Some (disappointed) Nigerian media suggesting this Tomahawk strike didn’t hit much at all. The Biden admin used to take flak for doing tit-for-tat symbolic strikes against empty Iranian proxy facilities in Syria. Seems like this admin may be doing a bit of that with ISIS in Nigeria and Syria.

Only previous US combat action in Nigeria I’m aware of is the Oct 2020 JSOC hostage rescue of Philip Walton (a parachute-insert ground action not known to have been accompanied by any airstrikes)

First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at: —Nigeria—tonight’s strikes —Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr) —Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Iran—3 strikes —Iraq—1 strike

Recent satellite imagery from @planet.com taken on December 23 2025 shows that the eastern half of the Ma'an Cemetery south of Khan Yunis has been completely destroyed and converted into part of an IDF outpost. The cemetery was previously damaged in late 2023/early 2024: bsky.app/profile/godi...

On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison. Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Journalists posting screenshots of the Epstein docs should not crop out the control number in the bottom right corner. These docs are not an "exclusive," you don't have to make it harder for people to find and validate the original information.

Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...

An important read: Drop Site report on a possible civilian casualty strike / a strike that even if U.S. claims about the target are true raises all sorts of questions. Would be good to get some oversight activity re this strike / pressure for more detail. www.dropsitenews.com/p/somalia-un...

Any attempt to "bring back" the 16-inch guns of the Iowa-class, or anything even remotely close to that, will have to face the ghosts of ERGM for 5-inch guns and LRLAP for the Zumwalt-class's 155mm guns in the Navy's pantheon of failed gun programs www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/m...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Read our latest investigation. For those not steeped in the far-right, it's hard to over-emphasize how Bad some of these groups are. Their members have murdered people, sexually extorted children, and inspired mass shootings.

Worked with several of these FSO ambassadors in Trump 1.0. Apolitical professionals.

On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record. Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

"We determined it needed additional reporting."

The US has reached a grim milestone — over 100 killings from strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.

E-11A is known as a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, basically a big flying switchboard/range extender for over-the-horizon communications

The E-3C Sentry joins the EA-18s, F/A-18s, and now *two* E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes (TRACR11 and TRACER31) just north of Venezuelan airspace.

Lots of activity today. Boeing E-3C Sentry (81-0005/AE11EE) just popped up south of Dominican Republic. The E-11A in the message above just turned off its transponder as it entered the Maiquetia FIR.

Snapshot of US Navy air activity in the Caribbean now has the usual suspects (F/A-18Es, EA-18s, and E-2D) operating closer to the Venezuelan coast than usual. The F/A-18Es are as close as approx. 50km from the coast of Venezuela, whereas usually they fly north of Los Roques, 200km+ away.

Was asked in an interview this morning about how Trump's announced "blockade" would be implemented and said that I was in the same boat as DoD. 🤷‍♂️

The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia seems a lot more serious than is reported in English media. Thailand seems to be pushing mechanized forces into Cambodia, including their Chinese VT-4 tanks, Ukrainian T-84 tanks and BTR-3 IFVs, and US Stryker APCs

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com and @evidentmedia.org, we investigate the aftermath of June’s US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, with Frontline reporters on the ground, exclusive interviews and open source analysis. Watch at 10pm EST/9pm CST, on Frontline, PBS.

POTUS announces a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in an apparent attempt to extort Venezuela. Real gunboat diplomacy.

every former exxon office is american territory like an embassy

Utterly unhinged. Also what land are we talking about here, exactly…?

If anybody has access to more regular/higher res imagery than Sentinel, start your search in the area around the E-2D for the aircraft carrier 😉

The registrations/hex codes for the Growlers are: - GRIZZLY1 (168392 / ae49f0); GRIZZLY 2 (168385 / ae49e9) While I was typing this, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye TRACR11 (169084 / ae5e5a) popped up again.

Snapshot of US Air Force and Navy activity in the Caribbean at this moment: - 1 x Stratotanker (63-8003/ae0139) out of the Dominican Republic - 1 x C-130J-30 (10-5700 / ae4bdd) out of PR tracking towards Trinidad & Tobago - 2 x E-18G Growlers running a familiar pattern north of Gran Roque

DAMAGE ALERT: Possible illicit excavations in Khojavend, Azerbaijan may have damaged an 11th century Armenian church. CHW used multiple satellite constellations to analyze the situation. Read our latest StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b76c...

One of the fun parts of my job is being able to teach people about OSINT methods. I firmly believe these methods can be applicable in every facet of life. Case in point, this IG account is dedicated to revealing fake marathon times using OSINT. Love to see it. Check out @officialunofficialtime

Was doing a briefing on Capitol Hill today about the boat strikes and possible war with Venezuela and then checked my phone to discover the fentanyl WMD EO. Timely. Replaying the Bush administration's greatest hits as farce.

NEW: The Israeli military’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 violate the laws of war and are apparent war crimes. Read more from HRW:

Kolina and Bellingcat are doing essential accountability work investigating the people making money from AI nudifiers. Their work is important — and it has an impact.

New from me! After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials. Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again. Check out our investigation!

Videos posted later, from the same location, blamed the massacre on M23. We assess that the videos were taken at the same location. CongoEye’s @jonnyghizmo.bsky.social verified the video took place in Sange using Mapillary - the left of the frame at this link: www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-3....

On December 8, 2025 a video allegedly from the city of Sange started circulating on X. Lawrence Kanyuka of M23 alleged it showed the result of a firefight between FARDC and Wazalendo. We will refer to this as the M23 video. Note that this video is graphic. x.com/LawrenceKany...

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

With the help from uncle @obretix.bsky.social, we managed to find that the yellow block that's being moved here by an excavator on Al-Houja Street in Jabalia refugee camp, is one that was earlier seen in a video shared by Mahmoud Abusalama on 15 Nov 2025. Geolocation: 31.53190,34.49803.

✈️👀No Venezuela deportation flight today as would be typical. Paused.

Ynet claims that Israel has accepted and conceded to the demand from the Trump administration that Israel itself pay for the rubble-clearing of Rafah, and eventually the rest of Gaza.

Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty. www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...

all of this AND it all houses an incredible goodreads scoop

x.com/USMC/status/... Task and Purpose Article: taskandpurpose.com/culture/mari...

@taskandpurpose.com was told yesterday: "The photo was “removed from DVIDS because the service member shown was not in standing with uniform regulations,” by SOUTHCOM. Official USMC X account just posted two photos that are still on DVIDS showing the same marine with the same morale patch.

🚨 Out now: our interactive website and dashboard with 384 airstrikes linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces in Sudan, including map with filters and timeline, case studies and munition analysis. With Sudan Witness @cen4infores.bsky.social Access it here: sudanairstrikes-info-res-hub.hub.arcgis.com

Bellingcat's @koltai.bsky.social joined @alexakoenig.bsky.social to discuss investigating sexual and gender-based crimes online medium.com/@maggie.visu...

"We have to decide globally if it is acceptable to generate AI SGBV content and share it online," @bellingcat.com's @koltai.bsky.social told HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social. "The harm it currently generates will only amplify if we let this go unchecked." medium.com/@maggie.visu...

Europol are running the #traceanobject campaign, asking for researchers to geolocate objects and scenery taken from larger images from active child abuse cases. Our Discord community, independent of Bellingcat, are investigating one image. Join in with that analysis here: discord.com/channels/709...

Great visual explainer from @airwars.bsky.social looking at the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites and how the aid scheme led to hundreds of deaths and injuries.