Foeke Postma
@foeke.bsky.social
Investigator & trainer at Bellingcat.
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One of the Bellingcat Discord members has made Wordle, but for identifying warships
keel-fawn.vercel.app
keel-fawn.vercel.app
Keel - Daily Warship Guessing Game
A daily challenge game for naval history enthusiasts. Identify warships from silhouettes in 5 guesses or less.
keel-fawn.vercel.app
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
One of the Bellingcat Discord members has made Wordle, but for identifying warships
keel-fawn.vercel.app
keel-fawn.vercel.app
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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We’ve also updated our animated map of the positions of agents and vehicles during the incident here with new footage published by @cnn.com that shows the shooter closer to a white SUV prior to the shooting
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January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We’ve also updated our animated map of the positions of agents and vehicles during the incident here with new footage published by @cnn.com that shows the shooter closer to a white SUV prior to the shooting
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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Terwijl Europese inlichtingendiensten worstelden met bureaucratische protocollen rondom mysterieuze drone-incidenten, vulden zeven studenten het gat in de defensie. Gewapend met openbare data en een huurauto legden ze een verontrustend patroon bloot. ioplus.nl/nl/posts/hoe...
Hoe zeven studenten de Russische 'dronemoederschepen' ontdekten
Terwijl Europese inlichtingendiensten worstelden met bureaucratie, vulden zeven studenten het gat in de defensie op.
ioplus.nl
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Terwijl Europese inlichtingendiensten worstelden met bureaucratische protocollen rondom mysterieuze drone-incidenten, vulden zeven studenten het gat in de defensie. Gewapend met openbare data en een huurauto legden ze een verontrustend patroon bloot. ioplus.nl/nl/posts/hoe...
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Nieuw: China heeft de namen van enkele AIVD en MIVD-medewerkers gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen Nederland en China rond chipbedrijf Nexperia.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nieuwe escalatie in Nexperia-vete: China publiceert namen Nederlandse spionnen
De Chinese overheid heeft de namen van enkele medewerkers van inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen...
www.volkskrant.nl
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Nieuw: China heeft de namen van enkele AIVD en MIVD-medewerkers gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen Nederland en China rond chipbedrijf Nexperia.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
The next edition of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference is coming to the Netherlands 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The next edition of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference is coming to the Netherlands 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
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If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in Illinois/Chicago, you're missing out on Bovino and federal agents using tear gas, pepper balls, and force against the people.
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in Illinois/Chicago, you're missing out on Bovino and federal agents using tear gas, pepper balls, and force against the people.
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
Check out our investigation alongside @evidentmedia.org
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Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
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Simply incredible imagery of Hurricane Melissa this morning as it approaches Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Simply incredible imagery of Hurricane Melissa this morning as it approaches Jamaica.
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I'm excited but a bit sad to announce that I've left Bellingcat to start a nonprofit investigative outlet focused on the far-right. We're called Decoherence Media, and we're launching today.
Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
Welcome to Decoherence Media!
We're an independent, journalist-founded nonprofit investigating authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
decoherence.media
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'm excited but a bit sad to announce that I've left Bellingcat to start a nonprofit investigative outlet focused on the far-right. We're called Decoherence Media, and we're launching today.
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Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Russia’s Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen.
www.bellingcat.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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With colleagues at FA and Earshot, I recently contributed to an investigative documentary film that highlights the story of one man who left home in the early hours to get bread but never returned home.
'Soaked in Blood: The killing of Ameen Sameer Khalifa' from Middle East Eye can be seen here:
'Soaked in Blood: The killing of Ameen Sameer Khalifa' from Middle East Eye can be seen here:
Soaked in Blood: The Killing Of Ameen Sameer Khalifa | MEE Investigations
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
With colleagues at FA and Earshot, I recently contributed to an investigative documentary film that highlights the story of one man who left home in the early hours to get bread but never returned home.
'Soaked in Blood: The killing of Ameen Sameer Khalifa' from Middle East Eye can be seen here:
'Soaked in Blood: The killing of Ameen Sameer Khalifa' from Middle East Eye can be seen here:
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
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Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
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"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
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“Yes, this was the first time we saw a dark STS transfer of Russian LNG in this part of the world. Oh, and CCH GAS did a lousy job at spoofing,” says Samir Madani, co-founder of TankerTrackers.com, Inc., an online service that tracks and reports shipments of crude oil.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Yes, this was the first time we saw a dark STS transfer of Russian LNG in this part of the world. Oh, and CCH GAS did a lousy job at spoofing,” says Samir Madani, co-founder of TankerTrackers.com, Inc., an online service that tracks and reports shipments of crude oil.
gcaptain.com/china-joins-...
gcaptain.com/china-joins-...
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Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
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Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.
You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.
www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.
www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
Open-Source Reporter (Video Journalist), Visual Investigations | The New York Times Company
www.nytco.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.
You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.
www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.
www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
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Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Wildfires Ravage One of Africa’s Largest Nature Reserves - bellingcat
Satellite analysis of the Etosha wildfires in Namibia has found that more than a third of the nature reserve was burned.
www.bellingcat.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Satellite analysis by Bellingcat found that wildfires destroyed over a third of Namibia’s most visited wildlife reserve last month, impacting crucial grazing lands for endangered species, including black rhinos and elephants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Bellingcat-oprichter: ‘Verbied algoritmes bij sociale media, ze vergiftigen onze democratie’
Bellingcat-oprichter: ‘Verbied algoritmes bij sociale media, ze vergiftigen onze democratie’
Eliot Higgins verwierf faam met zijn onderzoeksplatform Bellingcat. Hij duikt nu in online misinformatie en desinformatie, zoals van de Russen. Maar concludeert dat we zelf onze democratie uithollen.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Bellingcat-oprichter: ‘Verbied algoritmes bij sociale media, ze vergiftigen onze democratie’
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The Shadow Fleet shipping Russia's oil is already leaving trails of oil in its wake, raising the question of who will pay up if the worst is to happen.
Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...
Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...
Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions – SourceMaterial
As the West continues to blacklist ship carrying Russian oil, new slicks near Europe’s shores test the limits of Western sanctions
www.source-material.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Shadow Fleet shipping Russia's oil is already leaving trails of oil in its wake, raising the question of who will pay up if the worst is to happen.
Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...
Our latest investigation with @victorjack.bsky.social of @politico.eu, using data from @skytruth.org.
www.source-material.org/shadow-fleet...
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Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...
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Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list.
Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.
On behalf of the earth, I thank you
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.
On behalf of the earth, I thank you
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list.
Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.
On behalf of the earth, I thank you
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.
On behalf of the earth, I thank you
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...