Connor Plunkett

Sadly new SkySat imagery from @planet.com shows that even more graves at the Commonwealth Gaza War Cemetery ran by @cwgc.bsky.social have been destroyed by the IDF. Parts of Sections A, B, XXV, XVII, XVIII and XXVI appear to have been completely bulldozed with the creation of dirt berms on July 27.

A July 26 SkySat image from Planet Labs showing a large crowd of Palestinians visible around an aid convoy in southern Gaza. There are enough people in the crowd to make it very easily visible in the satellite imagery. There's a large amount of destruction in the area and an IDF outpost is nearby.

A massive crowd of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks is visible in July 26 SkySat imagery from @planet.com near the so-called Morag Corridor at 31.3104, 34.2822 in southern Gaza.

July 26 video from Ibrahim Alsallout on Instagram showed the crowd from the ground: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6n...

Episode 307: Five Stars (3.7.2025) “Christopher Kinahan is probably the most successful and entrepreneurial criminal that Ireland has ever produced.”

This is probably my favorite coverage of our @conplnk.bsky.social @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social story about Christopher Kinahan’s online habits so far. Phoebe Judge and co. are some of the best crime podcasters out there week after week: thisiscriminal.com/episode-307-...

YouTube video by Evident Media Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids

Together with partners at @bellingcat.com and @calmatters.org we collected videos of over 100 incidents of DHS operations between June 6 and June 30, picking out what appear to be recurring trends and tactics used by officers in and around Los Angeles.
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Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...

Illustration by Ann Kiernan for Bellingcat

We’re back with a new series of open source challenges! Bellingcat researcher @oldpete45.bsky.social created five exercises that allow you to uncover some dark secrets buried in time. Welcome to a world of forgotten files, and (confusing) historic maps! ➡️ challenge.bellingcat.com

YouTube video by Search Party The dystopian future of sports

Johnny Harris & Sam Ellis’ Search Party dives into the murky world of online sports betting with Bellingcat and Josimar; uncovering the bizarre amateur games played around the clock www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4f5...

We're overjoyed to see our documentary produced in partnership with the @evidentmedia.org team “In Real Life: A Hidden War,” has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

Reads Bellingcat 2024 Annual Report

Let’s take a look back at Bellingcat’s 2024. What did we investigate, how did we ensure our work created impact, and what lessons are we taking into the future? Find out in our latest Annual Report: www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/...

New Companies Linked to 'Nudify' Apps That Ran Ads on Facebook, Instagram Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the entity it says is behind the CrushAI apps. But Bellingcat has linked these apps to two other companies.

On its website Crushmate claimed to specialise in “crafting an AI girl of your dreams”, but on social ads it promoted a tool for making nonconsensual nude images of real women. @koltai.bsky.social & @melzxy.bsky.social pull back the layers of the “CrushAI” network. www.bellingcat.com/news/america...

We ran 500 tests and: LLMs are quickly passing the threshold of being the most useful tool out there, if you're looking for the location of a photo from scratch.

Have LLMs Finally Mastered Geolocation? - bellingcat We tasked LLMs from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Mistral and xAI to geolocate our unpublished holiday snaps. Here's how they did.

We all know AI models can now create realistic images and videos but how do they fare at identifying where a real image was taken? Bellingcat researchers have put Large Language Models to the test: www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...

How Ireland became the puppy farm capital of the world Unscrupulous and licensed breeders alike are cashing in on a global demand for designer and pedigree dogs, with pets being shipped as far as Europe and Asia

Just published this investigation. How Ireland became the puppy farm capital of the world #puppy #puppyfarming #animalwelfare

www.thetimes.com/article/10cf...

A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

First and foremost: thank you. We've accrued over 450 new subscribers since Monday, and many of you have donated as well. But we're still a long way from our objective, and the clock is ticking. Please help spread the word to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. 🙏
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/05/a...

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Link to updated 'DONATE' page if any of you has experienced problems (in which case, thank you for trying, and apologies!)
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!! Support good journalism, don't let Josimar go under 👇

YouTube video by Bellingcat Cold Case Reopened - The Forgotten murder of an Texas Oil Baron

Murder, mafia, gambling and pigeons?!
How open source research methods helped to unravel a 53 year-old cold case murder...
with @oldpete45.bsky.social and @texasobserver.org
youtu.be/TZcWblhJc_k

How a dark reimagining of 'Dumbo the Elephant' shaped the business dealings of an Irish drug lord - ICIJ Decades before Christopher Kinahan Sr. fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside some of Ireland’s most notorious criminals — including remorseless killer Dessie O'Hare.

As he rose to become a cartel godfather, Christopher Kinahan Sr. wrote and edited poetry and prose under a pen name as part of a high-security prisoners’ writing group that included a killer with mystical pretensions.

Read the story:

My latest. I heard about this growing up and spent the last few years seeing what FOIAs, interviews, and archives can tell us. It’s a glimpse into the murky, ruthless underworld of 1970s Texas. Grateful for my brilliant editors @gycsak.bsky.social @liseolsen.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social

Must-read 👇. Years of meticulous research from my brilliant colleague Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social that uncovers new details in a cold-case murder. What a story, and a masterclass in using open sources to investigate cold cases🔥

Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian behind notorious AI porn site | CBC News A Danish MP is calling for the extradition of the Canadian pharmacist behind a notorious porn site that hosted deepfake images of celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and others, includi...

Danish MP calls for extradition of Canadian man linked to notorious AI porn site after joint investigation by @bellingcat.com @tjekdet.dk @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation into MrDeepFakes

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

On the surface, he leads a quiet life in the suburbs. But now we can reveal the identity of the man behind the world's largest deepfake porn site He is a 36-year-old pharmacist who appears to lead a quiet and respectable life in the suburbs. He has a well-paid job at a hospital, a university education, and drives a Tesla. But he has also lived ...

Politiken has an in-depth article on how the months long investigations into MrDeepFake unfolded, and how it eventually led to David Do being identified politiken.dk/edition/news...

Big story from @bellingcat.com this morning, working with @tjekdet.dk CBC and @politiken.dk to identify a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes -- one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world

We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

This week we spoke with @conplnk.bsky.social & @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social on reporting on transnational organised crime and how they found a hidden side to one of Irelands most notorious cartel bosses. On podcast platforms search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' to listen back. rss.com/podcasts/bel...

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This Thursday we're talking to Bellingcat's Connor Plunkett and The Sunday Times' @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social about investigating a drug cartel's online presence. Join us live to ask your questions at 5pm CEST/11am EDT: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved | CBC Radio The Shining is hailed as a spine-tingling horror classic, gripping audiences with its chilling psychological twists. It’s also mired with countless conspiracy theories. Now, one of those theories has ...

Thrilled to have played a very small part in this! www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

What Audio Analysis Reveals About Aid Workers Killed in Gaza - bellingcat Hundreds of shots fired at aid convoy that resulted in deaths of multiple aid workers, audio analysis shows.

New piece at @bellingcat.com with my colleague Carlos Gonzales looking at the Palestine Red Crescent Society aid convoy that was attacked in southern #Gaza by the IDF in late March and what details we can glean from the audio: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...

For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...