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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ABC filed an unprecedented First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration “retaliatory campaign” to curb the network’s free speech. deadline.com/2026/08/abc-...
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ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC
The network says attacks on the news division and Jimmy Kimmel are part of a Trump administration "retaliatory campaign" to curb its free speech.
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My reporting on the Silicon Valley of ice breakers
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Icebreakers aren’t just ships. They’re an industrial crash course for the US and insurance for Finland. Join @louiepalu.bsky.social as we visit the shipyards and underground lab that make Finland the Silicon Valley of icebreakers. @businessweek.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump Wants These Big, Beautiful Boats. To Get Them, He Needs Finland
Icebreakers are meant to kickstart a grand — but unlikely — plan to revitalize American shipbuilding.
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Interested in ice breakers? Then this story is for you
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finland has an underground ice pool where they test icebreaker designs. It's part of an Arctic shipbuilding ecosystem the US wants to replicate. I went there with @louiepalu.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My latest visual reporting from the Arctic
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Two things about icebreakers: - No one agrees on what an icebreaker even is - Ice isn’t just ‘ice’ @louiepalu.bsky.social and I took a literal crash course in Finland for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump Wants These Big, Beautiful Boats. To Get Them, He Needs Finland
Icebreakers are meant to kickstart a grand — but unlikely — plan to revitalize American shipbuilding.
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My latest from the Arctic with the always brilliant @liamdenning.bsky.social for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This Tuesday international documentary photographer @louiepalu.bsky.social will be in Cobalt to discuss his incredible body of work on the hardrock mines. He has shot the Afghan war, Donbas, the narco wars and the northern mining belt. Cobalt Mining Museum 6PM Tuesday. Tickets by donation.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
He photographed the Afghan war, Donbas, the narco wars and was in the capitol on Jan 6. Now @louiepalu.bsky.social returns to the north to talk about his work documenting the hardrock mining communities. Tuesday June 23 6PM. Cobalt Mining Museum
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is a piece I wrote when I was working with @louiepalu.bsky.social documenting the hardrock mining culture of the north. In mining culture, shaft sinkers had a special lore because of the dangerous work. My reflection on a shaft sinking legend. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-africa...
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The African Parrots
In another life, I spent my time driving the roads of northern Ontario with a tape recorder and a notepad, interviewing hardrock miners and their families.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So pumped... @louiepalu.bsky.social photographer of the war in Afghanistan, Donbas, the Narco wars is coming back to Northern Ontario to talks about his time documenting the northern mines. Cobalt Mining Museum Tuesday, June 23rd from 6pm - 7pm, Tickets are going to sell out very fast. Stay tuned.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
International documentary photographer @louiepalu.bsky.social is coming to the Cobalt Mining Museum to discuss his mining photography. June 23. A lifetime ago we documented the mines. I went on to politics, Louie covered Kandahar, Donbas, the narco wars, Jan 6. Welcome back to Canada Louie.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Anyone who worked as miner in Kirkland Lake, V-Town, Val d'Or, Timmins, Sudbury, Elliot Lake will remember @louiepalu.bsky.social. He is speaking in Cobalt at the mining museum on June 23. Don't miss this special night.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
International documentary photographer @louiepalu.bsky.social returns to the north to discuss his hardrock mining series. He will be speaking at the Cobalt Mining Museum. This is going to be a great event. Louie has worked all over the world. He spent a lot of time in the northern mining towns.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Arctic isn’t what you think it is. @louiepalu.bsky.social and I take you there in a brand new photo essay for @bloomberg.com drawn from multiple trips to the top of the world www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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The Paradox at the Top of the World
As global powers eye the Arctic’s promise, its harsh realities — from ice to infrastructure — underscore how poorly it’s understood.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Arctic as you've never seen it. A photo essay with @louiepalu.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Come see the Arctic. Up close. A photo essay with @louiepalu.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A US fighter jet refuels midair over Alaska. Just one amazing image from today's Arctic photo essay with @louiepalu.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My latest with @liamdenning.bsky.social from the Arctic
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James Gibney @jamesgibney.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This piece is worth every minute you spend with it: "Go to a bar in Finland and shout: 'Who can shoot an anti-tank weapon?' All the men will stand." @liamdenning.bsky.social and @louiepalu.bsky.social embed with the NATO-backed army preparing for war with Russia www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Finland Is Ready for Russia. Is Anyone Else?
