The Last Peter Smith
@petersmith.bsky.social
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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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...
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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...
www.antihate.ca
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.
A big thank you to @antihate.ca for the time and patience to let me do this.
Michail Chkhikvishvili, better known as “Commander Butcher,” the former leader of Maniac Murder Cult (MKY) has pleaded guilty to a plot in 2023 to poison children in New York City.
He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...
He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...
Leader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes and Sending Instructions to Make Bombs and Ricin
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” pleaded guilty to soliciting hate...
www.justice.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Michail Chkhikvishvili, better known as “Commander Butcher,” the former leader of Maniac Murder Cult (MKY) has pleaded guilty to a plot in 2023 to poison children in New York City.
He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...
He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...
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If you're tired of the biased BBC don't forget to tune in to GB News to watch shows hosted by Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Matthew Goodwin or Jacob Rees-Mogg. 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you're tired of the biased BBC don't forget to tune in to GB News to watch shows hosted by Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Matthew Goodwin or Jacob Rees-Mogg. 🤣
A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
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Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
www.bellingcat.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
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NEW: Accused Terrorgram leader Matthew Robert Allison asks a judge to throw out his case because his court-appointed lawyers aren't getting paid
Although the chances of dismissal are remote, this highlights a real problem — Congress' failure to fund indigent defense www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Although the chances of dismissal are remote, this highlights a real problem — Congress' failure to fund indigent defense www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Shutdown chaos could unleash accused terrorist boss back onto the streets
The court-appointed lawyers for a defendant described by the government as a leader of a “transnationalist terrorist group” want a federal judge to dismiss the case against their client because they h...
www.rawstory.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Accused Terrorgram leader Matthew Robert Allison asks a judge to throw out his case because his court-appointed lawyers aren't getting paid
Although the chances of dismissal are remote, this highlights a real problem — Congress' failure to fund indigent defense www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Although the chances of dismissal are remote, this highlights a real problem — Congress' failure to fund indigent defense www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Matthew Althorpe is appearing in a Toronto court right now to schedule his sentencing. He recently changed his plea to guilty.
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Thorold man pleads guilty to neo-Nazi terrorism charges, could face 20 years in prison | Globalnews.ca
Matthew Althorpe, 29, pleaded guilty in Toronto to three terrorism charges linked to the neo-Nazi group and admitted to producing violent propaganda promoting mass attacks.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Matthew Althorpe is appearing in a Toronto court right now to schedule his sentencing. He recently changed his plea to guilty.
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Very insightful piece about a recent school stabbing in Malaysia.
The boy's short manifesto made references to Colombine and other attackers.
The boy's short manifesto made references to Colombine and other attackers.
What did Bangkok's Siam Paragon mall shooting and Malaysia's Bandar Utama school stabbing incidents have in common?
Both were carried out by 14(M). What linked these two is memetic violence, inspired by online communities glorifying mass attacks and nihilism.
www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/75...
Both were carried out by 14(M). What linked these two is memetic violence, inspired by online communities glorifying mass attacks and nihilism.
www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/75...
COMMENT | Violence prevention: Look beyond simplistic solutions
We need comprehensive, evidence-based community responses.
www.malaysiakini.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Very insightful piece about a recent school stabbing in Malaysia.
The boy's short manifesto made references to Colombine and other attackers.
The boy's short manifesto made references to Colombine and other attackers.
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From opposing Putin to raising funds for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, this is the digital footprint of one Russian man with a shifting political ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
How a Former Political Hopeful Helps Russian Neo-Nazi Group Rusich Sell its Online Merch - bellingcat
An investigation by Bellingcat has found that a former St. Petersburg local election prospect is helping Neo-Nazi paramilitary group, Rusich, operate its online store.
www.bellingcat.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
From opposing Putin to raising funds for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, this is the digital footprint of one Russian man with a shifting political ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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“In a classified January report released via freedom of information request to Canada’s spy agency…. made note of the threat of active clubs’ increasing transnational collaboration and the potential for them to empower ties.” With a @petersmith.bsky.social cameo. ⬇️
Western intelligence agencies eye neo-fascist fight clubs: ‘an international white supremacist movement’
Security services are monitoring ‘active clubs’ as they move across borders to spread their extremist ideology
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“In a classified January report released via freedom of information request to Canada’s spy agency…. made note of the threat of active clubs’ increasing transnational collaboration and the potential for them to empower ties.” With a @petersmith.bsky.social cameo. ⬇️
War764 AKA Leonidas Varagiannis, an accused leader of harm & child abuse group 764, has been detained in Greece. Authorities have twice refused to extradite him to the US, since he is a Greek & US citizen, & the crimes are alleged to have taken place in Greece.
en.protothema.gr/2025/10/17/f...
en.protothema.gr/2025/10/17/f...
From Texas to the dark web of Greece - The "764" network, the Greek-American who was taken into custody and the FBI's demands - ProtoThema English
More than 250 investigations into cases involving children aged 8 to 17 - Where the name "764" came from and the way the members of the organization operated - The FBI arrived in Greece to identify a ...
en.protothema.gr
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
War764 AKA Leonidas Varagiannis, an accused leader of harm & child abuse group 764, has been detained in Greece. Authorities have twice refused to extradite him to the US, since he is a Greek & US citizen, & the crimes are alleged to have taken place in Greece.
en.protothema.gr/2025/10/17/f...
en.protothema.gr/2025/10/17/f...
Three men adhering to a neo-Nazi ideology, convicted of plotting to attack a synagogue in the UK, were sentenced today. Brogan Stewart received 11 years in prison, Christopher Ringrose 10 years, and Marco Pitzettu eight years.
news.sky.com/story/three-...
news.sky.com/story/three-...
Three neo-Nazis who plotted terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues jailed
The trio had more than 200 weapons including crossbows, swords, machetes, axes, hunting knives and an almost-complete 3D-printed assault rifle, which prosecutors say could "have been used to devastati...
news.sky.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Three men adhering to a neo-Nazi ideology, convicted of plotting to attack a synagogue in the UK, were sentenced today. Brogan Stewart received 11 years in prison, Christopher Ringrose 10 years, and Marco Pitzettu eight years.
news.sky.com/story/three-...
news.sky.com/story/three-...
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As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time
(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)
(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time
(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)
(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)
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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."
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Japan doing the meme
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Japan doing the meme
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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
www.eff.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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...
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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...
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
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
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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.
Read more:
Read more:
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...
globalextremism.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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.
Read more:
Read more:
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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...
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.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"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...
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...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"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...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
We have stepped into absolute madness.
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
We have stepped into absolute madness.
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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.
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.
September 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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.
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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It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
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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.
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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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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.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.