@emmanfre
Investigations editor @lighthousereports.com, focus on global food systems. Tools: #OSINT #Data #TalkingToPeople Board of @ajaracisees.bsky.social Side gig: www.dictatoralert.org Awards: Peabody, Frontline Club, EU Press Prize... Home: #Kenya #France
Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
A metaphor for NATO's position? their surveillance plane doing circles in the sky above Turkey.
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always worth remembering that "the cloud" is actually just someone else's computer (or their many, many computers)
AWS servers in Bahrain and UAE are down - this physicality of the "cloud" is rarely visible to users.
... unless one needs a cloud GPU in Kenya, then one learns that Google, Amazon etc. barely have any GPU on the continent (just a few in SA, and very $$).
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
#Cameroon
Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the US+detaining +abusing journalists who tried to interview them. But Trump’s administration doesn’t seem to care, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Looks like a phishing attempt. Anyone else got something like this? @signal.org guessing you don't sent those?
Are you an early-career professional who is passionate about investigative journalism? Are you constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach critical audiences?
You might just be the fellow we are looking for.
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One of the biggest, most luxurious private planes in the world (#2DEER) is flying to the US, with the #ANGOLA1 call sign.
Calls signs like these are usually for heads of state, and indeed there's reports that President João Lourenço is going to the US.
Trump is allied with the Angolan president.
I'll be at the #GIJC Conference in Kuala Lumpur with the rest of the @lighthousereports.com food systems team later this week
Please reach out if you're there and would like to grab a coffee!
Projet politique effacé de l’information.
On retiendra qu’il est un immigrant qui parle arabe. Super.
The Mysterious Rise of Cancer Among Young Adults in the Corn Belt
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating, Jahi Chikwendiu and Luis Melgar
“The complicated thing is that it’s not risk factors now. It’s our risk factors from 10, 20, 30 years ago that are causing the cancers now.” Gift link!
How do you even...
People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...
Ohne @lighthousereports.com und speziell ohne @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social, cr0ft0n.bsky.social, @orariccardo.bsky.social & the one and only @emmanfre.bsky.social hätte es diese Recherche einfach nicht gegeben: merci, thanks, danke to all of you! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
I'm a regular complainer, apparently
Super interesting. Amazing work Jack!
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
Fascinating read on the workers training #AI, and why tech companies recruit for thousands of jobs that don't really exist.
If you've ever seen an ad to “Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project” or “Freelance English Proofreader / AI Tutor” you'll definitely want to check this out.
Recent covers of The Atlantic, and in response the @thecontinent.org about the war in Sudan.
Kenyan police used live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters on Wednesday, as thousands marched nationwide to mark a year since huge demonstrations against a contentious tax plan turned deadly and laid bare the growing anger at President William Ruto’s government.
‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans -
www.972mag.com/hunger-games...
👀 Black Americans relocating to Kenya because of racism and police brutality in the US.
Interesting on many levels.
By @malcolmwebb.bsky.social
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Bellingcat stage talk, thursday 19/06 5pm CEST/11am EDT Discord.com/invite/bellingcat, Mapping Shootings, Using open source data to cover acts of armed violence in brazilian cities
Ever discovered data that just isn't collected but should be? On Thursday we'll be talking with @cecillia.com.br about @fogocruzado.org.br , a team mapping shootings in Brazil. Speaking on how the project got started, collection obstacles and data trends, join us live at: discord.gg/6W2Dcdrq?eve...
Going through airport security, apparently I had too much mustard and dignity, so I had to leave both with the agents.
Tbh I think it's sexism that got some people to think that someone who managed to become a dictator's #2 would be anything other than authoritarian.
THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.”
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/
Kenya's competition authority looked into animal feed market and found:
- 4 vertically integrated firms control over half the market
- Feed prices are up to 40% higher than international markets
- This leads to lower farmer income and higher food prices
www.shambacentre.org/why-competit...
