The Last Peter Smith

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)

Militant Accelerationism and the Online Radicalisation of Youth Across the West, extremist youth movements are being shaped and mobilised through online ecosystems built around militant accelerationism - a neo-Nazi ideology that glorifies violence to hasten societ...

Latest from me for @techvsterrorism.bsky.social

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The Rise of Japan’s Female Trump: Why Takaichi Sanae Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Japanese Democracy Since Abe 2.0 Takaichi endorsed “Hitler’s Election Strategy” in the ‘90s, threatened TV networks as communications minister, claims foreigners abuse Nara’s deer without evidence and speaks to the Gods #InsaneSanae

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Japan doing the meme

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

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...

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

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.

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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...

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.

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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.

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...

Get fucked

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...

"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."

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We have stepped into absolute madness.

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.

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

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.

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.

It is

Hills I will die on: Age verification is bad for children, expression, and does not make anyone safer.

The UK laws are a testing ground.

I cannot stress enough how every word of this is incorrect.

Purgatory has been claiming many of the hoax shooter calls that have been made to US universities over the past week.

Alleged Porepunkah shooter once described police as 'terrorist thugs' The man accused of shooting dead two police officers in Victoria's north-east is a "sovereign citizen" who once called police offensive names and was involved in an attempt to have Daniel Andrews trie...

Dezi Freeman, a reported "sovereign citizen," escaped to the bush after allegedly killing two police officers on Tuesday morning after they arrived to execute a warrant related to "historical sex crimes."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Shockingly, requiring social media companies to gather data on children neither protects nor helps give them a voice.

N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge

NEW: Acting NSA director intervened to try and save job of chief data scientist and government AI expert but was rebuffed by Tulsi Gabbard. More: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

Recruitment Surges as Neo-Nazis Fill the Streets of Melbourne Neo-Nazi recruitment is surging in Australia after the National Socialist Network staged its largest-ever march through Melbourne’s streets, led by Thomas Sewell. The demonstration marked by chants of...

Neo-Nazis are gaining ground in Australia as the National Socialist Network staged its largest-ever march in Melbourne. Led by Thomas Sewell, the masked, militant protest ended in violence but was celebrated across global far-right networks, and NSN claims its membership has more than doubled since.

Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan Party's rise marks a shift toward conspiracist, anti-globalist rhetoric

Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan (Romeo Marcantuoni) - Nikkei Asia
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Emma is doing live boots on the ground reporting from the Air Canada flight attendants' picket line

Follow @emmaarkell.bsky.social and subscribe to her ShiftWork newsletter for more Canadian labour news and original reporting on strikes in Canada 👇

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If you aren't following @antihate.ca and reading their stuff, you should be.

Supermarket gunman who targeted Black people wants charges dropped, says grand jury was too white Attorneys for the gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket argue that federal charges should be dropped due to a lack of minority representation on the grand jury

"Attorneys for the gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket say the federal charges against him should be dropped because there weren't enough Black people and other minority groups on the grand jury that indicted him."

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Patriotic Alternative Founder/UK neo-Nazi Mark Collett was turned back from Sweden in early August after attempting to travel to talk at an event for Free Sweden(Det Frias Verige).

Slapped with a 15 year ban from the EU, Det Frias Verige is fundraising to appeal raising over 45,000KR (~$4,600 USD).

Fascism’s a real bummer man