Our public money to support research at our universities is mandated by our Congress. It is not the personal slush fund of the president, to withhold at will or dole out as largesse, rewarding those who please him. Those who seek reform of universities can use laws, not arbitrary extortion.

During the GWOT, there was at least the pretense of legality based on covert action findings or the updating of old findings known as MoNs. The legal reasoning was secret and was often credibly accused of being Calvinball-like, but it existed. Now there isn’t the barest patina of law.

Experts say the strongest scientific studies identify three compounds that fight disease and inflammation

According to Dutch newspaper NRC, Nexperia itself raised the alarm about the ‘mismanagement’ by Wingtech’s Zhang Xuezheng. NRC sources speak of the risk of Chinese persons being appointed to strategic positions. Events supposedly not related to the recent US and Chinese export control measures.

Canuckle 1249 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟥 ⬜🟥⬜🟥🟥 ⬜🟥⬜🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 🔥 streak: 816 🤯 #CanucklePhenom www.canucklegame.ca

“They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their method of security…They just really didn't think anyone would look up.” paywall free: archive.ph/2025.10.14-1... #incompetence

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

Just finished my research security training required by the US Govt. Lists Freedom Of Inquiry as a core value of academic research and "core tenet of integrity; scientists decide line of investigation and project. Researchers are experts; freedom to conduct work without interference" 🧪🧑‍🔬

Looks like a good time to re-up my post about Covenant Eyes alexzfinley.substack.com/p/this-week-...

OSINT’s become a game-changer for CIA spies and analysts alike. What once took months of covert ops can now be pieced together from open data and digital breadcrumbs. The modern spy’s toolkit starts online. #OSINT #SpyCraft #Intelligence #cia #spies #USA portswigger.net/daily-swig/o...

Russia and China are scrambling to dominate the high north. Shipping lanes, oil, gas, vast territorial sees. NATO needs to step up its game in the Arctic, led by the United States and Canada. www.wsj.com/world/inside...

How ‘bout them Blue Jays?

A new book argues that when easy money ran out, Silicon Valley’s billionaires looked for someone to keep the good times rolling. They found him in Donald Trump.

Stop paying the executive branch.

Italian news outlets @irpimedia.eu and @mm-lastampa-bot.bsky.social report that Andrea Orcel, the CEO of UniCredit bank, was targeted with Paragon spyware between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. Orcel becomes the second Italian businessman reported to be a Paragon target.

Costin on million-dollar "tactical suitcases" with iPhone wireless proximity exploits @craiu.bsky.social @jags.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/r3vu_...

💉 School nurses call for stronger vaccine rules A new position from the National Association of School Nurses in the US says all students should be fully vaccinated, with exemptions allowed only for medical reasons. 🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025101... #SciComm #Vaccines 🧪

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 🇨🇦 🍁 🦃

China’s new rare earth export controls should galvanize the West to build resilience against China’s growing dominance in global manufacturing and its control over crucial supply chains.

Thiel saying the quiet bit out loud

New sportsbetting app boasts 80% addiction rate

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

Dot 2 along with Roy “Chubby” Brown was a 2007 Blair Athol, Exceptional Cask, 100% proof (57.1%)Edition 12, 17 y/o single malt by Signtory vintage, matured in 1st fill Oloroso Sherry Butts, unchillfiltered and natural colour, from the highlands region and costing £74 a bottle #Blinddrams

Beer while child is at activities 🍺

“If Canada removes the unilateral unjustified tariffs on Chinese products, China will also reciprocate accordingly,” said Wang Di. So the PRC basically admits its canola tariffs are “unilateral and unjustified”? This is why trade diversification is so important. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

Aahhhh yeah

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Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/g...

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Canadian 🇨🇦 rye blind youtube.com/watch?v=u1h2...

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

🧵 A network of 100+ BlueSky accounts pretending to be legitimate news syndication, some impersonating BBC News, @EuroNews.com, and @Meduza.io. Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.

Let's Go!

Russia’s Hybrid War Against NATO Ramping Up: Danish Intelligence www.twz.com/sea/russias-...

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