Alex Murray
@leguape.bsky.social
Equal opportunities verificator of stuff (just don't call it OSINT near me) since 2010. Would rather be riding a bike. Low key Puglian tourism & alcohol free drinks influencer.
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Two of the top bosses of the BBC resigned this week, after allegations in a dossier claimed Panorama had altered a Trump quote.
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I have met Fenton. A sweet, simple soul who meant no harm
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I have met Fenton. A sweet, simple soul who meant no harm
Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Confident in the work we have done to reach this conclusion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Amazing story about Jan 6 rioter turned Blaze reporter who appears to have falsely accused a police officer of planting a “false flag” pipe bomb outside the RNC.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Amazing story about Jan 6 rioter turned Blaze reporter who appears to have falsely accused a police officer of planting a “false flag” pipe bomb outside the RNC.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
Last of the last 16, Mercury v Mercury.
Self loathing v self love.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, never heard of it
V
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY, joyous romp
Vote in reply with your favourite, I want to hear some fighting talk.
Result at 10pm.
#QueenWorldCup
Last of the last 16, Mercury v Mercury.
Self loathing v self love.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, never heard of it
V
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY, joyous romp
Vote in reply with your favourite, I want to hear some fighting talk.
Result at 10pm.
a man in a suit and tie says good old fashioned in a snl ad
Alt: a man in a suit and tie says good old fashioned in a Saturday Night Live ad
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
Last of the last 16, Mercury v Mercury.
Self loathing v self love.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, never heard of it
V
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY, joyous romp
Vote in reply with your favourite, I want to hear some fighting talk.
Result at 10pm.
#QueenWorldCup
Last of the last 16, Mercury v Mercury.
Self loathing v self love.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, never heard of it
V
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY, joyous romp
Vote in reply with your favourite, I want to hear some fighting talk.
Result at 10pm.
Join us! (DM me if you want any advice on applying) careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Journali...
Journalist - OSINT
Journalist - OSINT
careers.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us! (DM me if you want any advice on applying) careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Journali...
El Fashir is a horror that cannot be ignored. Lots of expertise went into reporting this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre in el-fasher
BBC Verify tracks how the RSF killed unarmed people in a massacre that humanitarian officials believe left 2,000 dead.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
El Fashir is a horror that cannot be ignored. Lots of expertise went into reporting this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
This is a fantastic read. Also brilliant mobile 1st storytelling - modular, scrolling driven by visual elements, no chapter more than 2 thumbscrolls long
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is a fantastic read. Also brilliant mobile 1st storytelling - modular, scrolling driven by visual elements, no chapter more than 2 thumbscrolls long
Piracy used to be a British industry. The decline of a skilled and motivated workforce since the 17th Century has resulted in opportunities for those from developing nations like Somalia... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Verifying image of fireball at Russian power plant 450 miles from Ukraine
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Piracy used to be a British industry. The decline of a skilled and motivated workforce since the 17th Century has resulted in opportunities for those from developing nations like Somalia... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Excellent work by @cycologies.com on where wheels come off "charge spectators" suggestion for bike races. I'm not going to repeat how much 2 tribune seats cost me in 2012 for TDF in Paris (four figures from painful memory)
Ok, so some think Pineau is making a 'radical' suggestion, to close roads + charge spectators.
But just how radical is that?
And - more importantly - how much revenue would make its way back to the teams and the riders?
Let's do a back-of-the-envelope thread and see...
But just how radical is that?
And - more importantly - how much revenue would make its way back to the teams and the riders?
Let's do a back-of-the-envelope thread and see...
🇫🇷 Jérôme Pineau 🗣️
🗣️ “Spectators come to watch the race to see your riders, but your riders have zero on the revenue sheet. That’s what’s not right."
📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/lets...
📸 ASO / Charly Lopez
🗣️ “Spectators come to watch the race to see your riders, but your riders have zero on the revenue sheet. That’s what’s not right."
📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/lets...
📸 ASO / Charly Lopez
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Excellent work by @cycologies.com on where wheels come off "charge spectators" suggestion for bike races. I'm not going to repeat how much 2 tribune seats cost me in 2012 for TDF in Paris (four figures from painful memory)
Also works with Ganja Man...
this is how we remember the ’90s 🙂
John Lewis ad original version
YouTube video by PoingPoing
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Also works with Ganja Man...
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The dubplate version of the John Lewis ad, strictly for the headstrong
this is how we remember the ’90s 🙂
John Lewis ad original version
YouTube video by PoingPoing
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The dubplate version of the John Lewis ad, strictly for the headstrong
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This morning's (2025-11-03) hi-res images show that the oil terminal at Tuapse, Russia is working on containing the oil spill caused by yesterday's "drone sanctions" by Ukraine. One of these three tankers is a known naughty but not on any G7 government blacklists. Only on ours.
