Elise Swain

@samalcoff.bsky.social let me buy you lunch soon

@democracynow.org
Are you hiring? I’m already doing a hell of a job for free.

Israel kills five journalists in clearly marked press vehicle in Gaza Al-Quds Today staff were targeted outside a hospital, as number of media workers killed by Israeli forces exceeds 200

Israel kills five journalists in clearly marked press vehicle in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-five-journalists-press-vehicle-gaza

An utterly damning and horrific image.

Merry Christmas! We All Belong in Prison at The Hague. Because human joy is anathema to us, on this day we direct your attention to your complicity in the violence in Israel and Palestine.

Last year, @eliseswain.bsky.social and I explained why the two of us, and also you specifically, all belong in prison at The Hague. It's still true! Merry Christmas. theintercept.com/2023/12/24/m...

the United CEO shooter has united the country

Me when I arrive on a new social platform

Ha'oud (I Will Return) Yo-Yo Ma, Mashrou' Leila, NARCY · Notes for the Future · Song · 2021

Omg interlude song on Democracy Now this morning is Mashrou’ Leila and my friend Narcy

open.spotify.com/track/3hmUUu...

Threw my back out brushing my dog, car won’t start, off to service job post media industry collapse - this is 32

I’ve started bartending in the East Village post Intercept —
Every Monday my dream is that all my saddest comrades join me at the bar for a journalism/media sad hour

Okay sick yeah let’s delete that shit once and for all

Did everyone just leave Twitter? What’s going on

A year ago today, I published a photo essay about what it was like to be friends with former Guantánamo Bay prisoners while reporting as a photojournalist at GTMO itself, America’s most shameful facility, while under extremely limited press access.

Full story at The Intercept:
t.co/qhGyxkwDdQ

Thanks for sharing Gail

Ex-Guantánamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated to Russia Despite Fears of Torture After Guantánamo, Ravil Mingazov spent the last 7 years in the UAE as part of a secret U.S. deal that was said to bar further transfers with risks of abuse.

NEW: An update in the 22-year long wrongful imprisonment of Ravil Mingazov from GTMO to the UAE —

Ravil has now been forcibly repatriated to Russia

— an outcome that shocked his family and raised mixed emotions.

My full report here t.co/czMo8ab5BC

Censorship Has Never Been Worse at Guantánamo Bay Reporters visiting Guantánamo Bay are forced to turn a blind eye as the military pretends the prison doesn’t exist.

Hello I’m now unemployed I’ll be more active on here — buckle the fuck up. Let’s do my greatest hits from The Intercept dot com

⬇️ The dispatch that got me banned from GTMO

theintercept.com/2023/08/27/g...

Despite U.S. Guarantee, Guantánamo Prisoner Released to Algeria Immediately Imprisoned and Abused The U.S. said it pushed for Saeed Bakhouch’s “appropriate and humane treatment,” but he was immediately imprisoned and abused in Algeria.

The latest Guantánamo prisoner to be repatriated in Algeria has been brutally re-incarcerated and prosecuted on criminal charges, based on false information that the U.S. provided.

My latest: https://theintercept.com/2023/07/26/guantanamo-prisoner-release-algeria/

This cloud said it’s ready for Barbenheimer 2023

Kazakhstan Is Abusing Former Guantánamo Detainees, U.N. Report Warns Former Guantánamo prisoners stranded in Kazakhstan spoke to The Intercept about their continued arbitrary detention.

NEW: Following U.N. Special Rapporteur's investigation into GTMO, both former Guantánamo prisoners stranded in Kazakhstan spoke to me about their continued arbitrary detention.

https://theintercept.com/2023/06/27/guantanamo-bay-kazakhstan-former-detainees/

السلام عليكم from Guantanamo Bay

What could a dozen eggs cost, Michael? 10 dollars?

he's looking oranger than ever

They desperately want him back

Scenes from Brooklyn on June 7th as the air quality reached hazardous levels of smoke pollution and residents were urged to stay indoors