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Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.

Small drone attacks are killing more civilians around the world than ever before.

I made a map about it:

Youth charged in Manitoba school attack plot had threatened kids with knife, parents say | CBC News Multiple Rivers, Man., parents allege 14-year-old charged in a school attack plot had a history of knife threats. They say the community needs better mental health support.

Parents in a small southwestern Manitoba community allege a 14-year-old boy charged in connection with a school attack threat had a history of threatening others, in some cases holding other youth at knifepoint
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Stars ban fan from AAC after video circulates of Nazi salute The action comes a week after the video of the fans was first widely shared on social media, including Reddit.

Dallas Stars ban fan from American Airlines Center after video circulates of Nazi salute

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Israel preparing for attacks on Iranian energy sites, awaits US green light, official says Israel is preparing to ​attack Iranian energy ‌facilities but is awaiting a green ​light from ​the United States, a ⁠senior Israeli ​defense official said ​on Saturday, adding that any such attacks wo...

"Israel is preparing to attack Iranian energy facilities but is awaiting a green light from the United States, a senior Israeli defence official said on Saturday, adding that any such attacks would likely come within the next week." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images

US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images https://aje.news/fnp5w7

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

Gave me a heart attack

Peak AI Dystopia.... Cant wait to hear someone used the backdoor access to Claude by the chipotle support chat to hack into some military facility

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Rekrutteres: - En spiral av helvete Internettsekten tvinger barn til å begå selvmord og drap. Kripos ser en økning i antall tilfeller.

Three Norwegian boys are charged with offenses the police believe to associate with The Com. According to the police one of them has had direct contact with «Slain» a member of No Lives Matter responsible for two dtabbings in Hässelby, Sweden in 2024.
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/rekr...

Oh yes, next time we have a chat got to show you the start of my historical mapping of TVE into Com.

“Make the victim defenseless and start filming”: How a Flemish teenager became leader of sadistic online terrorist group ‘No Lives Matter’

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Ep 20: Does Alberta Really Want to Leave Canada? YouTube video by The Centre for International and Defence Policy

Alberta separation is back in the spotlight - but why now, and does it actually have momentum?

I am joined by @acmack.bsky.social and Rob Currie on the CIDP podcast to discuss. We take the temperature on separatist sentiment and what it means for Canada youtu.be/ddik3c9uHSw?...

Been asked if there's an official announcement, but no, not for some weeks - if all goes well. Brief overview:

ONLIVES aims to tackle the accelerating mutations of criminal extremism, which blur into other serious crime, including CSA and incitation to self-harm, hitting youth especially hard.

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This project will be one to watch for those involved in CVE and CT works. It's a three-year, multi-national Euro research project.

New Zealand is tied in, and we're proud as a Kereru to be linked to the calibre of researchers and practitioners it will bring together.

Exploited for the Cause?: The Potential for a Cross-Harm Approach to Children’s Online Engagement in Terrorism Abstract. The traditional intersection of exploitation and terrorism lies within armed conflict, whereby individuals are subjected to physical abuses for f

p.s. @ginavale.bsky.social just shared this with me: academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Oh i know and makes me happy to see more hands on deck doing great research. Got one jour al article out for peer review and apiece coming out in may. But still not enough time to get everything I would love to get out. Would need a team of 10 to 12 people to help

Ohhhh something to read tonight

Awesome work John!!! Great to see this come out.

Current models of #radicalization are not equipped to deal with the rapid convergence of multiple, overlapping harms, especially in the context of Com networks. I recently collaborated with Max Taylor and Ethel Quayle on this new piece for Perspectives on Terrorism.

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Violent Extremist Network “764” Member Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Minors and Cyberstalking

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Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only condolence message after plane crash Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon is disappointed that Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau released a video in English only to offer his condolences to the families of the pilots, including one ...

Jakub Dobeš in the Habs post game interview greets the crowd with "Ça va", which is more French than what Michael Rousseau, Air Canada CEO, used in his condolence message after yesterday's tragic plane crash.

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764 / COM / Germany / Ludwigsburg

Investigators currently believe that the 16-year-old from the Stuttgart area contacted eleven alleged victims. Five of them are believed to have subsequently harmed themselves. The victims are children under the age of 14 and teenagers. 1/

On Nova Scotia “Police located detailed handwritten plans, imitation weapons, roughly made imitation pipe bomb and assault rifle, electronic devices including cell phone and laptop and clothing with hate symbols and concerning comments,” police said.

In Manitoba officers searched two properties associated to the Manitoba teen and seized electronic devices and two firearms owned by a relative.

Police foil plans for ‘violent attack’ on Canadian schools, teens facing charges | Globalnews.ca Police in Manitoba and Nova Scotia say they’ve foiled plans for “violent,” simultaneous attacks on two schools and arrested two teenagers.

Police in Manitoba and Nova Scotia say they’ve foiled plans for “violent,” simultaneous attacks on two schools and arrested two teenagers.

globalnews.ca/news/1173611...

Crown stays charges against self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' Romana Didulo | CBC News "Evil rules over good," said Brad Miller, mayor of Richmound, Sask., after hearing charges against Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," had been stayed.

Crown stays charges against self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' Romana Didulo
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Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online (Gift Article) The technology has been used to create misleading fakes before. But never at this scale.

Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This piece is worth your time but I’m going to lift out this part. You tell me: does this sound like a “dead” ecosystem?