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Malachy Browne
@malachy.bsky.social
I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
During the Iran war, five satellite providers cut off access to images following U.S. government pressure. My colleague @ckoettl.bsky.social explains the impact on reporting, and the history of "shutter control." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/i...
What U.S. Restrictions on Satellite Imagery Mean for Iran Reporting
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ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
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NEW: Xinjiang has the highest detention capacity in the world, according to FT analysis - enough space for almost 1 in 40 people in the region - more than five years after the Chinese govt announced the camps had closed.
On Kash Patel's newest uncovered excursions and trips on government planes, including a quick jaunt to Philly for a George Strait concert and snorkeling at Pearl Harbor. From Elizabeth Williamson and Adam Goldman, + a small flight tracking assist from me (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues
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Remembering Breonna Taylor and how the insane incompetence and recklessness of Louisville police took her life. She would have turned 33 in June. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaN...
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor | Visual Investigations
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"I am always fascinated to see young Irish kids bringing their hurl to hurling matches. Where else in the world could this happen; allowing supporters bring in, what is for all intents and purposes a weapon to a high-tension, high drama sports match? It is both crazy and beautiful at the same time".
In a letter citing strikes that killed Iranian children in Minab and Lamerd, eleven U.S. senators questioned Defense Secretary Hegseth's decision to gut civilian protection programs and said his orders endangered U.S. troops. By @johnismay. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
Democratic Senators Fault Hegseth’s Leadership on Iran
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BBC analysis and investigation found correlation between #Trump announcements and trading moves and behaviour. Often, such trading activity took place BEFORE announcements were made / became public knowledge. This resulted in huge profits for some.
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
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Coming next month. A project I’ve been working on in the background over the past year. Based on more than two decades of experience accessing information, it’s aimed at students, teachers, journalists and anyone planning to file requests with public bodies. More details soon.
Breaking News: More than 1,000 actors, writers and directors, including many Hollywood heavyweights, signed a letter opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.
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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
A military investigation has determined the U.S. carried out the deadly Tomahawk strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials & others familiar with the preliminary findings. Latest w/ Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
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"We're not gonna be harassed by the New York Times who have put out a lot of articles on this" -- Leavitt sneers at the New York Times for reporting on what by all accounts seems to have been a US strike that killed scores of elementary school students in Iran
'Made in USA' and Department of Defense codes imprinted on weapons fragments used to make American Tomahawks and seen in photos by Iran near bombed school. Latest story w/ @trbrtc.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...
Fragments of U.S.-Made Missile Seen in Photos Taken by Iran Near Deadly School Strike
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U.S. Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows From @malachy.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...
U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows
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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...
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
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Thousands in Iran attend burial of children killed in bombing of school. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...
At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed in the strike on a girls’ school in Iran, officials & state media say. The school is near a naval base that was hit by two other strikes during US & Israeli attacks. With Ephrat Livni, Sanam Mahoozi. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
Strike on Girls’ School Kills 115, Iranian State Media Says
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Thank you, @malachy.bsky.social, for the reporting on the Shajarah Tayyebeh school and for the mention in the thread on the other site alongside other analysts. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones, including children. Article link on the Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...
We’ve lost the focus on where plastic is coming from: fossil fuel and petrochemical industries like Exxon and Saudi Aramco who are ramping up to increase plastic production - David Gelles speaking with Beth Gardiner on her book, Plastic Inc. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
Climate: Plastic, plastic everywhere
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Fossilized Goniatite shell, with it's internal flotation chambers, and their divisions, clearly displayed. When alive these gas filled chambers enabled them to move up and down in the water column using similar physics to the submarines we have today. County Clare, Ireland.
Trump has pledged to halt any oil headed to Cuba, but his administration won't call it a blockade. But it's functioning as one — pushing 10 million people toward a humanitarian crisis and its government to the brink. My latest w/ @jacknicas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/w...
A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
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A superb - and disturbing - BBC doc on how an international team of police trace clues from the dark web to catch paedophiles and save children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNUk...
The Darkest Web: Inside the internet’s most hidden corners to save kids – BBC World Service Docs
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End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...
Watch this, it's astonishing.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
Gift link - The New York Times. Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan's Drone War. by @malachy.bsky.social @declanwalsh.bsky.social et al www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War
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Satellite images, videos and official sources reveal how the Sudanese Armed Forces are launching powerful Turkish drones from a covert base in Egypt's desert to mount attacks inside Sudan. With @declanwalsh.bsky.social Eric Schmitt and Nick Cumming Bruce. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...