Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Mark Ames uses the opportunity of the 1 year anniversary of the overthrow of Assad to lie about chemical weapons in Syria, so at least he's consistent. The OPCW is still working in Syria, has identified 100 sites of interest, and found signs of nerve agents
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mark Ames uses the opportunity of the 1 year anniversary of the overthrow of Assad to lie about chemical weapons in Syria, so at least he's consistent. The OPCW is still working in Syria, has identified 100 sites of interest, and found signs of nerve agents
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
For those not in the know:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusal...
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For those not in the know:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusal...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusal...
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
It's because it's written by AI
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's because it's written by AI
GPTZero says the blurb on the website is 100% AI written as well. It also says Truss's statement is written by a human.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
GPTZero says the blurb on the website is 100% AI written as well. It also says Truss's statement is written by a human.
It's also noteworthy none of these links work.
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's also noteworthy none of these links work.
Liz Truss's portrait (thought I best check) - Little Evidence for AI involvement
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Liz Truss's portrait (thought I best check) - Little Evidence for AI involvement
The image of the club itself (which is clearly meant to be representative, not a photo) - Substantial Evidence for AI involvement:
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The image of the club itself (which is clearly meant to be representative, not a photo) - Substantial Evidence for AI involvement:
I took a look at Liz Truss's website for The Leconfield, her new Mayfair club asking for £500,000 from members to build it, and ran the images through the AI detection software Detesia, here's the results.
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I took a look at Liz Truss's website for The Leconfield, her new Mayfair club asking for £500,000 from members to build it, and ran the images through the AI detection software Detesia, here's the results.
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
Damn those pesky senior editors getting in the way of his bullshit
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Damn those pesky senior editors getting in the way of his bullshit
Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
Published a year after the invasion, did they travel back in time, or are you just a liar?
mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Published a year after the invasion, did they travel back in time, or are you just a liar?
mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
Okay, lets break down what you are doing here. You don't like Bellingcat's reporting in the far right in Ukraine, so rather than addressing the evidence presented in the articles you're using the pillars of disordered doubt to attack Bellingcat.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Okay, lets break down what you are doing here. You don't like Bellingcat's reporting in the far right in Ukraine, so rather than addressing the evidence presented in the articles you're using the pillars of disordered doubt to attack Bellingcat.
Just received this from Russia's Matryoshka campaign, thanks for the update I guess.
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just received this from Russia's Matryoshka campaign, thanks for the update I guess.
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
This, of course, as a complete lie, but that's the new Pentagon and Pentagon Press Corp for you, completely untrustworthy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This, of course, as a complete lie, but that's the new Pentagon and Pentagon Press Corp for you, completely untrustworthy.
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry will report tomorrow at midday, expect the usual suspects to deploy the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, especially Doubt the Process
www.dawnsturgess.independent-inquiry.uk
www.dawnsturgess.independent-inquiry.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry will report tomorrow at midday, expect the usual suspects to deploy the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, especially Doubt the Process
www.dawnsturgess.independent-inquiry.uk
www.dawnsturgess.independent-inquiry.uk
Or be dominated by performative and simulated forms of discourse.
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Or be dominated by performative and simulated forms of discourse.
Expect to see the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt deployed in any party debates about policy and leadership.
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Expect to see the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt deployed in any party debates about policy and leadership.