Shandon Hogan

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
time.com/7295195/ai-c...

The Evolution of Far-Right Violence in Canada Canadian researchers, politicians and security services have expressed concern regarding the rise of the “far right.” However, it remains unclear whether this has also translated into an increase i...

My latest publication, analysing severe violence motivated by far-right beliefs in Canada across the past three decades. Thank you to the @crexuio.bsky.social team for your guidance and support. Open access for those interested www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence Since Trump returned to office in January, several government programs to combat domestic terrorism from white supremacists, militias, and other radicalized far-right extremists have been curtailed or...

Trump Administration Abandoning Efforts to Combat White Supremacist and Far-Right Terrorism and Violence

UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Applications now open! These Fellowships are designed to promote unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities.

🚨 Don’t miss the chance to apply for the UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

💡Fellowships are designed to promote unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities

🗓️ Deadline: 29 April 2025 🔗 Apply here: https://crestresearch.ac.uk/opportu…

David Icke, notorious English peddler of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about lizard people, is calling out Elon Musk on Twitter and it is fascinating to watch:

FT Exclusive: Peter Navarro, one of the US president’s closest advisers, is pushing for the US to remove Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network — which also includes the UK, Australia and New Zealand. www.ft.com/content/2dfa...

An opportunity to work with the amazing Cynthia Miller-Idriss and her great colleagues at Peril!

New Zealand’s only convicted saboteur released from prison but will still be monitored Taupō man served full prison sentence of three years and one month.

NZ Herald: Power grid saboteur - The Parole Board has set conditions on his release and Philip will be monitored by the Probation Service for the next six months, with electronic monitoring and a ban on using an internet-capable device without permission
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plent...

Exclusive: One of Sydney’s most prominent Muslim leaders was allegedly almost mowed down by a female motorist accused of ‘overtly threatening’ behaviour towards Muslims, it can be revealed.

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaus...

The 7th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism will be hosted by Aarhus University. The call for abstracts is now open: ps.au.dk/fileadmin/St...

Quebec man pleads guilty to spreading hate speech about Jews, trying to make 3D-printed guns A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to attempting to manufacture multiple firearms with a 3D printer, including an AR-15, and spreading hate speech about the Jewish community.

A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to attempting to manufacture multiple firearms with a 3D printer, including an AR-15, and spreading hate speech about the Jewish community.

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-man-p...

Considering the % of the 300m ChatGPT users who are students, I don't think anyone is ready for the impacts of Gen AI on future literacy & even shared concepts/facts

2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025

📣We are hiring! Please share!
👉2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science
🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
📅 Deadline: February 3rd, 2025
🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

ASIO and Australian federal police … warned that “shocking” numbers of their priority cases involve young people.

amp.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The full price is here. My thanks to my colleagues Brooke, Camden and Clara for their hard work on the report and the support @ncite.bsky.social provides to allow us the space and time to think about these issues and propose policy solutions

www.icct.nl/sites/defaul...

Concern at jail writings of accused teen terror plotter Police have raided the jail cell of a teen accused of plotting terror attacks after prison staff found...

A teen accused of plotting terrorist attacks has written notes about attacks on police & trans people and. The 19yr old is facing explosives offences after planning multiple terror attacks in Melbourne including a school shooting, bombing & train derailment

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883894...

The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham The Syria-based group now functions more like a government than a nonstate actor, portending a reorientation for the larger jihadist movement.

To understand current dynamics in Syria, read @azelin.bsky.social's book on HTS, the rebel group that captured Aleppo.

📢 We are hiring 2 Associate Lecturers in International Relations @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, with a focus on Conflict and Security.

Both will play a central role in supporting and teaching on a new online Postgraduate programme in Conflict & Security in Policy and Practice

Australia’s official definition of ‘terrorism’ to be reviewed for first time since September 11 attacks Exclusive: Independent monitor to conduct ‘first principles’ review of what constitutes a terrorist act in wake of Bondi and Wakeley stabbing attacks

"Australia’s official definition of ‘terrorism’ to be reviewed for first time since September 11 attacks.
Independent monitor to conduct ‘first principles’ review of what constitutes a terrorist act in wake of Bondi and Wakeley stabbing attacks"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New Zealand designates all of #Hezbollah as a terrorist group, expanding on prior listing of just terrorist wing. Gratified to see statement of the case cite to my work @washinstitute.bsky.social, including a presentation at @interpol.int www.police.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social Just came out: www.courts.sa.gov.au/download/sen... (wish it was more detailed)

My employer the Centre for Research on Extremism (C-Rex) at the University of Oslo is migrating from Twitter. If you’re interested in the far right and right-wing extremism you should give them a follow 🙂

My latest analysing far-right terrorism and violence in New Zealand. Thank you to the C-REX team for your fantastic guidance and support. Open access link below for those interested. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Brothers accused of terror-fuelled bushfires filmed vow to burn cities The pair accused of lighting bushfires in the name of terror group Islamic State were living at home with their parents in Epping at the time of their alleged offences.

Two brothers accused of lighting bushfires in 2021 after "pledging allegiance to Islamic State and vowing to burn Australian families alive"

Accused terrorist Nathanial Veltman wrote racist manifesto, researched New Zealand killer “Below are my political views, for whoever is interested,” the document begins.

Canadian accused terrorist inspired by Christchurch shooter: "Veltman ended his own manifesto with the nearly identical sign-off used by the New Zealand shooter"

apple.news/AbnNvmGL5Tze...

Te Pāti Māori candidate victim of home invasion, receives threatening letter The issue of race is heating up on the campaign trail with two weeks left to go.

New Zealand politician’s home invaded, vandalised and left with a threatening letter in an alleged politically motivated attack

Slow Syrian repatriation risk to IS defeat, court told Slow repatriation of women and children from Syrian refugee camps poses a risk to fully defeating Islamic State, lawyers for a group of Australians say.

"Save the Children is fighting in the Federal Court for the Australian government to repatriate 11 women and 20 children ... in detention camps in northern Syria"

Research assistant positions at C-REX Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) is looking to hire three research assistants (30%) to update the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe (RTV) dataset for 2023.

Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) is looking to hire three research assistants (30%) to update the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe (RTV) dataset for 2023.
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

RCMP charges Canadian Patrick Gordon Macdonald (aka "Dark Foreigner") with participating in activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity & commission of offence for terrorist group

NZSIS publishes unclassified assessment of New Zealand’s threat environment https://www.nzsis.govt.nz/news/nzsis-publishes-unclassified-assessment-of-new-zealands-threat-environment/