Alison Killing
@alisonkilling.bsky.social
Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
Some good news! Guan Heng has just been granted asylum in the US, although DHS reserve the right to appeal the decision in the next 30 days.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Some good news! Guan Heng has just been granted asylum in the US, although DHS reserve the right to appeal the decision in the next 30 days.
Next Thursday in Cambridge I'll be talking with @foxcahn.bsky.social about his new book on how we can build the technology that meets our actual needs. More below
Join us and @foxcahn.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of his book 'Move Slow and Upgrade', in conversation with @financialtimes.com journalist @alisonkilling.bsky.social. 📚
They will be diving into recent disastrous innovations and unsung upgraders pushing progress. 🙌🔗: https://bit.ly/4q2V10l
They will be diving into recent disastrous innovations and unsung upgraders pushing progress. 🙌🔗: https://bit.ly/4q2V10l
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Next Thursday in Cambridge I'll be talking with @foxcahn.bsky.social about his new book on how we can build the technology that meets our actual needs. More below
I spoke to the BBC about Neom - the latest Saudi announcement that they won't be hosting the Asian Winter Games in 2029 after all, as well as what's happening with all the ambitious sci-fi projects that were planned for the region:
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Newshour
Daily News Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I spoke to the BBC about Neom - the latest Saudi announcement that they won't be hosting the Asian Winter Games in 2029 after all, as well as what's happening with all the ambitious sci-fi projects that were planned for the region:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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So excited that the UK launch of my first book with the amazing Evan Selinger is just a few days away! If you’re in the UK, please join me and @alisonkilling.bsky.social for this great launch party! And please show publishers to invest in the anti-tech bro narrative by pre-ordering today!
Book Launch: Move Slow and Upgrade
Join author Albert Fox Cahn to celebrate the launch of his book, Move Slow and Upgrade
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January 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
So excited that the UK launch of my first book with the amazing Evan Selinger is just a few days away! If you’re in the UK, please join me and @alisonkilling.bsky.social for this great launch party! And please show publishers to invest in the anti-tech bro narrative by pre-ordering today!
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When do we get one of these "nothing happens" decades I keep hearing about? Or even a month. I need some sleep.
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
When do we get one of these "nothing happens" decades I keep hearing about? Or even a month. I need some sleep.
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Kazakh activists face 10 year sentence, prosecuted in Kazakhstan, at Chinese government’s request, for their peaceful protest against crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Kazakh government should drop charges. Beijing should halt targeting critics abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
Kazakhstan/China: Drop Charges against Activists for Xinjiang Protests
(London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. T...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Kazakh activists face 10 year sentence, prosecuted in Kazakhstan, at Chinese government’s request, for their peaceful protest against crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Kazakh government should drop charges. Beijing should halt targeting critics abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
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Let's fight the spread of misinfo + disinfo by creating a Bluesky Culture of Context for imagery.
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
I'm trying to encourage better Bluesky practices to avoid these ↓↓ and limit spread of mis/disinfo:
context-less images
theft from indy journos
covering watermarks or adding new ones
incorrect description
no sources
photos uncredited
MisIDs
As a start, I'm asking if people could name sources. 🙏🏼
context-less images
theft from indy journos
covering watermarks or adding new ones
incorrect description
no sources
photos uncredited
MisIDs
As a start, I'm asking if people could name sources. 🙏🏼
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Let's fight the spread of misinfo + disinfo by creating a Bluesky Culture of Context for imagery.
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
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Good time to repost this
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OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research - bellingcat
Learning to recognise these widespread mistakes will help you judge the quality of open source analysis — or improve your own.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Good time to repost this
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www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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Residents of a white working-class neighborhood in Amsterdam North attack police with fireworks on NY’s Eve. The city had barred them from lighting a public bonfire because of the danger to neighboring houses.
Stukje traditie in Amsterdam Noord. Politie beschieten met vuurwerk.
