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Theo Kindynis

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Criminologist currently interested in conspiracies, parapolitics, deep politics

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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Deep politics in action. 'Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society' | Wired archive.is/rwWv6
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
That's enough Bluesky for the next few months
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The European Sociey of Criminology is struggling to sell conference tickets following its concerted efforts to block its members voting to condemn Israel's genocide in Gaza and its insistence on hosting scholars from Israeli institutions in violation of international law
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Criminologists for Palestine is calling on @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social members to vote on the questions recently posed by the ESC Board. There are also calls for a boycott of the organisation for the reasons set out here criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
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Criminologists for Palestine
A collective of members of the European Society of Criminology who oppose Israel’s genocide, crimes against humanity and human rights violations in Palestine
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
British Transport Police have conducted a dawn raid on a man suspected of "over £250,000 in criminal damage to the London Underground". Footage postage on social media shows around 20 officers smashing their way through a door wearing riot gear. www.instagram.com/p/DTdUR-ciYSP/
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British Transport Police on Instagram: "A suspected vandal was in for one rude awakening on Friday 🥱 With cops on the ground and drones in the sky, officers forced entry to a house in London to make ...
156 likes, 8 comments - britishtransportpolice on January 13, 2026: "A suspected vandal was in for one rude awakening on Friday 🥱 With cops on the ground and drones in the sky, officers forced entry ...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
thewire.in/books/the-en... - Mass mobilisation has historically compelled even stubborn policies to bend. In 2026, reviving counter-hegemonic traditions across divides remains empire's most potent check, fuelled by Gramsci’s never-give-up maxim: “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
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The Enduring Impact of Protest: Mass Opposition to Forever Wars and Its Echoes in Today's Politics
Mass mobilisation has historically compelled even stubborn policies to bend. In 2026, reviving counter-hegemonic traditions across divides remains empire's most potent check, fuelled by Gramsci’s neve...
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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
💥open access to : - various full scale articles -short articles on Gaza (AI, ecocide and ICJ) -opinion pieces on gender disorder in Iran and Refugees in Turkey -interviews with Ruth Jamieson and Maryna Shevstova -in memoriam of Vincenzo Ruggiero -Gaza Monologues by Ashtar Theatre
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New deep dive on Jeffrey Epstein's early years from the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
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Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15/12/2025
Al Jazeera Mubasher reports Israel is using drones & aid routes to smuggle narcotics into Gaza, w/ drugs found hidden in flour bags & aid trucks. Palestinian leaders say it’s a deliberate effort to fracture society while food & medicine remain blocked Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Open letter to the board of @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social by Jane Ngan. Full text available here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Keith Adams @keithadams.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Good to see the Board of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social have found time for a city break between obstructing and delaying the vote promised to members on the Society's complicity in Israeli atrocity crimes
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent thewire.in/world/the-ep... by @usempire.bsky.social
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The Epstein Network and Attempts to Discredit Israel Lobby Study Follow an Elite Playbook to Silence Dissent
Until universities reject tainted money, scholarly associations develop independent funding streams, departments defend junior scholars who ask uncomfortable questions, the US will continue to produce...
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This isn't a public utility it's a protection racket.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Photo of tags on the Bakerloo line used to illustrate this racist diatribe by Tucker Carlson, which singles out graffiti for opprobrium 🎻❄️ archive.is/up9bi
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Currently working with a PhD researcher who is studying and researching graffiti writing. Do any colleagues have recommendations for forthcoming conferences in UK / Europe that might be well suited for them to present at? Crim / psyhc / autoethnography / edgework / "addiction"
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Presenting new research at @histmat.bsky.social conference next week in London
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SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We are delighted to share two additions to our A-Z Secrecy and Ignorance series from the brilliant @kindynis.bsky.social 🕵️D is for Deep Politics: bit.ly/42Ua8AI 🕵️P is for Parapolitics: bit.ly/43AGOiR #SPINBlog #DeepPolitics #Parapolitics #Secrecy
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D is for Deep Politics - SPIN
D is for Deep Politics   (From the A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance Series A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance)  ...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Two new contributions from me defining "deep politics" and "parapolitics" as part of @researchspin.bsky.social's A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance series. Links below 👇
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Criminological Encounters @crimencounters.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Online first: Here is the new opinion piece of Lambros Fatsis in Criminological Encounters. www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr... @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
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Science Without Conscience. Or How a Criminology Conference Bared the Discipline’s Dead Soul | Criminological Encounters
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Trump authorises CIA operations in Venezuela www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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Trump authorises CIA operations in Venezuela, says mulling land attack
US president refused to directly answer whether he was trying to topple the Maduro government as tensions escalate.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
'Epstein wasn’t a rogue actor. He moved easily through worlds of finance, science, politics, and media. His connections to both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump reveal a social world where money, sex, and influence flow freely -protected by the powerful and ignored by regulators.'
