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Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
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“DFL” is the Democrats in Minnesota for those unfamiliar with the terminology

‘In private text messages shared with The New York Times, some officials were angrily asking one another, “Where is our air defense?” and “How can Israel come and attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?”’ www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs. I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all gifcities.org

I've pieced together the jigsaw pieces the Russian troll factories have been including in their latest fake news X posts, and I think they're trying to tell me something. but I'm struggling to decipher their subtle message. Thanks to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social for providing the missing pieces.

Accountability is for the Out group, not the In group.

As I just flagged, this has been replaced with something which is arguably worse; requiring that basically every plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction against the federal government pay millions or billions of dollars in "security" to pay for "costs" to the federal government if they later win.

WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.” ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal. Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.

When I first joined Bluesky I tried to make a list of Iran specialists, all of the people on this list are worth a follow bsky.app/profile/did:...

The robotaxi has amazing comic timing.

You'll want to follow @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social for updates on Iran's nuclear programme, or whatever is left of it.

The Israelis did seriously fuck up the above-ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP). That's one less facility under safeguards, I guess.

Making American Culture Great Again

I've pieced together the jigsaw pieces the Russian troll factories have been including in their latest fake news X posts, and I think they're trying to tell me something. but I'm struggling to decipher their subtle message. Thanks to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social for providing the missing pieces.

Israel has launched new airstrikes on Iran, with explosions reported in Tabriz—striking the city’s airport.

“My family was separated by deportation, and I was left behind.” - Diane Guerrero

Moments like this are when you should be educating yourself, so I've put together this playlist of podcasts about the various philosophical ideas that I've based my work defining Verification, Deliberation and Accountability as pillars of healthy democracies around open.spotify.com/playlist/3NJ...

I'd really recommend listening to this episode of Posting Through It with J M Berger, explaining extremism in terms of In groups and Out groups. It has a very clear application to the current situation in the US, with very serious implications for democracy in the US open.spotify.com/episode/5pVs...

Few of the unforgiving rules of British politics seem to apply to Nigel Farage. How is he able to continue increasing his electoral appeal, despite lacking substance and integrity? Perhaps the gift of the gab helps. And a platform gifted by the BBC. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🧵 I argue that we can understand the functioning of democracy through 3 core ideals, verification, deliberation and accountability. While no democracy fully achieves those ideals, this thread explains how MAGA destroys all three and inevitably results in democratic regression into authoritarianism.

“Donald Trump is a failed negotiator who has completely lost control and credibility in every region in which he claims to be a peacemaker.”

Just say it, bro. What the fuck are you protecting by not just telling us what he said?

Live Updated: Everything We Know About Operation Rising Lion: Israel’s Attack on Iran Following days of heightened tension, Israel launched a large attack against Iran targeting leadership, nuclear research, and military sites both in Tehran and beyond. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/06/13/o...

Federal judge rules Trump illegally deployed national guard troops to Los Angeles www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Israel launches strikes on ‘dozens’ of targets in Iran, targeting nuclear programme www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

No, you won't.

The constant whinging of fascists that they’re the real victims is pathetic & she goes to pieces every time that’s pointed out to her