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John Horgan
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Distinguished University Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, school safety, and a few other things📍Atlanta, GA. This is a personal account. Author of TERRORIST MINDS. This account mostly is posts of our dogs and cats - and terrorism. .. more

John G. Horgan is a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He studies involvement and engagement with terrorism, with a focus on disengagement and deradicalisation from terrorist movements. He has been described by the European Eye on Radicalization research group as the "world’s most distinguished expert in the psychology of terrorism". Since 2019, Horgan has been leading a team of researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to research the incel subculture. .. more

Political science 30%
Medicine 30%

When you want a temporary escape from the madness, check out Pluribus. It's...fantastic.

Always watching.
“A Nigerian official was told by a U.S. counterpart that, with Thanksgiving coming up, Nigeria should go quiet and wait for the president’s attention to shift, a Nigerian official said.”

Ladies and Gentlemen, the commander in chief of the U.S. military.
Waiting for a very delayed flight to Atlanta & the pilot (Scott!) has become everyone's best friend, hanging out amongst the people. He's let us know that Atlanta is only allowing 30 flights an hour, when it's usually 120.

Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

TGIF

Blasts injure dozens at Indonesian mosque, student suspected

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“These six are some of those women that history unjustly forgot, though they deserved a lasting place in the annals of adventure.”

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The First All-Women Team Summited Denali 55 Years Ago. The World Forgot Their Story—Until Now.
In 1970, the first all-female team summited Denali. The new book "Thirty Below" by Cassidy Randall tells this forgotten story.
www.climbing.com
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

Judge Criticizes Immigration Agents in Chicago: ‘Use of Force Shocks the Conscience’

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Judge Criticizes Immigration Agents in Chicago: ‘Use of Force Shocks the Conscience’
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Because he's the gyro Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our gyro.”

Baloney!

[I'll show myself out]

Same, but the saucer section looks....terrible.

And how to think about this in (from my perspective anyway) a post-CVE world where, on top of all the ideological messiness, state actors are becoming increasingly bold? So much change happening right now and I feel like we are all just trailing behind.

Reposted by Beatrice de Graaf

Far-right cases referred to counter-terror programme Prevent double those for Islamist extremism as referrals hit record high
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

p.s. and for terrorism nerds, there will be a paper on all this in the new year from my new PhD student Morgan Shayler and me.

Ideological promiscuity, so-called "NVE", "salad-bar extremism", and a bazillion related new terms. If you're in or near the University of St. Andrews later this month, I'll be there to talk about all this stuff and what it means. Come say hi.

events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/prof-...
The (Rapidly) Changing Face of Terrorism and Implications for Psychology Research
Terrorism is the use or threat of use of violence by non-state actors against non-combatants in the furtherance of some
events.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Terrorist Groups are Weaponising Climate Change —Outperforming States in Delivering Water, Food & Disaster Relief to Win Hearts, Minds & Territory. My Latest Article Reveals How Environmental Governance Is Becoming A New Tool for Legitimacy 👇👇👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Darkest Shade of Green: Climate Change, Terrorist Organizations, and the Battle for Environmental Legitimacy
Climate change is fundamentally reshaping modern terrorism through “environmental governance competition”—strategic contests where terrorist organizations exploit climate vulnerabilities to outperf...
www.tandfonline.com

Brave boy who survived his first Halloween

Happy Halloween from Molly
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co