Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺

A #Melbourne morning walk

IMPORTANT: The US Government is trying to censor all satellite imagery of the Iran war that's used to fact check incidents such as bombing of civilian infrastructure by journalists like @Bellingcat@mstdn.social researchers in their forensic investigations https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5775780/us-iran-war-israel-satellite-imagery-planet-vantor-censorship

The Trump Administration truly has some nerve after pushing so hard that they consider the past administration *informing* social media platforms of violations of their policies to be a form of censorship.

BIG NEWS!!!

A victory in our fight to defend researchers' speech from Rubio's Censorship Policy!

Read more on today's decision in CITR v. Rubio…
https://open.substack.com/pub/dremmalbriant/p/a-victory-in-our-fight-to-defend?r=97fyx&utm_medium=ios

"Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones"

Omg how are these even still in production? 🦴
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/tesla-cybertruck-crashes-battery-fires?CMP=bsky_gu#Echobox=1773840261

US Senator Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness', his office says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj25j6nmeo

"Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Check out this new episode with me talking with Nick Cohen on his podcast The Lowdown... on the threats we are seeing to speech in the US. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lowdown-from-nick-cohen/id1688778084?i=1000777504614

"The police in Greenland are investigating the case of a lone man from Las Vegas who goes by Cliff. Locals said he had offered money to Greenlanders to join the United States." Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/europe/greenland-mysterious-offer-american.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.2lPU.e1uKkGJfjj6F&smid=url-share

Who are the political elite?

Have you checked out my Resource Collection on PATREON? It's free to members! Today I shared an interesting new data driven resource for anyone wanting to understand the background of political elites in their country…

https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant/posts/164968957?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Epstein Files: up to 98% still unreleased https://youtu.be/Hw0glF_8Smc?si=7xqYswEYQ7LthjE_

An Iranian’s Dispatch From the Digital Darkness

A labor activist and former Evin Prison detainee compares the war’s internet blackouts to solitary confinement.  Check out this first person account of living in Iran without the Internet. https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/an-iranians-dispatch-from-the-digital-darkness/

It's Tuesday not Friday but here are some good follows if you care about #media #journalism #socialmedia #mediafreedom #transparency #disinformation #digital #commodon #communication
@jodieginsberg@mastodon.social
@dangillmor@mastodon.social
@Zittrain@mastodon.social
@davetroy@toad.social
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
@josh@sciences.social
@martinriedl@mastodon.social
@MortenBay@mastodon.social
@bilgeyesil@sciences.social
@marcowenjones@mstdn.social

Well, of course he is. Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms https://www.axios.com/2026/07/29/musk-pac-midterm-election

Oh my God!
Ann Widdecombe was hit on head repeatedly with hammer, court told https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/21/ann-widdecombe-was-hit-on-head-repeatedly-with-hammer-court-told