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Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
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Investigative Journalist | IT & Power Analyst | Digital Sleuth
Exposing corruption, tracking money trails & decoding propaganda
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multithinker.bsky.social
عورت بوجھ نہیں، رحمت ہے۔
امام علیؑ کی تعلیم ہمیں نرمی، احترام اور انصاف سکھاتی ہے۔
خواتین کے حقوق صرف نعرہ نہیں، ایک اخلاقی ذمہ داری ہیں۔

#ImamAli #WomenRights #RespectWomen #IslamicValues #HumanDignity
عورت بوجھ نہیں، رحمت ہے۔ امام علیؑ کی تعلیم ہمیں نرمی، احترام اور انصاف سکھاتی ہے۔ خواتین کے حقوق صرف نعرہ نہیں، ایک اخلاقی ذمہ داری ہیں۔ #ImamAli #WomenRights #RespectWomen #IslamicValues #HumanDignity
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
implausibleblog.bsky.social
ABC News Australia doing what BBC News haven't done yet, name the Bondi Beach hero:

Inala Cooper, "What I was reflecting on this morning was the footage of the civilian, the unarmed man, Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner"
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
maitelsadany.bsky.social
Ahmed al-Ahmed, who bravely disarmed one of the gunmen in the horrific Bondi Beach attack, is originally from Idlib, Syria.
December 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
Independent video (verified by the NYTimes) shows a local Bondi Beach unarmed bystander sneaking up behind one of the gunman today and tackling him to disarm him.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
A valid visa no longer guarantees the right to travel. Across Pakistan, passengers are being quietly offloaded at airports with no written orders or explanations. Suspicion is treated as guilt. #Pakistan #Migration #HumanRights #TravelBan

globalvoices.org/2025/12/02/p...
A valid visa no longer guarantees the right to travel. Across Pakistan, passengers are being quietly offloaded at airports with no written orders or explanations. Suspicion is treated as guilt. #Pakistan #Migration #HumanRights #TravelBan https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/02/pakistani-travellers-with-valid-visas-being-quietly-offloaded-at-airports-in-silent-ban/
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
Pakistan’s prisons are bursting far beyond capacity. Thousands remain behind bars without trial, trapped in disease, neglect, and delay. This is not a paperwork issue, it is a human rights crisis.

Read here: dissidentvoice.org/2025/12/paki...

#Pakistan #HumanRights #PrisonReform #Justice
Inside the walls, conditions are grim. Inmates often share one toilet for fifty people. Meals are meager and medical care is rare. Human Rights Watch has described prisons as “nightmare zones for health and dignity.” Tuberculosis, skin infections, and HIV spread unchecked in cramped cells. Outbreaks at the Adiala Jail have become national concerns, but normal health care is rarely allowed. The harsh realities are even more so for female inmates. Two hundred inmates are cramped into one women’s jail in Lahore, which was originally built for half that number. Reports of harassment by staff are common. Pregnant women receive no special care, and survivors of abuse rarely get counseling. Juvenile offenders share space with hardened criminals, turning confinement into a school of crime rather than a chance for reform.
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Power hates questions.

When billion-dollar empires hide behind welfare, when land and wealth stay untaxed, when elections lose meaning, capital and talent leave.

These are not slogans. They are warnings.

#Pakistan #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Accountability #BrainDrain
Power hates questions. When billion-dollar empires hide behind welfare, when land and wealth stay untaxed, when elections lose meaning, capital and talent leave. These are not slogans. They are warnings. #Pakistan #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Accountability #BrainDrain
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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globalvoices.org
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.
What’s behind the growing anti-immigrant discourse around stateless Rohingya in India
The “Bangladeshi Rohingya” framing has become a central weapon in anti-immigrant narratives through systematic disinformation campaigns in India’s digital sphere.
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
Investigative journalism needs courage, clarity, and consistency.
This poster reflects the work and values of Syed Salman Mehdi Mosvi, standing for truth, justice, and human rights.

#InvestigativeJournalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights #Pakistan #MediaIntegrity
December 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This is what David Ellison paid for:
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reposted by Syed Salman Mehdi | Investigative Journalist & Digital Analyst
globalvoices.org
"A country that deprives its young ones of education in their mother tongue has denied them access to the deepest and most authentic sources of knowledge."
Nigeria scraps mother tongue education policy
"A country that deprives its young ones of education in their mother tongue has denied them access to the deepest and most authentic sources of knowledge."
globalvoices.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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globalvoices.org
When an investigative journalist in Africa follows a corruption trail, the danger no longer ends with physical threats. Their devices become targets for spyware, silent monitoring, and online attacks that expose sensitive information.
Why cybersafety matters in the African Union–European Union partnership
Research shows that women are less likely to access the Internet than men and face higher exposure to harassment once they are online. These conditions limit participation and restrict leadership.
advox.globalvoices.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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A number of weapons companies, operating in SA, are manufacturing parts used to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
SA Labor must end investment and weapons exports with Israel
Palestine activists say South Australian Labor’s self-promotion as a “defence state” makes it complicit in the Gaza genocide. Markela Panegyres reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
He expects lawlessness to be part of his administration. Justice isn’t optional, no matter the office.

