Allison Martell

@allisonmartell.bsky.social

Investigative data reporter for Reuters, based in Toronto. Interested in computer vision, NLP, and other kinds of machine learning for reporting. Also, I teach people to read. 🏳️‍🌈

Reuters found Shaulis-controlled firms have operated at least three aging Boeing aircraft flying to key logistics hubs used by the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese paramilitary group accused of atrocities in the Darfur region. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The US army veteran and the mystery Boeings flying Sudan’s war routes

Reuters found that companies controlled by a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran operated a fleet of aging Boeing aircraft that flew to key logistics hubs used by the Rapid Support Forces.

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Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, was founded by two brothers from the powerful Kharrazi family, Reuters found. According to analysts, the exchange has processed between tens and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian groups reut.rs/4degT5T

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Condo prices have fallen a lot in Canada's major cities, especially for pre-construction units that buyers reserved several years ago. This can be a problem at closing, if mortgage lenders appraise the unit as worth much less than the buyer is required to pay.

Last summer, OpenAI employees debated alerting law enforcement about Jesse Van Rootselaar's interactions with ChatGPT In February, Van Rootselaar became the suspect in the mass shooting that devastated a rural town in British Columbia www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago

The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.

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“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows

"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."

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“Each writing exercise was designed to reinforce explicit instruction on different paper-writing skills” jumps out at me, because explicit instruction remains unfashionable in so many schools.

John Warner@biblioracle.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This description/reflection from @mattdinan.bsky.social on how he essentially delegitimized using LLMs as a way to outsource student thinking/writing is a model on how to work through your values and build a course around them. mattdinan.substack.com/p/the-ai-ske...

In 2019 Meta did causal research looking at the effects of randomly asking Facebook users to stop using the platform for a month. After the first week of the study, results showed that leaving the platform was good for people’s mental health. Meta then shut the project down.

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It’s known that China is using ferries and other civilian vessels to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan. Reuters reporters wondered: Could we track vessels from the sky and learn more about China’s military strategy? The answer is yes. Here's how we did it: www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion

A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's

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A Reuters visual investigation shows China is developing concrete plans to invade Taiwan, a Taiwanese naval security expert said. The outcome of a Chinese attack could depend heavily on the response of the United States, the island’s most important ally reut.rs/4oJRPHe

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