Russia's GRU conducted cyberattacks on French elections and media, jammed GPS signals from Kaliningrad, and targeted Romania's electoral process EU extended sanctions against 47 individuals and 15 entities behind these hybrid operations for another year euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/03/e...

NEW: A Syrian militia sympathetic to the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance claimed an attack on a US base in northeastern Syria on Oct. 2. This attack marks the first time the militia has claimed to attack US forces. Iran Update, Oct. 3, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate10... More Key Takeaways ⬇️(1/3)

🕵️ Several people in Czechia work for spyware firm Intellexa, accused of aiding human rights abuses and now on trial in Greece. We found the address of a key Israeli figure in a Czech town — marked by a huge Israeli flag. @investigace_cz @VSquare_Project

A chill spreads www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85M...

‼️ Last night, Russia carried out its largest attack on Ukraine's gas production infrastructure since the beginning of the war, - Naftogaz. A significant number of facilities were damaged. Some of the damage was critical.

🇧🇪 15 drones were detected flying over Elsenborn military base in Belgium, near the German border, late Thursday night. Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken confirmed the sighting and said an investigation is underway.

Obstruction. Portrait of Kash Patel.

Published in the Montreal Star in 1939 CC: Sami Sage

I’ve been through government shutdowns. This one is radically different. Here’s what is at stake, and why Democrats must hold the line. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-shutdown-is-different

Explosives hidden in corn cans — Russia planned sabotage in Poland, Lithuania, and Germany. A suspected GRU courier was told to dig them up in Lithuania and drop them near Łódź. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/02/e...

NEW: Senior Iranian officials appear to be preparing for potential military conflict. Iranian officials continue to believe that the current ceasefire between Israel and Iran will collapse. Iran Update, September 30, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate09... Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/3)

It’s a bad look.

Power supply has been fully restored to all facilities of the Chernobyl NPP after the outage caused by a Russian strike on infrastructure in Slavutych. According to Deputy Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk, radiation levels remain within safe limits and there is no threat to the population.

Russian forces struck Slavutych, the city where Chornobyl Nuclear Plant workers live, cutting power to the area It comes amid worsening conditions at Zaporizhzhia NPP, where Russian attempts to reroute the plant have created a nuclear risk euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/01/r...

French armed forces board Russia-linked tanker anchored off western French coast www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

The US government is shut down, but we still have ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons on 400 Minuteman III ICBMs, 280 Trident II D5/LE SLBMs (on 14 Ohio-class SSBNs), ~65 B-52H and B-2A bombers, and at six bases in five NATO Europe states, plus ~1,930 more warheads in the reserve force. So, no worries!

The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

NEW: Russia and Belarus may conduct special forces sabotage operations against critical infrastructure in Poland and launch additional drone incursions and blame Ukraine. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 30, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar093025 Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/5)

Internet outage in Afghanistan is permanent, the Taliban made the decision to "cut off the internet" after dialogue with Iran and Russia in an effort to limit Western surveillance.-Afghanistan International

⚡️Zelensky warns of 'critical' situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after weeklong outage. "And this is a threat to absolutely everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do to a nuclear plant what Russia is doing right now,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

8 tankers airborne with most heading NE (direction of transatlantic routes)... with at least 3 of the SOAR tankers out of McConnell.

A classified US military intelligence report says China is rapidly building up the country's commercial ferry fleet to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan. The vessels have been modified to carry tanks & partake in amphibious operations.-ABC t.co/RgJai9MMbW

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

Never take medical advice from a man who can’t even enunciate the word Acetaminophen. What a fucking moron.

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

✔️Create a crisis so severe that people are willing to trade their freedom for safety ✔️Stir the pot until it boils over into open conflict. ✔️Suddenly you have justification to silence the press, postpone elections & crack down on dissent. ✅The classic Authoritarian playbook

Hatred for thin skinned sociopaths transcends humanity #CatsofBluesky

How do you like your TikTok now? 😵‍💫

Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

It was an extraordinary week. The slumbering giant of America is awakening. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-7f6

"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30." "The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives."

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I feel deeply exhausted — & my only task last night was to shelter. I'm thinking of the air defense forces who repelled a relentless, nearly 12h-long combined air raid & of the first responders who immediately rushed to save lives amid drones & missiles. Their courage is truly extraordinary.

Fuck russia!

- 500-650 #UAVs of various types - 45-55 #Kh101 - Up to 8 #Kalibr - 2 #Kinzhal - several #Kh59 Map shows missiles & UAVs. Main #strike direction: #Kyiv, #BilaTserkva, #Starokostiantyniv, #Vasylkiv, & significant various settlements of Kyiv region. src: t[.]me/mon1tor_ua/55171

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Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war

Another manufactured crisis

If it walks like a fascist and talks like a fascist..

Latest updates from NOAA, AOML, NHC and CIRA have storm 9L shifting course from yesterday. Models split between a landfall in Georgia as a tropical storm or a North Eastern pivot back into the North Atlantic basin but currently favouring the latter

Drones today: Multiple pilots reported a drone near the Polderbaan (runway) at Amsterdam Schiphol airport this afternoon around 12:10. Flights were rerouted as a precaution, Dutch authorities confirm.

The kind of stuff impeachments are made of

The Eastern seaboard dodged a bullet with Hurricane Humberto which is now a large H4

Tropical storm 09L Invest (future Hurricane Imelda) is being forecast by NOAA to hit North Carolina on Monday. It’s expected to reach H1 status before reaching land and weakening.

Satellite imagery shows Iran expanding construction at a secret underground site dubbed “Pickaxe Mountain” near Natanz after U.S.-Israeli strikes in June. Analysts warn the facility may house covert enrichment or uranium stockpiles, shielded deep in the Zagros mountains.-WaPo

Two large drones breach Swedish airspace near naval command base Local residents contacted police after observing two large drones over Sweden's Karlskrona archipelago, home to the country's primary naval facility euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/26/t...

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If anyone thought that TikTok was bad in the hands of China’s government. Wait until Trump & his gaggle of oligarchs take control. There’s a reason why the rich and powerful are vying to get their hands on the software and algorithms and it’s not good for anyone.

⚡️Amid rising tensions, Poland urges citizens to 'immediately' leave Belarus. Poland's Embassy in Minsk called on Polish citizens to "immediately leave" Belarus on Sept. 25, amid rising tensions stemming from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.