Videos from 19 Iranian cities and six districts in Tehran show Iranian security forces using lethal force against protesters. Latest story with @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Farnaz Fazzehi, Parin Behrooz, Jon Hazell. Our methodology credits @geoconfirmed.org @vahid.online BBC Persian & more.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time. By @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Holy hell, what an obituary

As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

NYT team Erika Solomon, @sanammahoozi.bsky.social @sanjanamv.bsky.social interviewed Iranians and collected witness videos to capture the unrest that led to widespread protests this weekend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

After the Trump admin started deleting video evidence of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from a DOJ server, a law firm secured a judge's order requiring the U.S. to restore the files. The firm has now partnered w/ @archive.org to permanently store them 👇 archive.org/details/@jan...

Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...

How TikTok decides what you see. wapo.st/4qD9C3x

2 Jan and already a strong contender for most beautifully apt data viz of the year from @beckydale.bsky.social and Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

➡️ 15 Ambassadorships ➡️ 2 Pardons ➡️ Hundreds of White House invitations ➡️ 13 Dropped investigations ➡️ Dozens of executive actions Inside Trump’s FUNDRAISING BONANZA at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social (1/2) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Take 25 minutes to watch the "turn and burn" tactics used in U.S. raids targeting migrants and citizens alike -- meticulously reconstructed by @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social @devonlum.bsky.social @ajcardia.bsky.social & more. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

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/...

What made the US-backed aid system in Gaza so deadly? Our new short film reconstructs two Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distributions, showing how the militarised aid system resulted in death and injury. Watch the full video here: ghf.airwars.org

The Voice of Hind Rajab "Elsewhere in the world this film, shortlisted for the Oscar for best foreign movie, has major distributors — but not in the United States or Israel." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals in Philly, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. By Jan Hoffman. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/h...

Brave passerby undoubtedly saved lives by disarming one of the gunmen in Bondi today. In an interview with 7News from the hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds, a relative named him as Ahmed el-Ahmed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New: Trump’s immigration data dragnet. @peter.andringa.me investigates the brokers and tools behind the US administration’s deportation drive. Former officials raised concerns about the volume of data, lack of oversight and shift from criminal to immigration work. ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...

Crypto casinos have become wildly popular with young people. Here's how the sites built an exploitative online marketing machine using celebrities like Drake and an army of livestreamers: w/ @aric.bsky.social Jenny Vrentas, Leo Dominguez and @iamrumz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"It's hard to tell your kid to hide their own identity." The effect of Trump's racist remarks about Somalis in America. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb is one of the most ambitious covert operations to date, striking a precious airplane fleet deep in Russia's territory. Read our exclusive account based on conversations with those involved: www.wsj.com/world/europe...

How the Fire in Hong Kong Became So Deadly www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opportunity for an early career journalist to hone their OSINT skills on public interest investigations with a great organization, @lighthousereports.com. apply.workable.com/lighthouse-r...

It would seem that the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 needs updating to reflect modern parenthood if the government grants citizenship to children born overseas of genetic Irish fathers but denies it to children of genetic Irish mothers. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...

"Things Happen" - President Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ44...

"A flea market that is typically filled with Hispanic vendors was canceled this weekend. Nightclubs that play reggaeton music on Saturday nights decided not to open. And Catholic churches, which tend to have many immigrant parishioners, were unusually empty..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

“It is not just older generations who have enjoyed seeing photographs of their forebears — Yazidi youth have also flocked to the exhibitions, recognizing that they are testimony and affirmation of their traditions, culture and presence in Iraq’s sociopolitical landscape.”

The BBC edit was unfortunate, but of course Trump fanned the flames that led to the Capitol riot. Indeed, as he watched it unfold on television, he interjected. Not to call off his supporters, but to double down on his attack on Pence. Our short doc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJV...

Read our latest analysis of a mass killing near Al Fashir, Sudan. Open source evidence that we reviewed showed that more than 80 people attempting to flee Al Fashir were killed near a berm that the RSF built around the city. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

From NYT Climate, via @harrystevens.bsky.social and @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

What’s So Great About ‘Slow Horses’? This Scene Says It All. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Gaza is destroyed socially, physically, materially and psychologically - Dr. Abu Mughaisib, who was working in Gaza until he was evacuated to Ireland last week. Speaking on @rteradio1.bsky.social . www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

In Uganda, @nickkristof.bsky.social saw how children are dying as food and medicine runs out after Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid. Gift link to his story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

New contribution to this piece from @malachy.bsky.social and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago. nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u... The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6). Compare with a 1997 photo here:

The largest aid flotilla in history has been attacked twice in two days whilst in port in Tunisia. Open source analysis suggests an incendiary munition is to blame, contradicting official statements. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

For a daily snapshot of three under-reported international stories, sign up to the Proximities newsletter by @barrymalone.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/proximit...

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death, largely by upgrading pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and reducing speed limits to 30kmph, via @semafor.com yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Five journalists were killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on Sunday, bringing the total number of journalists killed since Oct. 7 to 186. They were Al Jazeera correspodents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera ops Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Below, our story on Rikers Island and Michael Nieves, a detainee who bled out for 10 mins as guards stood by. We spent 3 years filing FOIA requests and lawsuits to get these videos of conditions in the jail. w/ Jan Ransom, Sarah Kerr, Caroline Kim, Michael Laforgia www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJvh...

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. https://n.pr/44QnXjT

I often get DM's asking how I got the skills do to the work that I do. Well, I spent a lot of my formative years on social media and got a PhD in Information Science. But if you want the quick version, you could also sign up to take one of our week long workshops from @bellingcat.com

How Trump's deal with El Salvador and Bukele is undermining a longstanding U.S. inquiry into the gang, MS13. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

A wonderful, and very well-made, video from Kubrick scholar @archiviokubrick.it on this search for the Overlook Hotel photograph that closes The Shining: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd7x...

Very useful integration of @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Sentinel-5P data into @unep.org Methane Map, with here a visualisation of the challenges #Syria is facing from a crumbling fossil fuel infrastructure, energy and solid waste hotspots causing large methane emissions

Today Kenyan civil society organisations have called upon the Kenyan government and the UN security council to take action following our reporting with the Daily Nation. We found Kenyan-labelled ammunition crates in a suspected Rapid Support Forces depot in Sudan. pressrelease.co.ke/news/375

People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Investigating Israel's strikes on Iran and their impact on civilians. We cross referenced addresses of Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists from a public database with geolocated footage of strikes. @pallabimunsi.bsky.social & Oscar Featherstone edition.cnn.com/2025/06/19/w...