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@jsrailtonOct 30

ALERT: did you just get a threat notification from Apple? Seek expert help. Apple just sent new notifications about mercenary spyware. Here are steps to take right now. 1/

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Caitlin Howarth · Oct 30, 2026 · 5:32 PM UTC

Caitlin Howarth@CaitlinHowarthOct 30

If you’re blowing past redlines - like pentesting pre-release - on a product whose core offering centers on security, you have lost the plot re your client base. Putting Proton into review and looking at alternatives for users who require protection for high risk environments

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@josephfcoxOct 29

New: you think you know Proton, but you really don't. I spoke to 8 current employees, got Slack chats, meeting audio, and an AI manifesto written by its CTO. “That’s bullshit and loser thinking,” Yen wrote. “Stop thinking always of how to be slower, and focus more on how to be faster.” CEO Andy Yen critiques AI in public. But inside, he is pushing everyone to use AI, even those with security concerns 404media.co/manifestos-fear-…

Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning

Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.

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Caitlin Howarth · Oct 28, 2026 · 10:24 PM UTC

Caitlin Howarth@CaitlinHowarthOct 28

A city population estimated btwn the size of Amsterdam and Paris has been reduced to 5 square km with barely any visible footprint. That’s what a genocide looks like, 1 year later. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH@HRL_YaleSPHOct 28

🚨New Report 🚨 One year after RSF captured El-Fasher and massacred civilians, @HRL_YaleSPH finds the city of El-Fasher is a ghost town. Abnormal vegetation overgrowth in El-Fasher corroborates a lack of civilian, animal, and vehicle presence after RSF's mass killings. Central Market in Daraja Oula is the only major market with visible activity out of 9 markets assessed. #KeepEyesOnSudan 🛰️@Vantortech ysph.yale.edu/hrl/publicatio…

Increase in Vegetation Across El-Fasher Months Following RSF’s Capture of the City in October 2025 Copyright: Esri, Nasa, USGS, Esri, ©OpenStreetMap contributors, TomTom, Garmin, METI/NASA, USGS. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL.

ALT Increase in Vegetation Across El-Fasher Months Following RSF’s Capture of the City in October 2025 Copyright: Esri, Nasa, USGS, Esri, ©OpenStreetMap contributors, TomTom, Garmin, METI/NASA, USGS. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL.

Central Market, El-Fasher Coordinates: 13.630017,25.337021 Changes in market activity observed between 15 March 2025-29 September 2026 Copyright: 15 March, 13 November 2025 and 29 September 2026 ©2026 Vantor. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL. Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 15 March 2025 and 29 September 2026 shows changes in activity at the central market in El-Fasher. Imagery collected between 15 March and 13 November 2025 shows newly visible damage to two structures at the market. Further analysis of imagery collected on 29 September 2026 shows significant market expansion with the presence of new tents/temporary structures and vehicle activity.

ALT Central Market, El-Fasher Coordinates: 13.630017,25.337021 Changes in market activity observed between 15 March 2025-29 September 2026 Copyright: 15 March, 13 November 2025 and 29 September 2026 ©2026 Vantor. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL. Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 15 March 2025 and 29 September 2026 shows changes in activity at the central market in El-Fasher. Imagery collected between 15 March and 13 November 2025 shows newly visible damage to two structures at the market. Further analysis of imagery collected on 29 September 2026 shows significant market expansion with the presence of new tents/temporary structures and vehicle activity.

Mewashei (Livestock) Market, El-Fasher Coordinates: 13.607085,25.338657 Decrease in market activity observed between 18 November 2024-25 September 2026 Copyright: 18 November 2024 and 25 September 2026 ©2026 Vantor. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL. Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 18 November 2024 and 27 November 2025 over the Mewashei Market in El-Fasher shows a decrease in market activity following RSF’s takeover of El-Fasher on 26 October 2025. Further analysis of satellite imagery collected on 25 September 2026 continues to show no presence of activity around the market.

ALT Mewashei (Livestock) Market, El-Fasher Coordinates: 13.607085,25.338657 Decrease in market activity observed between 18 November 2024-25 September 2026 Copyright: 18 November 2024 and 25 September 2026 ©2026 Vantor. Analysis conducted by Yale HRL. Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 18 November 2024 and 27 November 2025 over the Mewashei Market in El-Fasher shows a decrease in market activity following RSF’s takeover of El-Fasher on 26 October 2025. Further analysis of satellite imagery collected on 25 September 2026 continues to show no presence of activity around the market.

