Bjørn Ihler
@bjornih.bsky.social
Founder & CEO of Revontulet & The Khalifa Ihler Institute - preventing terrorism and keeping people safe by rendering extremists incapable of abusing tech to recruit, organize and coordinate attacks. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
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Bjørn Ihler
@bjornih.bsky.social
· Jan 27
How A Terrorist Attack Made Me A Peace Activist | DEEP
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Welcome new followers!
Some of you don't necessarily know the whole story of *why* I care so much about the rise of the far right, about countering terrorism, and about building peaceful and thriving societies.
This video is a pretty good intro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-C5...
Some of you don't necessarily know the whole story of *why* I care so much about the rise of the far right, about countering terrorism, and about building peaceful and thriving societies.
This video is a pretty good intro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-C5...
The Opsec for teens guide that @wired.com just published is pretty good for those of us who haven't been teens for a while too www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Opsec for teens guide that @wired.com just published is pretty good for those of us who haven't been teens for a while too www.wired.com/story/digita...
I never feel quite as much as a foreigner in Sweden (where I've lived for 9 years) as when I visit Stockholm...missing the deep woods 🪵
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I never feel quite as much as a foreigner in Sweden (where I've lived for 9 years) as when I visit Stockholm...missing the deep woods 🪵
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What the fuck is wrong with people??! 😡
“Online child sexual exploitation, a global crime targeting children, increases yearly, not only in the number of confirmed reports showing child sexual abuse images, but also in the severity of the images and videos.”
infonews.ca/news/7443044...
“Online child sexual exploitation, a global crime targeting children, increases yearly, not only in the number of confirmed reports showing child sexual abuse images, but also in the severity of the images and videos.”
infonews.ca/news/7443044...
Sexual extortion of children for money is on the rise: financial intelligence agency | iNFOnews.ca
OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning of an increase in cases of sexual extortion of children for profit — acts that often are linked to
infonews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What the fuck is wrong with people??! 😡
“Online child sexual exploitation, a global crime targeting children, increases yearly, not only in the number of confirmed reports showing child sexual abuse images, but also in the severity of the images and videos.”
infonews.ca/news/7443044...
“Online child sexual exploitation, a global crime targeting children, increases yearly, not only in the number of confirmed reports showing child sexual abuse images, but also in the severity of the images and videos.”
infonews.ca/news/7443044...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
While the nordics tried to wipe out our Indigenous population in various ways over the centuries, we do not celebrate Thanksgiving. Yet I've gotten about 200 messages from stores I shopped at about 8 years ago about their great Black Friday sale today... not to mention the Black Week/Month stores.
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
While the nordics tried to wipe out our Indigenous population in various ways over the centuries, we do not celebrate Thanksgiving. Yet I've gotten about 200 messages from stores I shopped at about 8 years ago about their great Black Friday sale today... not to mention the Black Week/Month stores.
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Den kriminelle svindleren som går under forbryternavnet Tommy Robinson skal komme til Norge. Har fått uttale meg i sakens anledning:
www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/hans...
www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/hans...
Hans Rustad mener ytre høyre-profil er «nasjonalhelt»
Document Media inviterer Tommy Robinson til Oslo. – Han er en kriminell svindler, sier forfatter Jonas Bals.
www.nettavisen.no
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Den kriminelle svindleren som går under forbryternavnet Tommy Robinson skal komme til Norge. Har fått uttale meg i sakens anledning:
www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/hans...
www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/hans...
As I venture out into the world again to do yet another conference-talk about of the horrors of this world and what we at Revontulet do to protect people, infrastructure, and companies against it I once again start to identify with Beorn from the Hobbit - soon I'll chill in the woods and eat honey.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
As I venture out into the world again to do yet another conference-talk about of the horrors of this world and what we at Revontulet do to protect people, infrastructure, and companies against it I once again start to identify with Beorn from the Hobbit - soon I'll chill in the woods and eat honey.
Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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OSINTukraine is an archive born from urgency. Our work began when Russian tanks crossed the border. It hasn’t stopped since:
OSINTukraine - OSINT Tools for Ukraine
OSINT tools to archive, document and debunk the Russian War against Ukraine This project is a Telegram Archive, a News aggregator & publishing engine designed to support Ukraine and keep Ukraine information in the News cycle.
osintukraine.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
OSINTukraine is an archive born from urgency. Our work began when Russian tanks crossed the border. It hasn’t stopped since:
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Lots of good advice and resources in this thread for parents and teachers.
It's not reasonable or practical to ban kids from the internet until adulthood, but keeping an open dialogue can go a long way in mitigating harms and teaching skills that will be beneficial for a lifetime.
It's not reasonable or practical to ban kids from the internet until adulthood, but keeping an open dialogue can go a long way in mitigating harms and teaching skills that will be beneficial for a lifetime.
Steps parents can take now:
1) Check whether your child is using a school-issued computer or device for online gaming or chats.
2) Talk with your child about how they use the device: games, apps, chat features, who they’re talking to, how long they’re online.
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1) Check whether your child is using a school-issued computer or device for online gaming or chats.
2) Talk with your child about how they use the device: games, apps, chat features, who they’re talking to, how long they’re online.
5/
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Lots of good advice and resources in this thread for parents and teachers.
It's not reasonable or practical to ban kids from the internet until adulthood, but keeping an open dialogue can go a long way in mitigating harms and teaching skills that will be beneficial for a lifetime.
It's not reasonable or practical to ban kids from the internet until adulthood, but keeping an open dialogue can go a long way in mitigating harms and teaching skills that will be beneficial for a lifetime.
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Norway can and should host the UN
Colombian president accuses Trump of violating UN principles after visa revoked
"Time to go to a more democratic place," Petro said in an X statement.
www.axios.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Norway can and should host the UN
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The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Buying a tech gift for someone this year? Keep in mind what you're opting them into, and take the time to help set up any device you do get them as privately and securely as possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
www.eff.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Buying a tech gift for someone this year? Keep in mind what you're opting them into, and take the time to help set up any device you do get them as privately and securely as possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Days, like today, underline why the vampires tend to hang out in the nordics in winter...
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Days, like today, underline why the vampires tend to hang out in the nordics in winter...
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Reportedly, Indonesia destroyed 31 Chinese vessels allegedly involved in illegal fishing within its territorial waters. China describes it as “serious escalation.”
Indonesia claims ships, linked to Chinese gov, were engaged in poaching and operated as covert intelligence-gathering platforms
Indonesia claims ships, linked to Chinese gov, were engaged in poaching and operated as covert intelligence-gathering platforms
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reportedly, Indonesia destroyed 31 Chinese vessels allegedly involved in illegal fishing within its territorial waters. China describes it as “serious escalation.”
Indonesia claims ships, linked to Chinese gov, were engaged in poaching and operated as covert intelligence-gathering platforms
Indonesia claims ships, linked to Chinese gov, were engaged in poaching and operated as covert intelligence-gathering platforms
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Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges. The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges. The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...