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Iain Overton

@iainoverton.bsky.social

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βš” Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence πŸ“— History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise πŸ“˜ Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun ☞ PhD for war-reporting ☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian

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@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:04 PM

Russia is targeting the senior executives of European defence companies for assasination, according to the Financial Times.

@iainoverton.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 11:17 AMReposted by @iainoverton.bsky.social

β€œThe apocalypse is not now. It’s next.”

@aoav.bsky.social speaks to anthropologist Ruben Andersson about the rise of the global security industry, and what happens when governments invest in anticipating disaster rather than addressing its causes.

aoav.org.uk/2026/ruben-a...

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @iainoverton.bsky.social

πŸ“Œ ICYMI β€” Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? β€” @iainoverton.bsky.social

There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:17 PM

Where there is war, there is profit.

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:38 AM

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Very Hungry Human Caterpillar

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @iainoverton.bsky.social

πŸ“Œ ICYMI β€” Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? β€” @iainoverton.bsky.social

There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:31 PM

History repeats itself. First as comedy, then as tragedy. (πŸ«₯)

@mc00.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:18 PMReposted by @iainoverton.bsky.social

This Onion article was only written in April.

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:21 PM

BBC pays compensation to PinkNews couple over false sexual misconduct allegations

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:21 PM

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@bylinetimes.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:51 PMReposted by @iainoverton.bsky.social

πŸ”΄ NEW

Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?

By @iainoverton.bsky.social

Read below. ↓

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:49 AM

Channel 4’s Dispatches lifts the lid on Britain’s Gaza Secrets, but questions remain

aoav.org.uk/2026/channel...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:11 AM

Literally what we wrote in the article.

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:10 AM

Why did Polymarket trading surge an hour before the Iran war started?

aoav.org.uk/2026/polymar...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:18 AM

In memoriam: an analysis of the 7th of October 2023 casualties in Israel

aoav.org.uk/2023/an-anal...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

Why possible prosecutions of UK Special Forces over Afghanistan are both a tragedy and a necessity

Op-ed for @aoav.bsky.social

aoav.org.uk/2026/uk-spec...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 4:45 PM

Three years of genocide: How has Britain’s policy shifted on Israel?

aa.com.tr/en/europe/th...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:44 AM

Interesting new job opening: Investigator, Arms and Armed Conflict with Amnesty

careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 11:08 AM

β€œOver 1,400 people have been killed (in Gaza) in the year since the ceasefire.” - The Economist. I wonder how many have to be killed for it not to be called a ceasefire?

@iainoverton.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:09 PM

The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing acts of terror including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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