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Journalist. Editor
@Bellingcat.com
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@jskstanford.bsky.social
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Logan Williams
11 days ago
Recent GPS interference near Venezuela and Trinidad, per GPSJAM, as noticed by a Bellingcat workshop participant. I believe this is a recent development for the area. CC
@lemonodor.bsky.social
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I went to the opening of this exhibition last week It features a cool Bellingcat display, showing the work we (primarily Ollie Ballinger
@yoruk.bsky.social
, Bridget Diakun
@godin.bsky.social
& Youri van der Weide) produced to track Russian ships surreptitiously exporting grain from occupied Crimea
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Bellingcat
19 days ago
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
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Bellingcat
20 days ago
Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Russiaās Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/23/russias-grain-smuggling-fleet-continues-undeterred/?utm_source=bluesky
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Christiaan Triebert
26 days ago
When Bashar al-Assadās regime collapsed in Syria, many of the officials who enabled and enforced his brutal regime disappeared. Our reporting uncovers who they are, what they did and where they fled.
nyti.ms/3J1W5Cs
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The Vanishing Act: How Assadās Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/world/middleeast/assad-regime-syria-exodus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.o4D8.8TC0WR76K8Pu&smid=url-share
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JSK Fellowships at Stanford
27 days ago
Apply now for the JSK Journalism Fellowships and join a network of journalists shaping whatās next. Deadline: Dec 3.
buff.ly/a2mE59q
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Bellingcat
about 2 months ago
A small plane crashed in Brazil recently; amongst the wreckage was the body of a former Melbourne stockbroker and 200kg of cocaine. Bellingcat and
@thetimes.com
reveal how the deceased Australian pilot was linked to an associate of the notorious Kinahan cartel:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
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Australian Cocaine Pilot Killed in Brazil Plane Crash Linked to Kinahan Drug Cartel - bellingcat
An Australian pilot who died when his plane crashed in Brazil during a failed drug run has links to an alleged Kinahan cartel associate who is facing drugs charges in Western Australia.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09/27/australian-cocaine-pilot-killed-in-brazil-plane-crash-linked-to-kinahan-drug-cartel/?utm_source=bluesky
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Foeke Postma
3 months ago
AI mode within regular Google search, available outside the EU, is the best of these at geolocation now, barely beating GPT o4-mini-high and way, way faster. Will test GPT-5 when I can
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Jim Waterson
3 months ago
These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the siteās own AI for why itās like that. Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.
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Evident Media
4 months ago
Together with partners at
@bellingcat.com
and
@calmatters.org
we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?...
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Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids
YouTube video by Evident Media
https://youtu.be/6BuxaVdv7po?si=dgTqdAMoslIC43so
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We published this story yesterday looking at the ongoing LA immigration raids. Working with
@evidentmedia.org
and
@calmatters.org
we collected over 100 videos and images, mapped incidents and picked out key trends from the data
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Tariq Panja
5 months ago
ā½ļøš§Øš°Fit and proper person? Profile of Manchester City owner, coddler of warlords and named co-conspirator in USās ālargest kleptocracyā case Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Months long investigation with
@declanwalsh.bsky.social
Free to read on link below:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
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The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/world/middleeast/emirates-manchester-city-soccer-sudan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Sk8.2Bdy.d2lAuOYwmi8M&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The Ferret
5 months ago
The Ferret is delighted to join the Global Investigative Journalism Network āŖ@gijn.org ā Scotland's first and only member!
bit.ly/3IcWW28
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GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cyprus to Eswatini
New members include organizations probing cross-border abuses or promoting civic engagement, as well as digging into environmental and human rights violations.
https://bit.ly/3IcWW28
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Nieman Lab
5 months ago
Social media displaces TV as the top way Americans get news.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-...