#Trump #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw
mehdirhasan.bsky.social Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"

The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.

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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
When the head of Homeland Security can’t answer basic questions, it’s not just a messaging problem, it’s a legitimacy crisis. People trust the public more than the official.

#HomelandSecurityFail #Accountability #LegitimacyCrisis #KristiNoem
mojochefjeff.bsky.social Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 3d
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"..When the Secretary of Homeland Security can’t stay in a hearing long enough to answer basic questions and when the public trusts the protesters more than the person running the agency, you don’t have a messaging problem. You have a legitimacy crisis.."
#BlueCrew
ICE Melts Under Noem’s Shadow
ICE isn’t just losing support; it’s imploding under its own cruelty, incompetence, and Kristi Noem’s vanishing act, leaving America questioning who the real threat is.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
This is a powerful reminder that digital platforms can weaponize anonymity to silence journalists. Fighting disinformation and red-tagging isn’t just personal and it’s defending press freedom for everyone

#PressFreedom #DigitalAccountability #StopDisinformation #JournalismMatters
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
Big nuclear deals sound grand, but the risks fall on people while rewards flow upward. When power projects serve geopolitics and elites, citizens get debt danger and silence
#EnergyPolitics #EliteDeals #NuclearRisk #PeopleFirst
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
When billionaires warn about a backlash in their own papers, it says a lot. You cannot buy democracy forever. People see who writes the rules and who pays the price
#AntiOligarchy #ClassWar #BillionairePower #PeopleAwakening
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
multithinker.bsky.social
Blaming Washington does not fix local failures. Leadership is about action not press lines. People need results on schools roads and relief not talking points while lives get harder
#Accountability #LeadershipMatters #DoYourJob #PublicService
govwesmoore.bsky.social Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 3d
The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:

✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The Bureau of Meteorology has ominously predicted “unusually high” summer temperatures for most of Australia, heralding a higher risk of extreme bushfires, storms and heatwaves. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
We are in a climate emergency
The prime minister’s claimed concern for those impacted by the climate emergency rings hollow while he backs the fossil fuel industry, argues Ben Radford.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Free speech is not a slogan when algorithms mute the truth. Imran Khan sits in jail while the deep state tightens its grip and X looks away. Silence helps power, not democracy.

#FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
Free speech is not a slogan when algorithms mute the truth. Imran Khan sits in jail while the deep state tightens its grip and X looks away. Silence helps power, not democracy. #FreeImranKhan #Pakistan #DeepState #Censorship #FreeSpeech #X #ElonMusk #Twitter #PakArmy #AsimMunir
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Praying for all Muslims this Jumuah. May Allah grant strength, knowledge, patience and safety to the oppressed in Palestine and Sudan, and bless every believer with peace and dignity. Ameen. #JumuahMubarak #PrayForPalestine #PrayForSudan
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Trump “informed” Xi while forgetting to inform reality. Chips go to China, hype goes to his ego, and the US public gets another episode of Trumponomics theatre. #TrumpChaos #TechDrama #USChina
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Trump calls it prosperity while prices rise and truth collapses. The Onion exposes the same old trick where bluster replaces policy and chaos replaces facts. Zionists cheer the distraction while Musk nods along. America deserves better.

@theonion.com

#TrumpLies #OnionTruth #AgainstFascism
President Trump continues to make misleading statements about affordability despite the Consumer Price Index indicating an increase in costs for many goods and services. The Onion assesses the veracity of the president’s claims. Claim: The cost of living is low. True: The cost of living is much lower than what it will be in a few months. Claim: Trump has brought prices down. False: We’re pretty sure he means the value of the U.S. dollar. Claim: Trumponomics is the solution to runaway inflation. False: Trumponomics is a 1996 CD-ROM game published by Maxis. Claim: Affordability is a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. False: Democrats would never run on a salient issue. Claim: The price of Kellogg’s Stranger Things Demogorgon Crunch cereal has never been lower. False: Kellogg’s Stranger Things Demogorgon Crunch cereal only cost a nickel in 1901. Claim: It costs less to feed a family now than this time last year. True: Remember, one of your kids died of measles. Claim: The Trump economy has ushered in unprecedented prosperity for everyday Americans. True: The White House’s economic agenda has been a boon for mom-and-pop hedge funds. Claim: At Taco Bell, you can add sour cream to the regular bean burrito and it tastes basically the same as the Burrito Supreme. True: It’s missing some other premium ingredients, but all you’re tasting is the cream anyway.
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
multithinker.bsky.social
Hospitals exist to save lives not polish narratives These stories show how fragile care becomes when truth is treated as optional Families deserve honesty and real accountability not headlines that hide the pain

#ProPublica #Healthcare #Accountability #COVID19 #PatientSafety
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d
1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.

In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.

There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM