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YouTube video by Illicit Shadows THE INVISIBLE SOURCE — Fentanyl Precursors in China | ILLICIT SHADOWS Ep 01: Chemical Cartels

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YouTube video by Illicit Shadows THE ILLICIT BEACHHEAD — Canada’s Fentanyl Frontlines | ILLICIT SHADOWS Ep 01: Chemical Cartels

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YouTube video by Illicit Shadows AMERICAN FALLOUT — How Fentanyl Became a Weapon of War | ILLICIT SHADOWS Ep 01: Chemical Cartels

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Happy to send you one!

This has always been the plan!
They want a captive market in schools/universities and for those institutions to eventually automate education with their chatbots.
We are TRAINING these LLMs in preparation for our redundancy, and experimenting with the health and futures of children while we do it

'I found hell': the women ensnared in Albania's global sex trade Empowered by the global reach of cybercrime, criminal networks are using Albania as a transit point to exploit women from other nations around the world.

A growing number of women are being drawn by international criminal networks into Albania from impoverished countries on the promise of lucrative sex work and a potential gateway to Europe.

The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?

Gasped at the ending to this. (It's all cool edgy fun and games until someone gets chatbot-induced psychosis.) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

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Radical Next · Reclaiming your Humanity in a Post-Human World #1 Best Selling book by Futurist Sam Rad. With transformative technologies like artificial intelligence, extended realities, and quantum computing increasingly blurring the boundaries between human a...

If you haven’t read it yet, you can get a copy here: RadicalNext.com or DM me for a signed copy!

wonderful day sharing my book RADICAL NEXT at the Saratoga Book Festival.

The only non-fiction work represented! A huge honor. Onwards to my fiction career!

Synthetic Trust: AI Companions, Digital IDs, and the Backlash Ahead This weekend, three seemingly unrelated stories lit up corners of the internet. And by lit up, I mean, captured the hearts and minds of our sub-four-second-attention-span populace for just enough time...

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Australian Cocaine Pilot Killed in Brazil Plane Crash Linked to Kinahan Drug Cartel - bellingcat An Australian pilot who died when his plane crashed in Brazil during a failed drug run has links to an alleged Kinahan cartel associate who is facing drugs charges in Western Australia.

A small plane crashed in Brazil recently; amongst the wreckage was the body of a former Melbourne stockbroker and 200kg of cocaine. Bellingcat and @thetimes.com reveal how the deceased Australian pilot was linked to an associate of the notorious Kinahan cartel: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

I can't tell you if releasing the Amelia Earhart files was done with the purest of intentions

It's worth noting that Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds, the delegate from the Mariana Islands, specifically asked for these to be declassified in August.

succinct

Are there buses in a post-human, post-labor world?

You tell me where we are going my friend. 😆

Are we moving here now?

I’ve been shadowbanned on all platforms since 2020, and wondering where we all want to congregate?!

my speech for Mayo Clinic

Thank you Mayo Clinic!

Yesterday, I visited Rochester, Minnesota to deliver a keynote for Mayo Clinic’s NursingNexus.

Today, at a roundtable surrounding the the UN General Assembly, I joined leaders from across sectors to unpack the shadow systems silently destabilizing our world.

As resident techy, I brought perspectives from AI, cryptography, and my current focus on narrative warfare to leverage tech for good.

Albania's AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament Prime Minister Edi Rama has introduced an AI-generated bot which he has called a government minister in the Albanian parliament.

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Albania appoints an AI-generated minister named Diella, aimed at combating corruption in public procurement.

She made her first address to parliament on Sept 18, 2025, saying: "I am not here to replace human beings."

A hint of what’s to come…

Oh wow! Thank you! Let me know what you think.

My office for the day. About to dive headfirst into what promises to be an enlightening journey @samradofficial.bsky.social. 🙏🏼

YouTube video by Talk Boutique – Speaking & Communications Coaching Is Your Perception Being Programmed?

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Shadowverse is now in production.

Headed to Vancouver this week to meet with front line anti-crime champions to document the fentanyl crisis ravaging North America.

Our mission is simple:
to shape a better future.

Join us, as we together shine light on the Shadowverse.

Episode synopsis:

A futurist’s take on institutional power in a ‘post-human world’ POLITICO Tech · Episode

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my interview is live!

In a world where our very reality is in question… How do we make sense of what’s next?

Introducing:

𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 | by Sam Rad

Now Available: radicalnext.com/buy