Ex-optimist who discovered current events, gin and middle age.

Joined January 2022
Mediator Dragon retweeted
Wetherspoon’s is a pillar of society in so many ways and snobs who don’t understand that can get to fuck because they’re ubercunts.
Do you have companies you just absolutely cannot fucking stand & were it not for people losing their jobs you’d love to fail? I’ll start; Wetherspoons Gail’s fucking bakery Shein
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
Worth reiterating. Hybrid war is not actually war, it's sub-threshold for a reason. And similar discussions were happening in the early Cold War on Britain’s response to Moscow.
Fiona Hill, a former adviser to the US National Security Council, says war with Russia is "already happening" – but Sky's @haynesdeborah challenges what we mean by war, and whether the comparison with Ukraine goes too far.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
We are learning of a significant and tragic fire at CFB Wainwright today that is affecting many of our brave military personnel. Alberta’s government is in close contact with the Government of Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney as this situation evolves. Thank you to the first responders and all those providing care and support to those affected.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
BREAKING: Canada's PM Mark Carney says a “serious incident” has sparked a major fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
🚨 NEW: Ed Miliband is reportedly blocking AI investment into Britain over concerns it harms net zero [@Telegraph]
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1/x According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
This is like people who think Tolkien was just a fantasy author and don't know he wrote the English dictionary
god it’s so embarrassing that these guys present Lewis as like. a serious thinker
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
C.S. Lewis was a leading literary scholar: triple first at Oxford; Fellow & Tutor, Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–54); first Professor of Medieval & Renaissance Literature, Cambridge (1954–63); Fellow of the British Academy (1955). Sources: britannica.com/biography/C-S-… · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lew…
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
And that did not take long before we had two attacks inside Romanian territorial waters this evening. Now the Russian test mentioned below is real.
Today's two Russian attacks on vessels just outside Bulgarian territorial waters and following last week's attack near Romanian TTW mark a dangerous Russian escalation track that may lead to direct involvement of the two countries & NATO. This may well be the Russian game plan
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
This is not a routine signal for an HFGCS frequency. Although data transmissions are offered as a service on the HFGCS, they're rarely heard; monitors do not even document start or end times. With little to no baseline for data broadcasts, this is a remarkable transmission.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
🔶 JUST IN: A minute-long data transmission from an unknown source is broadcast on the US military's shortwave radio network. According to an unnamed source, "this is extremely concerning."
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
BREAKING: 🇷🇴 Another ship has been hit in the Black Sea, inside Romanian territorial waters, approximately 8–10 nautical miles southeast of Sulina. The commercial vessel Yara J, sailing under the Comoros flag and carrying coal to Ukraine, was struck by a drone, triggering an explosion and fire. The Syrian crew was evacuated and is safe.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
Andy Burnham doubles down on his comments about Russian interference in Brexit, accusing the Tories of wanting to “look in the other direction” That comes despite the head of MI5 urging people not to exaggerate unsuccessful Russian efforts or use it to worsen political divisions
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work. At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data. The employee was terminated. We take protecting our technology, data, and people seriously, and as a matter of national importance. Our security program is designed to protect against a wide range of threat actors, from insider risks to cybercriminals to nation states, and this case is an example of how AI can help address these sophisticated security threats.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
No, a Yandex cloud malfunction did not take down disinformation/troll bots. It's a dangerous misconception. This is not how it works, not even technically. After Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data centers, a viral chart showed Russian "bot traffic" collapsing. But those bots are mostly Yandex's own search crawlers, not the info-ops social media accounts. Troll farms hide behind proxies, hijacked devices and Western clouds. They're still operating. Hired influencers are also still around. The "bots went silent" story is misinformation. Believing it is plainly dangerous. It tells people the threat is gone while influence operations keep going. Ahead of elections that complacency is what they may count on.
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Amazing that rush to celebrate decline in Russian disinformation was itself disinformation. Almost nothing on this website these days can be taken at face value. It's either disinformation, or opinions influenced by disinformation. And it's all sides of every conflict.
Last night I was struck — really, almost radicalized — watching in real time as experts at the heights of their careers boosted emotionally satisfying narratives that were pretty much entirely wrong.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
It's simple
psa for american friends. WE INVENTED POUNDS. WE INVENTED MILES. WE INVENTED PINTS. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED IMPERIAL? the next yank to microagress me by proactively using kilograms then expecting me to be impressed is being ARRAIGNED IN ROYAL CUSTODY.
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
I have spent the last year+ researching the origins of the war for a future book. Relatedly, I have co-led a Stanford/Hoover team in interviewing dozens of key decision makers. I can say with a high level of confidence that this take is unmitigated bullshit.
Had it not been for Boris Johnson and Victoria Nuland -- who personally forced Zelensky to reject the deal Ukraine and Russia were about to sign in Istanbul in 2022 -- this horrific war that has killed more than a million and consumed much of Ukraine would have been long over.
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As we stated yesterday, MINERVA ZEN (9410909) is NOT carrying Russian diesel. She is bringing in UAN (Urea Ammonium Nitrate); which is a liquid form of fertilizer. It is permitted under the otherwise hydrocarbon import ban which USA imposed in March 2022. The importing party in Wilmington, NC is EuroChem North America. You can see that they import from Russia. seair.co.in/us-import/i-euro…
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Mediator Dragon retweeted
Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers.
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