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This morning's (2025-11-03) hi-res images show that the oil terminal at Tuapse, Russia is working on containing the oil spill caused by yesterday's "drone sanctions" by Ukraine. One of these three tankers is a known naughty but not on any G7 government blacklists. Only on ours.
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This would be crushing if I was a small ad supported outlet that needed clicks to pay the bills! But my model is convincing people to pay to read the original scoop a week earlier. Every bit of diluted follow-up in a bigger outlet is just free advertising.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This would be crushing if I was a small ad supported outlet that needed clicks to pay the bills! But my model is convincing people to pay to read the original scoop a week earlier. Every bit of diluted follow-up in a bigger outlet is just free advertising.
Fantastic journalism. In new cycle of things, all major news outlets will repurpose @londoncentric.media work in next week or two. @jim.londoncentric.media & team doing work bigger orgs don't/won't commission/fund anymore but are happy to copy if someone else does
The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds
The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.
www.londoncentric.media
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fantastic journalism. In new cycle of things, all major news outlets will repurpose @londoncentric.media work in next week or two. @jim.londoncentric.media & team doing work bigger orgs don't/won't commission/fund anymore but are happy to copy if someone else does
Love this man. It takes a lot to stick your hand up & admit you are not coping as a journalist. We fortunately have brilliant support within BBC News. Well done also for noting challenge for our colleagues who don't get to leave war ones. www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...
James Waterhouse: I got post-traumatic stress from reporting in Ukraine
When the Russian invasion began, the former professional rugby player was a rookie BBC correspondent in Kyiv. His only coping mechanism was to think no more than an hour ahead
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Love this man. It takes a lot to stick your hand up & admit you are not coping as a journalist. We fortunately have brilliant support within BBC News. Well done also for noting challenge for our colleagues who don't get to leave war ones. www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...
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Good catch by @maikmarahrens.bsky.social
#Furia banned/sanctioned #NUC #NotUnderCommand #BalticSea
Flag #SL #SierraLeone
#Furia banned/sanctioned #NUC #NotUnderCommand #BalticSea
Flag #SL #SierraLeone
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Good catch by @maikmarahrens.bsky.social
#Furia banned/sanctioned #NUC #NotUnderCommand #BalticSea
Flag #SL #SierraLeone
#Furia banned/sanctioned #NUC #NotUnderCommand #BalticSea
Flag #SL #SierraLeone
UK govt choosing to describe 50K British citizens living in Jamaica as "dual nationals". Looking through DWP stats, seems at least 5k of those are pensioners
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UK govt choosing to describe 50K British citizens living in Jamaica as "dual nationals". Looking through DWP stats, seems at least 5k of those are pensioners
We've been keeping eye on UN aid data for Gaza. Interceptions (often misdescribed simply as "looting") of aid deliveries has dropped from 80% to 6% since start of ceasefire. Remarkable change www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Verified video shows dam breach in Russia after Ukraine strike
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We've been keeping eye on UN aid data for Gaza. Interceptions (often misdescribed simply as "looting") of aid deliveries has dropped from 80% to 6% since start of ceasefire. Remarkable change www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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GRAPHIC CONTENT
#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged #Sudan city taken by militia group #RSF
#EyesOnSudan
#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged #Sudan city taken by militia group #RSF
#EyesOnSudan
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group - live updates
The UN has raised the alarm over reports of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
GRAPHIC CONTENT
#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged #Sudan city taken by militia group #RSF
#EyesOnSudan
#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged #Sudan city taken by militia group #RSF
#EyesOnSudan
Wild numbers in this @financialtimes.com piece on impact of age verification in UK. Pornhub traffic from UK down THREE QUARTERS, not all accounted for elsewhere via VPN www.ft.com/content/bf11...
UK traffic to porn sites falls by a third after new age verification rules
British government applied tougher checks on adult sites in July to stop children accessing content
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wild numbers in this @financialtimes.com piece on impact of age verification in UK. Pornhub traffic from UK down THREE QUARTERS, not all accounted for elsewhere via VPN www.ft.com/content/bf11...
Whooooaaaaa!
BREAKING - Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are to leave Strictly at the end of the current series.
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Whooooaaaaa!
Far too many in cycling seem to overlook Cooke's incredible contribution and achievements in the Sport. Reminder: she was 1st rider to win both Olympic & World Road Race title in same year
A story about Mt Ventoux possibly appearing in the Tour de France Femmes.
And not a single mention of Nicole Cooke riding it in yellow?
Like, come on @cyclingnews.com, what the actual fuck?
For those who have forgotten Cooke's story:
And not a single mention of Nicole Cooke riding it in yellow?
Like, come on @cyclingnews.com, what the actual fuck?
For those who have forgotten Cooke's story:
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Far too many in cycling seem to overlook Cooke's incredible contribution and achievements in the Sport. Reminder: she was 1st rider to win both Olympic & World Road Race title in same year