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Nick Donovan
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Corruption, conflict finance, investigative journalist. Winner of Fetisov journalism prize.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Jul 14
Got a problem? Kill them. Thread on two cases from my Economist article on assassinations in South Africa: 1, a corruption case which domino-like, has just led to the suspension of the police minister; 2, a cop killing which may reveal a military death squad.

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www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Got an enemy? Hire a killer
In South Africa, contract murders are spreading from gangland into wider society
www.economist.com
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Mar 9
Seaford.
Seagull in sky in front of old boat full of water.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Jan 18
Beira, Mozambique
Beira, Mozambique
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Mar 12
Mahaica. Bought some melons here.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Apr 15
Under the stelling on the Essequibo
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Apr 15
The ice queen, Sólheimajökull
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · Jul 4
It’s the weekend so here’s a 10 minute Salsoul version of Ain’t no mountain high enough by Inner Life. Check the spacey synths in the second half , 7 minutes in.

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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
YouTube video by Inner Life - Topic
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Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 3d
We had to let kids die in Africa so we could give money to Milei to something something.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 3d
These guys don’t know how to coup pt 2

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d
The US military stops getting paid from next week.
White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay
Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 3d
How’s it going? I still have a secret pilgrim to go, but feeling a bit daunted by A Perfect Spy…
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 4d
And this one builds on some of the others:

thesentry.org/reports/suda...
The RSF's Business Network in the UAE - The Sentry
October 2025 Download the full alert   A team of businessmen with ties to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia set up a network of companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) including jewelers,...
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 4d
It’s too late, I’m not changing now.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 5d
Stephen Lawrence would have been 51 this year, likely worrying about his teenagers doing their GCSEs or A levels and getting his eyes tested. So much life was taken from the Lawrence family.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
After 32 years & six months, one of those who killed Stephen Lawrence acknowledges his participation in the murderous gang in public for the first time (having been convicted in 2012), during a public parole hearing.
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Redirect Notice
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
After 32 years & six months, one of those who killed Stephen Lawrence acknowledges his participation in the murderous gang in public for the first time (having been convicted in 2012), during a public parole hearing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Redirect Notice
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 6d
My favourite kind of leak. A brilliant colleague spotted a Zimbabwean spy chief’s notes during a parliamentary hearing- sparking investigations into the agency’s off budget businesses:

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 6d
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 7d
I hope your kids inherit the cassette!

Actually I slightly misremembered- it was this LC song, also a chefs kiss
Cover of double a side 12 inch single by Lynn Collins and Sweet Charles
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 7d
I bought this back in 1988 ish on a reissue, along with….

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SWEET CHARLES SHERRELL - YES IT'S YOU
YouTube video by Limu013
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 8d
Am reading the Dogs of War by Freddy Forsyth. So far it’s 95% admin - pages and pages of sentences like “the superfluous lubricating oil was poured into smaller containers and saved for the ship’s use.”

Once you put it down you can’t pick it up again.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 8d
Second, actually

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Hitler Has Only Got One Ball - Wikipedia
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 8d
A pub sign in Wiltshire.
A pub sign for the Rose and Crown featuring Prince William and Kate Middleton. Will has a lot of hair.
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 10d
Certainly did. Thank you.
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OSINT Industries @osint.industries · 11d
🌍 Conflict Gold Exposed

New from @thesentryorg.bsky.social: Sudan’s RSF built a shadow business empire in the UAE — gold traders, logistics fronts & sanctions evasion.

OSINT Industries’ platform helped trace the networks.

📖 Read the report 👇
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 10d
Could have been worse:

…feel the love. ❤️ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 11d
took a break from blocking people on social media to write a post about some places in Jewish London that I love:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

just because you know. it is nice to think about some lovely parts of my culture and heritage.
Jewish London: a celebration in 13 places
a very non-impartial, non-comprehensive guide to some stuff I like
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Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan.bsky.social · 18d
Kids looking at vegetables they’ve left until last:
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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 18d
1776: Some swallows remain.
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Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · Aug 3
Austin Hays is the most 1950s-looking player in baseball. Looks like his nickname should be “tugboat” and he should be sponsored by a cigarette company
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