Dafydd Townley

Somewhere, Richard Helms is applauding this.

The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems Are this year's major attacks the "cumulative effect of a kind of inaction on cyber security" from the government and big business?

The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' The president says the latest move is "necessary" to protect immigration detention facilities in the major US city.

The US is under siege from its own government and the great American experiment in democratic government is nearing its end.

Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Banner held by Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

"Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of ... an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them." @jamellebouie.net again says it precisely and with receipts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.

They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

Hi Jonty, have replied. Can get something with for tomorrow lunchtime but am fully booked for today. Suggested an alternative author in the email.

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English 'Success rate of air defenses not as good as NATO would want', analyst says • FRANCE 24 English

A pleasure to be on France 24 again this evening talking about NATO’s potential response to the drone attack in Poland.

youtube.com/watch?v=zWPu...

(Humanities professors after decades of STEM pushes)

Great opportunity for intelligence scholars to contribute to a @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Special Issue on the 1975 Church Committee.

Probably the best news of the summer, so far.

Can the day get any better?

YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Musk getting out of DOGE: 'Trump administration moving away from one-on-one relationships'

Me on France 24 this lunchtime, discussing the fallout between Trump and Musk.

youtu.be/ukhV9w35s-Y?...

Trump sees himself as more like a king than president. Here’s why Trump’s ambition to extend the powers of the president has prompted national ‘no kings’ protests.

My latest for @uk.theconversation.com - all hail King Donald?

Trump sees himself as more like a king than president. Here’s why theconversation.com/trump-sees-h...

This is such a great thread and shares a great deal of my issues (and those of other scholars I speak to) of travelling to the US to conduct research or attend conferences in the near future.

I really enjoyed being a part of this. Many thanks to @officialbaas.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to talk about Trump, hyper-masculinity and Republican politics.

UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon Web Services boss The world's largest cloud computing company plans to spend £8bn on new data centres in the UK over the next four years.

UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon boss

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lezine. Ffs. Autocorrect.

One of my favourite parts of Andor’s season 2 has been seeing Thierry ‘Gilou’ Godard as Levine.
#Andor #Spiral #Engrenages

Wasn’t Nixon was selling ambassadorships during the 72 campaign? This corruption is not new but perhaps not so blatant.

Think Bradley’s yellow card probably swung it.

Liverpool have been pedestrian in this second half compared to the first half. The press has gone and the passing has been dreadful.

I think he’ll last 3 seasons before he’s looking elsewhere.

This Real Madrid side are woeful. I have no idea why Trent is going there. They’re going to be second best to Barca for the next 5 years unless Alonso performs a miracle. #ElClassico

CISA warns of hackers targeting critical oil infrastructure CISA warned critical infrastructure organizations of "unsophisticated" threat actors actively targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas sectors.

CISA warns of hackers targeting critical oil infrastructure

Ukraine: Two Hungarians detained over alleged spy plot Ukraine's security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about air defences.

Two Hungarians detained over alleged spy plot in Ukraine.

Darwin has decided it’s lunchtime.

ECR or PGR whose research focuses on American politics? Get your paper in for the @americanpolitics.bsky.social conference at LSE.