The Tsarichina Hole was a hole was dug by Bulgaria's Ministry of Defense in search of paranormal treasures

Here's the summary from Wikipedia. What year would you guess the project started?

This hole was dug by the Ministry of Defence of Bulgaria, who excavated an area in the center of the village during a project active from ____ to ____. A group of psychics convinced some influential military members to start an excavation. As the secret "Operation Lightbeam" commenced, the psychics changed their opinion on what to find in Tsarichina several times. They were looking "for a creature – a "yellow-haired monkey", a "Biblical personage", a "hermaphrodite extraterrestrial that would disprove Darwin's theory of evolution and would reveal humanity's extraterrestrial origins", or the hidden treasure of Tsar Samuil. After digging a 160-metre (520 ft) long tunnel at a depth of 70 metres (230 ft) without finding anything for two years, the project was abandoned

The “cyberattack” on Poland's railway "doesn't seem to have involved any cyber at all"

Wired:

On Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26, more than 20 of Poland's trains carrying both freight and passengers were brought to a halt across the country through what Polish media and the BBC have described as a “cyberattack.” Polish intelligence services are investigating the sabotage incidents, which appear to have been carried out in support of Russia. The saboteurs reportedly interspersed the commands they used to stop the trains with the Russian national anthem and parts of a speech by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone with as little as $30 of off-the-shelf radio equipment can broadcast the command to a Polish train—sending a series of three acoustic tones at a 150.100 megahertz frequency—and trigger their emergency stop function.

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the ability to send the command has been described in Polish radio and train forums and on YouTube for years

Funny (revealing) story about a running a popular Russian-language account about comic books

Thread starts here:

it was a lovely experience, their editor was great and a pleasure to work with, the article did well, and all was good. Except we couldn’t figure out a way to get me paid for the work I did.

"A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map is being used to sneak information about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine to Russian gamers"

RPS:

The secret room contains info and images from the war captured by Helsingin Sanomat's reporters and photographers. There’s even a map attached to the wall, detailing the number of bombings that the Russian military has aimed at civilians.

Wewnątrz są informacje o:
- cywilnych celach ataków na Ukrainie
- masakrze w Buczy
- Juriju Głodanie, który wyszedł do sklepu, a w tym rosyjska rakieta zabiła jego rodzinę pic.twitter.com/534VRge5SB

— Łukasz Pożyczek (@LukaszPozyczek) May 3, 2023

*Previously: Amazon has been working closely with the Ukrainian government to download essential data and ferry it out of the country in suitcase-sized solid-state computer storage units called Snowball Edge 

Suspicious divers were rescued near Polish energy sites in the middle of the night, offered a dubious explanation, and vanished

Here's just some of the suspicious details from CBS:

Police officials determined that the men were not authorized to operate the boat and had not obtained permission to dive. According to Polish media reports, only one of the men had a Spanish passport, while the others offered only verbal identification.

Another wrinkle was their explanation: The men claimed to have been searching for amber. While the Baltic Sea is famous for its vast deposits of amber, searching for it in the dark is unlikely to be a successful strategy.

Seasoned amber hunters interviewed by Polish media said one more thing didn't add up: The men had an underwater scooter, used to drag divers swiftly through the water — something that wouldn't help in a hunt for small objects on the seafloor, especially as such a device's propeller lifts debris from the bottom, decreasing visibility.

Officers apparently saw nothing suspicious at first in the fact that the men were diving near critical infrastructure at night with no permit and atypical amber-hunting equipment, and the local police did not pursue the matter, releasing the men without further questioning.

They have all reportedly left Poland.

Guesses include smugglers and failed false flag operation.

