Silicon Curtain

Silicon Bites Ep423 | 2026-10-15 | ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:----------

David DeBatto is host of the ‘No Delusion Zone’ podcast @NoDelusionZone is a retired U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, a geopolitical analyst, writer, and podcaster. David is an Iraq war veteran who served as Team Leader of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team (THT) in operations within Iraq and is also a former police officer. David is considered too conservative for the progressive left and too independent minded for the radical right and seeks to challenge political dogma and the naked self-interest of politicians. ----------LINKS:@NoDelusionZone https://www.protectingtherepublic.com/podcasthttps://www.protectingtherepublic.com/https://x.com/ddebattohttps://www.kyivpost.com/authors/743----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------

Silicon Bites SW26-230 | 2026-10-14 | Russia is working its way through the horses of the apocalypse. War has been waged on Ukraine since 2014, and Putin’s modern wars started even before he was president, in 1999. Death is something Putin has exported on an industrial, historical scale, and brought substantial excess and unnecessary death to his own people. Famine will likely follow the shutting down of Ukraine’s ability to sow, harvest and export grain. Then there’s plague, which is now rocking Russia, in the Irkutsk region. So, what’s happening with that horseman of the apocalypse, which has returned to the world courtesy of Putin’s Russia?----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:World Health Organization — Disease Outbreak News: Pneumonia of undetermined etiology, Russian Federation (10 Oct 2026)Al Jazeera / Reuters — WHO says no plague case registered after Russian lab worker's death (10 Oct 2026)Al Jazeera — Russia dismisses reports of second plague case as "false information" (8 Oct 2026)Al Jazeera — Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker death (6 Oct 2026)Kyiv Post — Russia lifts quarantine; WHO says it lacks information (Oct 2026)Kyiv Post — Irkutsk contacts transported to quarantine; hospitals affected (Oct 2026)Kyiv Independent — Russia lifts quarantine in Irkutsk region (8 Oct 2026)Meduza — Siberian governor announces "all-clear" (8 Oct 2026)Meduza — Officials in Irkutsk region advised against travel to Shelekhov, then deleted the post (5 Oct 2026)Meduza — Hospitals in Irkutsk impose quarantines (5 Oct 2026)Meduza / Lyudi Baikala — A 28-year-old plague researcher died in Russia (6 Oct 2026)Meduza — Hospital in Irkutsk region quarantined; Tsydenov post edited (2 Oct 2026)----------

Silicon Bites Ep422 | 2026-10-15 | Ukraine Hits Russia's Digital Fuel. Trump Said Leave the Fuel Alone. So, Ukraine Hit the Data. Refineries are a slow burn, but Data centres are a spark that could ignite the whole Russian economy and collapse Putin’s regime. Certainly, the implications for his war economy are huge and devastating. Trump told Ukraine to leave Russia's fuel alone. Ten days ago, he said Zelensky had "better damn well stop" hitting Russian refineries. So overnight on the fourteenth of October, Ukraine went after a different kind of fuel. Not diesel. Data. Perhaps a far more combustible accelerant of chaos? ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:Sber confirmation, Vedyakhin statement, complaint surge, 100m+ customers, gov e-services: Yahoo/AFP, 14 Oct 202682 MW, 120,000 servers, 650 km, supercomputer due 2027, Yandex strike dates: Ukrainska Pravda, 14 Oct 2026122.2bn roubles, construction ongoing: Militarnyi; entrance damage, causation not established: Odessa JournalGigaChat / Samokat outages: Militarnyi. Mail.ru, VK, Ozon, Tochka, Rosselkhozbank: social-media reports only, unverified900+ drones: AFP citing Russian MoDSasovo, two of three supercomputers, Kaluga: DCD / Reuters; Ukrainian data centres hit: DCDEnergy ceasefire = refineries only, Ukraine one refinery: Axios via Ukrainska Pravda. 'Better damn well stop', diesel deal: Reuters/AFP. 'We will burn refineries', ~60% capacity: FT via Liga.netOther Sber sites (Yuzhny port, Skolkovo): DCD----------

Silicon Bites Ep422 | 2026-10-14 | Trump is leaning on the scales, in favour of Putin and Russia. It’s overt. It’s in plain sight. It’s disgusting and reprehensible. Despite having many American friends, and know many fine Americans who are fighting tooth and nail for Ukraine’s survival, I have to declare that the U.S. which is implementing Trump’s policies is now the enemy of Ukraine, or Europe and freedom. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:France 24 — Kyiv power plant hit without warning from alliesUkrainska Pravda — CHPP-4 strike, Zelenskyy statementEuronews — Ukraine received no intelligence from partnersCNN — Overnight energy strikes, 600,000 without powerReuters via AOL — SpaceX limits Starlink operationsKyiv Independent — 'This cannot be a coincidence'CNN via Yahoo — US threatens intel/weapons suspensionKyiv Post — Explainer on the threat; PURL 95% Patriot figureKyiv Independent via Yahoo — calls to top military officialsMilitarnyi — Axios report, Zelenskyy's refinery-for-grid offerWashington Examiner — Trump denies stopping intelFree Malaysia Today (AFP) — Zelensky accuses Putin of disrespecting TrumpTAG24 (AFP) — silent sirens, alternative explanationsNV — Zelenskyy: no ballistic detection without US intel (2025)----------