
2025-09-11 13:58:42
Indoctrination, torture, violence — Report reveals Ukrainian children's ordeal under Russian occupation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/11/indoctrination-torture-violence-report-reveals.html
Indoctrination, torture, violence — Report reveals Ukrainian children's ordeal under Russian occupation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/11/indoctrination-torture-violence-report-reveals.html
He who pedlles hate will only get back hate.
He who promotes violence will end up as victim of the violence he promotes.
Here's something the fascists never seem to understand.
Is it good that it's so? Hell, no. It's sickening and very, very dangerous. But there's no point in pretending things are not how things are.
Violence WILL generate more violence. And everything in the fascist agenda is deeply violent. So prepare for what is coming, because it I…
🚔 School police may harm children rather than protect from sexual violence
#school
NFL reviewing allegations of domestic violence against Dolphins' Tyreek Hill https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6619572/2025/09/11/tyreek-hill-domestic-violence-miami-dolphins/
Great comment from @…, about the visibility of _some_ violence and the taken-for-granted background of _other_ violence.
#USPol #CharlieKirk
Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States (Alex Nowrasteh/Laissez-Faire ...)
https://www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politically-motivated-violence-is
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p184#a250911p184
The Violence Trump Claims to Fear Occurs Mostly in Red States | Atlanta Daily World
https://atlantadailyworld.com/2025/09/10/the-violence-trump-claims-to-fear-occurs-mostly-in-red-states/
Trump complained that domestic violence was being counted in the crime statistics,
which he claimed meant that the influence of his policy was not being seen as significant enough.
“They said, ‘Crime’s down 87%,’” the president claimed, not explaining who “they” were.
“I said, no, no, no. It’s more than 87%, virtually nothing.
And much lesser things, things that take place in the home they call crime.
You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something.
Instead of offering tots & pears, I did a little dance. #GoodRiddance
From: @…
https://orbit…
More than 500 people arrested. Highest of any protest since the poll tax.
"They're not completely non violent you know, they did some violence against our genocidal war machine. The worst kind of violence." -- Government are Pathetic.
The government looks ridiculous, petty, authoritarian, out of their depth, supporting a genocide with no way out, floundering and gaslighting and trying to cover up their own crimes. They will fail.
Kier Starmer: "there can be no justification for political violence"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c206zm81z4gt
Is he aware of what is happening in Palestine?
Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-shooting-political-violence-reaction-87f6755421938d0a0d7c5905be10767f
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p5#a250911p5
GTA-Crime: A Synthetic Dataset and Generation Framework for Fatal Violence Detection with Adversarial Snippet-Level Domain Adaptation
Seongho Kim, Sejong Ryu, Hyoukjun You, Je Hyeong Hong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08232
Automated Creation of the Legal Knowledge Graph Addressing Legislation on Violence Against Women: Resource, Methodology and Lessons Learned
Claudia dAmato, Giuseppe Rubini, Francesco Didio, Donato Francioso, Fatima Zahra Amara, Nicola Fanizzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06368
Fascinating, balanced piece on civilization collapse-- how it can obviously bring increased violence and suffering, but how the average person may not have even noticed in the past, and how the reality of it is even more complicated https://aeon.co/essays/the-great-myth-of-empire-collapse…
This exchange between an audience member and Kirk immediately before he is shot is…. peak-America debate?
"Audience member: “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?”
Kirk: “Too many.”
The same audience member went on say the number is five, and proceeded to ask if Kirk knows how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years.
Kirk: “Counting or not counting gang violence?”
Seconds later, the sound of a pop is heard and the crowd screams as Kirk gets shot and recoils in his seat.”
#CharlieKirk #gunviolence #massshooting
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-09-10-25
It's probably time for Trump to send the national guard into Utah (against the wishes of any of their electeds) to stem the unbridled violence that we're seeing there. https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/115181773543464046
Is This Who We Are? -- Political violence has always been a dark part of America. Can we move past it again? (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-this-who-we-are-political-violence-charlie-kirk
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p44#a250911p44
I thought that “Alligator Alcatraz” was a nickname set by oppositors, not the actual name of the disgraceful place.
These people don’t cease to surprise me with their cruelty. https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/114834996595530816
Dolphins star Hill accused of domestic violence https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46206279/tyreek-hill-accused-domestic-violence-estranged-wife
Sure, police make domestic violence just to make Trump look bad:
“They said, ‘Crime’s down 87 percent.’
I said, no, no, no
—it’s more than 87 percent, virtually nothing.
And much lesser things,
things that take place in the home they call crime.
