Oliver Halls
@oliverhalls.bsky.social
Journalist and Multimedia Producer
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Watch this video of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s new TED Talk. TED has been a cheerleader for the technologies that have destroyed democracy and our social fabric, and Carole does not hold back. She is so courageous … and speaks the truth.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
www.ted.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Watch this video of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s new TED Talk. TED has been a cheerleader for the technologies that have destroyed democracy and our social fabric, and Carole does not hold back. She is so courageous … and speaks the truth.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
I just solved Bellingcat's 'Name that street!' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself!
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Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
Test your open source research skills.
challenge.bellingcat.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I just solved Bellingcat's 'Name that street!' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself!
challenge.bellingcat.com
challenge.bellingcat.com
When someone asks for an example of irony…
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
When someone asks for an example of irony…
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...
It’s been a phenomenal series @peterjukes.bsky.social & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 👏One that everyone should listen to!
The last episode in the current series of Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring explains so much about Putin and the the present
We have more and Johnson and the Russian Ambassador, and happened next to the Russian Spy Nalobin - oh, and an interesting phone call
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We have more and Johnson and the Russian Ambassador, and happened next to the Russian Spy Nalobin - oh, and an interesting phone call
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
I Cannot Help
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP10 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s been a phenomenal series @peterjukes.bsky.social & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 👏One that everyone should listen to!
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Meanwhile in Russia: TV pundits discussed the drastic change of America's foreign policy under Trump and how Moscow can use it to its advantage. They rejoiced that Trump's enemies are also Russia's enemies. Once again, Vladimir Solovyov threatened Germany.
youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...
youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...
State TV pundits can't believe Russia's luck
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: TV pundits discussed the drastic change of America's foreign policy under Trump and how Moscow can use it to its advantage. They rejoiced that Trump's enemies are also Russia's enemies. Once again, Vladimir Solovyov threatened Germany.
youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...
youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...
If you haven’t been listening to this podcast, get on it!
A slight pause before Episode Nine as we took onboard Trump’s alliance with Putin. Here in Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring we tell what happened after the suppressed Russia Report
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Sergei Cristo versus the Security Service
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP9 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you haven’t been listening to this podcast, get on it!
Can anyone help explain these strange ads I keep seeing on YouTube?
They appear to feature British presenter Alison Hammond with statements warning about the consequences of making statements live on air, together with seemingly unconnected links.
Very odd.
#journorequest
They appear to feature British presenter Alison Hammond with statements warning about the consequences of making statements live on air, together with seemingly unconnected links.
Very odd.
#journorequest
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Can anyone help explain these strange ads I keep seeing on YouTube?
They appear to feature British presenter Alison Hammond with statements warning about the consequences of making statements live on air, together with seemingly unconnected links.
Very odd.
#journorequest
They appear to feature British presenter Alison Hammond with statements warning about the consequences of making statements live on air, together with seemingly unconnected links.
Very odd.
#journorequest
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
February 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
February 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social is one of the few journalists tirelessly reporting on the degradation of democracy and the rise of oligarchy.
A fundamental shift in power is taking place RIGHT NOW, and almost no one is talking about it.
Please help to change that.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A fundamental shift in power is taking place RIGHT NOW, and almost no one is talking about it.
Please help to change that.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
US Coup Gains Speed
Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social is one of the few journalists tirelessly reporting on the degradation of democracy and the rise of oligarchy.
A fundamental shift in power is taking place RIGHT NOW, and almost no one is talking about it.
Please help to change that.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A fundamental shift in power is taking place RIGHT NOW, and almost no one is talking about it.
Please help to change that.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Are you f**king shitting me?
I hadn't thought of that - but I did wonder if I was hallucinating when I read that The Guardian is hooking up with OpenAI ☹️
Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI
Guardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian’s high quality journalism to ChatGPT’s globa...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Are you f**king shitting me?
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* IT'S A COUP *
I’m repeating it, because illegal power seizure isn’t just another story to be swept away in a deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything... This week, I went to market, bought a coup & realignment of the world order
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
I’m repeating it, because illegal power seizure isn’t just another story to be swept away in a deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything... This week, I went to market, bought a coup & realignment of the world order
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
US Coup Gains Speed
Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now
broligarchy.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
* IT'S A COUP *
I’m repeating it, because illegal power seizure isn’t just another story to be swept away in a deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything... This week, I went to market, bought a coup & realignment of the world order
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
I’m repeating it, because illegal power seizure isn’t just another story to be swept away in a deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything... This week, I went to market, bought a coup & realignment of the world order
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social nails it, what’s happening in the US isn’t just politics as usual, it’s a full-blown shift toward #Broligarchy. Now @theguardian.com’s ditching experienced journalists like her and jumping in bed with #OpenAI? Support independent journalism if you can. #USPol #Politics
Wonderful piece by the wonderful @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. She also needs folk to subscribe. broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...
