So much has happened over the last four weeks that I forgot to share with you the findings of our initial analysis of the US and Israeli strikes in Iran. It’s been nearly a month now… Still interesting, though.
I am very pleased to see our article being shared in different languages. The figures are terrible, we also wanted to let you know what the damage means in terms of impact on urban and rural communities. Feel free to use our database as much as you like; there are lessons to be learned from it...
Best wishes to all! And may 2026 be a year when queues form in front of the ticket offices on the right. 😉
(source of the image: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...)
In red, incidents directly involving schools and children's recreational facilities...
Glad that we have highlighted our analysis which bears witness to the material destruction that not only damages property but also harms children severely.
Therefore, the majority of the Trump family’s fortune is vulnerable to theft by hackers. Quod erat demonstrandum
Our community is not a tiny one anymore. Of course you can't do with 104 what you could do with 19. But you can't do with 19 what you could do with 104. So we're adapting, and are happy to welcome you, new folks! I look forward to working with all of you...
Enjoy!
Does crossing information mean crossing narratives? 😉
Our team is used to working in the shade, but can also work in direct sunlight... 😉 #civilianharm
imgsli.com/MzU2ODQ4 → Please click on this link then move the cursor over the image if you wish to superimpose the Europol image on the identified object.
I'm as proud as ever of the efforts made by our team of volunteers from the @osintfr.bsky.social community (you can join us!): serious, precise and efficient. Well done to all! 👏😁
It took us almost two months, but we have finally solved the mystery of this item sought by the law enforcement agency of the EU (www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabu...) 🙆🙆♂️🙆♀️ thanks to a variant with the same colours distributed differently sold second-hand on a platform for private individuals.
🔔 GOOD NEWS!
Before I tell you more, I'd like to urge you once again to NEVER contact anyone when conducting open source research to help the authorities. 🤐
The beginning of the year has been rich in investigations. After 4️⃣ reports sent to the FBI, we sent 1️⃣ report to Europol two weeks ago...
Fière de vous avoir fait vivre un des challenges mais aussi d'avoir remporté ce badge @osint4fun.bsky.social malgré une lutte acharnée avec de nombreux passionnés en OSINT de la sphère francophone. 🤺
eu.badgr.com/public/asser...
Happy new year!
Enjoy your research and analysis!
Tip 2025: Don't let the similarities fool you. ✨
We wanted it, @bellingcat.com's Tech Team has done it! Listen to @galen.reich.me.uk explain how to use very easily this geospatial research tool which helps enormously when you need to cover an area, alone or with others.
Hahaha, I'm roasted! Check out my candid portrait, written by... an AI.
blueskyroast.com/roast/stepha...
Some food for thought about how to collaborate with/as volunteers in open source investigations.
(Panel that Giancarlo Fiorella, Aric Toler, Viktorija Ignataviciute and I formed a few days ago, for @bellingcat.com's 10th anniversary.)
www.youtube.com/live/0DM8bPI...
Do you have any doubts or are you curious about one of these identifications? Ask me in the answers for our visual demonstration and I'll be happy to do a separate post. In the meantime, we encourage you to take care of the children around you as they hunt for #Halloween sweets.
Only the FBI investigators have other elements of the situation which we hope will enable them to deduce a geolocation.
Visual summary of the identifications that we, investigators of the @osintfr.bsky.social community, have sent in detail to the FBI since they published this poster on August. None of them alone give a precise location of the crime scene, so we are showing you these images in their entirety.
Our article ‘35 days of investigation to decode 2,500 pixels’, co-written with StarMD, has now been translated into English!
#OSINT #TraceAnObject #Europol
We can also point out that the textual element provided by Europol is close to reality: the school is based in Central America. We'll be happy to tell you more about our research (first victory by visual prototype! 🎉) but... not before 2025. (3/3)
Our full report was sent to Europol last night, and the interests of the victim and the police investigation outweigh our desire to share our joy and encouragement to do the same, so we're only showing you part of a blurred video screenshot showing little more than the reference image.
#OSINT (2/3)
Once again, I have some good news! After a month of searching, the solidarity and tenacity of @osintfr.bsky.social's volunteers has made it possible to identify the uniform shown here www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabu.... and to geolocate the victim's school. #TraceAnObject #StopChildAbuse (1/3)
Ce sont les vacances et vous avez envie de faire du puzzle ? Retrouvons-nous durant 2 heures pour participer à la présentation en ligne de Tickle sur ces deux spécialités de l'OSINT que j'affectionne tant : la recherche par l'image #IMINT et la recherche géospatiale #GEOINT.
Here is a fine example of how identifying an object and its catchment area by using #OSINT can help strengthen an investigation to protect victims and hold perpetrators to account. We would also like to remind you that anyone wishing to help us with our research is most welcome. 🤗🤗🤗
... a bottle of a locally distributed drink. Naturally, last week we sent a full report to the FBI. You can move the cursor from left to right and vice versa at imgsli.com/MjcxNTkx to review it too.
Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a new object as part of its Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP). Thanks to an unnoticed lead on Reddit, we, a group of volunteers meeting on the @osintfr.bsky.social Discord server, investigated and proved that it was...