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Longtime worker rights activist. Decade w/ textile+clothing unions. 10yrs in Asia for AFL-CIO. Founded anti-sweatshop NGO, Press for Change. Header: Indonesian union workers celebrate strike victory https://inthesetimes.com/authors/jeff-ballinger
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"gaming-honed skills" = "undiagnosed ADHD"
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Throughout this series of investigations we used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify ships in port, at anchor or at sea. Bellingcat contributor Ollie Ballinger built a ship detection tool based on SAR imagery so others could track vessel movements www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Peering Beyond the Clouds: A Guide to Bellingcat’s Ship Detection Tool - bellingcat
The Ship Detection Tool is a satellite imaging resource that uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify ships in port, at anchor or at sea.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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An particular piece I'm proud of is this collaboration with Ollie Ballinger on visualising pollution from #Iraq's oil industry, using SkyTruth and Google Earth Engine to map affected areas and populations that later inspired journalists to dig deeper 13/x
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What Oil, Satellite Technology and Iraq can Tell us About Pollution - bellingcat
Measuring the extent of pollution in Iraq is a challenge. But open source techniques can help put the issue into context as well as show how communities are being impacted.
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November 13, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Our @bellingcat.com colleague Ollie Ballinger also developed a machine-learning model to track thise waste pits with #earthobservation, see his study here for @globalwitness.org
alan-turing-institute.github.io/DSGFeb2023GW/
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM