Joe Galvin
@joegalvin.bsky.social
OSINT editor, The Outlaw Ocean Project,
Journalist, RTE Investigates.
Ex-Storyful.
Journalist, RTE Investigates.
Ex-Storyful.
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you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
It has become routine now for the New York Times to show just awful, awful editorial judgment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It has become routine now for the New York Times to show just awful, awful editorial judgment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Today is a day to gorge oneself on Irish football content. Podcasts. Highlights reels. This fella Ronaldo is a cod memes. A rare day. One to savour.
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Today is a day to gorge oneself on Irish football content. Podcasts. Highlights reels. This fella Ronaldo is a cod memes. A rare day. One to savour.
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On road deeper into Darfur.
We have sought and received clear assurances – backed by international community – that humanitarians can work everywhere we are needed in Sudan. We want to show it is possible.
We have sought and received clear assurances – backed by international community – that humanitarians can work everywhere we are needed in Sudan. We want to show it is possible.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On road deeper into Darfur.
We have sought and received clear assurances – backed by international community – that humanitarians can work everywhere we are needed in Sudan. We want to show it is possible.
We have sought and received clear assurances – backed by international community – that humanitarians can work everywhere we are needed in Sudan. We want to show it is possible.
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Chinese gov hackers used Anthropic to fully automate recent cyberattacks against dozens of targets incl. tech firms, financial institutions, chemical facilities, and gov agencies. They tricked Claude into assisting them by breaking prompts into separate tasks and saying it was for defensive purposes
Exclusive | Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s AI to Automate Cyberattacks
The use of AI automation in hacks is a growing trend that gives hackers additional scale and speed
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Chinese gov hackers used Anthropic to fully automate recent cyberattacks against dozens of targets incl. tech firms, financial institutions, chemical facilities, and gov agencies. They tricked Claude into assisting them by breaking prompts into separate tasks and saying it was for defensive purposes
"This gutting of the directive and other sustainability reporting legislation was achieved through a political sleight of hand driven by the influence of far-right MEPs." Dr Aideen O’Dochartaigh of @dublincityuni.bsky.social on the watering down of the CSDDD.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Will EU let big businesses off the corporate responsibility hook?
The European Parliament is set to vote this week on reducing the scope of a directive on human rights and environmental due diligence
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"This gutting of the directive and other sustainability reporting legislation was achieved through a political sleight of hand driven by the influence of far-right MEPs." Dr Aideen O’Dochartaigh of @dublincityuni.bsky.social on the watering down of the CSDDD.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Email conversation between Wolff and Epstein published today shows Wolff advising Epstein on how to get leverage over Trump during his 1st presidential campaign. The email supports what people have said all along about Wolff's lack of journalism ethics, a lapse previously noted in this 2023 piece👇
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Email conversation between Wolff and Epstein published today shows Wolff advising Epstein on how to get leverage over Trump during his 1st presidential campaign. The email supports what people have said all along about Wolff's lack of journalism ethics, a lapse previously noted in this 2023 piece👇
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#EPlenary 💡
Debate: Shein scandal & protecting consumers from illegal products
🗣️MEPs will discuss w/ @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social how to protect EU consumers against the practices of
certain e-commerce platforms
Follow online (+/- 19.30) 📹 link.europa.eu/V6Rt74
Details↘️ link.europa.eu/pCVWBq
Debate: Shein scandal & protecting consumers from illegal products
🗣️MEPs will discuss w/ @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social how to protect EU consumers against the practices of
certain e-commerce platforms
Follow online (+/- 19.30) 📹 link.europa.eu/V6Rt74
Details↘️ link.europa.eu/pCVWBq
Shein scandal: protecting EU consumers from illegal products online | 12-11-2025 | News | European Parliament
Wednesday’s plenary debate follows the public outcry in France over the controversial sale of “childlike” sex dolls on Shein’s website.
link.europa.eu
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#EPlenary 💡
Debate: Shein scandal & protecting consumers from illegal products
🗣️MEPs will discuss w/ @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social how to protect EU consumers against the practices of
certain e-commerce platforms
Follow online (+/- 19.30) 📹 link.europa.eu/V6Rt74
Details↘️ link.europa.eu/pCVWBq
Debate: Shein scandal & protecting consumers from illegal products
🗣️MEPs will discuss w/ @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social how to protect EU consumers against the practices of
certain e-commerce platforms
Follow online (+/- 19.30) 📹 link.europa.eu/V6Rt74
Details↘️ link.europa.eu/pCVWBq
Must-watch RTÉ Investigates coming tonight on Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM - and how the convictions were ultimately ruled "unsafe and unsatisfactory" on appeal. The case has potentially major implications for the administration of justice in Ireland. www.rte.ie/news/investi...
Protection vs prejudice: finding balance in FGM legislation
Pamela Fraher has spent the past year investigating Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM. Here, she reflects on what she uncovered while examining how the State handles this sensitive and comp...
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Must-watch RTÉ Investigates coming tonight on Ireland's first and only prosecution for FGM - and how the convictions were ultimately ruled "unsafe and unsatisfactory" on appeal. The case has potentially major implications for the administration of justice in Ireland. www.rte.ie/news/investi...