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Residents of a white working-class neighborhood in Amsterdam North attack police with fireworks on NY’s Eve. The city had barred them from lighting a public bonfire because of the danger to neighboring houses.
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What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
giftarticle.ft.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
What the war against London really is about. V good by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social #Giftlink
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
And on a different note: A v Happy New Year to everyone!
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Woohoo! Best Christmas present ever:
London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes
Planned £100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end ‘holding pen’ experience for passengers
www.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Woohoo! Best Christmas present ever:
Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thank you to everyone who has shared this. The hearing is over for today. DHS has filed a motion to pretermit (end Guan's asylum application in the US) and have him sent to Uganda - where he'd be at risk of being sent to China. The hearing to decide that will be held 12 January.
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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The whitewashing of JA21 continues - now talked of as a member of a new coalition.
Make no mistake: this is a far right party, with an immigration policy indistinguishable from Wilders; a history of dabbling in conspiracies; a co-leader who’s blatantly antisemitic
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/cda...
Make no mistake: this is a far right party, with an immigration policy indistinguishable from Wilders; a history of dabbling in conspiracies; a co-leader who’s blatantly antisemitic
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/cda...
CDA noemt JA21 in kabinet ‘realistische optie’ en voert druk op D66 op
De onderhandelingen tussen D66, CDA en VVD over de vorming van een minderheidskabinet zijn nog maar net begonnen of Henri Bontenbal (CDA) zet de formatie al op scherp. Hij wil het radicaal-rechtse JA2...
www.volkskrant.nl
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The whitewashing of JA21 continues - now talked of as a member of a new coalition.
Make no mistake: this is a far right party, with an immigration policy indistinguishable from Wilders; a history of dabbling in conspiracies; a co-leader who’s blatantly antisemitic
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/cda...
Make no mistake: this is a far right party, with an immigration policy indistinguishable from Wilders; a history of dabbling in conspiracies; a co-leader who’s blatantly antisemitic
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/cda...
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
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One thing that rankles with me - slightly - about nepo baby discourse, is that seemingly 90% of successful actors in the UK have a massive structural advantage simply from being born rich. To obsess over the 1% who also have famous parents as if THAT'S the problem, misses the forest for the trees.
Thing is as Nepo parent, you’re in a bind, you aren’t going to hinder your kids professional progress to make a political point. But surely you just say yes, their background helped.
New BBC interview w/ Kate Winslet saying she doesn’t like the term nepo baby and doesn’t think that famous parents actually translates to jobs and respect. This in the year her daughter was lead in a Wes Anderson film and her 21yo son’s film is premiering on Netflix with her directing like ffs
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
One thing that rankles with me - slightly - about nepo baby discourse, is that seemingly 90% of successful actors in the UK have a massive structural advantage simply from being born rich. To obsess over the 1% who also have famous parents as if THAT'S the problem, misses the forest for the trees.
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Of course, abandoning international human rights norms is as Far Right as it gets. What this is really about is dressing up Blue Labour's political strategy of appealing to Reform voters in clothing less likely to alienate everyone else.
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Of course, abandoning international human rights norms is as Far Right as it gets. What this is really about is dressing up Blue Labour's political strategy of appealing to Reform voters in clothing less likely to alienate everyone else.
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Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.
I'm sorry, but these attacks are just not going to convince Green-curious voters, because Labour is so visibly out of step with those voters' core values
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some good news this morning - exports of Xinjiang tomatoes have collapsed. Last year I worked with the BBC to expose how XJ tomatoes produced with forced labour were making their way to UK supermarkets via Italy. 🧵
The western Chinese region of Xinjiang dramatically increased tomato cultivation and processing in recent years, but slumping sales to Italy and other western European markets have left it sitting on a vast stockpile of unsold paste. on.ft.com/4i5bFtZ
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some good news this morning - exports of Xinjiang tomatoes have collapsed. Last year I worked with the BBC to expose how XJ tomatoes produced with forced labour were making their way to UK supermarkets via Italy. 🧵
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If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...