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.

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

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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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...

"– 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...

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...

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)

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

#UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list

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…

"executed for taking part in protests against the treatment of Shias when he was 17"

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria flip.it/Avgwpp

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...

The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...

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...

There's been a 300 PERCENT increase in FBI domestic terrorism investigations this year www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

More details on the social media influences on synagogue attacker …

“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/...

A government that extrajudicially kills foreigners abroad will also (try to) extrajudicially kill its own citizens at home.

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...

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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 jrnl.ie/6832892

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

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Key graph. IMO the main story here is the dramatic decline in the incidence of far right terrorism in 2024-25, not the slight increase in far left attacks (from ~3 to ~7 a year)

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OK, but it should be 30 and the maximum should be 50.

Vil tre norske oljefelt ta livet av 100 000 mennesker? Det er påstanden i rettssaken om Yggdrasil. Men tallet er meningsløst. At akademikere i praksis stiller seg bak, er alvorlig for deres troverdighet. @oysteinsjolie.bsky.social tegner og forklarer: www.minerva.no/gass-global-...

Poland's statement to Russia at the UN. "If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA

Tirsdag 4. november er det akkurat ett år siden Trump ble gjenvalgt. I den anledning utkommer min nye bok, "USA: En nekrolog?" Der tar jeg for meg *waves at everything*. Den kan allerede nå forhåndsbestilles (signert versjon, if that's your jam) hos Norli: www.norli.no/978828282293...

The President of the #Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Ahmad Al-Sharaa, arrives in #NewYork on a historic visit to participate in the #UnitedNations General Assembly meetings the first #Syrian president to do so since 1967.

Why is this horrible for Universities? Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card. This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

Egypt deploys Chinese HQ-9B missiles in Sinai, heightening Israeli fears

Just comparing estimated deaths in the Siege of Aleppo with Gaza. Gaza has resulted in nearly twice as many deaths in less than three years for a comparable population. The photo on the left is from Aleppo; that on the right is from Gaza.

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10th, marks the deadliest global attack in 16 years and the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded. cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

This was very informative

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

The case exposed a gap in British law for people accused of plotting murder If planning is done alone, conspiracy to murder charges cannot apply. If there is no ideological aim, the offence of preparing an act of terrorism cannot be used But recent mass killings haven't had an ideological motive

The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...

"[T]o nye sakkyndige [har] konkludert med at 28-åringen var utilregnelig i gjerningsøyeblikket da han drepte stesøsteren sin og deretter angrep Al-Noor-moskeen i Bærum." www.nrk.no/norge/overle...

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

this is not ok

There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"? This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Britain to pay Palantir £750m in defence contract as Trump visits www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

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Why have the lecturer upload the essay to an AI assessment tool when the student can just do it herself? If we're going to go down this path, better to take the human out of the marking loop entirely and spend the researcher's time on tutorials and the like