SwiftOnSecurity(This did not happen)
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I'm Toots McGhee. I like piña colodas, shells, and giving the bad guys headaches. Here's a Mastodon Guide: https://fedi.tips/
DJM (freelance for hire)
BellingcatWe're aware of another fake video circulating made to look like a BBC report containing falsified Bellingcat research. It claims that Zelensky's former adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has spent over $500k on private flights. Bellingcat hasn't released any investigation on this topic.
Erik Ableson@glennf @jerry @mnb @briankrebs
Mastodon: The algorithm is people!!! It’s people!!!
The UK introduced stricter sanctions on trade with Russia in September 2022, but Bellingcat’s new financial team can reveal that UK Limited Partnerships have acted as intermediaries for over 17,000 imports into Russia between 24 February 2022 and 31 March 2023. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/11/03/frontline-facilitators-how-secretive-uk-partnerships-supply-wartime-russia/?utm_source=mastodon
Frontline Facilitators: How Secretive UK Partnerships Supply Wartime Russia - bellingcat
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UK Limited Partnerships (LPs) have been named as trade intermediaries in thousands of records detailing imports into the belligerent state. The UK has introduced a variety of sanctions aimed at negating Russia’s war efforts. However, experts have long argued these corporate vehicles — which are easy […]
Church of Jeff
Prof Nisreen Alwan ☀️I’ve lived the collective punishment of Iraqis for Saddam’s actions. I can’t stay silent on the collective punishment of any people for actions they had no control of. My conscience doesn’t allow me. And frankly you don’t necessarily need the lived experience to see that’s wrong.
Dan GoodinA reminder that Mastodon has no algorithm that pushes posts favorited by others. This is a fundamental difference with the way Twitter works. If you like a toot and want others to see it, the best way to do that is to boost. Favoriting a post helps the author know you liked it but doesn't do much more.
Feels like a lot of updates across disparate devices. Is one campaign up, or are they nailing more pizza moral parties in the PLA and NSO break rooms?
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽David Frum sums up the Elon Musk decision to disable Starlink so that Ukraine couldn’t attack Russian vessels with drones:
