Brad Snyder
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PAI Research & OSINT enthusiast USAF Intel (retired)
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Your Browser Knows More About You Than Your Friends â The Hidden World of Online Tracking spyboy | May 16, 2026
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Your Browser Knows More About You Than Your Friends â The Hidden World of Online Tracking
Most people think websites only know: Their name Email address Maybe location But the reality is far more unsettling. Your browser can reveal: Your device type Your screen size Your installed fontsâŚ
https://spyboy.blog/2026/05/16/your-browser-knows-more-about-you-than-your-friends-the-hidden-world-of-online-tracking/
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Use a USB Condom Naomi Brockwell | May 8, 2026
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Use THIS When You Plug In
YouTube video by Naomi Brockwell TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJP_iHaoRfQ
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Why the World is Still Not Built for Women | Virginia Santy | TED
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Why the World Is Still Not Built for Women | Virginia Santy | TED
YouTube video by TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtcY3uofOe8
26 days ago
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What Happens When You Click a Random Link? (How Much Data You Expose Instantly) spyboy | April 26, 2026
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What Happens When You Click a Random Link? (How Much Data You Expose Instantly)
You didnât type anything. You didnât log in. You just clicked⌠and your browser already revealed a full profile. Most people think ânothing happensâ when they click a random link. Thatâs completelyâŚ
https://spyboy.blog/2026/04/26/what-happens-when-you-click-a-random-link-how-much-data-you-expose-instantly/
26 days ago
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Global Satellite Manufacturing Market Analysis 2026 New Space Economy | April 20, 2026
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Global Satellite Manufacturing Market Analysis 2026 - New Space Economy
The global satellite manufacturing industry has moved past being a quiet corner of aerospace engineering and into one of the most competitive, capital-intensive, and strategically significant sectors ...
https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/04/20/global-satellite-manufacturing-market-analysis-2026/
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Incognito Web Browsing is NOT Private! (Well...Sort of) DistroTube | Apr 9, 2026
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Incognito Web Browsing Is NOT Private! (Well...Sort Of)
YouTube video by DistroTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soN2EVOh1O8
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FBIâs 2025 Internet Crime Report
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Cryptocurrency and AI Scams Bilk Americans of Billions | Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBIâs 2025 Internet Crime Report shows cyber-enabled crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion, with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence-related complaints among the costliest.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/cryptocurrency-and-ai-scams-bilk-americans-of-billions
about 2 months ago
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This is What a Personal Surveillance System Actually Looks Like Chaincoder | April 3, 2026
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This Is What a Personal Surveillance System Actually Looks Like
You stop thinking of it as surveillance. It becomes âthe system.â Just part of how things run.
https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/this-is-what-a-personal-surveillance-system-actually-looks-like/
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Russian Shadow Fleet
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Russian shadow fleet Open Chronicle Open Chronicle
Image: Kyrylo Shevchenko X @KShevchenkoReal The Russian shadow fleet is a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Russia to evade sanctions, following the enactment of the 2022 Russian ...
https://openchronicle.org/2026/03/26/russian-shadow-fleet/
about 2 months ago
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2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
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DNI Gabbard Releases 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Joomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4142-pr-03-26
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Iranâs Ruling Structure Explained
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Iranâs ruling structure explained
Although the supreme leader assumes the majority of power, Iranâs regime consists of a network of governing bodies.
https://theconversation.com/irans-ruling-structure-explained-277913
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How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time
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How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time
Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghamiâs Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.
https://www.wired.com/story/world-monitor-elie-habib/
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Attributing Russian Information Influence Operations: Testing the Information Influence Attribution Framework with real-world case studies A Joint Report from the Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communications and the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
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https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:groupPost:1271127-7429417016576413696/
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Watch All of Vivaldiâs Four Seasons Performed on Original Baroque Instruments
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Watch All of Vivaldiâs Four Seasons Performed on Original Baroque Instruments
Antonio Vivaldiâs The Four Seasons reigns as one of the worldâs most recognizable early 18th-century pieces, thanks to its frequent appearances in films and television commercials. Upon its debut in ...
