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The image is a news article from The Journal about an apparent security incident involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin. Four unidentified military-style drones breached a no-fly zone near Dublin Airport late Monday night, December 1, 2025. The drones flew towards the expected flight path of Zelenskyy's plane, reaching the location at the exact moment the plane was due to pass. GardaΓ (Irish police) are investigating whether the drones launched from land in Dublin or an undetected ship at sea. Security forces suspect the aim was to disrupt the flight's arrival into Dublin.
Well....
Russia playing games over airports again?
(U) Finding (cont'd) (U) portion markings on each paragraph, as required by DoD Manual 5200.01, Volume 2. (U) Based on interviews with four current and former DoD officials, we determined that on Saturday, March 15, 2025, three individuals (the Secretary, his junior military assistant, and his personal communicator) were present in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) at the Secretary's residence at Fort McNair immediately preceding and during the execution of the strikes. (U) We requested that the DoD provide a copy of the Secretary's communications on Signal on or about March 15, 2025. The DoD provided a partial copy of messages from the Secretary's personal cell phone, including some messages that The Atlantic previously reported, but other messages had auto-deleted because of chat settings. Therefore, we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly ("Houthi PC Small Group") for a full record. (U) In a July 25, 2025 statement that the Secretary provided to the DoD Office of Inspector General, he confirmed that he sent a message containing operational information to members of the "Houthi PC Small Group" Signal chat at 1144 EDT on March 15, 2025. We compared The Atlantic Signal chat transcript to the email from the USCENTCOM Commander. Based on our review, we concluded that some information the Secretary sent from his personal cell phone on Signal on March 15, 2025, matched the operational information USCENTCOM sent and classified as SECRET//NOFORN. (U) The Secretary declined to be interviewed for this evaluation. In his July 25, 2025 statement, he provided the following information. (U) He received the email briefing from the USCENTCOM Commander, classified as SECRET//NOFORN, on March 14.
I'm confused. Hegseth was using Signal in a SCIF? π―ππ€¦ββοΈ
05.12.2025 02:14 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Maybe, but not soon. HSBC has said that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030. It's hard to see how they can earn their way out of that hole, especially with competitor frontier models like Gemini and Claude running even with it and DeepSeek close behind.
05.12.2025 01:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Need a hug? π«
05.12.2025 01:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Enjoy your trip!
05.12.2025 01:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0B. It's a bonking stick.
05.12.2025 01:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0George Will: "The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself."
05.12.2025 01:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Expect an early morning posting blitz on Truth Social by our President.
05.12.2025 00:53 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This would be the ISIS version, known and loved by anyone who has done counter-insurgency work anywhere in the last 30 years.
04.12.2025 23:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThe use of the βboxβ as a form of punishment at βAlligator Alcatrazβ constitutes torture,β Amnesty says.
Full story here:
The men told Amnesty that detainees were often left inside for hours at a time. According to the report, one man said he saw a fellow detainee locked in the structure for an entire day. "People ended up in the 'box' just for asking guards for anything," the report reads. "I saw a guy who was put in it for an entire day."
Oddly enough, South Vietnamese military used to use the same torture technique to break the will of their POWs.
Four detainees told Amnesty International that officials arbitrarily sent migrants to the βboxβ as punishment, shackling them in the cramped βcage-likeβ structure located in the yard.
Amnesty International found in a new report that the use of harsh punishments at Alligator Alcatraz, like locking people outdoors in a two-by-two foot cage-like structure while their hands and feet are shackled to the ground, constitutes torture.
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The image is a screenshot of a social media post discussing the potential availability of the Toyota Hilux Champ in the American market. The vehicle is described as a light-duty, basic pickup truck. It is expected to sell for less than $20k. U.S. regulations, specifically the "Chicken Tax" on imported light trucks, previously made it difficult to sell the Hilux model in the U.S. market. Toyota developed the North American version, the Toyota Tacoma, as a result of these tariffs.
Does it come standard with a machine gun mount behind the cab?
04.12.2025 23:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The provided figure illustrates the substantial cumulative losses incurred by several major companies before achieving profitability, and contrasts these with the projected cash burn for AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic. Amazon, Spotify, Tesla, and Uber all experienced significant losses for many years before turning a profit. OpenAI's projected cash burn is substantially higher than the historical losses of the other listed companies, estimated to reach around $140 billion by 2029. Anthropic's projected cash burn is considerably less than OpenAI's, estimated at around $20 billion by 2027. The data for the historical companies was provided by ChatGPT, while the estimates for the AI companies were reported in the WSJ based on company projections to investors.
