Thomas Zeitzoff

@zeitzoff.bsky.social

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Professor @au-spa.bsky.social Pol Violence | Pol Psychology New Book: “NO OPTION BUT SABOTAGE” Substack: https://zeitzoff.substack.com 1st Book: "Nasty Politics" Website: www.zeitzoff.com

U.S. vs. Belgium first half https://www.fotmob.com/matches/usa-vs-belgium/1urw5j#4653845:tab=stats
Canada xG=0.86 to MoroccoxG=0.77 https://www.fotmob.com/matches/canada-vs-morocco/17e1pm#4653843
Al Jazeera map Heat dome to scorch U.S. cities this week.
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Pochettino in his signature suit
Germany xg=1.49 vs Paraguay xg=0.42
FIFA 2026 cup pint glass that is suppose to say “We are 26”
Book cover of “Fires in the Night” with picture of the 1998 Vail ski lodge fire.
Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent
Cover of Natalia Emmanuel and Emma Harrington: “In Person: How Working Together Fuels Creativity, Productivity, and Growth.” https://www.amazon.com/Person-Working-Together-Creativity-Productivity-ebook/dp/B0GN6DKXMS?th=1&psc=1
Gio Reyna and The Killers BlueSky trending topics.
My post. Peace, Violence, and the Beautiful Game How soccer shapes nationalism, prejudice, and conflict—my 5 favorite studies. Images: Left: April 2022. Ukrainian Fans light flares in Legia Warsaw’s stadium where Dynamo Kyiv begin their ‘match for peace’ series following the 2022 Russian invasion. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters. Right: FIFA World Cup trophy.
Monolith from 2001 interacting proto-humans
Figure 10: A sample screenshot displaying the structure of the argument evaluation task
Scenario: A man threw a firebomb into the empty house of a powerful billionaire CEO of a social media technology company. When asked why he did it, the man said, "Somebody had to do something. These tech CEOs knew that their social media apps divide our country, and hurt our children. They don't care. They just want to make money." Figure 9: Predicting anti-tech extremism: Marginal effects calculated from two logistic regressions (Lucid dataset).
Factor loading scores for Anti-technology items (Factor 1 is the anti-tech orientation).
Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and the Politics of Anti-Technology Jan Zilinsky Technical University of Munich Institute of Experimental Psychology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Thomas Zeitzoff American University Abstract The growth of new digital technology, in particular new forms of communication and ar- tificial intelligence, has raised questions about technology’s role in society. Critics argue that it has increased hate speech, polarized the electorate, reduced deliberation, and coarsened the discourse. Others have emphasized the democratizing potential of tools facilitating col- lective action and enabling broader exchange of ideas. To better understand citizens’ general orientation towards technology, we develop a new anti-technology scale and test it on two diverse samples of Americans. Our scale measures three distinct areas of anti-technology attitudes: 1) attitudes towards social media, 2) attitudes towards artificial intelligence, and 3) concerns about modernity. We show that these areas form a general latent anti-technology orientation. We then show that this general anti-tech orientation predicts attitudes towards technology policies and support for contentious actions against tech companies. Finally, we use a pairwise comparison experiment to understand which pro- and anti-AI arguments are most persuasive.
Diamond Creek Falls, Oregon
Top, picture of Al Pacino from the Godfather III saying: “ just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in!” Bottom left a picture of a robot, bottom right picture of a diploma and cap.
Left, graffiti on a wall that says the revolution will be tweeted, right a picture of a tech CEO, holding strings of voters and the ballot box.
From CNBC article "Michael Lewis, three decades after ‘Liar’s Poker,’ says Wall Street is worse in some ways Published Tue, Feb 8 20229:55 AM EST Yun Li" “Liar’s Poker” took the world by storm, but it did have some unintended consequences. Lewis had thought, if anything, the book would discourage the money-minded college generation from working on Wall Street, but it did the opposite. It accidentally served as a career blueprint for business majors and a moral guide of the big money machine. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/08/michael-lewis-three-decades-after-liars-poker-says-wall-street-is-worse-in-some-ways.html
Cover of Nasty Politics
Top: anti-Elon stickers. Bottom left: Sam Altman. Bottom right: Security camera footage of Molotov cocktail being thrown at Altman's house.
Substack Post: The Return of the "Great Man" Unfortunately
Pictures: Thomas Carlyle (left), Psychotherapy couch (center), Donald Trump (right).
Cover of: The Counterinsurgency Dilemma Foreign Fighter Influence on Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia By Tricia L. Bacon
Revisiting the Madman Theory: Evaluating the Impact of Different Forms of Perceived Madness in Coercive Bargaining Roseanne W. McManus See https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2019.1662482?__cf_chl_tk=LsK0KUltkEwZJ26gTJ_vh9dKUd.EBHhDvO1Erx6GGNc-1775568861-1.0.1.1-5VGS_Kfs265eB9RJFd587qIcTTdOABSVy3wTb2F3H.s
Top left: picture of raw milk, top right: RFK Jr. Bottom left: The Passing of the Great Race (cover of book by Madison Grant), bottom right: Picture of Madison Grant.
Project Hail Mary poster
Two astronaut meme. First astronaut: "It wasn't social media?" Second astronaut: "It was alienated elites, always has been."
Environment The Ghosts of John Tanton by Abrahm Lustgarten October 19, 2024, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/john-tanton-far-right-extremism-environmentalism-climate-change
Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman Defending the Earth: A Debate https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-and-dave-foreman-defending-the-earth-a-debate Foreword: Turning Debate Into Dialogue by David Levine, Founder and Director, The Learning Alliance Introduction: Whither the Radical Ecology Movement? by Steve Chase Part I: The Dialogue — Winter 1989 Chapter 1: Looking for Common Ground Chapter 2: Ecology and the Left Chapter 3: Radical Visions and Strategies Chapter 4: Racism and the Future of the Movement Part II: Closing Essays — One Year Later Chapter 5: Second Thoughts of an Eco-Warrior by Dave Foreman Chapter 6: Where I Stand Now by Murray Bookchin
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Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93 His best-selling 1968 book, which forecast global famines, made him a leader of the environmental movement. But he faced criticism when his predictions proved premature. Keith Schneider https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/books/paul-r-ehrlich-dead.html
Sam Levine, The Guardian “Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/texas-terrorism-trial
"EPA Moves to Weaken Limits on Cancer-Causing Gas." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate/epa-ethylene-oxide-cancer.html "White Readies Plant to dismantle Renowned Science Lab." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate/ncar-breakup-plan-nasa-noaa.html
Star Wars Annekin meme. He’s got quite the foreign policy leader risk profile He just has some of the risky factors, not all of them, right? Right..?
Head for what happens when activist are labeled terrorist. Document is from The 2002 Congressional hearing on 'eco-terrorism' that launched the Green Scare
Bookstore owners turn tables, question why they were targets of FBI probe - The Buffalo News, 03/18/2016
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Survey data comparing Activists, U.S. general population, and U.S. youth acceptability of Tree Sitting, Demonstrating at CEO's Homes, Leaking Emails, Occupying Buildings, Vandalizing Websites, Damaging Pipelines, and Vandalizing SUVs. Overall, we see that Activists are more supportive of all tactics, but when looking at more extreme tactics like Damaging Pipelines or Vandalizing SUVs the gap between activists and the general public is much smaller.