Billboards encouraging urging citizens to root out Ukrainian spies by asking people to pronounce Russian placenames

2/ The 7x7 Horizontal Russia Telegram channel reports that billboards have appeared in Irkutsk with the slogan "Test for a spy: test a friend with one word" and a QR code. pic.twitter.com/uLEXGEnn0g

— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) December 19, 2022

"Amazon has been working closely with the Ukrainian government to download essential data and ferry it out of the country in suitcase-sized solid-state computer storage units called Snowball Edge"

Russ Mitchell for the LAT:

On Feb. 24, the day of the invasion, [the head of government transformation at Amazon Web Services] met for lunch with [the] Ukraine ambassador ... at the Ukraine Embassy in London.

They sketched out with pen and paper a list of the most essential data: the population register; land and property ownership records; tax payment records; bank records; education registries; anti-corruption databases, and more. The project involved 27 Ukrainian ministries, 18 Ukrainian universities, the country’s largest remote learning K–12 school serving hundreds of thousands of displaced children, and dozens of other private sector companies including Ukraine’s largest private financial institution, PrivatBank.

The Snowball units, in their ruggedized gray containers, were flown from Dublin to Krakow in Poland. Then the Ukrainians “spirited these devices over the border into the Ukraine”

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The data, 10 million gigabytes so far, represent “critical information infrastructure. This is core for operation of the economy, of the tax system, of banks, and the government overall,” he said. The data also include property records whose safekeeping can help prevent theft of Ukrainian homes, businesses, and land.

Through history, invaders have “come in and staged fake referendum and parceled out the land to their chums,” said [the AWS representative]

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Amazon didn’t have to worry about its relationship with Russia on the Snowball project. It doesn’t have one.

Vintage crime imprint logos; Ukranian military patches; Walmart makes use of Olly Moss's art; Windsor-Smith "has contacted Marvel to try to get them to adjust the color"

Same here. Thinking of starting up a business just making branded clothing using vintage crime imprint logos pic.twitter.com/60UtSrmZcl

— Steven Sheil (@SSheil) May 7, 2022

Plush javelins; Russia has deployed its war dolphins; That group genuinely uses "signature unclear"

Mriyas and Javelins: new Ukrainian toys. I bought a Mriya for my kid, because every child needs to have a Dream pic.twitter.com/h4hkfMVaEp

— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) April 17, 2022

Russia has deployed trained military dolphins at its naval base in the Black Sea – possibly to protect its fleet from an underwater attack – according to new analysis of satellite images:

Ukraine had also trained dolphins at an aquarium near Sevastopol, in a program born out of a Soviet-era scheme that fell into neglect in the 1990s.

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The Sevastopol program was resurrected in 2012 by the Ukrainian navy, but the mammals fell into Russian hands after the 2014 invasion of Crimea. Ukraine unsuccessfully demanded the return of the animals, and RIA Novosti reported that Moscow planned to expand the scheme.     

"To avoid capture, this $325 million superyacht of one of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs sailed at full speed for 18 days to cross the Pacific ocean. Now the 347 feet vessel is held in Fiji for docking without customs clearance and the US government is planning to seize it."


"They Flooded Their Own Village, and Kept the Russians at Bay:

Demydiv was flooded when troops opened a nearby dam and sent water surging into the countryside. Elsewhere in Ukraine, the military has, without hesitation, blown up bridges, bombed roads and disabled rail lines and airports. 

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So far, more than 300 bridges have been destroyed across Ukraine

Gerhard Schröder is facing growing criticism in Germany for his ongoing support of Russia, as some politicians call for sanctions against him:

Schröder questioned the Russian president's potential involvement in or prior knowledge of the massacre in Ukraine's Bucha, refused to resign from the energy firms unless Russia fully stopped gas exports, and spoke fondly of Putin.

"I don't do mea culpa," Schröder told the outlet. "It's not my thing."

