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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
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Prof. Royal Military College of Canada Expert on tech, far-right extremism & terrorism tactics | Ph.D. in International Relations | Author of 'How Terror Evolves' and currently working on 'Uniformed Threats.' Views = Mine

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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Leaving NYC after The Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence. After 20+ years researching terrorism, some distance from its human consequences can become a form of self preservation. I’m grateful to those who shared their stories and brought those consequences back into sharp focus.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In New York for the Soufan Center's Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence, marking 25 years since 9/11. Two days on where the threat landscape has moved and what a quarter century of counterterrorism has actually taught us.
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Brandee @misscherryjones.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“In order to radicalize people, you don’t actually need to have theorists or ideologues that are calling people to violence against AI, because the tech CEOs are doing a pretty good case,” Veilleux-LePage said.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Quoted in Newsweek on the rising violence around AI data centres. www.newsweek.com/data-center-...
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Data center backlash turns to threats and violence as anger spreads
Growing backlash over AI data centers is moving from zoning fights into threats and violence as concern grows nationwide.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
At #TASMconf in Swansea this week. Presenting my @gnetresearch.bsky.social as a knowledge-ecosystem paper. A corpus audit of an industry-funded research venue. Jake Wright is presenting our "Files, Firearms, and Fantasies of Insurgency," paper co-authored with Ayse Lokmanoglu.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So the world's first trillionaire is also the man who gutted USAID, which is projected to cause millions of additional deaths among the world's poorest by 2030. No matter how angry that makes you, you're probably still not angry enough.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Quoted in @theguardian.com on the rise of anti-AI extremism. Very different groups, very different ideologies, converging on a shared anti-tech frame. You don't need ideologues calling for violence against AI; the tech CEOs are doing a pretty good case. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism
Backlash against AI is taking an extremist turn, following in the footsteps of earlier techno-pessimist militants
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Early images from the San Diego Islamic Center attack appear to show scribed firearms and neo-Nazi iconography. If confirmed, this fits a broader REMVE pattern: weapons used not only as tools of violence, but as communicative artefacts signalling lineage, belonging, and ideological intent. 1/2
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Altman firebombing attempt and the "No Data Centers" shooting at Councilman Gibson's home aren't isolated incidents, they fit a recognizable historical pattern. My new latest article in the Sentinel piece on AI, grievance, and the future of political violence: ctc.westpoint.edu/beyond-misus...
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Beyond Misuse: Artificial Intelligence, Grievance, and the Future Landscape of Political Violence - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Abstract: The scholarly literature on artificial intelligence and terrorism has organized itself around three questions: (1) how violent non-state actors currently misuse AI, (2) how that misuse may e...
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
With our new defender, Scoutabout, Canada might actually have a fighting chance at the World Cup 🇨🇦⚽️🐾 #PawballComingHome #PawsOnTheBall
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Attack against Sam Altman’s home may point to emerging AI-linked grievance dynamics. Just this week at West Point, I warned that rapid AI adoption could fuel new grievances and make tech leaders symbolic targets. Too early to conclude, but worth watching closely. www.wired.com/story/sam-al...
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
At the Class of 1971 Student Conference on Terrorism at West Point. Argued that AI is not just a tool for extremists, it is also generating new grievances that may drive political violence. The key shift is from how AI is used to who becomes a target when it is seen as the source of harm.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Interviewed by Canadian Affairs on youth radicalization online in Canada. The piece highlights how benign content can act as entry points into extremist ecosystems, a dynamic central to our European Union funded project "AMALTHEA". www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/03/25/d...
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Down the rabbit hole: Experts warn of youth radicalization online
Experts warn algorithms, influencers and online communities are radicalizing Canadian youth — and current responses are inadequate
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A new piece in @thewalrus.ca looks at the nexus of the Canadian military and far-right extremism. I contributed context on how we study this issue in Canada, where data gaps mean relying on media reporting, ATIPs, and comparisons with other militaries. Worth a read: thewalrus.ca/in-quebec-ci...
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In Quebec City, Military Culture Collides with Far-Right Extremism | The Walrus
White-supremacist groups are getting armed. They’re also becoming more normalized
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If confirmed, the reported arrest of “Zé Carioca,” the alleged designer behind the Urutau, would be a significant development. Last year, we examined the Urutau and its implications for the global 3D printed firearm ecosystem for @gnetresearch.bsky.social gnet-research.org/2025/01/08/b...
