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Chris Terry-Enescu

@cjterry.bsky.social

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Former political researcher and professional elections nerd specialising in electoral and party systems. Current day market research analyst for museums, heritage, the arts and charities around the world. UK's number one Romania-phile. Still a nerd. He/him

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · Jul 8

I decided to get one of those substack things people have and write about how Labour's victory is a reminder of how party strategy changes in a multi party, volatile environment. There's a bit about the 1977 Dutch election if you like that sort of thing

open.substack.com/pub/election...

The coalitionable, inoffensive, Labour Party

How party strategy in European PR systems can tell us about Labour's victory, and a journey through the weird and wonderful operation of Britain's electoral system.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 10m

Well this will be something to look forwards to given my expected daughter's mum is a philosophy graduate

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13h

Don't give him ideas, Blake

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13h

Also they have fash vibes so they probably deserve it

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13h

What you don't like cheese toasties

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13h

Argentine economist is basically "witch doctor"

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13h

Witchhunts against opponents, just like a supporter of democracy would do

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone with the most basic knowledge of Simon could easily predict that this is the way he'd react which leads one to wonder if Shapiro is an idiot or a troll

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 14h

Should nominate tomahawks for the Nobel peace prize

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 14h

Certainly the responses from Simon read exactly how I'd expect him to respond

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 14h

No Jacob, it's our patriotic duty to smack talk them the next 45+ minutes.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

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

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 14h

I hate the world

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Mar 7

optimistic about what’s next

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 18h

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19h

we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.