Katerina Stavroula
@katerinastv.bsky.social
HR and Operations @ Lighthouse Reports (@lhreports.bsky.social) | previously @ UNHCR Greece | cat lover, book hoarder, info junkie, antifa | 🦋 in 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇫🇷🇪🇸 | views, obviously, my own | 🍉
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Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward
In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go!
go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg
In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go!
go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg
Here we are 👇🏼
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...
🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out
October 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
Satellite imagery analysis corroborates whistleblowers' testimony exposing widespread greenwashing across the Philippines’ national reforestation program. Davao Today, @thibico.bsky.social and Lighthouse prove instead of restoring forests, it’s often fueling deforestation. 🧵
May 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Satellite imagery analysis corroborates whistleblowers' testimony exposing widespread greenwashing across the Philippines’ national reforestation program. Davao Today, @thibico.bsky.social and Lighthouse prove instead of restoring forests, it’s often fueling deforestation. 🧵
#NoOtherLand Palaistinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was attacked and injured by a group of Israeli settlers, then abducted by IDF from the ambulance he'scalled to get medical treatment. Co-director Yuval Abraham says there has been no sign of Hamdan since. Another reminder of what #apartheid is.
March 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#NoOtherLand Palaistinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was attacked and injured by a group of Israeli settlers, then abducted by IDF from the ambulance he'scalled to get medical treatment. Co-director Yuval Abraham says there has been no sign of Hamdan since. Another reminder of what #apartheid is.
Μ Ε Τ Α Ν Ο Ε Ι Τ Ε
(ήρθε το τέλος του κόσμου)
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February 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Μ Ε Τ Α Ν Ο Ε Ι Τ Ε
(ήρθε το τέλος του κόσμου)
(ήρθε το τέλος του κόσμου)
Μετά από πολλά χρόνια βλέπω ξανά στα social media feed μου οδηγίες και νομικές συμβουλές για εργαζόμενους που θέλουν να απεργήσουν την Παρασκευή. Άλλο ένα δείγμα πως θα έχουμε τεράστια συμμετοχή και στην απεργία, πέρα από τις διαδηλώσεις.
February 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Μετά από πολλά χρόνια βλέπω ξανά στα social media feed μου οδηγίες και νομικές συμβουλές για εργαζόμενους που θέλουν να απεργήσουν την Παρασκευή. Άλλο ένα δείγμα πως θα έχουμε τεράστια συμμετοχή και στην απεργία, πέρα από τις διαδηλώσεις.
Με αγάπη για την #Παλαιστίνη ❤️🔥 For the Love of #Palestine
Αγάπη είναι αντίσταση, αφοσίωση, αγώνας για ελευθερία.
Ένα 3ήμερο στο Τριανόν γεμάτο ταινίες, ιστορίες, εξαιρετικούς καλεσμένους από την ομάδα του Athens Palestine Film Festival.
🔻 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου – Τρεις μέρες θαρραλέου κινηματογράφου
Αγάπη είναι αντίσταση, αφοσίωση, αγώνας για ελευθερία.
Ένα 3ήμερο στο Τριανόν γεμάτο ταινίες, ιστορίες, εξαιρετικούς καλεσμένους από την ομάδα του Athens Palestine Film Festival.
🔻 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου – Τρεις μέρες θαρραλέου κινηματογράφου
February 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Με αγάπη για την #Παλαιστίνη ❤️🔥 For the Love of #Palestine
Αγάπη είναι αντίσταση, αφοσίωση, αγώνας για ελευθερία.
Ένα 3ήμερο στο Τριανόν γεμάτο ταινίες, ιστορίες, εξαιρετικούς καλεσμένους από την ομάδα του Athens Palestine Film Festival.
🔻 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου – Τρεις μέρες θαρραλέου κινηματογράφου
Αγάπη είναι αντίσταση, αφοσίωση, αγώνας για ελευθερία.
Ένα 3ήμερο στο Τριανόν γεμάτο ταινίες, ιστορίες, εξαιρετικούς καλεσμένους από την ομάδα του Athens Palestine Film Festival.
🔻 13-15 Φεβρουαρίου – Τρεις μέρες θαρραλέου κινηματογράφου
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
The #shipwreck near #Gavdos #Crete #Greece last Saturday 14/12 is becoming one of the most tragic and deadly ones.
The death toll has risen to 7, with 36 people still missing (!), according to the Deputy Mayor of Chania. Search efforts continue.
www.zarpanews.gr/nayagio-sti-...
