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Lydia McMullan
@lydia-rachel.bsky.social
Head of visual and data journalism @guardian
We’ve long known that far-right ideas get amplified on social media, but trying to work out by how much – and what impact this has on everyday users – is like trying to pin down a drop of mercury.
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Lydia McMullan
“You always know that it could be you who gets shot, or it might be someone next to you.”

This is in the minds of Palestinians who see death when they seek aid from the GHF militarised food distribution sites. Still they go because they have no choice

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Powerful and important visual journalism and reporting from @anlugonz.bsky.social and @kaamilahmed.bsky.social
Meanwhile, in Gaza. A map following Gaza City’s main high street, exploring how people hold both the past and present in their minds www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... w/ @kaamilahmed.bsky.social @prinashah.bsky.social and more
June 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A visual investigation of Victorian prisons and how their design still shapes the lives of incarcerated people www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
31 of England’s prisons are Victorian. Do they work? – visual investigation
More than 30 jails still in use today were built by the Victorians. They house a quarter of the prison population. Here we explore how 19th century design is contributing to a 21st century crisis
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Happy to hear that our story depicting the sonic hellscape that people in Gaza have to endure, day and night, has been shortlisted for the #AmnestyMediaAwards (w/ @kaamilahmed.bsky.social @lydia-rachel.bsky.social Pip Lev and Ellen Wishhart) www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘I hate the night’: life in Gaza amid the incessant sounds of war - visual story
Their hopes for peace fading and fearful of being forgotten, two Gazans share the trauma of living their days and nights surrounded by the noise of gunfire, missiles and drones
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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ICYMI: we've been doing a series at the Guardian attempting to quantify the poor state of public buildings, with some shocking case studies www.theguardian.com/uk-news/seri...
December 28, 2024 at 10:24 AM
*Guardian data analysis:*
Silicon Valley poured more than $394.1m into the US presidential election this year — the bulk of it coming from Elon Musk

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Revealed: the tech bosses who poured $394.1m into US election - and how they compared to Elon Musk
FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:29 PM
“The era of global boiling has arrived”
-2024’s unwanted new climate records - explained in charts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records
Data tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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‘The telephone
fell from my shoulder, a black parrot repeating’

- Nick Flynn
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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‘until the town becomes a cinema’

from John Burnside’s last book, ‘Ruin, Blossom’
November 16, 2024 at 8:50 AM