Amarnath Amarasingam
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
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Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
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And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
And I got the newest (and fantastic) book, which I had already started reading as an e-book, edited by @maargentino.com and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
With a beautiful dedication ❤️
I highly recommend it to all scholars in the field.
We can make the world safer
🇧🇷🫱🏻🫲🏼🍁
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
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If you ever feel you're suffering from imposter syndrome, just remember there are "academics" who can't comprehend the title of the book, let alone be bothered to read said book, or take 5 minutes to look the authors corpus before making these bold claims.
This shit slaps hard if you're dumb
This shit slaps hard if you're dumb
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you ever feel you're suffering from imposter syndrome, just remember there are "academics" who can't comprehend the title of the book, let alone be bothered to read said book, or take 5 minutes to look the authors corpus before making these bold claims.
This shit slaps hard if you're dumb
This shit slaps hard if you're dumb
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Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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Dimitri Soudas, former Harper comms guy, told RadCan this morning that he's hearing Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will cross the floor to the Liberals today.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dimitri Soudas, former Harper comms guy, told RadCan this morning that he's hearing Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will cross the floor to the Liberals today.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
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Matthew Althorpe is appearing in a Toronto court right now to schedule his sentencing. He recently changed his plea to guilty.
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Thorold man pleads guilty to neo-Nazi terrorism charges, could face 20 years in prison | Globalnews.ca
Matthew Althorpe, 29, pleaded guilty in Toronto to three terrorism charges linked to the neo-Nazi group and admitted to producing violent propaganda promoting mass attacks.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Matthew Althorpe is appearing in a Toronto court right now to schedule his sentencing. He recently changed his plea to guilty.
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Althorpe is appearing over Zoom from the detention centre.
globalnews.ca/news/1147175...
Mamdani may be young but we know who the real toddlers are.
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Mamdani may be young but we know who the real toddlers are.
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq.
Like… stop it.
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Essential listening...
Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Tradwives, memes, Nordic sh*t: a look at today's far right (with Amarnath Amarasingam and Amy Mack)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Essential listening...
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Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
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Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
August 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Mine and @surajlakhani.bsky.social's book is now officially out, and there's a discount code!
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
Available: academic.oup.com/book/60071
Reposted by Amarnath Amarasingam
Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Tradwives, memes, Nordic sh*t: a look at today's far right (with Amarnath Amarasingam and Amy Mack)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Without immigrants, this World Series would be a two on two.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Without immigrants, this World Series would be a two on two.
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There is a real and scary rise of far-right extremism happening right now -- but we need to be careful not to make this into a witch hunt.
Far right culture exists, but not everything they embrace is only embraced by them.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social explain the nuance:
Far right culture exists, but not everything they embrace is only embraced by them.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social explain the nuance:
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There is a real and scary rise of far-right extremism happening right now -- but we need to be careful not to make this into a witch hunt.
Far right culture exists, but not everything they embrace is only embraced by them.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social explain the nuance:
Far right culture exists, but not everything they embrace is only embraced by them.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social explain the nuance:
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My 11-year-old officially works harder to accommodate people at his birthday parties than the Quebec state.
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...
montreal.citynews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My 11-year-old officially works harder to accommodate people at his birthday parties than the Quebec state.
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This was such a blast! So grateful when folks in the media give academics the space to talk about our work in accessible and public-facing ways.
LIVE at 12pmET TODAY!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This was such a blast! So grateful when folks in the media give academics the space to talk about our work in accessible and public-facing ways.
Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Tradwives, memes, Nordic sh*t: a look at today's far right (with Amarnath Amarasingam and Amy Mack)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...
montreal.citynews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
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It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
Scholar and Student Wellness while Confronting Violence and Ignorance: Can we Trust our Institutions when we are Targeted?
| Studies in Social Justice
journals.library.brocku.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students.
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
This has to be satire right
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This has to be satire right
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LIVE at 12pmET TODAY!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
LIVE at 12pmET TODAY!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
There’s nothing scarier than a true story.
So we’re breaking down something terrifyingly real (and cringe): far-right culture. From tradwives to fashwave, memes to comics, it's the modern face of the far right.
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social and @acmack.bsky.social join me!
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Such a smart ad.
Juntos vamos a construir la ciudad que merecemos!
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Such a smart ad.