Bellingcat Challenge: Shifting Focus Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Shifting Focus” challenge, in the “Puzzling Postcards” category. I would…

Hey! I have written a write-up for Bellingcat's Shifting Focus challenge. You can read how I solved it below! Feel free to suggest other challenges you'd like a write-up for! 📝

Bellingcat Challenge: Target Not Acquired This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Target Not Acquired” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…

Hello! I have just published a write-up for the "Target Not Aquired" challenge by @bellingcat.com. You can find all of the challenges by Bellingcat here, which explores the various areas within OSINT: challenge.bellingcat.com.

Read how I solved this, and several more challenges, below!

Bellingcat Challenge: Among the Roots This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Among the Roots” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…

Hello! I've just published a write-up for the "Among the Roots" challenge by @bellingcat.com (made by Andro Mathewson and Kate Miller).

This was an exciting challenge centered around the identification of an EO - read how I solved it below!

Bellingcat Challenge: Failed to Detonate Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Failed to Detonate” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…

Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Failed to Detonate" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 🧨 This series of challenges is a great way to learn identification of explosive ordnances. You can read the write-up below!

Bellingcat Challenge: Small but Deadly Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Small but Deadly” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…

Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Small but Deadly" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 💣 This was a fun and beginner-friendly challenge. If you'd like, you can try the challenges here: challenge.bellingcat.com.

Bellingcat Challenge: The Saltwater Secret Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “The Saltwater Secret” challenge, in the “The Forgotten Files” category. I…

Hello! I've published a writeup for "The Saltwater Secret" challenge by @bellingcat.com. Take a look below!

More will follow in the upcoming days!

Bellingcat Challenge: Funny Money This is a walkthrough describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Funny Money” challenge, in the “Cultural Confusion” category. I would…

Hey! After taking a break for personal reasons, I'm finally back with a new write-up! This time for the challenge "Funny Money" by @bellingcat.com. 🪙

You can read the write-up below! Any feedback is appreciated!

Hey! @bellingcat.com has just released a new set of open-source challenges! Check them out below! 🔍

In this era, I think it's more useful to sort people by whether they participate in democratic discourse or disordered discourse, rather than left vs right.

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Israel has turned 70% of Gaza into no-go zones, in maps Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.

Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.

We’re back — the new open source challenges launch today! This month they were created by the one and only @gralhix.bsky.social, and take a deep dive into Bellingcat’s archives. Are you ready? Find the new challenges on Challenge.bellingcat.com

Israeli cabinet approves expansion of Gaza offensive, broadcaster Kan reports The Israeli military has already begun issuing tens of thousands of call-up orders for its reserve forces.

Netanyahu's security cabinet voted to scale up the offensive against Hamas in Gaza to the point of seizing the entire enclave and holding its territories, an Israeli official said.

Hey! Keep your eyes peeled for the new set of #OSINT challenges by @bellingcat.com coming tomorrow!

If you haven't solved the older ones yet, they have 30 great challenges out already! You can find them below! 🔍

Gralhix Exercise #016 This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 016. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…

New write-up! This time for the exercise #016 by Gralhix!

The challenge was to disclose the 'undisclosed location' of an A-10 Thunderbolt II seen in a photo. Read how I solved it below! 🛩️

Gralhix Exercise #015 This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 015. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…

New write-up! This time for the exercise #015 by Gralhix!

The challenge was based on a declassified CIA document. We had to find images of a telescope that matched the description in the document, and provide the coordinates of the telescope after it was assembled. Read how I solved it below! 🔭

Gralhix Exercise #014 This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 014. The challenge was to determine the magnitude and

New write-up! This time for the exercise #014 by Gralhix!

The challenge was to determine the magnitude of an earthquake, and then geolocate a surveillance camera that filmed the earthquake. Read how I solved it below! 🌍

I have published the correct version now! :) No clue what happened though..

Wow, I'm not sure what happened here.. For some reason I didn't publish the whole write-up, sorry about that. I'll take it offline and publish the whole write-up soon! :)

Aha, I understand! That happens sometimes! Great exercise though :D

#OnThisDay in 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web software to the public.

Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe.

#WorldWideWeb

San Francisco. Most likely taken on a balcony in Marriot Marquis facing west.

Gralhix Exercise #012 Solution to Gralhix Exercise #012: Tool identification, geolocation and chronolocation of a wildfire.

New post! My write-up for Gralhix Exercise #012: Identifying the tool, and then #geolocating and #chronolocating the wildfire!

Gralhix Exercise #011 The challenge was to identify all of the men in the image, which proved to be quite hard! See how I solved it by reading this write-up!

Hello! Just published a write-up for exercise 011 by @gralhix.bsky.social! The challenge was to identify all of the men in the provided image, which proved to be quite hard! See how I solved the challenge below! 🔍

Gralhix Exercise #010 Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 010. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…

New write-up for the series of #OSINT exercises by @gralhix.bsky.social. This time for the tenth exercise.

Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
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Great presentation, really informative! Thank you!

Gralhix Exercise #009 This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 009. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…

Hello! I just published a write-up for the ninth #OSINT exercise by Gralhix (@gralhix.bsky.social). This exercise combined #geolocation and #chronolocation, and was a fun and educational challenge!

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Thanks, and thanks for the feedback! However, I still believe the photographer was standing by the red X. I don't have enough characters to explain here, but I have added some more explanation as to why I think this is the correct position in the write-up. Please take a look when you can :)