Thread by @dbsalisbury

This year I'm leading a seminar on the "Armchair Investigation" #OSINT class at @KCL_CSSS @warstudies - I've asked students to bring interesting #OSINT stories to class. Here's a running collection: 1/

2/ Using EXIF data to speculate about Trump's state of health

https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1312616578773446656

3/ @bellingcat @SkyNews and @guardian investigation reveals British riot gear used in US police brutality despite government assurances

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1312985895407161348?s=20

4/ @SheffieldBlast used social media videos to estimate the yield of the Beirut explosion

https://twitter.com/CivilSheffield/status/1314568376249913345?s=20

5/ Azerbaijani music video provides more insights into their military kit (not the first time....)

https://twitter.com/simulacrax/status/1311772844364361728?s=20

6/ Joint media - @bellingcat investigation reveals British manufactured sniper rifles are being used by the Russian military -

https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/1314816782335643649?s=20

7/ Undoubtedly the biggest #OSINT story for the next 24hrs - North Korean military parade #juchefest2020 is being streamed now by North Korean state media - with commentary via @nknewsorg

https://twitter.com/nknewsorg/status/1314868938875056132?s=20

8/ Some great examples in response to this tweet by @shashj from earlier in the year -

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1224627534932971520?s=20

9/ Crowdsourcing the geolocation of a picture of poet W. H. Auden

https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1314385766949281802

10/ As predicted North Korea's parade -- the video and photographs -- have yielded some interesting insights into the country's missile and military programmes. How big exactly is the new huge ICBM?

https://twitter.com/DavidLaBoon/status/1314974456922558464?s=20

11. Anyone looking for a #OSINT geolocation challenge?

https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1316791166193598466?s=20

12. Russian trade data reveals that North Korea spent almost $1 mil on a "mystery item" weighing 4.8 tons, and two very powerful gas turbine engines. Via @nknewsorg nknews.org/pro/north-kore…

13. Photographs of the wreckage seem to verify Scud missile used against civilian area in Azerbaijan yesterday

https://twitter.com/HikmetHajiyev/status/1317238112070868992

14. A @bellingcat investigation into US religious conservative groups working to undermine #LGBT rights in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/bellingcat/status/1317416785914769408

15. Azerbaijani government footage gives insights into equipment captured from Armenia in the ongoing conflict.

https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ/status/1317748226871693312

16. Did open sources provide the CIA with intelligence suggesting that Russian operatives were at work in close proximity to their officers “hit” by mysterious microwave weapons? According to. @GQMagazine

https://twitter.com/dbsalisbury/status/1318516363368013824

17. Is Russia resuming testing of a nuclear-powers cruise missile? Open source imagery suggests so. From @ArmsControlWonk and @DuitsyWasHere

https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1318578539185143809?s=20

18. Giuliani is caught with his hands down his pants -- @AricToler found the hotel. 😬

https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1319038023238078465?s=20

19. Open source satellite imagery providing insights into coronavirus deaths in Aden, Yemen. Further uses for #OSINT to respond to humanitarian crises from @LSHTM ? lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new… h/t @deebshal for pointing this one out.

20. From last week - OSINT insights into Russia's poisons programme from @bellingcat bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…