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Brit in NYC, computer programming lifer. #SlavaUkraini #StandWithIsrael Zionist & Bonds Dogs ally, Bluesky fella not for-profit @pef-moderation.org - subjective labeling of disinfo and hate speech

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#Kupyansk I've been reporting on for about two weeks. Today, the DS confirmed Ukrainian gains in Kupyansk, "liberated" by Putin and Gerasimov.

12.12.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kids, wake up. New Network State just dropped.

12.12.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

The far right noobs, at least

11.12.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The WH Press corps is now just a disinformation amplifier

11.12.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
post from Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji

@balajis
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15h
INDIA, INTERNET, INTERNATIONAL
If you're Indian, don't move to America.
Because the US left hates technocapitalists.
And the US right wants no more immigrants.
Moreover, as the sovereign debt crisis worsens...
It only gets worse. Possibly murderously worse.

So: Indian immigrant technocapitalists need alternatives. And there are three options: India, Internet, and International.

1. India 
India itself is the world's fastest growing economy, with the #1 growth rate in the world over the last 10 years. Every major company is investing in India. So you can do well in the Indian economy:

2. Internet
The Internet is taking over from a fading NYSE/NASDAQ as the world's largest capital market. The decline of Delaware and NYC accelerate this; everyone from Elon to Elad Gil to a16z to Dropbox have moved out of Delaware for incorporation, and Mamdani is catalyzing a capital exodus to Miami.

So: the US is no longer a stable place for capital formation. And Solana and Ethereum already put Indians on a level playing field with the entire world, with digital rule-of-law. No one can discriminate against you in a smart contract simply for being Indian, so you can do well in the Internet economy.

post from Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji @balajis Β· 15h INDIA, INTERNET, INTERNATIONAL If you're Indian, don't move to America. Because the US left hates technocapitalists. And the US right wants no more immigrants. Moreover, as the sovereign debt crisis worsens... It only gets worse. Possibly murderously worse. So: Indian immigrant technocapitalists need alternatives. And there are three options: India, Internet, and International. 1. India India itself is the world's fastest growing economy, with the #1 growth rate in the world over the last 10 years. Every major company is investing in India. So you can do well in the Indian economy: 2. Internet The Internet is taking over from a fading NYSE/NASDAQ as the world's largest capital market. The decline of Delaware and NYC accelerate this; everyone from Elon to Elad Gil to a16z to Dropbox have moved out of Delaware for incorporation, and Mamdani is catalyzing a capital exodus to Miami. So: the US is no longer a stable place for capital formation. And Solana and Ethereum already put Indians on a level playing field with the entire world, with digital rule-of-law. No one can discriminate against you in a smart contract simply for being Indian, so you can do well in the Internet economy.

As the Network State cult gets more scrutiny, founder Balaji Srinivasan has full meltdown. Just wait until my book comes out!

This guy was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and CTO at Coinbase. He is close with Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

11.12.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12
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Another Rapidly Expanding Russian Propaganda Campaign "Foreign Passports" of Volodymyr Zelenskyy The Center for Strategic Communications is recording the spread of a fake about the President of Ukraine allegedly having foreign citizenships through Telegram channels targeting Ukrainian audiences.

The Russian disinformation apparatus never sleeps.

Detailed anatomy of Russia's current propaganda campaign to convince audiences that President Zelensky has multiple nationalities in preparation to flee.

11.12.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist

A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

11.12.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5
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10.12.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 11
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An Undeclared War for All Mankind Crossposting a report on how Russia formats identity and is trying to rule the world through a war on our minds. Research by Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak and originally published in InformNapalm

An Undeclared War for All Mankind

Crossposting a report on how Russia formats identity and is trying to rule the world through a war on our minds. Research by Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak and originally published in InformNapalm

11.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
NYT Editorial Board Headlines:



Are We Losing Our Democracy?
While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the New York Times editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already taking place, thanks to the efforts of President Trump.


