From The Depths

An emerging tactic, technique, and procedure (TTP) within the Com Network and adjacent “Edgesphere” milieus is the deliberate co-opting of the branding, aesthetic repertoires, and multimedia archives associated with historically established terrorist and…

Happy holidays dear readers, For this edition of Observations From the Depths Santa Clause came early and brought us some gifts from Canada and New Zealand, who have listed FIVE new terrorist entities between both nations.

Over the past few months there have been several key arrests of threat actors from the Com Network, as well as increased media attention and awareness material about the network, its harms and groups.

Content Warning: Hate speech, hateful and violent imagery, discussion of targeted and mass violence Left: An illustration of the bottom half of the Third SS Panzer Division insignia-a smiling Totenkopf-imposed with the flag of the Jewish Defense League.

In his opening statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the head of the FBI made reference to 764 (a group from the Com Network) and Nihilistic Violent Extremism.

Special thank you to Jean, Ry and Pete for their feedback, comments and criticism of this piece. 1) August 27 Incident Sometime before 8:30 on August 27, 2025, the attacker arrived outside the Annunciation Church.

This week, I want to share some of my observations from my research.

Executive Summary Spawnism is a fringe but growing self‑harm movement rooted in the Roblox horror game Forsaken.

Central to understanding the threat posed by Cutecore is recognizing the gender dynamics within extremist online spaces like the Com Network.

Within violent extremist milieus, fictitious and original characters allow individuals to construct detailed personal identities explicitly aligned with ideological narratives.

When the Religion Scholar Says Ideology is not Important One of the main questions I have gotten from practitioners and law enforcement over the past few months has been: what is the ideology of 764 and The Com Network, and what drives these minors to com…

Summary of Facts The US Department of Justice accused Prasan Nepal (“Trippy,” 20, High Point, North Carolina) and Leonidas Varagiannis (“War,” 21, a U.S. citizen in Thessaloníki, Greece) of being leaders of and playing key roles in running 764, from late…

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Over the past week there have been some discussions and bad takes about the concept of Nihilistic Violent extremism.

CONTENT WARNING: This article contains references to school shootings, mass attacks, suicide, animal cruelty, child sexual exploitation, self-harm, eating disorders, violent extremism, terrorism, and gore.