Christine German
@cgresearcher.bsky.social
researcher (belief, ideology, extremism, authoritarianism, political violence), do-er, partner, mother. Currently @perilresearch.bsky.social but opinions my own, etc
My latest on @alexanderrusso.bsky.social The Grade is about discussing, and journalists covering, stories of online manipulation of kids & the importance of covering red flags & ways that kids can be better protected from predatory content @perilresearch.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
How to cover online manipulation of students — without exacerbating the problem
Online extremism and radicalization are affecting students, educators, and families. We need prevention-focused media coverage that doesn’t sensationalize outlier scenarios.
open.substack.com
April 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
My latest on @alexanderrusso.bsky.social The Grade is about discussing, and journalists covering, stories of online manipulation of kids & the importance of covering red flags & ways that kids can be better protected from predatory content @perilresearch.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
Incredible thread detailed Bad Bunny’s halftime show!
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Incredible thread detailed Bad Bunny’s halftime show!
Reposted by Christine German
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
Reposted by Christine German
With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders.
www.reuters.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Keep fighting @harvard.edu! This fight is for all of us!
The Trump administration threatened to assume ownership of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of patents from Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League college of failing to comply with the law.
Trump Administration Threatens to Seize Valuable Harvard Patents
The Trump administration threatened to assume ownership of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of patents from Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League college of failing to comply with the law on federal research grants.
bloom.bg
August 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Keep fighting @harvard.edu! This fight is for all of us!
My latest piece is up on @contrariannews.org talking about the ways we need to support kids as they begin their online life contrarian.substack.com/p/your-kids-...
Your Kids Are Online – Do They have the Tools to Avoid Falling into Rabbit Holes?
By Christine German
contrarian.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My latest piece is up on @contrariannews.org talking about the ways we need to support kids as they begin their online life contrarian.substack.com/p/your-kids-...
Reposted by Christine German
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Want to take a break from the feuding? My team at @perilresearch.bsky.social just launched the DUCC curriculum: a tool to teach digital literacy for K-5 kids - critical skills for kids whose lives are increasingly online to help them identify and avoid harmful online content www.danieltheducc.org
DUCC
www.danieltheducc.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Want to take a break from the feuding? My team at @perilresearch.bsky.social just launched the DUCC curriculum: a tool to teach digital literacy for K-5 kids - critical skills for kids whose lives are increasingly online to help them identify and avoid harmful online content www.danieltheducc.org
Liberation Day
160 years ago today, the traitor Jefferson Davis and his treasonous cabinet abandoned Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, spelling the beginning of the end of the Civil War. A day for all patriots to celebrate.
April 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Liberation Day
Reposted by Christine German
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
wrd.cm
March 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
Incredibly important information here for all researchers!
📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Research — The Critical Internet Studies Institute
www.criticalinternet.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Incredibly important information here for all researchers!
I’ve seen this NYT article being shared with various snippets being singled out as being a good synopsis of Christians’ perceived persecution. But I think this quote is more significant: (1/n)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’ve seen this NYT article being shared with various snippets being singled out as being a good synopsis of Christians’ perceived persecution. But I think this quote is more significant: (1/n)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Judge Timothy Kelly a Trump appointee, said Enrique Tarrio, who Trump just freed with a full pardon, is a terrorist.
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/p...
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/p...
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Judge Timothy Kelly a Trump appointee, said Enrique Tarrio, who Trump just freed with a full pardon, is a terrorist.
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/p...
www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/p...
A lot has already been said about this by very smart people. Let me just add that whatever you might say it is (“my heart goes out to you” according to Musk, or the Nazi salute), it’s a signal. Public gestures make public statements.
January 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A lot has already been said about this by very smart people. Let me just add that whatever you might say it is (“my heart goes out to you” according to Musk, or the Nazi salute), it’s a signal. Public gestures make public statements.
Adding this to my ever-growing, never-diminishing to read list. Send help.
