Theo Kindynis
@kindynis.bsky.social
Criminologist currently interested in conspiracies, parapolitics, deep politics
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Theo Kindynis
@kindynis.bsky.social
· Jan 31
New article in the British Journal of Criminology about the criminalisation of conspiracy theories and conspiracy denial in the social sciences. We should take conspiracy theories seriously and investigate conspiracies by political and corporate elites doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
Plenty of royalty free images online that don't involve stolen artists' work and burning the Amazon rainforest?
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Plenty of royalty free images online that don't involve stolen artists' work and burning the Amazon rainforest?
Disappointing use of AI generated images
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Disappointing use of AI generated images
The quoted costs for cleaning graffiti are absurdly inflated as multiple layers of private contractors and contractors profit from cleaning London Underground rolling stock.
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The quoted costs for cleaning graffiti are absurdly inflated as multiple layers of private contractors and contractors profit from cleaning London Underground rolling stock.
In addition to their stated aim of gathering evidence, BTP and the Met use these raids as a form of extralegal punishment in and of itself, deliberately causing as much damage as possible.
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
In addition to their stated aim of gathering evidence, BTP and the Met use these raids as a form of extralegal punishment in and of itself, deliberately causing as much damage as possible.
British Transport Police have conducted a dawn raid on a man suspected of "over £250,000 in criminal damage to the London Underground". Footage postage on social media shows around 20 officers smashing their way through a door wearing riot gear. www.instagram.com/p/DTdUR-ciYSP/
British Transport Police on Instagram: "A suspected vandal was in for one rude awakening on Friday 🥱
With cops on the ground and drones in the sky, officers forced entry to a house in London to make ...
156 likes, 8 comments - britishtransportpolice on January 13, 2026: "A suspected vandal was in for one rude awakening on Friday 🥱
With cops on the ground and drones in the sky, officers forced entry ...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
British Transport Police have conducted a dawn raid on a man suspected of "over £250,000 in criminal damage to the London Underground". Footage postage on social media shows around 20 officers smashing their way through a door wearing riot gear. www.instagram.com/p/DTdUR-ciYSP/
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thewire.in/books/the-en... - Mass mobilisation has historically compelled even stubborn policies to bend. In 2026, reviving counter-hegemonic traditions across divides remains empire's most potent check, fuelled by Gramsci’s never-give-up maxim: “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
The Enduring Impact of Protest: Mass Opposition to Forever Wars and Its Echoes in Today's Politics
Mass mobilisation has historically compelled even stubborn policies to bend. In 2026, reviving counter-hegemonic traditions across divides remains empire's most potent check, fuelled by Gramsci’s neve...
thewire.in
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
thewire.in/books/the-en... - Mass mobilisation has historically compelled even stubborn policies to bend. In 2026, reviving counter-hegemonic traditions across divides remains empire's most potent check, fuelled by Gramsci’s never-give-up maxim: “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
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💥open access to :
- various full scale articles
-short articles on Gaza (AI, ecocide and ICJ)
-opinion pieces on gender disorder in Iran and Refugees in Turkey
-interviews with Ruth Jamieson and Maryna Shevstova
-in memoriam of Vincenzo Ruggiero
-Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theatre
- various full scale articles
-short articles on Gaza (AI, ecocide and ICJ)
-opinion pieces on gender disorder in Iran and Refugees in Turkey
-interviews with Ruth Jamieson and Maryna Shevstova
-in memoriam of Vincenzo Ruggiero
-Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theatre
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
💥open access to :
- various full scale articles
-short articles on Gaza (AI, ecocide and ICJ)
-opinion pieces on gender disorder in Iran and Refugees in Turkey
-interviews with Ruth Jamieson and Maryna Shevstova
-in memoriam of Vincenzo Ruggiero
-Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theatre
- various full scale articles
-short articles on Gaza (AI, ecocide and ICJ)
-opinion pieces on gender disorder in Iran and Refugees in Turkey
-interviews with Ruth Jamieson and Maryna Shevstova
-in memoriam of Vincenzo Ruggiero
-Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theatre
Why wait for repeat offenders?
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Why wait for repeat offenders?
Crime, Media, Culture among (I expect) many others
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Crime, Media, Culture among (I expect) many others
Authors doing this should be blacklisted
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Authors doing this should be blacklisted
New deep dive on Jeffrey Epstein's early years from the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New deep dive on Jeffrey Epstein's early years from the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
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Al Jazeera Mubasher reports Israel is using drones & aid routes to smuggle narcotics into Gaza, w/ drugs found hidden in flour bags & aid trucks. Palestinian leaders say it’s a deliberate effort to fracture society while food & medicine remain blocked
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Al Jazeera Mubasher reports Israel is using drones & aid routes to smuggle narcotics into Gaza, w/ drugs found hidden in flour bags & aid trucks. Palestinian leaders say it’s a deliberate effort to fracture society while food & medicine remain blocked
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
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Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Will scholars from Ariel University, which is illegally situated in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (and excluded from EU grants and joint research programs for this reason) be permitted to attend this conference as they have been in previous years?
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Will scholars from Ariel University, which is illegally situated in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (and excluded from EU grants and joint research programs for this reason) be permitted to attend this conference as they have been in previous years?
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Good to see the Board of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social have found time for a city break between obstructing and delaying the vote promised to members on the Society's complicity in Israeli atrocity crimes
The Board of the European Society of Criminology dropped by Warsaw to see how preparations for Eurocrim 2026 are progressing Looks like we’re on the right track! It’s going to be a fantastic conference, and we can’t wait to welcome you to Warsaw in September 2026!
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good to see the Board of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social have found time for a city break between obstructing and delaying the vote promised to members on the Society's complicity in Israeli atrocity crimes
The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent thewire.in/world/the-ep... by @usempire.bsky.social
The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent
Until universities reject tainted money, scholarly associations develop independent funding streams, departments defend junior scholars who ask uncomfortable questions, the US will continue to produce...
thewire.in
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent thewire.in/world/the-ep... by @usempire.bsky.social
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This isn't a public utility it's a protection racket.
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April
Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control.
Britain’s biggest water company on Wednesday said it had swung into profit for the six months to September, after losing £230m in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This isn't a public utility it's a protection racket.
Photo of tags on the Bakerloo line used to illustrate this racist diatribe by Tucker Carlson, which singles out graffiti for opprobrium 🎻❄️ archive.is/up9bi
archive.is
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Photo of tags on the Bakerloo line used to illustrate this racist diatribe by Tucker Carlson, which singles out graffiti for opprobrium 🎻❄️ archive.is/up9bi
Currently working with a PhD researcher who is studying and researching graffiti writing. Do any colleagues have recommendations for forthcoming conferences in UK / Europe that might be well suited for them to present at? Crim / psyhc / autoethnography / edgework / "addiction"
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Currently working with a PhD researcher who is studying and researching graffiti writing. Do any colleagues have recommendations for forthcoming conferences in UK / Europe that might be well suited for them to present at? Crim / psyhc / autoethnography / edgework / "addiction"
Presenting new research at @histmat.bsky.social conference next week in London
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Presenting new research at @histmat.bsky.social conference next week in London
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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
🕵️D is for Deep Politics: bit.ly/42Ua8AI
🕵️P is for Parapolitics: bit.ly/43AGOiR
#SPINBlog #DeepPolitics #Parapolitics #Secrecy
D is for Deep Politics - SPIN
D is for Deep Politics (From the A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance Series A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance) ...
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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
🕵️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...
P is for Parapolitics - SPIN
P is for Parapolitics (From the A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance Series) Dr Theo Kindynis, Department of Sociology...
secrecyresearch.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
P is for Parapolitics secrecyresearch.com/2025/10/17/p...
D is for Deep Politics secrecyresearch.com/2025/10/17/d...
D is for Deep Politics - SPIN
D is for Deep Politics (From the A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance Series A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance) ...
secrecyresearch.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
D is for Deep Politics secrecyresearch.com/2025/10/17/d...