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The Rot Within: Elite Networks and the Bipartisan Corruption Sustaining American Power
The rot cuts across both major parties, where elite circles – driven by power, wealth, and global dominance – have long prioritised self-preservation over democratic accountability.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
MI5 'illegally obtained data' from BBC journalist's phone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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Criminological Encounters @crimencounters.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Online first: Here is the new article of Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič in Criminological Encounters. www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr... @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
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If machines could speak: What can the AI-powered technologies used in Gaza tell us about Israel’s genocidal intent? | Criminological Encounters
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Leaked emails show Jeffrey Epstein helped broker security agreement between Israel and Mongolia @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
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NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement
Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
In Stockholm to talk graffiti
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Funny how "experimental crimniologists" love to rag on theoretical work they don't understand but utter drivel like "fish oil reduces crime" passes without comment penntoday.upenn.edu/news/time-ha...
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The case for omega-3 supplementation to lower aggression | Penn Today
A new meta-analysis by neurocriminologist Adrian Raine shows that omega-3 supplementation can reduce aggressive behavior across age and gender.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My article, 'Criminology, Conspiracy Theories and Theorizing Conspiracy' is in print in latest issue of British Journal of Criminology! We should take conspiracy theories seriously and investigate conspiracies by political & corporate elites. Free access below 👇
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
MOD signs new "strategic partnership" with Palantir www.gov.uk/government/n...
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New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation
The UK will be at the leading edge of defence innovation as the government signs a new partnership with Palantir to unlock billions in investment and deliver on the Government’s Plan for Change.
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Criminological Encounters @crimencounters.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Online first: Here is the new article of Brunilda Pali and Polly Pallister-Wilkins in Criminological Encounters. www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr... @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
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From police violence to (self) censorship: Mapping the continuum of criminalization of student-led Palestine solidarity activism in the Netherlands | Criminological Encounters
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Good riddance. Her legacy is one of institutional vandalism
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2025
MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist
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MI5 concedes it ‘unlawfully’ obtained data from former BBC journalist
Revelation relating to then Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, a ‘matter of grave concern’ MI5 has conceded it “unlawfully” obtained the communications data of a former BBC journalist, in what was claimed to be an unprecedented admission from the security services. The BBC said it was a “matter of grave concern” that the agency had obtained communications data from the mobile phone of former BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney. Continue reading...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
New paper tries to "experimentally falsify" ghost criminology by misrepresenting it — claims we argue places 'emit a detectable 'spectral residue' that unsettles people independent of what they know'. We’ve never said that www.crimrxiv.com/pub/bxsjoeth...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
New paper tries to "experimentally falsify" ghost criminology by misrepresenting it — claims we argue places 'emit a detectable 'spectral residue' that unsettles people independent of what they know'. We’ve never said that www.crimrxiv.com/pub/bxsjoeth...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
University of California, Berkeley has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump's administration as part of a federal investigation into "alleged incidents of antisemitism" www.reuters.com/world/us/uc-...
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UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration
The University of California, Berkeley said on Friday it has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump's administration as part of a federal investigation into "alleged incidents of antisemitism", amid a broader government crackdown against educational institutions.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 09/09/2025
"But, wherever he is in the world, he remains my best pal... leaving you with some 'interesting' friends to entertain". A new letter from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein has been released, in which Britain's ambassador to the US describes Epstein as his "best pal".
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
ESC General Assembly shows overwhelming support for motion; ESC Board denies vote
We, Criminologists for Palestine, are writing to express our profound shock at the decision of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) Executive Board to openly subvert the democratic will of its…
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Statement by criminologists within Aotearoa New Zealand & Australia on the genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza, & the ongoing apartheid, land dispossession & other human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, & within Israel ojs.aut.ac.nz/dcj/article/...
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View of Statement on the war in Gaza and genocide of the Palestinian people
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/09/2025
Former official told the Gaza tribunal it is “fully understood" in the Foreign Office that discussions on UK relations with Israel should take place “in person and not in writing”. Because "we didn’t want those conversations to be requested by a court”. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...
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Dissenting civil servants are silenced, says UK diplomat who quit over Gaza
Mark Smith resigned last August over the UK’s failure to stop selling arms to Israel.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
ESC General Assembly shows overwhelming support for motion; ESC Board denies vote
We, Criminologists for Palestine, are writing to express our profound shock at the decision of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) Executive Board to openly subvert the democratic will of its…
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
How the British state and its media outriders smeared Palestine Action www.declassifieduk.org/how-governme...
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How government used media to claim Iran ‘link’ to Palestine Action
The Home Office briefed the Times that Palestine Action could be funded by Iran, and then UK media kicked into action spreading the story.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 08/08/2025
📸 Jeffrey Epstein, seen on his private jet in 2019 wearing an IDF sweatshirt, in a newly released photo published by The Telegraph. Epstein “loved life too much” to kill himself and was confident he’d secure bail before he died, his butler of 18 years reportedly told the paper.
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New paper by Thomas Volscho on Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking enterprise www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Elite Sex Trafficking as a Crime of the Powerful: A Comparative Case Study of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Nygard’s Alleged Trafficking Enterprises
In this paper, I distinguish elite sex trafficking from commercial sex trafficking, synthesizing sexual grooming theory with the sociology of organized deviance. While the organizational goal of co...
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Theo Kindynis @kindynis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
MPs are currently debating the proscription of Palestine Action www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live...
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Watch BBC Parliament live - BBC iPlayer
Watch BBC Parliament live on BBC iPlayer.
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