Liam Maloney
@maloneyphotos.bsky.social
Dad, photojournalist, professor, OSINT/armed conflict geek, bike nerd, graying punk. Montrealer living in Toronto. I'm new here!
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“They’re trying to kidnap someone” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“They’re trying to kidnap someone” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
"When you're right, you don't have to bully anybody." - Jean Chrétien
March 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"When you're right, you don't have to bully anybody." - Jean Chrétien
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Kremlin officials announced their intention of taking advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing to make additional battlefield gains. isw.pub/UkrWar030525
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Kremlin officials announced their intention of taking advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing to make additional battlefield gains. isw.pub/UkrWar030525
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We're excited to see our longstanding partners' new venture 'Evident' launch today. Check out their YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1R...) and website (www.evidentmedia.org). And see if you can spot our own @koltai.bsky.social in their promo video. She'll be appearing on their channel very soon!
We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
March 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We're excited to see our longstanding partners' new venture 'Evident' launch today. Check out their YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1R...) and website (www.evidentmedia.org). And see if you can spot our own @koltai.bsky.social in their promo video. She'll be appearing on their channel very soon!
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President Trump has repeatedly made false and misleading claims in his first few weeks back in office. Here's a fact-check on issues that may come up in his address to Congress on Tuesday.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims on Tariffs, Ukraine and DOGE Before Address to Congress
The president has repeatedly made false or misleading claims in pursuing an aggressive agenda in the first weeks of his second term.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
President Trump has repeatedly made false and misleading claims in his first few weeks back in office. Here's a fact-check on issues that may come up in his address to Congress on Tuesday.
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GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
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These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
This film is a must-see. Dazzling performances all around.
January 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This film is a must-see. Dazzling performances all around.
One of my favorite family traditions at this time of the year is listening to Al Maitland's classic reading of Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd" on CBC Radio: www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
'Fireside' Al Maitland reads Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd | CBC Radio
The year is 1957. An RAF pilot is heading home from Germany for Christmas. Fog sets in, and all radio communication is lost.
www.cbc.ca
December 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
One of my favorite family traditions at this time of the year is listening to Al Maitland's classic reading of Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd" on CBC Radio: www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
This profound and compassionate work by Jessica Gallagher for the Baltimore Banner/NYT is essential viewing, drop everything and look at these pictures:
They Entered Treatment. Drugs, Overdoses and Deaths Followed. (Gift Article)
Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 7:57 AM
This profound and compassionate work by Jessica Gallagher for the Baltimore Banner/NYT is essential viewing, drop everything and look at these pictures:
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An Iranian oil tanker bound for Syria abruptly turned around in the Red Sea this morning, heading back to Iran after reports emerged the Assad government had fallen, ship tracking data shows. Iranian oil makes up a large share of Syria's import, and this reversal may cause extra fuel shortages.
December 8, 2024 at 7:18 PM
An Iranian oil tanker bound for Syria abruptly turned around in the Red Sea this morning, heading back to Iran after reports emerged the Assad government had fallen, ship tracking data shows. Iranian oil makes up a large share of Syria's import, and this reversal may cause extra fuel shortages.
Ten years ago, I spent time photographing Syrian people living on the absolute margins of society, holed up in tented encampments and abandoned buildings, glued to their phones and praying for things to change. Let's hope that the people who suffered so terribly under his rule may find some peace.
December 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Ten years ago, I spent time photographing Syrian people living on the absolute margins of society, holed up in tented encampments and abandoned buildings, glued to their phones and praying for things to change. Let's hope that the people who suffered so terribly under his rule may find some peace.
