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Mark Wilson

@marksonofwil.bsky.social
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Works in Community Safety in West Mids. I deliver work around #Prevent [ #CVE / #PVE ], bit of a geek on #FarRightExtremism. I also know a fair bit about #Hatecrime, #Communitycohesion, and #ASB. Note: All own views & typos! | www.opitulor.co.uk

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The person who wrote this was an 18-year-old boy planning an assassination for the Foxtrot network, a Swedish OCG that acts as an Iranian proxy He was one of several teenagers hired as contract killers by Foxtrot, including one caught in the UK Full story here (🎁): inews.co.uk/news/teenage...
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How teenagers hired as killers by Iranian-linked gang pose a threat on UK streets
An 18-year-old Norwegian hitman - tracked to a Huddersfield hotel - accepted £21,000 from the Iran-linked Foxtrot network
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Last March, a Norwegian 18-year-old arrived in Britain on a mission to commit an assassination for a brutal Iranian proxy Johannes Natland is one of several teenagers hired as contract killers by the Foxtrot network, and UK police were alerted just in time to stop him inews.co.uk/news/teenage...
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How teenagers hired as killers by Iranian-linked gang pose a threat on UK streets
A 19-year-old Norwegian hitman - tracked to a Huddersfield hotel - accepted £21,000 from the Iran-linked Foxtrot network
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Supreme Court is to decide on the lawfulness of the Palestine Action ban The court has granted the group's co-founder permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling, which was in the government's favour It says the hearing will take place sometime between 1 October and 21 December
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Four people have died trying to reach the UK on small boats after the busiest day for crossings so far this year The number of arrivals has been falling steeply - but the question is why The government points to its policies, but there are other factors at work inews.co.uk/news/figures...
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The real figures behind the headlines on Channel migrant crossings
Four people have died after the busiest day for small-boat launches this year – but crossings are down on 2025
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with planning a far-right terror attack on two mosques in Sutton, south-west London, and racially aggravated vandalism of a car If convicted he would be one of the youngest ever terror plotters in Britain
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The threat Iran poses in the UK is growing, with state intelligence paying criminal proxies to surveil, threaten and in even stab its perceived enemies A key target has been the Iran International news channel whose journalists have been branded terrorists by the regime inews.co.uk/news/irans-s...
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Inside Iran's secret war on UK soil: Kidnap plots, covert filming and arson
The stabbing of a journalist in London by paid proxies of the Iranian state is the latest escalation of a campaign of violence and intimidation
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The differences between the responses to this article on Bluesky and X would fuel a dissertation on social media and information silos
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A quarter of terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims, but some have gone largely unnoticed because of delays formally declaring them terrorism Most jihadist attacks, by contrast, have been declared within hours of taking place inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...
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The UK terror attacks you don't hear about - and how they go under the radar
Some incidents are not being confirmed as terrorism for up to nine months, leaving the public unaware about the threat on British streets
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Officials believe that many cases start with teenagers responding to adverts posted informally on social media - sometimes they disguise the type of "work" they're offering but sometimes they don't It's part of the wider "crime as a service" phenomenon affecting multiple countries
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Several of the suspects arrested over arson attacks on Jewish institutions claimed by an Iran-linked group were teenagers A Norwegian man is to go on trial later this year for allegedly being sent to Britain to commit an assassination on behalf of an Iranian proxy group days after his 18th birthday
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Children are being used as “dispensable” weapons by organised criminals and hostile states paying for crimes including murder and arson, international law enforcement leaders have warned The NCA says “younger and younger” childre are being investigated as perpetrators inews.co.uk/news/how-bri...
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Children hired as 'dispensable' weapons by hostile states
'Younger and younger' children investigated for serious crimes that pose a security threat to the UK
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
📖If you want to research further, the post-2017 terror attacks targeting Muslims/Muslim migrants are: 2017 Finsbury Park attack, 2019 Stanwell attack, 2022 Dover firebombing, 2024 Worcester hotel stabbing, 2025 Bristol axe attack Terror attacks are not always immediately declared by police
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🧨Over the past 3 years, there has been a pattern of violence against Muslims increasing after what the police call "trigger events" eg. Southport attack, sex offences by asylum seekers, Belfast stabbing 🗣️senior police leaders have been raising concern about the impact of "polarisation" and fake news
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🚨Those figures only run up until March 2025 - the next batch is out in October - so do not capture several high-profile incidents over the past year 🚔Those include the rape of a woman in Walsall who was targeted in the mistaken belief she was Muslim, and verbally abused and degraded on that basis
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🔥Outside of terrorism (under UK's legal definition), Muslims have been targeted during wider racial violence, including the riots in Belfast and after the Southport attack 🚓The most recent police figures show a 19% annual rise in hate crime against Muslims, who are the most-targeted religious group
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Taylor said that views that “would not have been acceptable” in public five years ago “are now becoming the norm, and we are seeing that AI is able to drive those views further" He said the issue was creating "opportunity for foreign interference, but it's happening within our own society as well"
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The full story is in the live blog linked above. Taylor said it was becoming "hard to find out what's the truth": "With AI now, and the way some of the fake news is being done, it is so difficult to differentiate from what is real. It is definitely having an impact and we see it in divisive views”
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing has warned that AI is driving a dangerous “polarisation of views” by making fake social media posts hard to distinguish from reality “There is no place where people can benchmark what they're seeing,” Laurence Taylor said inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Starmer warns Burnham: 'Don't plunge country into chaos'
Prime Minister calls on Labour to 'pull together' and fight Reform
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 20/06/2026
Counter-terrorism police investigate after five injured in Edinburgh attacks trib.al/rIG5hms
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Counter-terrorism police investigate after five injured in Edinburgh attacks
A man has been arrested after multiple members of the public reported the "violent attacks"
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A thread on trends in violence against Muslims in the UK🧵 📆Since 2017, around 1/4 declared terror attacks in Britain have targeted Muslims or Muslim migrants ⌛Such attacks have become more frequent since 2022 ⚖️There have also been several plots targeting Muslims, including foiled attacks on mosques
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Hampshire Police is pulling officers from forces in different parts of Britain and cancelling some rest days following the violent protest over the murder of Henry Nowak It also reporting to a national unit that monitors community tensions - full details in the live blog inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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'British politics rewards wrong behaviour': Trade secretary appears to attack Burnham
Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle launched a thinly-veiled attack on Andy Burnham
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"...with the fire and ensuring the safety of the public. It is too early to have determined the cause." The London Fire Brigade says they were called at 6.47am and the fire is affecting the shop and a storage area to the rear A statement said: "The cause of the fire is unknown at this time."
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The cause of the fire at the Kosher Kingdom supermarket in Golders Green is currently not known, and there have been no statements on the Telegram channels used by the group that previously claimed attacks in the area The Met Police says: "This is an ongoing incident with the focus on dealing...
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Greater Manchester Police: “To ensure we are appropriately exploring every line of enquiry, we are working with detectives from Counter Terrorism Policing North West, but it has not been declared a terrorist incident." The home secretary and prime minister said they were being kept updated
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“The suspect, a white man in his 50s, is under arrest on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and class B drugs," police say “At this time, it is not clear what the circumstances or intent, if any, was around this incident." They are still questioning the suspect and speaking to witnesses
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Counter-terrorism police are now supporting the investigation into last night's incident at Manchester Central Mosque, although it has not been declared a terrorist incident at this stage Police said they were called about "a white man in a high-viz jacket carrying a bag with an axe inside"
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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jenduende @jenduende.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Girl on Girl is out today! And got the review of my literal dreams from the Washington Post—I am truly a bit emotional at someone seeing what I was trying to do with the book so clearly. wapo.st/3ECIW0t
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Review | How 2000s pop culture taught us that sex is a currency
In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert turns a critical eye on misogyny without settling into outrage or pity.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I wanted to share a completed project that I've been working on with young people in Dudley. May I please introduce you to 'The Hate You Take' researched, written, storyboarded and artwork all designed by 14 year old Pupils. youtu.be/1AhP5G6iUmY?...
