Prof. Amy Mack (she/her)

“Top analysts expect a flood of online propaganda and misinformation to begin even as the votes are counted. The purpose is to convince people the referendum was crooked.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

The National Post published an article defending the white nationalist Dominion Society because, they propose, 8% of Canadians *could,* "for argument's sake" support ethnic cleansing—meaning it's more popular than the NDP. They Included a legal argument but did not disclose the author was disbarred.

🚨BREAKING!🚨 The UCP have officially voted to ditch the Electoral Boundaries Commission Report to appoint their own commission and draw their own maps! Gerrymandering is official UCP policy in Alberta! Contrary to her script, Smith didn't even show up for the vote.

CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...

The apparent implosion of OneBC seems to centre largely around one staff member - Othman Mekhloufi, who OneBC staffer Wyatt Claypool said (on X) has "insane race 'blood and soil' politics." We have audio of Mekhloufi from August talking about political strategy. 🧵 👇 vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Don't be fooled. Bill 13 (the Jordan Peterson law) isn’t about free speech or even off-duty conduct of professionals. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

They’ve started running Dick Cheney through the Charlie Kirk sanitation machine. The man pushed false WMD claims, justified torture, and expanded unchecked executive power after 9/11. He showed zero remorse for the hundreds of thousands who died in Iraq. Like… stop it.

We're not becoming authoritarian, we already are. The question should now be: how do we survive?

Don’t let anyone change the reality of who Fuentes is. Now that he is more mainstream, there will be an almost involuntary reaction on the part of many to see him as legitimate. He’ll use that to great effect, as he already did with Carlson. But never forget: this is who Fuentes actually is.

It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc. A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.

On Monday morning, the UCP voted to get rid of the guy who’s investigating the health contract scandal. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Was on @rachelgilmore.bsky.social's podcast, along with @acmack.bsky.social, talking all things extremism. Listen here: www.youtube.com/live/p-vRVaU...

This was such a blast! So grateful when folks in the media give academics the space to talk about our work in accessible and public-facing ways.

It's new article day! So excited that this piece with @luccousineau.bsky.social and @iamryanhopkins.bsky.social is out in the world. In it we work through our experiences studying the far-right & propose some ways universities can better support students. journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...

Psych-ish 🧵: Honestly, I think this country has lost its collective mind. And once again, it seems like the poor will suffer most. 🔹️75% of babies in the US are formula fed by 6 mos. 🔹️Now, parents are losing it about ingredients like seed oils. (You... 1/8 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism. 🧵

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

“The memos classify huge swaths of political advocacy and belief as potentially contributing to political violence and domestic terrorism, directing law enforcement and federal agencies to investigate and possibly charge advocacy groups and their funders.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-tru...

@charlesrusnell.bsky.social spoke to my class yesterday—great session! I asked him @ Al Beeber running campaign ads while still writing for the #Lethbridge Herald.👇 “You can’t be a politician AND a journalist,” and he said a leave of absence should have been mandatory. Call 403-328-4411 to complain.

Since the Annunciation shooting in Minneapolis, I have bee transcribing the attackers diary, I have transcribed 231 of 291 pages. The diary is handwritten with (mostly) Cyrillic letters to look “Russian” but are English words spelled phonetically.

My emerging theory of the world is that we should have never abandoned pigeons in favour of tele-communication world. In a multi-species communication world, we'd only publish once a year, but read much more deeply.

Group chats, public printers, what's next?

ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teenagers. We tested OpenAI’s platform & found it generated harmful answers to over half of 1.2K prompts. AI companies must take safety seriously. CCDH's new research in @washingtonpost.com ⤵️ buff.ly/GvRdXVB

I will be on CBC with Ian Hanomansing at 19h05 tonight to talk about Canada announcing that it will recognize Palestinian statehood.

ICYMI: The @cajournalists.bsky.social has launched their peer-to-peer support program tackling burnout, stress and industry-related mental health challenges I urge everyone - from interns to veteran correspondents to producers to reach out. You are not alone. caj.ca/peersupport/

SIGN THE PETITION FROM @antihate.ca HERE: www.antihate.ca/demand_actio...

It’s worth naming that the reason people already have these “neutral” alternative phrases in their back pocket is because this is the language white supremacist scholars use to hide their hateful work. And now they’re asking all of us to use it to legitimize them.

“the United States would be guaranteed first right of refusal on Canadian resources” Omg no

The French have a first right of refusal on French African resources. That’s how France strips their wealth

Yes every conservative social media site becomes a tropical rainforest of school shooters and Ponzi schemes but did you know that there is a left-wing social media site where people are rude to the nation’s center-right political pundits

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

Wondering how enthusiastic the CA National Guard is about going into Compton?

This book is *psychotic*. Revisionist, fact-free propaganda from the very first page. I know I shouldn’t be at this point, but it’s shocking that the authors were featured on The Daily

It’s important that we name that sociologists (including Jess) have been raising the alarm about these trends toward misogyny in young men and boys for a decade. This isn’t something that sprung up out of nowhere. It has been brewing for their whole adult lives.

Safe from what?

“Jordan Peterson is a bad and lazy thinker, and an even worse writer,” writes Luke Savage. “But he is also symptomatic of a more generalized decline in the quality of public intellectuals.” thewalrus.ca/is-jordan-peters...

Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country. Otherwise, it’s just racism.

What’d I tell y’all? The man is a Conservative

“According to this new updated [State Dept style] guide, the term “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism”– “REMVE” or “RMVE” – was now banned, except in situations where they were legally compelled to use it.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...

The FBI is investigating the explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism. The suspect, who died in the explosion, posted “rambling online writings” and also attempted to record video or stream the attack