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Took the cannoli.
Hey Claude, I want to run a coup.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-used-anthropics-claude-in-maduro-venezuela-raid-583aff17 
This sounds like hell. View quoted note →
I have no idea how this event relates to a 3rd-century Roman saint, but it's nice we all remember it by giving each other chocolates. 
High court just declared this Labour government's proscription of Palestine Action is illegal. Now hold everyone behind it accountable.
the Guardian
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
"Four Iranian journalists in exile share the challenge of reporting on their homeland amidst the longest blackout their nation has ever experienced"
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
How to cover a country cut out from the Internet? The battle to report on Iran from exile
Four Iranian journalists in exile share the challenge of reporting on their homeland amidst the longest blackout their nation has ever experienced
What happens when Iran turns the internet off?
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watch this space!
What happens when Iran turns the internet off?
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"The Guardian has constructed a timeline for the terrible events of one night of protests in Rasht, based on first-hand accounts, video and photographs"
the Guardian
‘I saw kids being shot, women, old people’: how a massacre unfolded in one Iranian city
The Guardian has constructed a timeline for the terrible events of one night of protests in Rasht, based on first-hand accounts, video and photographs
Disinformation spreads for free while more and more news gets locked behind paywalls and other obstacles. It's not hard to envision how that ends.
The Conversation
News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
News outlets want readers – and big tech – to pay for their content. But blocking the Internet Archive will leave major holes in the public rec...
'Manufacturing Consent' guy advising Jeff Epstein on how to cope with "the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women."
the Guardian
Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship
Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein
No idea who made it. Maybe a machine. 
"The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence."
The Verge
Shedding light on Iran’s longest internet blackout
A staggering death toll.
The filter.watch report on the moving parts, people and companies behind Iran's internet shutdown and control network. (English and Persian)
Filterwatch -
Exclusive Report:The Network Behind Iran’s Internet Shutdown; From Engineering Disconnection to Profiting off Sanctions - Filterwatch
Since January 8, 2026, Iran's internet has entered one of its darkest eras. Evidence gathered by Filterwatch’s investigations show that this...
"The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss." — Senator Mon Mothma 
"If your compassion switches off when the victims don't fit your narrative, then you're not defending justice. You're defending power, just with different slogans."
Well worth a whole listen through...
Instagram
Veria Amiri | Iran is not a talking point.
It is not a “counter-narrative.”
It is not a chess piece in your anti-Western worldview.
A part of the left... | Instagram
32K likes, 2,508 comments - veria.amiri on January 13, 2026‎: "Iran is not a talking point.
It is not a “counter-narrative.”
I...
In which TikTok removes and bans an Emmy Award-winning Palestinian journalist from the platform at Israel's request as soon as it becomes a U.S. company because shit like that was always the goal of forcing it to be sold.
Al Jazeera
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban
Emmy-winning Owda points to changes in TikTok's US ownership, remarks from Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to explain ban.
Section 230 protects you, and everybody, on internet platforms. Democrats siding with maga-heads on attacking it are helping the Trump regime take control of the web.
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Teen Vogue
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwritin...
Section 230 protects you, and everybody, on internet platforms. Democrats siding with maga-heads on attacking it are helping the Trump regime take control of the web.
Teen Vogue
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwritin...