WF Thomas
@wfthomas.bsky.social
sober, extremism researcher, journalism, looking at political violence, conspiracy narratives, the far right
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For the other thread of this kirkified Bella Rittenhouse image: Kyle as meme subject.
A few years back, @daveforan.bsky.social + @hariprasad.bsky.social and I wrote about Rittenhouse memes after he killed 3 people. You can read it on @terpolv.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A few years back, @daveforan.bsky.social + @hariprasad.bsky.social and I wrote about Rittenhouse memes after he killed 3 people. You can read it on @terpolv.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For the other thread of this kirkified Bella Rittenhouse image: Kyle as meme subject.
A few years back, @daveforan.bsky.social + @hariprasad.bsky.social and I wrote about Rittenhouse memes after he killed 3 people. You can read it on @terpolv.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A few years back, @daveforan.bsky.social + @hariprasad.bsky.social and I wrote about Rittenhouse memes after he killed 3 people. You can read it on @terpolv.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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For the first thread of this kirkified Bella Rittenhouse image: kirkification.
Recently, @oloonik.bsky.social and I wrote about a niche within the trend of kirkification (rap albums), which we shared on the WXQT blog last week. You can read it here:
wxqt-radio.ghost.io/lil-kirk/
Recently, @oloonik.bsky.social and I wrote about a niche within the trend of kirkification (rap albums), which we shared on the WXQT blog last week. You can read it here:
wxqt-radio.ghost.io/lil-kirk/
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For the first thread of this kirkified Bella Rittenhouse image: kirkification.
Recently, @oloonik.bsky.social and I wrote about a niche within the trend of kirkification (rap albums), which we shared on the WXQT blog last week. You can read it here:
wxqt-radio.ghost.io/lil-kirk/
Recently, @oloonik.bsky.social and I wrote about a niche within the trend of kirkification (rap albums), which we shared on the WXQT blog last week. You can read it here:
wxqt-radio.ghost.io/lil-kirk/
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Yesterday, Kyle Rittenhouse posted a couple of photos from his wedding this summer, one of which features him and his bride armed with a handgun and rifle (respectively). It took someone like 8 hours to kirkify Kyle's wife lmao.
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yesterday, Kyle Rittenhouse posted a couple of photos from his wedding this summer, one of which features him and his bride armed with a handgun and rifle (respectively). It took someone like 8 hours to kirkify Kyle's wife lmao.
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hello 29k followers, time for my periodic reintro to find lefty friends etc!
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
hello 29k followers, time for my periodic reintro to find lefty friends etc!
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
i'm the 1-person politics section at @teenvogue.com (feat. TV pics 😎) where I cover and edit coverage of youth organizing, abolition, LGBTQ rights + healthcare, student debt, climate, education, electoral politics + more 🫡
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Decoherence Media is publishing the first article in our 3 part investigation of the leaked web server for Rope Culture, the in-house magazine of notorious Nazi forum Iron March. There are hundreds of new Nazi email addresses and comments for researchers and journalists to dig through.
We found the exposed web server of Rope Culture, a neo-Nazi online magazine from the same Nazis behind the notorious Iron March forum. It contains hundreds of email addresses of the site’s commenters, emails sent to & from their mail server & the IP address of every visit to the site.
Neo-Nazi “Rope Culture” Web Server Reveals the Structure and Culture of a Far-Right Network
Part I: The exposed web server of Rope Culture, a neo-Nazi online magazine, contains a trove of data for understanding the transnational far-right
decoherence.media
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Decoherence Media is publishing the first article in our 3 part investigation of the leaked web server for Rope Culture, the in-house magazine of notorious Nazi forum Iron March. There are hundreds of new Nazi email addresses and comments for researchers and journalists to dig through.
Dead internet theory is one of my extreme pet peeves. It's a conspiracy theory. The tech isn't there. It doesn't make logical sense. It's another way to dehumanize whoever might be on the other side of an account you disagree with.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dead internet theory is one of my extreme pet peeves. It's a conspiracy theory. The tech isn't there. It doesn't make logical sense. It's another way to dehumanize whoever might be on the other side of an account you disagree with.
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This week’s premium episode is out. Sign up for our Patreon to hear @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I talk Red Scare, read a a bad article about Nick Fuentes, and examine the MAGA-friendly music scene. Plus, the pod debuts its first song “Sorrow / Antifa Reprise”
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October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This week’s premium episode is out. Sign up for our Patreon to hear @michaelehayden.bsky.social and I talk Red Scare, read a a bad article about Nick Fuentes, and examine the MAGA-friendly music scene. Plus, the pod debuts its first song “Sorrow / Antifa Reprise”
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My new chapter “Save our children from Satanists”: Women, Motherhood, and Satanic Moral Panic” is now out in ‘Satanism and Feminism in Popular Culture’ edited by Dr Miranda Corcoran. SO excited to have been included in this amazing collection & can’t wait to read the other papers!!
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My new chapter “Save our children from Satanists”: Women, Motherhood, and Satanic Moral Panic” is now out in ‘Satanism and Feminism in Popular Culture’ edited by Dr Miranda Corcoran. SO excited to have been included in this amazing collection & can’t wait to read the other papers!!
IF SLACK DOESN'T COME BACK UP IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES YOU ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE WORK
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
IF SLACK DOESN'T COME BACK UP IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES YOU ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE WORK
How do I explain to my therapist that even though "locked in" isn't on the emotion wheel, it's the most accurate way to describe how I'm feeling
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How do I explain to my therapist that even though "locked in" isn't on the emotion wheel, it's the most accurate way to describe how I'm feeling
Bluesky y'all should listen to the new album from @friendsinreallife.bsky.social it's very good and put a big smile on my face
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Bluesky y'all should listen to the new album from @friendsinreallife.bsky.social it's very good and put a big smile on my face
Walking is lowkey goated when the vibe is having spontaneous low stakes conversations with those around you and feeling a potent sense of community
February 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Walking is lowkey goated when the vibe is having spontaneous low stakes conversations with those around you and feeling a potent sense of community
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ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta Department of Law carried out a raid of the once-independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) this week following former-Inspector General Shannon Manigault’s resignation on Monday, according to multiple sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
February 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta Department of Law carried out a raid of the once-independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) this week following former-Inspector General Shannon Manigault’s resignation on Monday, according to multiple sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
Did you floss yet today???
February 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Did you floss yet today???
DID YOU FLOSS YET TODAY
February 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
DID YOU FLOSS YET TODAY
Every time I do Wahl-O-Mat (I've done it a couple times over the years) I get Tierschutzparty. Not sure what this says about me and I am not a German voter but I do find it interesting.
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Every time I do Wahl-O-Mat (I've done it a couple times over the years) I get Tierschutzparty. Not sure what this says about me and I am not a German voter but I do find it interesting.
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I started a (free) Substack publication. For its first post, I got a scoop about a Canadian-American Nazi who claims he campaigned with Kash Patel coming out tomorrow. Sign up if you want to read that. As you were. open.substack.com/pub/spineles...
Spineless and Literal | Dan Collen | Substack
Spineless and Literal is a newsletter about the intersection of violent extremism and culture by Dan Collen. It is written with the belief that hate should be recognized but never normalized. Click to...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I started a (free) Substack publication. For its first post, I got a scoop about a Canadian-American Nazi who claims he campaigned with Kash Patel coming out tomorrow. Sign up if you want to read that. As you were. open.substack.com/pub/spineles...
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An excellent piece from @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social explaining what can be said right now about the Nashville & Madison shooters' SAVF network interactions that me & @hereticmasked.bsky.social have been working on for months. @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social gives a great description of specific behaviors
Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities
A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and en...
www.propublica.org
January 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
An excellent piece from @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social explaining what can be said right now about the Nashville & Madison shooters' SAVF network interactions that me & @hereticmasked.bsky.social have been working on for months. @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social gives a great description of specific behaviors
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Me and @hereticmasked.bsky.social have been tracking an international hybrid threat network which we're calling the Soyjak Attacker Video Fandom (SAVF.) 4 people w/in it have committed attacks or attempted to. This is part 1 in our series.
Many thanks to @maargentino.com for hosting our work.
Many thanks to @maargentino.com for hosting our work.
Welcome to a new series From The Depths, about the Soyjak Attacker Fandom network. This series is written by guest authors who've chosen to remain pseudonymous. The Antioch highschool shooter and Abundant Life Christian School shooting where part of this network.
www.maargentino.com/examining-th...
www.maargentino.com/examining-th...
Examining the Soyjak Attacker Video Fandom (Part I)
www.maargentino.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Me and @hereticmasked.bsky.social have been tracking an international hybrid threat network which we're calling the Soyjak Attacker Video Fandom (SAVF.) 4 people w/in it have committed attacks or attempted to. This is part 1 in our series.
Many thanks to @maargentino.com for hosting our work.
Many thanks to @maargentino.com for hosting our work.
I'm normal and can sit with my back to the door in a restaurant
January 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm normal and can sit with my back to the door in a restaurant
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The only way to honor Holocaust remembrance is to center historical memory, combat antisemitism & fight contemporary genocides.
January 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The only way to honor Holocaust remembrance is to center historical memory, combat antisemitism & fight contemporary genocides.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
They don't want you to know the secret to ultimate gains is listening Jimmy Buffet while lifting. The relaxing sound of his gulf and western music primes the muscles to get the most out of the workout.
January 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
They don't want you to know the secret to ultimate gains is listening Jimmy Buffet while lifting. The relaxing sound of his gulf and western music primes the muscles to get the most out of the workout.