🧵Do Left-Right and Radical Right divides matter for affective polarization in multi-party systems? Check out this recent article in @electoralstudies.bsky.social by Ivo Bantel: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#polisky
#polisky
December 19, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Adding this to my ever-growing, never-diminishing to read list. Send help.
Reposted by Christine German
This article overlooks that much of tradwife content, esp on TikTok, is targeted towards the male gaze.
And young men are adopting more conservative & traditionalist views compared to young women. We’re seeing a crisis of misogyny, not just a crisis of masculinity.
www.salon.com/2024/12/19/t...
And young men are adopting more conservative & traditionalist views compared to young women. We’re seeing a crisis of misogyny, not just a crisis of masculinity.
www.salon.com/2024/12/19/t...
"Tradwives" were the hot online topic in 2024 — but offline, women are more independent than ever
Social media celebrating women's submission is propaganda, not a reflection of reality
www.salon.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
This article overlooks that much of tradwife content, esp on TikTok, is targeted towards the male gaze.
And young men are adopting more conservative & traditionalist views compared to young women. We’re seeing a crisis of misogyny, not just a crisis of masculinity.
www.salon.com/2024/12/19/t...
And young men are adopting more conservative & traditionalist views compared to young women. We’re seeing a crisis of misogyny, not just a crisis of masculinity.
www.salon.com/2024/12/19/t...
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New Gender Update out in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. With data from the new wave of the EES, I show a strong increase in support for the far right among young voters. Especially the share of young men who consider voting for the far right has exploded.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
December 13, 2024 at 4:52 PM
New Gender Update out in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. With data from the new wave of the EES, I show a strong increase in support for the far right among young voters. Especially the share of young men who consider voting for the far right has exploded.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
So cool! Thanks for sharing this recipe for a multi-hour rabbit hole to go down and procrastinate writing my dissertation!
Researchers Uncover the Oldest Record of Humans Using Fire in Tasmania, Almost 2,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Known
Researchers Uncover the Oldest Record of Humans Using Fire in Tasmania, Almost 2,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Known
A new paper reveals how Aboriginal people changed the landscape by burning, demonstrating how similar practices could help manage modern bushfires
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
So cool! Thanks for sharing this recipe for a multi-hour rabbit hole to go down and procrastinate writing my dissertation!
Wow, hi everyone! Thanks for the follows! A little about me: I work with great folks @perilresearch.bsky.social & am finishing a PhD on the ways that extremist beliefs impact political violence. I’m also a 15+ year grizzled int’l aid worker, a plant enthusiast, and ok-ish at this whole BlueSky thing
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Wow, hi everyone! Thanks for the follows! A little about me: I work with great folks @perilresearch.bsky.social & am finishing a PhD on the ways that extremist beliefs impact political violence. I’m also a 15+ year grizzled int’l aid worker, a plant enthusiast, and ok-ish at this whole BlueSky thing
Reposted by Christine German
ICCT just published 3 papers on gender and violent extremism today. Research on gender and radicalisation (2014–2024) has grown, focusing mainly on women in Islamist extremism, leaving gaps in literature and practice. The report highlights trends and underexplored areas.
www.icct.nl/publication/...
www.icct.nl/publication/...
Radicalisation and Gender – What Do We Know?
This report stems from the recognised need to explore the role of gender in radicalisation processes more deeply. The gaps identified in literature are supported by research and interviews with profes...
www.icct.nl
November 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
ICCT just published 3 papers on gender and violent extremism today. Research on gender and radicalisation (2014–2024) has grown, focusing mainly on women in Islamist extremism, leaving gaps in literature and practice. The report highlights trends and underexplored areas.
www.icct.nl/publication/...
www.icct.nl/publication/...
Reposted by Christine German
Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome!
We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
November 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome!
We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
I cannot wait to see what the Onion does with Infowars.
Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’
Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, int...
theonion.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I cannot wait to see what the Onion does with Infowars.