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THE INDEPENDENT: Mother of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, says new information proves her son is alive www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... @the-independent.com #photojournalism #journalism #photography
Mother of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, says new information proves her son is alive
The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, says she's confident that her son is alive
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 4:49 AM
THE INDEPENDENT: Mother of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, says new information proves her son is alive www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... @the-independent.com #photojournalism #journalism #photography
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The oarfish, a striking deep-sea creature nicknamed the "doomsday fish," has eluded researchers over the decades. For scientists in California, where three oarfish have washed up in recent months, it’s an exciting find. nyti.ms/4fTGf8h
November 22, 2024 at 12:10 PM
The oarfish, a striking deep-sea creature nicknamed the "doomsday fish," has eluded researchers over the decades. For scientists in California, where three oarfish have washed up in recent months, it’s an exciting find. nyti.ms/4fTGf8h
ProPublica’s first Visual Journalism Fellow, Sarahbeth Maney, with some wisdom for aspiring photojournalists:
Finding Focus: How a Visual Storyteller Gets the Right Image — and the Right Tone
Photography is a powerful journalistic tool, providing visual evidence and evoking emotions that urge us to understand the experiences of others. Here, ProPublica’s Sarahbeth Maney offers suggestions ...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:55 PM
ProPublica’s first Visual Journalism Fellow, Sarahbeth Maney, with some wisdom for aspiring photojournalists:
"A recent Reuters report detailed how Chinese researchers fine-tuned Llama’s model on military records to create a tool for analyzing military intelligence. Meta’s director of public policy called the use “unauthorized.”
Meta Opens Its AI Models for the (U.S.) Military
But will the second Trump administration see AI as a friend or foe?
spectrum.ieee.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"A recent Reuters report detailed how Chinese researchers fine-tuned Llama’s model on military records to create a tool for analyzing military intelligence. Meta’s director of public policy called the use “unauthorized.”
A loss for champions of IP in the AI era:
OpenAI defeats news outlets' copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now
A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles from news outlets Raw Story and AlterNet to train its large language models.
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
A loss for champions of IP in the AI era:
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“It’s slower to build audience through events, through in-person promotions like postering…through our network of partners,” she said. But “those audience[s] tends to be much more loyal and much more engaged.”
The Green Line creates local news for the people turning away from “big-J journalism”
The Green Line combines events, explainers, and solutions to appeal to young Torontonians.
buff.ly
November 19, 2024 at 10:50 PM
“It’s slower to build audience through events, through in-person promotions like postering…through our network of partners,” she said. But “those audience[s] tends to be much more loyal and much more engaged.”
Early AI image generation, in all its imperfections, seemed to me like it could steer us towards a clearer view of the tropes of visual representation that inhabit modern documentary photography. Sadly, that moment has passed, and we inch closer and closer to a new kind of mechanical reproduction.
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Early AI image generation, in all its imperfections, seemed to me like it could steer us towards a clearer view of the tropes of visual representation that inhabit modern documentary photography. Sadly, that moment has passed, and we inch closer and closer to a new kind of mechanical reproduction.
This early image from BigGAN - keyword was Rifle - seemed intent on referencing Smith's canonical photograph. The layers of meaning in this algorithmic visual jumble are difficult to ignore.
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
This early image from BigGAN - keyword was Rifle - seemed intent on referencing Smith's canonical photograph. The layers of meaning in this algorithmic visual jumble are difficult to ignore.
Over the past century, a visual language has emerged that informs but also constrains how documentary photographers depict the violence and repercussions of armed conflict. Witness W. Eugene Smith's indelible photograph of a marine in the Saipan Mountains cradling a wounded child:
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Over the past century, a visual language has emerged that informs but also constrains how documentary photographers depict the violence and repercussions of armed conflict. Witness W. Eugene Smith's indelible photograph of a marine in the Saipan Mountains cradling a wounded child:
Back in 2019, I started playing with nascent AI image generation tools, like Google's BigGAN. The results were predictably bizarre, but nevertheless demonstrated an uncanny truth about armed conflict - that war is fundamentally disfiguring:
November 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Back in 2019, I started playing with nascent AI image generation tools, like Google's BigGAN. The results were predictably bizarre, but nevertheless demonstrated an uncanny truth about armed conflict - that war is fundamentally disfiguring: