Giancarlo Fiorella
@giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
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Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
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Hi! I live in Toronto and I stream to raise funds for SickKids via ExtraLife! Here is my ExtraLife page: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/548667
www.twitch.tv
It's Tuesday and it's almost 7:00 PM here in Toronto, and that means that I'm about to start my charity fundraiser stream for SickKids Hospital via @extralife4kids.bsky.social!
Come hang out in the chat and consider donating for a great cause!
www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel
Come hang out in the chat and consider donating for a great cause!
www.twitch.tv/gianfiorel
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The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
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Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
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This of course, is what has been said from the beginning. Will this monster, Trump EVER face ANY accountability for his actions?
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News share.google/2a4ONX0tKClx...
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News share.google/2a4ONX0tKClx...
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This of course, is what has been said from the beginning. Will this monster, Trump EVER face ANY accountability for his actions?
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News share.google/2a4ONX0tKClx...
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News share.google/2a4ONX0tKClx...
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No
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
No
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From trans healthcare to abortion politics - the same actors keep appearing. On Thursday 5pm CET/11am EST we'll be live with @amnestyuk.bsky.social 's Chiara Capraro in Discord talking on their research tracing the political alliances shaping today’s anti-rights movement. discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
From trans healthcare to abortion politics - the same actors keep appearing. On Thursday 5pm CET/11am EST we'll be live with @amnestyuk.bsky.social 's Chiara Capraro in Discord talking on their research tracing the political alliances shaping today’s anti-rights movement. discord.gg/bellingcat?e...
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The data.
exclav.es/2026/02/08/e...
exclav.es/2026/02/08/e...
National data, local stories: ICE detention in 2026
Statistics and stories from ICE's archipelago of detention centers, based on the first data release since "Operation Metro Surge" arrived in Minneapolis.
exclav.es
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The data.
exclav.es/2026/02/08/e...
exclav.es/2026/02/08/e...
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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Our new episode in collab with the IJF is OUT NOW! Watch it here: youtu.be/j8hmuGR340k
Fake Autism "Cures" | Full Episode | Big [If True]
YouTube video by Big [If True]
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February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Our new episode in collab with the IJF is OUT NOW! Watch it here: youtu.be/j8hmuGR340k
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Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
Logan is brilliant and you should read his stuff.
Wrote a new blog post with some data and lots of links.
Exploring ICE detention facilities
Statistics and stories from ICE's archipelago of detention centers, based on the first data release since "Operation Metro Surge" arrived in Minneapolis.
exclav.es
February 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Logan is brilliant and you should read his stuff.
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Wrote a new blog post with some data and lots of links.
Exploring ICE detention facilities
Statistics and stories from ICE's archipelago of detention centers, based on the first data release since "Operation Metro Surge" arrived in Minneapolis.
exclav.es
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wrote a new blog post with some data and lots of links.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
Grok Users Are Attempting To Identify Epstein Victims
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Grok users prompted the AI chatbot to identify victims from redacted Epstein Files images. Of 31 requests reviewed, Grok generated images for 27, spanning 18 images and one video. X did not respond to requests for comment on Grok's behaviour by time of publication. www.youtube.com/shorts/dhD8O...
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There is NO CURE for #autism still scammers sell UNPROVEN treatments to desperate parents. Dr. Melanie Penner, Sr. Clinician at Holland Bloorview Hospital, says she hears about wild treatments every day!
Learn about the latest scams in our collab with the IJF this Sunday at 8 PM @tvo #ASD
Learn about the latest scams in our collab with the IJF this Sunday at 8 PM @tvo #ASD
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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MK-84 2,000-pound bomb with a JDAM kit hitting a building in Gaza after an IDF notice.
Bellingcat recently asked the IDF about the lack of evacuation distances in public evacuation notices in Gaza, which are included in notices in Lebanon, so interesting to see a 100m distance in the notice here.
Bellingcat recently asked the IDF about the lack of evacuation distances in public evacuation notices in Gaza, which are included in notices in Lebanon, so interesting to see a 100m distance in the notice here.
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
MK-84 2,000-pound bomb with a JDAM kit hitting a building in Gaza after an IDF notice.
Bellingcat recently asked the IDF about the lack of evacuation distances in public evacuation notices in Gaza, which are included in notices in Lebanon, so interesting to see a 100m distance in the notice here.
Bellingcat recently asked the IDF about the lack of evacuation distances in public evacuation notices in Gaza, which are included in notices in Lebanon, so interesting to see a 100m distance in the notice here.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Bang on the money:
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
‘A stain on our history’: outrage after Trump shares racist video about Obamas as White House attempts to brush off the post – live
Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes slams Trump for posting racist video on Truth Social; Karoline Leavitt says criticism is ‘fake outrage’
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Bang on the money:
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
“Let it haunt Trump and his racist followers that future Americans will embrace the Obamas as beloved figures while studying him as a stain on our history.”
Trump is determined to be remembered as a 'great man'.
His curse is that he won't be.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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President Donald Trump shared a racist image showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama portrayed as apes. The White House immediately defended Trump’s post: “Please stop the fake outrage,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said… www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/t...
Trump posts racist image of Obamas, White House defends it and slams 'fake outrage'
The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.
www.cnbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
President Donald Trump shared a racist image showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama portrayed as apes. The White House immediately defended Trump’s post: “Please stop the fake outrage,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said… www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/t...
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WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
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This is very similar to the AI videos my dad sends me thinking it's real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
Over on X, the Everything App, serious conservative thinker Dinesh D'Souza shared a video of an AI-generated woman on a fake podcast he seemingly thought was real, telling the audience that young women should get with older men. Dude, wtf?
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This is very similar to the AI videos my dad sends me thinking it's real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
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the man in this video is Rep. Jonathan Jackson of Illinois
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
the man in this video is Rep. Jonathan Jackson of Illinois