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Joanne Stocker

@joannestocker.bsky.social

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Verification Producer, CBS News Confirmed. Philadelphian/Londoner. I like to poke at things that don’t make sense.

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · Nov 17

As we’ll all be using this more, a proper introduction: I’m a verification producer with the CBS News Confirmed team in London, by way of Ireland and Erbil and Philly and a bunch of other stops. I specialise mainly in OSINT, defence, conflict, big boats, and, increasingly, the far-right.

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phylan @phylan.website · 15h

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 16h

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for reading, Padre

Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 14h

The Pope says: "Subscribe".

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 16h

Israel and Hamas set to sign deal for first phase of ceasefire in Gaza

Israel and Hamas are expected to sign a deal soon agreeing to a "first phase" ceasefire to end the two-year war in the Gaza Strip.

www.cbsnews.com

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

This is brilliant work

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

(I’m still mad too)

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

No I mean Jesus Christ, you’re right

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus Christ, Lena

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

A [police] spokesman said: “We can confirm that, in the initial stages of the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, a call was made by the attacker to police claiming to pledge allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

Someone make this guy a colonel

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

It is very German (complimentary) that they've had to make a new law giving the federal police powers to shoot down drones

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting case to be made that Europe neglected homeland defence for decades because it was pressured into sending men and women to die in America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan www.economist.com/internationa...

Europe struggles to put homeland defence first

Years of expeditionary operations leave it vulnerable if America abandons the continent

www.economist.com

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 1d

Armies want landmines because they work. They work well. But they poison the land for generations, and I’ve met too many people whose lives have been destroyed by them.

Grant Wyeth @grantwyeth.bsky.social · 3d

A piece of mine for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on the banning of landmines, and how Russia's aggression is starting to unravel the international agreements around arms control, and the norms of daily behaviour in border regions.

The return of landmines marks a darker era for Europe – and the world

Countries withdrawing from the ban treaty shows how Russian hostility is forcing choices that undermine global norms.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 2d

Thales developed a European direct competitor to APKWS eh? How fascinating …
(Not sure how effective a laser-guided anti-drone rocket might be, but it’s worth trying. Testing the system widely in Ukraine is a good plan)

Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Thales Anti-Drone Rockets Now Being Used In Ukraine www.twz.com/air/thales-a...

Thales Anti-Drone Rockets Now Being Used In Ukraine

Thales' new rocket system combines a 70mm laser-guided rocket with a a purpose-built anti-drone airburst warhead and proximity fuse. Combining a 70-milimeter laser-guided rocket with a shotgun-style ...

www.twz.com

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 2d

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Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al Shamie 'shared ISIS videos, ranted and asked for large sums of money', his friends say

The terrorist's behaviour became unpredictable, friends say, including watching Islamic State videos, asking for money and sudden bursts of temper.

news.sky.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 2d

This is my favourite genre of America-posting

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 3d

If only we had some recent experiences of Gerrymandering on this island. Too bad history only happened in America

Post by Ritchie Crave saying
A fun thing you can do right now is to reach out to an American friend and tell them that an Irish Presidential Candidate, from the political party currently in power, had to pull out of the race because he withheld €3,300 from a former tennant 16 years ago and watch their faces twitch in envy.

Response by Desamii @desamii.bsky.social
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It's shabby to make fun of suffering
Americans. Spend the time figuring out what you, as a voting citizen, are doing against gerrymandering. You know, America likes to export its "culture" to other countries effectively. So you will need it in future election.

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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about how vicarious trauma can find you when you least expect it, through two experiences that I've had while working with images as an open source researcher.

Neither were graphic.

Both had a serious impact on me.

giancarlofiorella.com/2025/10/04/w...

When Trauma Finds You

Sometimes, trauma finds you while you’re waiting for it, when your body is tense anticipating its appearance. Your guard is up. Somehow, you soften its blows. Sometimes, though, trauma finds …

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 6d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 7d

We should probably have a wee chat about ISKP if everyone hasn’t forgotten they exist

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 9d

Nice photo. I came by plane. From Ireland. To work for Newscorp.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 9d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 10d

At least 11 undersea cables have been cut in the Baltic Sea in the past two years, mostly off Finland’s coast near Russia. These cables carry the lifeblood of modern existence: electricity, gas, global banking, and the internet. The culprit remains a mystery. cbsn.ws/4mHIj5L

Vital undersea cables, which carry electricity, the internet, and digital communication, are being cut.

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 10d

#BBCNews - Pro-EU party in #Moldova set to win vote mired in claims of Russian interference
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pro-EU party in Moldova set to win vote mired in claims of Russian interference

The election was seen as critical for Moldova's EU path, and President Maia Sandu warned the country's future was in danger.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 15d

Nearly 30 years after the Good Friday Agreement, the Irish and British governments have appointed an expert to write a report about merits of talks with paramilitary groups about disbandment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NI's first conflict resolution expert appointed

Fleur Ravensbergen could meet representatives of loyalist and republican organisations over the coming months.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 15d

Zelenskyy says he's "a little bit" surprised after Trump argues Ukraine can win back all its territory from Russia www.cbsnews.com/news/zelensk...

Zelenskyy says he's "a little bit" surprised after Trump argues Ukraine can win back all its territory from Russia

President Trump said Ukraine is "in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" — a shift that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said took him by surprise.

www.cbsnews.com

Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 15d

2008 was the golden age of baseball www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am0e...

2008 WS Gm4: Blanton fans seven and hits a homer

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