America Pours Billions Into the Military. We Don’t Know Where It All Goes.
Wasteful spending and byzantine regulations keep the U.S. military stuck in a failing status quo.


This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up?
Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.



America Must Prepare for the Future of War
The nature of war has drastically changed. The editorial board argues that the U.S. must reform its military.



Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.

NYT Editorial Board Headlines: Are We Losing Our Democracy? While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the New York Times editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already taking place, thanks to the efforts of President Trump. America Pours Billions Into the Military. We Don’t Know Where It All Goes. Wasteful spending and byzantine regulations keep the U.S. military stuck in a failing status quo. This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up? Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war. America Must Prepare for the Future of War The nature of war has drastically changed. The editorial board argues that the U.S. must reform its military. Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.

Is the NYT Editorial Board OK?
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...

10.12.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7
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Land War or Self-Terrorism? Trump's Likely Next Step

The mass deportation of undocumented people was one of Hitler’s largest coercive policies before the war. This set off a chain of events which can give us a useful perspective on where we are now.
snyder.substack.com/p/self-terro...

10.12.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1108    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 28

Comic Sans for all US federal communications would be the best choice right now

10.12.2025 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros., with backing from Trump's son-in-law Paramount said it offered $30 a share in the final hours of last week's auction. 'We never heard back,' says Paramount Chair David Ellison.

Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros with backing from Jared Kushner

$11.8 B - Larry Ellison's family
$24 B - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds
$1 B - Chinese firm Tencent
$ - RedBird Capital & Affinity Partners
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

09.12.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

You would think X, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya were influential enough to spread Gulf petrostate disinfo in the US, but apparently not

09.12.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'America future is the Hindenburg plummeting in flames into the State of Liberty', sounds on-brand.

09.12.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trumpβ€˜s wrong insinuation that Ukraineβ€˜s President Zelenskyy is perpetuating the war so that there are no election has been countered by the Ukrainian President in a very clever way:

09.12.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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I wish you good health, dear friends, a pleasant evening, and a peaceful night. Take care of yourselves. My condition is improving. Thank you for your support! πŸ«‚

09.12.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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We Must Stand Together: America and Europe Share a Common Fate The transatlantic alliance between the United States and Europe is under full-on assault. But we must not abandon it, writes A2 Editor David Troy.

πŸ“„ NEW: American and European democracy share common fates, and Europe must take the lead now in pushing back against corporatist assaults if democracy is to survive on either continent.
america2.news/we-must-stan...

09.12.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
β€œIt took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”

09.12.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 951    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 18
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German foreign policy and security expert and member of the German parliament Roderich Kiesewetter issued another stark warning, this time regarding the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS) document. This is his statement:

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08.12.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 424    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 30
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Team Oligarch Suits Up to Torpedo Netflix/WBD Merger Simply extraordinary stuff coming out this morning about the battle over what...

Team Oligarch Suits Up to Torpedo Netflix/WBD Merger talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-...

09.12.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 776    πŸ” 316    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 29
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#Pokrovsk Today, the 7th Corps reported that Ukrainian units have withdrawn from Sukhyi Yar and Lysivka, positions located south of Myrnohrad. I'll just point out that the AFU defended these villages since the summer of 2024. The defense seems to have served its purpose.

08.12.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extremely dishonest take by Varoufakis.

Trumpist and Putinist propagandists would say the exact same thing.

Shameful and traitorous anti-European and pro-genocide behavior

08.12.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 569    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 23
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08.12.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Thread β€” How rage-bait discourse traps you, and how to beat it

A strange thing happened in 21st-century online culture.

Debate stopped being about persuasion, and became a kind of public blood sport.

07.12.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Key thing to remember is: They want these fascist fortress cities because *they believe existing nations are going to collapse*

These are escape hatches for a post-democracy world they seek to create. I would argue that they have gotten much farther than they should have. See: DOGE, crypto, etc

08.12.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 427    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6

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