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Shaun McDaid

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Criminology lecturer. Research interests in history of violence, conflict, and all things terrorism/extremism (including Ireland/Northern Ireland). Former Hillsborough independent panel researcher.

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07.03.2026 19:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Locked door made 'incel' teen give up Southport massacre plan The teenager called police himself and said he lacked

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07.03.2026 19:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Newport man jailed for terrorism offences A NEWPORT man has been jailed for five years after admitting a series of terrorism offences linked to the proscribed extremist group Islamic State. Shazad Ali, aged 21, from the Newport area of Gwent,...

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07.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Far-right leader signs condolence book at Iranโ€™s embassy in Warsaw Grzegorz Braun is head of the ultranationalist Confederation of the Polish Crown.

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07.03.2026 19:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10 (1975) โ€” Sinn Fรฉin [Official] Commentary and PDF of The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10, published by Sinn Fรฉin [Official].

"Why Was Garland Shot?"

The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn Fรฉin, on the attempt on National Organiser Seรกn Garland's life, which had taken place the week before.

Published #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975.

www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/

07.03.2026 09:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The #RadicalRight in Belgium: T. Pauwels. โ€œExplaining the Strange Decline of the Populist Radical Right Vlaams Belang in Belgium: The Impact of Permanent Oppositionโ€. In: Acta Politica 46.1 (2011), pp. 60-82. dx.doi.org/10.1057/ap.2010.17.

07.03.2026 11:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI โ€˜Deepfakes.โ€™ Nobody Is Stopping It. - Open Measures Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.

NEW: One of the most active hubs for sexually explicit AI "deepfakes" is hiding in plain sight. My latest takes a hard look at a 4chan board that's acting as a factory floor for online sexual abuse โ€” where its users have victimized untold numbers of women and girls.

openmeasures.io/4chan-ai-dee...

06.03.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 320 ๐Ÿ” 154 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

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06.03.2026 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research An Australian study of anti-feminist attitudes shows up to 30% of boys surveyed expressed agreement with various forms of violent extremism.

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06.03.2026 20:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laura Loomer and the far-right ultra-hawks cheering on Trump in Iran Maga figures drown out opponents of conflict with loud support for the president

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03.03.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rapper Ghetts jailed over fatal London hit-and-run The grime artist failed to stop after his BMW hit Nepali student Yubin Tamang, 20, in Ilford.

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03.03.2026 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
AI BOOSTER BINGO

The squares read: 

I might get attacked for saying this

Imagine what it'll do in 5 years

Al critics are just afraid

Al is better than you

Everyone is doing it

"Levels the playing Field"

Your time will be spent on work that MATTERS

Your time will be spent correcting the Al's errors

MORE VOLUME!!

Shit outputs? Switch to [alternate LLM]

Yes jobs will be cut...

Humans aren't perfect either

It's FUN!!!

No practical advice

"Sorry bluesky"

Solution to chronic underfunding

What if it could cure cancer???

I made something that appears passable

No need for pesky underlings

Is it accurate? No. But...

Framing human work as "bespoke, hand-crafted"

Get with it or get left behind!!!

Al critics are luddites

This was actually written by AI 

For more free printables please visit www.timvandevall.com, created by Tim van de Vall, copyright 2013 Dutch Renaissance Press LLC

AI BOOSTER BINGO The squares read: I might get attacked for saying this Imagine what it'll do in 5 years Al critics are just afraid Al is better than you Everyone is doing it "Levels the playing Field" Your time will be spent on work that MATTERS Your time will be spent correcting the Al's errors MORE VOLUME!! Shit outputs? Switch to [alternate LLM] Yes jobs will be cut... Humans aren't perfect either It's FUN!!! No practical advice "Sorry bluesky" Solution to chronic underfunding What if it could cure cancer??? I made something that appears passable No need for pesky underlings Is it accurate? No. But... Framing human work as "bespoke, hand-crafted" Get with it or get left behind!!! Al critics are luddites This was actually written by AI For more free printables please visit www.timvandevall.com, created by Tim van de Vall, copyright 2013 Dutch Renaissance Press LLC

I made a bingo card

03.03.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 249 ๐Ÿ” 129 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Big talk, tiny turnout for loud mouthed Worcester far right | Searchlight Organisers Carla Kennedy (front) and Amanda Sanders (right) screamed abuse For weeks, the โ€œPatriots of Worcesterโ€, a local far right group that operates and ...

