Billie Gay Jackson

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day

When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift

The ban on puberty blockers undermines the well-being, safety and mental health of trans youth When trans young people try to access care, they deserve to be listened to and respected.

The ban on puberty blockers undermines the well-being, safety and mental health of trans youth

“They should be supported by knowledgeable and well-trained professionals, to access appropriate medical treatments in a timely manner.”
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis

@benrst.bsky.social and I spent the last few months investigating aspiring "largest private-sector catalyst for decarbonisation", McKinsey

read our report into the firm's polluting clients and connections w @theguardian.com + my first byline @ CCR 🥸

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Specialist services are reporting an increase in refusals in the past year - following the publication of the Cass Review and a statement from the Royal College of GPs

Trans+ people finding it harder to access lifesaving treatment Reports of treatment being refused of withdrawn are on the rise – and no official figures exist to track the issue

NEW: Trans people across the country are having their HRT prescriptions refused or withdrawn by GPs - sometimes years after starting the treatment www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

Supreme Court hearing on what a ‘woman’ is is an existential attack on trans people For Women Scotland’s appeal over the Equality Act is illogical at best. At worst, it’s a refusal to accept trans people in the guise of concern over ‘women’s rights’, argues Robin Moira White

The only trans voice you are likely to read today on a case considering trans rights.

www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

Zahawi, Al-Fayed and Ampika Pickston: All the silenced stories MPs used parliamentary privilege during the SLAPPs debate to reveal stories suppressed by legal threats

We spent a year collecting a database of stories that were suppressed by the rich and powerful – yesterday MPs used their parliamentary privilege to talk openly about it
This is what they covered 👇

TBIJ teams up with MPs to uncover stories silenced by threats TBIJ spent a year uncovering public-interest stories blocked by legal threats. On Thursday, MPs will use parliamentary privilege to discuss them

Finally able to share the project I've worked on this past year with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It started as a wild idea I pitched during my interview for my current job, and ended today with a debate on SLAPPs in the House of Commons:

www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence At Niantic, we are pioneering the concept of a Large Geospatial Model that will use large-scale machine learning to understand a scene and connect it to millions of other scenes globally.

It's so incredibly 2020s coded that Pokemon Go is being used to build an AI system which will almost inevitably end up being used by automated weapons systems to kill people. nianticlabs.com/news/largege...

Hopefully you will be seeing a lot more of @tbij.bsky.social's investigations here in the coming weeks, months and years.

In the meantime, here's a starter pack which includes some of my brilliant colleagues.