
“It’s hard to justify this project from any perspective . . . environmental, climate and the wellbeing of local communities.” www.ft.com/content/27a6...
“It’s hard to justify this project from any perspective . . . environmental, climate and the wellbeing of local communities.” www.ft.com/content/27a6...
Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace
Deforestation under way on 3mn hectares for state-backed food project
www.ft.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The #Indonesian military is helping drive deforestation in #Papua #biodiversity hotspot:
“It’s hard to justify this project from any perspective . . . environmental, climate and the wellbeing of local communities.” www.ft.com/content/27a6...
“It’s hard to justify this project from any perspective . . . environmental, climate and the wellbeing of local communities.” www.ft.com/content/27a6...
“… cameras monitored more than 34,600 faces between 11:20 and 14:50 GMT.”
That’s roughly 165 faces each minute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That’s roughly 165 faces each minute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Arrests made in Oxford as facial recognition vans introduced
Thames Valley Police released the figures on its website after using the cameras on Monday.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“… cameras monitored more than 34,600 faces between 11:20 and 14:50 GMT.”
That’s roughly 165 faces each minute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That’s roughly 165 faces each minute.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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High profile digitalisation and Big Data project of the Belgian police in cooperation with Sopra Steria I-Police is cancelled after four years as it does not work.
“Er wordt vastgesteld dat er na bijna vier jaar geen operationele werkende delen van de oplossing beschikbaar zijn.” #iPolice www.standaard.be/politiek/kos...
Kostprijs 299 miljoen euro, geen resultaat: België verbreekt contract voor digitalisering politie
I-Police, het ambitieuze digitaliseringsproject van de politie, is mislukt. Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Bernard Quintin (MR) heeft de Franse ontwikkelaar in gebreke gesteld en verbreekt nu het miljoenencontract. “Er zijn geen tastbare resultaten.”
www.standaard.be
December 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
High profile digitalisation and Big Data project of the Belgian police in cooperation with Sopra Steria I-Police is cancelled after four years as it does not work.
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Good thing for her she’s not a disinformation researcher.
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Good thing for her she’s not a disinformation researcher.
“Friends of ours have died, several of them, shot in the head. They execute them. They [the pirates] carry rifles, good weapons ... Why are they so heavily armed? Because of drugs. Drugs are gold.”
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Drug gangs in Ecuador and Peru also involved in shark fin trafficking: Report
Narcotrafficking gangs operating out of Manabí, a coastal province of Ecuador, are also involved in trafficking shark fins alongside their drug operations, according to a recent investigation by Ecuad...
news.mongabay.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Friends of ours have died, several of them, shot in the head. They execute them. They [the pirates] carry rifles, good weapons ... Why are they so heavily armed? Because of drugs. Drugs are gold.”
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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The Pope also cited Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso and Congo
Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day homily remembered the people of Gaza “exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold” and said the world’s many conflicts can only be silenced through dialogue. Leo led the Christmas Day Mass from the central altar beneath the balustrade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Leo XIV remembers Gaza's suffering in first Christmas homily and calls for peace
Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day homily, has remembered the people of Gaza exposed to harsh weather.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Pope also cited Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso and Congo
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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I wanted to figure out what changed between the DOJ's initial Epstein Files Vol. 8 document dump (which they quickly pulled) and the version they replaced it with.
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I wanted to figure out what changed between the DOJ's initial Epstein Files Vol. 8 document dump (which they quickly pulled) and the version they replaced it with.
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
I had a few hours of free time for PDF forensics hacking today. Here's my initial analysis of what changed: github.com/chad-loder/e...
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"Peakers," power plants "meant to run only in short bursts during periods of spiking electricity demand," are "often decades-old, fossil-fueled facilities" that "emit more pollution when they are running and cost more to produce electricity..." Data center demand is keeping them online.
AI data centers are forcing dirty ‘peaker’ power plants back into service
In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children climbing on its colo...
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Peakers," power plants "meant to run only in short bursts during periods of spiking electricity demand," are "often decades-old, fossil-fueled facilities" that "emit more pollution when they are running and cost more to produce electricity..." Data center demand is keeping them online.
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This is Jeffrey Epstein’s fake Austrian passport. He used a different name: Marius Fortelni.
The document was allegedly issued in the 1980s by the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna.