If you just Google part of the "note", you'll see that this is a standard way the "group" signs their posts on Telegram and VK. Obviously the bust isn't credible and the FSB probably faked it, but: the FSB did not write the "signature unclear" line on the note as a mistake. https://t.co/8lYFkKzjBt pic.twitter.com/Stz2TLreIi

— Aric Toler (@AricToler) April 25, 2022

The image of the destroyed skull-shaped turret is real?

pic.twitter.com/YlwPbmW6wY

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 15, 2022

(Full image) pic.twitter.com/6vusoOyO30

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 15, 2022

Overhead comparison of T-72B3, T-80BVM, and T-90M tanks. 47/https://t.co/1vFC0DowX8 pic.twitter.com/r7vXlbSclc

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 25, 2020

Ukraine may have destroyed Russia's Black Sea flagship; The soldier known as Shrek; Antiwar concert in Moscow

If you don't know what the Moskva cruiser is, read the wiki page https://t.co/94ZRdyiRZg. Not only was it the Black Sea's military flagship, it was a an icon of pride. Can't begin to imagine how the Kremlin will spin this to Russians.

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) April 13, 2022

Russian Defense Ministry- As a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser, ammunition detonated, the crew was completely evacuated https://t.co/rS7JNawaAB

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 13, 2022

Even more incredibly, Kyiv had just one Neptune battery we know of. And SAVED IT and its handful of missiles until it got a shot at the biggest Russian ship in the region. Patience. Discipline. https://t.co/waERGZoxqx

— David Axe (@daxe) April 13, 2022

Maybe more accurate than the last time a ship was reported destroyed.

"Z" in the deli section; When the gasoline is only 49.99% Russian; Cary Fukunaga is traveling with Jose Andres

Spotted in a Russian supermarket's deli section pic.twitter.com/wE22X55LKm

— Francis Scarr (@francska1) April 7, 2022

"Z" photo opportunity in Russia; The real symbol of Russia's army; Remarkable warning sign on the Norwegian border

Rostov-on-Don got a new selfie spot https://t.co/2amZPqBI6C

— Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) April 4, 2022

Concrete church; Green house; Tiny blockade

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Is the USA's obsession with Batman a clue America created Covid? and other stories from Ukraine

Global Times, June 2020: 'The West accuses China of causing the coronavirus through bats. And yet, it is the West that celebrates the 'Batman.'

— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) April 24, 2020

Oh my god my Batman tweet came true. https://t.co/WeMsjfvXTt

— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) March 11, 2022

More on China and Russia vigorously pushing the nonsense narrative that Russia is protecting the world from bioweapons being designed in Ukraine.

A 2013 clip talking about Abramovich's "deeply corrosive" influence on soccer, and other stories about Ukraine

This piece on #Abramovich at Chelsea by @matthewsyed from 2013 is an incredible watch & searingly insightful as to why he ever bought the club. pic.twitter.com/U9XFCsN51e

— Project Football (@ProjectFootball) March 4, 2022

Stick around for the pushback from the host.

The JFK cult incorporates Russia's "Z" and other stories about Ukraine

NEW @BW COVER! Putin’s Endgame: He was denied an easy victory. He may settle instead for reducing #Ukraine to rubble, by @MarcChampion1 https://t.co/OoK8jqQZry pic.twitter.com/gQJLiuvyer

— Joel Weber (@joelwebershow) March 9, 2022

Russia's armored train and other stories from Ukraine

More images of the Russian armored train pic.twitter.com/wdKWptmGjT

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 8, 2022

Discussed at The Drive.

Stories from Ukraine

Mr Putin I ask again that you show some aloha spirit and not blow up a nuclear power plant

— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) March 4, 2022

Ukrainian propaganda poster; The legend of the tractor grows; It does seem suspicious he'd sit at a table packed with people

Sprzedaż plakatu "Russian bear" zakończy się dziś, 4 marca, o północy.
Od teraz zapraszam po plakat tu: https://t.co/d33R3HE0IN przez @siepomaga pic.twitter.com/25ipClju3r

— Paweł Jońca (@PawelJonca) March 4, 2022

Webstore. (Etsy shop.)