B Lathoud
@blahd.bsky.social
Discovering the Bluesky network after a successful exfil from the Lemon Suck dumpster...
Ce week-end, lecture de l'ouvrage de M Djaffar, après l'avoir écouté sur le Collimateur.
On retrouve le mélange d'insolence et de pertinence auquel M Grire @jacquesgrire.bsky.social nous a habitués.
Certains aspects de ce phénomène complexe montrent des similarités avec ce qu'on a pu observer
On retrouve le mélange d'insolence et de pertinence auquel M Grire @jacquesgrire.bsky.social nous a habitués.
Certains aspects de ce phénomène complexe montrent des similarités avec ce qu'on a pu observer
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ce week-end, lecture de l'ouvrage de M Djaffar, après l'avoir écouté sur le Collimateur.
On retrouve le mélange d'insolence et de pertinence auquel M Grire @jacquesgrire.bsky.social nous a habitués.
Certains aspects de ce phénomène complexe montrent des similarités avec ce qu'on a pu observer
On retrouve le mélange d'insolence et de pertinence auquel M Grire @jacquesgrire.bsky.social nous a habitués.
Certains aspects de ce phénomène complexe montrent des similarités avec ce qu'on a pu observer
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A reasonably grumpy piece by @tbenner.bsky.social on Germany's failed #China policy and what to do now. gppi.net/2025/11/05/c...
China-Schock: Deutschland muss sich selbst behaupten
Kollektives Elitenversagen habe uns erpressbar gemacht und deutsche Kernindustrien hilflos dem China-Schock ausgeliefert. Es sei daher Zeit für einen Kurswechsel, schreibt China-Experte Thorsten Benne...
gppi.net
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A reasonably grumpy piece by @tbenner.bsky.social on Germany's failed #China policy and what to do now. gppi.net/2025/11/05/c...
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The European Commission is introducing the European Democracy Shield that hopefully treats disinformation and artificial intelligence as a real systemic risk, not just a curiosity deserving a back-the-envelop-approach. commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
commission.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The European Commission is introducing the European Democracy Shield that hopefully treats disinformation and artificial intelligence as a real systemic risk, not just a curiosity deserving a back-the-envelop-approach. commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
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My analysis of the leaked #GDPR overhaul proposal. Some changes are great. Some risk decreasing privacy protections.
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
My analysis of the leaked #GDPR overhaul proposal. Some changes are great. Some risk decreasing privacy protections.
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
The changes are very far‑reaching. Tread carefully! Some of the proposals are very risky. techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...
blog.lukaszolejnik.com/european-com...
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The head of MI5 asked Kash Patel to protect the job of a London FBI agent, who dealt with surveillance tech that British security would need to monitor a new embassy China wants to build in London, U.S. officials said. After Patel agreed to fund the agent's role, the job is now slated to disappear.
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The head of MI5 asked Kash Patel to protect the job of a London FBI agent, who dealt with surveillance tech that British security would need to monitor a new embassy China wants to build in London, U.S. officials said. After Patel agreed to fund the agent's role, the job is now slated to disappear.
An interesting research on what could also be called the "US Authoritarian Ecosystem".
A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria and funded by the Friedrich-Erbert Stiftung.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria and funded by the Friedrich-Erbert Stiftung.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An interesting research on what could also be called the "US Authoritarian Ecosystem".
A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria and funded by the Friedrich-Erbert Stiftung.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
A project led by Prof. Francesca Bria and funded by the Friedrich-Erbert Stiftung.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Meta’s own researchers concluded that a third of the scams in the U.S. happen over its platforms and that fraudulent ads and those for banned products might contribute a tenth of its revenue. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Meta’s own researchers concluded that a third of the scams in the U.S. happen over its platforms and that fraudulent ads and those for banned products might contribute a tenth of its revenue. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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What the database actually shows is how politics bends Chinese science, making it untrustworthy, and infecting everything it touches with its lust for conquest.
"This databank seeks to bridge this gap by providing the most up-to-date comprehensive radiocarbon database of Chinese archaeology. This effort involves a systematic review of the relevant literature ... A total number of 7,083 radiocarbon dates...were collected."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chronology of early China: A radiocarbon databank for Chinese archaeology - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Chronology of early China: A radiocarbon databank for Chinese archaeology
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
What the database actually shows is how politics bends Chinese science, making it untrustworthy, and infecting everything it touches with its lust for conquest.
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extraordinary, contemptible cowardice from @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social , directed against one of their own staff on behalf of the Chinese government.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
extraordinary, contemptible cowardice from @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social , directed against one of their own staff on behalf of the Chinese government.
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$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
What is the likelihood that the cars would be bricked if the company were to collapse? Are there laws mandating a continuous operations of the needed servers for a pre-defined duration so that people can use their cars for an economically sound number of years?
Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What is the likelihood that the cars would be bricked if the company were to collapse? Are there laws mandating a continuous operations of the needed servers for a pre-defined duration so that people can use their cars for an economically sound number of years?
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Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
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Social media inaction is directly enabling the war atrocities in Sudan. An RSF commander who was filmed multiple times executing civilians in videos shared online has an active account in TikToK where he boasts about and celebrates his actions.