The Arctic nation offers Europe a master class in combat readiness
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Go to a bar in Finland and shout: "Who can shoot an anti-tank weapon?" All the men will stand up.” Come to NATO’s Arctic frontier in Lapland with me and @louiepalu.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Finland Is Ready for Russia. Is Anyone Else?
The Arctic nation offers Europe a master class in combat readiness
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"If there’s one lesson America and Israel should have learned in recent decades, it’s that military success doesn’t usually translate to political victory — in Gaza, Afghanistan or, now, Iran," David Ignatius writes. "The adversary keeps coming back." wapo.st/4rDFJAk
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My latest work with @opinion.bloomberg.com @liamdenning.bsky.social in Finland
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Finland is NATO’s Arctic bulwark - and offers a masterclass in self-defense for European allies caught between a revanchist Russia and ambivalent America My latest Arctic collaboration with @louiepalu.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Finland Is Ready for Russia. Is Anyone Else?
The Arctic nation offers Europe a master class in combat readiness
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 12/03/2026
Finland is ready for Russia. Is anyone else? @liamdenning.bsky.social and @louiepalu.bsky.social went to the Arctic to embed with the Finnish army preparing for war 🎥
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is where the West ends. Finland's border with Russia is NATO's newest Arctic fault-line. I went there in winter with @louiepalu.bsky.social to see what a nervous Europe can learn from a country that "for 109 years stared to the east without blinking an eye" @opinion.bloomberg.com (1/6)
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Excellent safety checklist @poynter_institute my philosophy is keep a low profile and don’t wear any safety gear (helmet & vest) that makes you look like a security forces, don’t fly drones where security forces are flying them www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
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25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest - Poynter
Your goal should be to get close enough to observe the scene without endangering yourself or others, or interfering with security or rescue operations
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/01/2026
Breaking news: As President Trump pushed U.S. oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a White House meeting, the CEO of ExxonMobil warned the company is far from enlisting and said that Venezuela is “uninvestable.”
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Exxon CEO calls Venezuela ‘uninvestable’ without ‘significant changes’
Trump holds a meeting of oil CEOs at the White House to project support for his Venezuela plans. But the companies are skeptical.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 09/01/2026
In the 60 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alabama lawmakers have adopted district maps that reduce Black voting strength, effectively stealing political power from Black voters. But advocates are pushing back against court-ordered state Senate district voting maps: bit.ly/4qemRrp
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
“My father once dragged me waist-deep into an icy lake in November and said, “Now you know how cold it is.” Brutal, but unforgettable.”
 Climate change is an existential threat. The Arctic is the clearest warning signal we have—if you know how to look. www.hot-mirror.com/edition-19/l...
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The Arctic is the New Frontline: A Conversation with Louie Palu — Hot Mirror
Louie (Luigino) Palu is a Canadian/American photographer and filmmaker whose work has examined social political issues including war, resource extraction, and climate change for over 30-years. He has ...
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
My 2025 lecture at the School of Visual Arts in New York City youtu.be/cPwH0rL7XXw?...
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Louie Palu - Documentary Photographer & Filmmaker
YouTube video by School of Visual Arts
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 08/12/2025
Attacks on press freedom are rising — from arrests and assaults on journalists to retaliatory lawsuits, covert surveillance, and sweeping secrecy measures. But we’re prepared. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us. freedom.press/donate
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Me on the Hot Mirror www.hot-mirror.com/edition-19/l...
