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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 15h

There's been a 300 PERCENT increase in FBI domestic terrorism investigations this year
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Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7

“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.

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Gary R. Bunt @garyrbunt.bsky.social · 1d

More details on the social media influences on synagogue attacker …

Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al Shamie 'shared ISIS videos, ranted and asked for large sums of money', his friends say

The terrorist's behaviour became unpredictable, friends say, including watching Islamic State videos, asking for money and sudden bursts of temper.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 2d

“it is the unrelenting focus on refineries which is doing most to change the narrative about the war, even appearing to help change Donald Trump’s mind about Ukraine’s prospects.”

Ukraine’s hellfire is intensifying the Kremlin’s fuel crisis
economist.com/europe/2025/...

Ukraine’s hellfire is intensifying the Kremlin’s fuel crisis

Almost half of Russia’s refineries have been hit by drones and missiles

economist.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d

A government that extrajudicially kills foreigners abroad will also (try to) extrajudicially kill its own citizens at home.

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Institut mezinárodních studií FSV UK @ims.fsv.cuni.cz · 5d

🚨 Exciting postdoc opportunity at the Institute of International Relations Prague! Join the INTERFER Project (Oct 2025–Dec 2028). Research focus: foreign interference, disinfo, cyber sec & digital politics. Apply by 12 Oct 2025 👉 www.iir.cz/postdoctoral...

#Postdoc #ResearchJobs

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague under the project INTERFER, starting October 2025 (until December 2028) | Ústav mezinárodních vztahů - Expertise to impact

We are looking for a new colleague for the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher under the project INTERFER which studies foreign interference by foreign powers in the context of current geopolitical ...

www.iir.cz

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 5d

At least four people are injured following a stabbing and car-ramming at a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
jrnl.ie/6832892

Suspect shot by police after four injured in stabbing and car-ramming at Manchester synagogue

The incident occurred at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester.

jrnl.ie

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 8d

For me, moving to the UK and getting a family set up with all the services one needs has been a bureaucratic nightmare. Just do this

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 8d

Brits being contrarian (again). Norway has had this for years and I can tell you 1) it simplifies everything from online banking to gov services enormously & 2) it is less of a threat to privacy because data are kept properly in one place instead of in tens of different places with varying security

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards

Views range from concerns over civil liberties and cybersecurity, to welcoming it as a helpful system to streamline services

www.theguardian.com

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 10d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 11d

It's also worth remembering that these are incident counts, not fatality counts. Deaths are often a better measure for scale/consequence. The report doesn't graph fatalities by ideology over time, but notes in the text that far left terrorism is very low lethality (causing only 2 deaths since 2020)

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 11d

Key graph. IMO the main story here is the dramatic decline in the incidence of far right terrorism in 2024-25, not the slight increase in far left attacks (from ~3 to ~7 a year)

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Asgeir Rekkavik @asgeirr.bsky.social · 13d

Er du over 35 og i ferd med å bli gradvis mer interessert i lokalhistorie? Nasjonalbiblioteket trenger hjelp med å plassere sin samling av historiske flyfoto på kartet.

bibliotekutvikling.no/nyheter/flyf...

Flyfoto: Ny tjeneste lar brukerne plassere flyfoto på kartet

Du kan plassere flyfoto på kartet! Flyfoto er fotografier som er tatt i lav høyde fra småfly av landskap, bygninger, natur, bygd og by.

bibliotekutvikling.no

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 13d

OK, but it should be 30 and the maximum should be 50.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13d

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today backed a call to set a minimum age for accessing social media.

Von der Leyen calls for minimum age to access social media

Commission chief throws weight behind calls to ban social media use for kids.

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 13d

Indeed. I fully trust DB, but I think they should have included the actual numbers for 2024-2025. Without specifics, the phrase "on the rise" risks being intepreted differently by different camps

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Nils August Andresen @nilaug.bsky.social · 14d

Vil tre norske oljefelt ta livet av 100 000 mennesker? Det er påstanden i rettssaken om Yggdrasil.

Men tallet er meningsløst. At akademikere i praksis stiller seg bak, er alvorlig for deres troverdighet. @oysteinsjolie.bsky.social tegner og forklarer:

www.minerva.no/gass-global-...

(+) Kan tre norske oljefelt ta livet av 100 000 mennesker?

Forskningen som påstår at utslippene fra tre norske oljefelt vil føre til 100 000 dødsfall har vært usedvanlig kreativ, selv til slik forskning å være.

www.minerva.no

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15d

Poland's statement to Russia at the UN.

"If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 16d

Gratulerer!

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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16d

Tirsdag 4. november er det akkurat ett år siden Trump ble gjenvalgt. I den anledning utkommer min nye bok, "USA: En nekrolog?" Der tar jeg for meg *waves at everything*. Den kan allerede nå forhåndsbestilles (signert versjon, if that's your jam) hos Norli: www.norli.no/978828282293...

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Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net · 16d

The President of the #Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Ahmad Al-Sharaa, arrives in #NewYork on a historic visit to participate in the #UnitedNations General Assembly meetings the first #Syrian president to do so since 1967.

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 17d

Why is this horrible for Universities?

Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.

This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 18d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 21d

Egypt deploys Chinese HQ-9B missiles in Sinai, heightening Israeli fears

Press reports revealed that Egypt has deployed Chinese HQ-9B long-range air defence systems at strategic sites in the Sinai Peninsula, a move that has triggered fresh concerns in Israel over possib…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 18d

Just comparing estimated deaths in the Siege of Aleppo with Gaza.

Gaza has resulted in nearly twice as many deaths in less than three years for a comparable population.

The photo on the left is from Aleppo; that on the right is from Gaza.

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · 18d

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10th, marks the deadliest global attack in 16 years and the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded.
cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 18d

a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder

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