Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Notre 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. 110
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Hat tip to the heroes that watched that do I didn't have to. 010
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Proudly cast my vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. So psyched to see it looking positive for her election so far. Love my state.media.tenor.coma penguin wearing a hat and chain stands at a podium with the words from jersey written below itALT: a penguin wearing a hat and chain stands at a podium with the words from jersey written below it 010
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." 010
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Currently 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?...youtu.beAesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism (Official Video)YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment 110
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2025media.tenor.coma man in a black shirt is making a funny face and says `` this '' .ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face and says `` this '' . 010
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I hope not, too. That dude's been clownshoes for a long, long time. 010
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Exactly now, sun.media.tenor.coma man with glasses and a gray sweater says " take me now "ALT: a man with glasses and a gray sweater says " take me now " 020
Reposted by Kurt BraddockSouthern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 11/09/2025The 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 0224
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Like 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. 220
Reposted by Kurt BraddockJohn Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 10/08/2025CDC 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...npr.orgCDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells policeThe 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. 3199
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Fifty 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...tandfonline.comUsing Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist BehaviorsRecent 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... 034
Reposted by Kurt BraddockUC 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...cvp.ucdavis.eduPREPRINT: The MAGA Movement and Political Violence in 2024AbstractBackground: 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... 178
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/06/2025PhD 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...academicpositions.com1 Full-time PhD Fellowship in Social Sciences (digital extremism) - Academic PositionsFull-time PhD fellowship in digital extremist communication. Requires a Master's in social sciences, strong coding skills, and English proficiency. Conduct r... 002
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/06/2025If 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...whyy.orgStudio 2 - WHYYEverything 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 ... 000
Reposted by Kurt BraddockDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025New fucked up strategy frame that further trivializes American diplomacy just dropped. 68813
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025You 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. 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Rich people got richer on all this. Go figure.media.tenor.coma close up of a pikachu with its mouth openALT: a close up of a pikachu with its mouth open 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025"Celebrities" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there for some. 020
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I 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. 120
Reposted by Kurt BraddockDr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025We 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 8257041160
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I 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. 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Ken Jennings from the top rope is not something I expected to see tonight. Interesting times. 1961
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The aliens aren't showing up. Pretty soon, some of the true believers are going to start silently crying in the living room. 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 06/04/2025For real. Follow up; it's not hard. "What fake studies? What do those studies say?" Complete abdication of journalistic responsibility since 2015. 21384
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...media.tenor.coma close up of a man wearing a blue hat and a gold chain .ALT: a close up of a man wearing a blue hat and a gold chain . 000
Reposted by Kurt BraddockAaron 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 🔥 9736362414389
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Between him and Andy Kim, I'm proud to be from my little state. 110
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025That's my Senator. Hell yeah, f*** yeah. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov. 120
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025That's my Senator!media.tenor.coma man wearing a brown coat and a blue hat is standing in front of a blurry background .ALT: a man wearing a brown coat and a blue hat is standing in front of a blurry background . 010
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!" 110
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Incredibly proud to have you as my Senator today. Together, you and Andy Kim are doing Jersey proud.media.tenor.coma yellow flag with a coat of arms on it is waving in the windALT: a yellow flag with a coat of arms on it is waving in the wind 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Badge of honor, my friend. Huge badge of honor. 070
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Pete: "We are clean on OPSEC." Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?" Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE" 020
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025It'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. 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 25/03/2025This 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 [ ] 010
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/03/2025media.tenor.coma man sitting in front of a dell monitorALT: a man sitting in front of a dell monitor 060
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/03/2025And @margotsusca.bsky.social, meet you in the academic trenches. ::sharpening scholarly bayonet::media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words david written below himALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words david written below him 120
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 16/03/2025💪journalism.columbia.eduA Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School 000
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Primary them when possible. Boot them where possible. 2123
Reposted by Kurt BraddockJohn Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgPentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science researchMore than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted 14821
Reposted by Kurt BraddockJohn Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The 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...fbi.govBeyond Belief: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in America | Federal Bureau of Investigation 2289
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Honored 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...youtube.comThe Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use Online Networks for Recruitment and RadicalizationYouTube video by Homeland Security Committee Events 031
Reposted by Kurt BraddockDevorah Margolin @devorahmargolin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025New 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...washingtoninstitute.orgPost-Paris Steps in Syria Could Be DecisiveWith 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... 032
Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/02/2025A 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...youtube.comSenua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (In-Engine)YouTube video by Xbox 210