Chris Dehghanpoor
@ckd.sh
OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
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New: We talked to the anonymous memecoin millionaires who bought access to Trump. "Ice," part of a Singaporean crypto collective, hopes the dinner will be Big Macs. "Ogle" says he'll only unmask when the gala doors close. “The most corrupt thing a president has ever done" wapo.st/4kgR4mg
Meet ‘Ice,’ ‘Ogle’ and other crypto millionaires who bought a night with Trump
Most of the crypto investors who bought Trump’s meme coin for a chance at dinner with the president remain anonymous. Some are publicly celebrating their invitation.
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May 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New: We talked to the anonymous memecoin millionaires who bought access to Trump. "Ice," part of a Singaporean crypto collective, hopes the dinner will be Big Macs. "Ogle" says he'll only unmask when the gala doors close. “The most corrupt thing a president has ever done" wapo.st/4kgR4mg
The comment section of old jazz performances on youtube may be the last wholesome place left on the internet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJf...
Freddie Hubbard sets the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band on fire with Moanin'
YouTube video by Jazz Video Guy
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May 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The comment section of old jazz performances on youtube may be the last wholesome place left on the internet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJf...
Gonna be that annoying AI bro stereotype for a minute, but fellow journalists: do yourself a favor and pay for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Gemini was really bad for a long time, but guess what, it's good now!
Why? Larger context window, chain-of-thought by default, and it doesn't always agree with you!
Gemini was really bad for a long time, but guess what, it's good now!
Why? Larger context window, chain-of-thought by default, and it doesn't always agree with you!
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Gonna be that annoying AI bro stereotype for a minute, but fellow journalists: do yourself a favor and pay for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Gemini was really bad for a long time, but guess what, it's good now!
Why? Larger context window, chain-of-thought by default, and it doesn't always agree with you!
Gemini was really bad for a long time, but guess what, it's good now!
Why? Larger context window, chain-of-thought by default, and it doesn't always agree with you!
Vibe coded* an app to help sift through changes in the JFK docs.
It loads two PDFs side-by-side, then uses OpenCV to visually compare every page - no OCR - to highlight differences like newly unredacted text.
*I hate that I said vibe coded as much as you do
It loads two PDFs side-by-side, then uses OpenCV to visually compare every page - no OCR - to highlight differences like newly unredacted text.
*I hate that I said vibe coded as much as you do
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Vibe coded* an app to help sift through changes in the JFK docs.
It loads two PDFs side-by-side, then uses OpenCV to visually compare every page - no OCR - to highlight differences like newly unredacted text.
*I hate that I said vibe coded as much as you do
It loads two PDFs side-by-side, then uses OpenCV to visually compare every page - no OCR - to highlight differences like newly unredacted text.
*I hate that I said vibe coded as much as you do
Here's what I know after 2 years at WaPo: despite shooting ourselves in the foot every 2.5 months by announcing weird changes to Post Opinions, the newsroom has remained laser focused on holding power to account. I haven't seen or heard anything that makes me think that's going to change. 1/2
February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here's what I know after 2 years at WaPo: despite shooting ourselves in the foot every 2.5 months by announcing weird changes to Post Opinions, the newsroom has remained laser focused on holding power to account. I haven't seen or heard anything that makes me think that's going to change. 1/2
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I obtained documents revealing DOGE’s private plans to soon eliminate at least hundreds of government workers and offices they somehow tag as related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Help us keep doing this kind of reporting: message me on Signal at (202) 580-5477.
wapo.st/4jVWqEd
Help us keep doing this kind of reporting: message me on Signal at (202) 580-5477.
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Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I obtained documents revealing DOGE’s private plans to soon eliminate at least hundreds of government workers and offices they somehow tag as related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Help us keep doing this kind of reporting: message me on Signal at (202) 580-5477.
wapo.st/4jVWqEd
Help us keep doing this kind of reporting: message me on Signal at (202) 580-5477.
wapo.st/4jVWqEd
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The Washington Post obtained documents laying out step-by-step how DOGE plans to dramatically expand its purge of "DEI-related" initiatives and employees across the federal government in the coming months. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social & @chrisd9r.bsky.social
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Washington Post obtained documents laying out step-by-step how DOGE plans to dramatically expand its purge of "DEI-related" initiatives and employees across the federal government in the coming months. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social & @chrisd9r.bsky.social
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My colleagues @hannahnatanson.bsky.social & @chrisd9r.bsky.social obtained documents showing how DOGE staffers developed plans to purge diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (and employees who implement them) from the federal government. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My colleagues @hannahnatanson.bsky.social & @chrisd9r.bsky.social obtained documents showing how DOGE staffers developed plans to purge diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (and employees who implement them) from the federal government. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
February 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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and @drewharwell.com wrote a much more comprehensive and reported piece!
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Does Elon Musk cheat at video games? An investigation.
The world’s richest man has paid to boost his online warriors into global leaderboards, raising questions about his prowess — and his need for digital praise.
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January 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
and @drewharwell.com wrote a much more comprehensive and reported piece!
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anyone who knows anything about our elections apparatus knows how absolutely and utterly impossible this would be from a logistics perspective. No voting machines created in the past several decades have online capability. You can't "hack" the election.
