历史与人物forensic-architecture.org
贝鲁特港口爆炸
Beirut Port Explosion
2020 — 2024，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
导读
这篇页面是 Forensic Architecture 对 2020 年贝鲁特港口大爆炸的调查：它用开放来源资料、三维建模和空间分析重建爆炸经过，并呈现港口仓库中长期存放危险化学品的情况。评论特别指出，这种公开、独立的事故分析正在改变灾难追责方式。
为什么经久不衰：它把重大灾难转化为可核查的开放证据，展示独立开源调查如何追问官方失职，因此多年后仍值得读。
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开源调查正成为灾难追责的重要力量，可能挑战国家情报和传统媒体的角色。
过去这类材料会由国家情报机构收集分析，由盟友汇总并用于战略施压；近来一些新闻机构也开始用建模和专家分析制作报道。贝鲁特仓库爆炸的信息被如此公开地分析，似乎显示调查正进一步从依赖国家情报转向开放来源研究，类似公众对乌航 752 航班事件的分析最终迫使伊朗承认责任。他预计独立开源研究机构会越来越多。
bredren查看英文原文
In the past this kind of material would be collected and analyzed by state intelligence services. Combined by allies and used to gain leverage for individual or combined strategic priorities. Something like, “Here is how negligent you were. Install this person in power or we leak this and your people revolt and you won’t be able to walk away.” More recently, it seems, some news organizations have begun assembling reports using modeling and expert analysis. A good example is The NY Times report on Philadelphia Police use of tear gas against a group of trapped protestors. [1] Having this information about the Beirut warehouse explosion open-sourced so-to-speak, seems to signal a further shift away from reliance on state intelligence and the advertising-funded third state. This reminds me some of the collected content created and posted to social media by the public in the aftermath of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752. That loose set of content eventually forced the Iranian government to admit responsibility. I’d presume that the quality and speed of independent research and analysis of public data will increase to where a scene of non-media, ngo research groups grows, beating out the resources of any given media or government. Sort of like warez, but with information analysis. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007174941/philadelphia-tear-gas-george-floyd-protests.html
赞叹制作投入，并推荐该机构的其他调查。
这太不可思议了，我能想象制作它花了多少时间。也值得看看他们在 forensic-architecture.org 上的过往调查。
kqvamxurcagg查看英文原文
This is incredible and I can only imagine how much time this took to create. Definitely also worth taking a look at their previous investigations at https://forensic-architecture.org/.
仓库中危险品混存情况令人震惊，暴露严重失职。
从外行角度看，很难想象港口当局在管理仓库时能如此失职。2750 吨高爆硝酸铵？有。50 吨磷酸铵？有。硝酸铵旁边堆着成垛易燃木托盘？有。1000 条易燃橡胶汽车轮胎？有。23 吨爆炸性烟花？5 卷导爆索？有。我的意思是……怎么会这样、为什么？
holler查看英文原文
From a laymen's perspective, it's hard to imagine just how negligent the port authorities could have been in managing the warehouse. 2750tons high-explosive Ammonium Nitrate? Check. 50tons Ammonium Phosphate? Check. Stacks of flammable wooden pallets among Ammonium Nitrate? Check. 1000 flammable rubber car tires? Check. 23tons of explosive fireworks? 5 rolls of detonator cord? Check. I mean... how/why?
提供硝酸铵来源与历史背景的延伸阅读。
这里有一篇讲硝酸铵最初如何运到那里的文章（Al Jazeera），还有一篇讲硝酸铵历史的文章（National Geographic）。
_aleph2c_查看英文原文
Here is an article about how the ammonium nitrate ended up there in the first place: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/05/beirut-blast-tracing-the-explosives-that-tore-the-capital-apart/ Here is an article about the history of ammonium nitrate: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/08/deadly-history-ammonium-nitrate-explosive-linked-to-beirut-blast/ (comment edited)
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