12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday

Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Excited to share this new open access article! Analyzing beheading attacks conducted by jihadist groups, we examine the impact of leadership succession, targeting, and tenure on organizational tactics academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

Leadership succession and jihadist beheadings

Abstract. Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Existing research argues that ideological beliefs, organizational alliances, and efforts to ge

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New article! "When Do Sanctions On Terrorist Groups Work?" with Hyeran Jo and Joshua Alley. A few key points: -Sanctions like the FTO list do not seem to reduce the violence of most FTOs -We look at group "financial adaptability." Only low- or medium-adaptability groups seem affected by sanctions

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

For the last 69 years, Israel has held the West Bank and Gaza under military occupation, where local Palestinian residents have no civic rights. A very long time. -more than a third of the world's nation states are younger than 69. -East Germany or Apartheid South Africa survived less than 50 years

Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding)@caabu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

THREAD: 1/ 59 years ago, Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights started. After almost six decades, this occupation has both expanded and intensified.

It is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. Lately I have been seeing trends for self acceptance as essential part of mental health recovery. And it is important but don’t make it the full responsibility of the less fortunate and more vulnerable to accept and embrace themselves before others learn how to!

The Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World will be out this July Endorsement below by @argohdes.bsky.social

Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...

AI generated identical resumes for a man and a woman: Hers was more likely to be labeled 'weak,' while his got a 97% approval rating | Fortune

“If people believe they will be judged more harshly for using AI, they are less likely to adopt it—regardless of their capability."

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🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 My first solo article is out! "A Quest for Legitimacy: Drivers of Organizational Affiliation with Global Jihadist Networks" @journalofgss.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogag016 Short Summary 👇

A Quest for Legitimacy: Drivers of Organizational Affiliation with Global Jihadist Networks

Abstract. Why do some locally oriented Islamist militant groups affiliate with global jihadist networks such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State while others

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The men who killed three people at the San Diego mosque, terrorizing communities, apparently had neo-Nazi views. Part of a trend. But the US counterterrorism strategy released recently doesn’t even mention that kind of threat. Instead it focuses on drug cartels, Islamists, and leftists/anarchists.

Essex local election results. Wivenhoe (University of Essex) is a small yellow (Lib Dems) part in the sea of teal (Nigel Farage’s Reform).

ايه يا بلاد يا غريبة… عدوة ولا حبيبة

Apocalyptic aerial footage from east Gaza City.

Economic tipping points are notoriously hard to forecast, but the next one is likely approaching. For several Asian economies in the near term, and for Europe down the road, if the Middle East War remains unresolved, the shock is moving quickly toward physical energy scarcity. This... 1 of 2

A new study reveals that the natural selection of valuable genetic variants has played a much more influential role in human evolution than was previously thought

How natural selection really shaped humanity

Adaptation in response to evolutionary pressure is surprisingly common

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"Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!" This is a departure from the one-sided cease fire negotiated by the Biden administration, when Israel bombed (generously-defined) "threats" as it pleased and Hezbollah held back.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump: "The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear 'Dust.' This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, but the USA will, separately, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah situation. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!

“Civilians feared killed after reports of Nigerian air strike on Nigerian market” Ah air strikes, solving everything Civilians feared killed after reports of air strike on Nigerian market www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigeria: Civilians feared dead after air strike at Borno market

The Nigerian Air Force has not addressed reports it struck a village market while targeting militants.

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I've completely lost track of what I'm supposed to be distracted from.

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

A reminder that no matter where we are, how far away we can get, we ll always be bound by our lived experiences www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Cw...

Crew of Artemis II share an emotional moment after naming new crater after a lost loved one

YouTube video by CTV News

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Priceless inspiration amidst the horrors of this world www.reuters.com/pictures/art...

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon, April 2, 202...

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Alarming news from Egypt where activist and poet Ahmed Douma has been ordered into detention for four days in Case No. 2449 of 2026 before the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He's being accused of spreading false news in relation to an article he published with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last month.

Oh hey there, void, how's the screaming

Thinking about Iran, and some people bragging about the metric of the number of targets hit or bombs dropped. Random reminder: the U.S. dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than all the bombs dropped by all sides in World War II. Didn't work out in the end.

An Egyptian poet once wrote something, the translation of which could be: “What is my art good for? Asked a clown.. And three buckets of powder to color me.. And the drums and flutes and all the shouting.. If my customer's madness exceeds my own?!”

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It would almost be funny if 1400 Iranians, 400 Lebanese, 30 in the Gulf countries, 14 Israelis and 7 Americans had not died in this colossally stupid war

غدا يوم مكنش افضل

BREAKING: President Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, calls it "greatest chance" for Iranians to take back the country.

Live updates: Israel confirms attack on Iran with US help as explosions are heard in Tehran

Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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I can’t emphasise leading w/ empathy for civilians *everywhere* on a day like today enough. The first casualty here in the UAE, where I live, is an Asian civilian at a residential building. Many Ukrainians, Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians, Sudanese & other war-traumatised people live here. 1/2

Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds and experiences of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances ft.trib.al/x5HP0Co

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances

Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

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