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The Arctic is the New Frontline: A Conversation with Louie Palu — Hot Mirror
Louie (Luigino) Palu is a Canadian/American photographer and filmmaker whose work has examined social political issues including war, resource extraction, and climate change for over 30-years. He has ...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 20/10/2025
Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors, especially during October. “It turns human suffering into a spectacle," as one criminologist put it. But some businesses are having second thoughts.
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Rethinking Prison Tourism
Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts.
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World Press Photo @worldpressphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Discover the 2022 awarded project, 'Political Year Zero', by @louiepalu.bsky.social: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2022/louie-palu/21
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Political Year Zero | World Press Photo
Pro-Trump supporters invade a Capitol hallway, after the building had been breached during a protest to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory, in Washington DC, USA. The Capitol complex was loc...
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I guess AC/DC’s Back In Black (1980) is not classic. There is Van Halen & Aerosmith’s catalogue & more. Very unclassic Neil Young’s 1989 song Keep on Rocking In The Free World, a classic rock musician releasing a classic rock song
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12/08/2025
Without photojournalism, the news stays out of sight. @nppa.org fights to protect the lens that keeps the public informed. Their work is more important than ever, but they need your help. Read about their work and support them if you can.
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The leading voice for visual journalists may be silenced. You can help.
We talked with the National Press Photographers Association’s Mickey Osterreicher about why NPPA’s work is more important than ever.
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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 15/07/2025
Grantee @louiepalu.bsky.social is taking an alternative approach to political photography. "What might be gained by revealing the architecture behind these constructed moments of political life?” Learn more in this “visual column” for the @vqr.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/44w7TVt
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Image by Louie Palu. United States, 2024.
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Virginia Quarterly Review @vqr.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
In “Seeing Political,” @LouiePalu.bsky.social’s political photography goes in search of the imperfect picture, deconstructing the photo op to perfect it. Read the rest of his #VQRTrueStory in partnership with the Pulitzer Center from our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/07/2025
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New York City Mark your calendar I am coming in for lecture Sept 9 at School of Visual Arts Free and open to the public, we'll be talking about the Arctic, conflict and more... register here www.eventbrite.com/e/i3-lecture...
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i3 Lecture Series
The i3 Lecture Series features leading photographers and artists, hardware and software developers, and industry experts.
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Then that would be the best time to go
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"That is not leadership. It is not principled service. It is a misuse of military force." From a naval corpsman and combat veteran who spent their enlistment service with the Marine Corps: wapo.st/4e3fePB
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Just a reminder that Secretary Hegseth's giddy suggestion of deploying active duty Marines to LA would require invoking the Insurrection Act. Without that, it violates the law to utilize active duty forces for domestic law enforcement.
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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We are thrilled to partner with Photoville to present “Distant Early Warning” by @louiepalu.bsky.social at this year’s festival! Join us at the opening weekend on 6/7 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. ✨ Learn more: www.photoville.nyc
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Home page - Exhibition Announcement - Photoville Festival
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Louie Palu @louiepalu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
BALTIMORE DC DMV friends! This Saturday join Chloe Coleman and I for an afternoon of talking about photography at UMBC umbc.edu/event/archiv...
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Archive 192: Abstract Photographs By Women — Exhibition Tour And Artist Conversation - UMBC
In conjunction with the exhibition Archive 192: Abstract Photographs by Women, on display at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery through May 31, the Library Gallery presents an Exhibition Tour and Artis...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/04/2025
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This reminds me of when Trump 1.0 wanted to pay E&Ps to keep their oil in the ground and call it part of the SPR (an oldie via @opinion.bloomberg.com) www.bloomberg.com/view/article...
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Trump Would Like You To Buy Some Virtual Oil
His reported Strategic Petroleum Reserve scheme is a plan to funnel money to frackers, with a veneer of energy security.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Musk's stock is falling and Trump has noticed @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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How Long Will Musk Be Welcomed at the White House?
The world’s richest man has a lot to lose if his usefulness to the president begins to fade.
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