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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 20h

The Faroe Islands are rainy and very windy. So most photos of it are taken between breaks in the clouds. While I was there, I did this story for The Post and Courier called The Overturning. tinyurl.com/53ad6yjf

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Training opportunity for Mexican journalists: If you want training on corruption and illicit financial flows using an innovative approach, apply by October 7 at this link: anticorru.pt/3jb @anticorruption.bsky.social @integridadmx.bsky.social @liliasaul.bsky.social

AC4ALL Expression of Interest
Workshop for Investigative Journalists

We are seeking investigative journalists in Mexico who want to learn and share more stories about corruption, illicit financial flows, and their impacts on inequality.

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18-19 November

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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 20/09/2026

Our colleague Micah Reddy, @icij.org's Africa coordinator, and journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael have been missing in Djibouti City since Saturday. Djiboutian authorities must urgently account for them. www.icij.org/news/2026/09...

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Statement on missing ICIJ journalist Micah Reddy - ICIJ

ICIJ lost contact with our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael ("Kooki Mahmoud"), in Djibouti City on Saturday, Sept. 19.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lifting my skinny little fists like antennas to heaven.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

About 25% of all my text messages are the word Stop.

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David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For less than $100, you can move the entire odds of most midterm election markets on Kalshi or Polymarket by $0.05 (or 5%). So if a candidate is at 40%, your small bet by itself could move them to 45% Any bettor can artificially help a campaign look more popular than it actually is

a plot showing how much money it costs to move prediction markets

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Reed F. Richardson @reedfrich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

McClatchy laid off dozens of reporters yesterday — many on city, data, and investigative beats — and its corporate PR parent's explanation speaks volumes about how private equity often mistakes what real journalism "value" & "impact" looks like in pursuit of profits. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Poynter story on how Chatham Asset Management, the private investment firm that owns McClatchy, cut dozens of reporters, including many investigative and data journalists, across the country as part of its plan to "align" with what "subscribers value" and what can have the "highest impact."

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I started my own journalist training organization based on a kooky idea I came up with during the pandemic. Now I design games, something I never would have imagined doing.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

‘Footage of party officials talking about concealing payments and taking money from foreign donors is all too familiar to me: I am an expert on state capture.’ Terrific piece from anti corruption professor @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social on D4S democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-un...

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Reform’s undercover donations pave road to state capture

By making rule-breaking a selling point, Reform is signalling it's open for influence trading, says anti-corruption expert Liz David-Barrett.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There was a time when I would have been excited to see Cheryl from Curb Your Enthusiasm on the street.

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Twenty years later, Mike Judge’s prescient comedy is getting harder to laugh at. www.texasmonthly.com/culture/mike-j…

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

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Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#DC folks, @investigativesimulations.org is looking for people to test a #crime and #corruption simulation game in September for 5 hours. Each participant gets $40, lunch, and a fun training. If you're interested or know someone who would be, send an email to playtest@investigativesimulations.org

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Commuting on a bike has been one of the most radicalizing events of my life in many ways. Scales falling from eyes, recognizing a false consciousness, choosing Morpheus' red pill, etc. Welcome!

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

im not saying escooters are not dangerous and that the response is wrong but wow would be something if we got this level of attention for what kids have lost over the years for essentially the expedient movement of the driver

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Two columns

THINGS KIDS HAVE
SACRIFICED FOR DRIVERS

-PLAYING ON THEIR STREET
-SAFE SCHOOL STREETS
-WALKING TO SCHOOL
-BIKING TO SCHOOL
-WALKING TO THE PARK
-RANDOM PLAY
-CROSSING THE STREET
-PLAYING AT NIGHT
-INDEPENDENCE
-QUALITY STREET LIFE
-AIR QUALITY
-A PLANET
-THEIR LIVES

THINGS DRIVERS HAVE SACRIFICED FOR KIDS

ROVÉLO CREATIVE

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm proud of what we've accomplished at @investigativesimulations.org in the short time since our launch. The Lab's crime and corruption simulation game "Hidden Interests" had a great debut in Paris. One bit of feedback stuck out: "The workshop made me want to do this as a career."

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Since Google search has become terrible, I'm going to start using grep as a verb.

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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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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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Anti-Corruption Data Collective @acdatacollective.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🗳️ On Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US, tens of milions of dollars are being bet on the US congressional midterm elections in November. 💵 Three months before election day, betting volume has already exceeded the 2024 cycle. But, just 1% of users control 68% of the volume on Polymarket. 🧵

A chart comparing cumulative total prediction market trading volume on the 2026 and 2024 midterm elections.
2026 shows a total of $133.3m through August 10. 2024 shows a total of $92.4m in the weeks after Election Day.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)

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What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off

In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I'm looking forward to the #SeriousPlay Conference in Durham, NC this coming week. I can't wait to learn from people who design 'serious games' and talk about what we're doing at @investigativesimulations.org.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On the other hand, this is a great way to illustrate the spacial inefficiency of cars. It's good reminder that cars aren't a technology problem; they're a geometry problem. Or, as @doctorow.pluralistic.net succinctly put it, "Geometry hates cars."

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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 17/07/2026

Meet the people who spend their days holding elected officials accountable, digging through records most people never see, and making sure no one in power operates without scrutiny. Your gift is what keeps them doing that work tomorrow, and the day after. Support our work: buff.ly/ESzaro0

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Bottle up the first 1:50. I love the whole song, but that instrumental is a special kind of magic.

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The Cure - Pictures Of You

YouTube video by TheCureVEVO

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The inherent sadness of this comment is a good demonstration for why we need to rethink the physical layout of our communities and overall mobility. Paging @thewaroncars.bsky.social.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🇨🇭 It was an honor to talk to students at the Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique Neuchâtel, Switzerland alongside my friend @karinepfenniger.bsky.social about doing financial investigations with open sources.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

UPDATE: another packed house at #IRE26 for "Strategies for investigating anonymous companies." As @dgillison.bsky.social said, the fact that we've had so many attendees over the last two years says something about how frequently journalists find themselves face to face with these kinds of firms.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day, especially to the fathers who bike.

Man riding on blue long cargo bike with two kids on the back and one kid in a seat on the front between his arms. Another person on a bike is going the other way in the background.

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

With the ever-declining state of search, the verb "Google" is on the same etymological arc as "Munson"

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Investigative Simulations Lab @investigativesimulations.org · 15/06/2026

🦀 🦀 🦀 We'll be at #IRE26 near Washington, DC later this week. We have answers to all your questions about how simulation games can teach journalists and public interest researchers how to follow the money. Our founder, @johndellosso.bsky.social, will be around. Come say hello!

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John Dell'Osso @johndellosso.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

@dgillison.bsky.social and I had a packed house on a Saturday morning at #IRE25 in New Orleans last year for our session on figuring out who benefits from secretive offshore companies. And now, we're bringing it back home to Washington, DC (sort of) for #IRE26 (@ire.org)

I'm speaking at IRE26.

Strategies for investigating offshore companies

Saturday, June 20, 2026 11:30am

John Dell'Osso

Douglas Gillison

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

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