Losing "cloud" data because of a missile strike on Bahrain wasn't in my 2026 Bingo card...

NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.

What can journalism do in a world where news is free, people don't trust us, and AI bots answer any question?

I guess, maybe, not use AI to write articles?

See this investigation by @foeke.bsky.social

www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

War disrupts fertiliser supplies, puts food security at risk.

A third of fertiliser shipped by sea comes from the Gulf countries and cannot make it to the global market as Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz

u.afp.com/SLwf

This was one of the first things I ever wrote for The Intercept theintercept.com/2016/08/09/p...

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

A metaphor for NATO's position? their surveillance plane doing circles in the sky above Turkey.
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always worth remembering that "the cloud" is actually just someone else's computer (or their many, many computers)

Iran strikes cause Amazon AWS power outage with issues reported in Bahrain and UAE

AWS servers in Bahrain and UAE are down - this physicality of the "cloud" is rarely visible to users.

... unless one needs a cloud GPU in Kenya, then one learns that Google, Amazon etc. barely have any GPU on the continent (just a few in SA, and very $$).

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Abuses in Cameroon After US Deports Third-Country Nationals Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the United States and detaining and abusing journalists who tried to interview them.

#Cameroon
Cameroonian authorities are arbitrarily detaining non-Cameroonian nationals deported from the US+detaining +abusing journalists who tried to interview them. But Trump’s administration doesn’t seem to care, @hrw.org

www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

Looks like a phishing attempt. Anyone else got something like this? @signal.org guessing you don't sent those?

Are you an early-career professional who is passionate about investigative journalism? Are you constantly curious about new ways of doing journalism and making it reach critical audiences?

You might just be the fellow we are looking for.

Sources:
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www.giranoticias.com/politica/202...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...

One of the biggest, most luxurious private planes in the world (#2DEER) is flying to the US, with the #ANGOLA1 call sign.

Calls signs like these are usually for heads of state, and indeed there's reports that President João Lourenço is going to the US.

Trump is allied with the Angolan president.

I'll be at the #GIJC Conference in Kuala Lumpur with the rest of the @lighthousereports.com food systems team later this week

Please reach out if you're there and would like to grab a coffee!

Projet politique effacé de l’information.
On retiendra qu’il est un immigrant qui parle arabe. Super.

The mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in the Corn Belt Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.

The Mysterious Rise of Cancer Among Young Adults in the Corn Belt

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating, Jahi Chikwendiu and Luis Melgar

“The complicated thing is that it’s not risk factors now. It’s our risk factors from 10, 20, 30 years ago that are causing the cancers now.” Gift link!

How do you even...

People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...

Surveillance Secrets Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread

Ohne @lighthousereports.com und speziell ohne @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social, cr0ft0n.bsky.social, @orariccardo.bsky.social & the one and only @emmanfre.bsky.social hätte es diese Recherche einfach nicht gegeben: merci, thanks, danke to all of you! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

I'm a regular complainer, apparently

Super interesting. Amazing work Jack!

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

Fascinating read on the workers training #AI, and why tech companies recruit for thousands of jobs that don't really exist.

If you've ever seen an ad to “Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project” or “Freelance English Proofreader / AI Tutor” you'll definitely want to check this out.

Recent covers of The Atlantic, and in response the @thecontinent.org about the war in Sudan.

Kenyans Return to the Streets a Year After Deadly Tax Protests

Kenyan police used live rounds, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters on Wednesday, as thousands marched nationwide to mark a year since huge demonstrations against a contentious tax plan turned deadly and laid bare the growing anger at President William Ruto’s government.

‘The Hunger Games’: Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone.

‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans -
www.972mag.com/hunger-games...

US citizens migrating to Africa: A growing number of black Americans relocate to Kenya YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

👀 Black Americans relocating to Kenya because of racism and police brutality in the US.

Interesting on many levels.

By ‪@malcolmwebb.bsky.social‬
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