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@BenDoBrown
Aug 16, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Sudan is knee deep after heavy rain caused flash floods. This footage is from yesterday in Al-Fashir (الفاشر), Sudan's west. This is one of the larger towns, some smaller communities throughout #Sudan are struggling. This footage was filmed from here: goo.gl/maps/bhLzE2fXE…
Intense flooding in #Sudan's far east town of Kassala (كسلا) this week. Footage from Tuesday shows floodwater rushing down from Totel Mountain (جبل توتيل) into #Kassala. This video was filmed from this corner: goo.gl/maps/6m5nuqHCN…
En Nukheila, #Sudan underwater. Drone footage from yesterday of Wad Ramli (ودرملى) area. Town built along Nile, 60km north of Khartoum. Sudan floods shutting off many areas since July & affecting nearly 200,000 people. Footage geolocated using this road: goo.gl/maps/R4q6Ek6Gx…
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from July 27 - Aug 26 shows extreme overflow of Nile River into #Sudan's Wad Ramli (ودرملى) area (drone footage in tweet above). Imagery viewed with @sentinel_hub. NOTE: village at El-Nekhila (النخيلة) almost submerged (goo.gl/maps/Pvxh3rArU…)
@sentinel_hub FLOOD in #Sudan's Wad Ramli (ودرملى) is shocking. Many homes destroyed. This footage (6min cut), uploaded today, shows main part of town. Video starts at جامع سرور, one of the large mosques, located here: goo.gl/maps/6gt9VGLLp…. NOTE: satellite view of impact in tweet above.

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Jun 10
This YouTube channel has very few subs & views, but it shows some interesting things:
1. It promotes #AlabugaStart, Russia's deceptive programme to recruit people into drone factories
2. and 63 of its videos were marked as "this content is made for kids".

Here's how I know 👇 Image
First, what is Alabuga Start? It markets itself as an international "work-study" programme for young women. But actually, recruits end up working on an assembly line, making drones for Russia to use against Ukraine.

Here's a really good explainer by @OkayAfrica
The Alabuga Special Economic Zone and procurement networks have been widely sanctioned, including by US, EU & UK.
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Mar 9
I geolocated Taliban special forces drills in an empty desert using sand dunes.

The investigation went from airbase to drop-off point to strike location.

Here's how I did it 👇🧵 Image
The entire video was almost 8 minutes. Mostly desert, sand dunes and propaganda stuff.

But rather than just looking at the dunes, the starting place was an airbase.

I geolocated this scene to Kandahar airbase. Image
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From there, the helicopters flew into Registan Desert.

Those features were easy to spot after I knew it was coming from Kandahar, and helped me narrow things down. Image
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Jan 28
Satellite imagery helps you understand what’s happening on the ground, from above.

There are loads of free tools out there. Here are 6 I actually use (and what each is best for).

Thread 👇🛰️
1. Google Earth Pro = historical context.

Best for: “What did this place look like before?” and annotating the imagery (i.e using pins).

Use the historical imagery slider to spot change over time (damage, new builds, movement, land use). Image
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2. Copernicus Browser = more than an image.

Best for: fires/burn scars, floods, drought, vegetation stress, smoke/haze context. Switch presets like SWIR, false colour, NDVI to reveal patterns you won’t see in normal colour imagery. Image
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Dec 18, 2024
I have received a number of messages asking about the location of this IL-76 (RA-76502) from Russian Aviacon Zitotrans (usually responsible for arms cargo).

It is not landing in Sudan (alleged in the comments), but is landing in Faya-Largeau in northern Chad. More in thread 👇 Image
I identified an original and more clear version on TikTok (not hard if you want to find it). In it, we can see the registration number of the plane much more clearly, as well as the dune and cliffs in the background.
The registration, RA-76502 that had been owned by JSC Aviacon Zitotrans, named by US as "a Russian cargo airline that has handled cargo shipments for sanctioned Russian Federation defense entities". Image
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Dec 1, 2024
This festive season I’m sharing a video every day for the next 24 days showing useful OSINT tools & techniques. Creating this OSINT Advent Series has been a lot of fun and I hope it’s helpful for the ever-growing OSINT community! 🎄👇
1. Searching Facebook with WhoPostedWhat.
2. Using AI to identify a car model in an image with Carnet.
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Oct 10, 2024
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. As digital investigators we're often not experiencing what we see online, in real life, but it can still affect many.

So to keep doing the important documentation and investigative work online, here's a few practical steps you can take.👇
1. When sharing graphic content with colleagues and friends, remove those previews and give a little graphic warning indicator. There's always a little 'X' in the corner to remove preview. Image
2. Consider changing the settings on your social media platforms so you're not absorbing horrific content while doomscrolling. You don't have to filter it out, but at least stop the autoplay. Image
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