X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based

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Elon Musk's X now shows the location of many user accounts. Gonzalo Fuentes/REUTERS

  • X announced that it will display the region in which an account is based.
  • The information is visible under the new "About This Account" section.
  • X removed the feature for some accounts on Saturday. Its head of product said an upgrade was coming Monday.

Elon Musk's X played a starring role in another weekend internet kerfuffle.

It began when Nikita Bier, X's head of product, posted on Saturday that the platform had rolled out a change intended to increase transparency: an "About This Account" page that, among other things, reveals the country or region where a user's account is based. The company announced plans for the feature in October.

"This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square. We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity of the content they see on X," Bier wrote on X.

It turns out that not everyone was eager to reveal the origin of their accounts. Users in places that limit freedom of speech could face political repercussions. Some users called it forced doxxing. Others said that if a user created an account using a VPN routed through another country, the location information may not be accurate.

On Saturday, X removed information about where some accounts were created. Bier said the data "was not 100 percent," especially for older accounts, and that the company plans to "bring it back by Tuesday."

Five hours later, he posted again: "I need a drink."

Late Sunday, he added that there would be an upgrade in 12 hours and that location accuracy would be "nearly 99.99%."

X update reveals some surprising locations

X users started tapping into the about pages of their online rivals to discover anything they might deem amiss.

Several prominent X accounts that promote MAGA talking points, for instance, appeared to be based in places far from the United States.

The account MAGA NATION, which has some 400,000 followers and describes itself as "America First," is, according to the new feature, based in a non-European Union country in Eastern Europe. Another account called America First — which was created in March, has close to 70,000 followers, and posts things like "Thumbs up if you're a Trumper who loves God" — appears to be based in Bangladesh.

The examples go on.

Some users started making memes, of course.

It should come as little surprise that many accounts are perhaps not what they seem. Fake profiles, disinformation, and coordinated efforts to sow discord online have long been a problem on X and other social media platforms, and the threat has only worsened with the advent of AI.

MAGA NATION, for its part, has not addressed its location and continues to post at a healthy clip. The account has changed its name five times since its creation in April 2024, according to X. One of its most recent posts asks if its followers think Hillary Clinton should be arrested. The people behind the account could not be reached for comment.

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INTENSE?

 🌍 AN INTENSE GROUND LEVEL EVENT--FIRST RESULTS:  

A week after the Veteran's Day solar storm, researchers in the UK are releasing their first measurements of the storm's intense radiation. According to an analysis from the Surrey Space Centre and the UK Met Office, radiation at aviation altitudes jumped to its highest level in two decades..


Above: The X5-class solar flare on Nov. 11, 2025, which caused the GLE

"This was the strongest Ground Level Event (GLE) since Dec. 13, 2006," says Professor Clive Dyer of the Surrey Space Centre. "Neutron monitors around the world detected it."

The event began with an X5-class solar flare on Nov. 11th. Dyer and colleagues rapidly organized balloon launches with radiation sensors over the UK. They found effective dose rates at 40,000 feet exceeding 55 μSv per hour, with some flight paths possibly reaching 80 μSv per hour. Certain high-latitude transatlantic flights may have received twice the normal cosmic-ray dose.

That's not enough radiation to cause a health emergency for passengers, but it was a concern for avionics. During the storm's peak, the researchers estimate that single-event upsets (bit-flips in computer memory) could have occurred at rates of ~60 errors per hour per gigabyte.

Significant GLEs occur once or twice every solar cycle. The largest of the modern era happened on Feb. 23, 1956. During that GLE, air travelers would have absorbed doses more than 100 times normal--potentially enough to ground flights. Researchers are still unsure what caused it because space-based solar observatories didn't exist at the time.

Last week's GLE was only 2% as large as the 1956 behemoth. This means much bigger events are possible. Indeed, tree rings and ice cores reveal that GLEs thousands of times more intense have happened in recent millennia. These are known as Miyake Events. Modern society simply hasn't experienced one yet.

"Bigger events are coming," says Dyer. "And we need to be ready."

HEMP Ban? WHAT? GONE?

 


A Proposed Federal THC Ban Would ‘Wipe Out’ Hemp Products That Get People High

A provision in the federal spending bill that could end the US government shutdown would effectively destroy the hemp extracts industry by banning intoxicating hemp-based THC products, including gummies and drinks.

