• Audeamus [any]
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    4 years ago

    relative rise to prominence over the summer

    If you paid attention to the wars in East Ukraine or Syria - he's been plenty prominent for years. Many people would anonymously contribute opensource info they found on the conflicts (especially geolocation). Then a few decided they'd make a career out of it. And still fewer got state funding or media recognition - and you know what it takes to get that.

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Agreed, I meant more the causal Twitter gathering around him mostly from his podcasts and Twitter coverage of the protests and counter-violence from the right.