Clever, AI-supported analysis by @bradheath.bsky.social shows that high-level US drug prosecutions are falling sharply as agents focus on quick hit immigration raids and photo ops. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

I've always loved the opening of Bleak House.

Not the point of this piece exactly but a great example of how chatbot validation could increase polarization www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...

The Daily Caller sending some mixed messages.

“Measure it in blood if necessary” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

If you accept $50,000 in a Cava takeout bag from some FBI agents who are posing as businessmen and then the investigation gets called off, does that just mean you’re just up $50k? This is not political commentary. I would like to know the answer to the hypothetical here.

A federal judge has thrown out President Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times. The suit, he says, "stands unmistakably and inexcusably athwart the requirements" of federal court rules. It is "decidedly improper and impermissible." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reuters has a phenomenal feature out today on the cyber slaves behind all those "Hey is this Anna?" messages you're getting on WhatsApp. www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU... Kudos to Adolfo Arranz, @poppymcp.bsky.social, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Han Huang for this compelling, graphic novel-style treatment.

Some killings you're allowed to joke about.

Great work by Reuters revealing how easy it is to overcome AI chatbots' protections against phishing email generation. "All went to work crafting deceptions after mild cajoling or being fed simple ruses." www.reuters.com/investigates...

The mystique: Trench-coats, dimly lit parking garages, and furtive handoffs The reality: Lots of spreadsheets and cold calls to people who hate you

The Times appears to have interviewed an 'ex Buckingham Palace cleaner' who supposedly divulges royal stain removal secrets but doesn't seem to exist, is possibly AI, and probably placed by a PR agency to boost SEO for a tiling brand. pressgazette.co.uk/news/royal-c...

The Internet Archive is a godsend for this reason

By my and @ajvicens.bsky.social’s count 15 people have been fired or suspended for commentary tied to the shootings death of Charlie Kirk. Our story: www.reuters.com/world/us/cha...

America, online: www.todayintabs.com/p/groyper-wa...

in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

Reuters special report, from 2023: www.reuters.com/investigates...

Cute little VV Putin cameo at 1:37

Don't get ahead of yourselves. How "history will judge" will be determined by "who wins."

New: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”

Wow -- a lot going on in here

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’ - heartbreaking and infuriating story by the great @hannahdreier.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

The official explanation is that Israeli forces fired two tank rounds *into a hospital* in order to destroy *a camera* but it turns out even that explanation doesn’t bear much scrutiny. apnews.com/article/isra...

This is a deeply reported, heart-pounding read Gift link ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

[email protected] and @raphae.li from @reuters.com provide further coverage of the human dimension of this threat, exploring victim engagement methods and their personal impact. A great read! Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Granular look here from @ajvicens.bsky.social and I on how job seekers in the crypto currency industry are being bombarded with fake job offers from North Korean hackers. Based on 19 interviews with targets and research from cyber firms @sentinelone.com and Validin www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

CYBERWARCON is coming!!! Registration and CFP are now open for this year's #CYBERWARCON! This year's keynote speaker will be @dmitri.silverado.org!! We are back in Arlington, VA this year on November 19th. www.cyberwarcon.com

Grim tidings from Britain

New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW

A federal grand jury has declined to indict another person arrested as part of President Trump's D.C. crime surge. This was the only case we know of in which the National Guard participated in an arrest. After the grand jury declined to return an indictment, DOJ moved to dismiss the case.

Sad case here via @nateraymond.bsky.social. Feds say San Diego IT firm was hired to deal with a ransomware incident, lost contact with the hackers, accidentally established contact a different set of crooks (on Facebook!) & unwittingly forked away the ransom. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Genuine question for law folks here, isn’t this pretty much open and shut under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Back in 2020, YouTube suspended OAN's channel, demonetized it, and noted it was not an "authoritative" source. Now, five years later, the Google-owned platform has inked a deal to put the MAGA propaganda network in millions of living rooms. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Spy Industry Connections reason.com/2025/08/27/i... Leaked emails show Epstein’s attempts to dabble in security tech—across borders—in the last years of his life.

The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later.

Three separate grand juries refused to indict woman for “assaulting” ICE. Ham sandwich 3, DOJ 0.

From the complaint: (…) “the government may be responsible for reissuing every American a new Social Security number at great cost.”

You can doomscroll more tomorrow.

This is...Englamd? (Spotted by a council source in Durham)

Worthwhile investigation here from the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/n...

Ghoulish. www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/u...

#GAZA: Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including a freelance journalist who worked for @apnews.com. At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.

If you’re wondering how much more efficient the IRS is now that it’s been DOGE’d, I’ve been on hold for more than hour with no estimate of when my call might be picked up. (I’ve already been hung up on twice, allegedly due to the overwhelming volume of calls.)

Gaza's hungry children slide towards starvation as emergency treatments dwindle www.reuters.com/world/middle...

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