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Antti Gronow

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Senior researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. Interested in climate policy, social networks, political polarization, advocacy coalitions. Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sBTkYX8AAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our new publication out in Computers in Human Behavior!

With @yanxxia.bsky.social, @bolozna.bsky.social, @malkamont.bsky.social & T. Ylä-Anttila, we study what happened to climate and immigration polarization on Finnish social media after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. @helsinki.fi @aalto.fi

Do external threats decrease political polarization? Climate change and immigration discussions on Finnish Twitter after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Increasing political polarization poses a serious challenge to democracy. Research has suggested that the rise of an external threat caused by an adve…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 13h

The defining feature of Trumpism is the collective hallucination of a reality that doesn't exist. They live in a delusion where cities are on fire and antifa is a thing comparable with Hamas or ISIS. They cannot afford to let widespread mass protest destroy the illusion. 1/2

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 11h

The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social is “a nuanced, hopeful vision of a future with human intelligence amplified, not overwhelmed, by machine intelligence.” Read the full Kirkus review:

THE AI PARADOX | Kirkus Reviews

In this optimistic take, the seductive skills of AI systems are pitted against the complexity of human intelligence.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 13h

Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is INSANE

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, autumn-to-date mean temperature in Sodankylä, Lapland is currently a full two degrees (!) higher than the previous record.

In Sodankylä, records have been kept since 1908.

Time series graph showing the average temperature in Sodankylä Tähtelä between Sep 1 and Oct 9 in 1908–2025.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 23h

"Pirullinen" positivismi on yhteiskuntatieteilijöille leimakirves, jonka merkityksen voi huolettomasti sovittaa kulloisiinkin tarkoitusperiin.

Todella mielenkiintoinen kirjoitus lukuun ottamatta tätä varsin tavanomaista lapsusta.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 23h

Trump: We're gonna invade your country next.

Stubb: Phew, some other country than Finland...

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the region is growing — and as experts have worried the US is not moving quickly enough. https://cnn.it/4h7JcmX

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 1d

He "might" - who knows.

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Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump says unequivocally that the United States would come to help defend Finland if Russia attacked.

When pressed how, he said “vigorously”

Love the icebreaker deal, but 👆🏼 was the most important thing from the visit.

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Erika Wittekind @erikalyn.bsky.social · 1d

If her fetus is "in her placenta," that woman is in a ton of pain and the pregnancy's a nonstarter anyway. Good lord, don't take medical advice from this man.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats: We follow the science.

Republicans: The science follows us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Belgium says it thwarted terror cell aiming to target politicians reut.rs/46Z6U01

Belgium says it thwarted terror cell aiming to target politicians

The Belgium federal public prosecutor's office said on Thursday that it had thwarted a terror cell that was aiming to target the country's politicians, and Belgian newspapers said Prime Minister Bart de Wever was among the intended targets.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 1d

Trumpin kehitysapuleikkausten takia kuolevaa 4,5 miljoonaa lasta (Lancetin arvio) varmasti myös lämmittäisi kovasti, jos Trump saisi Nobelin.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 1d

And they say nothing is made in America anymore!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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"Trump loves to preserve uncertainty as a tool of statecraft, but in this context ambiguity could be dangerous, especially if it caused Russia to increase provocations based on a misreading of American ambivalence toward allies."

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"The buzz phrase for a new age of uncertainty is the 'gray zone' — a state in which nothing is black or white; neither fully at war nor at peace," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4og5bdP

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 1d

We had years of debate about whether Trump's movement was a fascist one - I never expected them to openly identify themselves with historical fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Finnwatch @finnwatch.org · 1d

Laitaoikeistoyhteistyöllä uhkailemalla europarlamentin EPP-ryhmä runnoi valiokuntaneuvotteluissa läpi merkittäviä heikennyksiä yritysvastuudirektiivin. EPP-ryhmään kuuluvat Suomesta kokoomuksen mepit. Vastuuttomat yritykset, perässähiihtäjät ja fossiiliteollisuus kiittävät!

EPP kiristi laitaoikeiston uhalla haluamansa: yritysvastuudirektiiviä vesitetään entisestään

Euroopan parlamentin oikeudellisten asioiden valiokunnassa on päästy sopuun yritysvastuudirektiiviin tehtävistä vesityksistä.

www.finnwatch.org

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 1d

Tämä ei suoraan liity rauhan ja sodan dynamiikkaan, mutta on vielä sellainen "pieni" seikka, että Trump saattaa olla välillisesti vastuussa jopa miljoonien lasten kuolemasta. Vain Stalin ja Mao vetävät hänelle vertoja, jos nämä tiedot pitävät paikkansa ja jos lasketaan aiheutettujen uhrien määrää.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 1d

New article!

Climate action versus environmental protection? How far-right and environmentalist messengers shape public attitudes towards renewable energy infrastructure in forests, by @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and Matthias Diermeier.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

ABSTRACT
This article examines how political messengers, and not the message, influence attitudes toward renewable energy infrastructure amid an increasingly polarized climate change debate. Focusing on wind power, a highly politicized issue, and solar energy, less contentious, we conducted an experimental survey in Germany. We assess how either a far-right or an environmentalist critic affect acceptance of renewables. Importantly, our analysis examines support for renewables in forest areas, focusing on a conflict between climate action and local environmental protection. Our findings reveal that the messenger impacts attitudes regarding wind energy. Criticism of wind turbine expansion by an environmentalist actor leads to greater rejection, while a similar critique by a far-right actor results in increased acceptance, i.e. a backlash effect. No such influence was found for solar energy. We explain these diverging findings by differences in politicization. Our findings have important consequences for understanding key dynamics of the public debate and political conflict over climate action.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 1d

Uskomatonta. Eihän tässä ole vielä saatu mitään muuta aikaiseksi kuin alustava tulitauko. Ansio toki sekin, jos tulitauko pitää, mutta eihän rauhasta vielä voida puhua. Ja vaikea olla ottamatta huomioon kaikkea Trumpin toimintaa, jolla ei ole mitään tekemistä rauhan kanssa (mm. kapinan lietsonta).

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 3d

Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on?

Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social)

Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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Levente (Levi) Littvay @littvay.bsky.social · 3d

NEW! The public opinion effects of antisemitic elite cues: a survey experiment on the Hungarian Soros campaign in @eepolitics.bsky.social w/ @bencehamrak.bsky.social @erinjenne.bsky.social G.Simonovits. Soros cues worked through partisan motivated reasoning & not antisemitism doi.org/10.1080/2159...

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