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For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americansā top news source
Plus: The pivot to video is really happening, digital subscriptions may have peaked, and other findings from RISJ's 2025 Digital News Report.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-the-first-time-social-media-overtakes-tv-as-americans-top-news-source/
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Data & Society
5 months ago
āAI is not what its developers are selling it as,ā Tyler Austin Harper writes, suggesting that the abundance of pure hype and total doom that dominate the discourse are contributing to a dangerous AI illiteracy among the general public.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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What Happens When People Donāt Understand How AI Works
Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/06/artificial-intelligence-illiteracy/683021/?gift=-c-YOpK2gRvpYnA-bE5KrLFj2S5YEuMDK6eq948t9Yw
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Poor Federico Dimarco. Worst performance in a
#ChampionsLeague
final since Linkin Park
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I got to spend time with Morgan and
@tiffany.thetriibe.com
last year. Both are amazing and inspiring. Itās so cool to see
@thetriibe.com
go from strength to strength
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Global Investigative Journalism Network
6 months ago
š As the new hosts of the competition that celebrates the best data journalism from around the world, GIJN is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 #SigmaAwards. š Please join us in celebrating ā and being inspired by ā this yearās winners:
https://twp.ai/9PSyXj
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From Flammable Buildings to Slaveryās Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJNās 2025 Sigma Awards
https://twp.ai/9PSyXj
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Global Investigative Journalism Network
6 months ago
There are a myriad of reasons why reporters decide to launch their own news sites, but these enterprising journalists often face a series of new, daunting challenges. Here's how to dodge these pitfalls:
https://twp.ai/9PSaPi
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gijn.org
Journalists as Founders ā Intrepid Pioneers or Reluctant Managers?
https://twp.ai/9PSaPi
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Bellingcat
6 months ago
Latest: How a deepfake video infiltrated Indian media coverage of the escalating India and Pakistan conflictā¦
www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of...
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India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream - bellingcat
A manipulated video falsely claiming to show a General in the Pakistani army stating two of its fighter jets had been shot down was picked up and spread by Indian media outlets.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2025/05/09/india-pakistan-conflict-how-a-deepfake-video-made-it-mainstream/?utm_source=bluesky
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Big story from
@bellingcat.com
this morning, working with
@tjekdet.dk
CBC and
@politiken.dk
to identify a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes -- one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world
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Donie OāSullivan
6 months ago
Why itās time we change how we talk about conspiracy theories
www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/p...
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Why itās time we change how we talk about conspiracy theories | CNN Politics
CNNās Donie OāSullivan, who interviews people with crazy beliefs, reflects on some of his own.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/politics/persuadable-podcast-conspiracy-theories-essay?cid=ios_app
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Ed Zitron
6 months ago
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Marisa Kabas
6 months ago
CBS News quietly updated their story. I still donāt understand how WaPo couldāve reported it first if I was the one who āuncoveredā it, but I guess itās an improvement.
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Tim Onion
6 months ago
lol this is patently ridiculous, almost Inception levels of not giving an independent journalist credit. Subscribe to The Handbasket:
www.thehandbasket.co
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Sergio olmos
7 months ago
We made a documentary about these Border Patrol raids With
@evidentmedia.org
&
@bellingcat.com
youtu.be/m93xbICwsSM?...
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Sergio olmos
7 months ago
Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: āYou just canāt walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papersā W/
@wendyfry.bsky.social
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just canāt walk up to people with brown skin'
'You just canāt walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/04/border-patrol-injunction/
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Bellingcat
7 months ago
Airstrikes continue in Myanmar despite a temporary ceasefire and suffering from a March earthquake. Bellingcat has identified at least 22 villages damaged by airstrikes, 14 of which are in the regions most impacted by the recent earthquake.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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Open Sources Show Myanmar Junta Airstrike Damages Despite Post-Earthquake Ceasefire - bellingcat
Photo: Reuters
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/29/open-sources-show-myanmar-junta-airstrike-damages-despite-post-earthquake-ceasefire/?utm_source=bluesky
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leon
7 months ago
āis my calculator horny?ā our tech columnist asks. āi entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised meā
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A question I have is whether illegal streaming could ever undercut broadcast deals so much that it leads to broadcasters lowering prices for legit coverage. That may mean less money for future broadcast deals ... and potentially a competitive rebalancing between leagues
www.ft.com/content/3f49...
