John Dell'Osso
@johndellosso.bsky.social
Raking muck for the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF). Freelance journalism and investigative simulations on the side. Semi-random thoughts on transportation, bikes, music, and other stuff.
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Lack of regulations are the reason cars are so big, heavy, expensive and dangerous, not the regulations themselves. buff.ly/MjSJjst
Thursday's Headlines Knock Down a Straw Man — Streetsblog USA
Lack of regulations are the reason cars are so big, heavy, expensive and dangerous, not the regulations themselves.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Lack of regulations are the reason cars are so big, heavy, expensive and dangerous, not the regulations themselves. buff.ly/MjSJjst
🎶 Ain't no party like a related party 🎶
Nvidia is spending $1.3 billion to rent its own chips back from CoreWeave, a company in which it owns a $4 billion stake.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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As progress on climate goals falters, it is time for state transportation leaders to come to terms with an inconvenient truth: climate goals are not feasible without a swift and methodical reallocation of road space away from cars.
Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It — Streetsblog USA
Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As progress on climate goals falters, it is time for state transportation leaders to come to terms with an inconvenient truth: climate goals are not feasible without a swift and methodical reallocation of road space away from cars.
The Americans, season 7. The FBI reassigns Stan to arrest farm workers in Iowa. Philip and Elizabeth are redeployed to DC and have regular access to cabinet officials. The KGB relocates Martha to Europe to set up a publicly traded payment processor.
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Americans, season 7. The FBI reassigns Stan to arrest farm workers in Iowa. Philip and Elizabeth are redeployed to DC and have regular access to cabinet officials. The KGB relocates Martha to Europe to set up a publicly traded payment processor.
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BREAKING: Gag order lifted! Open Secrets victory in interdict filed by Integrated Convoy Protection
READ THE MEDIA STATEMENT HERE: https://www.opensecrets.org.za/press-release-gag-order-lifted-open-secrets-victory-in-urgent-interdict-filed-by-armoured-vehicle-company-integrated-convoy-protection/
READ THE MEDIA STATEMENT HERE: https://www.opensecrets.org.za/press-release-gag-order-lifted-open-secrets-victory-in-urgent-interdict-filed-by-armoured-vehicle-company-integrated-convoy-protection/
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING: Gag order lifted! Open Secrets victory in interdict filed by Integrated Convoy Protection
READ THE MEDIA STATEMENT HERE: https://www.opensecrets.org.za/press-release-gag-order-lifted-open-secrets-victory-in-urgent-interdict-filed-by-armoured-vehicle-company-integrated-convoy-protection/
READ THE MEDIA STATEMENT HERE: https://www.opensecrets.org.za/press-release-gag-order-lifted-open-secrets-victory-in-urgent-interdict-filed-by-armoured-vehicle-company-integrated-convoy-protection/
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Yo La Tengo- "Miles Away" (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Yo La Tengo
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January 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
DC politics today.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
DC politics today.
It true.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It true.
A haunting song, and fitting for a bout of bronchitis.
Raging Lung
YouTube video by The Knife - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A haunting song, and fitting for a bout of bronchitis.
💥💥💥 honored that our @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social pieces on sanctioned Russian bankers and their US property investments were featured in The Sunday Long Read (@thesundaylongread.bsky.social) newsletter!
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Missing kayaker, wildlife traffickers, special teams & more in this week's issue. mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
The Sunday Long Read: Missing Kayaker, Wildlife Traffickers, Special Teams
The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
💥💥💥 honored that our @postandcourier.bsky.social, @ajc.com and @istories.bsky.social pieces on sanctioned Russian bankers and their US property investments were featured in The Sunday Long Read (@thesundaylongread.bsky.social) newsletter!
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A joint investigation between Russian and American journalists has discovered how a Russian banker's $6-million mansion traded hands just before U.S. sanctions early in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russian banker transferred South Carolina mansion to ex-wife days before U.S. sanctions hit, investigation finds — Meduza
Sergey Khotimsky, the founder and co-owner of Sovcombank, transferred portions of his American real estate holdings to his former wife, Elena Baskina, at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion…
meduza.io
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A joint investigation between Russian and American journalists has discovered how a Russian banker's $6-million mansion traded hands just before U.S. sanctions early in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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What’s the price for protecting the world’s best hope against climate change?
