Dam Coffee
@damcoffee.bsky.social
I write stuff about open-source intelligence, and I really like coffee.
You can read my stuff here: https://medium.com/@dam_coffee.
You can read my stuff here: https://medium.com/@dam_coffee.
Hey! I have written a write-up for Bellingcat's Shifting Focus challenge. You can read how I solved it below! Feel free to suggest other challenges you'd like a write-up for! 📝
Bellingcat Challenge: Shifting Focus
Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Shifting Focus” challenge, in the “Puzzling Postcards” category. I would…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hey! I have written a write-up for Bellingcat's Shifting Focus challenge. You can read how I solved it below! Feel free to suggest other challenges you'd like a write-up for! 📝
Hello! I have just published a write-up for the "Target Not Aquired" challenge by @bellingcat.com. You can find all of the challenges by Bellingcat here, which explores the various areas within OSINT: challenge.bellingcat.com.
Read how I solved this, and several more challenges, below!
Read how I solved this, and several more challenges, below!
Bellingcat Challenge: Target Not Acquired
This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Target Not Acquired” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…
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August 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hello! I have just published a write-up for the "Target Not Aquired" challenge by @bellingcat.com. You can find all of the challenges by Bellingcat here, which explores the various areas within OSINT: challenge.bellingcat.com.
Read how I solved this, and several more challenges, below!
Read how I solved this, and several more challenges, below!
Hello! I've just published a write-up for the "Among the Roots" challenge by @bellingcat.com (made by Andro Mathewson and Kate Miller).
This was an exciting challenge centered around the identification of an EO - read how I solved it below!
This was an exciting challenge centered around the identification of an EO - read how I solved it below!
Bellingcat Challenge: Among the Roots
This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Among the Roots” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…
medium.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hello! I've just published a write-up for the "Among the Roots" challenge by @bellingcat.com (made by Andro Mathewson and Kate Miller).
This was an exciting challenge centered around the identification of an EO - read how I solved it below!
This was an exciting challenge centered around the identification of an EO - read how I solved it below!
Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Failed to Detonate" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 🧨 This series of challenges is a great way to learn identification of explosive ordnances. You can read the write-up below!
Bellingcat Challenge: Failed to Detonate
Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Failed to Detonate” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…
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August 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Failed to Detonate" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 🧨 This series of challenges is a great way to learn identification of explosive ordnances. You can read the write-up below!
Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Small but Deadly" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 💣 This was a fun and beginner-friendly challenge. If you'd like, you can try the challenges here: challenge.bellingcat.com.
Bellingcat Challenge: Small but Deadly
Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Small but Deadly” challenge, in the “Hidden Hazards” category. I would…
medium.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hello! Just finished a write-up for the "Small but Deadly" challenge by @bellingcat.com. 💣 This was a fun and beginner-friendly challenge. If you'd like, you can try the challenges here: challenge.bellingcat.com.
Hello! I've published a writeup for "The Saltwater Secret" challenge by @bellingcat.com. Take a look below!
More will follow in the upcoming days!
More will follow in the upcoming days!
Bellingcat Challenge: The Saltwater Secret
Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “The Saltwater Secret” challenge, in the “The Forgotten Files” category. I…
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August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hello! I've published a writeup for "The Saltwater Secret" challenge by @bellingcat.com. Take a look below!
More will follow in the upcoming days!
More will follow in the upcoming days!
Hey! After taking a break for personal reasons, I'm finally back with a new write-up! This time for the challenge "Funny Money" by @bellingcat.com. 🪙
You can read the write-up below! Any feedback is appreciated!
You can read the write-up below! Any feedback is appreciated!
Bellingcat Challenge: Funny Money
This is a walkthrough describing how I solved Bellingcat’s “Funny Money” challenge, in the “Cultural Confusion” category. I would…
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June 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey! After taking a break for personal reasons, I'm finally back with a new write-up! This time for the challenge "Funny Money" by @bellingcat.com. 🪙
You can read the write-up below! Any feedback is appreciated!
You can read the write-up below! Any feedback is appreciated!
Hey! @bellingcat.com has just released a new set of open-source challenges! Check them out below! 🔍
Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
Test your open source research skills.
challenge.bellingcat.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hey! @bellingcat.com has just released a new set of open-source challenges! Check them out below! 🔍
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In this era, I think it's more useful to sort people by whether they participate in democratic discourse or disordered discourse, rather than left vs right.
Weird how centrists Joe Rogan, Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss all solely platform Republican voices, amplify far-right conspiracies and backed Trump in 2024.
May 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In this era, I think it's more useful to sort people by whether they participate in democratic discourse or disordered discourse, rather than left vs right.
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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...
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.
www.bellingcat.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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...
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Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.
Israel has turned 70% of Gaza into no-go zones, in maps
Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go or displacement zones.
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We’re back — the new open source challenges launch today! This month they were created by the one and only @gralhix.bsky.social, and take a deep dive into Bellingcat’s archives. Are you ready? Find the new challenges on Challenge.bellingcat.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We’re back — the new open source challenges launch today! This month they were created by the one and only @gralhix.bsky.social, and take a deep dive into Bellingcat’s archives. Are you ready? Find the new challenges on Challenge.bellingcat.com
Netanyahu's security cabinet voted to scale up the offensive against Hamas in Gaza to the point of seizing the entire enclave and holding its territories, an Israeli official said.
Israeli cabinet approves expansion of Gaza offensive, broadcaster Kan reports
The Israeli military has already begun issuing tens of thousands of call-up orders for its reserve forces.
www.reuters.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Netanyahu's security cabinet voted to scale up the offensive against Hamas in Gaza to the point of seizing the entire enclave and holding its territories, an Israeli official said.
