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Kurt Braddock

@kurtbraddock.bsky.social
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AU School of Communication. Researcher of communication, influence, disinformation, propaganda, extremism, and violence. Appreciator of fine sandwiches. Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Notre Dame had no beef about Miami. They were upset about Alabama. And tonight shows that they were right on both counts. For all the moaning about ND getting the benefit of not being in a conference, the entire SEC gets buoyed by ESPN and gets speed-bagged.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hat tip to the heroes that watched that do I didn't have to.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Proudly cast my vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. So psyched to see it looking positive for her election so far. Love my state.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"Landmines, Agent Orange, leaded gas, cigarettes, Cameras in your favorite corners, plastic in the wilderness. We cannot be trusted with the stuff that we come up with- The machinery could eat us, we just really just love our buttons."
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Currently listening to the brilliant Aesop Rock on the subway as I read more and more about the dangers and abuses of AI in the service of extremism and violence. youtu.be/T7jH-5YQLcE?...
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Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism (Official Video)
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I hope not, too. That dude's been clownshoes for a long, long time.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Exactly now, sun.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 11/09/2025
The SPLC’s Rachel Carroll Rivas joined Cynthia Miller-Idriss, of American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), and Mark Greene, Walking Talking Men co-founder, at a UN event to highlight solutions to prevent the spread of white supremacy. bit.ly/4gj7sSB
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Like clockwork, social media has been absolutely inundated with speculation on the #charliekirk shooter, including motivations based on sketchy evidence from the first 24 hours after the attack. These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
CDC shooter was "...very unsettled, and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people...He emphatically believed that." www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Patrick Joseph White. White died and a police officer was shot and killed.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...
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Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors
Recent analyses of radicalization processes have shown that extremist attitudes and violent behavior may be related in some cases, but are rarely collinear. It therefore benefits analysts of politi...
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UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
📢 New research! 📢 In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...
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PREPRINT: The MAGA Movement and Political Violence in 2024
AbstractBackground: The possibility of widespread political violence poses a serious concern for the United States. A nationally representative survey found in 2022 that “Make America Great Again” (MA...
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
PhD Students in security and communication! Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right. Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
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1 Full-time PhD Fellowship in Social Sciences (digital extremism) - Academic Positions
Full-time PhD fellowship in digital extremist communication. Requires a Master's in social sciences, strong coding skills, and English proficiency. Conduct r...
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
If you are so inclined (or let's be honest, bored), and want to hear me jabber on about political violence, I'll be on NPR/WHYY Philly's Studio 2 at 12pm. One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo. whyy.org/programs/stu...
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Studio 2 - WHYY
Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Delaware Valley – from news and politics to science and the arts– delivered with a fresh perspective, all in an hour. Learn something new and ...
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
New fucked up strategy frame that further trivializes American diplomacy just dropped.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
You don't need answers. You have the answer right in front of you. It's insider trading and market manipulation. Just call it what it is.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Of course.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Rich people got richer on all this. Go figure.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"Celebrities" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there for some.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I wonder if I can figure out how to write papers while simultaneously doing 1,000 burpees and dipping my face in ice water at 4AM.
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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
We are witnessing the moral moment: Americans: #HandsOff Canadians: #ElbowsUp Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media. And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦 Hope on both sides of the border
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I guess at least they didn't accidentally include their calculation in a Signal chat. Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Ken Jennings from the top rope is not something I expected to see tonight. Interesting times.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The aliens aren't showing up. Pretty soon, some of the true believers are going to start silently crying in the living room.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
For real. Follow up; it's not hard. "What fake studies? What do those studies say?" Complete abdication of journalistic responsibility since 2015.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Between him and Andy Kim, I'm proud to be from my little state.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
That's my Senator. Hell yeah, f*** yeah. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
That's my Senator!
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"Listen, I know your retirement savings are cratering, but this is how you get cheap eg-" ::checks egg prices:: "Er... it's war! Yeah, that's the ticket! War!"
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Incredibly proud to have you as my Senator today. Together, you and Andy Kim are doing Jersey proud.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Badge of honor, my friend. Huge badge of honor.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Pete: "We are clean on OPSEC." Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?" Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's been said but bears repeating: Yes, the Yemen idiocy would be dumb enough on its own, but it also indicates that the administration is using an app that deletes chat histories to coordinate events that should be preserved. They're avoiding maintaining records that by law, should be maintained.
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This Yemen debacle. I've seen better security on folded notes I passed in 6th grade. 1. Do you like me? YES [ ] NO [ ] 2. Wanna bomb the Houthis? YES [ ] NO [ ]
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And @margotsusca.bsky.social, meet you in the academic trenches. ::sharpening scholarly bayonet::
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Primary them when possible. Boot them where possible.
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/03/2025
Evil.
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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The long-anticipated #openaccess book from the FBI's BAU-1 has been released. I've already read it and can attest that it is a brilliant, comprehensive, and compelling resource that policymakers, practitioners and researchers alike will draw on for decades to come. www.fbi.gov/file-reposit...
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Beyond Belief: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in America | Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Honored to appear aside rock stars like @azelin.bsky.social to discuss online radicalization with the House Homeland Security Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee. It got a little spicy at the end, but an excellent bipartisan discussion nonetheless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMnp...
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The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Times Square 🇺🇸🇺🇦✊
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Devorah Margolin @devorahmargolin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
New by @azelin.bsky.social & myself: we argue current US posture is a barricade to a successful Syrian roadmap as the clock is ticking on the post-Assad honeymoon & Washington needs to engage on the international aid, recovery, & counterterrorism mission. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...
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Post-Paris Steps in Syria Could Be Decisive
With the clock ticking on the post-Assad honeymoon period, Washington still has time to acknowledge the realities on the ground by providing crucial U.S. know-how and strategic support to the internat...
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
*XBox
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A PS game where a Pict warrior fights Nordic demons and her own psychosis. It's unreal. Here's a trailer for the recently-released sequel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWI...
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (In-Engine)
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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Senua. Such a boss.
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