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Since Fico’s return to power in 2023, Slovakia’s anti-mafia capacities have been largely dismantled, and it is once again a safe haven for Italian organized crime. vsquare.org/why-slovakia...
Why Slovakia Is Once Again a Safe Haven for Italian Organized Crime - VSquare.org
Antonino Vadalà has been in prison in Reggio Calabria for a year, but only his close relatives know it. In eastern Slovakia, where he lived, people only began noticing his absence a few months ago.
vsquare.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Since Fico’s return to power in 2023, Slovakia’s anti-mafia capacities have been largely dismantled, and it is once again a safe haven for Italian organized crime. vsquare.org/why-slovakia...
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Ahmed Ghorab, a Gazan computer scientist who once taught artificial intelligence at UCAS, escaped the war to Slovakia through a student foundation — but his wife and four children remain trapped in Gaza.
Stuck Between Gaza’s War and Slovakia’s Bureaucracy: A Father’s Battle for His Family - VSquare.org
Ahmed Ghorab is a computer scientist who, thanks to a student foundation, managed to leave war-torn Gaza. However, his family remained there. He promised to bring them to Europe. Instead, he encounter...
vsquare.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ahmed Ghorab, a Gazan computer scientist who once taught artificial intelligence at UCAS, escaped the war to Slovakia through a student foundation — but his wife and four children remain trapped in Gaza.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
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It's worth reading this study, which estimates millions of deaths thanks to Musk and Trump's USAID cuts over the next 5 years.
Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's worth reading this study, which estimates millions of deaths thanks to Musk and Trump's USAID cuts over the next 5 years.
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Understand the Republican Party is all about loyalty tests now. Every outrage is an opportunity to reinforce the dominance of the In group and filter out anyone suspected of disloyalty. They don't need to believe anything that's happening is right, they just need to prove loyalty again and again.
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Understand the Republican Party is all about loyalty tests now. Every outrage is an opportunity to reinforce the dominance of the In group and filter out anyone suspected of disloyalty. They don't need to believe anything that's happening is right, they just need to prove loyalty again and again.
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Some people deny reality because they’re confused.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.
May 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some people deny reality because they’re confused.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.
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He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free.
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
April 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free.
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Feds Uncover Terabytes Of Free Speech During Raid Of Protestor’s Residence
Feds Uncover Terabytes Of Free Speech During Raid Of Protestor’s Residence
WASHINGTON—Following a daring operation that saw authorities seize the man’s property and detain him in an undisclosed location, FBI director Kash Patel announced Thursday that federal agents had unco...
theonion.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Feds Uncover Terabytes Of Free Speech During Raid Of Protestor’s Residence
Väčšina ľudí vníma zahraničnú politiku vlády negatívne, ukázal prieskum Focusu pre Fórum Budúcnosti Slovenska. Pozitívne kroky Ficovej vlády v tejto oblasti vníma iba tretina opýtaných, najväčšiu podporu má medzi voličmi Smeru, Republiky a SNS.
dennikn.sk/minuta/45145...
dennikn.sk/minuta/45145...
Väčšina ľudí vníma zahraničnú politiku vlády negatívne, ukázal prieskum Focusu
…pre Fórum Budúcnosti Slovenska. Pozitívne kroky Ficovej vlády v tejto oblasti vníma iba tretina opýtaných, najväčšiu podporu má medzi voličmi Smeru, Republiky a SNS.
dennikn.sk
March 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Väčšina ľudí vníma zahraničnú politiku vlády negatívne, ukázal prieskum Focusu pre Fórum Budúcnosti Slovenska. Pozitívne kroky Ficovej vlády v tejto oblasti vníma iba tretina opýtaných, najväčšiu podporu má medzi voličmi Smeru, Republiky a SNS.
dennikn.sk/minuta/45145...
dennikn.sk/minuta/45145...
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Little exclusive over at Bleeding Edge: prosecutors allege Terrorgram Collective leaders were in direct contact w/mass killers in Slovakia & Brazil; deeply inspired by O9A & Tempel ov Blood ideology.
I got hold of now-sealed court records. Behind the paywall
bleeding-edge.ghost.io/feds-terrorg...
I got hold of now-sealed court records. Behind the paywall
bleeding-edge.ghost.io/feds-terrorg...
Court filing: Terrorgram Collective Leaders in direct contact with 2 mass killers, fascination with Satanist murder & sexual abuse
Reporting from Ali Winston on law enforcement, extremism & privacy with some international affairs thrown in. Always away from the pack, never boring
bleeding-edge.ghost.io
March 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Little exclusive over at Bleeding Edge: prosecutors allege Terrorgram Collective leaders were in direct contact w/mass killers in Slovakia & Brazil; deeply inspired by O9A & Tempel ov Blood ideology.
I got hold of now-sealed court records. Behind the paywall
bleeding-edge.ghost.io/feds-terrorg...
I got hold of now-sealed court records. Behind the paywall
bleeding-edge.ghost.io/feds-terrorg...
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
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There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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New: ChatGPT is also breaking when asked about two specific law professors. Type "Jonathan Zittrain" or "Jonathan Turley" into ChatGPT and it'll refuse to provide a response. Both write about AI, one said ChatGPT defamed him
www.404media.co/not-just-dav...
www.404media.co/not-just-dav...
Not Just 'David Mayer': ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors
ChatGPT breaks when asked about "Jonathan Zittrain" or "Jonathan Turley."
www.404media.co
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
New: ChatGPT is also breaking when asked about two specific law professors. Type "Jonathan Zittrain" or "Jonathan Turley" into ChatGPT and it'll refuse to provide a response. Both write about AI, one said ChatGPT defamed him
www.404media.co/not-just-dav...
www.404media.co/not-just-dav...
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New from 404 Media: what appears to be a Russian disinformation campaign is trying to spread unfounded rumors that the Ukrainian-developed Stalker 2 is sending data to the Ukraine government to find people for mobilization. Video with fake WIRED watermark www.404media.co/stalker2-dis...
November 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: what appears to be a Russian disinformation campaign is trying to spread unfounded rumors that the Ukrainian-developed Stalker 2 is sending data to the Ukraine government to find people for mobilization. Video with fake WIRED watermark www.404media.co/stalker2-dis...
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We're continuing to update our starter pack as our staff and contributors join. Find the full list here: go.bsky.app/HZSzS41
Bellingcat staff and contributors (past & present)
Join the conversation
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November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
We're continuing to update our starter pack as our staff and contributors join. Find the full list here: go.bsky.app/HZSzS41
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Do not obey in advance.
July 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Do not obey in advance.
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The "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" ideologies that have been cropping up in AI debates are just a thin veneer over the typical blend of Silicon Valley techno-utopianism, inflated egos, and greed. Let's try something else.
newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-...
newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-...
Effective obfuscation
Silicon Valley's "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" only give a thin philosophical veneer to the industry's same old impulses.
newsletter.mollywhite.net
November 26, 2023 at 5:19 AM
The "effective altruism" and "effective accelerationism" ideologies that have been cropping up in AI debates are just a thin veneer over the typical blend of Silicon Valley techno-utopianism, inflated egos, and greed. Let's try something else.
newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-...
newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-...