https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/vivaldis-four-seasons-performed-on-original-baroque-instruments.html
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Russia's Little Red Men: The Shadow Fleet Spies Nobodyâs Looking For Rae Baker | February 2, 2026
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Russia's Shadow Fleet Spies: The OSINT Gap Nobody Sees<br/> â Rae Baker: Deep Dive
Armed Russians from Moran Security Group are boarding shadow fleet tankers as covert operatives. Here's why OSINT analysts are missing the human layer and how to find crew data nobody's collecting.
https://www.raebaker.net/blog/littleredmen
4 months ago
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China Maritime Studies Institute, Vol. 1, No. 2
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Vol. 1, No. 2 Full Issue
Full issue of Issue 1 of the CMSI Quarterly Review.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-quarterly-review/vol1/iss2/6/
4 months ago
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Social Media Manipulation for Sale: 2025 NATO Experiment on Platform Capabilities to Detect and Counter Inauthentic Social Media Engagement SWJ Staff | February 3, 2026
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Social Media Manipulation for Sale: 2025 NATO Experiment on Platform Capabilities to Detect and Counter Inauthentic Social Media Engagement
NATO released their latest experiment offering the comprehensive evidence to date of how commercially inauthentic engagement continues exploits platform vulnerabilities.
https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/02/03/social-media-manipulation-for-sale-2025-nato-experiment-on-platform-capabilities-to-detect-and-counter-inauthentic-social-media-engagement/
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OSINT & Phaleristics: Unveiling FSB's 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities CheckFirst
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Unveiling FSB's 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities | Claudia T.
The beauty of OSINT isn't in doing the same actions over and over for every similar case. It's the ability to find novel solutions to the problems posed by answering a question -- and being empowered ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supersecretsquirrel_unveiling-fsbs-16th-center-sigint-capabilities-ugcPost-7420961704697552896-tV63/
4 months ago
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Adulting 101: Free MSU courses teach balanced budgets, cooking, pet care
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Adulting 101 2026- Full Listing of Monthly Sessions
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Adulting 101: Free MSU courses teach balanced budgets, cooking, pet care - Bridge Michigan
Michigan State University Extension is offering free âAdulting 101â courses to help young people learn essential life skills.
https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/adulting-101-free-msu-courses-teach-balanced-budgets-cooking-pet-care/
4 months ago
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Verify Everything â Viral Information in the AI Era
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Verify Everything â Viral Information in the AI Era
When youâre having a tough time telling fact from fiction
https://aprendiendoialearningai.substack.com/p/verify-everything-viral-information
4 months ago
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Reviewing the Chinese Navy in 2025 â Part I: The Surface Fleet
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Reviewing The Chinese Navy In 2025 - Part I: The Surface Fleet
Naval News takes a look at notable events for the Chinese Navy in 2025, In this first part we cover PLAN carriers, amphibs and escorts.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/01/reviewing-the-chinese-navy-in-2025-part-i-the-surface-fleet/
5 months ago
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Congress Will Not Limit Itself so the States Must
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Congress Will Not Limit Itself so the States Must ⢠The Havok Journal
Americans across the political spectrum agree on almost nothing anymoreâbut one idea keeps surviving the culture war unscathed: term limits for Congress. Congress wonât impose term limits. An Article ...
https://havokjournal.com/politics/congress-will-not-limit-itself-so-the-states-must/
5 months ago
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The Gray Zone at Sea: How Adversaries Disrupt Without Firing a Shot
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2026's Maritime Gray Zone Threats and How to Detect Them
Gray-zone maritime threats are rising, from dark activity to covert surveillance. Learn how Remote Sensing Intelligence enables early detection and exposure.
https://windward.ai/blog/the-gray-zone-at-sea/
5 months ago
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The Integrity Gap: Why Know Your Data is the New Frontier of Maritime Intelligence
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Why Know Your Data is Essential for Maritime Intelligence
Learn what KYD⢠is and how it uses Remote Sensing Intelligence to validate AIS signals, reduce false positives, and expose deceptive shipping practices.
https://windward.ai/blog/why-know-your-data-is-essential-for-maritime-intelligence/
5 months ago
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What is Cookieless Tracking? How are You Being Tracked? Discover what cookieless tracking is, which techniques exist, how it compares to traditional cookies, and steps you can take to limit it
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What is cookieless tracking? How are you being tracked?
