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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 10h

WHY WE LOOK? Because an Associated Press (AP) photographer captured the moment Trump was passed a note by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and its content: informing him peace in the Middle East was close.
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How a Photographer Caught President Trump’s Note from Secretary Rubio

An AP news photographer captured the remarkable moment President Donald Trump was passed a note by Secretary of State Marco Rubio informing him peace in

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 10h

WHY WE LOOK? Because Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of Trump winning an oversized Nobel Peace Prize medal as the Israeli premier stands at his side, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal based on Trump’s proposal.
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Netanyahu posts AI image of Trump winning Nobel Peace Prize

Following Gaza deal, gambling site shows US president with improved odds, but still unlikely to win award he has repeatedly said he deserves

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 1d

WHY WE LOOK? Because when a couple alerted Airbnb to a spy cam in an outlet extender, they thought the listing would be yanked and they’d get a full refund. Wrong on both counts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

Help! We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 1d

WHY WE LOOK? Because a TikTok 'AI Homeless Man' photo trend - fake videos supposedly showing strangers inside people's homes - is wasting police time in the US and UK
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'AI Homeless Man' Photo Trend on TikTok is Wasting Police Time in the US and UK

Police are using "valuable deployable resources."

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 1d

WHY WE LOOK? Because some NYC buses will soon be equipped with Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE), a system that automatically takes photos of and mails out tickets to the owners of vehicles that are blocking bus stops or illegally parked in bus routes.
www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/09/2...

2 More UWS Bus Routes to Get Automated Camera Ticketing System

The M96 bus pulling out of a stop. Photo Credit: DOT. By Gus Saltonstall Change is coming to a pair

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 2d

WHY WE LOOK? Because the arrival of A.I.-fabricated video ushers in and insures an era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 2d

WHY WE LOOK? Because of the Army’s sense of alarm and its race to catch up in a world of deadly drones
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 2d

WHY WE LOOK? Because Apple has removed an app - Eyes Up - that preserves and archives TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos that document abuses by ICE,
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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 3d

WHY WE LOOK? Because an Acclaimed Wildlife Photographer Pleads Guilty to Trespassing on Private Island to Photograph Rare Parrots
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Wildlife Photographer Pleads Guilty to Trespassing on Private Island to Photograph Rare Parrots

He wanted to photograph one of Australia’s rarest birds.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 3d

WHY WE LOOK? Because the Oregon Republican Party removed an image that misleadingly depicted South American riot police from its social media posts about President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Portland.
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Oregon Republicans Caught Posting Misleading Protest Image

The group deleted the photo, which depicted South American riot police.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 3d

WHY WE LOOK? Because the National Museum Of Korea Comes Under Massive Fire Over a Post Featuring its Director with a Controversial Businessman Accused of Financial Fraud
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National Museum Of Korea Comes Under Massive Fire Over Post Featuring Bang Si Hyuk

After the official social media account of the organization posted a photo with Bang, criticism started pouring in rapidly.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 4d

WHY WE LOOK? Because The man photographed as a baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover has lost his latest lawsuit against the band for distributing child sexual abuse imagery.
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Judge Permanently Dismisses Lawsuit Over Nirvana 'Nevermind' Cover Photo

He is barred him from refiling the case in federal court.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 4d

WHY WE LOOK? Because a series of promotional posters for James Bond movies on Amazon Prime Video were edited so that 007 was missing his gun. The pictures have since been taken down after fan backlash.
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Amazon Prime Video Edits Gun Out of James Bond's Hand in Promo Poster

Fans aren't happy.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 4d

WHY WE LOOK? Because in Russia, grieving families are paying $30 for this technology to create ghostly videos of soldiers killed in Ukraine. The process is known as 'digital resurrection.'
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Grieving Families in Russia Are Paying $30 to Bring Dead Soldiers Back to Life With AI

Ukrainians don't see them as angels.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 6d

WHY WE LOOK? Because a man was found mauled to death at a remote campsite. The photos he sent to his family before his death hold a clue about what happened, Arkansas sheriff’s deputies said.
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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 6d

WHY WE LOOK? Because Eli Fuchs was the Original Brooklyn Selfie King. In the nineteen-thirties and forties, he constantly, carefully photographed himself. What was he trying to see?
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The Original Brooklyn Selfie King

In the nineteen-thirties and forties, my grandfather constantly, carefully photographed himself. What was he trying to see?

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 7d

WHY WE LOOK? Because in Ukraine, a French photojournalist is the first working journalist to be killed by a remotely piloted drone during the war, according to press associations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/w...

French Photojournalist Killed in Drone Attack in Ukraine

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 7d

WHY WE LOOK? Because astronomers capture the clearest image ever of the vast, powerful jet of matter erupting from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87)
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Scientists Capture Image of Plasma Jet From Supermassive Black Hole

A ribbon of hot, pink plasma.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 8d

WHY WE LOOK? Because spam and scams proliferate in Facebook’s political ads. The online platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 8d

WHY WE LOOK? Because mountaineer Balin Miller, 23, falls while scaling Yosemite’s El Capitan and his death shock his family and onlookers who were watching his live-streamed ascent of the famed rock face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Climber Dies in Fall After Scaling Yosemite’s El Capitan

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 8d

WHY WE LOOK? Because of the lost ritual of photographing the dead. Despite the current ubiquity of cameras, we rarely pause in our flurry of social media sharing to document one of the most significant events in all our lives: death.
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The Lost Ritual of Photographing the Dead

Despite the current ubiquity of cameras, we rarely pause in our flurry of social media sharing to document one of the most significant events in all our lives: death.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 9d

WHY WE LOOK? Because of Social Media’s Changing Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War. Nearly two years into the conflict, photos and videos are increasingly capturing the day-to-day toll in Gaza, as U.S. public opinion on the war shifts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...

Americans’ Views of Israel-Gaza War Shift Alongside Changing Social Media Posts

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 9d

WHY WE LOOK? Because a historian's used AI to help identify a Nazi soldier in a notorious Holocaust murder image showing him with his gun raised to the head of a Jewish man kneeling at the edge of a mass grave
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 9d

WHY WE LOOK? Because the chief videographer of the Anadolu news agency was taken to hospital after he was shoved to the ground by an ICE agent while covering migrant court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
petapixel.com/2025/10/02/i...

ICE Agent Throws Photographer to the Floor Causing Head Injury

It comes after months of rising tensions.

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Marvin Heiferman @whywelook.bsky.social · 10d

WHY WE LOOK? Because of Bad Bunny's Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot
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Bad Bunny: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot

Bad Bunny: Photos from the Billboard cover shoot of the Puerto Rican superstar.

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