With Washington no longer writing new Ukraine aid cheques on the Biden-era scale, Zelensky has been desperately looking for fresh money. The IMF's $8.1 billion programme comes with banking-sector reform commitments, including preparing two state-owned banks for sale. Meet London's Rothschild & Co and its longtime Ukrainian partner FinPoint.
On October 21, tech journalist Kara Swisher, a Democrat journalist, who has spent three decades trying to figure out what Elon Musk actually does all day, sat down with *The Bulwark* and casually described the prosecution of a political opponent as an upcoming event once the right people hold the gavels.
With personal data potentially already exposed, governments see an opportunity to simplify privacy, eliminate unnecessary consent discussions and introduce ABSOLUTELY SECURE™ Digital ID 2.0.
The internet is burning. Government portals across Europe went dark on October 21. PHP2Shell. Two remote code execution holes in the language that quietly powers half the web. CVSS 9.2. Critical. Patch now or perish.
By the freezing breath of the Void, look at this! It is the perfect, grotesque illustration of the rot Irlmaier warned us about, but with the added seasoning of a desperate, petulant regime trying to punch above its weight by strangling the giants from the inside.
Iran is trying to influence US politics by threatening to cut undersea cables, strike AI centers, and broaden the battlefield to Europe. "We have new weapons and new targets", they say.
What a lovely campaign messaging.
Zelensky arrives in Brussels demanding another €70 billion and warning Europeans of a flood of 20 million Ukrainians should he lose his lost war. Signing a peace deal and stopping the killing never occurred to him. With friends like this, who needs enemies?
Ukraine's military Starlink access has been restricted, disrupting drone operations. Trump says it's time for Ukraine to get a new president, while Elon Musk declares: "And so the slaughter continues … Time for Zelensky to go"
While Washington attempts to negotiate an end to the war, Brussels has found another way forward: more accession negotiations, more commitments and more European taxpayers’ money. With peace apparently threatening to break out, someone has to keep the project moving.
After years of blaming China, Britain has finally identified a new foreign threat. American COVID has crossed the Atlantic, presumably without a visa. The British press is sounding the alarm.
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