βOpenAI may continue to attract significant funding and could ultimately develop products thatβ¦revolutionize the world. But at present, no start-up in history has operated with expected losses on anything approaching this scale. We are firmly in uncharted territory:β -DB analysts
04.12.2025 23:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The image captures Kateryna Rashevska testifying before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. Rashevska is a legal expert with the Regional Centre for Human Rights (RCHR), an organization that documents war crimes in Ukraine. The hearing likely focused on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and the ongoing war crimes committed there. The RCHR has specifically documented the forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children by Russian authorities, a key area of Rashevska's expertise. Testimonies like these in the U.S. Senate help inform legislative decisions regarding aid and policy related to the conflict.
Some Ukrainian children abducted by Russia were forcibly transferred to North Korea and placed in military camps, Ukrainian human rights organizations say. This was just announced at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.
04.12.2025 23:10 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1"Another schlep to Moscow by President Trumpβs envoys has produced another Vladimir Putin rejection of another plan to end his war with Ukraine. Maybe itβs time to conclude that Putin doesnβt want peace. He wants Ukraine."
The editors are right.
Jack Teixeira
Pete Hegseth
This might be a good time to point out that if Jack Teixeira can do 15 years in prison for sharing classified intel on Discord - Pete Hegseth can do 15 years in prison for sharing classified intel on Signal.
04.12.2025 22:30 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The only place you'll find support for the conservative justices' "originalism" narrative in in the American History section of your local comics book store.
04.12.2025 22:05 β π 11 π 6 π¬ 5 π 1And most of the time, they're right. They'll be far away, with enough intermediaries between them and the action, that they won't be soiled.
04.12.2025 21:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Where are you, Squid?
04.12.2025 21:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0He wouldn't be wrong.
04.12.2025 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They could as easily been human traffickers and victims.
The point is that the Navy didn't know then and we don't know now who they were, what they were doing, or what the boat was carrying.
Candace Owens @RealCandaceO X.com URGENT Two days ago I was contracted by a high ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this person's position and proximity to the French couple, I have deemed the information they gave me to be credible enough to share publicly in the event that something happens. In short, this person claims that the Macrons have executed upon and paid for my assassination. Yes, you read that correctly. More specifically, that the green light was given to a small team in National Gendamarie Intervention Group. I am told there is one Israeli that is on this assasination squad and the plans were formalized. Again, this person provided concrete proof that they are well placed within the French government apparatus. Further to this point, this person claims that Charlie Kirk's assassin trained with the French legion 13th brigade with multi-state involvement. Journalist Xavier Poussard's life is also at risk. This is deadly serious. The head of state of France apparently wants us both dead and has authorized professional units to carry this out. I ask that every person RETWEET and share this. I do not know who in the American government can be trusted, since this source claims our leaders are aware. But I have more specific information which is definitively verifiable, should they care to reach out to me. To the brave official in France who did this because they were so moved by the evil of Charlie's public execution to risk their own life- May God bless you. Truly. Let all be revealed.
Candace Owens @RealCandaceO X.com Candace Owens @RealCandaceO X.com There will be no official response from the L'Elysees palace because what I have shared is TRUE and I have evidence to support my claim. I even have names. They are likely trying to figure out where the leak came from. We are talking about the murder of citizens for speech. Candace Owens β @RealCandaceO X.com I am told that payments for assassinations are running through the Club des Cent in France. This means there is a paper trail and I encourage the patriots of France to do what you can to uncover it. I would again like to stress that there was a French female assassin but also a male, Israeli assassin that were selected to kill me. It is not a coincidence that the French legionnaires were in the United States training with our marines for three weeks. When those 3 weeks ended in California, another military training exercise began alongside civilians at Camp Riley in Minnesota. French foreign legionnaires were involved in Charlie Kirk's assassination. They were not the only ones, but they were involved. Al Overview M In August 2025, U.S. Marines and French Foreign Legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) trained together at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California as part of the Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 4-25. The exercise, which ran from August 4 to 25, focused on improving interoperability between the two allied forces through realistic scenarios like close-quarters combat and urban terrain training. These are joint state operations.
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04.12.2025 20:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Didn't have this on my bingo card for today. π―
04.12.2025 19:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 01959 Ford Country Sedan pulling a trailer in the middle of a field.
1950s station wagon filled with girls
Station wagon with a luggage rack.
Ad for a 1961 Briarean, an elongated station wagon fitted out as an ambulance that could be converted to a hearse in minutes.
I used to love station wagons.
1. They could haul a trailer & go anywhere.
2. They could haul the whole neighborhood.
3. They could be fitted with convenient space for the little lady to take a nap on trips.
4. If you went a little bigger you could get one fitted out as an ambulance or hearse.
Glad to see one of the media companies do this. All the others should join.
04.12.2025 17:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Abu is too kind. Kennedy is far worse than just a conspiracy-addled freak.
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