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Conflict Analytics Director @ Yale Humanitarian Research Lab
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Honored to join the outstanding team @iphr.bsky.social today to confront Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s future: its children 🇺🇦

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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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IPHR, Harvard IHRC, New Lines Institute, @giwps.bsky.social, @slpjustice.bsky.social & Eurasia Center host intl conference "Intent to Destroy".

⏰ 19 Nov 09:00–17:00 EST / 15:00–23:00 CET

Event Info: iphronline.org/articles/int...
Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/9XZoefP...
Intent to Destroy: Confronting Russia’s Campaign to Erase Ukraine and Its People - IPHR
A one-day conference identifying strategies to halt Russia’s campaign to erase Ukraine and its people.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Updated with comment from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social www.404media.co/apple-banned...
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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hrl-yalesph.bsky.social
🚨NEW REPORT🚨

RSF’s systematic arson attacks in Daraja Oula between 4-8 October mark the next phase of mass atrocities in El Fasher.

RSF completed the berm around the city while targeting a community kitchen & market
🛰️@Planet @vantortech
#KeepEyesOnSudan

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Daraja Oula Neighborhood, El-Fasher Conflict-related Damage observed Between 04-08 October 2025 Copyright Satellite Imagery: 04 October 2025 © 2025 Maxar Technologies; 08 October 2025 © 2025 Planet PBC Analysis Conducted by Yale HRL Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 04 and 08 October 2025 over El-Fasher shows thermal scarring due to likely intentional razing affecting several structures in the Daraj Oula neighborhood. Smoke plumes were detected from this location in low resolution Sentinel-2 imagery at on 07 October 2025 at 08:37 UTC. Community Kitchen, Daraja Oula, El-Fasher Conflict-Related Damage observed Between 27-30 September 2025 and 30 September – 4 October Copyright Satellite Imagery: 27, 30 September 2025 © 2025 Planet Labs PBC, 04 October 2025 © 2025 Maxar Technologies Analysis Conducted by Yale HRL Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 27 September and 30 September and again between 30 September and 04 October shows damage to a location identified as a community kitchen due to a likely munition impact in the Daraja Oula neighborhood of El-Fasher. El-Fasher | 04 October 2025 Berm construction surrounding the city Copyright Satellite Imagery: 26 September, 04 October 2025 © 2025 Maxar Technologies Map Baselayer: Map Base Layer Data: © 2025 OpenStreetMap Contributors Analysis Conducted by Yale HRL Analysis of satellite imagery collected on 04 October 2025 shows the ongoing construction of a berm surrounding the city of El-Fasher has extended by approximately 5 km on the southwestern side of the city since 26 September 2025 and now measures 57 km in length. The southwestern berm segment extends to the Golo reservoir where it connects to the western berm segment originally constructed between 14-24 July 2025. As of 04 October 2025, the berm now appears to encircle the entirety of EL-Fasher. Melit Gate, El-Fasher Checkpoint Berm reinforcement observed Between 26 September and 08 October 2025 Copyright Satellite Imagery: 26 September 2025 © 2025 Maxar Technologies, 08 October 2025 © 2025 Planet Labs PBC Analysis Conducted by Yale HRL Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 26 September and 08 October 2025 over the northern access point of El Fasher shows that a checkpoint created in a berm gap at the Melit Gate has been reinforced with semi-circular berm extensions. This new construction is a likely control measure for traffic on both the north and south sides of the Melit Gate at the northern access point of El-Fasher.
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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i am far from an alarmist but i have been operating under this assumption since he won. it’s why i thought that he should have been asked, at some point, whether he intended to leave office on january 20, 2029.
rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · Aug 22
You can think what you want, but from where I sit there is no indication Trump intends on giving up power in 2028, and we should just assume he’s not.
August 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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hrl-yalesph.bsky.social
It can’t be said plainer than this —>
irwinredlener.bsky.social Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Aug 21
"Ukraine can rebuild its cities, its infrastructure, and its economy. What it cannot do is reclaim the lives lost or undo the profound scars left on its youngest generation.” President Putin must return Ukraine’s children. My latest in @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/president-pu...
President Putin Must Return Ukraine's Children | Opinion
Ukraine can rebuild its cities, its infrastructure, and its economy. What it cannot do is reclaim the lives lost or undo the profound scars left on its youngest generation.
www.newsweek.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🚨Report🚨

