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Extremism offline and online

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New piece from me on the rise and implications of AI Jake Paul - check out WXQT Radio below:

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Jake Paul PREGNANT?!
Celebrities are foraying into AI name and likeness deals — and users are taking full advantage. Jake Paul is pregnant. Jake Paul is wearing a full-face of makeup. Here, he speaks Spanish — look, now ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New piece from @hampton.bsky.social on WXQT talks performative masculinity in the FBI, challenge coins, and of course Mr. Patel:

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Performative Patel
Kash Patel's new challenge coin and the actual performative male moment. In early October, journalist Ken Dilanian posted an image of the two faces of an alleged new challenge coin issued by the dire...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Robin
Another new blog post up at WXQT!

This time, I write on Kash Patel's new(ish) challenge coin, which is indicative of how one of America's most powerful performative males crafts his visual identity (spoiler: mostly out of dudecore mainstream culture).
Performative Patel
Kash Patel's new challenge coin and the actual performative male moment. In early October, journalist Ken Dilanian posted an image of the two faces of an alleged new challenge coin issued by the dire...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Inaugural blog post from a new casual venture/site - @hampton.bsky.social and I briefly delved into the world of TikTok psychics after Charlie Kirk’s death. Read more from the beyond below, and expect similar work in the coming weeks:

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Charlie's Psychics
Welcome to the inaugural blog post at WXQT Radio — expect similar writings at an unspecified cadence in the near future, and feel free to subscribe as to not miss our exciting upcoming work. When a s...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Research lead Robin O’Luanaigh shares some best practices for researchers using TikTok for their data collection in our newest Research Note.
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Best Practices for TikTok Research: Emerging Methods | Middlebury Institute of International Studies...
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December 1, 2023 at 6:03 PM