January 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone who knows anything about our elections apparatus knows how absolutely and utterly impossible this would be from a logistics perspective. No voting machines created in the past several decades have online capability. You can't "hack" the election.
Somehow just now noticing Maltego Community Edition updated their license last August to allow commercial use.
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January 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Somehow just now noticing Maltego Community Edition updated their license last August to allow commercial use.
docs.maltego.com/en/support/s...
docs.maltego.com/en/support/s...
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We don't know what Elon Musk meant with that hand gesture but we do know he's reinstated Hitler apologists on X, praised an extreme far-right German political party and endorsed the claim that Jews push "hatred against whites" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.
Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We don't know what Elon Musk meant with that hand gesture but we do know he's reinstated Hitler apologists on X, praised an extreme far-right German political party and endorsed the claim that Jews push "hatred against whites" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Going to watch the son of former secretary of labor Robert Reich do improv @samreich.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Going to watch the son of former secretary of labor Robert Reich do improv @samreich.bsky.social
This Substack is making the rounds purporting to be from an "X Whistleblower" that claims X knowingly planted fake news stories and used bots to influence discourse. Unfortunately they don't provide much evidence - and some of what they do share, is wrong. For starters-
January 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This Substack is making the rounds purporting to be from an "X Whistleblower" that claims X knowingly planted fake news stories and used bots to influence discourse. Unfortunately they don't provide much evidence - and some of what they do share, is wrong. For starters-
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Important deep dive into cops' "outrageously dystopian" use of facial recognition by @douglasmac.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com.
A wrongfully arrested father of four was jailed for *16 months* before his charges were dropped: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
A wrongfully arrested father of four was jailed for *16 months* before his charges were dropped: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Important deep dive into cops' "outrageously dystopian" use of facial recognition by @douglasmac.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com.
A wrongfully arrested father of four was jailed for *16 months* before his charges were dropped: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
A wrongfully arrested father of four was jailed for *16 months* before his charges were dropped: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster
The dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
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i think after this particular disaster the “misinformation is rampant” stories about X are going to start feeling a bit redundant. it’s just the baseline. like rain in the pacific northwest.
January 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
i think after this particular disaster the “misinformation is rampant” stories about X are going to start feeling a bit redundant. it’s just the baseline. like rain in the pacific northwest.
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I’m on site at the Sunset Fire in Runyon Canyon. Water drops are happening. Im not sure it’ll be enough to stop the spread of these fires into the neighborhood south of the canyon.
January 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I’m on site at the Sunset Fire in Runyon Canyon. Water drops are happening. Im not sure it’ll be enough to stop the spread of these fires into the neighborhood south of the canyon.
This Hollywood hills fire is a nightmare. Evacuation area covers an incredibly dense area. Thousands (tens of thousands) of residences (a lot of the buildings on hollywood are apartment buildings built in around the 1950s).
Also includes the Hollywood Bowl, and Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
Also includes the Hollywood Bowl, and Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
January 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This Hollywood hills fire is a nightmare. Evacuation area covers an incredibly dense area. Thousands (tens of thousands) of residences (a lot of the buildings on hollywood are apartment buildings built in around the 1950s).
Also includes the Hollywood Bowl, and Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
Also includes the Hollywood Bowl, and Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
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Here's our full story on the Meta news today, which goes far beyond an end to fact-checking and heralds a wider pullback from content moderation as Zuckerberg repositions the company for the Trump era. Gift link: wapo.st/4h223hP
Meta ends fact-checking, drawing praise from Trump
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election a “cultural tipping point” on free speech.
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January 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Here's our full story on the Meta news today, which goes far beyond an end to fact-checking and heralds a wider pullback from content moderation as Zuckerberg repositions the company for the Trump era. Gift link: wapo.st/4h223hP
I feel this one in my bones. I have no idea why I struggle with texting in 2025 - I was *constantly* on AIM (lol & RIP) in my teens and 20’s, and modern texting is basically the same…so why am I so bad at it?
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The Agony of Texting With Men — The Atlantic
Many guys are bad at messaging their friends back—and it might be making them more lonely. January 06, 2025 My friend’s boyfriend, Joe Mullen, is a warm and sweet guy, a considerate person who loves d...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I feel this one in my bones. I have no idea why I struggle with texting in 2025 - I was *constantly* on AIM (lol & RIP) in my teens and 20’s, and modern texting is basically the same…so why am I so bad at it?
apple.news/ABsJRkG9XSFC...
apple.news/ABsJRkG9XSFC...
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More than 3,100 students died at Indian boarding schools between 1828 and 1970. @washingtonpost.com found 3x times as many deaths and nearly 2x as many graves sites as the Interior Department after scouring hundreds of thousands of documents and speaking to dozens of sources.
More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.
wapo.st
December 22, 2024 at 7:28 PM
More than 3,100 students died at Indian boarding schools between 1828 and 1970. @washingtonpost.com found 3x times as many deaths and nearly 2x as many graves sites as the Interior Department after scouring hundreds of thousands of documents and speaking to dozens of sources.
When Greg Kinnear says computers are the "end of western civilization as we know it" in the beginning of You've Got Mail....
...he may have been right.
...he may have been right.
December 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
When Greg Kinnear says computers are the "end of western civilization as we know it" in the beginning of You've Got Mail....
...he may have been right.
...he may have been right.