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The Hate You Take (with subtitles)
YouTube video by Polyartus
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
‘Huge surge’ in antisemitism prompts Jewish site to apply big security changes www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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‘Huge surge’ in antisemitism prompts Jewish site to apply big security changes
Hillel House in Edgbaston, which houses Jewish students in the city, is to beef up its security after what it says has been a spike in antisemitism in recent times
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
BBC News - Two women seriously hurt in attack involving crossbow in Leeds - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two women seriously hurt in attack involving crossbow in Leeds
A man, 38, who suffered a
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
BBC News - 'Number of people' dead after car driven into crowd in Canada, police say www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Canada: Fatalities after car driven into crowd in Vancouver
A number of people have been killed and injured in an incident at a street festival in Vancouver, police say.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
BBC News - Ofcom finalises rules to protect children online www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ofcom finalises rules for tech firms to protect children online
Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Grok, the AI on Elon Musk’s platform, has raised the alarms, labeling Musk "dangerous" and warning his rhetoric is nearing "Third Reich territory." The AI links Musk's promotion of the “Great Replacement” conspiracy and his ties to far-right figures to the potential for real-world violence.
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Elon Musk’s Own AI Thinks He’s “Dangerous” and Veering Into “Third Reich Territory”
GPAHE ran a series of queries through Grok about Musk’s hateful online rhetoric, his links to extremists, and his far-right activism. The results were, to say the least, unflattering. Grok describes M...
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This is an interesting read - nation.africa/kenya/news/g...
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They're not just playing games: How gaming platforms breed misogyny
Experts warn that stereotypical gender representations in gaming normalise misogynistic worldviews
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
BBC News - Brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacks prison officers www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacks prison officers
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
'Simply wicked' terror dinner lady in niqab mugshot row jailed www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
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'Simply wicked' terror dinner lady in niqab mugshot row jailed
Farishta Jami wanted to fly home to Afghanistan to join IS and martyr herself
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
'Real-life Adolescence' sees 16-year-old boy 'stab girl to death in passionate and violent attack' mol.im/a/14572593
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'Real-life Adolescence' sees boy, 16, 'stab girl to death'
A 16-year-old boy from Florida 'passionately and violently' murdered his ex-girlfriend in a brutal crime that has sparked unsettling comparisons to the Netflix series Adolescence.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
BBC News - Two boys sentenced for rioting outside Tamworth hotel during summer riots - www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Two boys sentenced for rioting outside Tamworth hotel
The pair face a court hearing for their part in disorder outside a Holiday Inn used by asylum seekers.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Reform UK suspend local election candidate after they praised sex predator Jimmy Savile mol.im/a/14572711
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Reform UK suspend council candidate after they praised Jimmy Savile
Stephen Hartley, who was listed as a Reform candidate for Oxfordshire County Council, described the notorious paedophile as a 'innocent man' and a 'scapegoat'.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today's #MustReads: QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right newrepublic.com/article/1611... by @melissagiragrant.com
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QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right
The conspiracy theory has become a theology of right-wing rebellion.
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Lauren Mallon @lauren-mallon.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
And that’s just in England Mark. There are no statistics available that we could find in Northern Ireland where my uncle died. Thanks for watching the film, it’s a beautiful tribute to our loved ones ❤️
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Watching Love and Loss: The pandemic 5 years on, on the BBC, and it explains how 6 in 10 of the people who died during COVID were disabled.. This absolutely crushed and hurt my soul. My thoughts go out to those families whom lost loved, and dear family members.
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Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Does anyone on BlueSky know of any midlands organisations that do mentoring for young people with misogynistic perspectives? I'd be really interested in hearing from any orgs!
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This week: We look at how President Trump’s bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy draws inspiration from Project 2025’s playbook, the administration’s continued assault on freedom of the press, & border Czar Tom Homan’s embrace of a white nationalist conspiracy theory. Read our weekly updates:
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Project 2025 March 6th Update
This week, we look at how President Trump’s bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy draws inspiration from Project 2025’s playbook.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨This project needs your support. Pardon Tracker will soon publish an in-depth investigative report on the statements, activities, and networks of the pardoned Capitol Rioters. This independent investigative journalism and data visualization project is not possible without your support.
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Teddy Wilson posted a story update on Pardon Tracker
Pardon Tracker will soon publish an in-depth investigative report on the statements, activities, and networks of the pardoned Capitol Rioters. The report will provide a detailed analysis of the rhet...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Who radicalised him?
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