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02.03.2026 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œIf the ball had gone into the net, I would have scored a goal.โ€

02.03.2026 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So it seems we have reached the โ€œusing a potential conflagration as an opportunity to hustleโ€œ stage of LinkedIn.

28.02.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hate crimes: Race incidents in NI at highest level since records began Police say there were 2,260 race hate incidents recorded in 2025 - the highest level since records began.

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28.02.2026 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is โ€œfamily votingโ€ in Ireland in that some families have voted for the same parties since the civil war. But thatโ€™s about the size of it.

โ€œDemocracy Volunteersโ€ trying to get as much mileage out of this phantom phenomenon as possible?

This thread on Ireland very much worth reading in full:

27.02.2026 23:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The clues are there

27.02.2026 18:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Something tells me there wonโ€™t be much mileage in these family voting claims.

27.02.2026 18:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On the Democracy Volunteers kerfuffle ... I profiled their head John Ault for a Cornwall council by-election in 2014, and came away from that research with the strong impression that he'd written his own Wikipedia page.

27.02.2026 08:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope you had 3 versions of this article prepared, Jon ๐Ÿ˜‚

27.02.2026 11:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform antisemites in the Northwest This month saw the launch of the "Reform Jewish Alliance" at theย the Central synagogue in London, with Nigel Farage as the main speaker, i...

Two new posts on the UK far right:

1/ Matt Goodwinโ€™s antisemitic pals in Reform UK (via @hopenothate.org.uk)

brockley.blogspot.com/2026/02/refo...

24.02.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"At minute 151, when he veered from a story about an orgy on Pat Sajak's boat to complaining about how John Roberts smells like cauliflower, it dawned on me that his presidency was not, in fact, on more stable ground."

24.02.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 128 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Kyrgyzstan Reports Rise in Youth Recruitment by Extremist Groups - Khaama Press Kyrgyzstan warns of rising recruitment of teenagers into extremist groups through social media, with several suspects detained during attack preparations.

www.khaama.com/kyrgyzstan-r...

24.02.2026 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Matthew L. McDowell reviews "The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s" by Thomas Adam (Anthem Press, 2025)

@anthempress.bsky.social
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24.02.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Matt Goodwinโ€™s academic project was debunked as โ€˜total garbageโ€™ Reformโ€™s Gorton & Denton by-election candidate left a right-wing think tank โ€˜with his tail between his legsโ€™ when work was exposed, sources tell The Times

Matt Goodwinโ€™s academic project was debunked as โ€˜total garbageโ€™. Reformโ€™s Gorton & Denton by-election candidate left a right-wing think tank โ€˜with his tail between his legsโ€™ when work was exposed, sources tell The Times.

21.02.2026 10:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A camp in Syria that held families of Islamic State members is nearly empty after repatriations Officials say that a camp in northeastern Syria that had housed families of suspected members of the Islamic State group is now largely empty after hundreds of women and children were repatriated to t...

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20.02.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform UKโ€™s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleagueโ€™s claim of โ€˜inappropriate commentsโ€™ Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved โ€˜minor workplace matterโ€™ of miscommunication

โ€œMiscommunicationโ€œ? Fluency in English not an issue for a Reform candidate, surely?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

20.02.2026 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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History too important to leave to the authoritarians, Taoiseach warns Governmentโ€™s funding of modern Irish history chair at Cambridge a signal of belief in importance of independent scholarship, Micheรกl Martin says

Many congratulations to Alvin Jackson on his appointment.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

20.02.2026 16:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over โ€˜antisemitic and misogynisticโ€™ posts EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UKโ€™s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over โ€˜antisemitic and misogynisticโ€™ posts. Adam Mitula, Reform UKโ€™s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

19.02.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0