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Number of UK consumers streaming sports illegally has gone āthrough the roofā, police say
Enforcement resources directed at gangs at the top rather than consumers who flout law
https://www.ft.com/content/3f49aa83-2244-455a-baf8-71b1904acd19
7 months ago
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Jennifer Williams
7 months ago
Agree people donāt know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically itās therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises
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Investigative Reporters & Editors
7 months ago
The Tom Renner Award goes to āTrĆ”ileres, Trampa para Migrantesā (Cargo Trucks: A Trap for Migrants). Judges said this multimedia investigation ābrings breathtaking new insight to an opaque underworld.ā
@noticiastelemundo.com
@icij.org
@bellingcat.com
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
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I recall him saying this on Question Time once. He made it sound like he was one of the lads loading the blast furnace with a shovel rather than trading metals from an office in London
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We published this really important story with
@evidentmedia.org
and
@calmatters.org
this week. It details the actions of a US border patrol unit operating a long way from home and who, according to rights groups far exceeded its authority in targeting and rounding up people who were later deported
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Bellingcat
7 months ago
On March 23, a convoy of aid workers, traveling in vehicles marked with emergency flashing lights, was struck by gunfire in Gaza. Bellingcat used video footage of the incident to perform an audio analysis of the shooting.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in Gaza - bellingcat
Hundreds of shots fired at aid convoy that resulted in deaths of multiple aid workers, audio analysis shows.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/09/gaza-palestine-israel-killed-death-aid-workers-international-red-cross-crescent-audio-analysis/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bosphorus Observer
7 months ago
The US has announced sanctions against a Russian-Houthi network that supplied the Yemeni faction with weapons and stolen grain from Ukraine. Read our investigation in Eoghanās quoted post:
home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Foeke Postma
8 months ago
Reminder: We have a paid opportunity for freelance OSINT folks interested in environment and wildlife:
www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
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Evident Media
8 months ago
With AI, almost anyone can create almost any image and text. However, that often leads to errors and distortions with real-life consequences for those relying on AI-generated products. How AI is fueling e-commerce scams, in partnership with
@bellingcat.com
and hosted by
@koltai.bsky.social
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Bellingcat
8 months ago
Itās already hard to judge whether products you buy online will be the right size or not, but what if the product doesnāt even exist?
@koltai.bsky.social
helps you to distinguish between real and AI-generated products online.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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How to Spot AI-Generated Scam Products
It's harder than before to tell whatās real and whatās fake, but if you look closely there are often tell-tale signs.
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2025/03/25/detecting-ai-products//?utm_source=bluesky
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Zach Toombs
8 months ago
AI opens up possibilities for creation āĀ and for fraud. When almost anyone can make almost anything without human expertise, the errors and distortions can have real-world impacts.
@evidentmedia.org
partnered with
@bellingcat.com
and
@koltai.bsky.social
to show how.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYq...
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AI Is Fueling E-Commerce Scams. Hereās How to Spot Them | AI Detection 101 | Evident
YouTube video by Evident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYqjROs4Ro
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Queensland Premier not convincing a new generation of rowers, or Pierre from Paris, to start practicing for 2032 Brisbane Olympics š
8 months ago
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Elizabeth Dickinson
8 months ago
Follow the supply chains for fentanyl and cocaine, and how the criminal ecosystem involved in trafficking generates violence along the routes. Our latest from
@crisisgroup.org
www.crisisgroup.org/visual-expla...
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Can't recommend this drug trafficking landscape explainer by
@crisisgroup.org
highly enough. A complicated subject matter but visualised in a really compelling and informative way
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Peter Barth
8 months ago
New from
@conplnk.bsky.social
, myself, and
@beaudonelly.bsky.social
on Bellingcatās Financial Investigations Team in collaboration with
@johnmooneyirl.bsky.social
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@thetimes.com
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Connor Plunkett
8 months ago
New from myself,
@oldpete45.bsky.social
and
@beaudonelly.bsky.social
at Bellingcat's financial investigations team in collaboration with
@johnmooneyirl.bsky.social
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@thetimes.com
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Bellingcat
8 months ago
A German businessman was charged with drug trafficking in Australia after 200kg of cocaine was found in a hotel room last December. Bellingcat and the Sunday Times now investigate the alleged connection between him and the Kinahan cartel.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
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Nowhere to Run: The Online Footprint of an Alleged Kinahan Cartel Associate - bellingcat
Bellingcat has traced the online footprint of an alleged Kinahan cartel associate who Australian authorities accuse of trafficking 200kg of cocaine.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03/22/nowhere-to-run-the-online-footprint-of-an-alleged-kinahan-cartel-associate/?utm_source=bluesky
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Breaking down George Foremanās style and then the Rumble in the Jungle, this a favourite boxing video. So much more to Foreman than was often recognised ⦠same for the Ali v Foreman fight
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebYt...
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So interesting. Freedom Of Information in the UK can be used to find out what questions government figures asked ChatGPT
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Bellingcat
8 months ago
Are you a keen researcher and passionate about environment or wildlife investigations? Bellingcat is looking for wildlife and environment related investigations that use open source methods and tools.
www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
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Pitch Wildlife and Environmental investigations to Bellingcat - bellingcat
If your source material is online and public, and your story unearths something deeper about our planet, we'd love to hear from you.
https://www.bellingcat.com/uncategorized/2025/03/13/pitch-wildlife-and-environmental-investigations-to-bellingcat/
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