Cengiz Yar
@cengizyar.com
visuals editor at ProPublica 🦂
probably headbanging
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probably headbanging
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Join the Lens on Life team on December 4th for "Another Chance," a photography exhibition celebrating the vision and creativity of seven young artists from across New York City. www.lensonlifeproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join the Lens on Life team on December 4th for "Another Chance," a photography exhibition celebrating the vision and creativity of seven young artists from across New York City. www.lensonlifeproject.org
“Decker was held in custody for more than 30 hours before being released on bond with two charges.” pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“Decker was held in custody for more than 30 hours before being released on bond with two charges.” pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
“My sense is that they essentially created this phony war, and they’ve gone so far down the road with it that they now kind of have to have a real one.”
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Opinion | The Incomprehensible March Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“My sense is that they essentially created this phony war, and they’ve gone so far down the road with it that they now kind of have to have a real one.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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It's the last week to apply for ProPublica's Photojournalism Fellowship on our Visuals Team. The fellowship will begin in early 2026 and last two years. The role is based in our New York City office. Applications are due December 1st. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's the last week to apply for ProPublica's Photojournalism Fellowship on our Visuals Team. The fellowship will begin in early 2026 and last two years. The role is based in our New York City office. Applications are due December 1st. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
“He really chronicled what war was like, and what bodies looked like when they are abandoned on a roadside for three weeks, and what a field hospital looks like, not the ‘M*A*S*H’ version.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought
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November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“He really chronicled what war was like, and what bodies looked like when they are abandoned on a roadside for three weeks, and what a field hospital looks like, not the ‘M*A*S*H’ version.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
“Las Vegas, no matter what happens to it, will continue to make a lot of money. The city might be dying, but it will never be dead.” slate.com/business/202...
Everyone Inside America’s Most Flailing Destination City Has a Theory for What’s Wrong. Now I Have My Own.
It defines the American experience like no other. People are no longer buying.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“Las Vegas, no matter what happens to it, will continue to make a lot of money. The city might be dying, but it will never be dead.” slate.com/business/202...
The Lucie Photo Book Prize exhibit is tonight at The Reef in LA. My book, This Alabaster Grave, is a finalist in the Independant category. Stop by if you’re around!
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The Lucie Photo Book Prize exhibit is tonight at The Reef in LA. My book, This Alabaster Grave, is a finalist in the Independant category. Stop by if you’re around!
“Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Listen to @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix discuss their @propublica.org @startribune.com investigation into child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community on @mprnews.org. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Young girls were sexually abused by a church member. They were told to forgive and forget.
In Duluth, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never sp...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Listen to @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix discuss their @propublica.org @startribune.com investigation into child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community on @mprnews.org. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
"this is truly the kind of promotion you can only get when you throw sanity to the wind and sext the brainwormed Kennedy" www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
Column | The dueling narratives of Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza
Olivia Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK Jr. is detailed in her book, American Canto. Ex-fiance Ryan Lizza now alleges she also had an affair with Mark Sanford.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"this is truly the kind of promotion you can only get when you throw sanity to the wind and sext the brainwormed Kennedy" www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
incredible lead on this story 🛴🛴🛴https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/baltimore-scooter-ice-patrol-buzz-grambo-us-navy-veteran/
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
incredible lead on this story 🛴🛴🛴https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/baltimore-scooter-ice-patrol-buzz-grambo-us-navy-veteran/
New @propublica.org & @startribune.com investigation from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix out today looking into allegations of widespread child sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Minnesota, with photography by @leilanavidi.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New @propublica.org & @startribune.com investigation from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix out today looking into allegations of widespread child sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Minnesota, with photography by @leilanavidi.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
"Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders."
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@southsideweekly.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago—Even After Judge Said To Stop
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders."
