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Douglas Gillison

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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/09/2026
Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica reut.rs/4yHngGN
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Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica
New research based on satellite data going ​back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica — home to Earth's two ‌great ice sheets — that have contributed to rising global sea levels.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/08/2026
Exclusive: The Trump administration has started the process to transfer $725 million to the United Nations, a congressional notification shows, a move aid experts said was a welcome step towards paying billions in dues owed reut.rs/4cTAgk1
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EXCLUSIVE: US plans $725 million payment towards its large UN debt
The Trump administration ​has started the process to transfer $725 million to the United Nations, a congressional notification seen by Reuters showed, a move aid experts said ‌was a welcome step towar...
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Investigative Simulations Lab @investigativesimulations.org · 20/08/2026
There have been a lot of exciting developments at Investigative Simulations Lab this summer. We have a number of training workshops planned for the rest of the year, we attended several major conferences, and we’re beginning work on the next offering in our catalog.
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Investigative Simulations Lab @investigativesimulations.org · 20/08/2026
More announcements are coming soon. In the meantime, below is a short description of Hidden Interests and how it works. Reach out if you’d like to learn more.
Hidden Interests: an immersive crime and corruption simulation
Investigative Simulations Lab uses game-based learning to train journalists and researchers to investigate crime and corruption. The Lab’s flagship simulation game drops participants into a fictional world where a mineral discovery has unleashed a scramble for wealth and power among unscrupulous politicians, ruthless corporations, and a criminal syndicate. They follow leads, uncover evidence, and expose misconduct. Their work can even change the course of events.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
President Donald Trump sent thousands of National Guard to Washington as what he has said is an effort to get tough on an epidemic of crime. They seldom actually fight crime. Soldiers have been involved in about 1.3% of the city's criminal cases since they arrived. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Massachusetts anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O'Gilvie, 63, has not eaten for more than two weeks in a bid to push Gov. Healey ​to raise funding for the state’s SNAP program. I wrote about Liz for @reuters.com to show one of the ways SNAP cuts are affecting the US: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Massachusetts anti-hunger advocate fasts to protest Trump food stamp cuts​
Anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O'Gilvie, 63, said she has not eaten for 15 days.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/08/2026
🌑 What actually happens during a total eclipse?
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This whole thing is really disturbing. I don’t know of any previous case in which the government subpoenaed a reporter for asking a question, let alone a question that not even the government has suggested implicated classified information. 1/
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rudy Giuliani is why a lot of people died during and after 9/11. Has anyone said he shouldn't show up? How about George W. who cut anti-terrorism measures that might've prevented it? Why does racist fantasy harm matter more than real harm; the answer is racism, including in amplifying these voices.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The NYT stopped attending the WHCA dinner 19 years ago.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/07/2026
The beautiful game. The people’s game. Throughout this World Cup, we have been reminded of a simple truth: football belongs to everyone. So does the joy and community it creates. Yesterday, I joined New Yorkers on Rikers Island to watch England take on Argentina.
Mayor Mamdani greets detainees in Rikers Island jail for a World Cup watch party. A detainee on Rikers Island is served from a buffet.
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"When the public’s right to know is crushed, as the Trump administration is trying to do with its subpoenas against The New York Times, all of us suffer irreparable harm, as does the freedom upon which this nation is built.” www.rcfp.org/nyt-sdny-sub...
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Reporters Committee statement on subpoenas seeking New York Times reporters' testimony
Several New York Times journalists received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury.
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Louisiana Supreme Court frees a Death Row prisoner after a Verite News and @propublica.org investigation examined the reliability of the bite mark evidence used to convict him. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
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Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks!
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Austria-Argentina is a top-tier "just to be clear, what exactly did your great-grandfather do for work" game
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It was great fun !
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@calm.com quoting Arianna Huffington was the last straw… I quit
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
NOLA revelers on a Saturday morning braved their hangovers FOR US, people… Don’t miss it
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Investigative Simulations Lab @investigativesimulations.org · 22/04/2026
🚨 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (@tbij.bsky.social) and Investigative Simulations Lab are running a two-day simulation game on crime, corruption and corporate enablers from 26-27 May in London. Test your investigative skills! For more information, contact: simulations@tbij.com
Investigations Training for Specialists

In-Person London, 26-27 May 2026

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (the Bureau) is offering a specialised and innovative two-day training seminar to help investigators uncover bribery, embezzlement, fraud and money-laundering. Investigations are about asking the right questions, spotting patterns and making smart choices with limited resources. Conventional training provides an important foundation, but practice is what sharpens your instincts. That kind of meaningful practice can be hard to find. That’s why we’ve developed simulations. Imagine an escape room or whodunit for investigators that is engaging, realistic and fun.

What is a simulation game: Each simulation game is set in a fictional world where participants have to sift through many sources of information and use evidence they collect to expose crime and corruption. Even though the people, places and things in the simulation game are fictional, these are real investigations that equip learners with the skills applicable in real-world situations.

