@flaurin.bsky.social
https://www.icij.org/journalists/fredrik-laurin/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Laurin
Finally Qurium gets credit for their extensive and immaculate research into Doppelganger www.qurium.org/doppelganger/.
Krebs does a good overview of what it IS and what i MEANS that these companies are allowed to facilitate this. Desinformation - industrialized.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/06/insi...
bahnhof.se/2025/06/10/s...
SVT many years ago decided to scrap their own infrastructure and base all editorial and administrative data with Microsoft's Office 365. Albeit with an agreement that the data should be kept in European jurisdiction. An arrangement quickly annulled in US courts.
An important story from istories.media/en/
And a story I have been waiting for.
Nice, peace-loving, Russian tech-moguls and proprietary code doesent mix.
Just Iran has some 50 m Telegram users. Many of them in opposition to the regime...
istories.media/en/stories/2...
Hmm. Gov institutions buckled. Then academia. Now media.
One shouldn't make too many conclusions from this, but it's clear that resilience is something we forgot in building the modern society.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
Musks idea of populating earth with the right people is taking hold in Sweden.
Maybe there are some lessons to learn from the Lebemsborn programme. After all, it didn't work out according to plan.
omni.se/a/pPjL51
What is one allowed to call a state who executes first responders?
Seems recent research indicates we need to agree on a term so we can agree on how to make the responsible stop. And take them to court
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The other guy blinked...
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IRS unit that audits billionaires and other ultrawealthy individuals has lost 38% of its employees this year.
www.icij.org/news/2025/03...
Kina hotar Taiwan med krig...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/peki...
Men det är ett ukrainskt hangarfartyg på bilden, gamla "Varyag" som Ukraina sålde till kinerserna.
What goes around, comes around...
This is what happens to Russian journalists doing their job.
www.linkedin.com/posts/istori...
⚡️State Department officially informs Congress of plans to dissolve USAID, CNN reports.
The agency, which has been central to U.S. foreign aid efforts, will be disbanded by July 1.
Well, put Mrs Clinton, but maybe you have run a banana Republic all along?
With huge inequalities and rule of law only when it suits you being the norm that got your people to vote for this.
Have you ever thought about your own responsibility for the situation you and the rest of us are in?
Hillary Clinton: How Much Dumber Will This Get? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
"If America is ruled like a banana republic, with flagrant corruption and a leader who puts himself above the law..."
Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
For anyone that experienced East Germany where you could be apprehended for looking like a potential enemy of the state, this, if true, rings of historical naivety.
26.03.2025 19:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When big lawfirms, tech billionaires and Hollywood caves in to brute force that makes a good movie in itself.
"The chilling effect" - soon in theatres near you"
Law Firm Bends in Face of Trump Demands www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
"creating a chilling effect that has deterred them from taking on clients at odds with the Trump administration."
Reminds me of someone telling me how Hollywood execs not wanting to pursue movie ideas for strategic reasons.
⚡️ US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe.
The U.S. has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already scheduled in 2025, Swedish media outlet Expressen reported.
Nu återstår att se om några uppgifter läckt. Men man ställer sig ändå frågan: varför är "sportskytte" en så kallad sport?
Varför ska det öht cirkulera lagliga vapen i ett modernt samhälle?
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/uppg...
Hur gör vi i Sverige med DCA avtalet som ger Trumps militärer rättigheter som han definierar på svensk mark.
Kanadensarna skärper tonen.
www.dn.se/varlden/kana...
The globe and mail are still allowed to have an opinion.
05.03.2025 16:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's an interesting thought.
His end game being to pit the three superpowers against each other in a cold- war like stale mate where he would be king in 1/3 of the world?
Sangers analysis in NYT after the Oval Office offers some food for thought.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Was the show in the oval office part of a shrewd plan?
Was Trump just pursuing his main aim to get rid of all the small fry, like Denmark and Ukraine, and orchestrated the public humiliation with the rare-earth "deal"?
Cont.
Imagine Turkey being a more reliable NATO member than the US
25.02.2025 12:27 — 👍 440 🔁 56 💬 14 📌 0She impressed me mightily when passing under her bow 40 years ago in Norfolk and actually being able to grasp it with my right hand.
That's craftsmanship and shipbuilding for you.
One day I might dive down and grasp the bow a second time.
There she goes... finally.
And she'll take the Blue ribbon with her! Forever!
R.I.P s/s "United States"
⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters.
The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.
Measels outbreak in Texas, and RFK Jr moves against vaccines after a week on the job.
Wonder if a few new pandemics will show the American suffrage what the cost is of ignoring history and science?
Measels is highly contagious, are currentt US leaders vaccinated...?
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
