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Thomas Hegghammer
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Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.

It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.

Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
hegghammer.net
Finally got myself an old MacBook Air M2 and installed @asahilinux.org on it. It's mindblowing. I've never experienced a PC as fast and snappy as this. Build is terrific and battery 10+ hours. Everything except external display works. This ends the search for the optimal Linux laptop afaic
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.
UK police say 10 people hospitalized after train stabbing attack, 9 with life-threatening injuries
British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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politicsoxford.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/u...
Man arrested with body armor and a suitcase filled with ammunition after threatening multiple synagogues, officials say | CNN
In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
hegghammer.net
"– Jeg kan ikke fatte og begripe at politikerne nekter å høre på sikkerhetsmyndighetenes gjentatte, årlige advarsler, sa Ståle Ulriksen [i juni]"
www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/ru...
Ruters egne tester viser: Oslo-elbusser kan stoppes og slås av fra Kina
Ruter-test viser at kinesiske elbusser kan kontrolleres fra Kina. Hundrevis av busser fra samme produsent er i trafikk på norske veier.
www.nrk.no
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Please repost:

We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.

pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research in the United States and around the world, studying people’s religious beliefs and practices as well as their views on related issues, including religion’s role in public life. The ideal candidate will have a strong data journalism mindset, with the ability to translate complex quantitative findings into clear and engaging narratives that are nonpartisan and non-advocacy. This position will be embedded within the Religion research team, where the writer/editor will work collaboratively to shape the team’s research agenda, including identifying key research questions; contributing to survey development; and synthesizing findings into accessible and compelling storylines. The writer/editor will also evaluate drafts of research reports to determine whether there are shortcomings in the analysis; edit, rewrite and reorganize drafts as necessary to improve flow and clarity; and work with researchers and designers to create appropriate charts and tables. In addition, the writer/editor will provide guidance and training to the Religion team’s researchers and serve as a writing resource. Following the release of reports, the writer/editor may help disseminate research to the public through the Center’s social media channels, videos, newsletters, and virtual or in-person gatherings, always adhering to the Center’s independent, nonpartisan, non-advocacy stance. 
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
hegghammer.net
Ser på Lånekassens satser og konstaterer at det ikke lenger er mulig for en ubemidlet norsk student å studere på gode universiteter i England. Skolepenger for en bachelor på OxBridge starter på NOK 575k per år, uten kost og losji. Lånekassen gir totalt 550k (190k stip + 360k lån)
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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jbenmenachem.com
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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jayulfelder.bsky.social
Among the very many things that could be said about No Kings, I think they fit neatly into the wave of "horizontally structured, digitally coordinated, leaderless mass protest" waves that Vincent Bevins describes in his book If We Burn, and that, like the others, they are "fundamentally illegible."
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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qusaynoor.net
#UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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nic221.bsky.social
A glitch with an obscure Amazon database disrupted life for millions of people across the U.S. as core internet services failed to function for an array of companies www.wsj.com/tech/aws-outag…
142 The number of Amazon Web Services products that were affected by the end of Monday, after a glitch with an obscure Amazon database set off a massive internet outage that delayed flights, knocked out websites and extended into everyday life. By 3 a.m., the outage's blast radius had spread far beyond Amazon, cascading across the internet, delaying more than 4,000 flights, knocking out news websites such as The Wall Street Journal, affecting financial transactions and extending into everyday life. The episode, which turned into one of the most prolonged daily outages for AWS, offered a reminder of the fragility of global connectivity, which has gone dark a number of times in recent years after seemingly minor software updates. By late afternoon Monday, Amazon said it had restored much of the service that had The AWS outage is poised to accelerate a push among many executives to diversify their cloud services, analysts said. Doing so can make it easier to respond and adjust to disruptions, but software executives cautioned that problems can occur on other cloud platforms as well. Some companies that have diversified managed to avoid the chaos others faced throughout the day. Shaun Hunt, chief information officer of McKenney's, said the Atlanta-based construction services firm didn't go down completely because the firm uses several cloud platforms and runs on its own data centers. "We have a strategy to diversify our risk," he said.
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"executed for taking part in protests against the treatment of Shias when he was 17"
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria flip.it/Avgwpp
Iraq says some US military advisers will stay due to IS in Syria
Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down a US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq by this September, with US forces departing some bases where they have been stationed.
flip.it
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
Deeply honoured to have presented my research at Everytown’s summit in NYC on the evolving threat of 3D-printed firearms.

I discussed findings from my dataset of 50+ cases involving extremist actors, highlighting patterns, operational trends, and indicators.

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Gun safety advocates warn of surge in untraceable 3D-printed weapons in US
Police in a handful of big cities have seen an increase in 3D printed guns over the last few years
abcnews.go.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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jeromed.bsky.social
The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
hegghammer.net
Betting agency data strongly suggest an information leak of some kind in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize award. Between 00:40 and 02:00 last night, the Polymarkets probability of a Machado win rose from 4 % to 73 %
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
There's been a 300 PERCENT increase in FBI domestic terrorism investigations this year
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...
Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7
“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.
www.kenklippenstein.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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More details on the social media influences on synagogue attacker …
Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al Shamie 'shared ISIS videos, ranted and asked for large sums of money', his friends say
The terrorist's behaviour became unpredictable, friends say, including watching Islamic State videos, asking for money and sudden bursts of temper.
news.sky.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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rikefranke.bsky.social
“it is the unrelenting focus on refineries which is doing most to change the narrative about the war, even appearing to help change Donald Trump’s mind about Ukraine’s prospects.”

Ukraine’s hellfire is intensifying the Kremlin’s fuel crisis
economist.com/europe/2025/...
Ukraine’s hellfire is intensifying the Kremlin’s fuel crisis
Almost half of Russia’s refineries have been hit by drones and missiles
economist.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
A government that extrajudicially kills foreigners abroad will also (try to) extrajudicially kill its own citizens at home.
October 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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ims.fsv.cuni.cz
🚨 Exciting postdoc opportunity at the Institute of International Relations Prague! Join the INTERFER Project (Oct 2025–Dec 2028). Research focus: foreign interference, disinfo, cyber sec & digital politics. Apply by 12 Oct 2025 👉 www.iir.cz/postdoctoral...

#Postdoc #ResearchJobs
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague under the project INTERFER, starting October 2025 (until December 2028) | Ústav mezinárodních vztahů - Expertise to impact
We are looking for a new colleague for the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher under the project INTERFER which studies foreign interference by foreign powers in the context of current geopolitical ...
www.iir.cz
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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thejournal.ie
At least four people are injured following a stabbing and car-ramming at a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
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Suspect shot by police after four injured in stabbing and car-ramming at Manchester synagogue
The incident occurred at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester.
jrnl.ie
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
hegghammer.net
Brits being contrarian (again). Norway has had this for years and I can tell you 1) it simplifies everything from online banking to gov services enormously & 2) it is less of a threat to privacy because data are kept properly in one place instead of in tens of different places with varying security
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM