Please give our newly launched investigative research organization’s account a follow: @civildefenseinst.bsky.social We are digging into the extremist networks undermining our democracy and constitutional rights. Read our first reports and profiles here: civildefenseinstitute.org

Civil Defense Institute@civildefenseinst.bsky.social · 6d ago

Extremism, conspiracy-driven campaigns, foreign influence operations and online harassment run through networks built to avoid scrutiny. We built an organization to scrutinize them. The Civil Defense Institute is live: civildefenseinstitute.org

These guys look like they’re doing interesting things. Worth checking em out 👇

Civil Defense Institute@civildefenseinst.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Heritage Foundation promotes K-12 “classical schools” to parents. Civil Defense Institute found that more than 300 of them are affiliated with an association founded by Doug Wilson—a self-described Christian nationalist with extreme views. Read more: civildefenseinstitute.org/features/her...

Popping in to say that if you’re considering going to see One Battle After Another, don’t hesitate. In my view, it’s a real coming of age story for the political left and it’s so, SO timely

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · last yr.

No one is non-political, whatever they think.

It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the “no new wars” crowd thinking we can just set up shop in the Gaza strip without massive regional upheaval

I’ve been waiting to see an article like this in FA since the flare up of 2021. Everybody knew that deal was garbage www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/falla...

The Fallacy of the Abraham Accords

Why normalization without Palestinians won’t bring stability to the Middle East.

foreignaffairs.com

Added a few more folks to this. Will keep working on it as people join us! go.bsky.app/H8X7YN

Here is my NatSec Early Career Researcher pack. If you are currently doing a graduate degree or recently graduated or know someone who has, reply below or DM me to be added. Lets help promote the work of those working at the cutting edge of research & the threat landscape go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK

Working on inviting guests for a December set of shows this weekend. Send us your topic and guest suggestions via DM, email, or @rejectionking.bsky.social For December we are going to try and focus on abortion rights, lawful extremism, and trans rights - maybe an examination of jim crow

Super interesting thread from Mike here about a Hearts of Iron 4 mod which amounts to an accelerationist’s dreamland

Michael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD@mikesenters.bsky.social · 2y ago

Okay. Time for a thread about the Accelerationist propaganda mod for Hearts of Iron 4 and why it's bad that I don't see anyone in the field really talking about how video games and the networks around them are working to radicalize young men at an alarming rate. It urgently needs to be addressed /1

listen, a lot of us in the disinfo space are a little punch drunk right now because we've been facing a existential crisis a little longer than just last Tuesday go.bsky.app/FP8gwWj

Between Blueanon conspiracy theories running rampant a la QAnon, and the conspirscy theorists that will be in executive positions thought it would be useful to have a conspiracy theory researcher starter pack. This is a work in progress so ask to be included or drop names go.bsky.app/FP8gwWj