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So….we are likely finding out a few somewhat expensive cruise missiles are in general better and more efficient weapons than than a bunch of OWA UAVs (increasingly a distinction without a difference)

Time to check in on Chef Eric Rivera, known to Twitter users for accusing Bon Appetit of “gentrifying saltines”, branding an Australian woman a “colonizer” for opening a sushi bar, sneering at white guys with Asian wives, and now for allegedly beating and strangling his partner

I rigged up my house so that twitch chat could play FnaF IRL (they swap cameras and close doors while I run around in the dark dressed like a bear)

Out of all the developments in drone-to-drone aerial combat a return to dazzle camouflage wasn't one I saw coming

A lot of people constantly tell us our work doesn't matter (but they always assure us they "want it to matter"). We ignore these people and continue our work. Being jaded, arrogant, and self-righteous is (of course) a choice. The other choice is getting back to the work.

NEW: El Mayo Zambada's lawyer opposes DOJ effort to move the case from El Paso to Brooklyn, to the same court that hosted El Chapo's trial. Document filed today argues federal prosecutors want "a novel interpretation" of the law with "no justification" documentcloud.org/documents/2506…

An IDF commander is asked, "How do you identify who is a terrorist?" His answer, "We attacked on the side of the street to drive civilians away, and whoever did not flee, even if he was unarmed, as far as we were concerned, was a terrorist"

Chasing Shadows: Geolocate Images with Bellingcat's Shadow Finder Tool A detailed article on how to find identify the geographical area in which a photo was taken by the size of the shadows and the time it was taken bellingcat.com/resources/2024… Authors @Galen_Reich @Gabor_Friesen

#Iran 🇮🇷: "Jaish al-Adl" militants ambushed and killed Iranian Head of the Khash City's Intelligence Department in #Sistan & #Baluchestan. The attack was carried out by three militants who were armed with a #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 assault rifle and two AKM-pattern assault rifles.

UPDATE - The founder of this nonprofit said she was dedicated to fighting human trafficking. Now she's been convicted on multiple felony charges, including fraud. fox13now.com/news/crime/uta…

The counter-human trafficking racket is just one big grift that preys on people's fears and emotions.

The Yemenis have released footage of their strikes on the oil tanker Sounion, attacked because of its owner's utilization of Israeli ports. Biggest explosions I've ever seen from any of these strikes so far.

YOU DID WHAT?

The sheriff featured by Democrats last night is same sheriff we recently sued over taking cash from private equity-owned telecom companies to eliminate the ability of children to visit their parents in jail, on the theory that families would spend more money on monopoly calls.

Threat actor USDoD and his farewell to fellow cybercriminals after his identity has been published on Doxbin.

NEW in this week's FOIA Files! In February 2022, the USAID inspector general investigated a USAID Zimbabwe employee for disclosing the identity of a covert CIA officer on five – five! – different occasions, which is a crime under US law. It’s not clear if the CIA officer was working with USAID in Zimbabwe. The US embassy there referred the matter to the inspector general. This is how the the inspector general’s report said the USAID employee blew the CIA officer’s cover:

*graphic* Longer version of the RPG malfunction video I shared earlier. Reportedly it occurred in Myanmar... #RPG #soviet #USSR #combloc #OSHA #safety

If anyone could send us a PDF or link to archived version of this article, we would be grateful. Wall St Journal

Imagine the look on the DOJ attorney's face who searched the document production for "price fixing" -- just on the off chance it popped -- and found this, from the RealPage antitrust complaint: