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Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit, such as the abuse of new technologies, the rise of oligarchy and the manipulation of scientific fact.

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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 3h
If you read The Atlas, you know the artwork is one of the best things about each issue. Join our team online on Oct 28 (10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM GMT / 6PM CET/ 7PM CAT) for a first look at our next, unpublished issue. Free to register: atlaslaunch.eventbrite.com?aff=bluesky
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 29/09/2026
1/ How do viral images from conflict zones shape — and sometimes shatter — the lives of those pictured? In Kashmir, the internet ensures that trauma endures long after headlines fade. Read how: ‘I cannot hide’:
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‘I cannot hide’: Viral photos from Kashmir conflict haunt subjects for years
For civilians in South Asia’s longest-running conflict, online images have grave consequences
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's World News Day. Here's what The Atlas is doing to support independent journalism. With the money donated to The Atlas we've subscribed and donated to @himalsouthasian.bsky.social, The Republic, HumAngle, and Egab — newsrooms doing work we trust, in places the international press often skips.
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our reasons for subscribing to other outlets are in the latest issue, The Atlas 005. We live in the same world. Let's read from the same page. Subscribe to The Atlas. theatlasnewspaper.org
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 25/09/2026
1/ He was 16 when he fled Xinjiang. He spent nearly 4 years in a Thai jail, and escaped by digging through the wall with a spoon and a rusty nail. His story is a reminder of what China's surveillance reach actually threatens.
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Escaping China with a spoon and a rusty nail - Coda Story
How one Uyghur man fled Xinjiang via the notorious smugglers' road and broke out of a Thai prison.
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What shall we pray to, if Silicon Valley evangelists team up with the Vatican and promote coexistence with AI? Find out more in the latest issue of The Atlas — fresh off the press and sent directly to your inbox today.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 23/09/2026
It’s never been more important to cut through the noise and make sure crucial stories shaping our world don't disappear from headlines. Help us stay on the story. Donate to Coda today.
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Become part of a global community crafting spaces for stories that connect us In an age where algorithms divide and noise drowns truth, we’re building something fundamentally different: a cross-border...
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 22/09/2026
1/ The US just confirmed it has weapons in orbit. Space isn't just a battlefield now, it's also the next frontier for Silicon Valley's biggest egos. We reported on the sci-fi fantasies driving Musk's Mars ambitions.
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Silicon Valley’s sci-fi dreams of colonizing Mars - Coda Story
It was a late spring evening in Devon, England, in May 2021. Even before we saw the satellites, the party had become surreal: it was one of the first gatherings in the region since the pandemic had be...
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who builds the systems through which reality is organised, distributed and trusted? Join @codastory.com + @thecontinent.org for an exclusive first look at the new, unpublished issue of The Atlas — and a conversation about journalism in an age of algorithms, propaganda, and AI noise.
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Coda Conversations: The Atlas Launch
An exclusive peek into the new issue and a conversation with the team behind the newspaper
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 21/09/2026
Coda Story names Simon Allison Editor-in-Chief. The co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of The Continent will lead Coda's journalism as we expand our early-warning reporting and build new ways to reach audiences. Natalia Antelava moves to Publisher and CEO.
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CODA STORY NAMES SIMON ALLISON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - Coda Story
The co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of The Continent will lead Coda’s journalism as the organisation expands its early-warning reporting and develops new ways to reach audiences. NEW YORK — 09.2...
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 21/09/2026
1/ “What is happening to journalism in Kashmir is a harbinger of what lies ahead for the rest of India,” Anurasha Bhasin of the Kashmir Times writes for Coda.
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How Modi silenced Kashmir - Coda Story
India, its government insists, is the “mother of democracy”, even as it has turned its one Muslim-majority region into a police state and killed its press.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 18/09/2026
1/ In Yemen Houthis are taking advantage of the U.S.-Iran stalemate to give themselves domestic power and global leverage. Also, why do Anthropic and OpenAI get to decide when AI is classified as too dangerous?
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 17/09/2026
1/ Anthropic just uncovered China tracking Uyghurs as far as the battlefields of Syria. We reported years ago on how that same reach already extends to the Arctic — Uyghur refugees in Norway who thought they'd finally found somewhere safe
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China's crackdown on Uyghurs reaches the Arctic - Coda Story
Long a safe haven for people fleeing repression, Uyghurs in Norway are harassed, surveilled, and spied upon
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 15/09/2026
1/ A Polish MEP filmed himself destroying a WWII memorial and is boasting about it. We've reported before on how history gets weaponized to turn Poland and Ukraine against each other.
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Weaponizing History: World War II Memorial attackers aim to divide Poland and Ukraine - Coda Story
Poland and Ukraine claim Moscow is using their fraught wartime history to stir up suspicions between them
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 15/09/2026
1/ Coastal fisheries are disappearing as oxygen depletion in warming Denmark’s waters reaches record levels — transforming both marine ecology and livelihoods that depend on it. Plenty of fish in the sea? Not anymore, say Danish fishing communities.
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In Denmark, the sea can’t breathe - Coda Story
Coastal fisheries are disappearing as oxygen depletion in warming Danish waters, causing fishermen to lose their livelihoods.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How independent media organizations are standing together against an authoritarian government. Lika Antadze and Nino Bakradze join hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin, live at @zegfest.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 10/09/2026
1/ Chinese president Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the U.S. for a summit in which AI will be at the top of a long agenda. The accusations have already started to fly. And at a Berlin protest, there’s sorrow and some panic over the rise of the AfD.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 09/09/2026
At Coda Story, we're dedicated to reporting on the global trends that shape the world around us. None of this would be possible without your support. Your contribution will help our reporters stay on the stories that matter!
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Become part of a global community crafting spaces for stories that connect us In an age where algorithms divide and noise drowns truth, we’re building something fundamentally different: a cross-border...
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 08/09/2026
1/ What would you sacrifice to live to 125? J. Paul Neeley signed up to test Bryan Johnson's Blueprint supplements as citizen science. What he got instead: ringing ears, wrecked sleep, and a company that went quiet once the data turned bad. For Coda's CAPTURED series.
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When I’m 125? - Coda Story
What it means to live an optimized life and why Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint just doesn’t get it
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 07/09/2026
1/ As Silicon Valley races to build superintelligent AI, the Vatican is asking a question tech billionaires would rather skip: what does it mean to be human? Coda Story's Isobel Cockerell reports for BBC's Heart and Soul podcast.
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BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | The Vatican's AI battle
Silicon Valley says it's ‘creating God’ with AI. The Catholic Church is watching closely
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 04/09/2026
1/ In this weeks newsletter: As the Himalayas melt, Nepal wants to know if Global Warming is still on anyone’s agenda.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 03/09/2026
1/ "Why do we keep reducing the Middle East to 'good guys vs. bad guys'? Read this piece we wrote on why flattening the region's conflicts into simple narratives is exactly what stops us from understanding why they keep repeating."
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What we miss when we talk about the “Middle East” - Coda Story
Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to telling the story of conflict
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 01/09/2026
1/ Mathematics has long been considered the foundation of human knowledge. Now large language models are getting better at solving some puzzles. Mathematicians must decide if, and how, they will work with this new technology.
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As mathematicians grapple with AI, divisions are multiplying - Coda Story
Mathematics has long been considered – not least by mathematicians – to be the foundation of human knowledge. Now large language models are getting better at solving some puzzles. Mathematicians must ...
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
2/ The Atlas is a monthly publication from @codastory.com and @thecontinent.org. We live in the same world. Let's read from the same page. Get your copy delivered every month — for free. If this resonates with you, help it travel.
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
1/ If mathematics is the foundation of human knowledge, mathematicians are its guardians — and they're having an existential crisis. Issue 004 of The Atlas goes inside the quiet revolution in mathematics, as AI gets better at solving problems that have stumped humans for years.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 26/08/2026
1/ How do autocrats stay in power? By rewriting history. From Russia to China to North Korea, leaders manipulate the past to to crush dissent and secure power, turning patriotism into a powerful tool for control.
