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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

So many times working on an visual investigation I've wished I had a tool or kit for something. Often it's commercially available, even if it's public data repackaged. I feel like with Claude et al, I can make an app I need in very short time. Like this 3D ADSB tool I built: www.3dsb.io

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Leave Benevolent Tech Giant Alone, Sources Say

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"What we worried about in the 1990s, and fought to prevent in the 2000s and 2010s, seems closer than ever: that surveillance becomes the handmaiden of authoritarianism."

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal. @passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Drew Harwell nails it. This is what we are losing. It’s not just my job…that’s upsetting to me selfishly sure but the extraordinary news and information our country is losing is going to have lasting impacts for decades.

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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are...

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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There is zero reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet in a kleptocracy. And so billionaires are gutting the media companies they own, reorienting them to better align with the regime, and spending money on bribes rather than journalists www.404media.co/the-washingt...

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The Washington Post Is No Longer Useful to Jeff Bezos

In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Videos show an agent tugging on a weapon in Pretti’s waistband, removing it and ducking from the tussle as another agent draws and fires on the unarmed man. Latest from @samueloakford.bsky.social @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social & Sarah Blaskey www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show

A Washington Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/01/2026

A U.S. Border Patrol officer fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, federal officials said. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara described the man as a 37-year-old White male, who was a resident of the city and believed to be an American citizen. wapo.st/3M62eyV

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22/01/2026

The White House posted an edited photo of the activist involved in the Minneapolis church protest, made to look like she was crying.

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I don't say this lightly: *Incredibly* diligent and insightful analysis on the January DCA Black Hawk crash.

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Imogen Piper @imogenpiper.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

For our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C. Watch here wapo.st/4atdTBI

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In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how.

The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.

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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Jamal Khashoggi was unavailable for comment.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

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David McNeill @davidamcneill.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in the US Civil War, WW I and II, the Korean War & the Vietnam War combined. In this special report, we detail the growing death toll among (mainly) Palestinian journalists and ask, has our silence enabled their slaughter? www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shi...

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Frontline betrayal | FCCJ

September 2025 | Gaza Media Special Report Part I Reporters in Gaza are being killed at an astonishing rate.

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Reporters at @washingtonpost.com want your videos of law enforcement interactions in D.C. after President Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city. Upload footage you filmed by scanning the QR code.

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Teo Armus @teoarmus.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles. Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.

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ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target.

D.C. police’s efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers’ immediate release. That has changed.

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Jarrett Ley (WashPost) @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

WaPo's Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News coverage of the Trump shooting merged traditional + forensic reporting from @samueloakford.bsky.social Aaron, Shawn, Jabin, @jonathanbaran.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social @iarnsdorf.bsky.social @carolleonnig.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social, me, + more

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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza: Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence contradict the official Israeli narrative in key regards. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza

Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

> Video posted to Instagram shows an expansive garage filled with an array of luxury cars on the compound of Assad’s presidential palace. “Save me a Lamborghini,” one man calls out while driving through.

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Jarrett Ley (WashPost) @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

hey look, a starter pack of Visual Forensics reporters at @washingtonpost.com go.bsky.app/7WK1tFG

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Centre for Information Resilience @cen4infores.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

This is why every one should be concerned about the rise of drone warfare. Human Safari: Ukrainian civilians used as target practice by Russian drone operators in Kherson. www.info-res.org/eyes-on-russ...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/11/2024

People are sprinting away from X at full speed and the users that stick around seem to be super into Republican politics. From our analysis: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 23/05/2023

Don’t let that cute face fool you.

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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

My colleague and friend Evan Gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in Russia for six weeks. We won’t stop fighting for his release. #FreeEvan

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 11/05/2023

Nice try YouTube algo but I am not trying to take down The Rock

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

new from me: More than half of Twitter Blue's earliest subscribers are no longer subscribed to the service over 54% of the 150,000 users who subscribed when Twitter Blue launched in November no longer sub mashable.com/article/half-of-twitte…

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Jonathan Baran @jonathanbaran.bsky.social · 28/04/2023

can I can confess something here? I don’t know what I am doing.

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