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May 25 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
🛰️ New @bellingcat interactive map shows changes in buildings after #Kyrgyzstan-#Tajikistan border clash in 2022. Apparent damage to civilian infrastructure & property increases concern over impact on civilians. Explore the map: bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…
How we did it: Using Google Earth Pro, NASA FIRMS, Planet Labs satellite imagery & media footage, we assessed affected areas, highlighting changes in buildings, possibly due to clashes. Image
Our findings: Changes observed in 379 buildings in 11 villages & 1 city in Kyrgyzstan, and 19 buildings in 4 villages in Tajikistan. The map offers a starting point for researchers to identify areas impacted by the clash. Image
Despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries to demarcate their border, there is still uncertainty over future security for people in the region. Our map aims to help researchers & NGOs better understand the impact of such clashes. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…

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May 22
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"The Legion and the RDK completely liberated the settlement of Kozinka, Belgorod Region. Advance detachments entered Grayvoron.

We move on.

Russia will be free!

For Russia! For freedom!"
t.me/legionoffreedo… ImageImage
Another update:
"🔥 Mount-Podil passed!

The Legion with the RDK began to storm the n / a Grayvoron, Belgorod region.

Russia will be free!" Image
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May 20
I'm running a little experiment with ChatGPT at the moment, using it to design Commander decks for Magic The Gathering designed around defeating specific commander decks. For some reason ChatGPT seems to have a good understanding of the rules of MTG, and details of all the cards.
I've already designed one deck around defeating the Final Flight Commander deck and it's absolutely wiping the floor for the deck, so now I'm seeing if it can design a deck than can defeat both the Final Flight deck and the one designed to defeat the Final Flight deck.
Part of the reason I'm doing this is as a measurement of how good ChatGPT gets at doing the task as new versions of ChatGPT are released. I've also been limiting it to cards under $2.00 (excluding the commander) so it doesn't get extremely expensive.
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May 20
We're planning to expand our efforts in North America in the coming years. Personally I'm inclined to train local journalists, NGOs, activists and students, and get them working together on projects that respond to the needs of their own communities, what do you all think?
Hopefully we'll eventually be able to work with schools in North America to develop a similar curriculum that we're working on in the UK, creating pop up newsrooms in schools with the support of professional journalists
thestudentview.org/updates-events…
Democraticising investigations and building networks of individuals and organisations who can collaborate on investigations to ensure maximum accountability and impact is going to have a positive impact on society, and hopefully counter partisanship and conspiracy in the long run
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May 19
Bellingcat's @AricToler spoke to Chris Hayes about his work finding the Texas mass shooter's social media profile and @elonmusk's idiotic claim Bellingcat is a psyop. "Garbage in, garbage out"
You can find @AricToler's detailed investigation here:
bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/0…
As always, you can support Bellingcat by donating here
bellingcat.com/donate/
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May 18
What people who use the "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA" quote leave out is the broader context, and that NED was set up to support democratic movements and actions in a transparent way, unlike the CIA. Image
This is the go to quote for those people who try to link Bellingcat to the CIA, but they take it out of context in an attempt to smear Bellingcat, and defend the worst authoritarian regimes in the world. Here's the article it's from washingtonpost.com/archive/opinio…
People who use that smear claim things like the chemical weapon attacks in Syria are false flags, MH17 was shot down by Ukraine, defending white nationalists, and generally positions that put them on the side of the worst people and dictators.
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May 15
It appears @bellingcat still has a search suggestion ban for people who don't already follow us. As yet there's no explanation, and seems especially odd given that only two months ago they gave Bellingcat free Verified Organisation status as a "valued Twitter Partner". Image
I do wonder if there's a geographical element to this, as some people said they can still see it, but it appear only to be happen in certain locations.
The mystery has been solved, @bellingcat has been marked as sensitive content, reserved for accounts that post graphic violence and pornography, which the Bellingcat account doesn't do. How did that happen?
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