Theo Kindynis

Presenting new research at @histmat.bsky.social conference next week in London

We are delighted to share two additions to our A-Z Secrecy and Ignorance series from the brilliant @kindynis.bsky.social

🕵️D is for Deep Politics: bit.ly/42Ua8AI
🕵️P is for Parapolitics: bit.ly/43AGOiR

#SPINBlog #DeepPolitics #Parapolitics #Secrecy

P is for Parapolitics secrecyresearch.com/2025/10/17/p...

D is for Deep Politics secrecyresearch.com/2025/10/17/d...

Two new contributions from me defining "deep politics" and "parapolitics" as part of @researchspin.bsky.social's
A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance series. Links below 👇

Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Lambros Fatsis in Criminological Encounters.

www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

All so people can generate AI slop for social media

Trump authorises CIA operations in Venezuela, says mulling land attack US president refused to directly answer whether he was trying to topple the Maduro government as tensions escalate.

Trump authorises CIA operations in Venezuela www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

'Epstein wasn’t a rogue actor. He moved easily through worlds of finance, science, politics, and media. His connections to both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump reveal a social world where money, sex, and influence flow freely -protected by the powerful and ignored by regulators.'

MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.

MI5 'illegally obtained data' from BBC journalist's phone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

Online first: Here is the new article of Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič in Criminological Encounters.

www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails...

Leaked emails show Jeffrey Epstein helped broker security agreement between Israel and Mongolia @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

In Stockholm to talk graffiti

The case for omega-3 supplementation to lower aggression | Penn Today A new meta-analysis by neurocriminologist Adrian Raine shows that omega-3 supplementation can reduce aggressive behavior across age and gender.

Funny how "experimental crimniologists" love to rag on theoretical work they don't understand but utter drivel like "fish oil reduces crime" passes without comment penntoday.upenn.edu/news/time-ha...

View the article for free with this link academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...

My article, 'Criminology, Conspiracy Theories and Theorizing Conspiracy' is in print in latest issue of British Journal of Criminology! We should take conspiracy theories seriously and investigate conspiracies by political & corporate elites. Free access below 👇

New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation The UK will be at the leading edge of defence innovation as the government signs a new partnership with Palantir to unlock billions in investment and deliver on the Government’s Plan for Change.

MOD signs new "strategic partnership" with Palantir www.gov.uk/government/n...

Online first: Here is the new article of Brunilda Pali and Polly Pallister-Wilkins in Criminological Encounters.

www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social

Good riddance. Her legacy is one of institutional vandalism

MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist Revelation relating to then Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, a ‘matter of grave concern’ MI5 has conceded it “unlawfully” obtained the communications data of a former BBC journalist, in what was claimed to be an unprecedented admission from the security services. The BBC said it was a “matter of grave concern” that the agency had obtained communications data from the mobile phone of former BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney. Continue reading...

MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist

New paper tries to "experimentally falsify" ghost criminology by misrepresenting it — claims we argue places 'emit a detectable 'spectral residue' that unsettles people independent of what they know'. We’ve never said that www.crimrxiv.com/pub/bxsjoeth...

New paper tries to "experimentally falsify" ghost criminology by misrepresenting it — claims we argue places 'emit a detectable 'spectral residue' that unsettles people independent of what they know'. We’ve never said that www.crimrxiv.com/pub/bxsjoeth...

UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration The University of California, Berkeley said on Friday it has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump's administration as part of a federal investigation into "alleged incidents of antisemitism", amid a broader government crackdown against educational institutions.

University of California, Berkeley has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump's administration as part of a federal investigation into "alleged incidents of antisemitism" www.reuters.com/world/us/uc-...

Theres no evidence Robinson was a groyper. Could well be, but could also be an anti-fascist or just have completely incoherent politics (as do many school shooters)…

"But, wherever he is in the world, he remains my best pal... leaving you with some 'interesting' friends to entertain".

A new letter from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein has been released, in which Britain's ambassador to the US describes Epstein as his "best pal".

This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!

ESC General Assembly shows overwhelming support for motion; ESC Board denies vote We, Criminologists for Palestine, are writing to express our profound shock at the decision of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) Executive Board to openly subvert the democratic will of its…

Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:

This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!