Daisy Bata
@batadaisy.bsky.social
investigative journo & documentary producer @bbc @channel4 @itv @mindhouse @hardcash @keofilms etc.
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
specialise in OSINT, cyber crimes, crypto, algorithms & tech
also writer/director of scripted shorts ("Bloodbuzz")
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Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
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Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!
- Brecht
- Brecht
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!
- Brecht
- Brecht
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[after looking at the news] well, it's time to go and do something relaxing like watch horror movies for the rest of my life
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
[after looking at the news] well, it's time to go and do something relaxing like watch horror movies for the rest of my life
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You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke.
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We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
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Charlie Kirk: “Martin Luther King was awful. He’s not a good person. We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Boris Johnson:
Boris Johnson:
September 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Charlie Kirk: “Martin Luther King was awful. He’s not a good person. We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Boris Johnson:
Boris Johnson:
I'm sorry but in the UK the Chipocalypse is only bad news for seagulls.
September 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'm sorry but in the UK the Chipocalypse is only bad news for seagulls.
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After the earthquake in Afghanistan, "many male rescuers helped men but not women." The Taliban's "prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...
After Afghan Quake, Many Male Rescuers Helped Men but Not Women
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
After the earthquake in Afghanistan, "many male rescuers helped men but not women." The Taliban's "prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...
4 stars for our film in the Guardian!
Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11 review – so moving you’ll pity these poor footballers
Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11 review – so moving you’ll pity these poor footballers
This gripping documentary follows early Premier League footballers who lost it all following investment advice that went wrong. It perfectly captures the melancholy of being an ex-pro
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
4 stars for our film in the Guardian!
One of my first investigative documentary jobs was on a film that is airing tonight! Took a while to get it out there but I'm sure it'll be worth it. It was a huge job, and I worked closely with two private investigators.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
#documentary #football #storyville #bbc
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
#documentary #football #storyville #bbc
Premier League players lost millions in investments
Danny Murphy, Brian Deane and Craig Short are part of a group of footballers who say they are victims of
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
One of my first investigative documentary jobs was on a film that is airing tonight! Took a while to get it out there but I'm sure it'll be worth it. It was a huge job, and I worked closely with two private investigators.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
#documentary #football #storyville #bbc
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
#documentary #football #storyville #bbc
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IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
August 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
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Zoe Gardner: asylum seekers should be able to work while their claims are processed. Yes!
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
August 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Zoe Gardner: asylum seekers should be able to work while their claims are processed. Yes!
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Sophie Rottenberg took her own life this year. Before doing so, she turned to ChatGPT for help. “A.I. catered to Sophie’s impulse to hide the worst,” writes her mother, Laura Reiley, "to pretend she was doing better than she was, to shield everyone from her full agony.”
Sophie Rottenberg took her own life this year. Before doing so, she turned to ChatGPT for help. “A.I. catered to Sophie’s impulse to hide the worst,” writes her mother, Laura Reiley, "to pretend she was doing better than she was, to shield everyone from her full agony.”
Opinion | What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life
The medical profession has clear rules and responsibilities. What about the chatbots?
nyti.ms
August 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Sophie Rottenberg took her own life this year. Before doing so, she turned to ChatGPT for help. “A.I. catered to Sophie’s impulse to hide the worst,” writes her mother, Laura Reiley, "to pretend she was doing better than she was, to shield everyone from her full agony.”
Sophie Rottenberg took her own life this year. Before doing so, she turned to ChatGPT for help. “A.I. catered to Sophie’s impulse to hide the worst,” writes her mother, Laura Reiley, "to pretend she was doing better than she was, to shield everyone from her full agony.”
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Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
Hot take but maybe that's what a healthy social media site, not built on growth at any cost, looks like?
Bluesky has a growth problem
Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March
Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop
But post volume is falling—more users, less activity
It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core
#bluesky #fediverse
Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March
Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop
But post volume is falling—more users, less activity
It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core
#bluesky #fediverse
Bluesky Reaches 38 Million Users, Though Post Volume is Declining
Bluesky’s growth momentum has slowed, but it is still growing.
www.socialmediatoday.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hot take but maybe that's what a healthy social media site, not built on growth at any cost, looks like?
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What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...
August 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...
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Millions of TikTok users are watching videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker that conceals the recording indicator light on Meta’s smart glasses. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Promotes Stickers for Secretly Recording Meta Ray-Ban Video
Millions of TikTok users are watching videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker that conceals the recording indicator light on Meta’s smart glasses.
www.wired.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Millions of TikTok users are watching videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker that conceals the recording indicator light on Meta’s smart glasses. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
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New! CourtListener now has AI-generated transcripts of more than three million minutes of circuit court oral argument recordings. You can:
✅ Search the full text of the recordings
✅ Set custom alerts and make custom podcasts
✅ Follow along with transcripts
Learn more here:
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✅ Search the full text of the recordings
✅ Set custom alerts and make custom podcasts
✅ Follow along with transcripts
Learn more here:
free.law/2025/07/31/o...
Oral Argument Transcripts are Now on CourtListener!
With our new Transcripts feature for Oral Arguments, you can search and monitor anything said in a circuit court case.
free.law
July 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New! CourtListener now has AI-generated transcripts of more than three million minutes of circuit court oral argument recordings. You can:
✅ Search the full text of the recordings
✅ Set custom alerts and make custom podcasts
✅ Follow along with transcripts
Learn more here:
free.law/2025/07/31/o...
✅ Search the full text of the recordings
✅ Set custom alerts and make custom podcasts
✅ Follow along with transcripts
Learn more here:
free.law/2025/07/31/o...
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"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"
The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:
The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!"
The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:
The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:
Emblematic of a political establishment completely out of touch with young people. What did they think would happen? 🤦
VPN use is so high that the Labour party MPs are proposing to ban them.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets
Labour could ban the use of Virtual Private Networks after use skyrocketed in recent days.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Emblematic of a political establishment completely out of touch with young people. What did they think would happen? 🤦
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The country’s newly formed space agency wants to establish a lunar base by 2045. www.wired.com/story/south-...
South Korea Plans to Build a Base on the Moon
The country’s newly formed space agency wants to establish a lunar base by 2045.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The country’s newly formed space agency wants to establish a lunar base by 2045. www.wired.com/story/south-...
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Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...