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  Selected Articles - The News And Times @mikenov: The arrest of Timur Ivanov and the investigations of the Crocus City Hall attack: any connection? Did Ilham Aliyev in his recent visit personally handed to Putin the incriminating information or documents received from his friends in Mossad? Ivanov was arrested the next day.… The arrest of Timur Ivanov and the investigations of the Crocus City Hall attack: any connection? Did Ilham Aliyev in his recent visit personally handed to Putin the incriminating information or documents received from his friends in Mossad? Ivanov was arrested the next day.… pic.twitter.com/h6obR0bVLm— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) April 25, 2024 posted 23h ago by  @mikenov   via   (@mikenov) / Twitter   National Guardsman who set off FBI manhunt admits spraying officers on Jan. 6 - NBC News National Guardsman who set off FBI manhunt admits spraying officers on Jan. 6  NBC News posted 6h ago   via   "FBI and Capitol Riot" - Google News   OSHIT: Seven Dead

  Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on   Inoreader OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research posted at 20:10:29 UTC (updated on Thu Apr 25, 2024 21:11) by  Tristan Lee   via   bellingcat When news breaks and the internet is aflutter with activity and speculation, many turn to open source accounts and experts to make sense of events. This is truly a sign that open source research — using resources like satellite images to flight tracking websites and footage recorded on the ground — is seen as credible and is increasingly sought after. It’s free, publicly available and anybody can do it. But such success comes with drawbacks. In monitoring events from  Iran  and  Ukraine , this surge in credibility allows the term ‘OSINT’ to be easily abused, either knowingly or unknowingly, by users who don’t actually follow the best practice of open source research methods. In fact, since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, there has been a  spike in verified ‘OSINT’ Twitte