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How autocrats manipulate history to hold on to power - Coda Story
The cynical framing of narratives about war to score patriotic points is a tactic we should guard against, even in democracies
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1/ Mathematics has never just been about answers — it's the steps to get there. What happens to that skill when we start asking AI to skip straight to the end? Find out in The Atlas — Issue 004. Coming 27 August from @codastory.com and @thecontinent.org.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 24/08/2026
1/ As Silicon Valley races to build superintelligent AI, the Vatican is asking a question tech billionaires would rather skip: what does it mean to be human? Coda Story's Isobel Cockerell reports for BBC's Heart and Soul podcast.
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BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | The Vatican's AI battle
Silicon Valley says it's ‘creating God’ with AI. The Catholic Church is watching closely
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 18/08/2026
1/ Nigel Farage just won his seat back in the UK. Across Europe, the far right keeps gaining ground, and increasingly, that includes support from gay voters drawn to its anti-immigration politics. We've traced this shift before. Las Marifachas are Spain's version of it.
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Meet Las Marifachas, Spain’s queer conservatives - Coda Story
Three gay Spanish influencers are building bridges between LGBTQ+ voters and anti-immigration parties, part of a growing "homonationalist" movement fracturing Europe's progressive coalitions
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 14/08/2026
1/ Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day. An American tech start-up with military backing wants to change that. Not everyone thinks a brighter future is such a good idea.
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Darkness is losing its war with the light - Coda Story
Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day. An American tech start-up with military backing wants to change that. Not everyone thinks a brighter future is such a good idea.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 13/08/2026
1/ The Kremlin is censoring books and arresting publishers, forcing Russian readers to turn to online markets and Telegram channels. But the Kremlin is not alone, as trigger-happy governments from Delhi to Beijing and Washington crack down on the written word.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 12/08/2026
1/ “ It’s funny to think about what seemed normal, compared to what we’ve become accustomed to in 2026,” @oliverbullough.bsky.social writes in his last Oligarchy newsletter. Follow Coda Story and @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social to keep track of what the ultra-rich do next.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 11/08/2026
1/ What transpired in Ceuta poses bigger questions about the shifting nature of state sovereignty itself: How are we to understand borders, if they’re shaped by forces beyond the state’s reach?
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The manufactured crisis of Ceuta - Coda Story
The migration crisis in Ceuta questions the shifting nature of state sovereignty
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 10/08/2026
1/ As Georgians continue to resist their government and a turn towards Moscow, a British journalist reflects on her time in Georgia and what she learned about authoritarianism, exile, belonging and resistance.
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Standing with strangers, a Tbilisi story - Coda Story
As Georgians resist their government and a turn towards Moscow, a British journalist reflects on her time in Georgia and what she learned about authoritarianism, exile, belonging and resistance
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 07/08/2026
1/ A scorching summer in Eastern Europe is resulting in shrinking, warming river water, forcing nuclear reactor shutdowns and catalyzing an energy crisis — even as Europe is rushing to install more nuclear power to cope with an over-heating planet.
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
1/ "Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day." Issue 003 of The Atlas is still out there if you haven't read it: a company with plans to send 50,000 mirrors into orbit, astronomers sounding the alarm, and the fight over who gets to decide how dark our nights are.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 06/08/2026
1/ This story from November 2023 explores how Germany’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian gatherings exposed tensions between free speech and historic commitments to Israel–raising questions about protest rights and rising anti-Muslim sentiment.
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The crackdown on pro-Palestinian gatherings in Germany - Coda Story
A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 03/08/2026
1/ In Donald Trump’s famously transactional foreign policy, the critical resources of sovereign countries, from oil to rare earths, are being weaponized in a superpower struggle for control and dominance.
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The Chilean curse is its abundance of riches - Coda Story
In Donald Trump’s famously transactional foreign policy, the critical resources of sovereign countries, from oil to rare earths, are being weaponized in a superpower struggle for control and dominance
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 31/07/2026
It’s never been more important to cut through the noise and make sure crucial stories shaping our world don't disappear from headlines. Help us stay on the story. Donate to Coda today.
