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@sancho.bsky.social

Investigator engaged in #OpenSource & #PublicDefender shenanigans. Finding/sharing #OSINT resources🕵🏾‍♂️. I also write stuff…poorly.

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Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am a full-time professional investigator. Well at least full-time until I get laid off next year. My fall back? If I play my cards right, I might get my foot in the door doing nature photography, making next to nothing dollars. This judgmental looking little guy was stalking some squirrels.

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Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We fought a Revolutionary War, a Civil War, two World Wars, defeated fascism and communism while establishing an indomitable Democracy that’s the envy of the world. And how are we going to celebrate 250 years of American exceptionalism? A UFC fight and Milli Vanilli. via Twitter: @cturnbull1968

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

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Gregory Koblentz@gregkoblentz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

☠️Biggest find by OPCW since fall of the Assad regime: "dozens of undeclared chemical munitions such as aerial bombs and rockets as well as separately found chemicals and related equipment" at undeclared locations in northern coastal and central regions. www.opcw.org/sites/defaul...

Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Stacher was a GameChanger for me in my workflow. Especially when I would go months without needing to use yt-dlp and then needing to relearn commands I forgot for archiving important videos. Bonus is I have yet to come across a social it doesn’t work well with and lots of QOL updates recently.

Fiete Stegers@fstegers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

yt-dlp is a great tool for downloading video files from YouTube and a bunch of other sites. If you don't like its command line interface, try Stacher which is essentially a graphic user interface running yt-dlp underneath. #OSINT stacher.io

The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great to see our scoop on the 15 drones stolen in New Jersey getting picked up by other media, including (at last count) @nypost.com, @dailymail.co.uk, @nj1015.bsky.social and (!) zerohedge.com. If you want to read our story, rather than a rewrite, it's here: thehighside.substack.com/p/fbi-spooke...

FBI 'spooked' by sophisticated theft of agricultural drones in New Jersey

The crop sprayers could be extremely dangerous in terrorist hands

thehighside.substack.com

Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I don't know what this means exactly, but I hope and imagine the money would be better used, if it makes its way to sex-trafficing victims or organizations that help support the health of sex workers? @cityofdublinca.bsky.social @acdaatable.bsky.social Any suggestions? bit.ly/4cc6DdZ

Alameda County DA, Dublin cops cash in: Agencies get to split $34,000 in brothel proceeds after plea agreement

The plea deal means a minor conviction for a San Francisco man and a decent payday for police and the District Attorney’s office, who get thousands in prostitution proceeds.

mercurynews.com

Andrew Cogswell@joyboygenius.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So I was just laid off from Vicariously. If you‘ve got an opening in PR/marketing and want to hire someone who does good work and has a family to support, I’m your guy. Any reposts super appreciated.

Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I feel like if this investigation career that I have built ends next week or at least in June when the next budget is finalized. I will still have a future in making Ramen and tacos. Although I will only be able to serve four people at night, because sweet baby jeezus, this is a lot of work.

A bowl of Ramen before the broth gets poured into it. A split ajitsuke tamago, green onions, cooked ramen, and roasted pork belly.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Here's DOJ's excuse for 1) arresting 39 people w/o staff to prosecute them (after having already dismissed 4 drug dealer cases bc of staffing) 2) arresting 1 of those people based on nothing more than geofence hit in a public parking lot & a resemblance 3) not providing ANY discovery to defendants.

This case remains a complex case by any definition, with a large number of defendants and voluminous discovery. The amount of discovery materials has grown recently due to the significant number of additional defendants charged in the superseding indictment. The Government is working diligently to produce discovery as soon as possible, including efforts to reinforce the This case remains a complex case by any definition, with a large number of defendants and voluminous discovery. The amount of discovery materials has grown recently due to the significant number of additional defendants charged in the superseding indictment. The Government is working diligently to produce discovery as soon as possible, including efforts to reinforce the paralegal staff needed to complete that task. Thus, the Court’s complex-case designation and its extension of the discovery disclosure deadline remain reasonable and well-founded. The Government’s decision to promptly investigate one defendant’s claimed alibi defense and to then dismiss her from the case does not change that calculus or warrant an extraordinary order requiring immediate disclosure of any Brady materials, especially in light of the standard discovery orders already issued in this case pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 5(f).
Sancho@sancho.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@brennasmith.bsky.social Great piece by you and the WSJ team! The amount of work it takes to put out a story like this is impressive to say the least. I feel like calling it. A deep dive is only scratching the surface. www.wsj.com/us-news/five...

Five Takeaways From the WSJ Investigation of Government Assault Claims

A deep dive into public records found that most of the accusations against U.S. citizens for attacking immigration officers were unsubstantiated.

wsj.com