Five years ago, @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and I did a story about rural Oregon's fever dream that Antifa was coming to their town from Portland. Hundreds showed up armed downtown because they heard on Facebook that "Antifa buses" were coming. No buses came so they said Antifa "retreated."

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty. Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities. "What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

If they made a movie about this, no one would believe… Great investigation by a group of very talented people including our friend @oldpete45.bsky.social

Russia warns NATO, EU: any aggression will be met with 'decisive response' reut.rs/4mGTuvo

German waters alone contain about 1.5 million metric tonnes of dumped weapons, mostly from the two world wars in the 20th century.

The undersea war is a major problem for the UK and Ireland, and one both countries will need to take seriously

Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign is now creating new content formats for Bellingcat. This is both the worst and best thing they've done, imo.

A former deputy head of the St Petersburg department of Russia's Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography ROSREYESTR, Boris Avakyan, has died by suicide in the Armenian consulate in the city. t.me/rian_ru/318122

Drones seen at four more Danish airports, police say on.ft.com/4gZBFXr

Argentina reapplies export taxes on grains and by-products reut.rs/4nPgf1k

Not even when Third Brigade burned Washington after Cockburn’s successful amphibious attack during Warren's Chesapeake campaign nor when Admiral Yamamoto neutralized US Navy in Hawaii, not even in the darkest day of the Cold War, United States has faced a threat as serious and deadly damaging as DJT

Great piece by @chriscook.news @christopherjm.ft.com & @yoruk.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/93c2...

Turkey's BOTAS, Mercuria sign 20-year LNG supply deal reut.rs/46mZxQU

A Chinese cargo ship visited the occupied port of Sevastopol in Crimea, under sanctions since 2014 — faking its route and making an unprecedented series of stops by a major foreign vessel to one of the Ukrainian ports seized by Russia. w/ @chriscook.news @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3Ibs2b9

By me, @christopherjm.ft.com and the irreplaceable @yoruk.bsky.social

Rise of the Golden Idol DLC looking good

Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company

Rosnefteflot’s towing fleet Russian flag tug RN Neptune transited Bosphorus towards Med en route from Tuapse to Ust-Luga. #OOTT

UK fighter jets begin NATO air defence mission over Poland reut.rs/424E5xA

At least we have a fully consistent TransAtlantic response to Russian aggression: We respond in two weeks!

The data is in -- tourism to US dropped after Trump came in, while tourism recovered in rest of world...foreign arrivals at American airports down 3.8% compared with 2024, or 1.3m fewer people. With more Americans going the other way. See charts via @economist.com www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

The government-led campaign against Türkiye’s main opposition party appears to follow a central principle, says @iacoskun.bsky.social: “If you can’t beat them, find another way to contain them.” What this containment looks like & what it may mean: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

The amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the U.S. 7th Fleet, entered South Korea's Asan Bay this week for the first time in more than a decade for a rare port call in Pyeongtaek south of Seoul. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

John Stewart of @thedailyshow asked last year if we all died during COVID? And this is some strange, surreal purgatory! -The answers seems to be yes: trumpcard.gov?s=08

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk

Lady Mariia delivered military cargo to Myanmar International Terminals Thialawa on 17th September, 25km south of Yangon.

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Everything is bigger and faster in America: United States experienced last 24 years of Turkey in 24 weeks

In the US coup d’état today: Kremlin paid operative and also former plagiarist Benny Johnson decides who says what on TV in today’s America & celebrates @JimmyKimmelLive @jimmykimmel’s cancellation. www.reuters.com/article/busi... & www.npr.org/2024/09/05/n...

I'm sure the Censorship-Industrial Complex Suoerfriends will be all over this, someone turn in the Matt-signal.

From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards." www.wired.com/story/uncann...

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

It’s almost 9 November 1938 xcancel.com/wearesinclai...

here's a direct link to canceling your Disney+ account. post your cancellations in the comments. www.disneyplus.com/commerce/acc...

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Trump Grieves By Talking About $200 Million Ballroom, MAGA Hits New Lows... youtube.com/watch?v=-j3Y...

Iran said Wednesday it executed a man it alleges spied for Israel, something disputed by activists who say he was tortured into a false confession after writing a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offering to fight for Kyiv. https://to.pbs.org/4mrP3Vb

Breaking news: Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence. on.ft.com/4pung9o

One immigrant detained at Fort Bliss was given psychotropic medication with no record of consent. Another was placed on suicide watch, with no record of anyone actually watching them. A new investigation reveals horrific violations at the Fort Bliss detention facility, even by ICE’s own standards.

On the 1291th day since Russia attacked Ukraine: Greek shipping giant Andreas Martinos owned, Malta flag Minerva Joy transited Bosphorus on Sept7 carrying jet fuel from Novatek’s Ust Luga condensate splitter to Istanbul Grand Airport. In2025, Novatek was the only non-Turkish jetfuel supplier to IGA

Far-right fight nights are events bringing together combat fighting, extremist bands and merch, in an attempt to bring in new recruits and solidify existing relationships. @colborne.bsky.social locates the latest event for a California-based group: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

I touch on this assault in my @bellingcat.com latest on their ‘fight night’ 2 weeks ago, but SoCal Active Club founder and leader Robert Wheldon is indeed one of the attackers - he kicks the man on the ground twice and strikes him with the flagpole twice before running away bsky.app/profile/acat...

We often worry about the wrong things. People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 🧪

I warned about General Tata when I wrote about what would happen if Trump came back. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

On a clear day, you can see France from Dover. On an exceptionally clear day you can see 8th arrondissement from Westminster.

Only one country has more civilian guns than people. www.smallarmssurvey.org/database/glo...

Occupied Crimea callers continue to flock to Egypt even after limited recovery of the Syria market: Russian flagged grain smuggling bulkers with false manifests, Matros Shevchenko & Zaid, transited Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol to Alexandria carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat.

At the end of the day, he was really a piece of s..t, probably less than Trump or Hegseth or Ted Cruz but still s..t xcancel.com/charliekirk1...

Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second Nato country to report such an incursion. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today’s asshole is tomorrow’s martyr.