Looks like Wagner operations will be refocusing in Africa - Putin will be wary of letting mercenary forces off-leash so near Moscow again

1/7 Reactionaries love spreading pictures like this. This is the core of what I call Boomer Fascism — yearning for stability at the price of a dictatorship. Beijing/Moscow/Riyadh/etc are nice & clean of protesters & chaos - because their states kill or jail activists.

Japanese twitter is going off

Happy to share my piece on the rich history and ongoing evolutions of Kyiv's #Hryshko Botanical Garden - my heartfelt thanks to the team at Peli Can Live and the garden for their time and the inspiring ecological work they are doing in difficult times. thenewvoice.co.uk/in-kyivs-green…

My mother’s mausoleum (photo by Lee Keath) slated for demolition

A Ukrainian version of my piece on Kyiv’s historic Hryshko Botanical Garden! myc.news/ua/obshestvo/k…

I’m stoked that the #geopolitics podcast project I’ve been working on Disorder Podcast has finally launched🚀Please give it a listen #today and share with anyone you think would enjoy! tr.ee/ksicr-3Wty

Using the terms “terrorists” or “occupiers” (note how differently they are used in Israel/Palestine, Russia/Ukraine, Armenia/Azerbaijan) does not magically suspend international human rights & humanitarian law applicable to all parties.

Report on Israeli war crimes, you're a terrorist. Report on Palestinian war crimes, you're a Zionist. Report on Turkish war crimes, you're a PKK supporter. Report on the Assad government's war crimes, you're a U.S. asset. You know, some people might just be anti-war-crime?

I’m not quite sure what to say re: the new Gaza war, except that I am seeing many of my friends overwhelmed with revenge bloodlust, either on behalf of Israelis or Palestinians. I hope that we all remember that human rights and humanity are sacred despite our hatreds

I’ve met some of the most peace-loving, people closest to the line of conflict. The Gaza envelope, Avdiivka, etc. The more impacted you are the more you want the violence to stop. If someone’s on TV demanding more violence they’re likely comfortably detached.

"#HamasisISIS?: Assessing the campaign comparing proscribed groups" - Guy Fiennes analyzes the #Israel-driven effort to conflate #Hamas with #ISIS, concluding that it's "both inaccurate & unhelpful." isdglobal.org/digital_dispat…

Today, Alexander Faehrmann and Steven T. Zech examine the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory in the manosphere, how racialised conspiracy theories are employed in this space and the implications for gender-motivated terrorist violence. #16DaysActivism gnet-research.org/2023/11/30/the…

Interested in disinformation and extremism? Follow the freshly launched @oxDELab or join the project. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

My latest together with Prof McCarthy & ну даш

Azmi Bishara, 2005: "The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians isn't between the good guys and the bad guys, it's between justice and injustice. There are good and bad people on both sides. Occupation is evil, not people." 1/

Within seven hours of Iranian drones being launched towards Israel, 34 false, misleading, or AI generated images and videos claiming to show the ongoing conflict received over 37 million views on X. isdglobal.org/digital_dispat…

Dear NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry, just discovered a large cache of ‘Terrorist Books’ (aka Oxford Very Short Introductions) being stockpiled at my local bookstore!

To kick off #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we are excited to share a new Researcher Safety, Ethics, & Mental Health resource guide for graduate students & early career researchers that the OxDEL team has developed over the past several months Access here: oxdisinformationextremismlab.com/resources