Aric Toler
@aric.bsky.social
Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Was extremely confused, thinking Trump was making an Eyes Wide Shut reference
(I clearly know nothing about musicals)
(I clearly know nothing about musicals)
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Was extremely confused, thinking Trump was making an Eyes Wide Shut reference
(I clearly know nothing about musicals)
(I clearly know nothing about musicals)
For some reason I've joined like 20 subreddits for retail store employees and r/DollarGeneralWorkers is definitely the best
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
For some reason I've joined like 20 subreddits for retail store employees and r/DollarGeneralWorkers is definitely the best
We're still gathering applications for this job, if you haven't seen it and are interested.
Our VI team does a very wide range of work -- it's not all just conflict reporting (though we do plenty of that). A handful of recent stories for an idea of our range of coverage:
Our VI team does a very wide range of work -- it's not all just conflict reporting (though we do plenty of that). A handful of recent stories for an idea of our range of coverage:
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We're still gathering applications for this job, if you haven't seen it and are interested.
Our VI team does a very wide range of work -- it's not all just conflict reporting (though we do plenty of that). A handful of recent stories for an idea of our range of coverage:
Our VI team does a very wide range of work -- it's not all just conflict reporting (though we do plenty of that). A handful of recent stories for an idea of our range of coverage:
The Utah shooter joked on Discord with his friends that his doppelganger killed Charlie Kirk when they asked him about it
From Nick Bogel-Burroughs, and contribution from me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From Nick Bogel-Burroughs, and contribution from me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Utah shooter joked on Discord with his friends that his doppelganger killed Charlie Kirk when they asked him about it
From Nick Bogel-Burroughs, and contribution from me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
From Nick Bogel-Burroughs, and contribution from me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
On the manhunt
@robinsteinnyt.bsky.social
has been monitoring police scanner chatter, and it's - as usual with these events - insane. It included chatter about police searching for a man with a prosthetic arm in a hospital
(This was also a plot thread in Twin Peaks)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
@robinsteinnyt.bsky.social
has been monitoring police scanner chatter, and it's - as usual with these events - insane. It included chatter about police searching for a man with a prosthetic arm in a hospital
(This was also a plot thread in Twin Peaks)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
On the manhunt
@robinsteinnyt.bsky.social
has been monitoring police scanner chatter, and it's - as usual with these events - insane. It included chatter about police searching for a man with a prosthetic arm in a hospital
(This was also a plot thread in Twin Peaks)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
@robinsteinnyt.bsky.social
has been monitoring police scanner chatter, and it's - as usual with these events - insane. It included chatter about police searching for a man with a prosthetic arm in a hospital
(This was also a plot thread in Twin Peaks)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
New contribution to this piece from
@malachy.bsky.social
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
@malachy.bsky.social
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
September 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
New contribution to this piece from
@malachy.bsky.social
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
@malachy.bsky.social
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
New contribution to this piece from
@malachybrowne
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
@malachybrowne
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
September 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New contribution to this piece from
@malachybrowne
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
@malachybrowne
and myself: the Epstein novelty check photo was indeed taken at Mar-a-Lago.
nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
The palm trees in the background are near a small hut by a tennis court (taken down in ~2005-6).
Compare with a 1997 photo here:
Here's what it looks like in Pinpoint with OCR-ed text. You have to read a *lot* of the diary to pick up how vowels in particular are transliterated.
For example, highlighted word below is "continuing"
I've seen a major outlet mis-"translate" a key word or two in their coverage.
For example, highlighted word below is "continuing"
I've seen a major outlet mis-"translate" a key word or two in their coverage.
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here's what it looks like in Pinpoint with OCR-ed text. You have to read a *lot* of the diary to pick up how vowels in particular are transliterated.
For example, highlighted word below is "continuing"
I've seen a major outlet mis-"translate" a key word or two in their coverage.
For example, highlighted word below is "continuing"
I've seen a major outlet mis-"translate" a key word or two in their coverage.
In one of the videos on the suspected Minnesota school shooter's YouTube account, he wrote "I'm a bassoon" in Russian
(If you know Russian, you know what he was actually trying to say)
(If you know Russian, you know what he was actually trying to say)
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In one of the videos on the suspected Minnesota school shooter's YouTube account, he wrote "I'm a bassoon" in Russian
(If you know Russian, you know what he was actually trying to say)
(If you know Russian, you know what he was actually trying to say)
Pretty straightforward to see the sequence of events here. Reuters was livestreaming from this staircase on August 25th, as they had each day on August 18-22. The camera operator was killed in one of the two strikes (most of those killed were in the second one, at the same spot)
August 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pretty straightforward to see the sequence of events here. Reuters was livestreaming from this staircase on August 25th, as they had each day on August 18-22. The camera operator was killed in one of the two strikes (most of those killed were in the second one, at the same spot)
Happy 21st birthday to my Gmail account, it can now buy a beer (and legally sports gamble)
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy 21st birthday to my Gmail account, it can now buy a beer (and legally sports gamble)
The satellite image of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks and the videos filmed from the ground made it on A1 of today's paper
July 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The satellite image of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks and the videos filmed from the ground made it on A1 of today's paper
Shout-out to @godin.bsky.social for matching videos from a Palestinian reporting from the exact same location as the satellite image.
bsky.app/profile/godi...
bsky.app/profile/godi...
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Shout-out to @godin.bsky.social for matching videos from a Palestinian reporting from the exact same location as the satellite image.
bsky.app/profile/godi...
bsky.app/profile/godi...
Alasdair found a new photograph of the venue in the Illustrated London News (21 November 1925)
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Alasdair found a new photograph of the venue in the Illustrated London News (21 November 1925)
Amazing shot/chaser from the police department near my hometown in rural Kansas
July 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Amazing shot/chaser from the police department near my hometown in rural Kansas
If you want to see his old tweets before his original account was suspended, go here. (He was a Don Hughes reply guy) The weird URL structure breaks when hyperlinking and I can't get it to work without looking wonky.
May 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you want to see his old tweets before his original account was suspended, go here. (He was a Don Hughes reply guy) The weird URL structure breaks when hyperlinking and I can't get it to work without looking wonky.
Bonus lore:
This is the same video that Grok got obsessed with last week, when it kept yelling about white genocide in South Africa.
x.com/RadishHarmer...
This is the same video that Grok got obsessed with last week, when it kept yelling about white genocide in South Africa.
x.com/RadishHarmer...
May 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bonus lore:
This is the same video that Grok got obsessed with last week, when it kept yelling about white genocide in South Africa.
x.com/RadishHarmer...
This is the same video that Grok got obsessed with last week, when it kept yelling about white genocide in South Africa.
x.com/RadishHarmer...
Start with an entry level orange pop and work your way up to an exotic root beer
May 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Start with an entry level orange pop and work your way up to an exotic root beer
May 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This area in northwestern Rafah has been rapidly developing over the last few weeks, near a still-under-construction hospital that the IDF has been using as a base of operations. It looks similar to the JLOTS area near the doomed American pier.
www.google.com/maps/@31.321...
www.google.com/maps/@31.321...
May 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This area in northwestern Rafah has been rapidly developing over the last few weeks, near a still-under-construction hospital that the IDF has been using as a base of operations. It looks similar to the JLOTS area near the doomed American pier.
www.google.com/maps/@31.321...
www.google.com/maps/@31.321...
This new Times piece on the last month of American bombing of Yemen has some insane details.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
May 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This new Times piece on the last month of American bombing of Yemen has some insane details.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...