Malachy Browne
@malachy.bsky.social
I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers (Gift Article)
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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...
Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time
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January 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time. By @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
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January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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...
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Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night
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January 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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...
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...
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest
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January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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January 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
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January 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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
Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal.
We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How TikTok decides what you see. wapo.st/4qD9C3x
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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...
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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...
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➡️ 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)
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➡️ 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)
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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
➡️ 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/...
➡️ 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...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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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/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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/...
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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
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
Surviving The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - An Airwars Investigation
For five months, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was the main distributor of food in Gaza. Backed by the United States and Israel, more than 1,000 people were allegedly killed seeking aid at it...
ghf.airwars.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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
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...
"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...
Opinion | The Movie I Was Afraid to See
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December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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...
"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...
A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia
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December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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/...
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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/...
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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...
@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...
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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...
@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...
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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/...
w/ @aric.bsky.social Jenny Vrentas, Leo Dominguez and
@iamrumz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers (Gift Article)
Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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/...
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...
The effect of Trump's racist remarks about Somalis in America.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Somali Americans Are Carrying Proof of Citizenship Amid ICE Raids
In Minnesota, Somali Americans have been in fear since President Trump called them “garbage.” ICE raids across the state have led to over a dozen arrests, prompting many to carry their U.S. passports ...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"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...
The effect of Trump's racist remarks about Somalis in America.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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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...
Read our exclusive account based on conversations with those involved:
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Inside Ukraine’s Daring ‘Operation Spiderweb’ Attack on Russia
Kyiv’s plan to smuggle more than 100 drones into enemy territory required meticulous planning, high-tech gadgets—and luck.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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...
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/...
How the Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Became So Deadly (Gift Article)
Hazardous construction materials, the buildings’ design and a series of safety failures likely enabled the blaze to spread with devastating speed.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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...
OSINT Fellowship (2026) - Lighthouse Reports
Join our team as an OSINT fellow to learn from and contribute to our high-impact investigations. Lighthouse Reports is hiring a part-time open-source intelligence fellow to work with us from...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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...
‘He is being excluded’: Irish mother tells of upset and anger after son denied citizenship
Waterford native is infant’s genetic mother, but her Welsh wife carried the baby and gave birth to him
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December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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...
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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...
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America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
"Things Happen" - President Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ44...
Killing Jamal Khashoggi: How a Brutal Saudi Hit Job Unfolded | NYT - Visual Investigations
YouTube video by The New York Times
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November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Things Happen" - President Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ44...