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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 14d

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...

'Nothing left' in Gaza says doctor evacuated to Ireland

A doctor who had been working in Gaza until his evacuation to Ireland last week has said there is nothing left there.

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 29d

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:

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29d

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...

Incendiary Munitions Strike Gaza-bound Flotilla Two Nights in a Row - bellingcat

On September 8 and 9, two vessels of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were attacked outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. Bellingcat analysed footage and images from both incidents. ...

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · Sep 1

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...

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Aug 14

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...

Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan

Today's three stories you should know.

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Aug 11

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...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of Sunday’s killing of Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Z...

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jul 17

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...

Inside Rikers Island: A Suicide Attempt as Guards Stand By | Visual Investigations

YouTube video by The New York Times

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 17

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

Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.

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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Jul 3

Want to learn first-hand tried and tested techniques of digital investigation? We have some upcoming workshops which may be of interest to you... 🧵

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jul 7

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...

Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13. His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.

www.nytimes.com

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · Jun 27

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...

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Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Jun 19

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

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Jun 13

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...

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

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Katie Polglase @katiepolglase.bsky.social · Jun 20

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...

Watch: CNN investigates Israel’s strikes on key Iranian officials — and their civilian toll | CNN

Israel’s strikes not only took out top Iranian leaders, they also caused civilian deaths. CNN’s Katie Polglase breaks down the human toll at the locations where top Iranian officials were killed.

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Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · Jun 20

“The great change wrought by the internet for most people is not in how public disorder is caused, but in how it is reported. The violence of the past week has been aired with an immediacy and intimacy unimaginable 15 years ago”

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Newton Emerson: As BBC coverage of the Ballymena riots took a while to crank up, I turned to ‘FreedomDad73′

The violence of the past week has been aired with immediacy and intimacy unimaginable 15 years ago

www.irishtimes.com

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 20

“Two weeks” is one of President Trump’s favorite units of time. It can mean something, or nothing at all. By Shawn McCreesh. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

For Trump, ‘Two Weeks’ Is the Magic Number

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 9

Story on their lawsuit, by Alan Feuer www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...

Proud Boys Convicted in Jan. 6 Attack Sue Government on Claims of ‘Political Persecution’

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 9

On Friday, five Proud Boys sued the US government for $100 million for their “political persecution” as “allies of President Trump.”

A reminder of how they instigated multiple breaches during the Capitol riot. Our visual investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DfL...

How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol | Visual Investigations

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jun 9

ICE agent smashes car window to grab somebody without warrant www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjguDNwJ/

Shocking video of an ICE agent smashing the window of a van is sparking outrage after the officials tried to detain an immigrant man. A video taken by a 16-year-old waiting for her bus to school showe...

TikTok video by NBCSouthFlorida

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 4

Analysis of a video and phone recording support what Mr. Al-Nasasra saw www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWhN...

How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza | Visual Investigations

YouTube video by The New York Times

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 4

"The soldiers came to the scene very close – and then he heard them shooting everyone who was still alive.”

The account of Asaad Al-Nasasra, who survived an IDF attack on a convoy of medics in March and was detained for over a month.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter

Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life

www.theguardian.com

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ukraine Hid Attack Drones in Russia. These Videos Show What Happened Next.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.bcBu.SlVgFdhrbLyK&smid=url-share

Ukraine Hid Attack Drones in Russia. These Videos Show What Happened Next. (Gift Article)

Videos and satellite imagery show how the attack unfolded and its aftermath.

www.nytimes.com

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