Dave Cooper
@davecooperphoto.bsky.social
Photographer + Filmmaker
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Mother and child, Nepal. I shot this for @altusaid.altgov.info whose project restored the health of malnourished children and educated mothers about proper nutrition. These mothers then took that knowledge back to their villages and passed it on, saving other little ones.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mother and child, Nepal. I shot this for @altusaid.altgov.info whose project restored the health of malnourished children and educated mothers about proper nutrition. These mothers then took that knowledge back to their villages and passed it on, saving other little ones.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a big deal. Even I almost lost a contract because I was not allowed to fly Chinese drones to film a project ABOUT PLANTING TREES. Musk is dangerous and reckless.
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is a big deal. Even I almost lost a contract because I was not allowed to fly Chinese drones to film a project ABOUT PLANTING TREES. Musk is dangerous and reckless.
I think if you overwhelmingly run every aspect of the only planet humans exist upon—and it is largely a disaster—you just suck it up and take this L. Galloway is not the hero he purports to be.
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/J8YVf6
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I think if you overwhelmingly run every aspect of the only planet humans exist upon—and it is largely a disaster—you just suck it up and take this L. Galloway is not the hero he purports to be.
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"Musk had not been just their visionary leader. For them, he was their protector: the man who had a direct line to Trump, who they believed could pick up the phone and secure a presidential pardon if the worst came. Without his presence in Washington, they were suddenly exposed.”
Lawyer up, you little shits.
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
“Current and former DOGE staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.“
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Musk had not been just their visionary leader. For them, he was their protector: the man who had a direct line to Trump, who they believed could pick up the phone and secure a presidential pardon if the worst came. Without his presence in Washington, they were suddenly exposed.”
Hey look! A politician who admits they don’t know everything. Soooo refreshing.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hey look! A politician who admits they don’t know everything. Soooo refreshing.
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Hellen van Meene
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hellen van Meene
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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New Mexico is the only state to have a “state smell”
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
New Mexico is the only state to have a “state smell”
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
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USAID’s collapse didn’t just cut programs. It cut lifelines. Malawi’s LGBTIQ+ communities were left exposed to stigma, disease, and silence.
Malawi’s LGBTIQs Intervention Reels under USAID Shutdown | FairPlanet
A sweeping withdrawal of US aid has unravelled Malawi’s Key Populations health network, pushing already marginalised communities into deeper precarity.
www.fairplanet.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
USAID’s collapse didn’t just cut programs. It cut lifelines. Malawi’s LGBTIQ+ communities were left exposed to stigma, disease, and silence.
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“Senior Ice Official” positions apparently don’t include a literacy test.
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Senior Ice Official” positions apparently don’t include a literacy test.
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CBP agent who threatened to shoot people on the street in Illinois.
Major content warning for some of the commentary we found on Donahue's account. He's opposed to mixed race relationships and women voting, and he cheers on a gay bashing and makes a death threat against a drag queen.
He's not a big poster, but follows exclusively far right influencers.
He's not a big poster, but follows exclusively far right influencers.
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
CBP agent who threatened to shoot people on the street in Illinois.
This is awful, cruel, and will cause a lot of pain.
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is awful, cruel, and will cause a lot of pain.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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John Lennon, New York City, 1974. Bob Gruen. Dye coupler, 2007.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
John Lennon, New York City, 1974. Bob Gruen. Dye coupler, 2007.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On our anniversary last year #photography
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On our anniversary last year #photography
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I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't think people really internalize the knowledge that in 1860, the outright majority of the populations of South Carolina and Mississippi was enslaved, as well as over 40% of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and over 30% of North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Staggering numbers!
I’m not a heavy drinker, but I am a big fan of good beer. Last weekend in Frederick, MD, we sat for a time at Olde Mother Brewing. Loved this Barrel-aged Imperial Stout called Matriarch. #beer
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’m not a heavy drinker, but I am a big fan of good beer. Last weekend in Frederick, MD, we sat for a time at Olde Mother Brewing. Loved this Barrel-aged Imperial Stout called Matriarch. #beer
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Tardee Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tardee Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter.