Max Azzarello was not a QAnon believer, but QAnon is about to become a Max Azzarello believer

SEEN THESE ADS?

Producer is a declared foreign agent, paid ~$6.8m to make Kremlin propaganda on #Ukraine , etc.

He's claimed in filings that those videos wouldn't target the US audiences.

By Taylor Giorno & Anna Massoglia opensecrets.org/news/2022/08/r…

I'm reading the alleged blog of the man who lit himself on fire outside the Trump trial. It is VERY deep into classic conspiracy theories, extremely anti-crypto, and hung up on The Simpsons as brainwashing. There's no indication he's pro-Trump. But caution is always warranted.

The man who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial has been named as Max Azzarello; last year he filed suit against the Clinton Foundation, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg and others. He appeared to believe that crypto was a gigantic scam by the world's most powerful people...

Re-upping this piece I wrote in 2020 for ASPI in light of the current discussion of whether violence against women is somehow different or less political than violence against any other group based on their identity aspistrategist.org.au/the-national-s…

A deep dive into the painstaking and incredibly precise work of my brilliant Human Rights Watch colleagues Robin Taylor and Devon Lum. A must read for everyone in the #OSINT world and those examining how photos and videos can be powerful tools for international justice for Ukraine.

New from 404 Media: a spy site is scraping Discord, archiving users’ messages/activity across servers including what voice channels they join, and then selling access to that data for as little as $5. We tested it out, it works. Discord investigating 404media.co/a-spy-site-is-…

Total cesspit

eSafety has been issuing informal requests to the platforms for violent content from Bondi (the tweets mentioned have images/video of dead bodies/blood everywhere) but is not the formal removal notice issued re the church stabbing video yesterday (which fines can be sought etc)

Bot farmers have money, as do professional trolls and influence operators. If anything, they're more likely to be willing to pay than authentic users because this is literally their income stream.

nbcnews.com/tech/social-me…

(Just say) NOSINT

UPDATE ON WAKELEY:

Police continue to work on restoring order following an alleged stabbing at a church in Wakeley in Sydney’s southwest.

About 7.10pm tonight (Monday 15 April 2024) police were called to Welcome Street, Wakeley, following reports a number of people were

Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass theguardian.com/australia-news…

#BREAKING : Sydney Assyrian Christian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has been stabbed at least six times to the face and upper body. His assailant approached him as he conducted a service in Sydney’s Wakeley. Parishioners leapt to his aid. More details to come. 10 News First Sydney

🧵1/ Thread on the Islamophobic and antisemitic disinformation about the #SydneyAttack . I downloaded X posts that wrongly stated that the attacker, Joel Cauchi, was either a Muslim or Jewish terrorist

Islamophobic & anti-immigrant rhetoric & false accusations. Antisemitic speculation that led to thousands of X posts naming the wrong man. A news outlet actually using that name on air. A first look at the absolute mess following the Bondi Junction attack. theguardian.com/australia-news…