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Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football
Unregulated firms and operators flagged by authorities for posing risks to consumers are among dozens of cryptocurrency and trading sponsors now present across European football, Investigate Europe can reveal.
Unregulated firms and operators flagged by authorities for posing risks to consumers are among dozens of cryptocurrency and trading sponsors now present across European football, Investigate Europe can reveal.
Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football
Gambling-adjacent companies have deals with more than a third of teams in Europe's top five leagues this season, exclusive analysis finds.
www.investigate-europe.eu
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football
Unregulated firms and operators flagged by authorities for posing risks to consumers are among dozens of cryptocurrency and trading sponsors now present across European football, Investigate Europe can reveal.
Unregulated firms and operators flagged by authorities for posing risks to consumers are among dozens of cryptocurrency and trading sponsors now present across European football, Investigate Europe can reveal.
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The Irish Times is hiring for two roles in the investigations unit.
A data journalist: app.occupop.com/shared/job/d...
& a senior reporter: app.occupop.com/shared/job/s...
#journojobs
A data journalist: app.occupop.com/shared/job/d...
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#journojobs
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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Irish Times is hiring for two roles in the investigations unit.
A data journalist: app.occupop.com/shared/job/d...
& a senior reporter: app.occupop.com/shared/job/s...
#journojobs
A data journalist: app.occupop.com/shared/job/d...
& a senior reporter: app.occupop.com/shared/job/s...
#journojobs
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What used to be bugs and informants is now #spyware. Bringing together victims of #Stasi surveillance and #spyware to discuss: How can we protect #freedom in the digital age?
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What used to be bugs and informants is now #spyware. Bringing together victims of #Stasi surveillance and #spyware to discuss: How can we protect #freedom in the digital age?
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
"Another reason for the high number of abuses... is that spyware makes it extremely easy for customers to successfully target whoever they want. In practice, those systems are essentially consoles where [you] type in a number, and the rest happens in the background."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Another reason for the high number of abuses... is that spyware makes it extremely easy for customers to successfully target whoever they want. In practice, those systems are essentially consoles where [you] type in a number, and the rest happens in the background."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Directors based outside China said their families back home had been contacted by the Chinese authorities, a common way of applying pressure to people beyond its borders." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Film festival in New York cancelled after China puts pressure on directors
Participants ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina event, which was due to launch this weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Directors based outside China said their families back home had been contacted by the Chinese authorities, a common way of applying pressure to people beyond its borders." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
"The UAE (and thereby the owner of Man City) is providing resources and support for ethnically targeted mass killings in Sudan so vicious they can be seen from space...This is not just another distant connection... It is literally the same people." www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"The UAE (and thereby the owner of Man City) is providing resources and support for ethnically targeted mass killings in Sudan so vicious they can be seen from space...This is not just another distant connection... It is literally the same people." www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meta makes about $7 billion a yr from running ads for scams/banned goods, company docs show. Most comes from ads suspicious enough to be flagged by Meta’s warning system. But unless system determines it's 95% certain ad is fraud Meta won't ban it; instead it only charges advertiser a higher ad rate
The old preemptive bailout trick
OpenAI is requesting financial support from the government for its expansion, per Bloomberg.
OpenAI wants taxpayers to guarantee its debt. They’re asking the government to guarantee loans like a co-signer).
When private companies start asking for public funds, it’s a sign the bubble will pop.
OpenAI wants taxpayers to guarantee its debt. They’re asking the government to guarantee loans like a co-signer).
When private companies start asking for public funds, it’s a sign the bubble will pop.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The old preemptive bailout trick
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China subjected Sheffield Hallam University to "a campaign of harassment and intimidation" to shut down research led by Laura Murphy into its human rights abuses in Xinjiang - and was successful. Laura was a key contributor to our recent documentary Forced Fashion.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
China subjected Sheffield Hallam University to "a campaign of harassment and intimidation" to shut down research led by Laura Murphy into its human rights abuses in Xinjiang - and was successful. Laura was a key contributor to our recent documentary Forced Fashion.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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You can read Nilay's story here www.dublininquirer.com/a-kurdish-wo...
A Kurdish woman asked to be buried “in a handful of soil” in Ireland – but her body was sent to Turkey anyway - Dublin Inquirer
In a note she left behind, she’d written, “Do not give my corpse to the oppressors.”
www.dublininquirer.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You can read Nilay's story here www.dublininquirer.com/a-kurdish-wo...
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
The Better Cotton Initiative has removed Aksu Lianfa Textiles, a supplier that RTÉ Investigates found had taken in Uyghurs under a state-backed forced labour programme, from its supplier list. Aksu Lianfa's parent remains, despite its use of forced labour cotton. bettercotton.org/documents/be...
Better Cotton Initiative Supplier List - Better Cotton Initiative
This is a public list of all companies/units that are on the BCI Platform from merchants to end product manufacturers. It may not be exhaustive as some companies may choose to be excluded from this li...
bettercotton.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Better Cotton Initiative has removed Aksu Lianfa Textiles, a supplier that RTÉ Investigates found had taken in Uyghurs under a state-backed forced labour programme, from its supplier list. Aksu Lianfa's parent remains, despite its use of forced labour cotton. bettercotton.org/documents/be...