New episode! @ibnkulthum.bsky.social on how a newlywed adventure into Afghanistan turned into one of the strangest hostage sagas of the 21st century — a tale of love, captivity, delusion and coercion — which has offered up more questions than answers app.redcircle.com/shows/163ffc...

How did Samantha Lewthwaite, the British wife of a 7/7 bombing suspect, go on to become one of the world’s most wanted people for her roles in multiple terrorist attacks across several continents? shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/... @ibnkulthum.bsky.social

This week, @ibnkulthum.bsky.social takes us inside the Saudi social media phenomenon of 'free masked men' — anonymous videos complaining about declining living standards and calling for the head of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shows.acast.com/hell-to-pay/...

By the way, this is a great new podcast co-hosted by our frequent guest @ibnkulthum.bsky.social... it's Conner's latest favorite show!

The Propagandos welcome back @ibnkulthum.bsky.social to the show to discuss Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare (2025). We don't want to spoil what everyone thought, but we assure you that minds were changed (mostly Conner's). Plus a bonus mini-conversation on Canada's recent election!

My mates @ibnkulthum.bsky.social, @comradesipho.bsky.social and I created a podcast, please join us for the ride

In the words of Gia Gunn "The doors that I've opened" 💀

of all the weird obsessions of the Very Online, Ea-Nasir is my favorite I think it is because we recognize, in a man who kept a room full of complaint tablets in his own house, the spirit of a true poster - this is a man who would have worn his social media blocks as a badge of honor

To be fair if there’s anyone who can organize a health system to produce the fittest largest sons for the Janissary corps, it would be Oz Pasha.

To paraphrase Mao seeing everyone move here: “Keep followers, lose platform; platform can be retaken. Keep platform, lose followers; platform and followers both lost.”