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plessas.net // former CIA and DIA intelligence professional, U.S. Army veteran, and leading OSINT expert who has trained over 25,000 law enforcement professionals through FBI and DEA programs // knowledgebase.plessas.net

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N19 β€” I Audited $2.1 Billion in Epstein Financial Records

Fascinating work. I don't have the expertise to double check it, but the whole thing is available on GitHub so that others could.

randallscott25-star.github.io/epstein-fore...

26.02.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

did you know you can fit every planet in the solar system in between Earth and the Moon?

I can't tho, I'm busy

26.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 269    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

This has been postposed till next week w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social

25.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Tools #Vetting #OSINT

Happening Today
February 26, 2026 OSINTirl @1900 EST
Join Kirby and me tonight on Twitch OSINTirl Episode 23, we'll discuss Tool Vetting.
7PM EST Every Wed www.twitch.tv/osintirl
Past episodes available on YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl

w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social

25.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

The headline does not convey how completely batshit this story is. The Archive Today (archive.ph etc) admin weaponized the site's captcha to attack a blogger who wrote about them and *altered archived screenshots* as part of the attack.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

21.02.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3778    πŸ” 1522    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 143
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How did journalists find the man behind the biggest deepfake porn site in the world? 404 Media’s @samleecole.bsky.social reveals how David Do, a pharmacist, was confronted at his Toronto home in her new podcast Understood: Deepfake Porn Empire on CBC.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/show/69ttdE2...

18.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 214    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Ricky Chilton - Ronnie Rigor Mortis (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ricky Chilton Ricky Chilton - Ronnie Rigor Mortis (Official Music Video)

This is my current morning alarm music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=meA5...

12.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not β€œmove on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 44550    πŸ” 16952    πŸ’¬ 967    πŸ“Œ 963
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#AudioOSINT #AcousticOSINT #OSINTirl #OSINT
Feb 4 OSINTirl @1900 EST
Join @kirbstr.bsky.social & me on Twitch for OSINTirl Episode 20
Audio & Acoustic OSINT from adversarial, OPSEC, & investigative perspectives.
www.twitch.tv/osintirl
Past episodes on YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl

04.02.2026 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Epstein was everywhere. Like the Forrest Gump of evil.

04.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dad Jokes with Mothman

01.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf you see something, shovel something.”
I shoveled out crosswalks, instead of complaining.
If your neighborhood is also stuck in β€œsnowcrete,” please take the #IceBreakUpChallenge: clear a sidewalk, post a photo.
Use social media to incent civic behavior.
If you like this idea, pass it on.
πŸͺ 🧊πŸ’ͺ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

29.01.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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EFFector

For over 30 years EFF's EFFector newsletter has chronicled the rise of the digital rights movement. Check out our archives going back all the way to 1990: www.eff.org/effector

24.12.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 #OSINT warning: Typosquatters on whatsmyname[.]* domains are copying WhatsMyName data without attribution & hiding their identities. Be careful where you run sensitive investigations. Official repo: github.com/WebBreacher/... and main site: whatsmyname.app

23.12.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

20.12.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 19136    πŸ” 4852    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 217
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#OSINTirl #OSINT #ROBLOX #Twitch

OSINTIrl 15 ROBLOX with Kirby Plessas Today at 7 PM, 1900, EST
Join Us on Twitch, twitch.tv/osintirl
Can't make it? recording on www.youtube.com/@osintirl
Discussion on Roblox Investigations in OSINTirl
Safety and Some Critiques on Age-Appropriate Design.

10.12.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There could be a study on the culture wars on Soras remixes. #aivideo

09.12.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My current music obsession is somewhere between Wet Leg and Emerson Woolf.

06.12.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OSINTIrl Episode 14 - Monkeying Around: Pets & Wildlife
YouTube video by OSINTIRL OSINTIrl Episode 14 - Monkeying Around: Pets & Wildlife

OSINTIrl with @kirbstr.bsky.social

OSINTIrl Episode 14 - Monkeying Around: Pets & Wildlife
Investigating Monkeys on Facebook, Lions on YouTube, & The Turtles
Puppy Scams Oh My!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vV5...

05.12.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OSINT Fieldcraft for Threads: Beginner Video Extraction β€” Plessas Experts Network This beginner-friendly OSINT guide explains how to safely download and preserve videos from Threads.net using OPSEC-conscious methods. You’ll learn multiple techniquesβ€”from simple screen recording to ...

Downloading videos from threads (or wherever)

plessas.net/blog/2025/12...

05.12.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.

19.11.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2261    πŸ” 462    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 48
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Plessas Digital Knowledge Base Each entry in the knowledge base has been carefully reviewed, evaluated, and updated. AI plays a role in crafting the content, but we take it further by providing deep insights, highlighting controver...

#DigitalYouth #Safety #764 #PlessasExperts #OSINT
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Public & Free Plessas Experts Knowledge Portal recently dropped 764 resource reviews.
If you are an investigator examining online extremism or a trusted adult with youth safety, please stop by.

knowledgebase.plessas.net

17.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Plessas Experts Network Inc. BLACK FRIDAY
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Get full access to all online OSINT training, including our new modular series (featuring "Internet Subcultures" and soon-to-be-released "Practical OSINT for Retail Crime Investigations"), for a year for $1,625 (usually $2,625).

17.11.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#OSINT #PlessasExpertsNetwork #Cultures

The first module in this course is Free.
w @kirbstr.bsky.social

academy.plessas.net/offers/UXvjr...

07.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#OSINT

OSINTirl on Twitch & YouTube with @kirbstr.bsky.social
Always Love Vistors
Come visit us on Twitch on Wednesday evenings @ 7 PM EST

07.11.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labeled Gen Z but I think Gen A

05.11.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The iterations of this meme on Sora have me crying laughing

05.11.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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mikmik776 on Sora This but @jakepaul

Proof

sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_690a5f93...

04.11.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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sketch.confusion on Sora Ultra-realistic television footage of The Price Is Right stage in the 1990s, featuring host Bob Barker standing beside a brightly lit prize display. The audience cheers wildly as Bob, wearing his icon...

Scrolling through Sora memechain slop is the new Vine. Complete with Jake Paul showing up randomly.

sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69052201...

04.11.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI’s Invasive Species The slop is winning.

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

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