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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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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime also reported trafficking from Haiti to Europe, including the seizure of 1,156 kg of cocaine in Belgium in August 2025 traced back to Haiti.
www.occrp.org/en/news/un-s...
www.occrp.org/en/news/un-s...
UN Sounds Alarm on Haiti’s Growing Role in Global Drug Trade
Already mired in an insecurity crisis that has displaced hundreds of thousands, Haiti now faces expanding gang-controlled trafficking corridors and growing multinational collaboration among regional c...
www.occrp.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime also reported trafficking from Haiti to Europe, including the seizure of 1,156 kg of cocaine in Belgium in August 2025 traced back to Haiti.
www.occrp.org/en/news/un-s...
www.occrp.org/en/news/un-s...
Transparency International Russia estimated at least $2.5bn in gold was exported from Africa to Russia since early 2022. Swissaid states that gold under Russian control in some African countries ends up in Russia via indirect routes, mostly transited via the UAE.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Transparency International Russia estimated at least $2.5bn in gold was exported from Africa to Russia since early 2022. Swissaid states that gold under Russian control in some African countries ends up in Russia via indirect routes, mostly transited via the UAE.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
The one and only valid AI flowchart.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The one and only valid AI flowchart.
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This is the kind of thing that would be likely to break through. Make people confront the declining value of their own communities. Change the personal cost perception. Too often “Team Facts” thinks they have to be nuanced, and gets bogged down in explanations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is the kind of thing that would be likely to break through. Make people confront the declining value of their own communities. Change the personal cost perception. Too often “Team Facts” thinks they have to be nuanced, and gets bogged down in explanations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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It’s not about information, it’s about identity.
It’s not “misinformation”, it’s propaganda.
The bullshit machine is well-funded & understands the value of networked amplification.
As long as there’s no personal cost to lying or holding false belief, they will.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
It’s not “misinformation”, it’s propaganda.
The bullshit machine is well-funded & understands the value of networked amplification.
As long as there’s no personal cost to lying or holding false belief, they will.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s not about information, it’s about identity.
It’s not “misinformation”, it’s propaganda.
The bullshit machine is well-funded & understands the value of networked amplification.
As long as there’s no personal cost to lying or holding false belief, they will.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
It’s not “misinformation”, it’s propaganda.
The bullshit machine is well-funded & understands the value of networked amplification.
As long as there’s no personal cost to lying or holding false belief, they will.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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A former UN genocide prosecutor, Dr. Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips now pushes for an International Anti-Corruption Court to hold kleptocrats accountable when domestic systems fail – and urged journalists to investigate the global mechanisms that enable corruption and impunity.
gijn.org
An International Prosecutor’s Mission to Wrest Stolen Global South Assets from the West
twp.ai
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A former UN genocide prosecutor, Dr. Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips now pushes for an International Anti-Corruption Court to hold kleptocrats accountable when domestic systems fail – and urged journalists to investigate the global mechanisms that enable corruption and impunity.
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies."
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies."
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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There’s gotta be some grift here. Massacring unknown people in boats to supposedly stop drugs, while pardoning drug traffickers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to smuggle cocaine.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There’s gotta be some grift here. Massacring unknown people in boats to supposedly stop drugs, while pardoning drug traffickers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal reut.rs/4rqnpeW
Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal
The assets the EU hopes to use are held by Belgian financial institution Euroclear.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
"Allein in den ersten sechs Monaten des laufenden Jahres zählten die Behörden 143 Sabotageverdachtsfälle mit möglichem staatlichem Hintergrund. Tendenz steigend."
In Deutschland sammelten Verfassungsschutz und BKA Fälle von mutmaßlichen Geheimdienstaktionen von Team Putin. Jetzt liegt die Analyse zu »hybriden Bedrohungen« dem SPIEGEL vor.
Ein Befund: Russland will Deutschland destabilisieren.
Text von Roman Lehberger.
Ein Befund: Russland will Deutschland destabilisieren.
Text von Roman Lehberger.
(S+) Russische Sabotage in Deutschland: Sicherheitsbehörden sehen Deutschland im Zentrum verdeckter Operationen
Monatelang sammelten Verfassungsschutz und BKA Fälle von mutmaßlichen russischen Geheimdienstaktionen in Deutschland. Jetzt liegt die Analyse zu »hybriden Bedrohungen« vor. Der SPIEGEL hat das vertrau...
www.spiegel.de
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Allein in den ersten sechs Monaten des laufenden Jahres zählten die Behörden 143 Sabotageverdachtsfälle mit möglichem staatlichem Hintergrund. Tendenz steigend."
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Marbella has long attracted celebrities and the mega-rich — now it’s becoming a magnet for the “manosphere.” We unpack how male influencers, some with links to the Tate brothers, are now part of the Spanish city’s landscape: www.occrp.org/en/feature/s...
Sun, Cigars, and Sexism: How Spain's Marbella Became a Hotspot for 'Manosphere' Influencers
The city on the Costa del Sol has become a stomping ground for male influencers and entrepreneurial friends of Andrew Tate.
www.occrp.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Marbella has long attracted celebrities and the mega-rich — now it’s becoming a magnet for the “manosphere.” We unpack how male influencers, some with links to the Tate brothers, are now part of the Spanish city’s landscape: www.occrp.org/en/feature/s...
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A new Global Witness investigation has identified 40+ X accounts – many created in the same month – pushing claims that Dan Gertler had been “cleared” of corruption.
The claims stem from a private arbitration with no public evidence to support them.
https://gwitness.org/4oolwN4
The claims stem from a private arbitration with no public evidence to support them.
https://gwitness.org/4oolwN4
Bot-like accounts supporting sanctioned mining billionaire
Bot-like accounts and media sites spread disinformation supporting Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler and attacking civil society in DRC, Global Witness analysis finds
gwitness.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new Global Witness investigation has identified 40+ X accounts – many created in the same month – pushing claims that Dan Gertler had been “cleared” of corruption.