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Become part of a global community crafting spaces for stories that connect us In an age where algorithms divide and noise drowns truth, we’re building something fundamentally different: a cross-border...
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
1/ Astronomers fear the end of the night sky as we know it. That's this month's cover story in The Atlas. From 50,000 mirrors headed to orbit, to villagers in India fighting a $5-billion dam, to clothes designed to confuse facial recognition — reported from a dozen countries.
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atlasnewspaper.bsky.social @atlasnewspaper.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
2/ We live in the same world. Let's read from the same page. Get your copy delivered every month - for free - at theatlasnewspaper.org. If this idea resonates with you, share it with someone who'd enjoy reading it too.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 29/07/2026
1/ "We are at an exponential rate losing these independent niche sites." Britain’s age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers hardest — cutting traffic, raising costs, and reshaping what sexual content survives online.
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The global battle to age-gate the internet - Coda Story
The UK's age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers, cutting traffic, raising costs, and limiting content available online
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 23/07/2026
1/ In a personal essay set in Tbilisi, Georgia, British journalist Frankie Mills reflects on authoritarianism, occupation, belonging and "what it means to confront oneself versus one’s oppressor and what we owe to the places that receive us.”
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Standing with strangers, a Tbilisi story - Coda Story
As Georgians resist their government and a turn towards Moscow, a British journalist reflects on her time in Georgia and what she learned about authoritarianism, exile, belonging and resistance
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 22/07/2026
1/ Russia is building the most comprehensive surveillance state outside China: mandatory government apps, AI censors, constant location tracking for migrants. A $660M investment in total digital control – and a blueprint for other authoritarian regimes.
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Putin’s panopticon - Coda Story
The Kremlin has rolled out a mandatory new messenger app that can spy on everyone all the time
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 20/07/2026
Lithium powers everything, from electric vehicles to smartphones and data centers. In Chile, lithium — once decreed “strategic” by Pinochet — has become a contesting ground for the Chilean state, indigenous communities and international market actors.
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The Chilean curse is its abundance of riches - Coda Story
In Donald Trump’s famously transactional foreign policy, the critical resources of sovereign countries, from oil to rare earths, are being weaponized in a superpower struggle for control and dominance
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 16/07/2026
1/ Meet the “beaver bombers” – conservationists who are secretly rewilding Europe by releasing beavers and other species to restore ecosystems and help fight the climate crisis. Nature’s engineers are making a comeback, despite controversy and red tape. www.codastory.com/climate-cris...
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The secret movement bringing Europe’s wildlife back from the brink - Coda Story
An underground network of wildlife enthusiasts and their billionaire backers claim they’re restoring Europe’s biodiversity. But some scientists say they could destroy it.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 15/07/2026
1/ In @oliverbullough.bsky.social’s Oligarchy this week: All the commentary around Donald Trump’s ill-advised foray into World Cup officiating highlights a basic fact: playing fast and loose with an institution’s credibility inevitably leads to the complete breakdown of trust.
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FIFA’s games betray our trust - Coda Story
A lot is written about corruption, but fundamentally it’s about trust and how healthy societies can’t exist without it; and the World Cup has shown what happens when trust breaks down. The decision to...
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 14/07/2026
1/ A former Texas cop turned right-wing media figure is shaping the “border invasion” narrative, blurring the line between journalism and propaganda. This piece investigates Jaeson Jones and the dangers of letting unvetted “experts” define national security. www.codastory.com/disinformati...
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The Border Propagandist - Coda Story
Jaeson Jones, a former DPS captain-turned-MAGA influencer, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 08/07/2026
1/ In @oliverbullough.bsky.social's Oligarchy this week: Britain has the presidency of the international task force directed to tackle financial fraud. Will it take on the United States for backsliding on its commitments? www.codastory.com/oligarchy/ho...
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Holding the U.S. to account, Tether exits EU & Congo’s conflict coltan - Coda Story
The United Kingdom has taken over the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force, the global standard-setter on tackling money laundering, and seems determined to keep calm and carry on despite the...
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