Malachy Browne

The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War

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...

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...

On today's @nytimes.com front page: Horror as Iran Crushed an Uprising of Its People. Reported with Farnaz Fassihi, @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Parin Behrooz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

Ahora en español: Cómo Irán reprimió un levantamiento ciudadano con fuerza letal.

www.nytimes.com/es/2026/01/2...

A Shocked Nation Watches Minneapolis Killings: ‘Something Needs to Change’

"The images conveyed the unmistakable sense of consequence, of a watershed moment, prompting reflections about what the nation stands for, and where it is heading. Minneapolis seemed close, no matter where one lived." By Dan Barry. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Videos from 19 Iranian cities and six districts in Tehran show Iranian security forces using lethal force against protesters. Latest story with @sanjanamv.bsky.social, Farnaz Fazzehi, Parin Behrooz, Jon Hazell. Our methodology credits @geoconfirmed.org @vahid.online BBC Persian & more.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers (Gift Article) China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time

Emergency Call Transcripts Record a Crisis Unfolding in Real Time. By @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night

As videos and accounts trickled through Iran's communications blockade yesterday, we managed to report on some of what was happening. BBCPersian also has coverage. Latest with long-time Iran corro, Farnaz Fassihi:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest

NYT team Erika Solomon, @sanammahoozi.bsky.social @sanjanamv.bsky.social interviewed Iranians and collected witness videos to capture the unrest that led to widespread protests this weekend. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

Trump wiped January 6 convicts’ records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters’ crimes from the internet | CNN Politics As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of Jan...

Most of it was restored but some files were missing I believe. I remember last year getting access to the server a couple of weeks after Trump was inaugurated, and the next week stuff started disappearing and access was revoked. CNN's @donie.bsky.social covered it edition.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

After the Trump admin started deleting video evidence of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from a DOJ server, a law firm secured a judge's order requiring the U.S. to restore the files. The firm has now partnered w/ @archive.org to permanently store them 👇 archive.org/details/@jan...

YouTube video by The New York Times Inside an Immigration Raid That Swept Up U.S. Citizens | Visual Investigations

The Visual Investigations team also took this deep dive into dangerous Border Patrol tactics in L.A. Worth your time www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ws1...

YouTube video by The New York Times Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...

Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal. We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.

How TikTok decides what you see. wapo.st/4qD9C3x

A two-section chart showing on top the daily contribution of solar to Britain's total electricity generation in 2025 broken into 30-minute periods which are coloured according to their intensity, from white representing 0% to a deep orange to represent 50% or higher. Every day is ordered top-to-bottom from 1 January to 31 December and left-to-right from midnight to 23:59. The days in summer have more shaded blocks as would be expected with longer days and winter days have fewer. The bottom section repeats this chart in multiple facets, one per year from 2013 to 2024, with the overall intensity of shading darkening as years progress to correspond to solar's increased share in generation. Together, they look like hazy suns with deeper orange in the middle of each

2 Jan and already a strong contender for most beautifully apt data viz of the year from @beckydale.bsky.social and Jess Carr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.

➡️ 15 Ambassadorships
➡️ 2 Pardons
➡️ Hundreds of White House invitations
➡️ 13 Dropped investigations
➡️ Dozens of executive actions

Inside Trump’s FUNDRAISING BONANZA at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social (1/2)
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Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.

Take 25 minutes to watch the "turn and burn" tactics used in U.S. raids targeting migrants and citizens alike -- meticulously reconstructed by @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social @devonlum.bsky.social @ajcardia.bsky.social & more.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...

Surviving The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - An Airwars Investigation For five months, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was the main distributor of food in Gaza. Backed by the United States and Israel, more than 1,000 people were allegedly killed seeking aid at it...

What made the US-backed aid system in Gaza so deadly?

Our new short film reconstructs two Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distributions, showing how the militarised aid system resulted in death and injury.

Watch the full video here:

ghf.airwars.org

Opinion | The Movie I Was Afraid to See

The Voice of Hind Rajab

"Elsewhere in the world this film, shortlisted for the Oscar for best foreign movie, has major distributors — but not in the United States or Israel." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals in Philly, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. By Jan Hoffman. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/h...

Brave passerby undoubtedly saved lives by disarming one of the gunmen in Bondi today. In an interview with 7News from the hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds, a relative named him as Ahmed el-Ahmed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New: Trump’s immigration data dragnet.

@peter.andringa.me investigates the brokers and tools behind the US administration’s deportation drive.

Former officials raised concerns about the volume of data, lack of oversight and shift from criminal to immigration work.

ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...

How Online Crypto Casinos Use Celebrities and Livestreamers to Recruit Gamblers (Gift Article) Using exploitative marketing strategies, the illicit gambling websites have profited and lured in a young generation of gamblers.

Crypto casinos have become wildly popular with young people. Here's how the sites built an exploitative online marketing machine using celebrities like Drake and an army of livestreamers:
w/ @aric.bsky.social Jenny Vrentas, Leo Dominguez and
@iamrumz.bsky.social
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Video: Somali Americans Are Carrying Proof of Citizenship Amid ICE Raids In Minnesota, Somali Americans have been in fear since President Trump called them “garbage.” ICE raids across the state have led to over a dozen arrests, prompting many to carry their U.S. passports ...

"It's hard to tell your kid to hide their own identity."

The effect of Trump's racist remarks about Somalis in America.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Great story, Jane.

Inside Ukraine’s Daring ‘Operation Spiderweb’ Attack on Russia Kyiv’s plan to smuggle more than 100 drones into enemy territory required meticulous planning, high-tech gadgets—and luck.

Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb is one of the most ambitious covert operations to date, striking a precious airplane fleet deep in Russia's territory.

Read our exclusive account based on conversations with those involved:

www.wsj.com/world/europe...

How the Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Became So Deadly (Gift Article) Hazardous construction materials, the buildings’ design and a series of safety failures likely enabled the blaze to spread with devastating speed.

How the Fire in Hong Kong Became So Deadly www.nytimes.com/interactive/...