Tidbits, news, and small events that did not make it to their own thread.
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Big beef on the surface. Germany is providing shelter to freedom fighters from Vietnam.
Germany state-owned media: Germany, the country of choice for dissidents from Vietnam 😎
At the same time, exports (surely with government blessing) equipment to the Vietnamese military and police.
A woman fell from a balcony.
If Iran did toss her off that balcony, the blood’s on Switzerland’s hands.
This is what happens when you pretend to be neutral while serving as a hub for covert diplomacy, intelligence backchannels, and sanctions management. The Swiss model isn’t neutrality but duplicity with plausible deniability. A concierge state pretending to be a monastery.
I have some more:
thebell.io/v-obkhod-sanktsiy-i-swift-kak-sbe…tov-v-evropu
Azerbaijan - Russia Crisis (Again)
Started with mass arrests of Azeri nationals in Yekaterinburg, followed by a raid on the Sputnik station in Baku. Now is the exchange of arrests of high-profile businesspeople. Azerbaijani media writes about Russia's involvement in the fall of the Azerbaijani plane in late 2024. Russian media blame Turkey and MI6 for using Azerbaijan to create a 5th column in Russia.
reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-ur…-2025-07-02/
Russia seized the village of Schevchenko, the Largest Lithium Field in Ukraine.
"Military style blazer" :D
GuaraniGhost said:"Military style blazer" :D
Betting Market in Disarray Over Zelensky Suit That's Also Maybe Not a Suit
Betting market in disarray over Zelensky suit that's also maybe not a suit
I bet he dusts off his old wardrobe whenever he meets up with his cokehead buddy Macron:
Stories do change over time.
4 January 2024
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/03/jeffrey-…mes-released
7 July 2025
The German Intelligence Service has its merchandise shop :D
A Spanish court on Wednesday handed Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti a one-year prison sentence for failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues in 2014 when the Italian was Real Madrid manager, according to a statement.
reuters.com/sports/soccer/soccer-spanish-cou…-2025-07-09/
Jack Dorsey has a new venture: BitChat, a decentralized p2p messenger that uses Bluetooth instead of the Internet.
GuaraniGhost said:A Spanish court on Wednesday handed Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti a one-year prison sentence for failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues in 2014 when the Italian was Real Madrid manager, according to a statement.
Soccer - Spanish court hands Carlo Ancelotti one-year prison sentence for tax fraud
And we still hear people wanting to move to Spain 🤦
GuaraniGhost said:Jack Dorsey has a new venture: BitChat, a decentralized p2p messenger that uses Bluetooth instead of the Internet.
Jack Dorsey Unveils Bitchat: Offline, Encrypted Messaging Inspired by Bitcoin
Quite useless garbage, especially if you don’t live in a city.
JohnnyDoe said:And we still hear people wanting to move to Spain 🤦
Quite useless garbage, especially if you don’t live in a city.
What about this one.
Fernando Peña, the prosecutor sentenced to 80 years in prison who advised Ana Duato and Imanol Arias
After a long career that has put him in the crosshairs of justice on numerous occasions, Peña has finally been sentenced to 80 years in prison
To lawbreaker, you deserve that.
kyivindependent.com/european-commission-susp…rts-06-2025/
rfi.fr/en/france/20250707-seven-nobel-laurea…n-ultra-rich
Sitcom continues
middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-cia-spy-priv…medium=email
apnews.com/article/rubio-artificial-intellig…4eba9dd4f5a9
unn.ua/en/news/defence-intelligence-of-ukrai…enia-details
A deeper look at why Iran might have left the IAEA?
Featuring Palantir, MI6
thecradle.co/articles-id/31709
thegrayzone.com/2025/07/01/spying-iran-mi6-infiltrated-iaea/
Rishi Sunak makes it back home (to Goldman Sachs)
reuters.com/business/former-uk-pm-sunak-join…-2025-07-08/
SEBI’s Massive Pump-And-Dump Crackdown: Over 200 Companies Likely Under Scanner | Profit Exclusive
ndtvprofit.com/markets/sebis-massive-pump-an…nder-scanner
azernews.az/analysis/244564.html
pbs.org/newshour/show/how-russia-used-brazil…al-espionage
Arctic race and chances of winning it (US/Russia/China)
wired.com/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-…ly-modified/
rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2030827/topdrukte-bij-rot…r-30-escorts
dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/madam-disap…ers-35450639
Microsoft is utilizing engineers from China to assist in maintaining Department of Defense computer systems
propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-esc…hina-hackers
theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/08/swedish-pm…cling-routes
Happening periodically:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases
independent.co.uk/world/strava-security-trum…2637282.html
news.bitcoin.com/no-the-nsa-did-not-invent-bitcoin/
occrp.org/en/news/spanish-police-arrest-son-…dering-probe
politico.eu/article/daniil-kasatkin-russian-…-us-request/
lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/07/09/…47_3210.html
The former director of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), Sergei Grebennikov, has been charged with treason.
RAEC is a non-profit organization that brings together more than 150 of the largest players in the Russian Internet industry.
forbes.ru/tekhnologii/541757-v-raek-soobsili…-o-gosizmene
wsj.com/business/mp-materials-enters-multibi…ept-c8f9f806
cybernews.com/ai-news/lidl-ai-gigafactory/
info.gouv.fr/actualite/revue-nationale-strat…ur-en-europe
After 20 years, the FSB will once again have its own pretrial detention centers — and experts are calling it a “base for a new GULAG.”
meduza.io/cards/spustya-20-let-u-fsb-vnov-po…nee-obychnyh
euronews.com/next/2025/07/13/huaweis-paradox…etap-storage
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True power moves in silence.