Hey! Keep your eyes peeled for the new set of #OSINT challenges by @bellingcat.com coming tomorrow!
If you haven't solved the older ones yet, they have 30 great challenges out already! You can find them below! 🔍
If you haven't solved the older ones yet, they have 30 great challenges out already! You can find them below! 🔍
Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
Test your open source research skills.
challenge.bellingcat.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey! Keep your eyes peeled for the new set of #OSINT challenges by @bellingcat.com coming tomorrow!
If you haven't solved the older ones yet, they have 30 great challenges out already! You can find them below! 🔍
If you haven't solved the older ones yet, they have 30 great challenges out already! You can find them below! 🔍
New write-up! This time for the exercise #016 by Gralhix!
The challenge was to disclose the 'undisclosed location' of an A-10 Thunderbolt II seen in a photo. Read how I solved it below! 🛩️
The challenge was to disclose the 'undisclosed location' of an A-10 Thunderbolt II seen in a photo. Read how I solved it below! 🛩️
Gralhix Exercise #016
This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 016. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…
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May 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New write-up! This time for the exercise #016 by Gralhix!
The challenge was to disclose the 'undisclosed location' of an A-10 Thunderbolt II seen in a photo. Read how I solved it below! 🛩️
The challenge was to disclose the 'undisclosed location' of an A-10 Thunderbolt II seen in a photo. Read how I solved it below! 🛩️
New write-up! This time for the exercise #015 by Gralhix!
The challenge was based on a declassified CIA document. We had to find images of a telescope that matched the description in the document, and provide the coordinates of the telescope after it was assembled. Read how I solved it below! 🔭
The challenge was based on a declassified CIA document. We had to find images of a telescope that matched the description in the document, and provide the coordinates of the telescope after it was assembled. Read how I solved it below! 🔭
Gralhix Exercise #015
This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 015. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…
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May 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New write-up! This time for the exercise #015 by Gralhix!
The challenge was based on a declassified CIA document. We had to find images of a telescope that matched the description in the document, and provide the coordinates of the telescope after it was assembled. Read how I solved it below! 🔭
The challenge was based on a declassified CIA document. We had to find images of a telescope that matched the description in the document, and provide the coordinates of the telescope after it was assembled. Read how I solved it below! 🔭
New write-up! This time for the exercise #014 by Gralhix!
The challenge was to determine the magnitude of an earthquake, and then geolocate a surveillance camera that filmed the earthquake. Read how I solved it below! 🌍
The challenge was to determine the magnitude of an earthquake, and then geolocate a surveillance camera that filmed the earthquake. Read how I solved it below! 🌍
Gralhix Exercise #014
This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 014. The challenge was to determine the magnitude and
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May 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New write-up! This time for the exercise #014 by Gralhix!
The challenge was to determine the magnitude of an earthquake, and then geolocate a surveillance camera that filmed the earthquake. Read how I solved it below! 🌍
The challenge was to determine the magnitude of an earthquake, and then geolocate a surveillance camera that filmed the earthquake. Read how I solved it below! 🌍
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#OnThisDay in 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web software to the public.
Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe.
#WorldWideWeb
Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe.
#WorldWideWeb
April 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#OnThisDay in 1993, CERN released the World Wide Web software to the public.
Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe.
#WorldWideWeb
Proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the web was originally created to allow scientists and institutes working on CERN data to share information accurately and quickly from across the globe.
#WorldWideWeb
New post! My write-up for Gralhix Exercise #012: Identifying the tool, and then #geolocating and #chronolocating the wildfire!
Gralhix Exercise #012
Solution to Gralhix Exercise #012: Tool identification, geolocation and chronolocation of a wildfire.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New post! My write-up for Gralhix Exercise #012: Identifying the tool, and then #geolocating and #chronolocating the wildfire!
Hello! Just published a write-up for exercise 011 by @gralhix.bsky.social! The challenge was to identify all of the men in the provided image, which proved to be quite hard! See how I solved the challenge below! 🔍
Gralhix Exercise #011
The challenge was to identify all of the men in the image, which proved to be quite hard! See how I solved it by reading this write-up!
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April 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hello! Just published a write-up for exercise 011 by @gralhix.bsky.social! The challenge was to identify all of the men in the provided image, which proved to be quite hard! See how I solved the challenge below! 🔍
New write-up for the series of #OSINT exercises by @gralhix.bsky.social. This time for the tenth exercise.
Gralhix Exercise #010
Welcome! This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 010. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…
medium.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New write-up for the series of #OSINT exercises by @gralhix.bsky.social. This time for the tenth exercise.
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I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
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April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Hello! I just published a write-up for the ninth #OSINT exercise by Gralhix (@gralhix.bsky.social). This exercise combined #geolocation and #chronolocation, and was a fun and educational challenge!
Gralhix Exercise #009
This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 009. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…
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April 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hello! I just published a write-up for the ninth #OSINT exercise by Gralhix (@gralhix.bsky.social). This exercise combined #geolocation and #chronolocation, and was a fun and educational challenge!
Reposted by Dam Coffee
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April 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Hello! I just published a write-up for the 008 #OSINT exercise by the great Gralhix! You can read it by clicking below. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
Gralhix Exercise #008
This is a writeup describing how I solved Gralhix’s exercise 008. I would highly recommend that you attempt to solve the challenge…
medium.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hello! I just published a write-up for the 008 #OSINT exercise by the great Gralhix! You can read it by clicking below. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!