Alexander Geisler
@alexmgeisler.bsky.social
Polisci PhD
/ Postdoc University of St. Gallen
/ Research on the theory and practice of deliberative democracy
https://alexgeisler.netlify.app/
/ Postdoc University of St. Gallen
/ Research on the theory and practice of deliberative democracy
https://alexgeisler.netlify.app/
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📝 Excited to share our new paper on an improved random selection method for drawing citizens' assemblies based on repurposing a physical algorithm called Simulated Annealing! 🔢🔥 There are three key advantages to it ... (1/3)
Paper here: doi.org/10.53765/305... (not OA, so message me for a copy...)
Paper here: doi.org/10.53765/305... (not OA, so message me for a copy...)
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How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
So glad the implication is to develop better tests rather than to desk reject all work based on online surveys 🙏
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So glad the implication is to develop better tests rather than to desk reject all work based on online surveys 🙏
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NARRATOR: Roth quite clearly did not name call & we need our leaders to stop granting <every bad faith premise> of the far right authoritarians' lawless assault on higher education before we push back.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NARRATOR: Roth quite clearly did not name call & we need our leaders to stop granting <every bad faith premise> of the far right authoritarians' lawless assault on higher education before we push back.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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#30DayMapChallenge
Day 18 - Tour De France 1975
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).
Day 18 - Tour De France 1975
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 18 - Tour De France 1975
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).
Day 18 - Tour De France 1975
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi).
I want Arnold Schwarzenegger to know that the notion of "out-cheating" each other in electoral districting is farcical when working in an area where using PEDs is increasingly becoming the norm (bodybuilding) to "outcompete" each other
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I want Arnold Schwarzenegger to know that the notion of "out-cheating" each other in electoral districting is farcical when working in an area where using PEDs is increasingly becoming the norm (bodybuilding) to "outcompete" each other
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THE YAED APPLE
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
THE YAED APPLE
Sliwa receives almost exactly the number of votes Cuomo would have needed to close up to Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Sliwa receives almost exactly the number of votes Cuomo would have needed to close up to Mamdani
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Reposted by Alexander Geisler
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
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This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
🧵
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
🧵
If I count Sam Altman as an elder millennial, it is actually quite noteworthy what he achieved: he made boomers and gen x listen
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If I count Sam Altman as an elder millennial, it is actually quite noteworthy what he achieved: he made boomers and gen x listen
honestly tired of autocrats playing strongmen on the world stage just because their power doesn't depend on the will of the people in their countries
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
honestly tired of autocrats playing strongmen on the world stage just because their power doesn't depend on the will of the people in their countries
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It's bad when your German friends say this all seems so familiar
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's bad when your German friends say this all seems so familiar
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We believe there’s room for multiple poli sci conferences in Europe, just like in the US & other regions.
🔝 But if you’re looking to support a Europe-based not-for-profit member-led organization, submit your work to 1️⃣ EPSS conference:
📍 Belfast
📅 18–20 June 2026
📝 epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
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🔝 But if you’re looking to support a Europe-based not-for-profit member-led organization, submit your work to 1️⃣ EPSS conference:
📍 Belfast
📅 18–20 June 2026
📝 epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
4/
EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK
Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.
epssnet.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We believe there’s room for multiple poli sci conferences in Europe, just like in the US & other regions.
🔝 But if you’re looking to support a Europe-based not-for-profit member-led organization, submit your work to 1️⃣ EPSS conference:
📍 Belfast
📅 18–20 June 2026
📝 epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
4/
🔝 But if you’re looking to support a Europe-based not-for-profit member-led organization, submit your work to 1️⃣ EPSS conference:
📍 Belfast
📅 18–20 June 2026
📝 epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
4/
Europeans: Kafkaesque
Americans: McCarthyesque
Americans: McCarthyesque
September 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Europeans: Kafkaesque
Americans: McCarthyesque
Americans: McCarthyesque
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Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
The State of American Democracy with Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt | The Civic Forum E10
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
It wasn't even remotely Jimmy's most biting monologue that night
I say this a lot because I like to remind people how stupid Matt Taibbi is and how dishonest Bari Weiss is but:
Remember how the Twitter files were supposed to demonstrate a huge free speech threat posed by Democrats?
Remember how the Twitter files were supposed to demonstrate a huge free speech threat posed by Democrats?
ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from Trump’s FCC chair | CNN Business
Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.
www.cnn.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It wasn't even remotely Jimmy's most biting monologue that night
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Emboldened by the Trump 2.0 administration, Orban-funded "researchers" are laying the ground for questioning some of the key tenets of European integration.
For example, the "research" is indignant that students making use of the Erasmus program get to spend time abroad, thereby “weakening national identifications”. 🤮 6/
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Emboldened by the Trump 2.0 administration, Orban-funded "researchers" are laying the ground for questioning some of the key tenets of European integration.
Very bad news for any political scientist wanting to replace human annotators with AI -- as expected, you can basically generate *any* statistical result you want.
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**.
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
September 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Very bad news for any political scientist wanting to replace human annotators with AI -- as expected, you can basically generate *any* statistical result you want.
PSA: All APSA panels will be distributed along the various beaches of Vancouver
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
PSA: All APSA panels will be distributed along the various beaches of Vancouver
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This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.
The latest polling from East Germany's #SachsenAnhalt should come as no surprise to anyone studying the far right, paralleling trends from similar regions in the UK and France.
Einige einordnende Gedanken zur aktuellen Horror-Umfrage für #SachsenAnhalt, wo in genau einem Jahr ein neuer Landtag gewählt wird, und Perspektiven auf die verbleibenden Chancen in den nächsten zwölf Monaten:
1. Diese Umfrage trifft hier gerade sehr viele Menschen wie ein Schlag in die (1) 🧵
1. Diese Umfrage trifft hier gerade sehr viele Menschen wie ein Schlag in die (1) 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The latest polling from East Germany's #SachsenAnhalt should come as no surprise to anyone studying the far right, paralleling trends from similar regions in the UK and France.
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how many university presidents preemptively caving to the Trump administration are more interested in keeping their multimillion-dollar jobs than preserving their university's research funding and why is it all of them
September 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
how many university presidents preemptively caving to the Trump administration are more interested in keeping their multimillion-dollar jobs than preserving their university's research funding and why is it all of them