Eto Buziashvili
@buziashvili.bsky.social
Malign influence and info ops | Foreign interference | Russia @ Atlantic Council, DFRLab. Views my own. 🇺🇦
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Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
Russia’s disturbing human ‘safaris’
Violating the laws of war, Russians have created a sick game of hunting civilians with FPV drones near the frontline. We take you behind the scenes, to the people most affected.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".
Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.
Every frame of this footage tells a story of pain and resilience.But at the 12th second, there’s one that says it all: a woman hands a freed soldier a vyshyvanka - Ukraine’s embroidered shirt - and he puts it on immediately. A quiet, powerful act of returning to dignity, identity, home.
📽️@valerisssh
📽️@valerisssh
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Every frame of this footage tells a story of pain and resilience.But at the 12th second, there’s one that says it all: a woman hands a freed soldier a vyshyvanka - Ukraine’s embroidered shirt - and he puts it on immediately. A quiet, powerful act of returning to dignity, identity, home.
📽️@valerisssh
📽️@valerisssh
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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☕💡Independent investigations into corruption, espionage, and power abuses take time, resources, and risk. If you value my reporting on Russian influence and Orbán’s reach in Central Europe, you can support my work directly:
Szabolcs Panyi is doing investigative journalism & holding power to account - Buymeacoffee
Szia! 👋I’m a Budapest-based investigative journalist dedicated to uncovering corruption, abuse of power, and Russian and Chinese espionage and influence operations in Central Europe. I also work
buymeacoffee.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
☕💡Independent investigations into corruption, espionage, and power abuses take time, resources, and risk. If you value my reporting on Russian influence and Orbán’s reach in Central Europe, you can support my work directly:
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Your Prez is pleased to announce the Xmas sale at webshop, featuring new range of Flamingo o'clock products. Serfs may use code "MerryXmasDarth" for 20% off & help support @mariiakramarenko.bsky.social drive (see below)
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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Your Prez is pleased to announce the Xmas sale at webshop, featuring new range of Flamingo o'clock products. Serfs may use code "MerryXmasDarth" for 20% off & help support @mariiakramarenko.bsky.social drive (see below)
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
darths-eu-webshop-shop.fourthwall.com/promo/MERRYX...
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Russia handed Roskomnadzor the keys to the entire internet on October 27, letting the agency reroute traffic, flip the censorship switch and isolate the Russian web at will starting March 1. Officials insist it's all for "Russians' online safety".
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Russia handed Roskomnadzor the keys to the entire internet on October 27, letting the agency reroute traffic, flip the censorship switch and isolate the Russian web at will starting March 1. Officials insist it's all for "Russians' online safety".
Happy birthday to the boy who forces one to stay among the living. Here’s to not forgetting you.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Happy birthday to the boy who forces one to stay among the living. Here’s to not forgetting you.
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The drone-dominated, cyber-riddled Ukrainian front line is the future of warfare. Any new equipment which doesn’t take account of this will be obsolete before it comes off the production line. We have much need of Ukraine’s experience of fighting Russia to keep Britain safe in this new world. End
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The drone-dominated, cyber-riddled Ukrainian front line is the future of warfare. Any new equipment which doesn’t take account of this will be obsolete before it comes off the production line. We have much need of Ukraine’s experience of fighting Russia to keep Britain safe in this new world. End
Estonian leadership’s social media game stays unmatched. 😆
The MFA, its Secretary General, and the ambassador to the UK discuss what they’ve just seen at the Russian border.
The MFA, its Secretary General, and the ambassador to the UK discuss what they’ve just seen at the Russian border.
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Estonian leadership’s social media game stays unmatched. 😆
The MFA, its Secretary General, and the ambassador to the UK discuss what they’ve just seen at the Russian border.
The MFA, its Secretary General, and the ambassador to the UK discuss what they’ve just seen at the Russian border.
This 5-part pod is the best thing you’ll hear this weekend: a chilling simulation of a Russian attack on the UK that forces leaders into impossible choices.
Blue Team: UK’s ex-ministers, generals, intel chiefs.
Red Team: seasoned Russia analysts.
“Russia knows our weaknesses - but do you?”
Blue Team: UK’s ex-ministers, generals, intel chiefs.
Red Team: seasoned Russia analysts.
“Russia knows our weaknesses - but do you?”
