Amarnath Amarasingam
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Great new piece by @markfollman.bsky.social Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT. A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
motherjones.com
The Wall Street Journal has remarkable new reporting on Trump’s unprecedented fundraising from corporate America, including companies with business before the federal government. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
wsj.com
Everyone in this administration is surrounded by sycophants who smile and laugh and clap at everything they say. When they step outside the bubble, it’s a real shock to the system.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
No one asked for this bro
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
In my lifetime I don’t think anything has made me want to give up on this broken country like the mass shared delusion about something that happened just a few years ago. So many brains are just completely gone and they’re not coming back.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Tuberville: "I'll be the governor of Alabama and I promise you we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama to put him in front of a court and a jury to see if we can put this guy in prison. He killed millions of people, folks."
Lotta people spent the weekend writing that Trump bombed at the correspondents' dinner. But bombing requires wanting the room's approval. He came to insult the press to its face for an hour and watch it hold still. www.readtpa.com/p/dinner-the...
Dinner Theater
Everyone's writing about how Trump bombed at the correspondents' dinner. The bigger embarrassment was the press corps that sat there and took it.
readtpa.com
One dead and many injuries. www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/w...
Berlin Pride parade called off after car hits crowds, police say | CNN
A vehicle hit a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, leaving multiple people with life-threatening injuries, Berlin police said, adding that a manhunt had been launched for poss...
cnn.com
Yet another right-wing attack on sociology. Very telling that it was written by a former NYT opinion writer. Although much better informed than most in its genre, it makes a charicature of the discipline, ignores the politics of the critics, and contrasts sociology with a mythical “hard science”.
Essay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?
Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.
wsj.com
Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.
I took another strange trip back home to check in on the independence movement during Stampede. What I found was a city that - outside the die-hards on other side - seems to want to pretend like none of this is real.
If you’re having a hard day, the replies will help 🤣
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w agoI try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
Just finished reading this. A great resource for understanding the far right in Canada and globally. Highly recommend!
Amarnath Amarasingam@amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt's publication day! Mine and @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social's book is now available anywhere books are sold: www.mqup.ca/Books/F/For-...
Amid the ongoing debates about the (allegedly) changing nature of ideology in relation to terrorism, here is a *really* terrific piece from Michael Nesbitt, @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol60/i...
The Elusive Motive Requirement in Canada’s Terrorism Offences: Defining and Distinguishing Ideology, Religion, and Politics
Canada distinguishes “ordinary crime” from terrorism offences primarily by reference to whether an act meets the Criminal Code’s definition of “terrorist activity.” The most confusing and least unders...
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca
Strong agree with this editorial co-authored by Jeff Collins - where is Canada’s civil defence spending? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: As Canada burns, defence spending must go toward fighting wildfires
Fires in Canada are growing year and year, our fleets of water bombers should too
theglobeandmail.com
Elbows up? I get that Carney has to balance the symbolic with the material when dealing with Trump's thinskinned insecurities, but Canada should not be giving an ounce of legitimacy to this exercise in blaming the left for the right'ts amping of political violence.
Amarnath Amarasingam@amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 3w agoWith comment from me and @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Canada attends Trump extremism summit amid concerns over politicization. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
With comment from me and @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Canada attends Trump extremism summit amid concerns over politicization. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Canada attends Trump extremism summit amid concerns over politicization
Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending the high-level counterterrorism meeting.
thestar.com
"The 3rd time Anna Liedtke was subjected to illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees and raped her...She described hearing male guards laughing during the attack, which she believes they watched & may have filmed" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners
theguardian.com
Ma première de 3 chroniques à Radio-Canada cet été: Qu’est-ce que la répression transnationale? quelles tactiques utilisent la Chine, l'Inde et l'Iran pour cibler leurs critiques ici? Je parle du livre que j'écris avec @amaramarasingam.bsky.social sur le sujet. ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Qu’est-ce que la répression transnationale? | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le 15-18 : Qu’est-ce que la répression transnationale?
ici.radio-canada.ca
If only they listened thousands of lives ago
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3w agoWHOA! Nancy Pelosi says she will vote for Massie's amendment to withhold arms from Israel despite calling it "ill-conceived!" "The American people are rightly demanding an end to a perpetual cycle of war, and the Netanyahu government cannot maintain its current course. "
ICE facility for who now
Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 3w ago🧵About the private prison company that will run new ICE facility for kids: Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Fed Investigators Say "LaSalle Corrections, the private contractor that runs the Louisiana facility, did not respond to a request for comment." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...
Breaking News: President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million after he was found liable for sexual assault and defamation in a civil case.
E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.
nyti.ms
Despite having policies against explicit content, Youtube is funneling people to nudify sites that generate nonconsensual deepfakes for as little as $1. Targets include people's sisters and motivations are often "getting people fired." by @ejdickson.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/youtub...
YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps
A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 an image.
wired.com
news of a little girl in bluey pajamas witnessing ICE murder her dad happening concurrently with another discourse about "civility" towards those in power who... enable/condone/want a little girl in bluey pajamas witnessing ICE murder her dad makes you wonder what civility even means, ever meant
This protection for Trump and his family was unprecedented in its scope and form, to say the least. It even extended to “affiliates” of the Trumps and was potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. One estimate put it at $100 million. We must not become numb to this corruption.
CREW@citizensforethics.org · 3w agoGREAT NEWS: A judge just voided President Trump's settlement with the IRS granting him immunity from audits and referred a Trump lawyer and DOJ officials who signed off on the settlement to state bar authorities to determine if their actions violated legal ethics rules.
This month marks 90 years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Wars of Conviction explores Canadians’ decisions to take up arms in the others' wars, including the Spanish Civil War, and the controversy surrounding their commemoration. Out now! buff.ly/Wa3aZVs
The conclusion he comes to in the full quote is: it's not that our ideas suck but that universities are indoctrinating young people.
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 4w agoFox’s Lawrence Jones Warns Republicans That Dem Socialists Are ‘Winning’ in Major Area: ‘We Got to Start Focusing’
The FBI is looking for BC gangster Garinder Deo, charged in California for drug distribution for an Indian gang involved in extortion and contract killings. The BC govt has now filed a lawsuit to seize $11 million of his assets. vancouversun.com/news/crime/b...
B.C. wants millions in assets from accused in massive U.S. drug and extortion case
The B.C. government wants to keep three properties owned by an accused drug smuggler who allegedly aided an Indian-based gang involved in extortions
vancouversun.com
