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Theo Kindynis
@kindynis.bsky.social
Criminologist currently interested in conspiracies, parapolitics, deep politics
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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/...
Presenting new research at @histmat.bsky.social conference next week in London
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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 - SPIN
D is for Deep Politics   (From the A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance Series A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance)  ...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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 👇
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Lambros Fatsis in Criminological Encounters.

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

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Science Without Conscience. Or How a Criminology Conference Bared the Discipline’s Dead Soul | Criminological Encounters
www.criminologicalencounters.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
'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.'
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
MI5 'illegally obtained data' from BBC journalist's phone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Online first: Here is the new article of Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič in Criminological Encounters.

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

@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
If machines could speak: What can the AI-powered technologies used in Gaza tell us about Israel’s genocidal intent? | Criminological Encounters
www.criminologicalencounters.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Leaked emails show Jeffrey Epstein helped broker security agreement between Israel and Mongolia @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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...
www.dropsitenews.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In Stockholm to talk graffiti
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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...
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.
penntoday.upenn.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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 👇
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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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
From police violence to (self) censorship: Mapping the continuum of criminalization of student-led Palestine solidarity activism in the Netherlands | Criminological Encounters
www.criminologicalencounters.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Good riddance. Her legacy is one of institutional vandalism
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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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...
September 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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...
September 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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-...
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.
www.reuters.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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"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".
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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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:
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…
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Statement by criminologists within Aotearoa New Zealand & Australia on the genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza, & the ongoing apartheid, land dispossession & other human rights
abuses in the Occupied Territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, & within Israel
ojs.aut.ac.nz/dcj/article/...
View of Statement on the war in Gaza and genocide of the Palestinian people
ojs.aut.ac.nz
September 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM