Santiago lyon
@slyon66.bsky.social
Fighting mis/disinformation with the Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe. Formerly award-winning photojournalist and media executive at Reuters & AP. Opinions are my own.
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The first trailer for 'The Stringer,' a documentary coming to Netflix Nov. 28, shows a hunt for the truth about who took the famed Vietnam War photograph "Napalm Girl" — a story told in Rolling Stone in August.
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'The Stringer' Trailer Shows a Hunt for the Truth About a Famous Vietnam War Photograph
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November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first trailer for 'The Stringer,' a documentary coming to Netflix Nov. 28, shows a hunt for the truth about who took the famed Vietnam War photograph "Napalm Girl" — a story told in Rolling Stone in August.
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Our Genocide
New report from Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel detailing the ongoing genocide in Gaza
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New report from Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel detailing the ongoing genocide in Gaza
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OUR GENOCIDE
OUR GENOCIDE B’Tselem, July 2025 Since October 2023, Israel has fundamentally changed its policy toward the Palestinians. For more than 21 months,…
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July 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our Genocide
New report from Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel detailing the ongoing genocide in Gaza
vimeo.com/1104884095
New report from Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights Israel detailing the ongoing genocide in Gaza
vimeo.com/1104884095
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Finally!
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, on Monday
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, on Monday
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Finally!
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, on Monday
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, on Monday
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
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Understand that this El Salvador gulag deportation was done partly in order to make the fascist video that the president now transmits, with his fascist message. The cameras are all set up in advance.
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Understand that this El Salvador gulag deportation was done partly in order to make the fascist video that the president now transmits, with his fascist message. The cameras are all set up in advance.
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I'm not a lawyer, but I would strongly recommend that blue state AGs and legislatures start today figuring out how to make treason and intentionally violating judicial orders state level crimes, with appropriately harsh punishments.
March 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm not a lawyer, but I would strongly recommend that blue state AGs and legislatures start today figuring out how to make treason and intentionally violating judicial orders state level crimes, with appropriately harsh punishments.
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
Wise and chilling words from the excellent @mashagessen.bsky.social
Trump just handed Putin a knife with which to carve up the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Trump just handed Putin a knife with which to carve up the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife. (Gift Article)
The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Wise and chilling words from the excellent @mashagessen.bsky.social
Trump just handed Putin a knife with which to carve up the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Trump just handed Putin a knife with which to carve up the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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AP sues Trump White House, alleging ban on its journalists at major events amounts to unconstitutional retaliation by the federal government for free speech.
White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains"
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains"
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row
The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
AP sues Trump White House, alleging ban on its journalists at major events amounts to unconstitutional retaliation by the federal government for free speech.
White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains"
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
White House spox: AP's leaders have "rotted... peanut-sized brains"
My updated story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
A record 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, the most in any year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began keeping records in 1992.
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A record 124 journalists were killed in 2024, mostly by Israeli military
A record 124 journalists were killed in 2024, the most in any year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping records.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A record 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, the most in any year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began keeping records in 1992.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/cpj-jou...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/cpj-jou...
Organizing the ethnic cleansing. How quickly some forget history.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force 2 million people to leave
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Organizing the ethnic cleansing. How quickly some forget history.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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This is incredible reporting and an important read. WIRED has been absolutely running circles around NYT and WaPo. I bought a subscription.
They're going to need our support when Musk and Thiel try to sue them out of existence Gawker-style.
They're going to need our support when Musk and Thiel try to sue them out of existence Gawker-style.
SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
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February 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is incredible reporting and an important read. WIRED has been absolutely running circles around NYT and WaPo. I bought a subscription.
They're going to need our support when Musk and Thiel try to sue them out of existence Gawker-style.
They're going to need our support when Musk and Thiel try to sue them out of existence Gawker-style.
The excellent Masha Gessen writes on Trump and totalitarianism in today’s NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey (Gift Article)
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The excellent Masha Gessen writes on Trump and totalitarianism in today’s NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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The revisionist history from Washington and tel Aviv would have you believe Bashar al Assad fell because of Israel’s war in Gaza, against Hezballah etc etc
It wasn’t. Bashar fell because of the hope & commitment of the Syrian people, the unwavering belief of civil society, and Heroes like this man.
It wasn’t. Bashar fell because of the hope & commitment of the Syrian people, the unwavering belief of civil society, and Heroes like this man.
What a historical moment.
Today, the world learned the identity of Caesar, the defector who smuggled 53,275 photos of detainees tortured & killed by the Syrian regime: Farid al-Mathhan, formerly of the Forensic Evidence Dept of the Damascus Military Police. He is originally from Daraa.
Today, the world learned the identity of Caesar, the defector who smuggled 53,275 photos of detainees tortured & killed by the Syrian regime: Farid al-Mathhan, formerly of the Forensic Evidence Dept of the Damascus Military Police. He is originally from Daraa.
February 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The revisionist history from Washington and tel Aviv would have you believe Bashar al Assad fell because of Israel’s war in Gaza, against Hezballah etc etc
It wasn’t. Bashar fell because of the hope & commitment of the Syrian people, the unwavering belief of civil society, and Heroes like this man.
It wasn’t. Bashar fell because of the hope & commitment of the Syrian people, the unwavering belief of civil society, and Heroes like this man.
Former USAID Director Samantha Power writes about the damage caused by the incoming thugs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Former USAID Director Samantha Power writes about the damage caused by the incoming thugs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
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If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u... via @NYTimes
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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February 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u... via @NYTimes
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February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Please kill me
February 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Please kill me
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The provocative Sundance documentary “The Stringer” alleges that the iconic Vietnam War “Napalm Girl” photo has been attributed to the wrong photographer for the last 52 years.
The Explosive Secret Behind the Most Famous Photo in History
The provocative Sundance documentary “The Stringer” alleges that the iconic Vietnam War “Napalm Girl” photo has been attributed to the wrong photographer for the last 52 years.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The provocative Sundance documentary “The Stringer” alleges that the iconic Vietnam War “Napalm Girl” photo has been attributed to the wrong photographer for the last 52 years.
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Jaw-dropping photo of the Philly plane crash by Ryan Tian, 23, of Delaware County, for @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
February 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Jaw-dropping photo of the Philly plane crash by Ryan Tian, 23, of Delaware County, for @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Mark Zuckerberg Has No Spine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Mark Zuckerberg Has No Spine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...