MJ Banias

MJ Banias

@mjbanias.bsky.social

Co-founder and Investigations Lead at Permanent Record Research | Bullshit Hunter at bullshithunting.com | OSINT and Analysis | Journalist at TheDebrief.org | Will Probably Die in Winnipeg

623 Followers 107 Following 104 Posts Joined May 2023
5 months ago

I’m a Canadian officially involved in American science politics. I feel oddly honored.

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7 months ago
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a pole dancer in a club with the words oh yeah ALT: a pole dancer in a club with the words oh yeah

Oh - flood gates are open.

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7 months ago

Slide into my DMs and let’s do this!

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7 months ago

I live to serve.

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8 months ago
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The house that isn't there. And how long it hasn’t been.

More on my unnecessarily deep dive into Commonwealth v. Russ.

This time with more maps.

Do you like maps?

I like maps.

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8 months ago
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A Free OSINT Lesson: The "Velvet Sundown" Squatter Who Duped the News Media Andrew Frelon: A fake band manager pretending to manage a band that doesn't exist. How Avant-garde.

It all started with a Twitter account, some ChatGPT quotes, and someone looking for a good time. This is the breakdown of how a guy convinced Rolling Stone he was the rep for a suddenly popular AI band, Velvet Sundown.

www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...

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8 months ago
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A Free OSINT Lesson: The "Velvet Sundown" Squatter Who Duped the News Media Andrew Frelon: A fake band manager pretending to manage a band that doesn't exist. How Avant-garde.

www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...

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8 months ago

Velvet Sundown has drawn a lot of attention in a very short period of time. One internet trickster decided to squat on their social media, and convinced dozens of journalists he was the real deal.

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8 months ago
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A Free OSINT Lesson: The "Velvet Sundown" Squatter Who Duped the News Media Andrew Frelon: A fake band manager pretending to manage a band that doesn't exist. How Avant-garde.

Following the Velvet Sundown AI music drama? Turns out- the news media has been duped.

www.bullshithunting.com/p/a-free-osi...

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9 months ago
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📚 Cults, books, and OSINT.

In his latest, @mjbanias.bsky.social‬ shows how open-source tools, and 𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, helped trace the hidden power behind a cult’s publishing empire — from a single copyright page to a multi-million dollar network.

🌐 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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9 months ago

It’s funny that in the Musk/Trump drama, I can’t root for anyone. I hate both of these idiots.

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9 months ago

I wrote another post that hopefully teaches you all something cool. Or, just enjoy the Reading Rainbow references.

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9 months ago

Holy! @justinseitz.bsky.social and @kennedycatherine.bsky.social - we’re way better than Deloitte. Can we start charging Deloitte prices please!?

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10 months ago

Nailed it.

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10 months ago
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10 months ago

I’m looking for your best cryptid and monster stories. Seen something weird out there? I want to talk to you!

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11 months ago

I see how it is. You’re a traitor to your species.

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11 months ago

Hot. AF.

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11 months ago

Honestly- I’m convinced you’re the one who taught that shark how to click. Why are you conspiring against me? Who do you work for?!

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11 months ago

Wait… so it clicks and it’ll only bite my toes off or something- and not finish the job and kill me?!?!

I feel worse now.

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11 months ago

Things that click freak me out. Being hunted by things that click; my bowels loosen.

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11 months ago

The slippery slope of OSINT morality.

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11 months ago

Oh? Who’s the main guy?

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11 months ago

I do not understand really what’s going on. Slide into my DMs!

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11 months ago

Most of Bluebook is online, for free.

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11 months ago

Tell me more.

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1 year ago

Well well well… just a bunch of Russian assets working in the highest ranks of the US government.

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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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Hydrogen Mining the Misty Mountains On this week's episode of The Debrief Weekly Report, Kenna and MJ climb to the mountain top and talk about mining hydrogen. They also get weird with shapeshifting embryonic robots, and then remember a...

Another week calls for another episode of the
"Debrief Weekly Report" #podcast! This week
@mjbanias.bsky.social joins me in discussing #robots, #cleanenergy and screen detoxing. It's all here and more!
thedebrief.org/hydrogen-min...

@stephgerk.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine — CNN The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

Well, this isn’t good.

apple.news/A6qVKTph6QKa...

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