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UK sanctions Russian officials and lab over chemical weapons use in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/uk-sanctions-russian-officials-and.html

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 03 - Traitor
AVANDIR: Igin volunteered.
HUNDA: I should never have sent him. He was too old.
AVANDIR: But that's why he volunteered Hunda, don't you see? He wanted to be of use.
https://bl…

Russia intensifying use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/04/russia-intensifying-use-of-chemical.html

Having just finished a 1-year consulting contract myself, my own list of restrictions for future jobs/consulting is very similar:
- will not work on adtech/surveillance/weapons
- will not knowingly make world worse and/or abet genocides
- will not be forced to use vibe coding (or will explain cost implications)
- prefer to work in the open
- prefer remote only
- flexible with time zones (last role was for a company in LA, -9h)

Joey de Villa 🪗 (@AccordionGuy@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image As long as we’re in the “September Surge” (that trend where there’s a noticeable uptick in job vacancies and hiring around September and October, when companies ramp up for year-end and the upcoming year), you might as well also ask “What DON’T I want in a new job?” https://www.globalnerdy.com/2025/09/06/what-dont-you-want-in-your-next-job/

Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine 'widespread', Dutch defence minister says (Anthony Deutsch/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-use-chemical-weapons-against-ukraine-widespread-dutch-defence-minister-2025-07-04/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250704/p8#a250704p8

This comes down to the cyberlibertarian roots of most digital movements (thing Archive.org, EFF, EDRI etc.): To them "open" is a value in itself and any political values are read as "restrictions" or "regulation" or "lack of freedom".
https://indieweb.social/@jaredw…

Today (Japan Time) is the 80th Anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Now that we are no longer tied to the hip socially and economically to the USA (though NORAD still has us militarily) I would like Canada to take the strongest stance against the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons.
It needs to start with official representation, recognition and national observerance of the only time those weapons were used in war.
#endNuclearWeapons #endNukes #Hiroshima #nagasaki https://sfba.social/@SonOfSandor/114979419508173970

'“NEVER use nuclear weapons again, or we’re finished,” 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki bombing Hiroshi Nishioka said at Saturday’s event marking the 80th anniversary of the US attack.'
‘Never use nuclear weapons again, or we’re finished:’ Nagasaki survivors speak out on 80th anniversary | Morning Star

https://laist.com/news/politics/los-angeles-police-cannot-detain-or-fire-weapons-at-journalists-covering-protests-judge-rules

As Trump contemplates direct US participation in Israel’s war with Iran,
including the possible use of “bunker buster” bombs on the heavily fortified Fordo uranium enrichment site,
William Kristol has made it known that he still has that hawk in him.
“You’ve got to go to war with the president you have,” he told The New York Times on Wednesday.
“If you really think that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, we have a chance to try to finish the job.”
In a series o…

Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran
As the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position.

A judge grants a temporary restraining order against LAPD, ruling that they can't force journalists out of protest areas or use nonlethal weapons against them (Lindsey Holden/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/lapd-weapons-journalists-00448476…

Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
SERVALAN: The ancient weapons of combat. Use your choice with honour. [Deeta takes both guns and checks them over.] They've already been checked. Don't you trust us? I assure you they're exactly the same.
DEETA: No two guns are ever exactly the same.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/…

Why doesn't the West threaten Putin with open #warfare, possibly involving the use of nuclear weapons? We must be prepared to do so, and if #Putin ignores this, then forces should be mobilized and nuclear weapons deployed.
If war breaks out, Russia will never recover, while the West has good prospects …