For Kim Rebholz, who was hired to monitor the DRC’s rainforest, it was his family’s safety
Today we’re exposing the environmental crimes he witnessed – which he says go back to the former president
For Kim Rebholz, who was hired to monitor the DRC’s rainforest, it was his family’s safety
Today we’re exposing the environmental crimes he witnessed – which he says go back to the former president
DRC's mangroves park damaged by logging, smuggling and violence
Kim Rebholz tried to end illegal logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC's mangroves park, one of the world's most important forests
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What’s the price for protecting the world’s best hope against climate change?
For Kim Rebholz, who was hired to monitor the DRC’s rainforest, it was his family’s safety
Today we’re exposing the environmental crimes he witnessed – which he says go back to the former president
For Kim Rebholz, who was hired to monitor the DRC’s rainforest, it was his family’s safety
Today we’re exposing the environmental crimes he witnessed – which he says go back to the former president
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1/ #DRC 🇨🇩: BREAKING -- Joint investigation by @pplaaf.bsky.social and @tbij.bsky.social exposes large-scale destruction of the Mangrove Marine Park.
Dans les eaux troubles du Parc marin des Mangroves en République démocratique du Congo : enquête sur un écosystème en danger – PPLAAF
www.pplaaf.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
1/ #DRC 🇨🇩: BREAKING -- Joint investigation by @pplaaf.bsky.social and @tbij.bsky.social exposes large-scale destruction of the Mangrove Marine Park.
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US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds
The top U.S. consumer watchdog said on Monday it was legally prohibited from drawing cash from the Federal Reserve to support continuing operations, but that its current funding should last through the end of this year "at least."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x
There is a special place in hell reserved for people who throw dog shit in streetside residential garbage cans where the city only picks up whatever is in an actual garbage bag.
a man with a beard and blue eyes is making a funny face
ALT: a man with a beard and blue eyes is making a funny face
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There is a special place in hell reserved for people who throw dog shit in streetside residential garbage cans where the city only picks up whatever is in an actual garbage bag.
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Using MuckRock's crowdsourcing platform and Amazon Textract, CCIJ extracted and verified vote counts during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Preserving Democracy: How CCIJ verified and permanently archived Nigerian election documents
Earlier this year, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism undertook a massive audit of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results.
www.muckrock.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Using MuckRock's crowdsourcing platform and Amazon Textract, CCIJ extracted and verified vote counts during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, collecting and analyzing over 160,000 polling unit results. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
If I weren't a po' boy,
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If I weren't a po' boy,
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Ya ha deedle deedle bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
a+ pun
Sean Charles Dunn’s moment of culinary resistance — he wouldn't be subservient, one could say — has become a symbol of D.C.’s refusal to accept the federal occupation quietly.
Earlier today, D.C.'s own "sandwich guy" was found not guilty of the charges against him.
Earlier today, D.C.'s own "sandwich guy" was found not guilty of the charges against him.
How a thrown sandwich became a symbol of D.C.’s resistance
In an already surreal moment, Washingtonians have embraced bread puns, sandwich flags, and sub-themed street art as a form of protest.
51st.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
a+ pun
The coldest cut is the deepest.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The coldest cut is the deepest.
Big day for sandwiches.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Big day for sandwiches.
Whenever someone noteworthy dies, I think of this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Whenever someone noteworthy dies, I think of this.
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Hello Bluesky I’m out of my depth on a question to do with correspondent banks, how they work, and, particularly, how to determine which specific U.S. correspondent bank would’ve served which specific foreign bank at a certain period of time. Anyone have any ideas for good people to talk to?
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November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hello Bluesky I’m out of my depth on a question to do with correspondent banks, how they work, and, particularly, how to determine which specific U.S. correspondent bank would’ve served which specific foreign bank at a certain period of time. Anyone have any ideas for good people to talk to?
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