Cengiz Yar

In October I brought 500 copies of my photobook back to Iraq and distributed them in Mosul. Filmmaker Savva Svet documented that journey and made this short film.

"The internet was always a dangerous place. We’re just waking up from a trance."

Live discussion tomorrow at 1PM EST with @nicolefoy.bsky.social Ruth Talbot & @austinkocher.com Sign up below 👇

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TIL: "Malaysia has more buildings 200 meters or higher than any country but China, the United States and the United Arab Emirates." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/c...

I worked at @restofworld.org for its first four and a half years and am immensely proud of what we built and produced there. This is a devastating loss for international journalism. An ambitious team that cared deeply, telling important stories about the impact of tech.

Ingram, Texas, was rebuilding from a historic flood when its Police Department signed on with ICE. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. @francescadnunz.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com for @propublica.org & @nytimes.com

Doing business with a recently convicted felon undermines Paxton's "tough on crime" narrative and erodes public trust in his role as the state’s top anti-fraud watchdog, ethics experts told @propublica.org and @texastribune.org

this is the craziest story I've read in a long time...

The West is not prepared for the spreading threat of post-fire flooding. @abestreep.bsky.social and I report on the story of Ruidoso, New Mexico for @propublica.org

"The altercation left Perez with a deep cut on his right elbow, bruising on his upper right shoulder and bruises on both sides of his face."

"We are all struggling to eke out a living and express ourselves as artists. And all the while, we are constantly being told that the only way to do this is by obsessively curating our image on the social media prisons that Silicon Valley has built for us." @janus.bsky.social @motherjones.com

Powerful work from @reuters.com here: "Reuters consulted with two dozen climate researchers and analyzed temperatures around the globe for every hour of every day since 1960. From those results, we developed a new concept: the “heat storm.”" www.reuters.com/investigates...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has renewed or amended his declaration of an emergency at the border 69 times since 2021, even as unauthorized border crossings reach historic lows this year. @perla-trevizo.bsky.social & @Lexi Churchill for @propublica.org & @texastribune.org

more beer and journalism collabs please blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/16/m...

“The first rule of Freedom Fuel, apparently, was you do not talk about Freedom Fuel.”

“You can see how much work we have to do. I hope and pray somebody will continue keeping the cemetery clean after we’re gone.”

"The camera began as a way of paying attention to my family, but it has also become something we share. I think we all slowly realized that our ordinary life was worth remembering and sharing."

“That the republic finds itself needing Bezos’s extraordinary concentration of private power to mitigate Musk’s extraordinary concentration of private power is probably not what the Founders had in mind.”

“The infrastructure of America’s forever wars has endured and evolved in Gaza to enable a new doctrine, one in which the killings of Palestinian journalists may not merely be the tragic effect of a wayward system, but perhaps its very design.”

"It was interesting to see all these portraits come out one by one, and understand how each photographer’s visual language translated to the same subject. While Evan may not recall who shot what, I will remember which of his portraits gave me a jealous pang."

‘How does anesthesia work in the first place? How is it that anesthesiologists can induce a state that some have called “functionally equivalent to brainstem death”—only to reverse it? This process happens 60k times a day in operating rooms across the US. Yet it remains poorly understood.’

Can you spend all Elon’s money? neal.fun/spend-elon/

“It’s the age of Dark Enlightenment. Democracies are things to bet on with Polymarket, and killer apps are not nearly as profitable as killer drone weapons. Almost all of us miss taxis.”

Billionaires and Elon Musk make up the top individual donors during the 2026 midterm cycle, with the 50 biggest donors having pumped a combined $2,393,364,320 into the election so far. nice visualization by the @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...

"Video of the attack showed... at least five settlers surround Levine and throw her to the ground, beating her as she covers her face with her hands." www.cnn.com/2026/10/16/m...

"Rarely has an individual donor been effectively tied to such a large commitment for a single candidate."

"The people they (ISIS) really wanted in their ranks were those titillated by televised death. These days if I open social media and inadvertently stumble on a video of people being killed, it’s more likely to be from my own government." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...

They were victims, not abusers. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys, visitors and anyone else who would listen. It didn’t matter. @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social & @annaleighclark.bsky.social report for @propublica.org

"the number of registered e-rickshaws in India has grown to 1.8 million" www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

DHS has turned its vast security apparatus on Tohono O’odham Nation members, with 24-hour surveillance directed at an ongoing border prayer ceremony and tribal members being questioned outside the reservation about their ceremonial activities. @ryandevereaux.bsky.social's @propublica.org debut

To analyze Paxton’s travel, @propublica.org and the @texastribune.org reviewed DPS logs for his security detail and records from the attorney general’s office, including airfare and lodging receipts, per diems and his daily calendars.

Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens. Since the start of this Trump administration, we’ve watched those warnings come true. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

"The daily population of children in ICE detention has risen sharply since family detention was reinstated in early 2025. Since Trump’s return to office, ICE holds a daily average of roughly 200 children in custody compared to just 23 the previous year — an eightfold rise." @themarshallproject.org

hard agree

"Once you develop a relationship with a machine, you’re giving it a different kind of power and influence over people, especially kids." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/t...

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