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Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat Assistant Professor | Utrecht University PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto www.giancarlofiorella.com

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 34881    πŸ” 13170    πŸ’¬ 517    πŸ“Œ 579
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Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.

31.10.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 12
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Trump couldn't (legitimately) win a third term If he tried The emperor has no polls.

New in PN: Trump couldn't (legitimately) win a third term If he tried

"What’s astonishing about the media’s 'third term' coverage is how it doesn’t clearly state the obvious: Voters are openly rejecting Trump, as seen in poll after poll."

31.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1027    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 14
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Amazon Tells Driver to Keep Delivering Packages Amid Raging Wildfire Amazon is accused of controlling workers through a surveillance dragnet, while skirting responsibility for their wellbeing.

β€œSpeaking to Futurism, DAIR director of research Alex Hanna said Amazon’s tech panopticon is β€˜central to keeping control” over its workers.’”

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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold WASHINGTONβ€”Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...

β€œThe human body is able to do some incredible things if you consume enough lead,” said the secretary of health and human services

29.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3750    πŸ” 666    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 77

Once more for the nighttime crowd.

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The DOJ's "election monitoring" is really voter suppression Trump's Big Lie has become government policy.

"Hispanic support for Trump is now cratering everywhere. The administration's goal is they avoid the polls for fear they will be brutalized or abducted by ICE." β€” @snipy.bsky.social

28.10.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2721    πŸ” 961    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 74

Follow us at @decoherence.media and read our announcement!

28.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Top media analyst tells Comcast to hire Charlie Kirk’s widow as NBC’s editor-in-chief β€˜Sure, at first blush it sounds crazy, but Trump loves a deal, and Brian Roberts needs to think big and differently,’ media analyst Rich Greenfield wrote this week

This is the state of American media right now.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

27.10.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1359    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 137

Ex-Bellingcat journalist Tristan Lee and open-source researcher Jennefer Harper launch Decoherence Media to cover "authoritarian and anti-democratic movements" (Max Tani/Semafor)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

27.10.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Do not trust your eyes’: AI generates surge in expense fraud Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts

No wait, not that kind of efficiency.

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Accusations of cronyism have long dogged Doug Ford Ford and his government have been accused of favouritism numerous times since he was elected in 2018.

β€œFord and his government have been accused of favouritism numerous times since he was elected in 2018.”

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

26.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda-stayed-silent-potential-tylenol-risks-internal-reports/

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/fda-stayed-silent-potential-tylenol-risks-internal-reports/

complete batshit insanity

26.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 20139    πŸ” 3901    πŸ’¬ 3194    πŸ“Œ 1122

I went to the opening of this exhibition last week

It features a cool Bellingcat display, showing the work we (primarily Ollie Ballinger @yoruk.bsky.social, Bridget Diakun @godin.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide) produced to track Russian ships surreptitiously exporting grain from occupied Crimea

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Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

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Video from today's first gas attack.

Saturday morning in Chicago.

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Mayor Johnson is cooking

25.10.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6178    πŸ” 1370    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 88

He posted an AI video of himself shitting on Americans six days ago

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The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a β€œpatriot” and a personal friend.

If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.

The president said today that a donor had given the government $130 million to help pay troops during the government shutdown. He declined to name the donor, but described him as a β€œpatriot” and a personal friend. If evenly distributed, the money would pay only about $100 to each service member. But is not yet clear how the money will be used, or whether the donation violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations.

New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!

24.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1051    πŸ” 285    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 50

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

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Happy birthday!

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Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

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Trump: "I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people... Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."

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Nicky Dries, professor - β€œWhen someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going?” Excellent article on concerns with AI use in academia @heymrsbond.com

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Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me." Epic

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

15.10.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3301    πŸ” 1326    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 186
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Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com β€˜s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

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Parkside Drive speed camera records drivers going as fast as 154 km/h, says new data The 10 highest speeds recorded by the speed camera on Parkside Drive were over 100 kilometres per hour, according to a freedom of information request (FOI) filed by Safe Parkside
15.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

14-year-olds in DC: They need to be tried as adults!

30-year-olds praising Hitler while trying to make policy: Just a bunch of kids making edgy jokes. Give em a break!

15.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 336    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

There it is: "The sharp increase in diversity has reduced the level of social trust essential for the functioning of a democratic polity" according to one of the documents. The admin should only welcome "refugees who can fully & appropriately assimilate & are aligned with the president’s objectives”

15.10.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9

WHAT THE FUCK FENTANYL IS NOT EVEN COMING FROM VENEZUELA

15.10.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1475    πŸ” 247    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 8

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