I'd love to see good footage of these drones if anyone has it, but until then, I'm increasingly filing these away in my head as We're Doing Phantom Airships Again

“Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system 'very high risk,' US Army memo says” 10/3/25… 1/ www.reuters.com/business/aer...

"A hallmark of authoritarianism is that it targets and undermines established academic institutions, civil society organisations, and research organisations—the primary bearers of knowledge in a society—to shape and legitimise the government's political narrative." revontulet.co/insights/sol...

Newsom: "If any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding – including Cal Grants – instantly. California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom"

Last week saw much politicised discourse on how extremist threats across the spectrum are perceived and quantified. President Trump designated Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organisation."

The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture at www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

Last week saw much politicised discourse on how extremist threats across the spectrum are perceived and quantified. President Trump designated Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organisation."

The world of counterterrorism and countering extremism is undergoing unprecedented changes. In this world, independence and integrity are key in any work to accurately assess threats and mitigate harm. Read more about the recent developments and our approach here. revontulet.co/insights/sol...

well they tried. but -

Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt. Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt

In court testimony, Peter Hatch, head of the intelligence unit at ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, confirmed under oath that DHS leaders directed agents to mine websites run by shadowy pro-Israel groups, including Canary Mission and Betar, to build lists of pro-Palestinian student protesters…

Munich Airport closed after wave of drone sightings, officials say. This seems to happen despite statements made by Putin yesterday - who'd have thought he might not be a reliable narrator after all 😱 edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/e...

The perpetrator, Jihad Al-Shamie, entered the United Kingdom as a young child and was granted British citizenship in 2006. There seem to be no records of previous reports to Prevent, and he seems to not have been on the police's radar.

Putin says he will no longer launch drones in Denmark.

The UN OCHA has issued a list of the latest catastrophes facing Palestinians in Gaza as Israel intensifies its bombardment and siege ⤵️ 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qngd86

There have been 49 shootings (two planned attacks and two near misses) at k-12 schools in the U.S. since the 2025-26 school year started. k12ssdb.substack.com/p/every-shoo...

Devastated to learn about the terrorist attack on the Jewish community in Manchester this Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims and the community in Manchester.

We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people." Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!

Alongside @404media.co, we sued DHS demanding they hand over a copy of an agreement that shares the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients with ICE. We believe it’s important for the public to see this unprecedented data sharing agreement.

There's an unnatural number of people visiting their vacation homes in the woods these days - is it Easter or something? Weird time of year for that...

Happy international coffee day! Drinking Los Tongos, washed Pacas beans from El Sauce, Honduras, roasted and sold at Fuglen - one of the great coffee shops of Oslo. Ground by hand and brewed in an aeropress on my kitchen counter. Nice fruity notes of cantaloupe melon, pear, and lemon.

ISIS women dig tunnels to sexually abuse children in Syria, warns official www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

“We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans" says Hegseth...well Mr. Secretary, sucks to be u... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Despite all my skepticism about terrorism designations, sometimes they are appropriate and good actually - such as in this case - Go Canada! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

This is exactly as insane and ridiculous as one would expect in the current timeline gizmodo.com/kash-patel-b...

My WFH office setup is severely lacking cookies as treats for doing work…

Vi har nettopp hatt vår første store KI-skandale, men det er pinlig underdekket. Jeg skriver om hvor dum den kunstige "intelligensen" egentlig er, og hvor dumt det er å både bruke og hylle den ukritisk. Pluss litt om hvilken figur fra gresk mytologi jeg føler meg som, selvsagt.

Writing about the U.S. government with Grammarly or a spell checker these days is very annoying because the most highlighted and misspelled sections, as well as the most linguistically chaotic ones, are often direct quotes from government sources...

Putin has signed a law pulling Russia out of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture (Russia joined in 1996). International monitors, who last saw Russian prisons in 2021, will now lose all access. Prisoners, including captured Ukrainians, routinely report torture

If you thought I was done taking shots at this study, you were dead wrong. We need to talk about the methodology in some detail, because ohhhh lord it is horrendous. Like I'm honestly in shock at how bad it is, so lets get into it. 1/ www.csis.org/analysis/lef...

There should be a cheese service that's similar to Interflora - you'd be able to order cheese for friends all over the world...

At a certain point the “things will go back to normal” crowd will forget what normal was

Here lies human civilization. They were watching things on television that were different from what was happening.

“In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being ‘one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,’ the ‘savings have been unremarkable’ in programming.”

– De er en del av en ytringsberedskap som kan bidra til en livsviktig samtale mellom folk som i utgangspunktet kanskje hverken deler holdninger, virkelighetsoppfatninger eller medieplattformer. Et innlegg som vil godt men som bommer på noe viktig. Vi bør ikke godta ulike «virkeligheter». Kort 🧵

“It’s the mother of all photo ops,” said Eugene R. Fidell, a military law expert at Yale Law School. The potential for the event to be politicized, and add to the politicization of the military, “is tremendously concerning and should be tremendously concerning to the American people.” (Gift Link)

«Når fascismen kommer til Amerika vil den komme kledd i et flagg, bærende på et kors», heter det i et sitat som ofte tilskrives forfatteren Sinclair Lewis. Men når fascismen kommer i TV-studio og debattsending, er den alltid kledd i dress.» @magnusforsberg.no on 🔥

The new owner of TikTok, everyone

If not fascist, why fascist shaped?

President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.

When you limit academic discussion for political reasons you have left the path of wisdom. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

"Tross alt bedre enn å bli annektert av Trump", svarer 63 % av grønlendere i en meningsm

A must listen podcast by the brilliant @joeyhwatson.bsky.social, dispelling the myth that Australian neo-Nazi terrorist Brenton Tarrant was a "lone actor." We're proud to have assisted with our research and expertise. All episodes now available to listen for free. play.listnr.com/podcast/secr...

Elon Musk went to Pedophile Island www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

I wonder if DHS can prove actual evidence of relationships between the perpetrators of these crimes and an actual defined group known as antifa, or if this is more of a vibes based thing? I also wonder what the distinction between antifa-aligned and antifa-affiliated is? www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

There's a real issue with definitions and terminology when it comes to "left-wing." What gets classified as left-wing sort of ranges from authoritarian communism to movements fighting colonialism to environmentalist and animal protection groups to anarchists.