Giancarlo Fiorella
@giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat Assistant Professor | Utrecht University PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto www.giancarlofiorella.com Opinions my own
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
theyre just all so fucking stupid and lazy
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 18h agoA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
Trump on Canada: "They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world"
How is AI changing investigations? On Thursday, investigative journalist @craigsilverman.bsky.social will share how he’s using AI, including in his investigation of a North Korean hiring scam. We’ll explore what AI can uncover and where it falls short. Join us live: discordapp.com/events/70975...
If I’m reading this correctly, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s campaign is asking volunteers to give them full access to their contact lists on their *personal* cell phones? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...
A Q&A I did recently with Ashoka and Forbes - Why Bellingcat Wants Everyone To Become An Investigator www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka...
Why Bellingcat Wants Everyone To Become An Investigator
The founder of one of the world's best-known open-source investigation outfits on building it from a laptop, why anyone can do this work, and why democracies have misread the problem.
forbes.com
What does a resilient information society look like? Last week we ran the 'TRUST conference with the European Trust Alliance. Working with technologists, legal scholars, civil society advocates and journalists we discussed the complex challenges facing European digital autonomy.
Trump fucked up the *American* renewable transition but he might have had the largest positive effect on the global transition of any president ever
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoPresident Trump’s war on Iran, now in its seventh month, has led to a plunge in the consumption of oil and gas around the world as fighting disrupts production and transportation. https://wapo.st/4ycPvNA
I wrote a book last year showing how tech companies' values and goals show up in the rhetoric of their products themselves — including through AI chatbots. People questioned that; maybe it seemed too dystopian? Well, I've been collecting other examples in the wild, and here's the latest.
going live with @paulwaldman.bsky.social at 2pm eastern to discuss Trump supplicating himself before the world's most powerful communist, the pathetic attempt to rebrand AI as "Super Intelligence," why the trickle of Republicans breaking with Trump is likely to become a flood, and more. Tune in!
LIVE SOON: Trump loves communism
Starting Sep 25 at 2:00 PM EDT
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Exclusive: The Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to at least 28 countries even though the migrants are not their own citizens, according to data analyzed by The Post. Migrants say they have been subjected to inhumane conditions.
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration has been accused of widespread human rights violations stemming from its “militarized immigration enforcement” in a new report by Amnesty International USA.
Trump's immigration enforcement is accused of widespread human rights violations in a new report
thestar.com
Judges say: No really, stop doing third-country removals immediately. And ICE flights are kinda still landing in third-country removal countries??? prospect.org/2026/09/24/j...
Judges Reject ICE’s Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals - The American Prospect
An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.
prospect.org
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
londondaily.com
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
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We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
motherjones.com
ACSN crime group shuts down parts of Colombia’s Caribbean coast Gunmen on motorbikes fired into stores who defied the shutdown order, and burned trucks in the department of Magdalena LATEST for PWS
EXCLUSIVE @ms.now: Trump administration officials have discussed attaching the president’s name to Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 Officials are circulating a list of government sites that could carry the president’s name www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
ms.now
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
semafor.com
Paul Verhoeven would be all “no, that’s too unbelievable.”
Brian Kibler@bmkibler.bsky.social · last wk."Financial services"
Silicon Valley has finally invented the mafia from the famous 2000s HBO series "Don't Invent the Mafia"
Semafor@semafor.com · last wk.Kalshi will now let users juice their bets with borrowed money. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
hard to interpret this statement as anything other than Trump threatening to nuke Iran: "It'll end so quickly your head will spin"
ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.
ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:
OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift
The super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle.
finance.yahoo.com
