Ben Tremblay

* CMC since 1972 (Computer Mediated Communication); licensed ham since '73
* CogPsych, #SocialCognition and doxastic (VTA) processes for citizen opinions

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

Thinking about the dog's breakfast / FAA SNAFU, what came to mind:

When some system was mine to babysit / maintain / trouble-shoot? I for sure had one rule in mind:
DON'T IGNORE "Little Things"

[CivTech Dev @CivtechDev]

psssssssssssssst ... long/short, fast and dirty on "karma"?

#AmbitiousGreed poisons your world ... and that extends into the future.

Store fridges hacked, river tour boat sunk, FAA grounds all flights ...

Chickens ... they really do come home to roost.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Tucker Carlson's favorite new obscure podcaster, Elizabeth Lane (née Iza Bendianishvili), turns up repeatedly in the leaked John Mark Dougan digital correspondence. ICYMI: Dougan is an former sheriff's deputy from Palm Beach who moved to Russia, became a GRU agent, and helped spread the Ukraine "biolabs" hoax across the U.S. information ecosystem at the behest of his GRU handlers. (As he gushingly reminded them, then-DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard endorsed his conspiracy theory. https://t.co/NQ3j0b6UeT)
Among other things, Lane was acting as a go-between for Dougan with Carlson: https://t.co/7FuzEbggWz

But she wasn't just chatty with one Western defector to Russia...

Lane also kept up a messaging relationship with a former British Army soldier named Michael Lee Gareth Jones. Jones received Russian citizenship in 2026 and has now joined the Russian military. Per TASS's interview with him, as of August, he was "undergoing training at a training ground of the Center Group of Forces": https://t.co/e0oCMGOfbN

For some reason, Jones sent Dougan some of his correspondence with Elizabeth Lane. It makes for fascinating reading.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for not sanctioning Alice Huang's Singaporean data center firm and says that Nvidia employees should be held accountable if they sidestepped the law. @AnaSwanson https://t.co/7v50FY1mtY

[Eli Kowaz - איליי קואז @elikowaz]

Eisenkot dedicates part of his pre-Shabbat message to call out Netanyahu’s racist campaign against Israel’s Arab citizens.

[Dzis Maksym @DzisMaksym]

🇪🇺 Russia's threat to Europe: 71% of respondents in 11 EU member states support a common European army - GLOBSEC "Trends-2026" survey.

In general, the creation of a common EU army is supported in every member state of the union. However, the strongest support is observed on the eastern flank and in France:

🔹Romania - 82%;

🔹Lithuania - 78%;

🔹France - 75%;

🔹Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria - 70% or higher.

In Germany, 69% of respondents agreed that the EU should have its own army.

This initiative is least popular in Slovakia (66%), Hungary (63%) and the Czech Republic (61%).

At the same time, support for the creation of an EU army does not contradict the membership of many member states of the union in NATO.

Some 78% of respondents in the EU countries surveyed said that their own defence capabilities should develop in parallel with the Alliance.

In all NATO countries surveyed, including the United States, this figure was 77%. Only 49% of respondents in Europe were confident that Europe could ensure its own security without strong US support.

At the same time, support for increasing defence spending within NATO at the expense of cuts in healthcare or social welfare is much less popular.

Among European NATO members surveyed, it fell from 61% last year to 44% this year.

Among respondents in countries without compulsory military service, 64% were in favour of its return.

[Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter]

I feel like Howard Lutnick’s family corruption has skated under the radar. That is probably ending now.

Reupping this piece I wrote. It’s the Trumps (including Jared), the Lutnicks and the Witkoffs. So many overlapping arrangements where the sons profit directly from Dad’s govt decision making.

https://t.co/fHYKXiY6dQ

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar in Mora County. Up close, it's bracing: hillside after hillside of blackened trees, on land these families have worked for generations, since before New Mexico was a state.

The federal government started this fire. In 2022, Forest Service prescribed burns, set to reduce wildfire risk, escaped control and became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. About 200 homes burned in Mora County alone.

Four years later, the damage keeps coming. Burned ground can't hold water, so heavy rains send ash and mud into the valley, choking the acequias these farms depend on. Just this September, Mora was under a flash flood emergency.

Congress set aside $5.45 billion to make families whole. Nearly $2 billion still hasn't gone out.

From Mora to San Miguel and Taos counties, people have held on through fire, flood and bureaucracy. That's grit. FEMA needs to get its act together and do its job.

[DIN Intel Network @DININTELNETWORK]

AYMAN: Can you tell me where Iran killed thousands of Americans in America?

ANNA PAULINA LUNA: I said they are responsible for thousands of Americans being killed

AYMAN: Where?

LUNA: Are you serious right now?

AYMAN: It seems like you don't want to have a good faith conversation

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

I don't really care what it's called. I want people to have guaranteed healthcare in this country. This is one of the most important things we can do to both address affordability and make it easier to see a doctor.

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

@CivtechDev Scott elaborates those I call "thugs who swagger":
FFWD 9:45

https://t.co/p4vJ1Wz6NG

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

Idolatry of money and innovation? how about "Thugs who swagger"?!

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

/*tap tap*/ You payin' attention?! "Grab your leather jacket! Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just resigned, and Kara and Scott couldn’t wait to break it all down."

https://t.co/umiR5Q8MMK

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

I’ve seen this energy before.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE violently detain man in front of daughter—punch him directly in the face.

He was already partially handcuffed & defenseless.

"You're going to break his arm!" daughter cries out.

"He's trying the right way!"
"He's in the process of getting papers!"

Agents would not even let his daughter get his wallet or car keys as they drag him away.

"I’m in shock. I’m scared and I start crying—cuz I really do think that they’re going to do something to my dad."

ICE has not issued a public statement on the reason for the arrest of Jose Ruelas Viorato.

His family says that he is in the process of obtaining permanent residence—and had no permanent record.

Incident occurred on 31st Avenue North near Drew Avenue North in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez posted video of the arrest—he doesn’t have an active account on this platform so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Democrats now have the opportunity to do some big things — including Medicare for All. Let’s hope they don’t blow it.

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

@MichaelShurkin plop.fizz sir ... vending machine thinking the age of #AttentionEconomy.

Stupidity and #ContemptuousImpunity as currency?

[Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush]

NEW: How do you double down when you are running out of chips?

Trump and DOJ have amped up their threats against Democratic targets — while shedding top staff and facing an internal morale crisis.

Me and @alanfeuer

https://t.co/0W6eydxFHF

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

Israel continues to commit atrocities in Gaza. American tax dollars help pay for it.

In fact, Israel is placing orders for military equipment in the billions. The method of payment? The mere promise of future U.S. aid.

I demanded answers from the Trump Administration on just how much Israel is racking up. It’s a whopping $10 billion.

The American people do not approve of funding Netanyahu’s war crimes. I will continue to demand transparency and push to end aid to Israel.

https://t.co/3KoZTiuc0Z

[Ben Tremblay @BenTrem42]

@JoyceWhiteVance Me, 1962, grade 3:
"Don't 'just ignore' the bully!"

Marketing ... consumerism ... hope and fear ... ambitious greed.
Folk can "hold a thought" less than ever.

#NeuroPhenomenology