The claims stem from a private arbitration with no public evidence to support them.
https://gwitness.org/4oolwN4
The claims stem from a private arbitration with no public evidence to support them.
https://gwitness.org/4oolwN4
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#Gold is a key component of #Sudan's war economy. Our new post explores whether it's possible to track gold mines and processing sites using #OSINT and #RemoteSensing.
It is, but it's not straightforward 🧵1/4 ceobs.org/monitoring-s... #EyesOnSudan @thesentryorg.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social
It is, but it's not straightforward 🧵1/4 ceobs.org/monitoring-s... #EyesOnSudan @thesentryorg.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social
Monitoring Sudan’s artisanal and small scale gold mining from space - CEOBS
Gold's fuelling Sudan's war, creating pollution and environmental damage; can open source methods track artisanal gold production sites?
ceobs.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#Gold is a key component of #Sudan's war economy. Our new post explores whether it's possible to track gold mines and processing sites using #OSINT and #RemoteSensing.
It is, but it's not straightforward 🧵1/4 ceobs.org/monitoring-s... #EyesOnSudan @thesentryorg.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social
It is, but it's not straightforward 🧵1/4 ceobs.org/monitoring-s... #EyesOnSudan @thesentryorg.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social
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New report by 🇫🇷France's National Cyber Security Agency (@anssi-fr.bsky.social) on the threat landscape for mobile phones since 2015.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New report by 🇫🇷France's National Cyber Security Agency (@anssi-fr.bsky.social) on the threat landscape for mobile phones since 2015.
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...
"une porte-voix ... afin de contrer la désinformation et la guerre informationnelle dirigées contre les pays de l’AES et surtout apporter l’information juste et vraie aux populations."
Right.
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Right.
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AES: le Ministre Pindgwendé Gilbert OUEDRAOGO assiste à la signature du protocole d'accord de création de la radio de l'AES - Agence Nigérienne de Presse
Niamey, 27 nov (ANP)-Le Ministre de la Communication, de la Culture, des Arts et du Tourisme, Pingdwendé Gilbert OUEDRAOGO a assisté, le mercredi 26 novembre 2025, à la signature du protocole d’accord...
anp.ne
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"une porte-voix ... afin de contrer la désinformation et la guerre informationnelle dirigées contre les pays de l’AES et surtout apporter l’information juste et vraie aux populations."
Right.
anp.ne/aes-le-minis...
Right.
anp.ne/aes-le-minis...
An online network of bot-like accounts, media sites and X users has been spreading disinformation supporting sanctioned Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler and attacking civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to @globalwitness.org
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Bot-like accounts supporting sanctioned mining billionaire
Bot-like accounts and media sites spread disinformation supporting Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler and attacking civil society in DRC, Global Witness analysis finds
globalwitness.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
An online network of bot-like accounts, media sites and X users has been spreading disinformation supporting sanctioned Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler and attacking civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to @globalwitness.org
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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I can't get over how quickly the window shifted at Google over what is acceptable from its image generator.
Photorealistic 'evidence' of sensitive events was once a red line.
No longer. "Show the White House on fire with emergency crews responding" returns the desired image with no jailbreak.
Photorealistic 'evidence' of sensitive events was once a red line.
No longer. "Show the White House on fire with emergency crews responding" returns the desired image with no jailbreak.
Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel
What are facts?
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I can't get over how quickly the window shifted at Google over what is acceptable from its image generator.
Photorealistic 'evidence' of sensitive events was once a red line.
No longer. "Show the White House on fire with emergency crews responding" returns the desired image with no jailbreak.
Photorealistic 'evidence' of sensitive events was once a red line.
No longer. "Show the White House on fire with emergency crews responding" returns the desired image with no jailbreak.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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ISD is proud to release the Pravda Network Spotter, a browser extension designed to detect sites linked to a Russia-aligned information operation. This extension warns users when they come across one of the pages by turning the page red, though they can still interact w/ it & switch off the alert.
Link by link: Hundreds of webpages cite pro-Russia Pravda network
ISD has built a free browser extension to help individuals recognise Pravda network sites, which hundreds of media outlets still treat as credible.
www.isdglobal.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
ISD is proud to release the Pravda Network Spotter, a browser extension designed to detect sites linked to a Russia-aligned information operation. This extension warns users when they come across one of the pages by turning the page red, though they can still interact w/ it & switch off the alert.
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Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, ordered by the country's Supreme Court to begin serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a failed plot to hold onto power. www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2...
Moraes decide manter Bolsonaro preso na superintendência da PF em Brasília
Ex-presidente foi levado para a sede regional da PF em Brasília no sábado
www1.folha.uol.com.br
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, ordered by the country's Supreme Court to begin serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a failed plot to hold onto power. www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2...
Batman showing up is just one — albeit striking — way of promoting what’s called “prosocial behavior,” or the act of helping others around you, via introducing an unexpected event.
#Batmaneffect
futurism.com/health-medic...
#Batmaneffect
futurism.com/health-medic...
Scientists Discover That People Act Way Better When Batman Is Present
It turns out that the mere presence of a guy dressed as Batman is enough to turn dead inside commuters into momentary altruists.
futurism.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Batman showing up is just one — albeit striking — way of promoting what’s called “prosocial behavior,” or the act of helping others around you, via introducing an unexpected event.
#Batmaneffect
futurism.com/health-medic...
#Batmaneffect
futurism.com/health-medic...
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Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
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We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.
Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites
Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.
Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites
Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites
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Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
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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
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war