Passengers want more comfortable seats, safety and reliability, the elimination of ridiculous fees and so on. Zero passengers have ever requested a sit next to another passenger who just worked out and is sweaty

One of the most common disinformation tactics is psychological projection. Look to some of the more prominent global political leaders’ narratives for some classic case examples. Definition from the American Psychological Association, 2023.

Ribbentrop and Molotov sealed the partition of Poland, with the Hitler-Stalin Pact, on August 24, 1939. Did Rubio and Lavrov negotiate the partition of Ukraine on September 25, 2025? Is there now Trump-Putin Pact?

How do investigators turn raw trade data into real stories? Bellingcat’s Katherine de Tolly uncovers hidden supply chains, red flags in import-export records, and key pitfalls in trade-data investigations. Search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' on podcast platforms: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

This essay might help explain the seemingly-coordinated rhetoric attacks on the European Union. Danyk and Briggs, 2023 Modern Cognitive Operations and Hybrid Warfare digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Why, in the war between Ukraine and Russia, is America the first to surrender? -- a future Ukrainian proverb

Fighters of the Russian Defense Ministry’s African Corps, who replaced the Wagner Group militants in Mali, abduct and kill civilians, and also commit acts of rape. apnews.com/article/mal...

"In the UK, 94 per cent of people say they have encountered misinformation online, while only 3 per cent have taken a media literacy course, to help them spot falsehoods and develop critical thinking." newhumanist.org.uk/articles/648... Why not try my course or gift it for a loved one?

Ohhh this is funny - on the under 16 social media ban: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...

Die Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht, aber sie reimt sich oft. Der #Faschismus 2.0 ist in den #USA angekommen! Thread:👇

Just launch it all into the singularity

Elon Musk seems to believe that the right to immigrate is something that applies only to him. Remember, he left South Africa for a better life in the US

We are so fucked 😩

Our monthly open source challenges just got an upgrade... With hidden codes - a corrupted archive and a mysterious figure pulling the strings. Get started at challenge.bellingcat.com

The last few months, I’ve been working on a major project: analyzing the Trump admin’s hostile treatment of the First Amendment. That has led to today’s release of our @freepress.bsky.social report “Chokehold.” @brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com details our findings: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/m...

WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive? TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water

I can't believe I'm saying this again, but this happened in 1.0 as well. You can be shocked, but you also must realize that this was always the modus operandi.

Only one comment, Oklahoma! Where education is not required and no companies want to move there.

Oklahoma is an embarrassment

are no longer available, there is an excellent teaching plan available through the National Archives. (2/2) @altnatarchives.altgov.info education.blogs.archives.gov/2020/12/03/p...

So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.

CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter

The felon obviously expects loyalty from the people he pardons, and, at least in this case, he didn't get it.

Considering the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, it’s appropriate to bring this up again. This podcast series documents the suffering of tens of thousands caused when an ambitious racist is allowed to work his will on a conspiracy theory prone incompetent buffoon. And the resulting cover up

X is NOT a "free speech" platform, its hidden algorithms and hired bot farms are set up to promote fascist views, attack democratic governments, ideas and politics elon and his fascist posse don’t like, while shadow banning those they disagree with! It's a propaganda tool to stir a culture war!

FWIW Fed IT Training emphasizes that publicly available data can become personally identifiable information when combined. This is no different - the sensitivity these data combined is greater that the indicidual parts.

NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans. Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for. futurism.com/future-socie...

This year, Trump’s DOJ has aggressively pursued lawsuits to impose stricter voting regulations — a total 180 from their founding mission to uphold those rights. We’ve monitored their every move. Stay updated on the DOJ’s most recent attacks below ⤵️

I feel every word of this article in my soul 💔💔💔

This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.

Standards have been lowered to the floor. They have a bunch of unqualified misfits and unhinged weirdos they are rushing through an abbreviated academy so they can get them weapons and gear and out onto the streets ASAP. What could go wrong?

Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT "CHARITY" But the shorthand version is this: it provides a stopgap for things the functional govt. should provide. But it does it with little oversight and huge caveats, imposed by the charitable org donors who want the orgs to play ball their way.

“trump and his administration is worse than incompetent” "A sickening moral slum of an administration." "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." “The choreographed fakery of American politics: East Wing edition” - George F. Will (conservative WaPo)

Now trump freed ex President of Honduras, who’d been sentenced to 45 years in prison for flooding USA with cocaine. He’s only one of many drug traffickers freed by trump. Here’s a list All paid trump for pardons

Update on Signalgate: "The Pentagon’s top watchdog has concluded that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, U.S. personnel, & national security at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands." Gift link (I hope)

Okay, so a few weeks ago a slanderous campaign was launched against a female FBI agent, accusing her of planting the January 6th pipe bombs. Today, CNN reports that the FBI has arrested a man they say planted the pipe bombs. What on Earth...

Current US Policy: If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.

This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it? Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean. He served for 37 years.

Researchers spotted Lazarus’s remote IT workers in action

This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This admiral refused to carry out illegal orders. A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.

Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us

"Killing civilians who are not engaged in armed conflict against us is a war crime."