@HRL_YaleSPH confirms bombardment attacks on Naivasha Market in Abu Shouk IDP Camp in satellite imagery. 40+ people including children, a pregnant woman, + an ERR volunteer were reportedly killed by RSF bombardment between 11-17 August.
📸@Maxar
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Naivasha Market, Abu Shouk IDP Camp, El-Fasher Copyright: Satellite Imagery 18 August 2025 © 2025 Maxar Technologies Image enhanced with MGP Pro HD image enhancement. Analysis Conducted by Yale HRL. Conflict-Related Damage Observed between 11-18 August 2025 Analysis of satellite imagery collected between 11 and 18 August 2025 over El-Fasher shows damage from likely munition impacts to buildings in the Naivasha Market located within the Abu Shouk IDP Camp.
August 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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taylorlorenz.bsky.social
We must refuse to allow the U.S. government and the media to normalize mass censorship in response to a manufactured moral panic about technology and social media.
The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
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August 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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wesleymorgan.bsky.social Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · Jul 26
Aguilar is a retired Green Beret lieutenant colonel and West Point graduate who started his career as an infantry platoon leader in Mosul with the 172nd Stryker Brigade in 2005-6, joined SF in 2008, was in 3rd SF Group as of 2015, and in 2017 competed for Best Ranger as a USASOC major.
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral.

This tragedy must end now.

Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President: ms.spr.ly/63327sGyPt
"There is no excuse for what’s happening in Gaza. This tragedy must end now, immediately and decisively. Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch, will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war.”
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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There is no justification for total siege and starvation.

reliefweb.int/report/occupie…
Just outside Gaza, in warehouses – and even within Gaza itself – tons of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items and fuel sit untouched with humanitarian organisations blocked from accessing or delivering them. The Government of Israel’s restrictions, delays, and fragmentation under its total siege have created chaos, starvation, and death. An aid worker providing psychosocial support spoke of the devastating impact on children: “Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food.”
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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propublica.org
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.

He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”

Thread 👇
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Our staff is on the ground supporting families. Many workers-including US citizens, were held by federal authorities at the farm for 8 hours or more. US citizen workers report only being released after they were forced to delete photos and videos of the raid from their phones. 4/
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Some great concurrent reporting from @404media.co

www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...
April 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Already weakened by famine, the most vulnerable are reportedly falling and dying as they attempt to flee.

They have been encircled by RSF and its aligned forces from multiple directions, and what they had systematically left set on fire 🔥

files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/60...
April 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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hrl-yalesph.bsky.social
‼️🆘 Attacks on medics, humanitarian staff, and their facilities have all been confirmed. @SAPA_ORG losses have been profound

Report —> files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/60...
April 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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hrl-yalesph.bsky.social
EMERGENCY 🆘 HRL confirms the already vulnerable population living in famine conditions was encircled by RSF from multiple directions when the 11 April ground assault began.

RSF is positioned to launch imminent full-scale attack on El-Fasher

files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/60...
April 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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🆘🚨Sudan 🇸🇩| Darfur - Zamzam, the largest IDP camp (population est 500,000 - 1.2mil) is being systematically destroyed 🔥 and inhabitants displaced by RSF over 48 hrs

NEW REPORT —> t.co/RVP3M84Xaq
https://files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/60374754-f739-4ccc-9979-1823bcc537f6
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April 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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hrl-yalesph.bsky.social
‼️‼️🇸🇩 Sudan: Zamzam IDP Camp is overwhelmed by RSF + aligned forces. Majority has fled. The camp is being razed 🔥to the ground.

Population count was last estimated btwn 500,000-1.2 million.
Fire detections (analysis of VIIRS) shows active fire events across central and south Zamzam internally displaced persons camp (IDP) with estimated population of 500,000-1.2 million people. Fire detections (analysis of VIIRS) shows active fire events across central and south Zamzam internally displaced persons camp (IDP) with estimated population of 500,000-1.2 million people.
April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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bechamilton.bsky.social
This is wrongheaded cruelty. The vast majority of South Sudanese in this country (or, frankly inside South Sudan, right now) have no say in what their government does. They are here working, studying, building skills essential for their nascent country.
Secretary Marco Rubio announcement: I am taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and to restrict any further issuance to prevent entry into the United States, effective immediately, due to the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated
April 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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bechamilton.bsky.social
South Sudanese are part of congregations across the United States. I hope the voices of those congregations will be heard loud and clear at The White House.
bechamilton.bsky.social Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · Apr 5
In addition it suggests this Administration has a v short memory of U.S history in South Sudan & zero comprehension of the situation in the ground (not unrelated to the shuttering of USAID).
bechamilton.bsky.social Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · Apr 5
This is wrongheaded cruelty. The vast majority of South Sudanese in this country (or, frankly inside South Sudan, right now) have no say in what their government does. They are here working, studying, building skills essential for their nascent country.
April 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
I’m sure Le Pen is super-happy that Russia is publicly so furious she’s been banned from running for the French Presidency that they’re prepared to send in Cossacks.

Almost as if they had a stake in her winning.
Dmitry Medvedev & @MedvedevRussiaE Follow After today's court ruling, it seems that only Russian Cossacks can restore freedom to France, like they did on March 31, 1814. Whether it won't be too late for Marine Le Pen is another question...
March 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM