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Patrik Hermansson

@patrikhermansson.bsky.social

Senior researcher at @hopenothate.org.uk

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Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2 Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may β€˜regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine

Farage advisor said U.K. would be better off if it had not fought in WW2

16.08.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza

β€˜If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza

11.08.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 17

"Hey what would be the least helpful op-ed? Something by the weird race science dude? Got it."

26.06.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir Over a dozen Trump appointees in the White House and Department of Homeland Security have owned stock in the controversial company raising privacy concerns across the political spectrum.

🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns

Read it @pogo.org:

www.pogo.org/investigatio...

24.06.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 703    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 61

Basketweavers have stayed under the radar by keeping a low online profile and acting like they’re just a harmless social club. But behind closed doors, it’s viciously racist and disturbingly good at pulling in socially vulnerable people.

23.06.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Basketweavers: Inside the biggest far-right group you've never heard of With over a thousand members across the UK, US, and beyond, the Basketweavers presents themselves as a harmless social club, but behind closed doors, they push antisemitic conspiracies, violent fantas...

Read our latest report on the Basketweavers. A large far-right network that’s flown under the radar for years. Until @harryshukman.bsky.social went inside.

hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...

23.06.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Basketweavers: Inside the biggest far-right group you've never heard of With over a thousand members across the UK, US, and beyond, the Basketweavers presents themselves as a harmless social club, but behind closed doors, they push antisemitic conspiracies, violent fantas...

Who are the Basketweavers? Behind the purposefully inconspicuous name is a shadowy far right network with plans to form a new elite, and connections to a swathe of far-right extremists.

hopenothate.org.uk/the-basketwe...

19.06.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

We've updated our story on the alleged Minnesota shooter to include details from anti-abortion and anti-trans sermons he gave in 2023.

14.06.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2303    πŸ” 818    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 47
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Race Science Inc. | HOPE not hate Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company

For more details on Aporia and its place the race science network around the Pioneer Fund read our investigation for @hopenothate.org.uk last year: investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...

09.06.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aporia's status as a race science outlets is well established by now. By lending his Harvard credentials to it, Pinker contributes to widening its audience.

09.06.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBy lending his Harvard credentials to Aporia, Pinker contributes to the normalisation and spread of dangerous, discredited ideas.”

07.06.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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The British Movement: Dawn Raids, Terror Plots and Nazi Youth Groups HOPE not hate covers recent developments in the neo-Nazi British Movement and exposes the group’s links to Brogan Stewart, convicted of a terror plot last month. We also take a look at White Vanguard,...

He plotted terror attacks on mosques and synagogues.

He and his accomplices stockpiled 200+ weapons.

Now we can reveal Brogan Stewart, jailed last month, was trying to join the British Movement, one of the most extreme neo-Nazi groups in the UK.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/06/t...

06.06.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Trump Administration Wants to Create an 'Office of Remigration' to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country "Remigration"β€”a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nationsβ€”may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department...

NEW: "Remigration"β€”a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nationsβ€”may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.

And it may already be happening in the US.

29.05.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 321    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 38
Most of my colleagues, too, follow the data and report what their findings indicate or show, however politically incorrect. A few examples: Race has some biological reality. Marriage reduces crime. So does hot-spot policing.
Racism has been in decline. Phonics is essential to reading instruction. Trigger warnings can do more harm than good. Africans were active in the slave trade. Educational attainment is partly in the genes. Cracking down on drugs has benefits, and legalizing them has harms. Markets can make people fairer and more generous. For all the headlines, day-to-day life at Harvard consists of publishing ideas without fear or favor.

Most of my colleagues, too, follow the data and report what their findings indicate or show, however politically incorrect. A few examples: Race has some biological reality. Marriage reduces crime. So does hot-spot policing. Racism has been in decline. Phonics is essential to reading instruction. Trigger warnings can do more harm than good. Africans were active in the slave trade. Educational attainment is partly in the genes. Cracking down on drugs has benefits, and legalizing them has harms. Markets can make people fairer and more generous. For all the headlines, day-to-day life at Harvard consists of publishing ideas without fear or favor.

amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, β€œRace has some biological reality.”

that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.

23.05.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3477    πŸ” 558    πŸ’¬ 274    πŸ“Œ 387
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Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic remark at parliament Exclusive: Former Reform UK MP made comment during a meeting with staff earlier this year, leaked video shows

Former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe recorded making antisemitic remark at parliament

21.05.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.

We can finally unmask Morgoth, one of Britain's most extreme far-right influencers who inspired nazi terrorist Dylan Roof. This was a lengthy investigation together with @harryshukman.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...

19.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.

NEW investigation unmasking Morgoth, one of the most extreme far-right influencers in Britain. His essay was cited by the US terrorist Dylann Roof.

With @patrikhermansson.bsky.social, @gregorydavishnh.bsky.social and @dlhnh.bsky.social

On @hopenothate.org.uk

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...

19.05.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Proud to have worked on this lengthy investigation with @harryshukman.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social & @dlhnh.bsky.social.

We can finally name the elusive Nazi influencer 'Morgoth', and reveal his ideological contribution to the manifesto of the Charleston mass-killer Dylann Roof.

19.05.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Unmasking Morgoth, the British influencer who inspired a terrorist Morgoth, the writer of the far-right blog Morgoth's Review, is today unmasked by HOPE not hate as the Geordie man Michael Wright.

πŸ•΅οΈ 🚨 We’ve unmasked Morgoth, one of Britain’s most extreme far-right influencers.

β€’ His real name is Michael Wright.
β€’ He’s 49.
β€’ He’s from Seaton Delaval, but now lives in Northern Ireland.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/05/19/u...

19.05.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 201    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 15
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Russian-style law targeting independent press and NGOs tabled in Hungarian parliament Fidesz has submitted a proposal that would completely incapacitate organizations they have labeled as foreign agents threatening the country's sovereignty.

Late Tuesday, Hungary's ruling Fidesz party introduced a bill titled "On transparency in the public sphere," aiming to restrict NGOs and media outlets receiving foreign funding. telex.hu/english/2025...

14.05.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right The long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections

This is a must read about my colleague @harryshukman.bsky.social's many months inside the far right in Britain and Europe.

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

24.04.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right The long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections

These @hopenothate.org.uk undercover investigations never fail to fill me with admiration and gratitude. Bravo @harryshukman.bsky.social @joemulhall.bsky.social @patrikhermansson.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

24.04.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right: Amazon.co.uk: Shukman, Harry: 9781784746049: Books Buy Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right by Shukman, Harry (ISBN: 9781784746049) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Coming next week! YEAR OF THE RAT, my book about going undercover in the British far right for @hopenothate.org.uk. Available for pre-order now www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...

24.04.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

I am begging anyone with the ability to commission articles in my industry: let trans people write about what is happening to us right now.

22.04.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4624    πŸ” 1330    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 27
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Meet the SEVEN Reform candidates in Doncaster who posted Hitler memes, white nationalist articles, and antisemitic conspiracy theories Nigel Farage's party, Reform UK, has SEVEN dodgy candidates standing in Doncaster in the local elections. One posted Hitler memes.

Farage promised a slick new machine, but this looks like the same old circus. 🀑

πŸ”— Read our full investigation today πŸ‘‡
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/15/r...

17.04.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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23 dagar fΓΆr mycket. Frige Joakim nu!

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As a geneticist, I will not mourn 23andMe and its jumble of useless health information | Adam Rutherford Millions paid to give away their most personal data. At least in return they found out more about their earwax, says academic and author Adam Rutherford

Re-upping: In which I am not sad about the demise of 23andMe.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Lastly, we have footage of Simone and Malcolm Collins using PolygenX tools to select their embryos based on IQ and detail how they spread far-right conspiracy theories on their YouTube here:

investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/inside-prona...

02.04.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after β€˜race scientists’ claims Expert says any suggestion of Human Diversity Foundation accessing sensitive data could affect public trust in science


Our report raised questions on how this tech was developed. PolygenX claimed access to sensitive genetic data from the UK Biobank. This is data given to advance health research, not for groups connected to the far right help rich couples practice soft eugenics.

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

02.04.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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