The provision, part of the funding bill passed by the US Senate Monday night, would ban the “unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based or hemp-derived products, including delta-8, from being sold online, in gas stations, and corner stores,” according to a Senate Appropriations Committee summary of the legislation. The bill, accounting for $26.65 billion in funds, is being voted on in the House of Representatives Wednesday. If passed, President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law.

According to a report from the Cannabis Business Times, sales for hemp-derived cannabinoids exceeded $2.7 billion in 2023.

“This will ultimately devastate the industry and devastate hemp farmers as well,” says attorney and hemp advocate Jonathan Miller, adding that it would “wipe out” 95 percent of hemp ingestibles.


 

 

 

black auroras? 11-29-24

WHAT THE HECK?

BLACK AURORAS OVER ALASKA: Todd Salat is a veteran photographer of auroras in Alaska. For years he has chased the lights and seen most of what Mother Nature has to offer. But even he was puzzled on Nov. 22nd when these strangely-shaped auroras appeared overhead:

"I saw these bizarre auroras drift over southcentral Alaska around 4 am last Friday morning," says Salat. "It came up from the northwest and I was like, whoa! It looked like the letter E to me."

Salat may have witnessed an episode of 'black auroras.' They are dark rings or black blobs that sometimes appear in an otherwise ordinary expanse of auroral light. For example, look at Figure 1 in this research paper on the topic. Some researchers call them "anti-auroras." The black auroras in Salat's photo are circled here.

Ordinary auroras are caused by electrons raining down from space. Black auroras are the opposite. Instead of electrons raining down, electrons are propelled upwards back into space. Europe's fleet of Cluster spacecraft flew over a black aurora on Jan. 14, 2001, and saw the process in action:

Sensors onboard the spaceraft detected strong positive electric fields in the black aurora zone. These fields reversed the normal downward rain of aurora-causing electrons.

The study of black auroras is still in its infancy, and forecasters cannot yet predict when or where they might appear. Aurora watchers, the next time a geomagnetic storm erupts, be alert for black.

 

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what just happened?

An (INDIA) Indian who had been living in Japan for more than a yr noticed something strange : his Japanese friends were polite & helpful, yet none of them ever invited him to their home, not even for a cup of tea.

Confused & hurt, he finally asked one Japanese friend why this was so.

After a long silence, the friend replied, "We are taught Indian history… not for inspiration, but as a warning."

The Indian, astonished, asked, "A warning? Indian history is taught as a warning? Please explain why."

The Japanese friend asked, "How many English ruled India?"

The Indian replied, "Maybe… about 10,000?"

The Japanese person nodded seriously & asked, "At that time, weren’t there over 300 million Indians?"

"So who committed the atrocities on your people? Who followed the orders to whip, torture, & shoot them?"

He asked emphatically, "When General Dyer ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh, who pulled the trigger? Was it the English soldiers? No, it was Indians."

"Why didn’t anyone point their rifle at General Dyer, not a single person?" He continued, "The slavery you talk about—this was your real slavery. Not of the body, but of the soul."*

The Indian stood motionless, silent, & ashamed.

The Japanese friend continued, "How many Mughals came from Central Asia? Maybe a few thousand? And yet they ruled you for centuries."

"The Mughals did not rule India through their numbers; it was your own people who bowed to them, obeyed them, betrayed their own, and showed loyalty to the Mughals. Either to survive or for silver coins."

"Your own people converted to their religions."

"Your own people betrayed your heroes to the English. Who betrayed Chandrashekhar Azad? Who informed the English about his hiding place in Alfred Park?"

"Bhagat Singh was not easily executed without the permission of those people (Gandhi-Nehrus) who called themselves patriots."

"You Indians do not need foreign enemies. Your own people repeatedly betray you for power, position, and personal gain. That is why we keep distance from Indians."

"When the English came to Hong Kong and Singapore, not a single local joined their army. But in India, you did not just join the enemy’s army—you served them. You worshipped them. You killed your own people to please them."

"Even today, you have not changed. You have learned no lessons from history. Even for a little free electricity, a bottle of alcohol, or a blanket—you sell your vote, your conscience, and your voice without thinking."

"You chant slogans, protest, but when the country needs your sacrifice, where are you? Your first loyalty is still to your home, family, wife, children, and wealth.

The rest—country —can go to hell."

After saying this, the Japanese left, and the Indian stood there, head bowed, frozen in shame.

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