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Australian researcher in security, intelligence, military, policing and transnational crime. Human security in all its forms. Reposts not always personal opinion.
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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much – visualised www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

ASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Australia’s shame: 69 women recorded to have died in 2024 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

H7N8

“…whose authority to make changes is not clear…”

Trump Says He’ll Fire F.B.I. Agents Amid Fight Over Those Who Investigated Jan. 6 A court ordered the administration to keep secret a list of F.B.I. officials who had pursued Jan. 6 rioters. Then Trump said he would “surgically” fire some agents. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

The Australian connection: How an Australian uni student helped create China's revolutionary AI platform DeepSeek - www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

President Donald Trump's administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday — not even enough time to gather her personal effects — according to two people familiar with the incident.

Really comprehensive and brutal description of what’s going on at US science agencies by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Read to the end: because this doesn’t need to continue, the rest is not inevitable. We can fight back.

Hi fed friends. A few things to keep in mind: Keep an eye out for new software on your computers Assume that your gov devices are being monitored Assume calls are being recorded and chats reviewed Ok. Have a great paranoia-free evening! But seriously. Be smart. Keep calm and carry on. ☕

A gunman injured several people on Tuesday evening at a cosmetics warehouse in suburban Columbus. The shooter was no longer believed to be in the area and several people have been hospitalized.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

About 200 Marines and soldiers landed at Guantánamo Bay over the weekend to provide security and begin setting up at a new tent city for migrants, as officials comply with President Trump’s order to prepare the Navy base for as many as 30,000 deportees.

New: Musk and his minions have illegally installed a commercial server to control federal HR databases that contain sensitive personal information, including SSNs, home addresses, and medical histories, according to an OPM staffer www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-assoc...

NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Cable sabotage suspect VEHZEN dropped her anchor as she was exiting Gulf of Finland. After traveling 304 km or 21 hours with the anchor bouncing on the bottom of Baltic Sea she severed the comms cable LVRTC SE-LV. In her track was SILVER DANIA and they joined at the crime. Story from their AISs.

"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power" www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.

You were warned

"The sofa beds have been installed so the team can work around the clock, the employee said." This is a coup, happening right in front of us, staged by people who know nothing at all about the US government. Which is, it bears remembering, the only one we have. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

Urgent warning to gun owners with biometric gun safes: “CPSC urges consumers who own affected safes to: > Remove the batteries that power the biometric feature; > Disable the biometric feature by puncturing the biometric reader with a screwdriver”(!!) 🧰🪛

JUST IN: Senate Democrats blocked a bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court today after Republicans rejected changes addressing their concerns.

www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/health/... UKHSA is advising people to mask! Wear a ffp2/3 mask.

Australia and avian flu: Is any organisation or anybody keeping tabs on how many chickens have been culled? And where? Media is silent. Eggs are becoming scarce.

For the doubters. Elon musk talking in a neonazi rally of AfD. Quite an image.

Western Australia bushfires: homes reportedly lost and thousands told it is too late to leave

Albanese shut down negotiations with states over hospital funding for six months last year, using the crisis in health funding to force states and territories to agree on disability supports outside the NDIS. There has been no agreement on either score. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Teenager fighting for life, another injured, after shooting in Melbourne

Two St. Louis officers have been barred from Missouri law enforcement after allegedly abandoning a gunshot victim because they didn’t want to bother helping him.

A Manhattan aesthetician was arrested and charged with injecting patients at his medical spa with counterfeit Botox, prosecutors said, sending some to the hospital.

I really hope everyone understands what is going on with Elon and Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality. The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.

“officials halted a training workshop for junior scientists, called off workshop on adolescent learning. Panels that were scheduled to review grant proposals also received word that they wouldn’t be meeting” The NIH does critical work for people worldwide. This will have significant ripple effects

‘The end of women and children’s rights’: outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage

Trump executive orders threaten healthcare of millions of Americans

Hughes fire now over 8000 acres

The former president of the company that operates the South Korean airport where a Jeju Air jet crash-landed last month has been found dead in his home, the police said on Wednesday.

Need to read Clear and Present Danger again. And also Transformation of War.

How Trump plans to cement control of government by dismantling the 'deep state' - www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Top Ukrainian official warns Russia has 'hatred' for foreign fighters like captured Australian Oscar Jenkins (believed to have been killed) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Authorities investigate 'unprecedented surge' in foreign boats entering Australian waters www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Benin army suffers heavy losses in northern attack - www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Chad investigates foiled attempt to storm presidential compound - www.reuters.com/world/africa...

US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel - www.reuters.com/world/us-hou...