Tom Parker
@tdgparker.bsky.social
Counterterrorism practitioner and former UN war crimes investigator. Author of Avoiding the Terrorist Trap. Personal tweets, retweets ≠ endorsement 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Tom Parker
@tdgparker.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Explore the complexities of counterterrorism in Avoiding the Terrorist Trap by @tdgparker
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Another fantastic series from @holland-tom.bsky.social and Dominic Sandbrook and the @theresthistory.bsky.social team delving into the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He played a crucial part at the end of the Civil War, but incredibly he was also there at the beginning…
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Another fantastic series from @holland-tom.bsky.social and Dominic Sandbrook and the @theresthistory.bsky.social team delving into the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He played a crucial part at the end of the Civil War, but incredibly he was also there at the beginning…
Another fantastic series from @holland-tom.bsky.social and Dominic Sandbrook and the @theresthistory.bsky.social team delving into the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He played a crucial part at the end of the Civil War, but incredibly he was also there at the beginning…
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Another fantastic series from @holland-tom.bsky.social and Dominic Sandbrook and the @theresthistory.bsky.social team delving into the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He played a crucial part at the end of the Civil War, but incredibly he was also there at the beginning…
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June 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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WATCH: 101st Airborne Division commander Maj. Gen. David Gardner spoke to soldiers and local high school students at the Carentan theater before the soldiers toured a WWII battlefield.
Read more:
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June 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WATCH: 101st Airborne Division commander Maj. Gen. David Gardner spoke to soldiers and local high school students at the Carentan theater before the soldiers toured a WWII battlefield.
Read more:
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
Read more:
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
Which also rather begs the question, if he thinks Trump is a sex offender why did Elon support his election?
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Which also rather begs the question, if he thinks Trump is a sex offender why did Elon support his election?
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The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
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Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Incidents like this — law enforcement entering the wrong house — are already far too common.
Go read @radleybalko.bsky.social "Rise of the Warrior Cop." It details how military-style policing has been normalized over decades and how common adverse outcomes come from mistakes on addresses.
Go read @radleybalko.bsky.social "Rise of the Warrior Cop." It details how military-style policing has been normalized over decades and how common adverse outcomes come from mistakes on addresses.
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Incidents like this — law enforcement entering the wrong house — are already far too common.
Go read @radleybalko.bsky.social "Rise of the Warrior Cop." It details how military-style policing has been normalized over decades and how common adverse outcomes come from mistakes on addresses.
Go read @radleybalko.bsky.social "Rise of the Warrior Cop." It details how military-style policing has been normalized over decades and how common adverse outcomes come from mistakes on addresses.
Legend
April 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Legend
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I can’t believe he’s not wearing a tie. Outrageous display of disrespect.
April 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I can’t believe he’s not wearing a tie. Outrageous display of disrespect.
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I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
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News in our ABCNews24 in Australia
April 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
News in our ABCNews24 in Australia
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Night Night, Blue Sky Walkers, sleep tight.😴
Sunset over my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, NC.
Sunset over my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, NC.
April 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Night Night, Blue Sky Walkers, sleep tight.😴
Sunset over my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, NC.
Sunset over my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains, NC.
The truly excellent @anitaanand.bsky.social, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on The Troubles finishes strong by highlighting how even terrorist groups must operate within powerful political constraints on their behaviour (*a thread*)…
April 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The truly excellent @anitaanand.bsky.social, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on The Troubles finishes strong by highlighting how even terrorist groups must operate within powerful political constraints on their behaviour (*a thread*)…
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Fun fact: Tsar Alexander II's Third Section (ancestor of Putin's FSB) planted spies on campuses, monitored student reading groups and sent a lot of young people to jail without trial
#history teaches us things.
#history teaches us things.
In a first for the Ivy League school, Columbia's new officers have the same powers of warrantless search and arrest as any other police officer under New York law. The state law permits the officers to use "physical force and deadly physical force in making an arrest or preventing an escape."
Columbia University's new campus patrol officers appointed by New York Police Department
The 36 new special patrol officers announced last month by Columbia University were appointed by the New York Police Department and will be subject to the orders of the police commissioner, an arrangement confirmed by a Columbia spokesperson this week.
www.reuters.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fun fact: Tsar Alexander II's Third Section (ancestor of Putin's FSB) planted spies on campuses, monitored student reading groups and sent a lot of young people to jail without trial
#history teaches us things.
#history teaches us things.
Another banger Troubles episode from @anitaanand.bsky.social, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social highlighting another under-appreciated aspect of terrorism research – contagion theory. Yes, terrorists learn from other terrorist movements (*a thread*)…
April 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another banger Troubles episode from @anitaanand.bsky.social, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social highlighting another under-appreciated aspect of terrorism research – contagion theory. Yes, terrorists learn from other terrorist movements (*a thread*)…
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This is why North Korea has the world's leading economy
April 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is why North Korea has the world's leading economy
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Delighted to announce that my naval nerdery has peaked! I am now the Editor of our brand new maritime publication...
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We're launching on Monday, with a stack of excellent articles lined up already. Subscribe for free below so you don't miss out!
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April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Delighted to announce that my naval nerdery has peaked! I am now the Editor of our brand new maritime publication...
⚓️The Broadside⚓️
We're launching on Monday, with a stack of excellent articles lined up already. Subscribe for free below so you don't miss out!
www.thebroadside.org.uk
⚓️The Broadside⚓️
We're launching on Monday, with a stack of excellent articles lined up already. Subscribe for free below so you don't miss out!
www.thebroadside.org.uk
Kudos to @anitaanand.bsky.social,
@willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social for showing how state repression and human rights can breed and sustain terrorism. Terrorism research has long identified state violence as the #1 driver of terrorism (*a thread*)...
@willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social for showing how state repression and human rights can breed and sustain terrorism. Terrorism research has long identified state violence as the #1 driver of terrorism (*a thread*)...
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Kudos to @anitaanand.bsky.social,
@willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social for showing how state repression and human rights can breed and sustain terrorism. Terrorism research has long identified state violence as the #1 driver of terrorism (*a thread*)...
@willdalrymple.bsky.social, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @empirepoduk.bsky.social for showing how state repression and human rights can breed and sustain terrorism. Terrorism research has long identified state violence as the #1 driver of terrorism (*a thread*)...