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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2268798/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2268798/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Denmark buys four Sky Guardian drones for Arctic surveillance <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CirculatedDefenseNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CirculatedDefenseNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Danmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Danmark</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DefenseNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denmark</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DnDnr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DnDnr</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unmanned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unmanned</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-9B Sky Guardian N483SQ working the pattern at El Mirage Field, June 2025 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ9</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/skyguardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skyguardian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MALE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MALE</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uav</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/elMirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elMirage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nikon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dontfearthereaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dontfearthereaper</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-9B Sky Guardian N483SQ working the pattern at El Mirage Field, June 2025 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ9</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/skyguardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skyguardian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MALE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MALE</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uav</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/elMirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elMirage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nikon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dontfearthereaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dontfearthereaper</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-9B Sky Guardian N483SQ working the pattern at El Mirage Field, June 2025 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ9</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/skyguardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skyguardian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MALE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MALE</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uav</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/elMirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elMirage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nikon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dontfearthereaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dontfearthereaper</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Not weaponized...yet!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Flew <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorDrones</span></a> Over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a>, Audio Shows</p><p>by Joseph Cox, Jun 10, 2025</p><p>"The Department of Homeland Security (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>) flew two high-powered Predator surveillance drones above the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiICEProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiICEProtests</span></a> in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/404Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>404Media</span></a> and cross-referenced with flight data.</p><p>"The use of Predator drones highlights the extraordinary resources government agencies are putting behind surveilling and responding to the Los Angeles protests, which started after ICE agents raided a Home Depot on Friday. President Trump has since called up 4,000 members of the National Guard, and on Monday ordered more than 700 active duty Marines to the city too. </p><p>" 'TROY703, traffic 12 o'clock, 8 miles, opposite direction, another 'TROY' Q-9 at FL230,' one part of the ATC audio says. The official name of these types of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorBDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorBDrones</span></a>, made by a company called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a>, is the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MQ9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ9</span></a> Reaper.</p><p>"On Monday <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/404Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>404Media</span></a> reported that all sorts of agencies, from local, to state, to DHS, to the military flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests. That included a DHS Black Hawk, a California Highway Patrol small aircraft, and two aircraft that took off from nearby March Air Reserve Base." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-</span><span class="invisible">drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/lqELF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/lqELF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorUAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorUAVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorClassDrone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorClassDrone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DroneWeaponization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroneWeaponization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponizedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizedDrones</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2061712/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2061712/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> U.S. Space Force narrows field in $100 million space laser terminal program <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CACI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CACI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/viasat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viasat</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger N903PC (aka Predator C) departs El Mirage Field, El Mirage, California May 2022. Security was not amused <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Predator</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ20</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Avenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Avenger</span></a> #<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ElMirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElMirage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stealth</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UCAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planespotting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aircraft</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JudgementDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudgementDay</span></a> for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MerchantsofDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerchantsofDeath</span></a></p><p>Our tribunal, seeking to hold the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarProfiteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarProfiteers</span></a> to account, represents the yearning of millions of people who mean to stop the depravity of invasion, occupation, killing and repression so that we can properly get about the work of human survival and the restoration of our planet. </p><p>Nick Mottern<br>Jan 12, 2025</p><p>"On January 15, 2025, five days before the inauguration of a U.S. president who threatens to rain down hell on the Palestinian people, and more war to the world, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will release its final report on how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LockheedMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LockheedMartin</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTX</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raytheon</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a>-maker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a> have delivered hell to millions across the globe since 9/11.</p><p>"The Tribunal’s 35 evidentiary episodes explain how these four defendant corporations have been essential enablers of the U.S. colonial campaign of murder, extortion and thievery since 9/11, epitomized in the horrific crescendo of violence that is already being rained down on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> people. This grossly illegal war campaign—without equal in U.S. history in its geographic scope and length—is largely dependent on the products of the tribunal’s four defendant corporations.</p><p>"The tribunal episodes explain how the U.S. campaign since 9/11 flows directly from the post-World War II decisions by U.S. Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. businessmen and their congressional allies to try to pick up the reins of colonial control around the world that were being dropped by war-ruined European nations.</p><p>"The U.S. leaders were, of course, acting from their racist cultural and business roots, extending back deep into slavery and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> against the first inhabitants of the continent, atrocities on which the U.S. was founded. They set us on the bloody path on which we find ourselves today.</p><p>"For these industrialists and their political enablers, siding with liberation movements anywhere in the world meant less <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> for U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>. Thus, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColonialLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialLiberation</span></a> must be officially described as a 'communist' threat to be dealt with through direct and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProxyKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProxyKilling</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a>, and terror.</p><p>"We hope that we are effective representatives of those calling for justice and repair from the hideous war work of the Merchants of Death and the United States government since 9/11.