RSF Commander ‘Abu Lulu’ on TikTok: Glorifying Atrocities in Sudan – Beam Reports | بيــم ريبـورتس
en.beamreports.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Social media inaction is directly enabling the war atrocities in Sudan. An RSF commander who was filmed multiple times executing civilians in videos shared online has an active account in TikToK where he boasts about and celebrates his actions.
The bigger ones would probably go for long-range missions.
Wondering how they can handle underwater long distance Machine to Machine communications, which usually require a significant amount of bandwidth.
Wondering how they can handle underwater long distance Machine to Machine communications, which usually require a significant amount of bandwidth.
Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The bigger ones would probably go for long-range missions.
Wondering how they can handle underwater long distance Machine to Machine communications, which usually require a significant amount of bandwidth.
Wondering how they can handle underwater long distance Machine to Machine communications, which usually require a significant amount of bandwidth.
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I’ve been giving talks on this topic to naval audiences since the earliest indications. My predictions/warnings are coming true. I don’t think many took it seriously, and now it’s likely too late
Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I’ve been giving talks on this topic to naval audiences since the earliest indications. My predictions/warnings are coming true. I don’t think many took it seriously, and now it’s likely too late
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Scientists? Everyone opposes this except the tech bruh nutter who came up with this.
Soon the ultra rich will be able to pay to have huge satellite mirrors redirect sunlight onto their property in the middle of the night.
You know what happens to men who steal fire from the gods, right?????
You know what happens to men who steal fire from the gods, right?????
Scientists Oppose Huge Array of Mirrors in Space That Shines Nighttime Sunlight on Wealthy Customers
The astronomical community is horrified at plans made by a for-profit company to flood the night sky with sunlight.
futurism.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Scientists? Everyone opposes this except the tech bruh nutter who came up with this.
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AI-led growth in data centres is fuelling global rush towards gas turbines
• In US roughly half of electricity that data centres consume comes from natural gas
• By 2030 global data centres’ electricity use could reach equivalent to Japan’s power consumption today
• In US roughly half of electricity that data centres consume comes from natural gas
• By 2030 global data centres’ electricity use could reach equivalent to Japan’s power consumption today
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
AI-led growth in data centres is fuelling global rush towards gas turbines
• In US roughly half of electricity that data centres consume comes from natural gas
• By 2030 global data centres’ electricity use could reach equivalent to Japan’s power consumption today
• In US roughly half of electricity that data centres consume comes from natural gas
• By 2030 global data centres’ electricity use could reach equivalent to Japan’s power consumption today
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Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and why you should see it)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and why you should see it)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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“For local residents, Russia’s human safari has made sudden death from above an everyday fact of life. During the first nine months of 2025, more than a hundred people were killed and over one thousand were wounded in drone attacks.”
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
Russia’s ‘human safari’ in southern Ukraine is a warning to the world
Russia's escalating campaign of drone attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine's Kherson region highlights the destructive power of modern drone technologies, writes Oleksandr Tolokonnikov.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“For local residents, Russia’s human safari has made sudden death from above an everyday fact of life. During the first nine months of 2025, more than a hundred people were killed and over one thousand were wounded in drone attacks.”
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
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La France est le second marché d'Airbnb, après les États-Unis.
Pensez-y quand vous réserverez vos vacances.
Poke @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social @slpng-giants-fr-2.bsky.social
Pensez-y quand vous réserverez vos vacances.
Poke @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social @slpng-giants-fr-2.bsky.social
It's not just what Andrew Cuomo is saying—it's who's funding him.
The single largest donor to a pro-Cuomo SuperPAC is Airbnb cofounder/board member Joe Gebbia, who promotes vile and racist messages about immigrants.
The single largest donor to a pro-Cuomo SuperPAC is Airbnb cofounder/board member Joe Gebbia, who promotes vile and racist messages about immigrants.
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
La France est le second marché d'Airbnb, après les États-Unis.
Pensez-y quand vous réserverez vos vacances.
Poke @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social @slpng-giants-fr-2.bsky.social
Pensez-y quand vous réserverez vos vacances.
Poke @slpng-giants-fr.bsky.social @slpng-giants-fr-2.bsky.social
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New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
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Sortie française, chez @asiatheque.bsky.social, des "Veilleurs de nuit", roman du jeune auteur taïwanais Tiunn Kah-siông, traduit par @ggaffric.bsky.social.
Sortie française des Veilleurs de nuit, roman du jeune auteur taïwanais Tiunn Kah-siông, Taiwan Info
La traduction française des Veilleurs de nuit, premier roman du jeune auteur taïwanais Tiunn Kah-siông [張嘉祥], sort ce mois-ci aux éditions L’Asiathèque, en France...
taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Sortie française, chez @asiatheque.bsky.social, des "Veilleurs de nuit", roman du jeune auteur taïwanais Tiunn Kah-siông, traduit par @ggaffric.bsky.social.
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Great article/interview overall but for US audiences the (machine translated) takeaway:
October 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great article/interview overall but for US audiences the (machine translated) takeaway: