Noémie Bouhana
@noemiebouhana.bsky.social
Professor of Crime Science and Counter Extremism at University College London. Augmented social ecologies, systemism, moral fragmentation, fluid extremism. Criminologist in an engineering faculty. French girl in Cambridge.
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Noémie Bouhana
@noemiebouhana.bsky.social
· Feb 17
The moral ecology of extremism: a systemic perspective
Dr Noémie Bouhana, University College London.
www.gov.uk
Most accessible overview of what I do: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d8b79...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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You know how the news is weird lately. I see your nonsense and raise you this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
2 Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You know how the news is weird lately. I see your nonsense and raise you this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
Clear and present danger.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Clear and present danger.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
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This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
And what if AI bubble and Crypto bubble have a baby?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
And what if AI bubble and Crypto bubble have a baby?
They said, in this day and age, you could get a random word garbage generator elected president of the United States. And they were right.
Trump: "They saw a lot of unbelievable activity at the McDonald's next to the base where they take off. The McDonald's was doing -- right? -- 5 times, they were going crazy. So they say 'there's something going on over there.' The biggest activity that McDonald's had ever had. It was a nice story."
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
They said, in this day and age, you could get a random word garbage generator elected president of the United States. And they were right.
I'm giving myself a Godwin pass, here, because who else do we know got off on stealing valuables from persecuted minorities? Wtaf.
If this policy really was enacted, I would hope to see civil disobedience and non-compliance with the state across civic society in an attempt to disrupt and block it. Countries have the right to enforce borders, not steal people's stuff for performative cruelty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm giving myself a Godwin pass, here, because who else do we know got off on stealing valuables from persecuted minorities? Wtaf.
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Tomorrow is our UCL department's annual International Crime Science Conference. @sandyschumann.bsky.social will be chairing a panel on “Violence: from offline to online ... and back again” featuring panel speakers from M&C Saatchi World Services, London's Violence Reduction Unit, and Moonshot.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Tomorrow is our UCL department's annual International Crime Science Conference. @sandyschumann.bsky.social will be chairing a panel on “Violence: from offline to online ... and back again” featuring panel speakers from M&C Saatchi World Services, London's Violence Reduction Unit, and Moonshot.
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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Indeed... that was the main takeaway of teaching "Far-Right Politics" in Fall 2025.
Not that the students are more supportive of the far right than previously - they are not! - but for them the far right is "normal". It is the "conservative" party that their dad supports.
Not that the students are more supportive of the far right than previously - they are not! - but for them the far right is "normal". It is the "conservative" party that their dad supports.
yes, and: there is an entire generation of voters out there that don't know what politics is like without Donald Trump
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Indeed... that was the main takeaway of teaching "Far-Right Politics" in Fall 2025.
Not that the students are more supportive of the far right than previously - they are not! - but for them the far right is "normal". It is the "conservative" party that their dad supports.
Not that the students are more supportive of the far right than previously - they are not! - but for them the far right is "normal". It is the "conservative" party that their dad supports.
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
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Unpopular opinion: the Purple Medley is one of the best things Prince ever did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
Prince - The Purple Medley (Fan Music Video)
YouTube video by VDJ Vivacity
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November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Unpopular opinion: the Purple Medley is one of the best things Prince ever did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
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Don't miss next week's C-REX/CANSES webinar: "Researcher Safety and Vicarious Trauma: Recommendations for Universities, Supervisors, and Researchers" with Clare McKendry, moderated by @audreygagnon.bsky.social. Nov. 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET), Online www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Researcher Safety and Vicarious Trauma: Recommendations for Universities, Supervisors, and Researchers
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
with Clare McKendry, University of Waterloo
www.sv.uio.no
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Don't miss next week's C-REX/CANSES webinar: "Researcher Safety and Vicarious Trauma: Recommendations for Universities, Supervisors, and Researchers" with Clare McKendry, moderated by @audreygagnon.bsky.social. Nov. 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET), Online www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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The only reason I care about this is because I spent an unholy amount of time at my last job explaining to academic researchers that a database containing voluntarily crowdsourced submissions based on arbitrary inclusion criteria wasn’t actually able to tell them about the base rate of a phenomenon
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The only reason I care about this is because I spent an unholy amount of time at my last job explaining to academic researchers that a database containing voluntarily crowdsourced submissions based on arbitrary inclusion criteria wasn’t actually able to tell them about the base rate of a phenomenon
Why must we keep rediscovering the Renaissance (Hu)Man.
"Having the technological knowledge is valuable but needs to be coupled with critical thinking and wider social and ethical framing."
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ever...
"Having the technological knowledge is valuable but needs to be coupled with critical thinking and wider social and ethical framing."
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ever...
Every student must study both STEM and the arts and humanities
Wider talent creation will better serve both businesses and graduates as the tech revolution drives rapid economic change, says Hanifa Shah
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Why must we keep rediscovering the Renaissance (Hu)Man.
"Having the technological knowledge is valuable but needs to be coupled with critical thinking and wider social and ethical framing."
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ever...
"Having the technological knowledge is valuable but needs to be coupled with critical thinking and wider social and ethical framing."
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ever...
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
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Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
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Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
We live in an age when facts are leaving fiction in the dust.
L’Italie enquête sur des « safaris » macabres pendant le siège de Sarajevo
L’Italie enquête sur des « safaris » macabres pendant le siège de Sarajevo
Durant le siège de Sarajevo dans les années 1990, plusieurs étrangers auraient payé une somme d’argent conséquente pour aller « jouer à la guerre » et tuer des civils, rapporte la presse italienne.
www.nouvelobs.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We live in an age when facts are leaving fiction in the dust.