Dr Ruth Delaforce
@drruthdelaforce.bsky.social
Australian researcher in security, intelligence, military, policing and transnational crime. Human security in all its forms. Reposts not always personal opinion.
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In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
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Sudan's RSF says it captured al-Fashir army headquarters reut.rs/42V5RNA
Sudan's RSF says it captured al-Fashir army headquarters
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they had captured the army headquarters in the city of al-Fashir, the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Sudan's RSF says it captured al-Fashir army headquarters reut.rs/42V5RNA
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Malaysia has a very big problem on its hands and every suggestion authorities make will drive young people deeper into secrecy and further erode trust. It's like Australia's social media ban on steroids, I'm constantly dropping my jaw
School spot check: Cops to scan students' phones for obscene content
School spot check: Cops to scan students' phones for obscene content
This is part of Home Ministry's efforts to increase police presence in schools.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Malaysia has a very big problem on its hands and every suggestion authorities make will drive young people deeper into secrecy and further erode trust. It's like Australia's social media ban on steroids, I'm constantly dropping my jaw
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Marimar Martinez was shot by ICE & ended up with 7 bullet wounds
A TikTok influencer was shot today in south LA
A 15 year old autistic boy disappeared & ended up in federal custody
Chemical munitions are being used
ICE not only targets disabled people, their actions may be a mass disabling event
A TikTok influencer was shot today in south LA
A 15 year old autistic boy disappeared & ended up in federal custody
Chemical munitions are being used
ICE not only targets disabled people, their actions may be a mass disabling event
ICE Enforcement May Be A Mass Disabling Event
ICE have proven again and again that they will target the most vulnerable. Their aggressive actions may even become a mass disabling event. Why aren't more people talking about it?
www.disabledginger.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Marimar Martinez was shot by ICE & ended up with 7 bullet wounds
A TikTok influencer was shot today in south LA
A 15 year old autistic boy disappeared & ended up in federal custody
Chemical munitions are being used
ICE not only targets disabled people, their actions may be a mass disabling event
A TikTok influencer was shot today in south LA
A 15 year old autistic boy disappeared & ended up in federal custody
Chemical munitions are being used
ICE not only targets disabled people, their actions may be a mass disabling event
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Patel firing another group of FBI special agents without cause is ridiculous.
But don’t overlook the fact that he also just shut down a federal corruption unit — the latest in a series of moves intended to undo the federal infrastructure that was used to combat corruption.
But don’t overlook the fact that he also just shut down a federal corruption unit — the latest in a series of moves intended to undo the federal infrastructure that was used to combat corruption.
Kash Patel fires yet another group of FBI agents without cause, shutters corruption group
The Republicans’ “Arctic Frost” controversy has largely collapsed under scrutiny. It led the FBI to fire at least three special agents anyway.
www.msnbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Patel firing another group of FBI special agents without cause is ridiculous.
But don’t overlook the fact that he also just shut down a federal corruption unit — the latest in a series of moves intended to undo the federal infrastructure that was used to combat corruption.
But don’t overlook the fact that he also just shut down a federal corruption unit — the latest in a series of moves intended to undo the federal infrastructure that was used to combat corruption.
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If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...
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The condemnation has been uniform, broad & clear. He must go.
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Kennedy."
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Kennedy."
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
www.npr.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The condemnation has been uniform, broad & clear. He must go.
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Kennedy."
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho...
"As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Kennedy."
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New: Counter-terror police have announced that Jihad al-Shamie "may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology," but that establishing the full circumstances of the Manchester synagogue attack will take time
3 more people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism
3 more people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism
The Manchester synagogue attacker was under investigation for rape and had been released on police bail
Jihad al-Shamie also had a criminal record, but the offences were unrelated to terrorism and he was not a "subject of interest" for the security services
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...
Jihad al-Shamie also had a criminal record, but the offences were unrelated to terrorism and he was not a "subject of interest" for the security services
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...
Manchester Synagogue Terrorist Was Under Investigation for Rape
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New: Counter-terror police have announced that Jihad al-Shamie "may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology," but that establishing the full circumstances of the Manchester synagogue attack will take time
3 more people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism
3 more people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism
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Apple has removed an app that allowed people to track and anonymously report the activities of ICE agents from its app store, due to “objectionable content,” the developer said.
It comes after criticism of the app from Trump administration officials.
It comes after criticism of the app from Trump administration officials.
Apple removes ICEBlock app that tracked agent sightings amid controversy
The developer of the app, which allowed people to report the activities of immigration agents, said he believed pressure from the Trump administration was to blame.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apple has removed an app that allowed people to track and anonymously report the activities of ICE agents from its app store, due to “objectionable content,” the developer said.
It comes after criticism of the app from Trump administration officials.