</p><p>"A permanent military industry was needed to enable this mafia-style scheme of international exploitation. Tribunal video episodes describe ways in which the U.S. public has been manipulated to support this military industrial system, to their great economic, spiritual and intellectual disadvantage as the U.S. economy and the wealth of its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a>, like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, has become more and more dependent on war and intimidation.</p><p>"After World War I, even the Senate and Congress condemned gross war profiteering. Challenges to weapon manufacturers profiteering continued during World War II, though greatly diminished by war propaganda. Congressional support for weapons makers surged in the post-World War II years, so much so that 'defense' stocks have become sacred elements of college and university endowment funds, pension funds and private portfolios.</p><p>"The immensity of this dependency on war stocks breached the surface of public awareness in the spring of 2024 as students in support of Palestinian life and liberation demanded that their schools disclose and divest their stock in weapons makers.</p><p>"Students at Smith College occupied the school’s administration building for 14 days, calling on an institution that had divested from apartheid South Africa-connected stock to drop its holdings in L3 Harris and other war stock. The school’s board of trustees refused, calling the school’s holdings ”negligible”. Then in the fall, Smith administrators, and their colleagues nationwide moved, deplorably, to suppress students’ free speech.</p><p>"Wealth-driven weapons makers who must be protected by the so-called educators, and are revered in the business world, are the successors to those weapons makers in early 20th Century war-grieving America, who were often depicted as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overconsumptive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overconsumptive</span></a>, sleezy, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoneyGrubbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyGrubbing</span></a> vultures, feeding on the corpses and misery of the war dead and afflicted.</p><p>"Now, we have reached a point in which James Taiclet, the president, chair and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the largest weapons maker in the world, whose F-35s, F-16s and Hellfire missiles have been slaughtering Palestinians wholesale, can be a valued member of the board of directors of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassGeneralBrigham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassGeneralBrigham</span></a>, the largest hospital system in Massachusetts, serving 2.6 million patients a year.</p><p>"Intervening in this surging, greed-driven, incredibly lethal mess, the Tribunal rapporteurs and an international panel of 10 jurors, offer 13 recommendations for action by the public and by government officials to pull the profit out from under war and to provide reparations for the vast harm visited on millions of people by the Merchants of Death and the U.S. government since 9/11.</p><p>"More specifically, we tribunal coordinators want to work with prosecutors around the world to bring the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEOs</span></a> of the defendant corporations to justice for having enabled, since the October 2001 invasion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a>, crimes against humanity and genocide.</p><p>"We want to work with student and other movements to end private and public investment in weapons production.</p><p>"We must note that in our investigation, we repeatedly called on the defendant corporations to respond, in one instance getting arrested in the process. The four defendant corporations ignored us. We repeatedly asked members of Congress to answer our questions about their involvement with weapons makers. They ignored us.</p><p>"The work of the Tribunal was made possible by the volunteer and the extremely low paid work of more than 40 people—students, filmmakers, artists, journalists, and others who joined us at various times over nearly three years to complete our video evidentiary episodes and report.</p><p>"Those involved represent millions of people who mean to stop the depravity of invasion, occupation, killing and repression, everywhere, so that we can properly get about the work of human survival and the restoration of our planet.</p><p>"In this, we hope that the Tribunal recommendations will be among the guide stars that will help us chart our course, shining above the hurricane of greed and viciousness now ravaging the U.S and the world.</p><p>"We hope that we are effective representatives of those calling for justice and repair from the hideous war work of the Merchants of Death and the United States government since 9/11, of those calling to the world from their graves, from their hospital beds, from their poverty and dislocation and their relentless battles against racism in their places of refuge.</p><p>"Note: You may register [at the link below] for the January 15, 2025, (9 a.m. Eastern time), tribunal report release press conference. The 35 evidentiary video episodes appear on the Rumble platform and can be easily accessed at MerchantsofDeath.org, as can our Tribunal Study Guide and our podcast – Merchants of Death Radio.</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/merchants-of-death-tribunal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/merch</span><span class="invisible">ants-of-death-tribunal</span></a></p><p>To register:<br><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/press-conference-tribunal?clear_id=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/events/press</span><span class="invisible">-conference-tribunal?clear_id=true</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndlessWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndlessWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger (Predator C) N903PC departing El Mirage Airfield, May 2022 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predator</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ20</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Avenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Avenger</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stealth</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UCAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/elmirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elmirage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planespotting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aircraft</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nikon</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A.I. Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat - An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rap... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/us/politics/ai-air-force.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/08/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/ai-air-force.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/defenseadvancedresearchprojectsagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defenseadvancedresearchprojectsagency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/airforceresearchlaboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airforceresearchlaboratory</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>(pilotlessplanes) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatesairforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesairforce</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/andurilindustriesinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>andurilindustriesinc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/defensedepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defensedepartment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/defensecontracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defensecontracts</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/boeingcompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boeingcompany</span></a></p>
IT News<p>3D printing isn’t just for supercars, now it’s for drone wings, too - Enlarge / A 3D-printed Czinger brake node that combines the caliper and... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1960164" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1960164</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/goodwoodfestivalofspeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodwoodfestivalofspeed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/additivemanufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>additivemanufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/coolmanufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coolmanufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generalatomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalatomics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/divergent3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divergent3d</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trackrecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackrecord</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hypercar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypercar</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/czinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>czinger</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uas</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>General Atomics MQ-20 aka Predator C N903PC from about 3 miles away, off the runway at El Mirage Airport, El Mirage, California. The airport is owned by General Atomics and has a twitchy security force. I was only able to get a few shots off before they headed in my direction. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/milair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milair</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stealth</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Predator</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MQ20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ20</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UCAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCAV</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationphotography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planespotting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/haveglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haveglass</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvGeek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aviationdaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviationdaily</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aircraft</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nikon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Z9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z9</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AvgeeksofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvgeeksofMastodon</span></a></p>