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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This summer, 35,000 heat deaths in Europe got one news cycle. Last week, a probability estimate about a hypothetical AI apocalypse got seven. The warnings may be sincere—but notice what they justify: fossil fuel plants. Climate change is existential now. electricnotes.news/p/pick-your-...

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Pick Your Apocalypse: Climate vs. AI Doom

Some Thoughts On the *Other* Existential Threat

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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James Dinneen @jamesdinneen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Wowza. Look at this chart on wildfires in France from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social EFFIS. Red line is cumulative area burned this year; blue line is average since 2006...

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We're hiring! It's only a fixed-term contract for maternity cover but the job—and the team—is interesting and fun infographics.economist.com/jobs/2026/in...

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We’re hiring an interactive visual journalist

Come and join The Economist’s data team on a fixed-term contract

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Mediazona English @en.zona.media · 29/04/2026

North Korea lost more than 2,280 troops fighting for Russia in Kursk region, according to names engraved on plaques at Pyongyang’s new “Memorial Museum of Military Feats in the Foreign Military Operation”, unveiled on April 27. South Korean daily Donga did the count 1/3

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The Economist @economist.com · 22/04/2026

A battle in Kurmuk illustrates the Rapid Support Forces’s transformation from an unusually well-armed and well-connected paramilitary unit into a transnational business-cum-military empire

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How a Sudanese militia built a military and economic empire

Three years into Sudan’s civil war, the Rapid Support Forces has grown into a regional power

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Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Ollie Ballinger (not on Bluesky) has created a method to detect building damage in Iran using open source radar imagery, in light of satellite image companies restricting access to images from the country. The method is described in this peer-reviewed paper: t.co/OAXynsosnt

A screenshot from X from Ollie Ballinger talking about a tool to detect building damage in Iran using open source radar images.

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Sondre Ulvund Solstad @sondreus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I analysed data on 788 distinct attacks, 1,860 missile and drone launches, and abnormal “high-temperature events”, such as fires, at 208 strategic sites. It suggested the war has entered a new phase. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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The Iran war has entered a new phase

Both sides have changed their tactics, our data analysis finds

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 26/12/2025

“Seen from the sky, once bustling markets are empty and overgrown with vegetation.“ www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Seen from above, el-Fasher is a ghost town

Satellite imagery reveals how North Darfur’s capital has been abandoned after its fall

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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A nearly one-week animation for Hurricane Melissa with infrared (IR) imagery on the left and its maximum wind speed (intensity) evolution on the right. The animation briefly pauses at landfall in Jamaica. IR images extend about 600 km from the center of the storm to illustrate its shape evolution.

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Marie Segger @mariesegger.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

What makes Hurricane Melissa so different to other storms? A terrific piece with stellar graphics pulled together by our special-projects team with help from across the paper @ainsliejstone.bsky.social @fteoldi.bsky.social @eljlees.bsky.social @josephc.net www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms ever recorded

Jamaica and Cuba are in its path

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

“The offensive has come at an enormous cost: our meta-estimate suggests over 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war this year.” The quiescence of Russian society in the face of the meaningless slaughter of their men is horrifying.

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Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again

Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The commercial remote sensing industry relies extensively on NASA data from missions like MODIS, VIIRS, and PACE for calibration & atmospheric correction. It’s not just about climate & the environment.

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The Economist @economist.com · 15/08/2025

Russia and NATO have the most extensive networks of military and civilian bases in the Arctic. These maps illustrate their ambitions for the region

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The looming military threat in the Arctic

Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 13/08/2025

Great-power competition in the far north puts renewed attention on Svalbard www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 07/08/2025

‘Within just over a week Florida used emergency powers to seize land from Miami-Dade County and build a 3,000-bed prison in the middle of a national preserve.‘ www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Alligator Alcatraz: an exercise in performative cruelty

Many Republican voters don’t like it

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

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Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

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Sondre Ulvund Solstad @sondreus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Our analysis of data from the front lines in Ukraine suggests Russia is suffering its heaviest losses of the conflict so far. We use satellites to track the fighting: www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Russia’s summer Ukraine offensive looks like its deadliest yet

Our analysis of what it has cost both sides

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 04/07/2025

Driving food insecurity and competition for resources, climate change can indirectly intensify conflict risks. Cornelia Scholz explains how we can analyse trends in climate and conflict data, and understand the risks. www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...

