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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Massive drone attack reportedly targets Russian military sites in occupied Crimea — [vlog] One night with 3rd Assault Brigade medics in a new age of war — Belgium’s Euroclear to redistribute $3.4 billion from frozen Russian assets — Azerbaijani lawmaker blames Russia for February cyberattack … and more

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Revolut°Permanente🚩 Confiscation des téléphones des consommateurs de drogue : Darmanin poursuit son offensive autoritaire: Le ministre de la Justice a annoncé ce jeudi vouloir généraliser et systématiser la confiscation des téléphones portables des consommateurs de drogue. Une mesure liberticide qui s'inscrit à la suite de la loi Narcotrafic, et qui concrétise l'offensive autoritaire dans la période.Politique /… revolutionpermanente.fr/Confis 🚩RP #Darmanin #Confiscation #Libertés #Drogues #Répression

' To state this plainly: DOGE forced out the directors and staff of a nonexecutive agency, installed one of its own GSA staffers as president, and that person is now attempting to hand the institute’s $500 million headquarters over to the agency he came from, at zero cost. '

#Trump #Musk #DOGE #USInstituteForPeace #confiscation #theft

wired.com/story/doge-takes-con

WIRED · DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings ShowBy Brian Barrett

Орки, залишилось трохи, і як в гівно-китаї, у вас почнуть "ізьімать" внутрішні органи. Хоча ні, не почнуть, бо ви свої органи вже пропили. Їх хіба що на переробку — домашнім тваринкам на корм, але й їм не можна — потруяться #appartments #confiscation #russia #swamp

“EI [Electronic Intifafa] hires UK lawyers after police raid targeting Asa

by Ali Abunimah - From the Editors

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour

“The has therefore retained the UK law firm to defend its interests in the journalistic material on the seized devices, w/ the aim of preventing British authorities from accessing such materials.”

electronicintifada.net/blogs/a

The Electronic Intifada · EI hires UK lawyers after police raid targeting Asa WinstanleyNational Union of Journalists condemns misuse of "counterterror" legislation

Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, May 24 2024

Ukraine downs another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in second reported shoot-down in one day -- Russia 'completely bogged down' in Vovchansk street fighting, deploys reserves -- Russia’s latest offensive into Kharkiv Oblast is stretching Ukrainian defenses -- Baltic countries to push for 2.5% of GDP defense spending during NATO summit -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Friday, May 24 2024Ukraine downs another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in second reported shoot-down in one day -- Russia 'completely bogged down' in Vovchansk street fighting, deploys reserves -- Russia’s latest offensive into Kharkiv Oblast is stretching Ukrainian defenses -- Baltic countries to push for 2.5% of GDP defense spending during NATO summit -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, April 25

Explaining Washington’s REPO Act that could kick-start the confiscation of frozen Russian assets -- Russia planning to disrupt global peace summit in Switzerland -- SBU drone attack destroys 26,000 cubic meters of Russian fuel in Smolensk Oblast -- Russia to supply China with cheaper gas compared to European market at least through 2027 -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Thursday, April 25Explaining Washington’s REPO Act that could kick-start the confiscation of frozen Russian assets -- Russia planning to disrupt global peace summit in Switzerland -- SBU drone attack destroys 26,000 cubic meters of Russian fuel in Smolensk Oblast -- Russia to supply China with cheaper gas compared to European market at least through 2027 -- and more

Lithuanian customs detained the first car with Russian plates and may confiscate and transfer it to Ukraine. The car, an Audi Q7, was driven by a Moldovan citizen who claimed ignorance of the EU restrictions. The car's owner, a Russian citizen, was not present. The man was informed of the fines and confiscation awaiting him. The 41,690 euro car is likely to be confiscated and transferred to Ukraine. #Lithuania #confiscation

Starting today, Latvia will start confiscating vehicles with Russian license plates. Starting from February 15, vehicles registered in Russia will only be allowed to transit through the country. They can do so only once. All other vehicles with Russian license plates will be confiscated and transferred to the Ukrainian military. #Latvia #confiscation

The #USGovernment’s Secret Inventions

Secrecy orders allow U.S. defense agencies to control patents, including those that are privately developed.

By Arvind Dilawar
May 09, 20189:00 AM

"Invention secrecy in the U.S. dates back to at least the 1930s, but it really took off in the ’40s, when the development of nuclear weapons was shrouded in classification. It became official policy in 1952 with the #InventionSecrecyAct, which allows USPTO to keep patents deemed ‘detrimental to the national security’ on lockdown. Under the act, USPTO’s commissioner of patents became empowered to flag patent applications—even those developed by private citizens—for review by government defense agencies, which could request that certain inventions be kept secret. Patents covered by such ‘secrecy orders’ may be restricted from export, made available only to defense agencies, or even classified. Patent holders can appeal secrecy orders, but the power to rescind those orders remains in the hands of the agencies that made the requests. While there may be a chance those agencies will reconsider, the statistics aren’t promising: According to figures from the Federation of American Scientists, from 2013 through 2017, an average of 25 old secrecy orders were rescinded each year—while 117 new secrecy orders were imposed annually. With so many inventions deemed secret, so few eventually publicized, and the entire process itself obfuscated in classifications, it’s no wonder that critics have questioned whether the current invention-secrecy regime is really working properly.

“FAS has been dogging the patent-secrecy system for three decades now. Founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists by the engineers of the #ManhattanProject, the organization was originally formed to promote nuclear disarmament. As time passed, it renamed itself the Federation of American Scientists and expanded its scope to address additional issues, like chemical weapons, arms sales, and government secrecy in general. In the ’80s, when the Reagan administration and the National Security Agency sought to limit discussion of cryptography using invention secrecy, FAS entered the fray, successfully fighting off government censorship and tracking the USPTO’s secrecy activity ever since."

slate.com/technology/2018/05/t

Slate · There Are Thousands of Secret Patents That the U.S. Government Refuses to Make PublicThe government waited more than 60 years to make public a 1936 patent for a cryptograph. Why?