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Line of Actual Control
Personal blog · actualcontrol.substack.compoliticsdata
Line of Actual Control is a personal blog at actualcontrol.substack.com about politics and data. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers recommend this Substack, which covers satellite imagery, social media and other open-source information, with a focus on the war in Ukraine. It is published 1-2 issues per month.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Off beat, off kilter, and otherwise interesting stories found in public data.
What Hacker News says?
https://actualcontrol.substack.com/ "about satellite imagery, social media, and other open-source information" currently covering the war in Ukraine with incredible detail. 1-2 issues per month.
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: What newsletters are you currently reading?”Submitted OSINT decoding Russian artillery strikes by listening in on radio communications as a story · 58 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making Radio Waves – Using radio intercepts to track a Russian ship as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tanks, Trains and TikToks as a story · 1 points
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