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The Story of a Storm Part II: Visualising Conflict and Displacement Data - bellingcat

Extreme weather events are increasingly forcing millions of people from their homes. In this guide we will focus on visualising conflict, climate and displacement data.

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The Economist @economist.com · 26/06/2025

Iran’s nuclear programme is distributed among several sites, as our map shows. This makes it harder to attack and disrupt econ.trib.al/lokRjlR

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Mapping Iran’s nuclear programme

American and Israeli strikes have done clear damage, but uncertainties remain about what has survived

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Cloudflare Radar @radar.cloudflare.com · 19/06/2025

Nearly 24 hours after #Internet connectivity was cut in the country, #Iran remains offline, with the last bits of traffic disappearing around 20:00 last evening. Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...

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Sondre Ulvund Solstad @sondreus.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

To track the Israel-Iran war, @economist.com, I think uniquely, monitors 208 strategic sites in Iran for abnormal thermal activity. It can be hard to know how much maps of confirmed strikes may miss. We find broad overlap, but not perfect. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Chris Biggers @csbiggers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Today, Ukrainian intelligence launched 117 attack drones from trucks that had been placed near Russian air bases. I tasked several collects this morning via Umbra and my first images have already started processing. What a remarkable success in a well-executed operation.

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The Economist @economist.com · 01/06/2025

Western countries have mostly looked away as Myanmar’s struggle for democracy has turned chaotic and violent. China has filled the resulting vacuum to advance its own agenda econ.trib.al/Bk2jg6b

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China calls the shots in Myanmar's civil war

To see how, follow an oil-and-gas pipeline through three conflict zones

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 31/05/2025

China has become the most powerful player in Myanmar’s civil war. To see how, follow an oil-and-gas pipeline through three conflict zones. www.economist.com/interactive/...

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China calls the shots in Myanmar's civil war

To see how, follow an oil-and-gas pipeline through three conflict zones

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Jenna C. Hill @chillocean.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume... Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov

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Notice of Changes

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

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Henning @geohenning.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The USGS already released a shakemap for the M7.7 #earthquake in Myanmar a few minutes ago. This will be devastating. ⚒️🧪 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Shakemap by USGS for the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar on Mar 28, 2025. Shaking expected up to violet. There will be heavy damage.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The whole ‘Zelensky should have done …’ is the kind of ‘bothsideism’ that fails to take into account the deep betrayal, the power asymmetry and the decency asymmetry. Against unhinged bulldozing obnoxiousness, siding with authoritarians, by the US P and VP, no preparation will be enough

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 12/02/2025

Was just fixing a bug in my internet outages tracker when I spotted this strange one

Text showing description of internet outage cause - 'Monkey-related incident caused power and internet outages nationwide'

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A united European response to this is rather important

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Joseph C @josephc.net · 22/01/2025

We've published a tracker page monitoring Trump's first 100 days along with a polling page breaking down his favourability www.economist.com/interactive/...

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Tracking Trump’s presidency

The first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I hope @forensicarchi.bsky.social takes a look at all the footage coming from Saydnaya and compares it to their work reconstructing the interior with Amnesty International, I'd be keen to see how accurate they were forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...

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Forensic Architecture

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Amer matar عامر مطر @amermatar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Protests in the city of Hama have returned once again, with thousands of residents taking to Al-Assi Square to celebrate the departure of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 22/11/2024

psychologically speaking, it is very interesting that so many people look up at the sky and around at their surroundings and decide how America is doing based on who controls the White House *when absolutely no policy change has happened yet* www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/1……

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