@southsideweekly.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com
@southsideweekly.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com
"It’s worth emphasizing that however advanced this all is—however magical it may feel to interact with a program that behaves like the AI fantasies we’ve been fed by science fiction—we are at the very beginning of the chatbot era." @damonberes.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"It’s worth emphasizing that however advanced this all is—however magical it may feel to interact with a program that behaves like the AI fantasies we’ve been fed by science fiction—we are at the very beginning of the chatbot era." @damonberes.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Reporter @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social speaks to @npr.org about @propublica.org's report on the South Shore Chicago apartment building raid.
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ProPublica reporter on the high-profile raid of a Chicago apartment building
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to ProPublica reporter Melissa Sanchez, who fact-checked the Trump administration's claims about a high-profile immigration raid in Chicago.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reporter @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social speaks to @npr.org about @propublica.org's report on the South Shore Chicago apartment building raid.
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
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AOTY contender bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
Stygian Bough: Volume II, by BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN
4 track album
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AOTY contender bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
"Most artists I know are like this. Finding time to make art while working another job, or taking care of loved ones. They improvise. They get better. They get worse. They get better again. Really it mostly comes down to that first thing: finding time." www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
My Truck Desk by Bud Smith
October 29, 2025 – “Now that I had my Truck Desk, that vehicle was my very own rolling cubicle.”
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November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Most artists I know are like this. Finding time to make art while working another job, or taking care of loved ones. They improvise. They get better. They get worse. They get better again. Really it mostly comes down to that first thing: finding time." www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
Had an excellent couple days at #TribFest with the visual teams from @propublica.org @texastribune.org & @catchlight-io.bsky.social, especially attending events showcasing Adriana Loureiro Fernández's powerful work on the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT and their families.
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Had an excellent couple days at #TribFest with the visual teams from @propublica.org @texastribune.org & @catchlight-io.bsky.social, especially attending events showcasing Adriana Loureiro Fernández's powerful work on the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT and their families.
“When I started this profession, people treated us with great respect. Now, no one in Turkiye has any respect for anyone else.” www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
Photos: The ancient art of Istanbul’s porters survives modern challenges
Istanbul's porters haul massive loads, preserving an ancient craft vital to the city's historical markets and hans.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“When I started this profession, people treated us with great respect. Now, no one in Turkiye has any respect for anyone else.” www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
“But why the Pornhub logo? The connection between warfare and pornography feels almost too obvious to dwell on in an age when social media platforms like X have become a constant onslaught of pornbots and graphic videos of death from Gaza to Ukraine.” combatthreads.substack.com/p/war-porn
War Porn
Myanmar, Baudrillard, Ukraine, and Pornhub
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November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“But why the Pornhub logo? The connection between warfare and pornography feels almost too obvious to dwell on in an age when social media platforms like X have become a constant onslaught of pornbots and graphic videos of death from Gaza to Ukraine.” combatthreads.substack.com/p/war-porn
Austin, join Adriana Loureiro Fernández at her photo exhibit on Open Congress tomorrow, as she talks about her work covering the lives of men deported from the United States and imprisoned in El Salvador. tribfest2025photowalksaturday.splashthat.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Austin, join Adriana Loureiro Fernández at her photo exhibit on Open Congress tomorrow, as she talks about her work covering the lives of men deported from the United States and imprisoned in El Salvador. tribfest2025photowalksaturday.splashthat.com
“I suppose, another way you can look at it is this: Once Assad caged people on behalf of the Americans, and now al-Sharaa will.” www.forever-wars.com/al-qaeda-in-...
Al-Qaeda in Syria's Ex-Commander Enlists in The War on Terror
They always said al-Qaeda would one day make its way to the White House. Turns out it's not for a suicide bombing but a handshake
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November 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
“I suppose, another way you can look at it is this: Once Assad caged people on behalf of the Americans, and now al-Sharaa will.” www.forever-wars.com/al-qaeda-in-...
Remember that big government raid on an apartment building in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago?
@propublica.org looked into it and found little evidence to support the government's claims. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica.org looked into it and found little evidence to support the government's claims. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Remember that big government raid on an apartment building in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago?
@propublica.org looked into it and found little evidence to support the government's claims. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica.org looked into it and found little evidence to support the government's claims. www.propublica.org/article/chic...