You know, they’ll do anything they can to find something.
If a man has a little fight with the wife,
they say this was a crime.
See?
So now I can’t claim 100 percent but we are.
…
The JSON response of translated rules list in Mastodon v4.4 (`/api/v2/instance`) seems to imply that some rules might not be translated.
Judging from admin UI to translate rule, seems to make sense https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34494
So, one rule is translated, t…
Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot, killed at speaking event in Utah (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5497197-political-violence-charlie-kirk-killing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p157#a250910p157
Wouldn't it be a shame if someone replaced the word "Alcatraz" with "Auschwitz" and circulated these motherfucker's photos thus corrected?
Wouldn't it?
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/114834996595530816
DETERring more than Deforestation: Environmental Enforcement Reduces Violence in the Amazon
Rafael Araujo, Vitor Possebom, Gabriela Setti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06076 https:…
Replaced article(s) found for physics.soc-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.soc-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Displacement and disconnection: the impact of violence on migration networks and highway traffic ...
Michele Coscia, Roxana Guti\'errez-Romero
Tyreek Hill accused of multiple instances of domestic violence in court filings by estranged wife
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tyreek-
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left (Mehdi Hasan/Zeteo)
https://zeteo.com/p/charlie-kirk-killing-political-violence
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p57#a250911p57
I Wanted To Tell You
https://sharoncummings.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/i-wanted-to-tell-you/#like-18001
Judge sarcastically blocks Trump from cutting VAWA funds
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/need-not-spend-much-time-on-this-judge-sarcastically-blocks-trump-admin-from-using-gender-ideology-executive-order-to-cut-domestic-violence-prevention-funds/
Many arrests, as predicted.
I'm curious about this part of the BBC's write-up:
"A Home Office spokesperson said the decision to proscribe the group [i.e. Palestine Action] was based on "strong security advice" following "serious attacks the group had committed, involving violence, significant injuries and extensive criminal damage"."
What is this "violence" and "significant injuries"? I don't remember reading about that. The only thing I've seen reported is damage to property.
#protest #London #PalestineAction
The day after the mayor of the town of Coevorden bowed to violence and decided not to allow housing for 14 girls (refugees), the city council of Zwolle decided to host a center for 400 refugees. Far-right Wilders tried to whip up sentiments there, too, but lost big time.
https://www.
Newsom condemns 'reprehensible' Charlie Kirk shooting (Julia Mueller/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5496656-newsom-kirk-shooting-reprehensible-violence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p128#a250911p128
I reject Nazis and fascism in all their forms. As an autistic person, I know firsthand how dangerous and dehumanizing their propaganda can be. I am worthy of dignity, life, and respect. No one has the right to threaten my existence or the existence of anyone else with violence, sterilization, or genocide.
Fascism thrives on hate, lies, and the oppression of marginalized people. I am committed to fighting against it, educating myself, and resisting its influence. If I ever repeat or int…
Court records: from 2017 to 2022, 400,181 US Uber trips had sexual assault and sexual misconduct reports, far exceeding its public disclosure of 12,522 reports (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html
🤨 Study of adolescents shows that the urban environment influences their sense of justice and trust in institutions
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-adolescents-urban-environment-justice.html
Very NSFW Reddit screenshot of discussion on Grok and “Ani” referencing sexual violence and crimes
Via https://bsky.app/profile/abeba.bsky.social/post/3lvl7uenouc22
Democrat: Trump could show he's 'serious about stopping political violence' by 'rescinding' Jan. 6 pardons (Tara Suter/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5499256-trump-pardons-capitol-riot/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p143#a250911p143
"Call me naive, but even after the mass pardons, I didn’t expect to see January 6 rioters WORKING IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. Yet here we are. Our tax dollars are paying the salary of Jared Wise, who called for violence against police. He’s now an adviser to Ed Martin (the “no MAGA left behind” guy)!"
https://www.instagram.co…
Safe. Everywhere. Always. | A Canberra Community Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSrRIhL9NhacbREQUPvZ-KN7VN15VelwkoXwIHFCDLq4qgHg/viewform
'War Is Here': The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence (David Gilbert/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-reactions-charlie-kirk-shooting-civil-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p153#a250910p153
D-HUMOR: Dark Humor Understanding via Multimodal Open-ended Reasoning
Sai Kartheek Reddy Kasu, Mohammad Zia Ur Rehman, Shahid Shafi Dar, Rishi Bharat Junghare, Dhanvin Sanjay Namboodiri, Nagendra Kumar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06771
The AFL really needs to do something aboutthis over the finals
"The AFL grand final has traditionally coincided with an increase in rates of violence "
https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/09/05/bayer-leverkusen-ange-pos…
Kids and gun violence
The episode talked about how this mass murderer "true crime" brain-rot subculture flattens everything into just "content." They didn't talk about how algorithms play a role in this type of violence.
