Ilmo Ilkka
@ilmoilkka.bsky.social
Journalist
Love to sail the forbidden seas
Love to sail the forbidden seas
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If Brendan Carr "believes the FCC is subservient to the president, then he is the last person who should be claiming the power to regulate journalists' editorial decisions under the FCC’s 'public interest' standard," @seth-stern.bsky.social and Clayton Weimers write.
Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers
It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If Brendan Carr "believes the FCC is subservient to the president, then he is the last person who should be claiming the power to regulate journalists' editorial decisions under the FCC’s 'public interest' standard," @seth-stern.bsky.social and Clayton Weimers write.
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Today, my colleague David Yaffe-Bellany and I published an investigation into the frenzied world of crypto unleased by Trump.
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Today, my colleague David Yaffe-Bellany and I published an investigation into the frenzied world of crypto unleased by Trump.
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
Risk taking, profiteering & yes, innovation, as crypto bros sense that this is the moment crypto will go mainstream in the U.S.
Free link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t...
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I’m sorry, but that’s not how this works.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m sorry, but that’s not how this works.
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President Trump hasn’t lost a penny because of the BBC’s editing, and his $10 billion lawsuit against them is preposterous.
The only way for the BBC to preserve its journalistic integrity is to fight back.
Read our statement:
The only way for the BBC to preserve its journalistic integrity is to fight back.
Read our statement:
Trump’s BBC lawsuit is nonsense, like his others
His frivolous damages theory concedes that Trump views the presidency as a for-profit venture
freedom.press
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
President Trump hasn’t lost a penny because of the BBC’s editing, and his $10 billion lawsuit against them is preposterous.
The only way for the BBC to preserve its journalistic integrity is to fight back.
Read our statement:
The only way for the BBC to preserve its journalistic integrity is to fight back.
Read our statement:
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Hence, on the one hand, Switzerland wants to remain neutral. But it can’t *start* coordinating with allies when it is attacked. It needs to act before. And the strategy describes how.
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hence, on the one hand, Switzerland wants to remain neutral. But it can’t *start* coordinating with allies when it is attacked. It needs to act before. And the strategy describes how.
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform’s Russian bribe case prompts election interference inquiry
The PM has ordered an investigation into foreign influence in politics after the ex-leader of Reform in Wales was jailed for taking cash to parrot Kremlin lines
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Susie Wiles says Trump "was wrong" to tie Bill Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activity. She adds: There is "no evidence" Clinton visited the island.
Susie Wiles tells VF that Trump "has an alcoholic's personality."
"High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink."
Of JD Vance, Wiles said he has "been a conspiracy theorist for a decade."
"High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink."
Of JD Vance, Wiles said he has "been a conspiracy theorist for a decade."
Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of ‘Vanity Fair’’s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Musk’s DOGE disaster, the FBI’s “incredible job” investigating January 6, and how Trump once berated ...
www.vanityfair.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Susie Wiles says Trump "was wrong" to tie Bill Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activity. She adds: There is "no evidence" Clinton visited the island.
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Oh no please, Bre’er Fox, don’t throw me in the briar patch!
After briefing on strikes off Venezuela, Sen. Sheehy says “if we're going to question the legal process and the procedural process to target bad guys that this administration is using, then all of you better start cracking open every single Obama kinetic strike”
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh no please, Bre’er Fox, don’t throw me in the briar patch!
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’
The year of slop.
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’
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Wild stat from the CEO of Stack Overflow on Decoder this week -- 80 percent of its users use AI tools, but only 29 percent actually trust AI. This gap is the biggest story in AI, imo. Dug into it quite a bit www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
Stack Overflow users don’t trust AI. They’re using it anyway
Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on running the most popular developer forum in a post-ChatGPT world.
www.theverge.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wild stat from the CEO of Stack Overflow on Decoder this week -- 80 percent of its users use AI tools, but only 29 percent actually trust AI. This gap is the biggest story in AI, imo. Dug into it quite a bit www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
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It represents a clear signal from the Ivanishvili regime that, in a multipolar system, it has aligned itself with a bloc led by Russia, whose proclaimed neutrality status comes at the expense of security and sovereignty.
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It represents a clear signal from the Ivanishvili regime that, in a multipolar system, it has aligned itself with a bloc led by Russia, whose proclaimed neutrality status comes at the expense of security and sovereignty.
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The EU has formally concluded the written procedure to indefinitely immobilise the Russian sovereign assets.
25 countries in favour, 2 against.
Can you guess?
25 countries in favour, 2 against.
Can you guess?
I welcome the decision of the Council on our proposal to continue the immobilisation of Russian Sovereign Assets.
We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as long as this brutal war of aggression continues, Russia’s costs will continue to rise.
We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as long as this brutal war of aggression continues, Russia’s costs will continue to rise.
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The EU has formally concluded the written procedure to indefinitely immobilise the Russian sovereign assets.
25 countries in favour, 2 against.
Can you guess?
25 countries in favour, 2 against.
Can you guess?
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‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50
‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50
As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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You've got another 38 minutes to catch this while it's in front of the paywall, if you're not a subscriber to The Verge.
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You've got another 38 minutes to catch this while it's in front of the paywall, if you're not a subscriber to The Verge.
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"There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them."
I believe this is referred to as consciousness of guilt.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
I believe this is referred to as consciousness of guilt.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them."
I believe this is referred to as consciousness of guilt.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
I believe this is referred to as consciousness of guilt.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.
CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach | TechCrunch
The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.
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After years of denials, President Trump confirmed that he used the phrase “shithole countries” in 2018 to insult several countries with majority non-White populations, including Haiti, El Salvador and Somalia.
Trump confirms using slur about specific countries
Trump previously denied using the vulgar language in 2018 about Haiti, El Salvador and several African countries — before a nonchalant admission Tuesday.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After years of denials, President Trump confirmed that he used the phrase “shithole countries” in 2018 to insult several countries with majority non-White populations, including Haiti, El Salvador and Somalia.
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Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Q: Has Hegseth told you why he hasn't released the video of the second strike?
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
TRUMP: He hasn't told me. I thought that issue was dead. I'm surprised you're bringing it up. Are you with CNN?
Q: I am with CNN
TRUMP: You work for the Democrats
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On Dec. 9, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum to Defense Dept. personnel announcing the launch of a military-focused generative AI platform with capabilities from Google Gemini. Read the memo, from Isabel Arroyo.
Hegseth Memo Instructs Defense Dept. to Use Military AI Platform
The memorandum describes “GenAI.mil” as a secure service fit to handle controlled unclassified information.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
On Dec. 9, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum to Defense Dept. personnel announcing the launch of a military-focused generative AI platform with capabilities from Google Gemini. Read the memo, from Isabel Arroyo.
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Fed expected to lower rates, but may signal a coming pause reut.rs/4psbko3
Fed expected to lower rates, but may signal a coming pause
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday as policymakers grapple with gaps in economic data caused by the recent government shutdown and work through competing views about the risks facing the economy.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Fed expected to lower rates, but may signal a coming pause reut.rs/4psbko3
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Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
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With exhausting inevitability: bsky.app/profile/radi...
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With exhausting inevitability: bsky.app/profile/radi...