It comes after criticism of the app from Trump administration officials.
Reposted by Dr Ruth Delaforce
Breaking News: Hamas said it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of President Trump’s proposed Gaza peace deal. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Hostages in Gaza
The militant group responded to a proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Breaking News: Hamas said it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of President Trump’s proposed Gaza peace deal. Follow live updates.
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Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
October 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Police have identified the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent
Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Attacker at British Synagogue Identified
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Police have identified the man who carried out the Manchester synagogue attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent
Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Counter Terrorism Policing said they are still "working to understand the motivation" and 3 people have been arrested
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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A 56 year old man with Downs Syndrome died in hospital. He was starved to death.
This is eugenics.
This is why disabled people are screaming about not leaving us by the wayside.
The UK also placed DNRs in disabled people’s files without their consent during the early days of COVID
This is eugenics.
This is why disabled people are screaming about not leaving us by the wayside.
The UK also placed DNRs in disabled people’s files without their consent during the early days of COVID
Man with Down's Syndrome 'starved to death after hospital mistake'
Adrian Poulton, 56, died in an NHS hospital in September 2021, with an internal report later finding that a lack of nutrition had contributed to his death
www.mirror.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A 56 year old man with Downs Syndrome died in hospital. He was starved to death.
This is eugenics.
This is why disabled people are screaming about not leaving us by the wayside.
The UK also placed DNRs in disabled people’s files without their consent during the early days of COVID
This is eugenics.
This is why disabled people are screaming about not leaving us by the wayside.
The UK also placed DNRs in disabled people’s files without their consent during the early days of COVID
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The ATO has gone after another batch of Robotax victims www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Psychologically unsettling’: ATO pursuing more taxpayers for decades-old debt
Tax office has launched a new initiative to claw back debts despite criticism of similar scheme dubbed ‘robotax’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The ATO has gone after another batch of Robotax victims www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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📢 Optus confirms nine people were unable to contact emergency services after a further outage in NSW.
Optus confirms another triple-zero outage
www.smh.com.au
September 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
$350m to $750m 👀
$350m to $750m 👀
US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
$350m to $750m 👀
$350m to $750m 👀
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With armed gangs controlling 90 percent of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's outnumbered, outgunned security forces are fighting back with weaponized drones.
There have been no reports of gang leaders killed, but the drones have blown up several children
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There have been no reports of gang leaders killed, but the drones have blown up several children
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Anti-gang drones kill children, and Haiti’s government remains silent
At least eight children were killed in a government drone strike in Haiti while the gang leader who was targeted escaped unharmed. The families want answers.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
With armed gangs controlling 90 percent of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's outnumbered, outgunned security forces are fighting back with weaponized drones.
There have been no reports of gang leaders killed, but the drones have blown up several children
wapo.st/42BTjKT
There have been no reports of gang leaders killed, but the drones have blown up several children
wapo.st/42BTjKT
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Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro's trial begins Tuesday with a judge detailing allegations that Bolsonaro attempted to stay in power after his 2022 election loss with a military coup that included a plot to kill the man who defeated him.
Brazilian justice opens Bolsonaro’s trial with a swipe at Trump
Prosecutors say Bolsonaro attempted to stay in power after his 2022 election loss with a coup that included a plot to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro's trial begins Tuesday with a judge detailing allegations that Bolsonaro attempted to stay in power after his 2022 election loss with a military coup that included a plot to kill the man who defeated him.
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A 56-year-old tech industry veteran killed his mother and himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on August 5 after months of interactions with ChatGPT that encouraged his paranoid delusions tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/...
A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich - Slashdot
A 56-year-old tech industry veteran killed his mother and himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on August 5 after months of interactions with ChatGPT that encouraged his paranoid delusions.
Greenwic...
tech.slashdot.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A 56-year-old tech industry veteran killed his mother and himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on August 5 after months of interactions with ChatGPT that encouraged his paranoid delusions tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/...
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Breaking News: Israel recovered the body of Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The remains of “another deceased hostage” were also recovered, Netanyahu's office added, but their identity was not released.
Israel Military Says It Recovered Body of Ilan Weiss, Oct. 7 Victim, From Gaza
Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack, and the remains of another person, who was not identified, were found as the government looks set to expand a military offensive.
nyti.ms
August 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Breaking News: Israel recovered the body of Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The remains of “another deceased hostage” were also recovered, Netanyahu's office added, but their identity was not released.
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Breaking news: President Trump moved to cancel nearly $5 billion in USAID funding already approved by Congress.
The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”
The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms
The administration says it can cancel nearly $5 billion in international aid with or without approval from lawmakers under a little-tested theory called a “pocket rescission.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Breaking news: President Trump moved to cancel nearly $5 billion in USAID funding already approved by Congress.
The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”
The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”