Douglas Selvage
@deselv.bsky.social
Independent Historian. Expert on Soviet-bloc history, active measures, Stasi and KGB. RT does not mean endorsement. Views are mine, not those of my employer.
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Yes, as a Soviet historian who has written an article on AIDS, I obviously already know this. Also, @deselv.bsky.social has published two articles dealing with this topic: direct.mit.edu/jcws/article... and direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
Operation “Denver”: The East German Ministry of State Security and the KGB's AIDS Disinformation Campaign, 1985–1986 (Part 1)
Abstract. There has been much debate in recent years about the role of the East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in the disinformation campaign launched in the early 1980s by the Soviet Stat...
direct.mit.edu
May 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yes, as a Soviet historian who has written an article on AIDS, I obviously already know this. Also, @deselv.bsky.social has published two articles dealing with this topic: direct.mit.edu/jcws/article... and direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
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Also, at an interpersonal level, what is going on if you think it’s amusing to crack wise about the takeover of someone’s home country? What reaction are you expecting? A light, polite chuckle because I’m a stereotypical Canadian?
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, at an interpersonal level, what is going on if you think it’s amusing to crack wise about the takeover of someone’s home country? What reaction are you expecting? A light, polite chuckle because I’m a stereotypical Canadian?
Unfortunately, some of the victims become snake oil salespeople themselves.
March 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Unfortunately, some of the victims become snake oil salespeople themselves.
Most secrets held by foreign intelligence agencies like the CIA are mundane, technical, and boring, but sometimes, their compromise by foreign governments can have extremely negative and dangerous consequences.
March 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Most secrets held by foreign intelligence agencies like the CIA are mundane, technical, and boring, but sometimes, their compromise by foreign governments can have extremely negative and dangerous consequences.
Most of the surveillance by a secret police is mundane, unless you are the target of it, or its widespread use discourages dissent, as in the case of the Stasi. Surveillance itself can be a form of repression.
March 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Most of the surveillance by a secret police is mundane, unless you are the target of it, or its widespread use discourages dissent, as in the case of the Stasi. Surveillance itself can be a form of repression.
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Every part of this story is enraging and insane
Her research grant mentioned ‘hesitancy.’ Now her funding is gone.
A medical researcher may have erroneously lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money because she was swept up in Trump administration efforts to ban studies of vaccine hesitancy and uptake.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Every part of this story is enraging and insane