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Sophia Moskalenko
@sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social
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Psychologist, writer, security consultant

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 18
Republicans spent the last 24 hours trying to justify ABC pulling Kimmel based on reasons other than intimidation and threats from the Trump admin, then Trump goes full Col. Jessup & pisses all over the narrative & admits he ordered the Code Red because Kimmel hurt his feelings.

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Sep 18
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”

That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 18
New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”

Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 16
Female academics are much more affected by the birth of a child than are male academics.

Academic mothers are much more likely to...

◾temporarily leave the labor force

◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.

scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 27
Storytelling as Psychological Warfare | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fric...
Storytelling as Psychological Warfare
Russia’s interest in banning "Shrek" may seem absurd, but it reveals how childhood stories shape political minds.
www.psychologytoday.com

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 21
How the Extreme Becomes Mainstream | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fric...
How the Extreme Becomes Mainstream
What makes extreme ideas go viral, and even define entire cultures? Discover how personal convictions evolve into powerful, society-shaping movements.
www.psychologytoday.com

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 18
🚩🚩🚩 SPECIAL ISSUE ALERT🚩🚩🚩
The Journal of Deradicalization invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to understanding the alarming global surge in antisemitism and how to prevent or counter this phenomenon.
journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php...
Abstract due: July 1, 2025
Paper Due: January 1, 2026
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Antisemitism and Antisemitic Violence | Journal for Deradicalization
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 16
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Antisemitism terror attacks have been rapidly increasing in number and lethality in the recent years
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 12
Wanna know what Gandhi, Van Gogh and bin Laden have in common? Listen to a podcast episode I recorded with infOasis

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7sU1...
📺 YouTube: youtu.be/Y9sdbTvIUs8
🔗 infOasis website: www.inf0asis.com/podcast
Episode 3 -- Dr. Sophia Moskalenko (UN Behavioral Scientist, Leading Terrorism Psychologist, Expert on Radicalization & Extremism, Co-Author of The Psychology of the Extreme)
Into the Oasis · Episode
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · May 11
‘Fight your Emotions’: Affective Injustice in Wartime trafo.hypotheses.org/58163
‘Fight your Emotions’: Affective Injustice in Wartime
By Olena Komar. Although research on affective injustice is gaining ground, no attention has yet been paid to wartime experiences. War has many destructive and devastating consequences, but against th...
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Jared R. Dmello, Ph.D. @jaredrdmello.bsky.social · May 7
Given the Trump administration's deleting trans from federal stats, re-sharing my paper with @miambloom.bsky.social and @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social, where we show the dangerous spillover into extremism from political marginalisation of the LGBTQ+ community! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
LGBTQ+ Victimization by Extremist Organizations: Charting a New Path for Research | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
LGBTQ+ Victimization by Extremist Organizations: Charting a New Path for Research
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Apr 30
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Arie Kruglanski and I spoke to All About Psychology, an APA official podcast, about our new book, Psychology of the Extreme.
Available on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Apr 24
Here’s a podcast episode I recorded with Arie Kruglanski and Dan Raviv about how fairy tales and early narratives shape the quest for significance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNis...
Quest for Significance: Fairy Tales Can Come True and Tell Us About Values, Mattering, Life Choices
YouTube video by Quest for Significance
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🌭 stevia nicks @muffinlab.bsky.social · Apr 14
someone has likely pointed this put but auschwitz wasn't in germany either

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Apr 7
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Why We're All Living in an Age of Extremism
Extremism isn’t just political, it’s personal. As modern life fuels obsessive behaviors, here's what you can do to stay balanced.
www.psychologytoday.com

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Apr 5
Rise of People’s Will, all that jazz…

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Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us
Amazon.com: Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us: 9780199747436: McCauley, Clark, Moskalenko, Sophia: Books
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Feb 15
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New Book Asks Us to Confront Extremism in the World—and Ourselves
UMD Psychologist Recommends Balance Vs. Over-the-top Behaviors in Work or Play
today.umd.edu

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Jan 17
Call for applications: The @HFGuggenheim #EmergingScholarAwards recognize and support promising Ph.D. candidates in completing dissertations that examine a salient aspect of violence.

Apply by Feb. 1, 2025.

Apply here: hfg.org/emerging-sch...
HFG Emerging Scholars - HFG
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards recognize promising researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jan 4
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump.

You know what to do.

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Dec 17
Just accepted at the European Journal of Social Psychology, Arie Kruglanski and my paper talks about the state of the field, the challenges it faces, and how we imagine Social Psychology can overcome them.
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(PDF) Social Psychology in the Age of Uncertainty: A Tale of Three Quandaries
PDF | In this paper we examine the current state of social psychology in terms of three major quandaries confronting our field. The quandary of Value... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Dec 6
I’m a psychologist, not an investigative journalist 🤷‍♀️

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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Dec 6
A very brief summary of the work we did with support from US DoD and NSF

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Cyberpsychology Aspects of Foreign Malign Influence | Science of Security Virtual Organization
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Sophia Moskalenko @sophiamoskalenko.bsky.social · Dec 3
I will be live on a Chai Mitzvah Zoom on December 30th, at noon EST, presenting my research on Deadly Disinformation, identifying the socio-historical pre-conditions and the content features that make some disinfo narratives viral and deadly. Register here:

 www.chaimitzvah.org/events/deadl...
Deadly Disinformation: The Role of Ideology in Political Violence | Chai Mitzvah
www.chaimitzvah.org

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · Nov 29
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 24
Sarah McBride: "It is an attempt to distract ... Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."