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Largest U.S. Drone Manufacturer Says It Will Need To Ration Batteries For Customers After Sanctions By China
Bry said China sanctioned his company for selling drones to Taiwan—noting the Taiwanese National Fire Agency is its only customer in the country—but said Skydio was “proud to support critical infrastructure operators, first responders, and allied militaries.”
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The blog post sharply attacked the Chinese government, saying the sanctions show that the Chinese government “will use supply chains as a weapon to advance their interests over ours.”
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Bry also accused the Chinese government of attempting to “eliminate the leading American drone company” and increase the “world’s dependence on Chinese drone suppliers.”…
According to the Financial Times, Skydio’s list of customers includes the Ukrainian military, and the company has sent over 1,000 of its drones to Ukraine to aid with gathering intelligence in its ongoing war with Russia and record instances of war crimes by the Russian military. Skydio’s X10 drone—which is affected by the battery rationing—is reportedly hard to jam, and Ukraine has sought to acquire thousands of them.
Related:
[04-10-2024] How American Drones Failed to Turn the Tide in Ukraine
The Silicon Valley company Skydio sent hundreds of its best drones to Ukraine to help fight the Russians. Things didn’t go well.
Skydio’s drones flew off course and were lost, victims of Russia’s electronic warfare. The company has since gone back to the drawing board to build a new fleet.
Persecution of media, bans, Nazi symbols: Ukraine abolishes human rights
This was also recognized by the US State Department.
At the end of April, Ukraine submitted an application to the Council of Europe for a partial suspension of certain clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms in the country due to martial law. Ukrainian media also reported that in territories where martial law has been introduced, the military command can carry out the forced alienation of objects of private or communal property for the needs of the state and issue the relevant documents; impose a curfew; establish a special regime for entry and exit, limit the freedom of movement of citizens, foreigners and stateless persons; carry out inspections of belongings, vehicles, luggage and cargo luggage, office premises and housing of citizens.
Persecution of media, bans, Nazi symbols: Ukraine abolishes human rights
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Ukraine updates its exemptions from the European Convention on Human Rights
US front organizations behind BASF and VW leaving China
‘Xinjiang card’ an opportunistic, exaggerated political campaign against China
IPAC Members Campaign for German Chemicals Giant BASF to Withdraw from Xinjiang
Now they’re working on the Taiwan Strait:
IPAC urges studying the effects of conflict in Strait
Read More »Free Speech Groups Call on Congress To Block NewsGuard Funding
As many as 36 groups advocating free speech, the Free Speech Alliance, have turned to US Congress with a request to stop any further funding of NewsGuard.
Free Speech Groups Call on Congress To Block NewsGuard Funding
Previous NewsGuard posts (not necessarily conservative):
NewsGuard is very neutral. Its Board of Directors is
The EU, NATO, NewsGuard and the Voltaire Network (original)secret, but its Advisory Board includes one of the co-founders of Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales) as well as the former director of the CIA and the NSA (General Michael Hayden), the former Secretary General of NATO (Anders Fogh Rasmussen), the former Secretary for Homeland Security (Tom Ridge) or the former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy – i.e. Propaganda (Richard Stengel)
Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
Read More »Billionaires are teaming up for pro-Israel, anti-Hamas media drive: Report
The campaign is seeking million-dollar donations from dozens of the world’s biggest names in media, finance and tech, Semafor reported.
Billionaires are teaming up for pro-Israel, anti-Hamas media drive: Report
Biden Admin Awards Over $4 Million In Grants To Programs That Target “Misinformation” + Notes
Biden Admin Awards Over $4 Million In Grants To Programs That Target “Misinformation”
The State Department has awarded the following five grants since September 1:
An $18,000 grant to the Albanian-based non-governmental organization (NGO) the Institute for Democracy, Media, and Culture* to ensure a “whole-of-society response to cyber incidents and misinformation.” The associated program began on September 1, 2023.
A $14,500 grant to Paraguay’s American Cultural Center [Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano] that will be used to implement workshops that “seek to combat misinformation and promote responsible digital citizenship.” The associated program began on September 1, 2023.
A $15,000 grant to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Udayana University to “raise digital literacy among selected amcors communities, journalists, and social media influencers to combat misinformation, pre-2024 general election.” The associated program is due to start on October 1, 2023.
A $50,000 grant to New York University to complete the implementation of a speaker series that supports “countering misinformation.” The associated program is due to start on October 1, 2023.
A $50,000 grant to the non-profit Digital Rights Nepal*** “to create a sustainable network of youth to promote digital rights, safer internet use and a collective resilience towards misinformation and disinformation.” The associated program is due to start on October 2, 2023.
***Digital rights are the new Internet Freedom (think Arab Spring).
Skeptical Notes:
Read More »The FBI’s Material Support for Israeli Apartheid Against Palestinians
By Chip Gibbons / The Dissenter
Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip has entered its sixth day. The Israeli military has launched a massive bombardment with airstrikes killing over 1,000 Palestinians.
The FBI’s Material Support for Israeli Apartheid Against Palestinians
Ex-Zelensky sponsor charged with money laundering
Billionaire Igor Kolomoysky is suspected of laundering and siphoning off more than $10 million from Ukraine
Ex-Zelensky sponsor charged with money laundering
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Ukrainian oligarch who backed Zelenskyy named as a suspect in fraud probe
In this latest case, Kolomoisky is accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars. However, that is just a small share of the billions of dollars of misappropriated funds that government officials have accused him and his partners of siphoning from PrivatBank, which he co-owned.
How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch + More
How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch + More
[2021] How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch (archived)
Related:
[2022] How One Ukrainian Billionaire Funded Hunter Biden, President Volodymyr Zelensky, And The Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion (archived)
A 2012 study of Burisma Holdings done in Ukraine by the AntiCorruption Action Centre (ANTAC), an investigative nonprofit co-funded by American billionaire George Soros and the U.S. State Department, found that the true owner of Burisma Holdings was none other than Ukrainian billionaire-oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky.
US Embassy pressed Ukraine to drop probe of George Soros group during 2016 election
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