The death toll has risen to 7, with 36 people still missing (!), according to the Deputy Mayor of Chania. Search efforts continue.
www.zarpanews.gr/nayagio-sti-...
Ναυάγιο στη Γαύδο: Φόβοι για δραματική αύξηση των νεκρών – Ταυτοποιήθηκαν πέντε σοροί, αναφορές για 36 αγνοούμενους | zarpanews.gr
Επτά νεκροί και 36 αγνοούμενοι είναι ο μέχρι στιγμής απολογισμός από το ναυάγιο στη Γαύδο ενώ οι έρευνες συνεχίζονται. Οι διασωθέντες (33 άτομα) φιλοξενού
www.zarpanews.gr
December 19, 2024 at 10:08 AM
The #shipwreck near #Gavdos #Crete #Greece last Saturday 14/12 is becoming one of the most tragic and deadly ones.
The death toll has risen to 7, with 36 people still missing (!), according to the Deputy Mayor of Chania. Search efforts continue.
www.zarpanews.gr/nayagio-sti-...
The death toll has risen to 7, with 36 people still missing (!), according to the Deputy Mayor of Chania. Search efforts continue.
www.zarpanews.gr/nayagio-sti-...
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande
Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande
Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
Lighthouse Reports, in partnership with The Washington Post & El Universal, spent a year collecting data from every Texas county & Mexican state along the Rio Grande. We found at least 1,107 people drowned crossing the river from 2017 to 2023, a figure significantly higher than previously reported.
Texas has become the blueprint for the militarization of the US-Mexico border. This politically-driven show of force has sent the Rio Grande death toll soaring. We reveal for first time the true human cost of this
Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande
More women and children are drowning trying to reach the US as Texas and Mexico militarize the border. Record requests reveal the soaring death toll in the Rio Grande amid official undercounts.
www.lighthousereports.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Lighthouse Reports, in partnership with The Washington Post & El Universal, spent a year collecting data from every Texas county & Mexican state along the Rio Grande. We found at least 1,107 people drowned crossing the river from 2017 to 2023, a figure significantly higher than previously reported.
Γιόρτασα με τον Χιλιανό πρόσφυγα φίλο μου τη μέρα που πέθανε ο Πινοτσέτ. Δεν θα ξεχάσω το χαμόγελό του. Σήμερα γιορτάζω με τον Σύρο φίλο μου την κατάρρευση του Άσαντ. Και σκέφτομαι τους Σύρους πρόσφυγες που έχω συναντήσει, που μου μίλησαν για τα τραύματα και την πατρίδα τους. Θα χαμογελάνε σήμερα.
December 8, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Γιόρτασα με τον Χιλιανό πρόσφυγα φίλο μου τη μέρα που πέθανε ο Πινοτσέτ. Δεν θα ξεχάσω το χαμόγελό του. Σήμερα γιορτάζω με τον Σύρο φίλο μου την κατάρρευση του Άσαντ. Και σκέφτομαι τους Σύρους πρόσφυγες που έχω συναντήσει, που μου μίλησαν για τα τραύματα και την πατρίδα τους. Θα χαμογελάνε σήμερα.
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
Thinking today of Syrian friends & so many other amazing Syrians met over the last decade on the reporting trail. Hard to comprehend the scale of damage wrought by the despicable and belatedly deposed Assads
December 8, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Thinking today of Syrian friends & so many other amazing Syrians met over the last decade on the reporting trail. Hard to comprehend the scale of damage wrought by the despicable and belatedly deposed Assads
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New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.
They would be advised to read up on history.
🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
"Why does playing by the rules render someone innocent, even when the rules produce a stream of death and devastation?" @jphillll.bsky.social raises some valid points here: www.jphilll.com/p/whats-a-li...
What's a life worth?
On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
www.jphilll.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:46 PM
"Why does playing by the rules render someone innocent, even when the rules produce a stream of death and devastation?" @jphillll.bsky.social raises some valid points here: www.jphilll.com/p/whats-a-li...
Same question, different government.
Amnesty says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Human Rights Watch says crimes against humanity, the ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu (and Hamas leaders), the ICJ is hearing South Africa's genocide case. What is our government doing? www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Same question, different government.
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
Serious impact in Sweden where the welfare agency has been called before parliament to answer questions over discriminatory algorithms used to profile benefits recipients
www.svd.se/a/63VOxo/eft...
www.svd.se/a/63VOxo/eft...
