@richlusc.bsky.social
Journalist @theguardian.com, husband, father. But not always in that order. My latest scribblings: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richardluscombe
@richlusc.bsky.socialIran's alleged former chief torturer steps closer to trial in Florida @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@astronauts4america.bsky.socialReposted by @richlusc.bsky.social
@richlusc.bsky.socialIf you like top-notch wildlife photographs AND a chuckle, you could do far worse than spend a few moments with this gallery today www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
@richlusc.bsky.socialAll hail Backpack!!
@wcraft.bsky.socialReposted by @richlusc.bsky.socialThis story was a big collaboration between graphics, data, photo, and immigration. A story with bylines across 4 desks, which I think shows the seriousness with which The Guardian takes covering this
@richlusc.bsky.socialPowerful stuff by my @us.theguardian.com colleague José Olivares: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.socialIn December, DeSantis’s spokesperson told me it was a “fabrication” that Alligator Alcatraz guards were shackling detainees in tiny metal cages. Today the governor’s office was caught in that lie. Its response was “we’d make the cages even smaller if we could”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.socialThis guy is 100% running for president again in 2028. Whether the red half of the nation finds him any more personable than last time remains to be seen. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.socialRon DeSantis will be gone as Florida governor in January. His legacy in higher education definitely won't be. Here's a look at how he installed allies, acolytes and cronies in plum roles on university and college campuses @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.social"Trespassing, trigger-happy" cop in Georgia shoots and kills family's pet donkey @guardianus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.socialThere's usually very little environmental news that comes out of Florida these days that's good or uplifting. This one is an exception @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@richlusc.bsky.socialStunning journalism here from The Guardian's Deleted Data initiative. How the Trump administration tried, and almost succeeded, in rewriting hundreds of years of National Park history; and the scars created by its campaign of censorship @guardianus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
