The distinguished christmas wishes of the president of the United States. Someone is having a tantrum about being bffs with Epstein.

The protesters described here in a DHS post as “imbecilic morons” were mostly clergy and faith leaders. In fact, seven faith leaders were arrested at that protest. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Just going to leave this here.

The sentiment has shifted ... "‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment. Change in attitudes has been stoked by disinformation, viral videos and the election of a right-wing populist president" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

And the white nationalism and culmination of moral panics spread by rw influencers/media is the political talking point. Not whispered but uttered out loud, with confidence

Many of the people who talk up "Heritage Americanism" today are descendants of people -- Jews, Irishmen, Italians -- who were abominated by the "Heritage Americans" of an earlier time. The Know Nothings and their kin decried the new arrivals as unfit for American life. On it goes.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Which factors affect how Americans react to political violence? Our paper in @polbehavior.bsky.social addressing this question just got a volume and issue number! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pope Leo Decries Leaders Who Invoke Religion for Violence and Nationalism

NEWS: Coast Guard enacts policy downgrading swastikas, nooses to ‘potentially divisive’ New, from Tara Copp and me and me wapo.st/4540Xi5

I just had a conversation about pop culture and the far right. The power of rebellion or change is silenced when a movement becomes mainstream. Perhaps the right's influencers need to stop revising the Frankfurt School philosophers and learn from them....

I wonder how many GOP right wing people in the Bible Belt are on their knees praying right now?

Conspiracy theories as political policy and tools to harm. My doom scrolling for work, is becoming a lived reality under populism.

This is a harrowing account of city under siege www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The end of marking is nigh! Just the last few extensions to come in and it's over. This month has been a lot. Marking, copy edits, revisions, fir an unemployed person I'm super busy. I really need to start xmas shopping.

A friend of mine is a former pro wrestler, I'm making sure this is making the rounds in his world. Ps I know zero about wrestling, but I can recognize ethics

The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

This feels a little too on the nose: Under Trump, America only wants people who don’t check facts www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.” newrepublic.com/post/204457/...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

BBC says more about the suspects themselves, in what is looking like a local Egyptian imam's initiative and setting up a terror cell. Car ramming was the method they chose, for now no specific affiliation, though in German case, it's a bit obvious. www.bbc.com/news/article...

BREAKING Australian authorities have designated the massacre at Bondi Beach as a terrorist attack. Twelve people have been murdered, one of the terrorists has been killed, and another is in custody.

With five-year social media rules taking effect next year, the 2026 World Cup risks becoming one of the most expensive and least inclusive ever. High costs will price out many fans, while U.S. social media screening may exclude younger attendees who might have a more colorful online history.

Here in Canada, there's been another espionage arrest of a serving Canadian military member. While there is little known about the case yet, other espionage cases in Canada and abroad can shed some light on possible motivation, including money:

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to get rid of a critical trove of evidence it used in September to bring charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, saying that prosecutors had obtained the materials unlawfully.

Americanism and Western Civilization these are the calling cards of those who started the Heritage Foundation, Council on National Policy, the JBS, and the Conservative Caucus. The dream started in the 40s,comes to fruition

Critical React2Shell Vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) Analysis: Surge in Attacks Targeting RSC-Enabled Services Worldwide

This is me. I am reading copy edits of my book, have the revisions for the second book open for when I need a break from book 1. Stops and sings made up songs about my puppy being the cutest puppy ever. Asking her if she had a good nap, and if she loves belly rubs. (She does)

UK | The contemporary far right is seeking to transform Christianity into a vehicle for cultural and ethnic supremacism. apple.news/AAqYEO5HDT4e...

Hard-right and far-right politicians now lead the polls in France, the U.K. and even Germany.  Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇  🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp

This is not surprising.

As part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, @Riza Kumar discusses the violently misogynistic narratives championed by IS recruiters and supporters online, and the long-term risks associated with producing and accessing this content. #16DaysOfActivism

"Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US." www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/e...

Smith says she supports accreditation for Jordan Peterson's online school to correct what she says is a lack of freedom of speech in Alberta's universities. Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

I have been watching this schism happen since Owens left Shapiro's Daily Wire. While the initial battle was about antisemitism and it remains the line between the sides. We see the same here in Canada, on less openly visible battlefront, in the far right remigration factions.

AI essays from students are the most frustrating of things. UGH it makes marking so much more time consuming!

"We have to decide globally if it is acceptable to generate AI SGBV content and share it online," @bellingcat.com's @koltai.bsky.social told HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social. "The harm it currently generates will only amplify if we let this go unchecked." medium.com/@maggie.visu...

Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exclusive - Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson intervened on behalf of Jordan Peterson's online school in a concerted attempt to grant it accreditation in Alberta. Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

The 2025 National Security Strategy document makes it official: the Trump administration believes that European liberal democracy is a threat to U.S. national interest.

The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.

Trump says reporting on his health is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."

Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.” According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...

It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.

"there's a new serif in town"

Such a new word. I can't.

I too wish for this computer. The tabs and the coffee spillage are my real areas of issue.

"Networked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now being supercharged by generative AI tools that make it easier, quicker and cheaper than ever ... " www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This morning an advance publication of my article for Implicit Religion came out. I have written about a movement in 2024 self titled as God's Army, who were an anti immigration protest/spiritual warfare in the USA. With links to Canada’s convoys. journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/article/v...

AI + wellness BS + supplements = UGH! Reminder: - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 - Sale of supplements = RED FLAG for BUNK! 🚩 AI Deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...