The Choice | The Wargame Ep 5
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This 5-part pod is the best thing you’ll hear this weekend: a chilling simulation of a Russian attack on the UK that forces leaders into impossible choices.
Blue Team: UK’s ex-ministers, generals, intel chiefs.
Red Team: seasoned Russia analysts.
“Russia knows our weaknesses - but do you?”
Blue Team: UK’s ex-ministers, generals, intel chiefs.
Red Team: seasoned Russia analysts.
“Russia knows our weaknesses - but do you?”
Look at this: Putin’s oligarch Oleg Deripaska - busy pleading he’s a man of peace while desperately trying to lift US/EU sanctions - just got bad news. A new investigation links his firms to Russia’s war machine. If this holds up, the EU must not touch that asset-unfreezing deal.
“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska bought American Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed drones
In late 2023, the first reports emerged that Ukraine had shot down a Shahed-238 drone equipped with a jet engine. As The Insider later discovered, Russia has purchased American-made Swiwin engines ass...
theins.ru
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Look at this: Putin’s oligarch Oleg Deripaska - busy pleading he’s a man of peace while desperately trying to lift US/EU sanctions - just got bad news. A new investigation links his firms to Russia’s war machine. If this holds up, the EU must not touch that asset-unfreezing deal.
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Look what you made us do: How to realise a European-led NATO: ecfr.eu/article/look...
Look what you made us do: How to realise a European-led NATO
America’s gradual retreat from European security under the current Trump administration is reshaping NATO’s centre of gravity. To keep the alliance credible and united, Europeans not only need to…
ecfr.eu
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Look what you made us do: How to realise a European-led NATO: ecfr.eu/article/look...
The ways of the Lord are mysterious.
A bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church seen at the FSB's Lubyanka Square HQ shooting range
via @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social on X
via @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social on X
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The ways of the Lord are mysterious.
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Grokipedia sounds way too much like the pro-Kremlin Wikipedia knockoff Runiversalis, which @buziashvili.bsky.social and I wrote about for @dfrlab.bsky.social in 2022. dfrlab.org/2022/09/01/p...
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Grokipedia sounds way too much like the pro-Kremlin Wikipedia knockoff Runiversalis, which @buziashvili.bsky.social and I wrote about for @dfrlab.bsky.social in 2022. dfrlab.org/2022/09/01/p...
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Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
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When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
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GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
greenearthsocial.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
How it started: Kyiv in 3 days.
How it continues:
How it continues:
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How it started: Kyiv in 3 days.
How it continues:
How it continues:
Eastern European history: musical.
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Eastern European history: musical.
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Preliminary findings:
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Preliminary findings:
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
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Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
Real Estate Is Entering Its AI Slop Era
Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
wrd.cm
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across.
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Social media giants remain black boxes to those seeking to shine a light on how the companies’ algorithms determine what people see in their feeds, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Mark Scott.
buff.ly/U82Yvic
buff.ly/U82Yvic
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Social media giants remain black boxes to those seeking to shine a light on how the companies’ algorithms determine what people see in their feeds, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Mark Scott.
buff.ly/U82Yvic
buff.ly/U82Yvic
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A prescient thread from @buziashvili.bsky.social, which should be read by so many people in so many nations. Courage is a tough thing these days, but we need to recognize it when we see examples worth emulating.
A year ago today, when I arrived from Washington DC, Russia’s proxy government in Tbilisi raided me. They seized all my devices and froze my personal accounts, which remain inaccessible to this day. I received extraordinary solidarity from friends, colleagues, & complete strangers who 1/11
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A prescient thread from @buziashvili.bsky.social, which should be read by so many people in so many nations. Courage is a tough thing these days, but we need to recognize it when we see examples worth emulating.
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I’m a Slavist who lived in Prague and studied Czech. Václav Havel’s writings on this are so essential. You’re reminding me that I need to go back and read “The Power of the Powerless” again. Best of luck to you and to us all.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m a Slavist who lived in Prague and studied Czech. Václav Havel’s writings on this are so essential. You’re reminding me that I need to go back and read “The Power of the Powerless” again. Best of luck to you and to us all.
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This entire 🧵.
Years ago, I came across a simple post that has stayed with me ever since. Its message was this: There’s a cost to silence and a cost to speaking up. Every day I wake up and decide which bill I’m going to pay.
Bill me for speaking up and standing up. Every day.
11/11
Bill me for speaking up and standing up. Every day.
11/11
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This entire 🧵.