Supporter of Ukraine & democracy. Author of the #RuneScape novels. Book link: https://teapaw.org/t.co/W36RvfEbTX
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Always good to get a historian's insight into the current state of the world. This an excellent read from @James1940 and I think he's spot on: "Will and Purpose." My own opinion is that the West should be far more aggressive in promoting our values. We have become far too timid. But . . . and it's a key issue: we need to sell the values of democracy to our own people first and foremost: the economy currently is not working for people, letting in extremes. Growth of the economy, of wages, of GDP per capita, is a national security issue. We are in an economic and commodity supply race, and we are currently losing. Growth should be an absolute priority for every democtractic government now. james1940.substack.com/p/a-u…
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Anyone looking to get into OSINT would be well advised to check out @BenDoBrown. Check out his new course below.
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The death toll from Russia's massacre in Komyshuvakha continues to rise. 30 people, who had gathered at a school to receive humanitarian aid, have now been confirmed killed, a further 48 are listed as missing.
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Komyshuvakha, Ukraine.
Russia simply dropped an aerial bomb on a local school where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid. And when they went to a shelter, Russia dropped another NINE (!!!) glide bombs on it.
The result: at least 24 people killed, including at least two rescue workers who had arrived to help the victims.
Someone please explain to me how this is anything other than yet another blatant act of genocide committed by Russia against Ukrainians.
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Today, October 30th, my dad has been killed in action.
My kind, calm father.
I write it here because I know my dad has many friends in the NAFO community, people who he could rely on for help.
His memory will perdure on this account.
Forever loved and missed.
🛡️🕯️❤️
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The perfect South Park clip for this Mbappé moment:
the Chinese market doesn’t just buy your product. It buys your spine.
Wonderful stuff from Sir Desmond Swayne on what has to be the single most hypocritical, party-before-country budget I've ever seen. A general election is now surely on the cards???
Oh this is delicious, Sir Desmond Swayne can take no more, his piss is boiling over John Healey's Budget, and as such he let's rip in extraordinary fashion, for 6 minutes.
"It's Breathing Space for this Government"
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Well it's #budget2026 day today, and what a damp squib that was! Debt forecast to go up every year for the next 5 years - but hey, I'm sure it will be OK. Now, I expect this was the 'don't rock the boat' budget, and we'll be in for an election in the next few months. There was nothing for business in this budget either. Hopeless.
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What on earth is going on with @ChatGPT at the moment? The UX is becoming a nightmare. Every time I want to download something, it opens up this pain in the ass window on the right and won't let me download. Literally takes 5 prompts to get it to send a link that works. Anyone else experienced this? It's happened across different browsers, computers etc.
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OSINT Industries has NOT been breached.
The sample provided by the threat actor claiming we have is a compilation of publicly available stealer logs and not any internal or stolen data.
OI Search does not log queries and so the advertised data is fictitious.
🇬🇧 🚨 THREAT ACTOR CLAIMS BREACH OF OSINT INDUSTRIES, OFFERS INVESTIGATION DATA FOR SALE
A threat actor on an underground forum claims to have breached OSINT Industries, the UK-based OSINT search and investigations platform, and is offering the allegedly stolen data for sale.
The actor claims the data includes:
* Customer data
* Internal investigation files
* Records of searches and queries run on the platform
* Records tied to law-enforcement queries
No record count, price or sample has been published so far.
⚠️ Analyst Note:
If real, this is more sensitive than a typical customer leak. Query logs from an OSINT platform can reveal who was being investigated, by whom, and when, which could expose ongoing investigations and the people running them. The listing is thin on proof so far, so treat it as an unverified claim until samples surface or the company responds.
This is an unverified threat-actor claim, NOT confirmation that OSINT Industries was breached.