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Beyond the FGC-9: How the Urutau Redefines the Global 3D-Printed Firearm Movement - GNET
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Honoured to have my paper, “Ghost Guns, Real Violence: The Strategic Use of 3D Printed Firearms in Far Right Terrorist Plots,” featured in this inaugural issue. The article examines how 3DPFs are becoming embedded in extremist attack planning, often alongside explosives and other weapons.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Important investigation by the @antihate.ca. I was asked to comment on the case and noted that the presence of right-wing extremist ideology within military institutions can produce multiple forms of harm, from reputational damage to risks for personnel serving within the chain of command.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
13 year old me would be so jealous of old me.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Quoted in ABC News on 3D-printed firearms after the Bondi attack. Software blocks on 3D printers may raise the barrier to entry, but they are not a panacea. Technical fixes alone will not keep pace. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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3D-printed guns pose 'greatest risk' to community, expert warns
Hardware stores would report customers suspected of building 3D-printed guns to the authorities under fresh calls for corporate Australia to play a role in thwarting access to the deadly weapons
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It’s easy to imagine agents of state violence — like ICE — as uniquely evil. But history shows, under the right conditions, most humans are capable of horrors. It’s only in confronting that reality that we can begin to inoculate ourselves against it. @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social helps explain:
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Today I will be joining @rachelgilmore.bsky.social on Bubble Pop to discuss how ordinary individuals become agents of state violence, how language and institutions shape that process, and why it matters right now. Tune in at 11 AM EST.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
At the risk of repeating myself... "death squad behaviour".
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
On the killing of Renee Nicole Good, I just published a piece in @foreignpolicy.com arguing the Trump administration is weaponizing the narrative of “vehicular terrorism” as a shortcut to justify an unlawful killing: “death squad logic, adapted to American streets” foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/13/v...
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Claims of Vehicular Terrorism in Minnesota Don’t Hold Up
The U.S. government is adopting dangerous language to justify unlawful killing.
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Verified Account Tracker @verified.evil.gay · 09/01/2026
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Pleased to be featured in the December 2025 Horizon Europe Newsletter of ISED Canada. I reflect on leading Canada’s contribution to the AMALTHEA project on gender and violent extremism and on building meaningful EU Canada research partnerships. www.uwo.ca/research/doc...
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I will be leading Queen’s University’s contributions to the AMALTHEA project, a 3 year, €3.11 million Horizon Europe initiative on gender and extremism. This is the first Horizon Europe award in Queen’s University’s history. www.queensu.ca/cidp/press/q...
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Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy Announces New European Research Project | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Dec. 15 2025 | Press Release | Announcing New European Research Project (AMALTHEA)
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
⭐Only 3 days left to apply! I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University in Kingston for #AMALTHEA, a 3 year Horizon Europe project on how gender shapes radicalisation & extremism. Apply if you work on gender, qualitative methods, or terrorism studies. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...
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Call for Applicants - Postdoctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 29, 2025 | Call for Applicants | Post-Doctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🎃 Ne laissez pas vos idées de recherche vous hanter 🙈🕷️🧟‍♀️👾 👹—soumettez-les #CPSA_ACSP26🧡 👉🏾 shorturl.at/MvLqD @jplewis.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @asso-afsp.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Heureux d’annoncer que le Centre for International and Defence Policy a Queen's recrute un·e chercheur·e postdoctoral·e pour le projet européen AMALTHEA (#HorizonEurope) sur le genre, la radicalisation et l’extrémisme. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...
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Call for Applicants - Postdoctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 29, 2025 | Call for Applicants | Post-Doctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Excited to share that the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow for our EU #HorizonEurope project AMALTHEA on gender, radicalization & extremism. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...
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Call for Applicants - Postdoctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 29, 2025 | Call for Applicants | Post-Doctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Concours Ma thèse3⃣mins #CPSA_ACSP26 Votre recherche 3⃣minutes 1⃣diapositive🚀 👉🏽 shorturl.at/MvLqD @jplewis.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @asso-afsp.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @ipsa.org
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I was interviewed for a new @bloomberg.com feature on 3D-printed firearms. I discussed how designs like the FGC-9 are spreading across online communities, where they are being reframed as tools of empowerment, resistance, and self-defense. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Popular 3D-Printed Gun Globalizing the Second Amendment
Designed by a German incel, the FGC-9 was created in a distinctly American spirit.
