Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
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America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
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Bellingcat has been experimenting with story formats, trying to get away from drawing coloured boxes around important things. Our latest is below:
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From School to Battlefield to Grave: How Russian Cossacks drive young people to war - bellingcat
The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation for...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bellingcat has been experimenting with story formats, trying to get away from drawing coloured boxes around important things. Our latest is below:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
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NYT: “.. a wave of companies have begun petitioning officials” for tariff relief. “Businesses that depend on foreign materials .. argue that tariffs .. are simply raising consumer prices .. rather than encouraging more manufacturing ..”
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December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NYT: “.. a wave of companies have begun petitioning officials” for tariff relief. “Businesses that depend on foreign materials .. argue that tariffs .. are simply raising consumer prices .. rather than encouraging more manufacturing ..”
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This will always and forever be the most on point and prescient thing that Fukuyama ever wrote.
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This will always and forever be the most on point and prescient thing that Fukuyama ever wrote.
Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Meanwhile, at Netflix HQ
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In new episode of #SistersInLaw, we discussed the grand jury’s refusal to re-indict Letitia James, the drug boat scandal, and next week’s SCOTUS arguments. You can listen here.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In new episode of #SistersInLaw, we discussed the grand jury’s refusal to re-indict Letitia James, the drug boat scandal, and next week’s SCOTUS arguments. You can listen here.
www.politicon.com/podcast-epis...
www.politicon.com/podcast-epis...
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Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises
Ahmed al-Sharaa says Israel justifies aggression in the name of security amid airstrikes on southern Syria
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December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Beware the Liz Truss chatshow: viewers will require survivor therapy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Beware the Liz Truss chatshow: viewers will require survivor therapy
SuperLiz reboots herself inside a utility room, delivering nonsense so pure even her guests look trapped
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December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Beware the Liz Truss chatshow: viewers will require survivor therapy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Probably also a good time to focus on how frequently young people are using LLMs. Spoiler, it's a lot, and not just for homework - ‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban
As the under-16s social media ban looms, Guardian Australia speaks to five 13 to 15-year-olds about what they will miss, and what government should be doing instead
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December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Probably also a good time to focus on how frequently young people are using LLMs. Spoiler, it's a lot, and not just for homework - ‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Zelenskyy to meet Starmer at Downing Street to discuss US draft peace deal www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Zelenskyy to meet Starmer at Downing Street to discuss US draft peace deal
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security
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December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Zelenskyy to meet Starmer at Downing Street to discuss US draft peace deal www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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"Zelensky’s administration has blamed Energoatom’s supervisory board for failing to stop the corruption. But it was Mr. Zelensky’s government itself that neutered Energoatom’s supervisory board, NYT found"
A thorough investigation by the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
A thorough investigation by the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester
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December 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Zelensky’s administration has blamed Energoatom’s supervisory board for failing to stop the corruption. But it was Mr. Zelensky’s government itself that neutered Energoatom’s supervisory board, NYT found"
A thorough investigation by the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
A thorough investigation by the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Target of racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Target of racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online
Farage is responsible for ‘dangerous’ culture shift, says broadcaster subject to alleged posts from Reform councillor
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December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Target of racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Imagine the reaction to allegations that Corbyn had made hissing gas noises to Jewish kids as a schoolboy - and then if he had responded to those allegations by shouting 'Bernard Manning!' at the journalists
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Imagine the reaction to allegations that Corbyn had made hissing gas noises to Jewish kids as a schoolboy - and then if he had responded to those allegations by shouting 'Bernard Manning!' at the journalists
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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From the same paper: people using a *search engine* demonstrated "approximately 34-48% lower total connectivity
across the brain". Brain connectivity is a good measure of... brain connectivity.
across the brain". Brain connectivity is a good measure of... brain connectivity.
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
From the same paper: people using a *search engine* demonstrated "approximately 34-48% lower total connectivity
across the brain". Brain connectivity is a good measure of... brain connectivity.
across the brain". Brain connectivity is a good measure of... brain connectivity.
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We're not supposed to say anything
A foreigner can only be allowed to praise racism otherwise shut up.
A foreigner can only be allowed to praise racism otherwise shut up.
Nigel Farage has stepped up his attack on the BBC, accusing the Question Time programme of being ‘utterly discredited’ after featuring small boat migrants in its audience
Nigel Farage hits out at BBC over small boat migrants in Question Time audience
Nigel Farage has stepped up his attack on the BBC, accusing the Question Time programme of being “utterly discredited” after featuring small boat migrants in its audience. The Reform UK leader claimed...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We're not supposed to say anything
A foreigner can only be allowed to praise racism otherwise shut up.
A foreigner can only be allowed to praise racism otherwise shut up.
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I was bored last night so I watched an episode of OG Star Trek where they picked up Charlie, a traumatised teenager with godlike abilities who only wants people to love him, but is incapable of doing anything funny or nice, so he just destroys everything in fits of rage to hide his shame, hey Elon
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I was bored last night so I watched an episode of OG Star Trek where they picked up Charlie, a traumatised teenager with godlike abilities who only wants people to love him, but is incapable of doing anything funny or nice, so he just destroys everything in fits of rage to hide his shame, hey Elon
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It shouldn’t be missed how many examples of Farage’s racist bullying are from when he was 17-18 & the kids were 9-10. He’s always been a coward
"'Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
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December 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It shouldn’t be missed how many examples of Farage’s racist bullying are from when he was 17-18 & the kids were 9-10. He’s always been a coward
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Unfortunately it's not the boys who are facing the consequences. Here anyway 😕
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December 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Unfortunately it's not the boys who are facing the consequences. Here anyway 😕
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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“imagine how we would have felt 20 years ago if someone had suggested inventing a handheld device which could be used to create realistic pornographic material that featured actual people that you know in real life. And then they’d suggested giving one of these devices to all of our children.”
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
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December 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“imagine how we would have felt 20 years ago if someone had suggested inventing a handheld device which could be used to create realistic pornographic material that featured actual people that you know in real life. And then they’d suggested giving one of these devices to all of our children.”
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
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December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Belle Gibson drama Apple Cider Vinegar leads 2026 Aacta award nominations
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Belle Gibson drama Apple Cider Vinegar leads 2026 Aacta award nominations