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The Last Peter Smith

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Freelance journalist & researcher | Words in Militant Wire, Lawfare, CTC Sentinel, EurasiaNet, CAHN & more | Interested in conflict, technology and underground movements | The People's First Runner Up

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 5

Years of research and weeks of writing, it's finally done.

A big thank you to @antihate.ca for the time and patience to let me do this.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · Aug 5

NEW REPORT: Com/764 network is a dark digital subculture which engages in cybercrimes, promotes in-person violence, and extorts and abuses children around the world.

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Read our report examining the Com network’s origins and methods here: www.antihate.ca/com_764_tran...

Com/764: Transnational Abuse, Extortion, and Cybercrime Networks Targeting Youth

In recent years, a dark digital subculture has been metastasizing online and growing into a significant threat to young people, who are being targeted and exploited by an evolving network of online an...

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 1d

Latest from me for @techvsterrorism.bsky.social

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Militant Accelerationism and the Online Radicalisation of Youth

Across the West, extremist youth movements are being shaped and mobilised through online ecosystems built around militant accelerationism - a neo-Nazi ideology that glorifies violence to hasten societ...

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 4d

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 5d

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The Rise of Japan’s Female Trump: Why Takaichi Sanae Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Japanese Democracy Since Abe 2.0

Takaichi endorsed “Hitler’s Election Strategy” in the ‘90s, threatened TV networks as communications minister, claims foreigners abuse Nara’s deer without evidence and speaks to the Gods #InsaneSanae

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Japan doing the meme

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

The EU is once again trying to push a dangerous legislative proposal that undermines encrypted communication and obliterates our rights to private conversations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 13d

There is a lot we don’t know about the tragic shooting in Michigan today- so important to withhold speculation about motive until we know more. For now, keeping the focus on the victims & survivors who again are bearing the terrible costs of this culture & these laws.

www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...

Michigan Mormon church shooting live: Two killed and eight injured as suspect named

The FBI is leading the federal investigation into the attack which Donald Trump calls

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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 14d

The Evergreen High School shooting underscores the role of online extremism in youth radicalization. Shooter Desmond Holly shared antisemitic conspiracies and tributes to past killers, echoing a disturbing digital culture that venerates mass violence.

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Colorado School Shooting Highlights Extremism’s Deep Roots In Digital Radicalization

The Evergreen High School shooting in Colorado is the latest reminder of how digital subcultures fuel real-world violence. Sixteen-year-old Desmond Holly, who injured two classmates before killing him...

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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 15d

1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise

For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 18d

Get fucked

The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 18d

"Felonies and gourds have one very important commonality: they’re both extremely fucking real. Sorry if that’s upsetting, but I’m not doing you any favors by shielding you from this anymore."

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · 24d

We have stepped into absolute madness.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 24d

Big day for wrongthink.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Sep 11

I will not speculate on the motivations for Kirk's assassination.

I will not comment on the alleged motivations until a convincing suspect has been identified.

I neither blindly believe nor directly disregard everything official sources say.

I guess these are fringe positions on social media.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 9

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

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Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · Aug 29

Those of you falling for the click bait elements attackers leave behind should know better, than to fall for their trolling and having you publish click bait reporting or reporting filled with slurs.

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · Aug 28

A warning I often repeat for those working with attacker manifestos, like the one in Minnesota: resist the temptation to seize on one element that aligns with your own political or policy concern and elevate it as the only motive.

Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 27

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hills I will die on: Age verification is bad for children, expression, and does not make anyone safer.

The UK laws are a testing ground.

Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · Aug 25

SO thrilled to publish this fantastic piece outlining the problems with age verification and "child safety" by Pratika Katiyar and Rebecca Williams at the ACLU and Cynthia Conti Cook who leads the Surveillance Resistance Lab.

We must fight age verification with all we have | Taylor Lorenz

Get more from Taylor Lorenz on Patreon

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

I cannot stress enough how every word of this is incorrect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

RFK Jr claims that windmills are "wiping out the whale population" in the Atlantic

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

Purgatory has been claiming many of the hoax shooter calls that have been made to US universities over the past week.

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · Aug 26

GPAHE uncovered a swatting group called “Purgatory,” part of the extremist Com network, behind hoax active-shooter calls at Villanova, and more. These false reports triggered armed police responses and mass panic, showing how swatting has become “violence-as-a-service” in online extremist networks.

GPAHE Uncovers Group Claiming to be Behind String of University Swatting Calls

GPAHE uncovered a swatting group called “Purgatory,” part of the extremist Com network, behind hoax active-shooter calls at Villanova, Tennessee, and more. These false reports triggered armed police r...

globalextremism.org

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

Dezi Freeman, a reported "sovereign citizen," escaped to the bush after allegedly killing two police officers on Tuesday morning after they arrived to execute a warrant related to "historical sex crimes."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Alleged Porepunkah shooter once described police as 'terrorist thugs'

The man accused of shooting dead two police officers in Victoria's north-east is a "sovereign citizen" who once called police offensive names and was involved in an attempt to have Daniel Andrews trie...

www.abc.net.au

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The Last Peter Smith @petersmith.bsky.social · Aug 24

Shockingly, requiring social media companies to gather data on children neither protects nor helps give them a voice.

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · Aug 24

Misguided age-verification laws are a universal mute button for free speech.

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Julian E. Barnes @julianbarnes.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: Acting NSA director intervened to try and save job of chief data scientist and government AI expert but was rebuffed by Tulsi Gabbard. More: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge

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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · Aug 19

Neo-Nazis are gaining ground in Australia as the National Socialist Network staged its largest-ever march in Melbourne. Led by Thomas Sewell, the masked, militant protest ended in violence but was celebrated across global far-right networks, and NSN claims its membership has more than doubled since.

Recruitment Surges as Neo-Nazis Fill the Streets of Melbourne

Neo-Nazi recruitment is surging in Australia after the National Socialist Network staged its largest-ever march through Melbourne’s streets, led by Thomas Sewell. The demonstration marked by chants of...

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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan (Romeo Marcantuoni) - Nikkei Asia
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Sans...

Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan

Party's rise marks a shift toward conspiracist, anti-globalist rhetoric

asia.nikkei.com

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · Aug 19

Emma is doing live boots on the ground reporting from the Air Canada flight attendants' picket line

Follow @emmaarkell.bsky.social and subscribe to her ShiftWork newsletter for more Canadian labour news and original reporting on strikes in Canada 👇

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