Seeing Experian ads getting into RocketMoney's business

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

Oh dang while I'm giving shoutouts @graze.social just also launched a banger new website, well done @devingaffney.com www.graze.social

OpenAI has announced it is introducing new safety measures for ChatGPT after lawsuits accusing it of playing a role in several teen suicide cases. ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID. 🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

People’s conversations with Anthropic's Claude began popping up in Google search results — just like what happened with ChatGPT and Grok. They’ve now disappeared. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky. Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.

First episode of #OSINTirl www.youtube.com/watch?v=or1G... #osint @4realkyle.bsky.social @osintunleashed.bsky.social

Going live on Twitch in an hour. Our first #OSINTirl episode www.twitch.tv/osintirl

I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"

Fangirling the OSINT youtu.be/_oCrW4cVCO0?...

Following our earlier investigation into the effectiveness of LLMs for geolocation, we've tested some of the latest LLM updates to see if they're even better. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

List of academic databases and search engines A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... #research #science

A great article by Sam Liles. You don't need a "list"... sveoti.net/how-to-build...

According to a DOJ IG report released this week, the Sinaloa cartel identified an FBI official working at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, tracked him via phone location data, tapped into Mexico’s surveillance camera network, & killed an unspecified number of informants. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Join us for our upcoming #OSINT classes! In July-a virtual session on social media updates. A comprehensive virtual OSINT course in September. For in-person learning, September in Las Vegas, or October in Texas. Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your investigative skills! academy.plessas.net

This still cracks me up 🤣

Move Fast and Break Kings

Have you, or has anyone you know, accidentally fallen for an AI-generated sermon or speech attributed to Pope Leo XIV? If so, I would love to hear from you for a story. My DMs here are open, and I am available on Signal at billmccarthy.25.

🕵️ ARCA is pleased to be collaborating with @bellingcat.com for it's first ever series of OSINT art crime challenges.Test your open source research skills with these challenges, unlocking new ones by completing the previous one in the series. challenge.bellingcat.com

New from 404 Media: even mods of a pro-AI subreddit are having to ban mentally unwell users who believe ChatGPT is letting them talk to God, etc. www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...

New hell just dropped- there is apparently a company that will work with kinda-sorta-famous people to make an "AI clone" of them that people can pay to "have a conversation" with. I do not like the future.

This is fascinating

Thanks Pat!

Some who look at my search augmentation work with LLMs say it can't "replace reporting". I agree. But that's kind of like someone looking at web search in 1996 and saying it can't "replace reporting". It can't -- but if you don't learn to use it effectively for your work, your work will suffer.

This one was fun. I got to bring up diversifying skill-sets. And Tim talked about social engineering and the @layer8conference.com

Seriously, surround yourself with artists — their presence will reward you with inspiration and ideas. I spent last night hanging out with some photography friends I haven't seen in ages. Not only did I have a terrific time, but I woke up today feeling rejuvenated and inspired.

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Join our Director for Research and Training @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social as he takes on the latest Bellingcat challenges live on Patreon. Can he solve all five within the hour? Open to all Patreon members we will be streaming at 5pm CEST/11am EDT, Wednesday May 14th on Patreon.com/Bellingcat

End-to-end encryption is a great way to protect the privacy of your conversations, but how (or if) those chats are backed up matters too.

Sometimes it's hard to know what's really going on in a satellite image, especially in this case in Iran. So I've made this #OSINT tutorial on how to find ground photos and spot the clues in them to find out what's happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGJ7...

Cool open-source investigative tool I just learned about: alltext.nyc. It lets you search any text found in Google Street View images from 2007 to 2024— graffiti, shop signs, street text, you name it. Just type in what you see, and see what pops up.

What in the hell??? Sister gets AI generated model of her dead brother to give **victim impact startment** in court. Accused gets 10 years, and the judge applaued use of AI. Arizona—> www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

List of Official Business Registers Incredibly huge list of official government services for finding information about companies and individual entrepreneurs in different countries and regions of the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... #osint #corpint

The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here www.404media.co/the-age-of-r...

DOJ canceled the training for law enforcement that helps prevent online child predators from getting at our children. Doesn’t make us safer. Doesn’t make govt more efficient.

Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish govt authorities, according to a recent report by the Freedom of Expression Association. techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...

Happy Earth Day! What are you doing differently for the Earth today?

This Thursday we're talking to Bellingcat's Connor Plunkett and The Sunday Times' @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social about investigating a drug cartel's online presence. Join us live to ask your questions at 5pm CEST/11am EDT: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

If you have a minute to spare today ⬇️

I’ve written an assessment at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social on Russian cyber and information— disinformation isn’t about viral posts but long-term efforts to shift narratives, erode trust, and what can be done about it. www.kcl.ac.uk/russian-cybe...

4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.

His generation-defining performances in TOP SECRET and REAL GENIUS are surpassed only by his later work in TOMBSTONE, KISS KISS BANG BANG, and (my personal favorite) TRUE ROMANCE. Goddammit, he will be missed.

I love my password manager, but here's an idea for an Etsy store: a set of 12 20-sided dice with letters, numbers, and characters so people can roll their passwords.

What if certain messaging apps took the same impetus as archive.org when referring to what should be public government records as outlined in this policy: jurn.link/jurnsearch/i... Not sure how they could enact it...

Rereading The Stand. It hits different now.

Happy #WednesdayQuiz @quiztime.bsky.social ☀️ Can you locate this image 🖼️🔍 using any of these 1️⃣ earthkit.app/geoclip 2️⃣ picarta.ai 3️⃣ chatgpt.com/g/g-brlHi7t2... 4️⃣ www.findthatspot.io (ours) vs. you own #OSINT skills? ✅ Solutions & explanations below the GIF👇🏻 🔄 Repost if you ❤️ it or for help