"The algorithm" incentivzes maximumally impactful content. When stripped of a moral framework, by capitalism and white supremacy, humans will search for a value system to inform them of what to do. A mass shooting is simply the lowest effort for the highest impact in terms of pure content generation.
This is simply the behavior incentivzed by the algorithm. The behavior incentivzed by capitalism is, of course, no less horrific but is presented as far more acceptable. It includes, of course, creating a machine that makes money off of content (without any differentiation in type) by maximizing engagement and incentivzing content generation.
Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic https://theconversation.com/israel-is-on-notice-for-using-sexual-violence-against-palestinians…
This story goes along with my blog post today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/29/shooting-minnesota-school-transgender-online-untruths/85876291007/
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data gathers information on political violence worldwide.
❝These 50 [most violent] countries, ACLED says, account for 97 percent of all political violence in the world.
The United States is fiftieth—right behind Libya at 49.❞
That was in 2023.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196851/america-political-violence-terrifying-turning-point
"If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because 'violence' is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo."
https://organizingmythoughts.org/protes…
Criminal Property Rights Suppress Violence in Urban Drug Markets: Theory and Evidence from Merseyside, U.K
Paolo Campana. Andrea Giovannetti, Paolo Pin, Roberto Rozzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02561
"a federal judge in Rhode Island has prohibited officials from setting new restrictions on grants issued by the Violence Against Women Act based on Trump's executive order purging the federal government of "gender ideology.""
Trump crackdown hits legal wall with new ruling - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-judge-2673870689/
Helping me stay hopeful are stories like this. They show we can do better.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/california-san-quentin-gun-violence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Helping me stay hopeful are stories like this. They show we can do better.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/california-san-quentin-gun-violence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
The LA Press Club, CWA, and others sue the DHS, alleging it used excessive force and violated journalists' First Amendment rights during the LA protests (ACLU of Southern California)
https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-release
How Los Angeles police officers broke protocols and injured protesters
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000010259036/los-angeles-protests-lapd-violence.html…
😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
#psychology
Advocacy works, if done right. Find out how investigations by WorkerRights Consortium led to a joint effort along the supply chain to eliminate gender-based violence in Indonesia’s garment factories – more in my feature with TriplePundit.
https://www.triplepundi…
Democrat Self-Destructs During Discussion on Anti-ICE Violence, Proves Larger Point in the Process (Sister Toldjah/RedState)
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/08/08/leftist-commentator-proves-the-point-in-comments-on-violence-against-ice-n2192594
http://www.memeorandum.com/250808/p67#a250808p67
Correcting Misperceptions at a Glance: Using Data Visualizations to Reduce Political Sectarianism
Douglas Markant, Subham Sah, Alireza Karduni, Milad Rogha, My Thai, Wenwen Dou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00233
Now you understand the slogan "Death to the IDF".
Israeli air strikes kill dozens in Gaza amid worsening humanitarian crisis | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/2…
#theStateOfTheWorldInLyrics
Violence, Religion, Injustice and Death
https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/lyrics/paninaro
'Man has a little fight with the wife': Trump downplays domestic violence at Bible event (David Edwards/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-domestic-violence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p136#a250908p136
The Anarchist Cookbook, 2025 Edition:
Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet;
People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists
https://www.theguardian…
Trump Says Having 'a Little Fight With the Wife' Should Not Count as a Crime (Luke Broadwater/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/trump-domestic-violence-crime-statistics.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250908/p135#a250908p135
TikTok suspends its live feature for the "next few days" in Indonesia, citing "increasing violence in protests" over lawmakers' pay (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Kids and gun violence
This week's Executive Disorder started with a conversation about the school shooting in Twin Cities...
#USPol
Palestinian activist
Awdah Hathaleen
who helped film the documentary
"No Other Land" highlighting Israel’s violent occupation of the West Bank, was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Monday
https://truthout.org/articles/activist
TikTok suspends its live feature for the "next few days" in Indonesia, citing "increasing violence in protests" over lawmakers' pay (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Eschaton: The Greatest Act Of Political Violence Since Sarah Sanders Was Politely Asked To Leave A Restaurant
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2025/07/the-greatest-act-of-political-violence.html
- Don’t overlook how misogyny amplifies the harm of this breach: user base is mostly female, and one can’t understand how this release of photos personal info home addresses carries threats of harassment, assault, and violence without understanding how our society targets women. In a very concrete sense, you need gender theory to understand the practical security implications here.
