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colborne.bsky.social
@bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers.
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“Predstavljen kao utjecajni američki pisac, softverski inženjer i bloger, Yarvin je govorio na temu “demokratija, autokratija i svjetski poredak”, što Michael Colborne, novinar i istraživač, smatra zabrinjavajućim.” detektor.ba/2025/06/27/p...

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Ahead of the planned Pride 🏳️‍🌈 parade on June 28, let’s look at the situation in Hungary. It’s confusing: the LGBT+ Pride is banned but also, it’s going ahead. Here’s an explainer on the background and what we can expect 🧵

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Europas wohl größtes Konzert – das mit 500.000 Tickets angeblich alle Rekorde bricht. Der Sänger? #Thompson, bekannt für den Ustaša-Gruß und die Nähe zum internationalen neonazistischen Netzwerk "Blood & Honour". Und mittendrin ein deutsches Unternehmen. Unsere Recherche:

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Here in the Netherlands, a Neo-Nazi has been arrested — again — but this time on suspicion of explosives-related offenses Back in January, he was already sentenced to six months in prison in connection with laser projections on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam during New Year's Eve two years ago

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In June's Bellingchat Premium we go behind our investigation into a figure controlling one of the largest deepfake porn websites. Listen in as our team reveals how with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, @tjekdet.dk and @politiken.dk we uncovered their identity. www.patreon.com/posts/unmask...

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Meanwhile in Bulgaria balkaninsight.com/2025/06/24/f...

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NATO Summit in The Hague hit by potential sabotage as rail cables set on fire therecord.media/nato-summit-...

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Last week @cecillia.com.br highlighted how plotting armed violence events illuminates otherwise hidden trends and can be a vital service to inform the public of dangers within their own cities. Listen in on podcast platforms now by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' rss.com/podcasts/bel...

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yes i of course remember the minor threat classics about *checks notes* not using electricity or cooking food (yes this is niche content for maybe ten or more of my followers)

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yes i am sure

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World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

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In my current work, I point to the invasion of Iraq 2003 as a moment where the public's trust in the foundational ideals of democracy, verification, deliberation, and accountability were systematically betrayed, destroying their trust in democratic systems.

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something pithy to be said about this, idk what

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An unknown man attacked Serbian journalist Natalija Miletić in Berlin and seriously injured her. The unknown attacker grabbed her bike handlebars, accused her of riding on the sidewalk, then hurled a series of xenophobic insults at her, yelling "f***ing foreigners!" vreme.com/en/vesti/srp...

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Some shots from Novi Sad, RS, still reeling and angry from the 2024 railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and started a wave of anti-government protests around the country. Not pictured: the insane and growing amounts of far-right graffiti… www.instagram.com/p/DK_0H29tRK...

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more geolocatable fisheye

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Some shots from Novi Sad, RS, still reeling and angry from the 2024 railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and started a wave of anti-government protests around the country. Not pictured: the insane and growing amounts of far-right graffiti… www.instagram.com/p/DK_0H29tRK...

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This is incredibly funny. Neo-Nazi activists try to hide their identities with masks and blurred tattoos, but this revealed who they really are behind the masks. Clearly the signatories didn’t understand what they were doing or the possible consequences. Otherwise, why bother with all the hiding?

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Blue-and-Black Movement gathered multiple signatures for the party’s re-registration effort last summer at the WBS. In doing so, they accidentally revealed their identities. @colborne.bsky.social and I geolocated the event using the video they also accidentally posted before thoroughly blurring it.

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We all know AI models can now create realistic images and videos but how do they fare at identifying where a real image was taken? Bellingcat researchers have put Large Language Models to the test: www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...

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The straightest thing you can do as a man is to think a lot about two other guys' balls.

submitted 21 days ago • 1109 comments

fisheye + too easy geolocation challenges

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I think more people should read the paper by Tore Bjørgo and Jacob Aasland Ravndal on the definition of the far-right. It neatly defines the term as an umbrella concept under which the radical right and extreme right fall. It’s not perfect, but it surely encapsulates the differences better.

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This month, the Bellingcat Open Source Challenge dives into the world of art, history and illicit trade. Can you spot the telltale signs of stolen cultural artifacts and trace who handled them in the past? Give this month’s Bellingcat Challenge a try! Challenge.bellingcat.com

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One of the undercurrents running through my article on Bill Richardson’s murder in @bellingcat.com and the @texasobserver.org is the shadowy and loose-knit Dixie Mafia. A thread on them below. full story here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

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Prosecutors in the UK have confirmed for the first time they have authorised 21 charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking www.bbc.com/news/article...

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