Nathaniel Raymond · Oct 28, 2026 · 5:13 PM UTC

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Nathaniel Raymond@nattyray11Oct 28

NEW @HRL_YaleSPH report finds vegetation growing wild throughout most of El Fasher one year after the massacre. Few signs of civilian presence have been detected.

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Lauren Blanchard · Oct 23, 2026 · 9:38 AM UTC

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This could have been stopped - by RSF leaders, by the RSF's main foreign enabler (the UAE), or by the USG or others with the capacity to intervene. Diplomatic efforts were woefully insufficient.

Katharine Houreld@khoureldOct 22

In four days, it will be a year since the siege of Sudan's El Fashir ended in a bloodbath. This is the story of a group of young doctors, nurses and volunteers who stayed at the last functioning hospital until the very end. With @hafiz54472061 economist.com/interactive/18…

A genocidal militia was coming for his city. He was one of the last doctors left

The untold story of the last hospital in el-Fasher

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Nicholas Kristof · Oct 24, 2026 · 7:28 PM UTC

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@NickKristofOct 24

The US and Russia seem to be pushing for the next UN Secretary General to be a UAE official, @Lana_Nusseibeh, who has helped underwrite mass murder and mass rape in Sudan and then lied about it, as she is doing here.

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb

@Amgad_FareidOct 24

في يوليو 2024، رفضت لانا نسيبة، علناً وبصورة قاطعة، ما توصل إليه فريق الخبراء التابع للأمم المتحدة من أدلة موثوقة تثبت دعم الإمارات للجرائم والإبادة الجماعية التي ارتكبتها مليشيا الدعم السريع في السودان. وحين واجهتها شبكة سي إن إن، قالت: «لا، تلك الاتهامات غير صحيحة بشكل قاطع». ولما سُئلت مباشرة إن كانت تشكك في نتائج لجنة خبراء الأمم المتحدة، أجابت: «نعم، بالتأكيد». واليوم، تسعى السيدة نسيبة إلى تولي قيادة المؤسسة ذاتها التي رفضت نتائجها رفضاً قاطعاً دفاعاً عن حكومتها. فكيف يُمكن أن تُؤتمن على هذه المسؤولية؟ ليس السؤال الجوهري ما إذا كان من حقها أن تدافع عن نظامها، بل ما إذا كان من وضع هذا الدفاع فوق النتائج الموثوقة لخبراء الأمم المتحدة يمكن أن يُؤتمن حقاً على صون استقلال المنظمة ونزاهتها ومرجعيتها. وكيف للعالم أن يثق بقدرتها على إدارة موقع الامين العام بحيادية عندما تتعارض ادلة وتقارير الأمم المتحدة مع مصالح حكومتها التي رشحتها؟ إن منصب الامانة العامة الأمم المتحدة ليس موقعاً لحماية نظام إجرامي من التدقيق والمساءلة، ومقعد الأمين العام لا ينبغي أن يكون للبيع.

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UN News · Oct 24, 2026 · 5:00 AM UTC

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Drone strikes in Sudan killed at least 306 people in just the first three weeks of October. Homes, markets, hospitals and displacement sites have all been hit. UN rights chief @volker_turk urges both parties to commit to a ceasefire. news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…

Sudan: Drone strikes killed at least 306 people in three weeks

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday strongly condemned an escalation in drone strikes across Sudan this month, which killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in the first three...

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Nicholas Kristof · Oct 24, 2026 · 3:34 AM UTC

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@NickKristofOct 24

I understand why @Lana_Nusseibeh is seeking to be UN secretary-general. Ambition. I don't understand why the US or other countries would support her given her role in underwriting mass murder and mass rape in Sudan, in a campaign Trump and Biden both defined as genocide.

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Kholood Khair · Oct 24, 2026 · 5:51 AM UTC

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This is the single biggest story in #Sudan right now and it's not getting anywhere near enough attention Sudan faces the Four Horsemen: War, Famine, Death and Conquest - in an apocalyptic spiral while authorities deny the issues & global response budgets shrink. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Nafisa Eltahir@nafisaeltahirOct 23

🚨Just as some #Sudan farmers try to plant after fighting moves on, El Nino is pummeling them with the worst drought in decades. WFP projects more than 1mln people will enter severe hunger as a result, and is unlikely to be able to help them. Our story: reuters.com/world/new-famine…

New famine risk haunts war-torn Sudan with El Niño-driven drought

After more than three years of war, a lull in fighting raised hopes that a good harvest would ease hunger in Sudan. Instead, El Niño has delivered a damaging drought and, in some areas, led to the...

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Nafisa Eltahir · Oct 20, 2026 · 7:36 PM UTC

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Incredibly bloody week of drone attacks in Sudan, most recently in Abyei yesterday, but also West Kordofan, Nyala, and Khartoum. More than 250 people killed since Friday. Civilian gatherings, in particular markets, are constant targets. Our story: reuters.com/world/africa/dro…

Sudanese drone attack killed more than 150 people in Abyei market, official says

South Sudanese officials said Sudan's military had carried out drone strikes that hit a market in the disputed Abyei region, killing more than 150 people, the latest in a series of strikes in one of...

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 5:07 PM UTC

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The camp leaders also said: we can show you the graves. And we drove with them through a dusty field on the outskirts of the camp to the site where they bury the dead. Graves like these are the true measure of DOGE and the new US humanitarian model. /end

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 5:05 PM UTC

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Jeremy Konyndyk@JeremyKonyndykOct 19

They brought us to talk to camp residents who had lost friends and neighbors last year, when the US gave even *less* for Sudan than they have this year. These families gave wrenching accounts about watching people they knew dying as US-funded projects were suspended.

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 5:04 PM UTC

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Jeremy Konyndyk@JeremyKonyndykOct 19

What does this mean for the people there? I asked camp leaders in Gozalaslam camp whether the aid cuts since last year had killed people. They nodded vigorously and said “ktir, ktir” (many, many). Children starved, women with labor complications were unable to get basic care.

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 4:40 PM UTC

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Worse still, current food stocks are due to run out at year’s end due to funding gaps. Uncertain whether they will have supply beyond December. Related: US (biggest WFP donor) funding to Sudan dropped from 2024 to 26 by $368m, as WFP funding dropped from $620m to $276m.

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 4:40 PM UTC

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Meanwhile the World Food Programme has had to massively cut back its food deliveries in the world’s largest hunger crisis. They are struggling to even provide a half-ration to starving people, and are cutting out hundreds of thousands of refugees entirely.

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Jeremy Konyndyk · Oct 19, 2026 · 4:39 PM UTC

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I met Sudan’s heroic Emergency Response Rooms - brave community volunteers who have done amazing work throughout the war. They kept aid flowing in RSF-occupied areas even when int’l orgs pulled back. Until DOGE, that is. An ERR leader told me: “The USAID cuts broke our backs.”

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John Scott-Railton · Oct 15, 2026 · 11:29 AM UTC

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@jsrailtonOct 15

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: zero-click mercenary spyware hacking via targeted ads. A normal-looking ad loads. If you're a target, you're infected. No click needed. To protect yourself, block ads now. First time it's been confirmed in the wild. We call it #AdFection. Candiru spyware infections at @AJEnglish. 45+ devices infected. Same ad pipeline operated by Israeli company Discover-Tech reached NATO, European Parliament, dozens of gov networks & critical infrastructure incl US nuclear giant Westinghouse. Confiant, which worked with us, found signs ads were displayed at US @DeptofWar, IAEA & ICC. Investigation ongoing 1/ READ our report by @billmarczak @WolfieChristl, me Astrid Perry, Siena Anstis & Ron Deibert : citizenlab.ca/research/how-d… Confiant's blog: blog.confiant.com/p/adint-we…

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Oona Hathaway · Oct 13, 2026 · 1:43 PM UTC

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Oona Hathaway@oonahathawayOct 13

My statement today, in my role as President of the American Society of International Law, on the new U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Please read and share.

ASIL@asilorgOct 13

Statement of ASIL President Oona A. Hathaway Regarding the United States Sanctions on the International Criminal Court. #intlaw #internationallaw #ICC #sanctions