2/2
@…
Democrats told to "get shot" for the anti-Trump resistance (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p34#a250707p34
The U.S.-Mexico border is no longer just a line on a map;
it is a roaming force, drifting through our cities and ravaging schools, courthouses and workplaces.
It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life.
Once confined to the borderlands, the Border Patrol — with its culture of Wild West impunity — is now operating across the country,
joining Immigration and Customs Enforcement in raids far from ports of ent…
Niners TE George Kittle on DC Robert Saleh's return: 'Violence is coming' https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-george-kittle-robert-saleh-return-violence-is-coming
'So beyond that nonsense': Michael Steele rips 'thoughts and prayers' response to shooting - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/minnesota-shooting-gun-violence/
Browns RB Quinshon Judkins won't face domestic violence charges https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6554355/2025/08/14/browns-quinshon-judkins-domestic-violence-charges/
Every day, 125 Americans are killed with guns.
But we can work together to make every town safer, and support solutions that will address the causes of gun violence in America.
Sign up today and become part of a movement of millions of everyday Americans.
https://everytownsupportfund.org/join/
Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in car accident after stopping to help domestic violence victim, his spokesperson says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-car-wreck-injuries-b2817430.html
Browns rookie RB Quinshon Judkins arrested on charge of misdemeanor domestic violence https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-rookie-rb-quinshon-judkins-arrested-on-charge-of-misdemeanor-domestic-violence
Political Violence Is Part of the American Story. It Is Also Changing. (Shaila Dewan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/political-violence-minnesota-assassination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.U-s6.Jl_066s4tFJ_&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p97#a250628p97
Former Football Players With C.T.E. Have Turned to Violence https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/business/nyc-shooting-note-cte-explained.html
We are faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts.
They want to inflict pain and suffering.
It's a goal, not a by-product
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:bcen47iol6hccqoufvtk7wt6…
"Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives."
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking
Former Football Players With C.T.E. Have Turned to Violence https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/sports/football/nyc-shooting-note-cte-explained.html
Browns' Judkins facing domestic violence charge https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45727275/browns-quinshon-judkins-arrested-battery-domestic-violence-charge-florida
'Shoot a couple': MAGA activists call for violence against 'No Kings' protesters - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/maga-activists-violence-protesters/
Every year, hundreds of children in the United States gain access to loaded guns that are unsecured in closets and nightstand drawers, in backpacks and purses, or just left out in the open.
With tragic regularity, children pick up these unsecured guns and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else.
Everyone has a role to play in preventing these tragedies.
Although unintentional shootings by children are a heartbreaking part of America’s gun violence epidemic,
no…
Browns rookie RB Quinshon Judkins arrested on domestic violence, battery charge https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6490608/2025/07/12/browns-quinshon-judkins-arrested-domestic-violence-charge/
HHS workers accuse RFK Jr. of stoking violence against them (Maya Goldman/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/20/hhs-workers-kennedy-violence-cdc
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p93#a250820p93
49ers' George Kittle issues warning with DC Robert Saleh's return to San Francisco: 'Violence is coming'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl…
Members of Congress worry about lack of plan as political violence rises (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/19/congress-political-violence-minnesota-state-lawmakers-killings/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250619/p15#a250619p15
T.J. Yeldon arrest: Former Alabama star, ex-NFL RB faces domestic violence charges
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/t-j-yeldon-arrest-former-alabama…
MAGA political violence claims more victims (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/hortman-hoffman-maga-political-violence
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p23#a250616p23
Political Violence Came to Minnesota. It Didn't Start There. (Barbara McQuade/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/opinion/political-violence-minnesota.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250615/p50#a250615p50
Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump's crime claims (Sophia Tareen/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-violence-crime-pritzker-national-guard-trump-2023e25445c45a3f0f4d3513e8eb2ac4
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p164#a250827p164
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine (Lisa Lerer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/minnesota-political-violence.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250614/p92#a250614p92
Federal Agents Are the New Proud Boys (Melissa Gira Grant/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/199263/federal-agents-dc-takeover-proud-boys-far-right-violence
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p135#a250819p135
American killed in Syria amid growing sectarian violence, State Department says (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/state-department-confirms-us-citizen-hosam-sarayas-killed/story?id=123953299
http://www.memeorandum.com/250722/p78#a250722p78