Yearly counts of eco direct actions (pink region is the Operation Backfire). No the large drop off during this persiod
Where’s the Sabotage? Repression, Recruitment, and Tactical Evolution in the U.S. Radical Environmental Movement. Thomas Zeitzoff Why did the U.S. radical environmental movement shift away from tactics like arson and sabotage in the mid-2000s? And given the rising threat of climate change, why haven’t these more contentious tactics made a comeback? This puzzle is particularly significant to scholars of terrorism because radical environmental groups like the Earth Liberation Front appear in major terrorism databases, and faced heavy repression from the government, despite causing no fatalities. I argue that repression and recruitment networks play a central role in shaping tactical repertoires. To test this theory, I combine original data on eco direct actions (1995–2022), surveys, and interviews of activist experts. I find that repression sharply reduced the pace of direct actions—particularly sabotage and arson—and disrupted the punk and anarchist recruitment networks that had supported them. In their place, the climate justice movement emerged, favoring civil disobedience and mass protest over clandestine tactics. Repression thus altered the movement both directly (by targeting high-risk actors and their tactics) and indirectly (by reshaping recruitment pipelines). I conclude with a discussion of how climate politics, activist subcultures, repression, and the contested boundary of what constitutes terrorism may influence the future trajectory of radical environmentalism.
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404 days into Donald Trump's term The president's net approval rating is -17, up 0.0 points since last week. 39% approve, 56% disapprove, 5% not sure
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military. The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY. Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow. WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP Hey Donald Trump truth social post
Emil Michael, a top Pentagon official who oversees artificial intelligence, attacked Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, who on Thursday released a statement about why the company would not agree to the Defense Department’s latest terms. “It’s a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex,” Mr. Michael wrote late Thursday. “He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation’s safety at risk. The @DeptofWar will ALWAYS adhere to the law but not bend to whims of any one for-profit tech company.”
Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
Fascist Ecology: The "Green Wing" of the Nazi Party and its Historical AntecedentsHistorical Antecedents Peter StaudenmaierMarquette University, peter.staudenmaier@marquette.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://epublications.marquette.edu/hist_fac Part of the History Commons Recommended CitationRecommended Citation Staudenmaier, Peter, "Fascist Ecology: The "Green Wing" of the Nazi Party and its Historical Antecedents" (2011). History Faculty Research and Publications. 155. https://epublications.marquette.edu/hist_fac/155 PETER STAUDENMAIER FASCIST ECOLOGY: THE uGREEN WING" OF THE NAZI PARTY AND ITS HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS "We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction and to the death of nations. Only through a re-integration of humanity into the whole of nature can our people be made stronger. That is the fundamental point of the biological tasks of our age. Humankind alone is no longer the focus of thought , but rather life as a whole . . . Th is striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and the true essence of National Socialist thought:' 1 In our zeal to condemn
Picture of conservationist and eugenicist Madison Grant. The Passing of the Great Race: Or, The Racial Basis of European History is a 1916 racist and pseudoscientific[1][2] book by American lawyer, anthropologist, and proponent of eugenics Madison Grant (1865–1937). Grant expounds a theory of Nordic superiority, claiming that the "Nordic race" is inherently superior to other human "races". The theory and the book were praised by Adolf Hitler and other Nazis, Hitler referring to it as "his Bible". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passing_of_the_Great_Race
Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by border guards, Cuba says Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24drvj8yl2o
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New Book's network screenshot. https://medium.com/@akif.iips/understanding-random-effect-and-fixed-effect-in-statistical-analysis-db4983cdf8b1
Reuters environmental group extinction rebellion says it’s under federal US probe https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/environmental-group-extinction-rebellion-says-it-is-under-federal-us-probe-2026-02-18/
Former Portland environmental rights activist reveals failed FBI sting Published 6:00 am Wednesday, August 21, 2024 By Jim Redden Read more at: https://portlandtribune.com/2024/08/21/former-portland-environmental-rights-activist-reveals-failed-fbi-sting/
Picture of The Traitors host Alan Cummings in a red flannel costume.
Punk-O-Rama volume 5 cover
Earth Crisis @ The Living Room. Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1994. (Photo: Scott Forgerelli) https://www.noecho.net/features/the-story-of-earth-crisis-firestorm