How they work: Participants play the role of an investigative team whose objective is to expose acts of crime and corruption. They have access to limited resources to pursue leads and uncover evidence. Teams document their findings and discuss their findings, investigative approach, loose ends and hypothetical next steps.

Bookings and queries: simulations@tbij.com
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In response to a lawsuit brought by @rcfp.org attorneys for Rob Levine, the FAA has rescinded the TFR on drones near DHS vehicles. As @graysonclary.bsky.social notes, it was an "egregious overreach that had serious consequences for reporters nationwide." Details here: www.rcfp.org/faa-drops-dr...
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Journalist’s lawsuit prompts FAA to abandon no fly zone near DHS vehicles
The FAA dropped the drone restrictions after RCFP attorneys sued the agency on behalf of photojournalist Rob Levine.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open
Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Make some noise for vinaigrette childless
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Awful www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
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Georgia Army veteran deported by ICE after 50 years in U.S.
Godfrey Wade was arrested by immigration authorities following a traffic stop and was deported because of minor criminal violations from 20 years ago.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Trump immigration cops snatch soldier’s newlywed bride right off a military base: “By nightfall, she was in a detention facility with hundreds of women facing deportation as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.” Via NYT
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ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 21/03/2026
Dear IRE members and the broader journalism community, I’m reaching out on behalf of IRE’s Board and staff with a heavy heart. Full statement: www.ire.org/2026/03/21/ire-mourns-t…
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IRE mourns the loss of Executive Director Diana R. Fuentes
March 20, 2026 ? A message from IRE Board President Josh Hinkle: Dear IRE members and the broader journalism community, I?m reaching out on behalf of IRE?s Board and staff with a heavy heart. I?m so sorry to share the news that our executive director, ...
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 16/03/2026
"Why, with an entire Jewish communal infrastructure dedicated to fighting antisemitism, are we failing to focus on the most troubling manifestations of the crisis? Why are our legacy organizations getting it so wrong?"
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Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🤢🤮
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It matters.
For the Student Who Said Grammar Doesn’t Matter When People Are Dying

What can kill is unclarity.
The misplaced modifier, for instance:
Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him.
Did the wind have no hope?
Clearly the writer meant,
Having no hope, he wasn’t moved by the wind.
But someone no doubt had told the writer
about the passive voice, to avoid it
at all costs, like passion,
and the writer, feeling with a chill
how costly life can be
when we are passive (the lover’s last knock
unanswered at the door),
opted for this construction.
Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him.
The difference
is between mystery and confusion,
between the wind’s stillness and a soul
that won’t be opened.
And why not? Why can’t
the wind hope?
I don’t know. I just know
it matters. Everything matters. What is erasing
what. Who is bombing whom.
It took me all day to misunderstand correctly:
Forgetting their children, the conquerors
destroyed them.

—Joseph Fasano
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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Follow @reuters.com love page here: “Israel and US attack Iran, Trump confirms 'major combat operations' -“ www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...
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Live: US and Israel strike Iran as Trump says action give Iranians chance to 'topple their rulers'
The U.S.-Israel joint operation plunged the Middle East into a new conflict that Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the U.S. and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Lest anyone forget, tho… www.reuters.com/investigates...
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How the CIA failed Iranian spies in its secret war with Tehran
Gholamreza Hosseini got caught spying for the CIA in Iran. The story of how he was burned casts light on an epic U.S. intelligence failure.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
A part of NYC is fading away… www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...
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Willie Colón, salsa pioneer, has died at 75
The South Bronx bandleader took the Latin genre to new heights while recording for Fania Records.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest
Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one...
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Reuters
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This man would have been 9 years old when Pol Pot took power Tho I don’t know his story I can tell you he undoubtedly survived horrors none of us can fathom before dying in ICE custody….
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
It really is a bit much to hear Al Sharpton quoted, interviewed, cited so credulously in remembrances of Jesse Jackson today… www.villagevoice.com/what-al-did-...
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A note to PR professionals: If you are reaching out to @washingtonpost.com journalists whom you do not know simply to update your internal media tracking databases -- have a semblance of professionalism and stop.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The Trump administration is repurposing what’s left of USAID. My latest with the great Jon Landay www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Fred Smith, bass player in legendary band Television, has died.
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Fred Smith, Television bassist, dead at 77
Fred also p
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sender appears to be Gwendolyn Beck, whose congressional campaign got $$ from JE
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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
> @reuters.com highlights some of its pictures from January 2026.
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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Clare Caulfield
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/01/2026
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says reut.rs/4rn3SuY
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More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says
More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday.
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Douglas Gillison @dgillison.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Everyone knows that if you nominate someone to replace a Fed Chair you don’t like, then all subpoenas are immediately quashed and any concerns about fraudulent cost overruns on building renovations are forever absolved. Look dude. I don’t make the rules.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New: The nation's chief immigration judge told her colleagues this week that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Top US immigration judge says bond hearings should be denied despite court rulings, documents show
The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention ...
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In an interview yesterday with Reuters, President Trump boasted that he has accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.” www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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