Efter SvD:s granskning – MP kräver AI-garantier
Miljöpartiet kritiserar Försäkringskassan efter att SvD avslöjat om hur myndigheten använt AI för att hitta misstänkta fuskare. Partiets tidigare språkrör Märta Stenevi (MP) vill nu kalla myndighetens...
www.svd.se
November 30, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Serious impact in Sweden where the welfare agency has been called before parliament to answer questions over discriminatory algorithms used to profile benefits recipients
www.svd.se/a/63VOxo/eft...
www.svd.se/a/63VOxo/eft...
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
📣 Syrian journalists, artists, architects and activists residing in Europe, this is a chance to attend a free 4 days extensive training in digital investigations techniques with @lhreports.bsky.social in Berlin
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November 28, 2024 at 10:32 AM
📣 Syrian journalists, artists, architects and activists residing in Europe, this is a chance to attend a free 4 days extensive training in digital investigations techniques with @lhreports.bsky.social in Berlin
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forms.gle/hwn7S8tXtBx2...
Είδα αυτό. Έκανα φόλοου. tag aφιέρωση σε @kaloutsiki.bsky.social
- Πως το βαφτίσατε το παιδί;
- Καλλιόπη-Κορνηλία
- Και πως το φωνάζετε;
- Ποπ Κορν
- Καλλιόπη-Κορνηλία
- Και πως το φωνάζετε;
- Ποπ Κορν
November 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Είδα αυτό. Έκανα φόλοου. tag aφιέρωση σε @kaloutsiki.bsky.social
"Hey Anders", I hope you're still keeping a diary. Someone has to keep a record of the publications 🤣
I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”
November 27, 2024 at 1:37 PM
"Hey Anders", I hope you're still keeping a diary. Someone has to keep a record of the publications 🤣
Women, migrants, low-income earners, people without university education are more likely to be wrongly flagged as suspicious by Sweden’s welfare surveillance algorithms.After 3 years of FOI & legal battles, Lighthouse Reports (@lhreports.bsky.social) reveals www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
www.lighthousereports.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Women, migrants, low-income earners, people without university education are more likely to be wrongly flagged as suspicious by Sweden’s welfare surveillance algorithms.After 3 years of FOI & legal battles, Lighthouse Reports (@lhreports.bsky.social) reveals www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
I know you already know, but tbh I just wanted to share this in my feed
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I know you already know, but tbh I just wanted to share this in my feed
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
I read about the umpteenth overblown research results on chatbots being better than doctors (just irresponsible from publications like the NYT)
This very useful starter pack came my way right after, so there’s that at least.
This very useful starter pack came my way right after, so there’s that at least.
A starterpack on important, critical voices on #AI #ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance #AIpolicy #AIethics
More suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/ECWQzUA
More suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/ECWQzUA
November 20, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I read about the umpteenth overblown research results on chatbots being better than doctors (just irresponsible from publications like the NYT)
This very useful starter pack came my way right after, so there’s that at least.
This very useful starter pack came my way right after, so there’s that at least.
The Taliban has demolished over 1.5 million sqm in Kabul, displacing 1000s & hitting marginalised communities hardest. @lhreports.bsky.social new investigation w/Afghan Witness, Centre 4 Information Resilience,Zan Times,Etilaat Roz & @theguardian.com reveals www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Inside the Taliban's demolition campaign in Kabul
Mapping the Taliban’s demolitions: the darker side of their development drive
www.lighthousereports.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 AM
The Taliban has demolished over 1.5 million sqm in Kabul, displacing 1000s & hitting marginalised communities hardest. @lhreports.bsky.social new investigation w/Afghan Witness, Centre 4 Information Resilience,Zan Times,Etilaat Roz & @theguardian.com reveals www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Reposted by Katerina Stavroula
This is happening now in Beirut.
X, as horrific as it got, is a loudspeaker for the silenced. I am still there because of it. We must get intentional about circulating the horrors in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan if we intend to make this the just alternative.
X, as horrific as it got, is a loudspeaker for the silenced. I am still there because of it. We must get intentional about circulating the horrors in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan if we intend to make this the just alternative.
#Israel’i air strikes just flattened these residential apartment blocks in #Beirut. You can hear shocked screams of people in the street below as the missiles hit & the buildings collapse in just seconds. This is the daily reality of life in #Lebanon’s capital now.
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
This is happening now in Beirut.
X, as horrific as it got, is a loudspeaker for the silenced. I am still there because of it. We must get intentional about circulating the horrors in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan if we intend to make this the just alternative.
X, as horrific as it got, is a loudspeaker for the silenced. I am still there because of it. We must get intentional about circulating the horrors in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan if we intend to make this the just alternative.