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🧮Concours Prés par affiche 2026 #CPSA_ACSP26 L'occasion idéale de partager vos découvertes! @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social ⏰10 NOV 25 shorturl.at/MvLqD @jplewis.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @asso-afsp.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social @ecsac.bsky.social @ipsa.org
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
📣2026 Posters Competition🖼️ Open to all participants! Join prof @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social in making posters a highlight #CPSA_ACSP26! ⏰NOV 10 25 shorturl.at/AgUow @devoncantwell.bsky.social @matthewlebo.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @balsillieschool.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social @ipsa.org
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
En tant que responsable de la section des affiches du congrès de l’Association canadienne de science politique 2026, j’annonce l’ouverture des candidatures pour le Prix de l’affiche 🏅 📅 Date limite : 10 nov. 2025 (HNP) 🔗 Soumettre : cpsa-acsp.ca/prix-de-lacs... #ACSP2026
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Prix – Prix de l’ACSP pour une présentation par affiche | CPSA
Ce prix est décerné chaque année lors du congrès annuel de l’ACSP par le comité de programme chargé de son organisation.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
As convenor of the Canadian Political Science Association 2026 Poster Section, I’m happy to announce that submissions for the CPSA Poster Prize are now open! 🏅 📅 Deadline: Nov 10, 2025 (PST) 🔗 Submit: cpsa-acsp.ca/cpsa-poster-... Share your research visually and connect with peers! #CPSA2026
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Prizes – CPSA Poster Prize | CPSA
This prize is awarded annually at the CPSA Annual Conference by the Programme Committee in charge of its organization.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
One of the things that interests me most about this topic is how extremist violence reflects a broader armament culture where weapons are not just tools but carriers of meaning. When firearms are inscribed, customised, or 3D-printed with symbols, they become artefacts of identity and belonging.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Darren Steele, 29, from Newton Mearns, was arrested in 2023 after police found explosives, Nazi memorabilia, and 3DPF files. Newly released details show he had searched for Nicola Sturgeon’s home, suggesting a potential plot against the former First Minister. uk.news.yahoo.com/man-far-mate...
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Man with far-right material and explosives searched for Nicola Sturgeon’s addresses
A MAN caught with far-right material and explosives had previously searched for Nicola Sturgeon's addresses on the internet
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A 29-year-old man in London has been convicted of terrorism and firearms offences after attempting to 3D-print an FCG-9 Mk2 gun. Another case underscoring how extremists are adapting emerging tech to bypass controls and build capability. news.met.police.uk/news/man-att...
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Man attempting to make firearms using 3D printer guilty of terrorism offences
When officers entered the address, they found the 3D printer printing out a component part of a firearm
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Deeply honoured to have presented my research at Everytown’s summit in NYC on the evolving threat of 3D-printed firearms. I discussed findings from my dataset of 50+ cases involving extremist actors, highlighting patterns, operational trends, and indicators. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Gun safety advocates warn of surge in untraceable 3D-printed weapons in US
Police in a handful of big cities have seen an increase in 3D printed guns over the last few years
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🎥 Nous levons le rideau✨Rencontrez les resp de section qui préparent une expérience #CPSA_ACSP26 inoubliable. Ils sont le ❤️battant du congrès ! 👉🏽 shorturl.at/MvLqD @jplewis.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I spoke with Le Journal de Montréal about organized crime within the CAF. Cases at CFB Valcartier highlight the need for better data, transparency, and vigilance against infiltration that threatens both security and institutional integrity. www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/10/10/d...
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Des militaires de Valcartier reliés aux motards criminalisés
Les Forces armées canadiennes admettent collaborer avec les corps policiers en matière de crime organisé.
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Belgian authorities recently uncovered a suspected terrorist plot involving plans to use a drone to deploy an explosive device, alongside a 3D printer allegedly used to produce bomb components. www.politico.eu/article/belg...
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3 arrested in suspected terror plot targeting Belgian PM Bart De Wever
Federal investigators are probing evidence of plans to use a drone to deploy an explosive device.
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GNET @gnetresearch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and reports that the suspect etched obscure internet memes onto recovered bullet casings, @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social examines the rise of inscribed and decorated firearms in political violence and argues such markings are deliberate communicative acts.
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Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence - GNET
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Reddit has finally banned FOSSCAD, the largest and longest-running subreddit dedicated to 3D-printed firearms. The community was removed for violating Rule 7: "Keep it legal, and avoid posting illegal content or soliciting or facilitating illegal or prohibited transactions."
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
At a Canadian charity festival, scammers used a 3D printer to make fake $8 tokens, defrauding local groups. Beyond weapons, 3D printing has enabled fraud from license plates to fake IDs. Emerging tech isn’t dangerous itself, but misuse is unpredictable. globalnews.ca/news/1141560...
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3D printer used to scam Esquimalt charity with counterfeit tokens - BC | Globalnews.ca
Victoria police said at the end of the event, held in the 1100 block of Lyall Street from Sept. 5 to 7, they received a report about the use of counterfeit tokens.
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📣#CPSA_ACSP26 APPEL À PROPOSITIONS Les politiques de division : conflit, communauté, curriculum 👉 shorturl.at/MvLqD @jplewis.bsky.social @jrobkan.bsky.social @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @jfdaoust.bsky.social @reprojusticemb.bsky.social @lindsaylarios.bsky.social @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
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