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Article Open access Published: 02 July 2026 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2026) Cite this article We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors present which affect the content, and all legal disclaimers apply. Subjects AbstractThis article examines how crises catalyse intergroup threat expression, focusing on the European refugee crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed Estonian-language Facebook posts, which had the maximum number of user engagements per quarter, and the content linked within these posts on the topic of forced migration from 2014 to 2020. Applying the discourse-historical approach, we analysed threats attributed to forced migrants. The results reveal that the refugee crisis opened a discursive window of opportunity for expressing existential, economic, and religious threats, and the pandemic for health threats. Realistic threats proved to be more persistent, with symbolic threats amplifying the threat perception when combined.  » Read More

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Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialists of America-affiliated candidate for governor of Wisconsin, appeared on Tuesday on the Twitch stream of Mike Beyer, known by his online handle “Mike From PA,” a fringe far-left influencer who has espoused open antisemitism. Beyer was suspended from Twitch last year for comments in which he said that “Jewish is not an ethnicity” and Jewish identity is “a constructed ethnicity, this demonic ethnicity, wholly invented.” He subsequently apologized, claiming he had intended to refer to Zionists, rather than Jews. The Anti-Defamation League praised Twitch for the suspension. “Streamers with such reach and influence should use their platforms responsibly and not engage in inflammatory, dehumanizing and antisemitic rhetoric,” the group said in 2025. Despite the walkback, Beyer has continued to spread other antisemitic conspiracy theories, including boosting a claim that “Zionists were obsessed with destroying the Soviet Union” so that they could enslave children from the Soviet bloc and use them for child trafficking and prostitution. Amid scrutiny of his interview with Hong, Beyer on Tuesday blamed an organized conspiracy trying to slander “grassroots politicians like they are getting direct orders from Netanyahu.” Later on Tuesday, Hong also appeared on antisemitic streamer

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WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature — which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number — is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing scrutiny from security experts and regulators in India, the app’s largest market, with more than 500 million users. The rollout marks a shift in how people identify one another on WhatsApp. Instead of relying on phone numbers as the primary identifier, users will increasingly interact through platform-managed usernames, a change that Meta says improves privacy but that critics argue could create new opportunities for impersonation. In early testing, TechCrunch found usernames resembling prominent politicians, celebrities, business figures, and public institutions — including “indiamodi,” “shahrukh.actor,” “teamamitabh,” “ambanijio,” and “rbi_verify” — were still available to reserve. These reference Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom company Jio, and the Reserve Bank of India, respectively. Separately, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said on X that he couldn’t reserve “cz_binance,” the handle he already uses on that platform. Asked about how it protects against impersonation, Meta told TechCrunch it reserves usernames for public figures

Fourth Freshman All-America nod for UC freshman slugger CINCINNATI – Cincinnati baseball freshman catcher Enzo Infelise has been recognized by D1Baseball as a Freshman All-American. He was named to the publication’s second team. It’s the fourth Freshman All-America award for Infelise, who was also honored by Baseball America, NCBWA, and Perfect Game. He was one of just four Big 12 freshmen to be placed on D1Baseball’s squad. He led the Bearcats with a .374 batting average, hitting 10 home runs while adding 48 RBI, 10 doubles, and 38 runs scored. Infelise collected 85 hits in his first college season, the most among all freshmen in the country as of the end of UC’s season. That figure also ranks tied for seventh in a season in school history and are the most hits by a Bearcat since Lance Durham’s record-setting 99-hit season in 2009. Infelise was named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and earned first-team all-conference honors last month. FOLLOW THE BEARCATS For all the latest news and updates, follow @GoBearcatsBASE on X/Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

A SCOTTISH Labour peer has been ridiculed for a post on Twitter/X appearing to blame the SNP for an Ebola scare at a Scottish hospital. Part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was placed into lockdown on Tuesday night after receiving a patient with suspected Ebola virus . The facility was quickly sealed off to members of the public as a test was ordered. Reacting to the lockdown news, Labour peer George Foulkes was quick to brand it a “great scandal”. READ MORE: John Curtice verdict on what Andy Burnham means for Scottish Labour and SNP He added: “Particularly since Swinney has constantly said there are no problems at QEUH. "How can he continue?” This is a great scandal, particularly since Swinney has constantly said there are no problems at QEUH. How can he continue? https://t.co/oPDYpGglbH — George Foulkes (@GeorgeFoulkes) June 30, 2026 The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has been at the centre of a long‑running infection and patient‑safety scandal, with child deaths linked to contaminated water – placing pressure and asking serious questions of the SNP Government over how and when the site was opened. But, just 20 minutes after Foulkes posted on Twitter/X to blame the SNP

The gossip blogger agreed to pay a five-figure sum for violating an earlier non-disparagement agreement. Cardi B performs onstage at the BET Awards 2026 held at Peacock Theater on June 28, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores Trending on Billboard Gossip blogger Tasha K has agreed to pay Cardi B $60,000 for violating an earlier settlement by engaging in online chatter about the hip-hop star’s love life. The agreement, docketed on Tuesday (June 30) and obtained by Billboard, resolves contempt of court proceedings that stem from Cardi’s $4 million defamation win against Tasha from 2022. Last year, the blogger (full name Latasha Kebe) signed a bankruptcy deal that delays payment of the judgment as long as she doesn’t make any more disparaging statements about Cardi or her family. Related But Tasha broke that promise with recent social media posts and radio show comments about Cardi’s estranged husband, Offset, and the father of her youngest child, NFL player Stefon Diggs. A judge thus ordered Tasha to reimburse Cardi for her legal fees spent enforcing compliance — a bill totaling over $110,000, according to Cardi’s attorneys. In Tuesday’s agreement, Cardi is allowing Tasha to cut that amount nearly in half to

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