SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
The Russian Orthodox Church is helping lure Kenyans into the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. Once in Russia, their documents are confiscated. Bank accounts are opened in their names but controlled by commanders, after which they are sent to the front.
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Corrupt billionaires have armies of lawyers, lobbyists, and fixers at their disposal. What they don't have is us — a global network backed by the people who refuse to look away.
Every dollar you give weakens their networks and exposes the truth: buff.ly/k3nAEyJ
Every day, we wake up to stories of billionaires abusing their power and influence with no consequences.
For nearly 20 years, OCCRP has been investigating this criminal class that operates above the law, bends events in their favor, and profits from facilitating crime and corruption across borders.
It wants us all dead!
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
Nas auto-estradas, quando não há clientes o estado paga a diferença. A "iniciativa privada" nunca perde.
No caso da CP, o estado anuncia o passe ferroviário verde, mas não compensa a perda de receita. E a administração da CP diz aos trabalhadores "lamentamos mas não haverá aumentos"
#incrivel
📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/
Another absolute must read from @bylinetimes.bsky.social, Epstein meets Gates & Thiel in secret.
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/j...
🔴Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/t...
UNINTERRUPTED CYCLING NETWORK.
In most cities, cycling involves a constant cycle of stop-and-go. You hit a red light, you wait for a turning truck, you yield to pedestrians. It kills the momentum.
Here in Oulu, the experience is completely different. Here’s why👇 1/3
How it should be.
German intelligence and cybersecurity authorities warn of likely state-backed phishing via Signal targeting politicians, military, diplomats and journalists. Don’t reply to “support” chats, share PIN/SMS codes, scan QR codes, or accept unknown group invites. www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/p...
💥In Viktor Orbán's Hungary, children in care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system. Those working in the sector say they are powerless to stop the abuse.
“This massive redistribution of wealth continues today. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion in wealth was siphoned from working Americans to the richest Americans…”
From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
"They can leverage Trump's America First policies, framing EU digital laws as foreign extortion, censorship or discrimination."
DOJ Protects Trump From Epstein Accountability as MAGA Attacks "Sanctuary Cities"
youtu.be/cwXIq81eE24
NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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Donald Trump, the president, had parties at Maralago called "calendar girls" Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and trump would auction them Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Donald Trump off. He measured the children's vulva and vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children on tightness. The guests were elder men and included Elon Musk. Don jr. Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump were there. Attorney Allan Dershowitz was also there with Attorney Bob Shapiro. We were taken in rooms, forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump. Forced to allow them to Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Allan Dershowitz, Bob Shapiro, Ghislaine Maxwell penitrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present.
Oh my god.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
This is how hardened paramilitaries from Russia, who've committed numerous atrocities including rape and massacres, currently run in Africa
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reorga...
Despite Russian mercenaries committing grave human rights abuses, including rape, in the Sahel, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are turning to Russia to build the Sahel’s first shared telecom satellite. Russia is expanding its influence in the region
africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...
@fortune.com covered our Tax Fellow @bdgesq.bsky.social’s new report released this morning outlining a new model for a nationwide ultrawealth tax.
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
🇬🇪Georgian Dream is Europe’s most un-democratic and human rights-violating force currently in power.
Today, they announced new amendments to the "Law on Grants" that criminalize receiving foreign support, restrict political participation, and outlaw core democratic activity
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Since 2020, electricity prices have increased by an average of 40 percent across the country. But the rise in costs hasn’t affected each type of user equally.
An unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay. wapo.st/3LDmQhV