Source: this is for subscribers only. Subscribe: teapaw.org/DailyDarkWeb/creator-s…
#DDW #DarkWeb #OSINT #OSINTIndustries #DataBreach #ThreatIntelligence
This man . . . How have we ended up with people like this in govt? Major failures document his career: He backstabs his brother to take control of the Labour Party, then Syria (that led to Russian involvement in the ME, then a migration crisis), then Labour voting change (that led to Corbyn and an opposition that was entirely ineffectual), then Net Zero (leading to coming UK recession, inflation, and de-industrialisation), and now, God help us, Foreign Secretary. We live in a time when hard choices, and unpopular ones, are needed. Not a 'fruity vegan flapjack . . . '
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Thanks to the recommendation of the 21st century's Indiana Jones @guywalters (who pursues Nazi Gold with a bull whip and alarmingly tight trousers and a 'shoot to kill' policy for dealing with printer problems), I've just finished the first series of the Sandbaggers. Exceptionally well written, absolutely brutal in places (Ep 3 especially), and great acting.
One thing I love about it is the simple reality of procedure and accident: a man gets a broken leg in Bonn which forces a reset of a whole mission to East Berlin etc. Human reality under exceptional stress and uncertainty. Will be veiwing series 2 forthwith!
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This is the best TV series I've watched in years. If you're into spooks, especially 1970s spooks, it's a total must watch.
I haven't purchased this yet but it looks a cracking read (his Material World is def worth it). Too many people don't understand where our wealth and supplies come from, nor how vulnerable these complex supply chains really are. (I sometimes fear we're about to watch the Bronze Age collapse again!). Exclusive offer from Ed if you buy it before 12.00 midnight tonight.
🚨OFFER ENDS TONIGHT
If you've already ordered or pre-ordered Trade World you can get access to an exclusive essay with bonus material.
Email [email protected] with proof of purchase before the end of the day and you'll be sent a link to the essay!
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I hope the new PM is watching this: the UK needs credible policies rather than Tik-Tock soundbytes and 'triple-helix' word salads (???) to bring some reassurance back to the Gilt markets. Alas, we all know he hasn't got a plan unless it involves a bus or blaming someone who was ejected from office nearly 40 years ago. God help us!
📽️ What happens when the single most important barometer in the global economy starts heading in the wrong direction?
We might just be about to find out.
My 9m primer on rising bond yields👇
An immense (but complex) story. Hopefully this helps…
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Happy 303 Polish Squadron Day! Never forget the service of all allied nations, but especially those from occupied countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and even the French.
It was Fighter Command’s worst day of the Battle of Britain.
It was also the day Britain finally unleashed the Poles!
On August 31, 1940, the Luftwaffe hammered airfields across southeast England. Fighter Command lost 39 aircraft, 31 in the air and eight on the ground. Ten pilots were killed or fatally wounded.
That afternoon, No. 303 Polish Squadron flew its first operational combat patrol. Its pilots claimed four "One-O-Nine" destroyed and two more probably destroyed.
They had already fought over Poland and France, but language barriers and British doubts about their readiness had kept them waiting.
Forty-two days later, No. 303 had been officially credited with 126 victories, the highest claimed total of any Fighter Command squadron during the battle.
The precise wartime tally remains debated. Their extraordinary impact does not!
🎬 Video excerpt from Battle of Britain (1969), directed by Guy Hamilton.
Follow @Vanguard_WW2 for more extraordinary WWII stories.
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A key cause of the problems in the UK today. (Figs should have been July but still . . . the gap between private and public has to be narrowed).
Once again, this is quite simply unsustainable...
"Annual average regular earnings growth [in July] was 6.1% for the public sector and 2.8% for the private sector" - ONS
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This is a fun OSINT investigation that uses a number of different sources, including cloud mapping, nautical charts, reverse image look ups, and Google street view to identify a location where an item was dropped at sea.
I do like these investigations that use so many different sources. Def worth a watch. Thanks to @foilmanhacks for reposting it - I'd have missed it otherwise.
This is some of the impressive OSINT I have ever seen.
Seriously incredible work.
Shoutout to colsto
youtube.com/watch?v=eY-W9gmw…
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Sad to hear of Sam Neill's passing, but it is heartwarming to hear the many tributes to him and the way he behaved with so many. For me, perhaps it's time to finally re-watch that great spy series 'Reilly: Ace of Spies.' Haven't seen it for nearly 4 decades so probably due! amazon.co.uk/Reilly-Ace-Spie…
![Reilly Ace of Spies (Repackage) [DVD]](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2120317864704098305/UXx_JVEO?format=jpg&name=800x419)
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