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Silicon Curtain

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias. 1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media,

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00:09:40

Dramatic Extension of 'Kinetic' Sanctions Against Oil...

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2026/01/14

2026-01-13 | UPDATES #098 | Drones hit Greek-managed oil tankers near Russia’s Black Sea CPC terminal – that is Caspian Pipeline Consortium — today, “kinetic sanctions” and the Russian grey-fleet’s endgame. Early Tuesday January 13, 2026, multiple reports said four Greek-managed oil tankers had been hit by drones near Russia’s key Black Sea loading point for Kazakh crude — the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal at Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka, near Novorossiysk. (The Straits Times)But as the day went on,

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00:22:13

What If Russia Shut Down Europe? Is a Hybrid Pearl...

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2026/01/13

Silicon Bites Ep284 | 2026-01-13 | Power has been restored in Berlin after the longest blackout since World War Two. An extraordinary coincidence, or the dress rehearsal for something far more threatening? In this episode we try to imagine the inconceivable – a moment when Russia, in the depths of hubris, desperation and resentment – launches a full-scale hybrid war on the continent, unleashing Europe’s Hybrid Pearl Harbor. Was the attack on Berlin a dress rehearsal?Berlin went dark — tens of

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00:09:20

Blockade of Transdniestria in Another Strategic Loss...

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2026/01/12

2026-01-12 | UPDATES #097 | Another Strategic Catastrophe for Putin? The Quiet Squeeze on Transnistria. A story has been ricocheting across some of the more strategic pro-Ukraine feeds and Signal chats but seems to have made barely a dent in the mainstream media coverage: Ukraine and Moldova “quietly” sealed every remaining supply route into Russian-controlled Transnistria at midnight on New Year’s Day — cutting off Moscow’s troops without firing a shot. It’s been framed as a sudden, surgical

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00:51:08

923. BROKEN Media Narratives - How to Find Truth...

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2026/01/12

Devin Woodall is a photojournalist and documentarian with a focus on long-term, in-depth reporting on wartime society, the ins and outs of adaptation amid the full-scale invasion, and anti-aircraft operations. Originally from a working-class background, he’s now the lead director of the documentary studio East/West FM. He currently writes, photographs, and produces documentaries on life and the human experience in Ukraine. He can be followed on YouTube and on Instagram.----------LINKS:* East/West FM

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00:19:47

Iran is falling - The Kremlin is in Shock as Putin's...

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2026/01/12

2026-01-11 | UPDATES #096 | The most serious, system-level legitimacy crisis has hit the regime in Iran, since the revolution of 1979. It’s not yet toppled – but is potentially close – and all the ingredients are present for a full-scale revolution. And amidst the massive protests and confrontations, the country has gone dark. The Islamic Republic has hit the switch — cutting internet and communications as protests spread, strikes deepen, and the regime signals it’s ready to escalate into lethal

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00:16:51

Stopping Putin's Terror Ships - The Apocalypse Fleet...

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2026/01/12

2026-01-10 | UPDATES #095 | Russia grey fleet transporting illicit oil to keep its war machine ticking over, is becoming the Apocalypse Fleet – a transportation route for covert intelligence operations, military equipment and gear for dictatorial regimes, and potentially illegal nuclear materials, as well as platforms for launching hybrid operations against Russia’s adversaries. It must be stopped. Europe’s front line is not only in the trenches of Donbas and air defence batteries around Kyiv and

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01:03:48

923. "The Party Told you to Reject the Evidence of...

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2026/01/10

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

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00:28:58

888. The Drone Kill Chain is Evolving at a Rate...

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2026/01/10

Interview with Ingvald, technologist with the Azov Brigade, recorded in December 2025 in Kyiv. ----------Azov brigade is one of the most combat-ready units of the security and defense forces of Ukraine. For over 10 years they have stood against the Russian federation’s attempts to invade the free civilized world. Ingvald was also a member of the “BIRDS OF FURY” unit of the Ukrainian armed forces. A unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that uses the «Backfire» unmanned aerial vehicle system which has

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00:57:55

921. American CARNAGE! Hitting World Full Force from...

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2026/01/09

Livestream with Yuri Rashkin----------Silicon Curtain is a part of the Christmas Tree Trucks 2025 campaign - an ambitious fundraiser led by a group of our wonderful team of information warriors raising 110,000 EUR for the Ukrainian army. https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-silicon-curtainThe Goal of the Campaign for the Silicon Curtain community:- 1 armoured battle-ready pickupWe are sourcing all vehicles around 2010-2017 or newer, mainly Toyota Hilux or Mitsubishi L200,

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00:13:24

Oreshnik Strikes Lviv - Provocation Aimed to Deter...

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2026/01/09

2026-01-09 | UPDATES #094 | Oreshnik Over Lviv: Russia’s Psychological Escalation — and Belgorod Goes Dark. The Oreshnik strike on Lviv looked physical – dramatic – cinematic even. Repeated explosions, dulled by a blanket of snow into a deep thudding set of booms. But this weapon exists more for psychological impact than it does for physical, at least, when the nuclear warheads are not loaded. Western Ukraine — Lviv region, near the EU and NATO frontier — was struck amid a nationwide barrage on Kyiv

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00:32:35

Z-Patriots Rage at Putin - "Why are the Navy and...

