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“[UK Green Party leader] Zack Polanski condemns weaponisation of Manchester tragedy to attack anti-genocide protesters”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanary @uk_politics @palestine
@israel @yemen @lebanon

“I think it’s really problematic if someone is trying to weaponise the attack that happened yesterday to try and silence protest in this country against the genocide… They’re separate issues. Of course, we should always look to be respectful. But we need to be clear what this government is doing. They are selling arms to Israel. They are sharing intelligence for an ongoing genocide”

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/10/03/zack-polanski-manchester-attack/

BOOK REVIEW | Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons, by Stephen C Mercado

This study is more than a book about the equipment used by Japanese Imperial forces during World War II and by …
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https://www.alojapan.com/1377508/book-review-japanese-spy-gear-and-special-weapons-by-stephen-c-mercado/

https://www.alojapan.com/1377508/book-review-japanese-spy-gear-and-special-weapons-by-stephen-c-mercado/ BOOK REVIEW | Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons, by Stephen C Mercado &Security This study is more than a book about the equipment used by Japanese Imperial forces during World War II and by the United States afterwards. Japanese Spy Gear and S

Japanese spy gear and special weapons

The U.S. Geological Survey [USGS], The U.S. Department Of Defense [DoD], And The U.S. Intelligence Community [various] - 100 Years Of Mapping And Remote Sensing Collaboration, 1879–1979
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@USGS DoD

”Print requires us to make a logical case. A significant feature of books is that if you make a case in print, you have to make it logically add up.

You can’t just assert things the way you can on tiktok, youtube or in a podcast through conversation.”

”If we lose these things in our culture it’s not surprising people are getting stupider & their reasoning skills are declining.”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u4jW8MOxIKY

Another example of what happens in the admin if you dare report

Fires the Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in .


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Eighty years of ‘Animal Farm’: Why we keep reading Orwell.

The British writer was satirising Stalinism in his novel, but the story is a warning against any form of totalitarianism and a defence of independence, intelligence and, above all, humanity.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250818-eighty-years-of-animal-farm-why-we-keep-reading-orwell?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Yay, out now: "AI Breakdown. A Critical Assessment of and ", https://doi.org/10.1145/3715275.3732083

"This article scrutinizes the pervasive narratives that are shaping the societal engagement with (AI) such as agency & decision-making, autonomy, truthfulness, knowledge processing, prediction, general purpose, neutrality & objectivity, apolitical optimization, sustainability game-changer, democratization, mass unemployment, & the dualistic portrayal of AI as either a harbinger of societal utopia or dystopia. The article introduces the notion of " AI" to critique the misleading application of the term "AI" across various societal sectors. Then, by discussing the narratives with nuance, the article contextualises & deconstructs often assumed socio-political implications of AI, uncovering in detail and with examples the inherent political, infused & value-laden decisions within all AI applications."

@FAccT

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'There Is No Intel': 's Attacks on Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say

Following Trump's attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, "The intelligence assessments have not really changed"

After Trump's decision to strike 3 Iranian facilities on Sat, admin ofcls are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented—& potentially calamitous—attacks were motivated by new suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-iran-attack-no-intel-nuclear-1235369641/