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White Oak Park outside Pittsburgh has one blazed hiking trail which is a 2.5 mile moderately difficult trail that is nice to hike but you need a description if you don't want to get lost. I provide it here: https://backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Pittsburgh/White-Oak/
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No trip to Kuala Lumpur is complete without seeing the world's tallest twin towers glow in KLCC. Truly iconic. #PetronasTowers #KLCC https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Malaysia/Petronas-Towers/
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Experience the incredible chaos and color of the #CaiRang and #PhongDien Floating Markets near #CanTho #Vietnam. See boats piled with produce & grab breakfast on the water. A vital piece of #Vietnam's river life! Explore our guide! https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Vietnam/Day5/
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We enjoyed a self-guided walking tour through #Papeete in #Tahiti . There is so much to see and do. How did you olike Papeete? Here is where we went and what we saw. https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Tahiti/#papeete
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The town of Athlone (Ireland) grew around Athlone Castle, which was strategically built in 1129 at the first location north of Clonmacnoise where River Shannon was passable. It is a nice town to visit. #Athlone #Ireland https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Ireland/Day9/#592
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Derry in Northern Ireland was the epicenter of the Troubles. Our self-guided murals tour of Bogside tells a story of The Troubles through the murals in Derry and the meaning behind them. #Troubles #Derry #NorthernIreland https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Northern-Ireland/Day13/#5i134
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The small town of #Paihia in New Zealand has not one, but three beaches. They are never really busy and are a great spot to relax duirng your activities in the Bay of Islands. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Paihia/#beach
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Vermont Teddy Bear Company in Shelbourne, VT in known for handmade Teddy Bears with a lifetime warranty and you can tour their factory. Dr. Nancy, the Doctor on staff, can heal broken bears 99% of the time. https://backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Vermont/Shelburne/#Vermont-Teddy-Bear-Factory
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Point Venus Beach, named after Captain Cook who observed the 1769 Transit of Venus here, is the best black sand #beach in #Tahiti with crystal clear water, good swimming and very good snorkeling if you know where ... and we will tell you. https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Tahiti-Beaches/#venus
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The #Aitutaki #lagoon is the reason why tourists come to #Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. Spend your day enjoying the #turquoise waters, white sand beaches and sandbanks and #snorkeling among #colorful and #healthy #corals and #fish. https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Aitutaki-Beaches/#lagoon
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Join a guided tour to Espiritu Santo Island near La Paz, #Mexico and #snorkel with #sealions , explore deserted #beaches , see blue footed boobies and the occasional goat. How did you like it? #EspirituSanto #LaPaz https://backpackandsnorkel.com/LaPaz/Espiritu-Santo/
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Discover the serenity of Lan Ha Bay #Vietnam with a cruise! Kayak through hidden lagoons & towering karst islands. Located right near popular #HaLongBay . #LanHaBay #VietnamCruise #CatBaIsland #HiddenGem #VietnamTravel #Travel https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Vietnam/Day12/
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We went kayaking in the lagoon again today, and ran into a sail boat race with no wind, an angry crab, a very nice canal inside a lagoon island, and a less than clear traffic sign. #kayak #VeniceInKayak #Venice #lagoon
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Clearly, the good people at eMudhra didn't read H2G2 to the end.
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Dopo una breve ma intensa fase di tortificazione, la famigliola è passata celeramente alla prossima fase di detortificazione, alquanto più piacevole.
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"Klimaschutz stärken. Schluss mit der Abhängigkeit von Öl und Gas!" Demonstration in #Schleswig für eine konsequente #Energiewende und gegen den #Fossilismus. Wann: 24.04.2026, 16 Uhr Wo: "Hertie-Platz" (Stadtweg) Organisiert von #fridaysforfuture, #parentsforfuture und #bündnis90diegrünen Schleswig. Angemeldet sind zwei Demonstrationszüge. Einer zu Fuß und einer mit dem Fahrrad zum Rathausmarkt. Seid dabei! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Auch in #Schleswig waren heute etwa einhundert Menschen auf der Straße um für die #Energiewende, #Klimaschutz sowie #Mitweltschutz und gegen den #Fossilismus der aktuellen Bundesregierung zu demonstrieren. Zwei Gruppen, eine zu Fuß und eine mit Fahrrädern, starteten gut gelaunt und bei sonnigen Frühlingswetter. Die Abschlusskundgebung fand auf dem Rathausmarkt statt.
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What can AI actually do for investigative research? Our Stage Talk with journalist Craig Silverman is out now. Craig shares how he uses AI in investigations, what it can uncover, and the risks researchers need to watch for. Search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' on your favourite podcast platform: https://rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/3202578/
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New Bellingcat challenges are up on the website. This month, Bellingcat’s investigative technologist Miguel Ramalho has designed some puzzles that test your online archiving skills, taking you deeper into the internet of the past. https://challenge.bellingcat.com/?utm_source=mstdn To keep up with the challenges, subscribe to our newsletter! Want to get featured? Make sure to tag us when you share your solutions to last month’s challenges in a blog, video or social post! Sign up here: https://b...
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How do you know which open source tools to use? On Thursday, Toolkit Guardians Anisa Shabir and Martin Sona join us to talk about Bellingcat’s Toolkit. We'll discuss tool selection, testing, and keeping investigative guidance accurate and impartial. Live here on Thursday: https://discord.gg/bellingcat?event=1556740775088361605
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Latest: Two charities associated with the world’s largest far-right Hindu group have raised more than US$24.4 million over a five-year period through US grants that allow the donor to be anonymous, Bellingcat can reveal: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/10/06/dafs-india-rss-donations/?utm_source=mastodon
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Bellingcat/117394287348220900 Later today were marking two years of Bellingcat’s Online Open Source Investigations Toolkit with a live talk and Q&A with the people who maintain it. We’ll explore how open source tools are selected, tested and reviewed. Join us live at 11am EST/5pm CEST here: https://discord.gg/bellingcat?event=1556740775088361605
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How do you monitor conflicts when data isn’t regularly collected? Explore techniques for conflict analysis, with case studies and methods focused on the Sahel and Sudan. Join us on the 27th of October 2026. https://www.bellingcat.com/workshops/conflict-monitoring-in-data-scarce-environments-an-open-source-introduction-focused-on-africa-webinar-27-october-2026/
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Our documentary Killing Anna will be shown to UK audiences tonight on Channel 4 at 11:05pm BST. It will then be available to stream from tomorrow onwards. The film follows a Syrian academic who, using the alias Anna, befriends a former Syrian regime official suspected of involvement in the Tadamon massacre. More details about tonight's broadcast can be found here: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/killing-anna https://youtu.be/dzcBa5BC77Q?si=N478RmEn7Np25fw7
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How do you know which tools deserve your trust? We went behind the scenes with the people maintaining Bellingcat’s Toolkit, two years in, exploring how they find open source tools, test their capabilities and keep reviews up to date amid a changing digital landscape. https://rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/3228332