US Coup Gains Speed
Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now
broligarchy.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social nails it, what’s happening in the US isn’t just politics as usual, it’s a full-blown shift toward #Broligarchy. Now @theguardian.com’s ditching experienced journalists like her and jumping in bed with #OpenAI? Support independent journalism if you can. #USPol #Politics
I’ve been reading @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s substack for a while (open.substack.com/pub/broligar...) but today became a paid member. We are entering a truly terrifying era, where democracy and truth itself are at risk. Voices like Carole’s need to be protected (and funded!) Please consider it:
The Power | Carole Cadwalladr | Substack
Girl power vs Tech bros. Click to read The Power, by Carole Cadwalladr, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve been reading @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s substack for a while (open.substack.com/pub/broligar...) but today became a paid member. We are entering a truly terrifying era, where democracy and truth itself are at risk. Voices like Carole’s need to be protected (and funded!) Please consider it:
Priorities, BBC, priorities…
January 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Priorities, BBC, priorities…
Bit late to this but still worth a watch! @rosatkins.bsky.social
Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bit late to this but still worth a watch! @rosatkins.bsky.social
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Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
Head of MI6 says 'I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state' as he warns Russia would not stop if it wins in Ukraine
Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6, said that if Russia wins in Ukraine, China would "weigh the implications, North Korea would be emboldened, and Iran would become still more dangerous".
news.sky.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Sir Richard Moore, head of MI6: "In 37 years in the intelligence profession, I've never seen the world in a more dangerous state."
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
"We have recently uncovered a staggeringly reckless campaign of Russian sabotage in Europe."
news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
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2am in Tbilisi, Georgian National Anthem in front of parliament.
December 1, 2024 at 10:13 PM
2am in Tbilisi, Georgian National Anthem in front of parliament.
Ukrainians react to Joe Rogan’s recent comments about Zelenskyy and the war.
Video from @kyivindependent.com
youtu.be/35G3hNEQXwI?...
Video from @kyivindependent.com
youtu.be/35G3hNEQXwI?...
Ukrainians react to Joe Rogan’s rant on Ukraine
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Ukrainians react to Joe Rogan’s recent comments about Zelenskyy and the war.
Video from @kyivindependent.com
youtu.be/35G3hNEQXwI?...
Video from @kyivindependent.com
youtu.be/35G3hNEQXwI?...
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
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Hank Green doing a pretty good job at describing our historically weird information environment youtu.be/d8PndpFPL8g?...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Hank Green doing a pretty good job at describing our historically weird information environment youtu.be/d8PndpFPL8g?...
Some valid points here from @ascottreid.bsky.social (supposedly 😉)
The line between fact and fiction have never been more blurred. Proper verification is paramount if @bsky.app is going to cut through the social media noise.
The line between fact and fiction have never been more blurred. Proper verification is paramount if @bsky.app is going to cut through the social media noise.
My one tip for here: there isn't a form of verification on here that is similar to other social media, therefore do not assume a prominent figure on here is who they say they are unless you've verified it.
To use a niche reference, "me, has this report": www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/b...
To use a niche reference, "me, has this report": www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/b...
Is Bluesky set up to deal with misinformation?
As the number of Bluesky users skyrockets, how will it handle misinformation and content moderation?
www.logicallyfacts.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Some valid points here from @ascottreid.bsky.social (supposedly 😉)
The line between fact and fiction have never been more blurred. Proper verification is paramount if @bsky.app is going to cut through the social media noise.
The line between fact and fiction have never been more blurred. Proper verification is paramount if @bsky.app is going to cut through the social media noise.
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Just wondering if there could be a link between slow growth in UK, France, and Germany? I suppose it could Rachel Reeves tax plans affecting all three, or could it be something like an interlinked global economy in which geography is particularly important...
November 23, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Just wondering if there could be a link between slow growth in UK, France, and Germany? I suppose it could Rachel Reeves tax plans affecting all three, or could it be something like an interlinked global economy in which geography is particularly important...