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The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

The Guardian: Why data sleuths are archiving the Jeffrey Epstein files: ‘We want to provide some clarity’. “An increasing number of journalists, researchers and activists have applied technical analyses to the Epstein files that draw out information not readily available in the DoJ’s raw dumps of material. The latest is a searchable database of faces of individuals who appear in original […]

Poynter: AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online. “Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artificial intelligence to review the video caused more confusion, not less.”

Poynter: AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online. “Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artificial intelligence to review the video caused more confusion, not less.”

Poynter: AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online. “Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artificial intelligence to review the video caused more confusion, not less.”

Poynter: AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online. “Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artificial intelligence to review the video caused more confusion, not less.”

Poynter: AI-enhanced video from the White House Correspondents’ dinner spread confusion online. “Some social media users seized on footage from the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to investigate the shooting that disrupted the event, but using artificial intelligence to review the video caused more confusion, not less.”

Bellingcat: When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf. “Shortly after the war in Gaza began in 2023, Bellingcat introduced a free tool authored by University College London lecturer and Bellingcat contributor, Ollie Ballinger, that was able to estimate the number of damaged buildings in a given area. … Bellingcat is now introducing an updated version of the […]

Mashable: Jmail creators release Jeffrey Epstein’s calendar as JCal. “The creators of Jmail, the viral Gmail clone that mimics Jeffrey Epstein’s email inbox, are back at it again. This time, the makers of Jmail have created JCal, a Google Calendar clone that shows you what Jeffrey Epstein’s Google Calendar likely looked like. The calendar events are based on Epstein’s schedule, as detailed […]

Bellingcat: Using Bellingcat’s New Open Source Tool to Explore Historical and Spatial Flight Data. “Flight tracking data is an important tool in open source research, but with 100,000 daily flights, it can be difficult to contextualise what a particular aircraft’s movements indicate. Bellingcat has developed a tool called Turnstone to make it easier to visualise historical trends in flight […]

Bellingcat: Using Bellingcat’s New Open Source Tool to Explore Historical and Spatial Flight Data. “Flight tracking data is an important tool in open source research, but with 100,000 daily flights, it can be difficult to contextualise what a particular aircraft’s movements indicate. Bellingcat has developed a tool called Turnstone to make it easier to visualise historical trends in flight […]

Bellingcat: Using Bellingcat’s New Open Source Tool to Explore Historical and Spatial Flight Data. “Flight tracking data is an important tool in open source research, but with 100,000 daily flights, it can be difficult to contextualise what a particular aircraft’s movements indicate. Bellingcat has developed a tool called Turnstone to make it easier to visualise historical trends in flight […]

Bellingcat: Using Bellingcat’s New Open Source Tool to Explore Historical and Spatial Flight Data. “Flight tracking data is an important tool in open source research, but with 100,000 daily flights, it can be difficult to contextualise what a particular aircraft’s movements indicate. Bellingcat has developed a tool called Turnstone to make it easier to visualise historical trends in flight […]

NiemanLab: AI-powered search is fueling a wave of Epstein Files transparency projects. “In the vacuum created by the DOJ, journalists and engineers have stepped in to fulfill EFTA’s transparency promise. Many of them are using AI tools to create alternative databases and release them for the general public — making the files more easily searched, analyzed, and understood by the average person.”

PetaPixel: This AI Image Detector Checks a Global Database of Debunked Pictures. “AI image detectors are notoriously imperfect, giving an estimated score rather than concrete answers. But a new tool called Image Whisperer checks to see if a picture has been debunked elsewhere — acting more like a human researcher.”

Associated Press: Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents. “When sifting through the seemingly endless collection of documents in the Epstein files gets to be too much and Ellie Leonard needs a break, she takes a walk outside. Then it’s back to the computer. The New Jersey mother of four is among hundreds of citizen-journalists, or sleuths, […]

Calishat: Upgrading Wikipedia Seismograph. “Using Wikipedia Seismograph’s new zoom feature means you can explore over nine years’ worth of public interest data in any Wikipedia topic with one chart and easily turn it into date-bounded Google News searches.”

Calishat: The Calishat Jams of 2025: All Free, All Ad-Free. “When I first started creating search tools I thought I’d run out of ideas after a certain amount of time. That doesn’t appear to be the case. … Meet up here in 365 days and we’ll look at the Calishat Jams of 2026. In the meantime, check out these thirteen tools from 2025, presented in the order they were created. They’re all […]

EFF: The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through U.S. Government Databases. “This week, EFF and the Heinrich Boell Foundation released an update to our database of vendors providing technology to components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protections (CBP). It includes new […]

International Business Times: Fake Epstein Suicide Video Sparks New Questions About DOJ Oversight. “In a stunning lapse of protocol that has drawn bipartisan condemnation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) briefly released a fabricated video purporting to show the suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 12-second clip, uploaded to the DOJ’s official website on Monday as part of a […]

HackRead: New PyStoreRAT Malware Targets OSINT Researchers Through GitHub. “These convincing projects/repositories were so well-made that several quickly climbed high on GitHub’s trending lists. Only after gaining this traction and trust did the criminals introduce subtle code updates, disguised as simple ‘maintenance, to plant the PyStoreRAT backdoor.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/14/hackread-new-pystorerat-malware-targets-osint-researchers-through-github/