Discover what cookieless tracking is, which techniques exist, how it compares to traditional cookies, and steps to limit it.
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/what-is-cookieless-tracking/
5 months ago
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They Droned Back Young Journalists Expose Russian-Linked Vessels Circling Off the Dutch & German Coast
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They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-droned-back
5 months ago
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6 months ago
1/6 Itâs that time of the year again. As we wrap up 2025, I have compiled a list of the best OSINT and CTF Advent calendar challenges that are sure to put your skills to the test this season! đ Are you ready for a busy December? đ
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Top 2025 OSINT and CTF Advent calendar challenges to keep you busy this December
Itâs that time of the year again! An entire month dedicated to learning, exploring, and putting your OSINT skills to the test with daily challenges and Capture the Flag (CTF) events. Are you âŚ
https://gralhix.com/2025/11/30/top-2025-osint-and-ctf-advent-calendar-challenges-to-keep-you-busy-this-december/
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GreyNoise Launches Free Scanner to Check if You'Re Part of a Botnet
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GreyNoise launches free scanner to check if you're part of a botnet
GreyNoise Labs has launched a free tool called GreyNoise IP Check that lets users check if their IP address has been observed in malicious scanning operations, like botnet and residential proxy networ...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/greynoise-launches-free-scanner-to-check-if-youre-part-of-a-botnet/
6 months ago
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Gmail might be harvesting your emails to train AIâhere's how to opt out
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Gmail might be harvesting your emails to train AIâhere's how to opt out
This is pretty bad.
https://www.howtogeek.com/gmail-might-be-harvesting-your-emails-to-train-aiheres-how-to-opt-out/
6 months ago
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China's Five Year Plan and Why You Should Care as an Investigator
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China's five year plan and why you should care as an investigator
YouTube video by Authentic8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VQmd2ub_4
7 months ago
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2600 The Hacker Quarterly
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
https://archive.org/details/magazine_rack?tab=collection&query=2600
7 months ago
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For Those Struggling During the Shut Down & for Food
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From the VeteransBenefits community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the VeteransBenefits community
https://www.reddit.com/r/VeteransBenefits/comments/1omyktu/i_hope_i_can_post_this_here_for_everyone/
7 months ago
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
7 months ago
Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our
#OptOutOctober
series, where weâre providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time.
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Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security
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Ex-Spymaster on How China Hacks the U.S. 60 Minutes
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China hacking Americaâs critical infrastructure, retired four-star general warns | 60 Minutes
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43vxbytjDSM
7 months ago
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Constantly Curious: One Ring to Track Them All?
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Constantly Curious: One Ring to Track Them All?
What does the Ĺura Ring have to do with government surveillance?
https://osintamy.medium.com/constantly-curious-one-ring-to-track-them-all-825c6e214850
7 months ago
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These Encrypted DNS Providers Actually Protect Your Privacy (Unlike Your ISP)
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These encrypted DNS providers actually protect your privacy (unlike your ISP)
Encrypted DNS is the easiest upgrade you can make for privacy online.
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-encrypted-dns-providers-for-privacy/
7 months ago
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Google is the Worldâs Premier Intelligence Agency Ami Elazari | September 20, 2025
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Google is the Worldâs Premier Intelligence Agency: By Ami Elazari
Data Dominance, Government Alliances, and the Shadow AI Intelligence Project Maven.
https://presale1.com/home/f/google-is-the-world%E2%80%99s-premier-intelligence-agency-by-ami-elazari
8 months ago
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Media-opoly
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This seems relevant todayâŚ
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OpZ2SGrvzSk
8 months ago
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The Tennessee Holler
8 months ago
MUST-WATCH: âWhen you live here it feels like a poor countryâ youâre so reasonable. They painted you in a bad light. It makes me angry.â Bernie wins over WV Trump voters, shows how @marshablackburn & Trump use averages to lie to us + help the rich. Full:
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9 months ago
OSINT Exercise 032 is now live!
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A video was recorded by an unknown traveller at an undisclosed airport. Despite the absolutely chaos of the footage (be warned!), it is possible to determine the exact date, time, an in which terminal the person was. I hope you enjoy â¤ď¸
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OSINT Exercise #032
Welcome to OSINT Exercise #032! Task briefing: Airports are global hubs where cultures, languages, and lives briefly intersect. Millions of people pass through them each day. On an undisclosed dateâŚ
https://gralhix.com/osint-exercise-032/
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Why is the US government prioritizing the Islamic State in
#Somalia
| ACLED Briefed
www.youtube.com/shorts/TMWK4...
ACLED Briefed, the new series where ACLED experts unpack todayâs most talked-about conflicts â short videos, bigger picture. Read the full analysis:
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Why is the US government prioritizing the Islamic State in #Somalia | ACLED Briefed
YouTube video by ACLED
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TMWK4PGMijk
9 months ago
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Maritime Sector Faces Surge in APT and Hacktivist Cyber Threats
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Cyber Threats Surge Against Maritime Industry In 2025
APT groups, ransomware gangs, and hacktivists are targeting the maritime industry with advanced cyberattacks amid rising geopolitical tensions and conflict.
https://cyble.com/blog/cyberattacks-targets-maritime-industry/
10 months ago
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US Airlines Built a Secret Data Broker to Help the Government Spy on Customers
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U.S. Airlines Built A Secret Data Broker To Help The Government Spy On Customers
Weâve noted many times that there are two major reasons the U.S. doesnât have a functional privacy law for the modern internet era. One, weâre too corrupt and greedy to do the rigâŚ
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/12/u-s-airlines-built-a-secret-data-broker-to-help-the-government-spy-on-customers/
11 months ago
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30+ FREE Career Certifications for the Military Community (No GI Bill Needed)
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30+ FREE Career Certifications for the Military Community (No GI Bill Needed)
YouTube video by ACT Now Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uX-3gFPz18
12 months ago
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Americaâs Coming Brain Drain: Trumpâs War on Universities Could Kill U.S. Innovation by L. Rafael Reif
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Americaâs Coming Brain Drain
Trumpâs war on universities could kill U.S. innovation.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trump-universities-war-america-coming-brain-drain?check_logged_in=1
12 months ago
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The New Porn Why weâve replaced storytelling with spectacle and called it culture Abram Shaffer | May 10, 2025
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The New Porn
Why weâve replaced storytelling with spectacle and called it culture
https://abramshaffer.substack.com/p/the-new-porn
12 months ago
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Jacob T. Levy
about 1 year ago
"It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." RIP, George Wendt
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Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
YouTube video by Peacock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED2AVlbR0
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Are We the Bad Guys?
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Are We the Bad Guys? ⢠The Havok Journal
by Nicholas Efstathiou I answer a lot of questions as a high school history teacher. This one, asked by one of my students, was difficult to answer. My A high school teacher reflects on U.S. foreign p...
https://havokjournal.com/nation/are-we-the-bad-guys/
about 1 year ago
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Russia Reflags, Renames Sanctioned âShadow Fleetâ LNG Tankers Ahead of Suspected Arctic LNG 2 Startup
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#ShadowFleet
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Russia Reflags, Renames Sanctioned âShadow Fleetâ LNG Tankers Ahead of Suspected Arctic LNG 2 Startup
Four ice-strengthened newbuild LNG carriers have been reflagged to the Russian Federation along with name changes. The vessels are part of Russiaâs emerging âshadow fleetâ designed to deliver sanction...
https://gcaptain.com/russia-reflags-renames-sanctioned-shadow-fleet-lng-tankers-ahead-of-suspected-arctic-lng-2-startup/
about 1 year ago
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FLASH CALL: The Intersection of Trade Policy & Security Wed, April 9, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 am (Eastern USA) Cost: Free
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FLASH CALL: The Intersection of Trade Policy & Security - Emergent Risk International
Emergent Risk International is hosting a FLASH CALL webinar on The Intersection of Trade Policy & Security. Join us as we explore how trade policy and tariffs are driving anti-US [âŚ]
https://emergentriskinternational.com/event/flash-call-the-intersection-of-trade-policy-and-security/
about 1 year ago
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