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High school teacher, bagpiper, Gardener. I loathe the rise of privatization. I think a basic income would solve a lot of problems.
@sparseMatrix @Natalia_Army_of_1 @Gargron I just set up an account on a new server, but can't seem to find this. Will keep looking

About UK police, HM inspector of constabulary Matt Parr says that "officers with prior convictions and close links with criminals are among hundreds who have joined the police in the last three years who should not have been allowed in."

He also states that there's "a real problem with misogyny within the police." Alexander Topping is reporting.

My note: toxic masculinity is a huge problem of policing sytems from nation to nation.

#police #UK #crime #misogyny

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/05/hundreds-of-uk-officers-should-never-have-been-appointed-says-police-watchdog

Hundreds of UK officers should never have been appointed, says police watchdog

HM inspector of constabulary Matt Parr says entrants include those with links to criminality, and misogynists

The Guardian
Ok, so now that I’ve had a moment to breathe, let me take a few minutes to dive into the study I just published about Russian involvement in the 2022 truck convoy in Canada. The study can be read in full here: https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/jicw/article/view/5101
Russia's Role in the Far-Right Truck Convoy | The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare

@WizardOfWor @UnFitz2 wait what? I guess I need to move?
@juliewebgirl you had me at fluid sarcasm
So what does this all mean? Well, for one thing, as I noted in the paper, it does NOT mean that Russia was behind the truck convoy. The convoy was a homegrown movement — an extension of anti-lockdown/anti-vaccine protests, which themselves grew out of the Yellow Vest movement. 13/

In summary: The study documents Russian influence activities in multiple channels, from overt state-funded propaganda outlets, to proxy websites, to social media. It’s the first study providing quantifiable evidence of Russia’s involvement in the convoy, and it demonstrates a strategic interest in the convoy on the part of Russia — which itself should be of interest to Canada.

It has also motivated at least Russian propagandist/former RT employee to write an article libeling me. 😏

I also looked at convoy coverage on Russian proxy sites linked to Russian intel agencies (see article for more info). These sites “occupy an intermediate role between the pillars of the ecosystem with clear links to Russia and those that are meant to be fully deniable."

Specifically, I looked at Global Research & SouthFront, both of which produced ongoing coverage of the convoy that often included disinformation & inflammatory rhetoric, plus repeated calls for Trudeau to step down. 9/

I also looked at RT's online coverage of the truck convoy. I found that RT[.]com published 250+ articles about the truck convoy, and the linguistic patterns (repetitive uses of specific words & phrases) were suggestive of internal language guidance, which is a tactic RT is known to use. The tone of coverage was sympathetic towards convoy organizers/participants, portraying them as victims of a "tyrannical" government. 8/