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2026/01/09

Silicon Bites Ep283 | 2026-01-08 | The tanker seizure drama has apparently opened the flood gates of Z-patriots rage and tears. They bemoan the humiliation of their navy and demi-god Tsar, the weakness of the Russian navy, and the lack of counter response, and above all the shifting perception that Russia will not be carving up this world with Trump, as they had thought, but that he may be carving slices off their power, influence and geopolitical reach. This is genuine panic and rage by Russia’s

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00:16:22

Putin is Losing the Elites as All he has to Offer is...

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2026/01/09

2026-01-08 | UPDATES #093 | Leonid Ivashov “goes off script” in late 2025 — not a dissident or part of the systemic opposition, but a regime insider, offering an elite-military critique of the Ukraine war and Putin’s imperial project. His judgement is not positive and is not complimentary. The “1,400 days” blast: a system general describes strategic failure and state rotThis is something rare in Putin’s Russia: a senior, establishment-bred military voice penned a fierce critique of Putin’s war and

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00:12:49

Blackouts Are Just Starting in Russia as Moscow Goes...

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2026/01/08

2025-12-31 | UPDATES #085 | Ukraine put its hand on the light switch of Russia’s imperial capital region — and flicked it. Not metaphorically. Literally. The lights went out for a substantial number of people in Moscow. Ahead of the most important and symbolic holiday or the year, New Year’s evening.On December 30, 2025, parts of Moscow Oblast — specifically Ramenskoye, Zhukovsky, and Lytkarino — reported power outages, with residents posting videos of darkened districts and street lighting gone

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00:11:10

Is Russia's Grey Oil Tanker Fleet Doomed as US...

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2026/01/08

Silicon Bites Ep282 | 2026-01-07 | The invasion of Venezuela was widely expected and predicted. It was no less shocking for all that, but perhaps what we did not foresee, is that it would embroil the Russian shadow fleet in a confrontation with US forces in its self-declared hemisphere of sovereign influence. A rusting shadow fleet tanker in the North Atlantic — being shadowed by a Russian submarine, was boarded by US forces anyway. In the past 24 hours, the United States seized the oil tanker now

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00:37:32

Algorithm Versus Humanity - Social Platforms are Rage...

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2026/01/08

2026-01-07 | UPDATES #091 | “Recommendations drive a significant amount of the overall viewership on YouTube, even more than channel subscriptions or search.” That’s according to YouTube’s own engineers, who stress just how central this machinery is to what gets seen, when and by whom. It’s clearly laid out on a transparency post on the YouTube blog site. (blog.youtube) But I can see it clearly in the stats of my two channels as well, Silicon Curtain and Silicon Wafers. What has resonance in the

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00:16:26

Emperor Putin Only Wants Ukraine to Succeed -...

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2026/01/08

Silicon Bites Ep281 | 2025-12-31 | “Putin Wants Ukraine to Succeed?” May be the most misguided, misinformed, and perverse phrase ever uttered by an American president, and it must have grated on Zelenskyy’s ears, as he heard it in real-time, yet had to retain some sense of composure. Maybe he heard this phrase as being so at variance with reality, so contrary to history and any factual analysis, that it hit him as a pure absurdity, that could be dismissed out of hand. We just don’t know.We could

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00:24:33

Trump Carves up the World - Where's Next? Taiwan,...

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2026/01/06

2026-01-04 | UPDATES #088 | Let’s carve up the world. It’s January 3rd, 2026, and the new year has arrived with the subtlety of guided bomb. In this episode we ask – Caracas today, possibly Taiwan, The Baltics and Greenland tomorrow? The new world disorder didn’t wait for Christmas trees and lights to be taken down – it’s impatient to assert its power and influence and rewire the world. Overnight, explosions hit Caracas. Power outages. Panic. And then the headlines that we had half expected, but

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00:11:37

Odesa Goes Dark as Russia Ramps Up Winter Campaign of...

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2026/01/06

2026-01-05 | UPDATES #089 | Odesa goes dark: Russia’s winter energy war hits Ukraine’s Black Sea lifeline Odesa. It is of course a deliberate use of terror and a war crime, but a core part of Russia’s attritional and psychological strategy. Odesa is a frontline city without a frontline. In this part of Ukraine, it’s a war of transformers, not of artillery, and this is the deliberate logic of an aggressor that cannot make significant gains on the battlefield, so tries to win advantages by freezing

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00:29:03

918. War is Coming to You - Is it Too Late to Deter...

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2026/01/04

Oleksandr Mykhed is a Ukrainian writer. Until March 2022, he lived in Kyiv; he is now enlisted in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is the author of nine books; selected essays and excerpts from his books have been translated into ten languages. He has participated in literary residencies in Finland, Latvia, Iceland, the USA and France, and a virtual residency at Oxford University. He has written for publications including The Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The Guardian, and has

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01:04:15

920. Is Putin Set for Failure in 2026? With...

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2026/01/03

Anders Puck Nielsen is a military analyst and influential YouTuber based in Denmark. He specialises in naval warfare and strategy; in today’s video we are going to be talking about the Ukrainian withdrawal from Kursk, the state of NATO and repetition of Kremlin narratives coming from the White House and Trump's inner circle. ----------LINKS:https://www.logicofwar.com/https://www.youtube.com/@anderspuck

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