Thursday, August 28, 2025
Admission of guilt: Ukraine blasts Russia’s planned withdrawal from torture prevention convention — Powerful explosion rocks Russian oil pipeline supplying Moscow — Across occupied Ukraine, Russia has caused a devastating water crisis it cannot fix — [vlog] Why Russia’s war won’t end yet … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-28-2025/
#RussianElectionInterference #disinformation #TimWalz #2024PresidentialElection
Russian Propaganda Unit Appears to Be Behind Spread of False Tim Walz Sexual Abuse Claims | WIRED
"The Russian-aligned network Storm-1516 has a long history of posting fake whistleblower videos—including deepfakes—to push Kremlin talking points. Now, they're targeting Tim Walz."
https://www.wired.com/story/russian-propaganda-unit-storm-1516-false-tim-walz-sexual-abuse-claims/
This weekend featured an event that was last on my calendar when my schedule existed primarily in analog form: the HFStival, revived Saturday at Nats Park. I knew upfront that the venue would represent an immense upgrade over RFK, but I didn’t realize how much I would appreciate seeing the Postal Service play “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” for what they say is the last time–in the city that inspired the song.
9/16/2024: With Apple Finally Welcoming RCS, Google Voice Is the Lone Holdout, PCMag
I had this piece on my story-ideas list for months if not years, and Google was predictably disappointing in continuing to ignore its self-inflicted feature neglect.
9/17/2024: What the Reinstatement of Net Neutrality Means for Higher Education, EdTech
The piece that I wrote for EdTech’s sibling publication FedTech must have left a favorable impression on both newsrooms’ parent firm Manifest, as I had an editor ask I could write an explainer about the intersection of net neutrality politics and higher education.
9/18/2024: Microsoft: Russian Disinformation Ops Pivot to Attack Harris Campaign, PCMag
Seeing Russian disinformation operatives rack up two losses in the previous two weeks (and having almost finished reading Renée DiResta’s book Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality) added to my interest in writing up this Microsoft report.
9/20/2024: Boom Supersonic’s flight plan has to be measured in years, Fast Company
More than a month after my detour to California’s high desert to check out Boom Supersonic’s operation there–followed by my needing time to quiz a couple of aviation experts about the company’s ambitions–this piece finally made its way to Fast Co.’s site. In a few days, I will write a bonus post for Patreon readers sharing some of my leftover notes from talking to Boom CEO Blake Scholl for an hour and change on that Saturday morning.
9/20/2024: Rivian CEO: ‘Extreme Lack of Choice’ Is Hampering EV Sales Growth, PCMag
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe’s talk at the Atlantic Festival offered some useful insight about the state of electric-vehicle pricing, but he also repeated an incorrect characterization of a California zero-emission car mandate that does not, in fact, ban sales of cars with fossil-fuel engines after 2035.
9/22/2024: This Week in Tech 998: Artisanal Locally-Sourced Dopamine, TWiT.tv
Joining this podcast via Zoom instead of in studio reminded me of one unsolved issue with my home office’s lighting. From 6 p.m. onwards, there wasn’t enough light streaming through the windows to illuminate my workplace adequately, then I took too long to take advantage of a sponsor break to reach for a light switch as the podcast continued for another hour and change. I can, however, take credit for helping to give this episode a title–“artisanal, locally-sourced dopamine” was my turn of phrase to describe how posting on Bluesky feels better than continuing to support a toxic ex-Twitter with free writing.
9/23/2024: I updated the TWiT entry with a direct link to the episode and context about its title.
#AtlanticFestival #BoomSupersonic #disinformation #electricVehicles #EVChargers #EVs #GoogleVoice #iOS18 #LeoLaPorte #misinformation #Mojave #netNeutrality #Overture #RCS #Rivian #RussianElectionInterference #SST #ThisWeekInTech #TitleII
DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/project-good-old-usa-russia-2024-election/
#RussianElectionInterference #ArmUkraineNow #StopPutin #SendTheF16s
Now here’s a conundrum. Is #Trump lying as he always does, just talking out his ass, or did his boss #Putin tell him he would release the journalist to help the traitor get elected?
Researchers have uncovered a new network of fake news websites that have popped up ahead of the 2024 presidential election that they have traced to Russia.The New York Times reported that the websites have been designed to look like local news sites for major American cities that deliver a mix of re...
May I please be wrong
One of Navalny's letters quoted on ABC World News Tonight said he felt Putin's plans and trump's agenda are "scary" stating that he felt Trump could win if Biden "got sick"
Please Protect Our President!!!
This would be KGB-level shit that I cannot put past Putler.
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