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If images could haunt, this one would be the most shattering. Last night, a passenger vehicle was targeted in Adloun, South Lebanon, after the Tyre evacuation order was issued by the IDF. The car was carrying a family of six including four children who were all killed in the drone strike

In one hour we'll be talking with @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social about her investigation into 115 villages in Rakhine State partially or completely destroyed since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. Read the investigation: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05... Join us live: discord.gg/EjgxVKgv?eve...

razed land and destruction can be seen in Syria's Qunaitra between February 28 and May 26 via Sentinel-2 imagery. The destruction in the centre first appeared starting April 16

outstanding and revelatory work from the greats, @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social and @msramalho.bsky.social

A new investigation by Bellingcat has identified 115 villages in Rakhine State as partially or completely destroyed since the February 2021 military coup that overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...

My beloved Tyre being bombarded and terrorised this morning www.instagram.com/reel/DY39q3r...

razed land and destruction can be seen in Syria's Qunaitra between February 28 and May 26 via Sentinel-2 imagery. The destruction in the centre first appeared starting April 16

Israel ordered the evacuation of all of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre today, on Eid al-Adha. They spared the Christian quarter by the sea. Yesterday, it was all of Nabatieh. On a day when many should be celebrating, instead they are being displaced again.

Ghana's government is repatriating 300 citizens from South Africa on a charter flight today, after anti-immigrant marches across the country. Rudolph lived in South Africa for 10 years and ran a salon. "It's not comfortable for us to stay here anymore, so we have to go," he told the BBC.

After the last few years, I have come to dread religious holidays. With each one came death and strikes across Gaza and Lebanon it has become triggering and anxiety-inducing

I wrote about how displaced southerners feel on the 26-year anniversary of Liberation Day (Eid al-Tahrir), when Lebanon celebrates Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon & the end of the 18 year occupation, considering the south is once again occupied by Israel www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Israeli officials want to resume bombing Beirut. Meanwhile drones are overhead incessantly buzzing all day, almost everyday, and an Israeli fighter jet just broke the sound barrier (sounds like an explosion)

I wrote this because I’ve watched journalism and open-source investigation drift into a kind of circular firing squad. At a time of layoffs, disinformation, war, and shrinking resources, we should be building stronger collaborations, not more competition.

the fact destruction continued to take place during a supposed ceasefire isn't the craziest. It's the fact towns like Yater are devastated when they're so far into Lebanese territory that is not even part of the yellow line Israel claimed. Sentinel-2 imagery April 16 vs May 14

Where reporting carries major safety risks, how can open-source analysis reveal what’s happening on the ground? In our next Stage Talk, Bellingcat's @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social shares how she monitors and verifies claims of violence in Myanmar. Join us live on Thursday: discord.gg/EjgxVKgv?eve...

my heart sinks every time I scroll past the video showing the Israeli bombardment of four Lebanese paramedics helping a Syrian girl on the road in Deir Qanoun al Nahr, in South Lebanon. Two paramedics and the girl were killed. One of the paramedics was also the photojournalist, Ahmed Hariri

If you have the means to support displaced families and people in South Lebanon, please consider the Sanad campaign fundahope.com/en/campaigns...

If you have the means to support displaced families and people in South Lebanon, please consider the Sanad campaign fundahope.com/en/campaigns...

Contrapoints as an aesthetic

Blida sustained more destruction towards the west and southwest between April 16 and May 14, according to Sentinel-2 imagery

I had a dream I was back in Cheba'a. I met the same guy, a member of the civil defence who lost his brother who was out in his agricultural field leaving 6 kids behind. Six souls deprived of their loving father and sole breadwinner with one drone strike that had zero merit but to take lives

NEW: Airwars-supported cross-border investigation identifies victims of US boat strikes. Journalist collective reveals victims are labourers, fishermen, cab drivers. Almost 200 have been killed since Sept 2025. No trial, no defence. 🔗 www.elclip.org/los-bombarde... #LosBombardeados

Thrilled to see the reviews for my book have now been published. Huge thanks to @eliothiggins.bsky.social @niaolainf.bsky.social @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Prof Marko Milanovic for their very kind endorsements! Check out what’s to come here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-h...

Thinking of South Lebnon, today. Upping this from a ride past Al Qlaya'a last year

terrifying to still see more destruction in recent months in towns nowhere close to the supposed frontline like Baraachit

Absolutely devastating read. www.them.us/story/slain-...

Baraachit (June, 2025)

Baraachit (June, 2025)

dusk

hardly

7 May 1938 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Stella Esther, Radomysler was born in Antwerp. She arrived in #Auschwitz on 13 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.

The photo below appears to have been taken in Debel, a Christian village in southern Lebanon. The comms pylon and base on the hill in the background would be UNP 5-66 and the perspective from the buildings at 33.120212, 35.361487 lines up: www.google.com/maps/place/3... CC: @geoconfirmed.org

the destruction which caused tremors that remaining residents felt was Al Qantara's, just west of Adchit Al Qsair. It likely changed the topography Sentinel-2 April 4 vs April 29

Shama's Sentinel-2 April 4 vs April 29 where Shimon The Prophet Shrine was also largely destroyed

For the past 2 months I’ve been building a facial recognition pipeline for the Epstein files and obsessively identifying as many people as I could. We just published the website and a guide for how to use it. Explore the structure of the Epstein Class with epstein.photos

a stark difference between April 4 & 29 on Sentintel-2 imagery of Bint Jbeil and Ainata in South Lebanon

More HIV patients are skipping treatment in Senegal, due to a wave of arrests that followed the country's anti-LGBTQ+ law being made harsher last month. "I don't dare leave the house anymore, so I'm literally holed up inside. I double-lock all the doors and windows just to avoid being found."

I had a dream that the late Sean Lock has become a work colleague

OpenStreetMap now shows Israeli-controlled territory in South Lebanon

“Saudi Arabia’s willingness to execute foreign migrants for nonviolent offences following trials that denied them basic due process reflects a profound disregard for their rights and lives.” www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

astounding journalism

Apple pushed an update that stopped deleted Signal messages being stored in the iPhone’s notification database. This comes directly in response to 404 Media finding the FBI was using this technique to recover deleted Signal messages. No longer an issue now www.404media.co/apple-fixes-...

Nice work from @perlman.surf.social, who built a site that tracks Palantir. In his words: "They've been watching us. Now we can watch them." Contracts. Lawsuits. Executive pay. Global footprint. Lobbying activity. Media strategies. All in one place. palantirwatch.org

NEW: Seven new lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI by families of Tumbler Ridge school shooting victims. The families say OpenAI was negligent in its failure to report the shooter's disturbing ChatGPT interactions — and has since misled the public about safeguards. futurism.com/artificial-i...

OpenStreetMap now shows Israeli-controlled territory in South Lebanon

Adchit al Qsair on March 5 compared to April 16

PMSing makes one think, for fleeting seconds, that they've never possessed brain cells before

a briliant piece on the near-impossibility to escape the Israeli war machine in Lebanon, no matter who you affiliate with. Using the translation feature makes it just as heart-rending, although it reads more beautifully in Arabic megaphone.news/oped/%D9%84%...

Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist at Al Akhbar Newspaper, who was targeted and killed by the IDF yesterday, had shared with ARIJ her testimony on the explicit threats she received from Israel for her revelatory work www.linkedin.com/posts/arijne...