justinling

justinling, 23 days ago to sweden

In #Sweden, a far-right trollfarm exposes how outraged gets manufactured and weaponized online. Exposing it has never been more crucial. https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/inside-the-swedish-trollfabrik

justinling, 1 month ago to random

The right-wing grievance machine is moving fast and breaking things. We need to stop falling for it.
https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/chris-rufo-katherine-maher-signal

osma, 1 month ago to random

Even putting aside the obvious moral imperatives and looking at this purely selfishly, a Western government or defense industry player not making plans how to work with Ukrainian industry for the next generation of these weapons would be absolutely mad. @justinling recounts what he learned of where Ukraine's drone industry is headed.
https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-drone-startups-russia/

justinling, 1 month ago to random

I went to Columbia to see what all the fuss was about. I came away pretty damn sure that we've all lost the plot. https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/leave-those-kids-alone

kgw, 1 month ago to random

Front Burner: ‘F--k Trudeau,’ from fringe to mainstream

Episode webpage: https://www.cbc.ca/frontburner

Media file: https://chrt.fm/track/52291/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_FRONTBURNER_P/media/frontburner/frontburner-iZqNYkwB-20240430.mp3

#cbc #cdnpoli #trudeau #poilievre @justinling

makkhorn, 2 months ago to random

RUSSIANS RESCUED TRUMP IN 2022

" ES Family Trust operated like shell co. for a Russian-Am businessman Anton Postolnikov, who co-owns Paxum Bank and has been a subject of a years-long Fed criminal investigation by
FBI and DHS."

He’s nephew of Smirnov of recent investigation

#moneylaundering #RussianAsset

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

timkmak, 2 months ago to random

Here’s what we are reading today:

Ukraine hit a production site for #drones and an oil refinery in Russia's Republic of #tatarstan says Ukraine's military intelligence.

#Ukraine attacked over 10 #oilrefineries in 2024, which play a crucial economic and military role in Russia.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-claims-drones-hit-industrial-facilities-in-tatarstan/

osma, 2 months ago to random

Justin Ling's third dispatch from Kyiv offers insight that is too often ignored:

"The right word, I think, is frustrated. Frustrated that they have wound up here, frustrated that there are no good options ahead, frustrated that their allies have grown bored of supporting their struggle, frustrated that huge swaths of the country lay in ruin, frustrated that imperialism is on the march and all the flowery promises about democracy and freedom have meant so very little."
https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/from-the-kyiv-jellyfish-museum

justinling, 2 months ago to random

The first of my dispatches from Ukraine, a country facing the choice, imposed by others, of "collapse or large casualties.”

It would mean a lot of you shared this with your friends (and enemies.) https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/on-the-train-to-kyiv

samlitzinger, 3 months ago to random

Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile

https://apnews.com/article/4aa3731543757156858c2211773a5621

gulovsen, 3 months ago to random

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timkmak, 3 months ago to Russia

Here's what we are reading today:

The United States and its allies seriously prepared for #Russia to use a tactical nuclear weapon in late 2022.

There were fears that Russia would deploy a nuclear weapon to prevent further loss of territory during the #Kherson offensive.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/09/politics/us-prepared-rigorously-potential-russian-nuclear-strike-ukraine/index.html

justinling, 3 months ago to random

New research shows that a massive majority of Republican lawmakers share junk news content. It turns out the disinformation capture of conservative politicians is much worse than we thought.
https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/bad-news-bears

justinling, 3 months ago to random

So Tass, the Russian state news service, is reporting that Maxim Kuzminov — the Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine, and who Moscow really wants dead — was found dead in Spain.

Trouble is, it might not be the same Maxim Kuzminov. Per Spanish media, the victim was a 33 year old Ukrainian citizen. Kuzminov, the defector, is 28.

justinling, 3 months ago to random

Ukraine is the world's largest minefield. If it can win this war, Kyiv needs to figure out how to clear this deadly threat — and fast. https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-mine-problem/

Mer__edith, 4 months ago to random

The election year focus on 'deep fakes' is a distraction, conveniently ignoring the documented role of surveillance ads--or, the ability to target specific segments to shape opinion. This's a boon to Meta/Google, who've rolled back restrictions on political ads in recent years.

Put another way, a deep fake is neither here nor there unless you have a platform + tools to disseminate it strategically.

justinling, 4 months ago to Russia

Boris Nadezhdin is an unlikely leader. But he's caught fire as an anti-war, pro-democracy champion in an election where Vladimir Putin hopes to receive 80% of the vote. Could #Russia get behind one of its last-standing democrats?
https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/meet-boris-nadezhdin

timkmak, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Good morning to readers.

Here in #Taiwan, some people, are already preparing for the possibility of a war with #China.

The Kuma Academy trains Taiwanese civilians to understand modern warfare, #disinformation first aid and evacuation planning.

The classes sell out within hours.

The idea is to increase resilience – to be more like Ukraine, its founder Shen told me, so that if an invasion or blockade by China happened, they’d have the skills to resist.

netblocks, 5 months ago to Russia

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to #Russia internet provider M9com, corroborating reports that Ukrainian hacktivists have targeted the Moscow-based operator, compromising data and sending the network offline in retaliation to December's cyberattack on Kyivstar

fulelo, 5 months ago to Israel

#BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza war: #Hamas says deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in blast in #Lebanon capital #Beirut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67859135

Al-Arouri is said to have been among four people killed in an explosion at Hamas's office in Dahiyeh, one of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs

Al-Arouri was the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau and known to be deeply involved in its military affairs

drewharwell, 5 months ago to random

New: Rite Aid secretly scanned shoppers with facial recognition for years, leading to false shoplifting accusations, "embarrassment, harassment and other harm," the FTC says. The chain banned workers from talking about it, and errors were common; one 11-year-old girl was distraught after being searched due to a false match. “Every black man is not [a] thief nor should they be made to feel like one"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/19/ftc-rite-aid-facial-recognition/

w7voa, 6 months ago to random

Alongside Ukraine President Zelenskyy at the White House, President Biden says "Putin has failed" to subjugate Ukraine, which will emerge from the war proud and free "unless we walk away."

TheSauce, 6 months ago to random

Interesting tidbit on Russian tactics from @justinling
in Wired:

"In the areas currently under Russian control, the invading army quickly switched the connection to the Moscow-controlled internet. 'They rebuilt the connections and stole our equipment,' Smilianets’ presentation explained. In the liberated parts of Ukraine, repair crews found boobytraps inside the telecommunications infrastructure, he said. 'They did everything possible for total disconnection'."

https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-war-rebuild-united24/

justinling, 6 months ago to twitter

I know I'm preaching to the choir when I say that #Twitter has become a toxic cesspool: But I think we need to appreciate how much its infecting everything else. https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/drain-elon-musks-swamp

timkmak, 6 months ago to random

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands

"Guys were milking cows in the dark, with flashlights on their hats," one cheesemaker explains.

Last year 23 cheeses made it from Ukraine to Norway to attend the World Cheese Awards.

Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, start to finish this journey was no small feat and came to symbolise a lot more…