@derstandard.at @papertrailmedia.de www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
The document was allegedly issued in the 1980s by the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna.
@derstandard.at @papertrailmedia.de www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Brisante Details aus US-Dokumenten: Epsteins gefälschter österreichischer Pass und sein Aufenthalt in Wien
Erstmals sind Fotos des Reisedokuments aufgetaucht. Akten des US-Justizministeriums zeigen, dass die österreichische Botschaft sich über den gefälschten Pass erkundigt hat und was Epstein in Wien plan...
www.derstandard.at
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is Jeffrey Epstein’s fake Austrian passport. He used a different name: Marius Fortelni.
The document was allegedly issued in the 1980s by the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna.
@derstandard.at @papertrailmedia.de www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
The document was allegedly issued in the 1980s by the Federal Police Directorate of Vienna.
@derstandard.at @papertrailmedia.de www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
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New story with updates on our ongoing project examining the fates of 55 of Assad's most brutal enforcers: luxury lives in Moscow and Dubai, sure, but also properties in Spain, small apartments in Damascus, and some stuck on tourist visas. And one arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Assad’s Enforcers Brutalized Syria. Now They’re Living Large, Lying Low and Evading Justice.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New story with updates on our ongoing project examining the fates of 55 of Assad's most brutal enforcers: luxury lives in Moscow and Dubai, sure, but also properties in Spain, small apartments in Damascus, and some stuck on tourist visas. And one arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
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The next National Climate Assessment will be written by five climate deniers and an AI in a trench coat.
I look forward to the legally required, transparent peer review process required by the US Global Change Research Act and the Information Quality Act. I always thought they would try to do a NCA with Judith Curry, five old men and a LLM.
It’s the gold standard of US climate research. Contrarians could write the next one.
Researchers who have downplayed the threat of global warming have been asked to author the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The next National Climate Assessment will be written by five climate deniers and an AI in a trench coat.
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A Russian agent, a Russian stooge, and an actual Russian walk into a bar …
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A Russian agent, a Russian stooge, and an actual Russian walk into a bar …
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Russian shadowfleet tanker QENDIL is still operable after the Ukranian drone attack this morning. The vessel made a U-turn after the attack and was initially heading to Port Said, but changed course again about an hour ago and now seems to be going for Aliaga, Turkey.
@yoruk.bsky.social
@yoruk.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Russian shadowfleet tanker QENDIL is still operable after the Ukranian drone attack this morning. The vessel made a U-turn after the attack and was initially heading to Port Said, but changed course again about an hour ago and now seems to be going for Aliaga, Turkey.
@yoruk.bsky.social
@yoruk.bsky.social
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A new investigation from @globalwitness.org finds that AI chatbots’ personalised answers risk inflaming climate conspiracy and misinformation, with disinformation and known denialists recommended to users modelled as conspiratorial user personas.
AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A new investigation from @globalwitness.org finds that AI chatbots’ personalised answers risk inflaming climate conspiracy and misinformation, with disinformation and known denialists recommended to users modelled as conspiratorial user personas.
“Bart De Wever isn’t going to be getting any favors from the Commission any time soon,” a diplomat said. “And he will likely need them.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
How Belgium’s Bart De Wever beat the EU machine
The Belgian prime minister dug his heels in on using Russian assets to fund Ukraine. It’s another win for Europe’s populists.
www.politico.eu
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“Bart De Wever isn’t going to be getting any favors from the Commission any time soon,” a diplomat said. “And he will likely need them.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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The German foreign intelligence service #BND could, under a new draft law, also carry out “sabotage” operations. The draft is classically German. Everything is equipped with maximum bureaucratic safeguards. Several instances would have to approve it 1/3 www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Ein bisschen mehr James Bond beim BND - Was der Gesetzentwurf dem Geheimdienst erlauben könnte
Der Bundesnachrichtendienst soll ein neues Gesetz bekommen. Der Entwurf, der WDR, NDR und SZ vorliegt, zeigt: Es geht künftig um mehr als nur Spionage. Der Geheimdienst soll auch Sabotage verüben dürf...
www.tagesschau.de
December 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The German foreign intelligence service #BND could, under a new draft law, also carry out “sabotage” operations. The draft is classically German. Everything is equipped with maximum bureaucratic safeguards. Several instances would have to approve it 1/3 www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
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