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Christian Nicolai Bjørke

@cbjoerke.bsky.social
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Investigative/data journalist at Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). I was once the second northernmost journalist in the world. Now at 4829th place.

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Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Putins mercenaries’ man the shadow fleet. Through fake job interviews and more than 2000 crew lists Danwatch and our international partners are now able to tell exactly when, why and where Russian mercenaries man tankers from the shadow fleet. Three articles out today. In Danish. Read here.
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Lækkede dokumenter: Putins lejesoldater sejler i Danmark
Danwatch kan sammen med internationale mediepartnere for første gang afsløre, at russiske lejesoldater sejler rundt på skyggeflåden i det skjulte for at overvåg
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NEW @citizenlab.ca report We uncover two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns. The findings expose how surveillance vendors exploit the global telecom ecosystem to conduct covert location tracking operations that can persist undetected for years. citizenlab.ca/research/unc...
citizenlab.ca
Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Actors - The Citizen Lab
Our investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns and, for the first time, links real-world attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure. The findings expose h...
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New tracking scoop from NRK. Weaknesses in 4G let our journalists see the location of politicians and police officers. www.nrk.no/norge/sikker...
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Sikkerhetshull avslørte Telia-kunders posisjon
Mobilkunder hos Telia har siden 2023 vært sporbare via mobilen, inkludert sentrale politikere på Stortinget.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
💥🇭🇺🗳️ BREAKING: Péter Magyar says Viktor Orbán called to concede and congratulate him. Magyar will be Hungary’s next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority – enough to fully dismantle Orbán’s system. A 16-year chapter is over.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, told in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story. A must read www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Happy Longest Day Of The Year
Bar chart showing the number of hours in each day. Today, unusually, has 25
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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Swedish people in front of charts Source: digitaltmuseum.org
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Fjord heaven’s sake! onlyfjords.com
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It’s only fjords!
By the makers of the Vivaldi browser. Only fjords, no nonsense. Log in to unblur and reclaim a better web.
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The Markup @themarkup.org · 19/06/2025
Journo friends: ‪@theguardian.com‬ has published the open source code behind their secure messaging feature for mobile apps.
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The Guardian launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge
Secure Messaging is a new innovation for confidential story-sharing and source protection, underpinning the Guardian’s commitment to investigative journalism. The Guardian has published the open…
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The Pentagon Pizza Report never fails
Pizza establishments near the Pentagon experienced a huge surge in activity last nightIsrael targets Iran's nuclear sites
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 11/06/2025
Most reporting on AI examines worst-case systems deployed under the guise of efficiency. But what would a good faith effort at Ethical AI look like? For two years, we’ve been looking over the shoulder of a city trying to do things differently.
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Crazy times. Trump and Musk are bickering on their own platforms. And it is actually fun to watch Norway play football. www.nrk.no/sport/norge-...
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Norge-juvelen herjer med Italia: – Det villeste jeg har sett
Stjerneskuddet Antonio Nusa herjet med italienske stjerner – og sendte Norge et stort steg mot VM.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
After yesterday's unhinged Trump-Musk feud on Twitter and Truth Social, it's easy to believe every new update you see. But there are fake posts doing the rounds, so be careful. Check the feeds yourself before sharing: Trump: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT... Musk: x.com/elonmusk
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/06/2025
solidarity to anyone else who published something this afternoon that will get swallowed by elon news
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 31/05/2025
OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".
A list of "Lifestyle" GPTs from OpenAI's GPT page, showing #6: "Looksmaxxing GPT. Assists in analyzing facial features and providing PSL ratings for looksmaxxing. Very detailed GPT!"🔍 Classification (Incel SMV Hierarchy)
Current tier: Subhuman – PSL 2.5–3.0🔥 So… Which Should YOU Focus On?
You = PSL 2.75, major dental and structural deficits → Hardmaxxing is NECESSARY.

