Then what is the point of him being AG? Oh, right...protecting Trump. Never mind.

CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF GEN. DAN CAINE, BLOCKS TRUMP USING NUCLEAR CODES

Following Trumps weekend rant on social media and his re-use of the ‘civilisation ending’ threats, it’s been revealed by White House insiders, speaking to retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson on his Judging Freedom podcast,

BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war? The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of announcements by President Trump

Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades on financial markets ahead of public announcements by President Trump, including during the Iran war.

I wrote something last week on UK nuclear dependence on the US. Experimenting with Claude to see how it handles the same subject. Asked it to produce an interactive tool to catalogue these dependencies. Not a bad effort. Others can poke around it here. splendorous-scone-b67434.netlify.app

Did you use paid Claude? With prompt or was this made with the coding environment?

China threatens EU firms over cybersecurity plans targeting Chinese companies China’s commerce ministry warns broad retaliation is on the table if firms such as Huawei and ZTE are penalised by proposed law.

New: Beijing has issued a direct threat to retaliate against EU companies, should the EU move forward with its proposed cybersecurity act, which would hit Chinese firms

CYBINT-операція проти супутникової системи "Гонец", яку називають "російським аналогом Starlink" Кіберфахівці зі складу 256-ї Кібер Штурмової Дивізії, аналітичної групи Ukrainian Militant та міжнародної розвідувальної спільноти InformNapalm провели...

👨‍💻For intelligence enthusiasts: Members of InformNapalm and the 256th Cyber Assault Division infiltrated the Russian "Gonets" Internet satellite system for two years. They have exposed several technical vulnerabilities caused by sanctions.

informnapalm.org/ua/cybint-op...

The new democratic model needs a mechanism for the electorate to trigger a change of government reps if they are compromised and the parties currently in power fail to do their jobs and as such normal procedures and norms fail.

No Cards, huh?

Radev entered politics in 2016 with Ru intelligence help. This is how Gemini summarizes the background. @ruslantrad.bsky.social

RUSSIAN STATE CONTROLLED POLLING SHOWS DEEP DISAPPROVAL ACROSS THE BOARD

VCIOM ratings show Putin’s personal popularity reduces from 77% to 71% and trust in him falling by a similar measure 67% These figures are based on what people are willing to say and the rule of thumb is to cut 33% off to get

Straße von Hormus: So gefährlich sind Seeminen Seeminen stellen im Iran-Krieg eine große Gefahr für Schiffe im Persischen Golf dar. Räumung und Entschärfung sind riskant - und bisher können Unterwasser-Drohnen nur einen Teil der Arbeit übernehmen.

💣 Wie funktionieren moderne Seeminen, was macht ihre Räumung so schwierig? Ein paar Antworten darauf haben Fachleute der Deutschen Marine und der Industrie sowie unser Kollege Johannes Peters 👇

www.dw.com/de/iran-krie...

Russian blogger’s fierce critique of Kremlin goes viral: ‘People are afraid of you’ Victoria Bonya says authorities too scared to raise issues with Vladimir Putin, whose approval ratings are declining

“War fatigue is really starting to set in,” [..] “It is beginning to click in people’s minds that everything that is happening is a consequence of the war.”

Take away: Ru imperialist thinking goes a long way, but Ru is losing the war of attrition to Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

TIK TOK TIK TOK….

The US always had a streak of conciliatory attitude to the USSR, seeking to understand where they're coming from and hoping to find middle ground. Meanwhile, when I was growing up in Bulgaria in the 80s, I learned Americans are militarists who want to kill us, while the USSR wants peace. Zero nuance

Screenshot of Eurosky fundraising page showing amount raised: €5,226 out of a €100,000 target and number of supporters (282).

We’re fundraising to build everything we need to operate without Bluesky. Our €100,000 target will accelerate our goal of building a European app backend (Appview) and a microblogging app.

Since last night over 282 of you contributed more than €5,000.

Let's do this!

fund.eurosky.tech

North Atlantic set for surge in uncrewed vessels Uncrewed systems are expected to make up a far larger share of naval forces operating in the North Atlantic over the next decade, with senior figures pointing to a clear shift in how maritime power wi...

North Atlantic set for surge in uncrewed vessels

Uncrewed systems are expected to make up a larger share of naval forces operating in the North Atlantic over the next decade, with senior figures pointing to a shift in how maritime power will be structured

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/north-atlant...

Reason #73465 why we in Europe need our independent and sovereign defense industry and made in EU equipment.

More hints that the Gripen might already be flying in Ukraine. Noteworthy that the Swedish Saab 340 AEW&C has also already been spotted and confirmed to be monitoring airspace in Ukraine.

Crimea site

St Petersburg site

White Sea Arctic site

3 Unexplained Sites of Interest in Russia & Crimea
New article -> www.hisutton.com/3-Sites-of-I...

These are part of a broader, standardized network of secret installations.

If you have additional information on these sites, or additional related sites, please share. #OSINT

The idea that we are living in an era of "Great Power politics" needs revising.
The greatest military power in the world cannot overwhelm a broken, universally hated pariah state.
The Number 1 nuclear power ruins itself against a neighbour 1/5 its size. Middle powers all over the world ....1/2

Those who love to pity Russia for the 1990s economic crisis never consider why East-Central Europe dipped less and recovered faster. First, because ECE rejected communism decisively. Second, because it democratized, unlike Ru. Neither explanation suggests we should be mourning the Soviet demise.

Schau mal nach Dänemark. Zum ersten Mal überhaupt haben die die letzten drei Monate ihren Strom komplett zu 100% aus Erneuerbaren bekommen (Wind off- und onshare sowie Solar)

EU Commission is afraid China has the capacity to sabotage electrical infrastructure in Europe through investors active in EU.

Exclusive: China moves to block entrance to disputed South China Sea shoal, images show China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid roiling ​tension with the Philippines over the disputed feature, satellit...

China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid roiling ​tension with the Philippines over the disputed feature, satellite imagery obtained by Reuters shows.

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

🇩🇪 The Bundestag Budget Committee has approved the signing of a framework agreement with Rheinmetall worth up to 2.4 billion € for the procurement of the company's FV-014. Loitering Munition.

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www.hartpunkt.de/haushaltsaus...

A stark wake-up call to German authorities!

Three #shadowfleet tankers on a detour to avoid SE waters. Not seeing any risk in even entering DE territorial waters (12nm zone, s. #Dinasty's track)

#Merz & #Pistorius must finally stand with SE to reduce this risk to the Baltic from these vessels.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Germany and Ukraine are going to accelerate the development of Ukrainian ballistic missile defence.

deaidua.org/news/2026/04...

Russia ramps up ‘destructive’ cyberattacks on Europe, says Sweden Moscow behind attack on Swedish heating plant last year, Swedish minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said.

Sweden’s defence minister said that pro-Russian hackers have changed their tactics and are becoming more aggressive in their operations. The attacks on the EU's infrastructure are increasingly shifting from denial-of-service to more destructive operations, with growing threats to the energy sector.