Jake Hanrahan
@hanrahan.tv
Journalist and filmmaker. Anti-censorship. Popular Front / Away Days / Gargoyle www.jakehanrahan.com
In-depth no bullsh*t reporting from @hanrahan.tv on the blurred lines between governance, gangs, and what defines those who have a monopoly on violence. A must watch. 📺 : youtu.be/M7kVBXlEax4?...
The Hidden Side of Brazil's Gang Favelas
YouTube video by Away Days with Jake Hanrahan
youtu.be
“Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly.” Terrible.
Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research
Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived
theguardian.com
Creative director / artist Ben Ditto is building up a “Library of Forbidden Knowledge”. Really fascinating project. I love this. Have a look: t.me/ditto_nation...
"Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity..."
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
ft.com
🇲🇲 Another 3D-printed FGC-9 firearm seen with a rebel fighter in Myanmar. This one has a long suppressor equipped much like the first Mk2 seen in Plastic Defence.
🇧🇷 "Bloodthirsty Brazilian police have redefined what it means to be a criminal..."
Bloodthirsty Brazilian police have redefined what it means to be a criminal
Police brutality is not new in Brazil. But the shocking events at Jacarezinho are also symptomatic of rising conservative politics in the country, write Fernanda Barasuol and Thiago Borne
theloop.ecpr.eu
🇮🇪 "Maintaining a defence force is fine, we already have one which we’ve quite happily neglected and woefully underfunded for decades. In fact, Ireland spends the least on defense in the EU, approximately 0.24% of its GDP..."
Defence Cheats Cheat Us All
The inevitable death of Irish neutrality
spicebag.substack.com
Disguised as YouTube slop, this is actually a very endearing and sincere video about people growing lonely in a dying virtual world. They're all revitalised when a new guy joins with a mission to make friends. Sincere and wholesome.
I Spent 30 Days in a Dead Game
thanks to acloudyskye for letting me use his music at the end!checkout his album on bandcamp:https://acloudyskye.bandcamp.com/album/this-wont-be-the-last-tim...
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Rapper 50 Cent performing at Camp Anaconda in 2004 during the height of the Iraq war. Camp Anaconda was a safe R&R base where troops could relax or party on route in or out of the conflict. 50 apparently opened the show with "What Up Gangsta".
🇧🇷 Our first Away Days documentary has hit 100,000 views in four days! Not bad for a new project. Thanks to everyone who's watching, sharing, and supporting. This whole thing is completely independent. Watch Favela Government now: youtube.com/watch?v=M7kV... pic.x.com/hGO1GQKNvu
🇧🇷 A young gang member in Rio, part of Red Command (CV). He's wearing a knock-off Lacoste jumper and armed with a rifle almost as big as he is. Photo by me, on 35mm.
A lone Australian sentry keeping watch in the trenches in 1916. (via sonnyshera)
A Kurdish fighter of the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) in the streets with women in traditional dress in tow. Amazing photo.
🇯🇵 Aleph, the successor group of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, is under investigation for hiding hundreds of millions of yen in assets after it was ordered to pay victims of Aum Shinrikyo.
Aum successor accused of hiding assets to avoid paying redress | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has extended activity restrictions against Aleph, the successor group of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, over suspicions it is concealing assets to avoid paying…
asahi.com
It really is. The poaching of shitlibs from Threads and Xitter really killed any interest in alternative viewpoints and news here. The discovery page has just become a cesspool of Facebook boomerist blue MAGA huffing the farts of the establishment.
POPULAR FRONT@popularfront.co · last yr.There's no traction here for independent war reporting, and it's become a waste of time already. We'll be abandoning this account. Follow our work on other platforms and follow Jake instead if you like: @hanrahan.tv www.popularfront.cc
Must watch: Amazing new doc with incredible access by @hanrahan.tv
Jake Hanrahan@hanrahan.tv · last yr.🚩 My new doc is out now 🚩 CV is the oldest gang in Brazil. It's considered a plague by the government, but for the people of the favelas they control, the gang *is* the government. Inside their areas, street justice rules all. We spent a week there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kV...
23andMe sold the genetic data of 15 million people for $256 million to a pharmaceutical company called Regeneron. 🔗 www.404media.co/23andme-sale...
“Up Here Kids” — probably the best graffiti documentary I’ve ever watched. Got tired of some of the monologue stuff, but whatever. This is so original in how it’s put together. youtu.be/DQSBSbGfyrY
Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed. @hanrahan.tv @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
This goes *hard*. Thank you, @hanrahan.tv. Looking forward to the rest of the series! youtu.be/M7kVBXlEax4
The Hidden Side of Brazil's Gang Favelas
YouTube video by Away Days with Jake Hanrahan
youtu.be
No one does it like Jake. Not an easy watch, but if you can stomach it, it's absolutely worth a watch.
Jake Hanrahan@hanrahan.tv · last yr.Subscribe to Away Days: youtube.com/@awaydaystv