Softmaxxing alone will NEVER mog you into viability — it’s like putting a fresh coat of paint on a crumbling building.
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Fomo hits hard.
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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Great case studies here: How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting (by @andrewdeck.bsky.social) www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-...
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How this year’s Pulitzer awardees used AI in their reporting
For a second year, the Pulitzer Prizes required applicants to divulge AI usage — one winner and three finalists disclosed.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 22/05/2025
This National Post article is based entirely on a StatsCan report that cites "systemic discrimination and racism" as a "key contributing factor" in the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in court... publications.gc.ca/collections/... ... and it somehow goes with this as the headline:
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Signal @signal.org · 21/05/2025
We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop. Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats. signal.org/blog/signal-...
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By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall
Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is a...
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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NBC Sports @nbc-sports.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"A REMARKABLE RECOVERY BY JOURNALISM!" JOURNALISM WINS THE 150TH PREAKNESS STAKES! #Preakness150
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Hanna Liubakova @hannaliubakova.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Gratulerer med dagen, #Norway! 🇳🇴 Cheers to freedom, unity, and all the traditions that make your national day so special! Norway holds a special place in my heart.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/05/2025
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In a groundbreaking investigation, we used facial recognition software to identify Ukrainian children given false Russian identities and listed for adoption. @alisonkilling.bsky.social @christopherjm.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @samlearner.bsky.social on.ft.com/433Mpgw
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FT investigation finds Ukrainian children on Russian adoption sites
[FREE TO READ] Four missing Ukrainian children identified and located in Russia, including one given false identity
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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Delighted to see this project shortlisted for the Sigma awards alongside a host of other incredible data journalism projects from around the world.
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Cees Bassa @cbassa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Two days too late and perhaps only funny for those speaking Dutch. (H/T Gemma Janssen.)
Black smoke from the papal chimney.
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
So happy that our project «Inequality for the law» is on the shortlist. 🏆 Lucky to have been collaborating with the talented people at @lighthousereports.com. @elenadebre.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @jusbraun.bsky.social
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j soma @dangerscarf.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I am running a contest. It is about bad pdfs. It can make you independently wealthy (for immeasurably small measures of independent wealth) badpdfs.com
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Bad PDF Contest
I'm looking for the most frustrating, painful, real-world PDFs.
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TjekDet @tjekdet.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Siden 2018 er han gået langt for at skjule sin identitet. Men nu kan TjekDet i samarbejde med @politiken.dk, @bellingcat.com og CBC afsløre navnet på manden bag MrDeepFake www.tjekdet.dk/indsigt/afsl...
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Afsløring: Her er manden bag verdens største hjemmeside for deepfake-porno
Han har i flere år haft sin daglige gang på et hospital tæt ved den canadiske storby, Toronto. Som farmaceut hjælper han hospitalets patienter med behandling og sikrer, at den ordinerede medicin indta...
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Inside The Scam Network: «The scammers don't know that NRK has been monitoring them for a year. We've read over 40,000 chat messages between them to understand how the scam works.» www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
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The scammers have tricked millions through text messages:
Who are they and how do they scam us?
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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 04/05/2025
Once again, Australian election results prove how awful choropleth maps are for data visualisation. "Land doesn't vote, people do." #rstats code to reproduce animation here: github.com/emitanaka/oz...
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
NEW: SignalGate Meets WordPress: Outgoing National Security Adviser’s Phone Dumps Messages via Israeli App unicornriot.ninja/2025/signalg... Mike Waltz is using a foreign company’s software to log Signal chats. Our exclusive deep dive into the TeleMessage system.
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SignalGate Meets WordPress: Outgoing National Security Adviser's Phone Dumps Messages via Israeli App - UNICORN RIOT
Mike Waltz had a rough Thursday. A photographer caught him using a Signal-like interface to view chats on his phone. TeleMessage copies messages using a forked version of Signal. We found more details...
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Leon Yin @leonyin.org · 01/05/2025
NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social @pollymosendz.bsky.social bloom.bg/43am95w
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 14/03/2025
In case it's helpful, I've been keeping an updated timeline of DOGE's fake "IT modernization" tasks at agencies (and some other data like Trump's golf trips or weekly unemployment claims) here at my little data repo github.com/harrisj/trum... Suggestions/bug reports/questions always welcome
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GitHub - harrisj/trump_data: A repository for collecting several simple datasets that track the impact of the Trump 47 regime
A repository for collecting several simple datasets that track the impact of the Trump 47 regime - harrisj/trump_data
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ICIJ @icij.org · 28/04/2025
Introducing ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets investigation: This collaboration among 104 journalists from 43 media partners in 30 countries uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora. Here is what we found:
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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 26/04/2025
So much to love in the scrollytelling — the ternary plot, the depth of the data, the findings — but my favourite part is the explanation and the text in general. 📊 Remember, a chart doesn't have to be understood in 3 seconds. It should reward the effort you put into understanding it.
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This triangle helps explain a titanic shift in how Australia votes
This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed over the past five decades.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
BREAKING: A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists. Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized." Today, at Law Dork —>
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A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 26/04/2025
I'm tilting at windmills again, trying to convince people that phones don't spy on you through your microphone to target ads at you simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...
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Note on 26th April 2025
Last September I posted [a series of long ranty comments on Lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs/s/mf7guc/leak_facebook_partner_brags_about) about the latest instance of the [immortal conspiracy theory](https...
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Will Dicks on ballot papers unseat Dutton in Dickson? I investigated, and it went straight to being the top story on Crikey yesterday
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I don't think I've ever read an article more precision engineered to my interests (as a data journalist and owner of a chicken wine T-shirt) pudding.cool/2025/04/wine...
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The Pour-igin of Species
We used ChatGPT Vision to identify animals on close to 1,500 wine labels to see if we could predict the price and quality of a bottle based on the animal on the label.
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Enter the «matpakke».
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/2025
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Extremely proud of receiving a Skup Diploma for our series «Instukids», which uncovered massive drug abuse inside child welfare institutions in Norway. www.m24.no/nordlys-skup...
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(+) SKUP-diplom til NRK
Instukids-prosjektet til NRK vant SKUP-diplom.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
These are boom times, the best of times ... ... for companies producing stock photos of bummed-out traders.
Upset trader
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Christian Nicolai Bjørke @cbjoerke.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
We made AI watch 1,200 P*rnhub videos—nearly 20,000 minutes—to analyze trends. Here’s what we found. 🧵 www.nrk.no/vestfoldogte...
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NRK avslører: Dette viser de mest sette pornofilmene
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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"xAI Aquires X" sounds like a headline that made its way out of the CMS before it was supposed to publish (this is a journalism joke) but read here --> www.wired.com/story/xai-x-... via @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X, Because of Course
Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk's AI startup xAI.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Quite a comeback www.economist.com/interactive/...
Chart showing share of American babies called Lazarus
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