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Jake Godin

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Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · Dec 6

New SkySat imagery from Planet Labs over northern Gaza from Dec 5 shows extensive damage to the Beit Lahia Cemetery after the IDF cleared two paths through the middle of it.

🧵 I have a cemetery destruction thread on Twitter that I'll re-post to Bluesky for tracking purposes.

CC: @geoconfirmed.org

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4h

Pentagon Press Association says negotiations with DoD about its revised requirements for credentials reporters "have not been as successful as we had hoped."

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Jennifer Smart ♠️ Commissions open! @jaesmart.bsky.social · 4h

#inktober day 8: reckless 🔥
Revenant and Guardian face a fearsome foe

An ink drawing of a bird person with a halberd, a small feminine child in a dress and veil carrying a harp, and a large spectral skeleton charging towards a menacing dragon in the background.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5h

POTUS is personally invested in this deal.

Remains to be seen whether there will be the necessary USG followthrough to make it stick.

I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7h

Correction: besides the 75+ Somalia strikes (81 by @davidsterman.bsky.social's count), there has also been one Somalia "operation" on July 25 that AFRICOM didn't describe as an air strike, suggesting it was a JSOC ground raid

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday's Syria strike puts US combat actions during the second Trump administration at:

—1,000+ air strikes in Yemen (March-April)
—75+ air strikes in Somalia
—7 air strikes and 3 JSOC ground raids in Syria
—4 air strikes in the Caribbean
—B-2 strikes on 3 sites in Iran
—1 air strike in Iraq

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 11h

I started working on this research in my spare time with a small group of fellow journos/artists — Nicole Vögele, @jakecharlesrees.bsky.social , & Robin Kötzle — after noticing recurring patterns in IDF 3D videos last year

The Ferret (via @billybriggs24.bsky.social): theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12h

amazing fact check from yesterday's senate oversight hearing

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 12h

Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.

You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.

www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

Open-Source Reporter (Video Journalist), Visual Investigations | The New York Times Company

www.nytco.com

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 12h

Media sources (and people I’m talking to) are optimistic that agreement on first stage of Gaza deal (centered on hostage release) may be imminent. By the end of the week if not tonight. It can still collapse but the tone is the most positive I’ve heard in a long time. Possibly at all.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. How can anyone in Congress — Democrats or Republicans — make a budget ‘deal’ with this administration if we now know the President is going to ignore implementing any part of the ‘deal’ he wants?”

@vermontgmg.bsky.social
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

Important article for anyone following AI and AI policy.

"In the process, [NVIDIA and OpenAI are] now seen as playing a key role in ratcheting up the risks of a possible AI bubble by inflating the market and binding the fates of numerous companies together. "

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like if the administration had a strong legal theory for killing people in the Caribbean, they’d be willing to share it publicly.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

Good question from Senator Coons.

AG Bondi refuses to disclose what legal theory if any from DOJ justifies these premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Part of upcoming Bellingcat reporting, with Evident Media, Frontline PBS and The Washington Post -
After U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

After U.S. strikes, Iran increases work at mysterious underground site

Satellite imagery indicates Iran is increasing construction at a deeply buried site in Pickaxe Mountain, just south of the Natanz nuclear facility hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes in June.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jennifer Smart ♠️ Commissions open! @jaesmart.bsky.social · 1d

#inktober day 7: starfish 🌟
The Starfish Sentinel

#inktober2025 #art #fantasyart #horrorart

An ink drawing of the underside of a many-armed starfish. In the center of its body is a Roman-style mask with a despondent expression. The mask is surrounded by eyes embedded in its flesh.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 1d

Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat

Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.

www.bellingcat.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky vs. X engagement comparisons tell familiar story.

Example: My colleague @johngramlich.bsky.social has similar # of followers on each site. Last week, he had a popular post about sports gambling, a topic of interest across political ideology.

X: 59 retweets
B: 1,234 total reposts

Image of a post about sports gambling from John Gramlich that received 59 retweets on X.

Image of a post about sports gambling from John Gramlich that received 1,234 reposts on Bluesky (815 regular reposts & 419 quote-reposts.

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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social · 9d

My latest: a look inside a villa in Aleppo countryside that appears to have been used as a base by an Iranian-linked militia during the war in Syria. I stumbled upon it while driving & the graffiti still remains. Took photos for historical documentation www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/inside-an-...

Inside an Iranian-Linked Militia Base in Aleppo Countryside

Back in the summer, while driving one afternoon on a countryside route not too far from my home as part of a trip to the waterfalls of Handarat and the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp in Aleppo prov...

www.aymennaltamimi.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute shock in France: Lecornu, who was just appointed prime minister by Macron two weeks ago, announced today that he was resigning.

The country was already in unprecedented territory, but this pushes it to another level; odds of new elections shortly just soared.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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