Nonya Bidniss

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Rizzler. Retired deep state IC/civil servant. Scientific & technical intelligence re pandemic threats, chem/bio weapons, bioscience, emerging tech; personal staff of senior GOs; tech writer, speech writer, senior editor; also worked at various analytic & research labs. Today I hike, cook, read & watch #scifi. Degrees in biology & strategic intelligence. Ham. Currently in N. Alabama :( #veteran #atheist #antifascist #natsec 🌻#ActuallyAutistic #nobot
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ReadingDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
ListeningBrigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
WatchingThe Pitt
WatchingStar Trek: Voyager

Fwiw, this is about as low as he's gonna get. The analysis and studies are very clear - the authoritarian personality, which is more or less the key requirement for the necessary level of popular support to run a fascist political project and regime, tends to run at about 30-35% in Pig Empire cultures.

The people Trump has left, are simply the nazis. And you don't waste time and energy trying to convince a nazi of the fundamental incorrectness of their positions - they're nazis, you stomp em.

This is today’s absolutely best news:

With Orbán out of power, the EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine was unblocked today, securing the Ukrainian economy until the end of 2027 — both the military budget and state finances.

In US currency that is $105 billion (with a B).

The Trump regime has so far donated $0. And while Trump is lifting oil sanctions on Russia, the EU is now sanctioning Russia further.

Guardian has the full story:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/eu-unblocks-loan-ukraine-new-sanctions-russia-hungary-lifts-veto

EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

Agreement for the urgently needed loan was reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia

The Guardian
AI is 10 to 20 times more likely to help you build a bomb if you hide your request in cyberpunk fiction, new research paper says

After jailbreaking AI with adversarial poetry, researchers reveal what they call a "critical gap" in current AI safety practices.

PC Gamer

Have you been asked by a medical provider recently for consent to have an "AI" scribe record your visit? Us, too. And we have **thoughts**

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/why-you-should-refuse-to-let-your-doctor-record/

Why you should refuse to let your doctor record you

By: Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney At a recent appointment, Emily’s physical therapist (who knows some about her research) said, “Before we get started,...

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000: The Newsletter
NEW REPUBLIC: “Where Did Millions in Funding Go?” $63 MILLION companies paid in *settlements* to Trump appears to have vanished (into his pocket) and @SenWarren wants answers. newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Fediverse, a question:

If you could invite somebody on the Fedi to just... think out loud into a microphone for like an hour, who would it be?

Alternatively, what _two_ people on the Fedi would you love to hear just bounce around ideas together?

WSJ: Whiskey Pete gave Phelan the boot because he was jealous. Worth noting that Phelan, who had zero quals, got the job for donating $12M to Trump's campaign.

Excellent WIRED interview with YouTuber attorney Devin Stone of LegalEagle. A key specialist news source on the legal (or rather, illegal) aspects of the U.S.'s current kakistrocratic shitstopia.

About partisanship: "To paraphrase William Gibson, the crimes are not evenly distributed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIkFyo9om_I

#Law #Crime #Politics #Trump

LegalEagle’s Devin Stone On The ‘Unpresidented’ Times of Trump 2.0

YouTube
Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks ​with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy said on Sunday.
Defense against ballistic missiles is one of Ukraine's biggest challenges in the war with Russia, since only certain ​types of missiles used by the American Patriot system ​are capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles..."We ​need to build our own anti-ballistic missile defense system within a year," ‌he ⁠added. #military #MissileDefense https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-pushes-europe-build-defense-system-against-ballistic-weapons-2026-04-19/