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Dimo Kavadias
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Brussels based political scientists (@VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel), interested in Brussels, Education, political psychology, Science Fiction, and everything that keeps me from my actual work.
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lkavadia.bsky.social Leandros Kavadias @lkavadia.bsky.social · May 16
New paper 🏫!

We present the Schooled Society Index: a multidimensional indicator that maps cross-national differences in the centrality of schooling on a global scale. Written with
@bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Data is publicly available: osf.io/49xy5/
May 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Goed Interview met pionier Anne Verougstraete
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
Abortuspionier Anne Verougstraete: 'Het recht op abortus zal altijd ter discussie staan'
Nu het debat rond zwangerschapsafbreking weer op volle toeren draait, waarschuwt Anne Verougstraete voor nieuwe tendensen die het verworven recht onderuit kunnen halen.
www.bruzz.be
April 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Go @sanders.senate.gov !
April 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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"... how could you speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen?” (...) “And if you can’t speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen, when will they come for the American citizens? ”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Light the Beacons!
March 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dkavadia.bsky.social
(By way of @aliamjadrizvi.bsky.social on fb) The play-button might be all too appropriate
March 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
dkavadia.bsky.social
No education, no problem?
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Mar 20
Breaking: President Donald Trump signed an executive order to largely dismantle the Department of Education — an organization created by Congress and tasked with sweeping responsibilities — in a dramatic step for his bid to overhaul the US government
Trump Signs Order to Largely Dismantle Education Department
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to largely dismantle the Education Department — an organization created by Congress and tasked with sweeping responsibilities that involve billions in ...
www.bloomberg.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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March 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Last calls voor de studiedag van @brio-brussel.bsky.social morgen over de Rand als Regio ...
www.briobrussel.be/node/19221
Inschrijven kan nog via forms.gle/gJwm5UL7X9Ro...
Studiedag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' | BRIO Brussel
Op dinsdag 18 maart organiseert BRIO de studienamiddag ‘De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand’ in GC de Zandloper, Kaasmarkt 75, 1780 Wemmel.
www.briobrussel.be
March 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Claude Malhuret in the French Senat on the US position concerning Ukrain ...
youtu.be/G-lh0TUTtvI?... (with subtitles www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSS... )
Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret
YouTube video by Public Sénat
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March 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Op 18/3 organiseren we een studiedag over de Rand als Regio.
Deelname is gratis, maar wel graag inschrijven via => docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Allen daarheen!
brio-brussel.bsky.social brio-brussel.bsky.social @brio-brussel.bsky.social · Mar 11
Volgende week dinsdag is het zover! De studienamiddag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' focust op de eigenheid van de Randgemeenten binnen Vlaanderen. Meer info en inschrijven op: www.briobrussel.be/node/19221
March 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Volgende week dinsdag is het zover! De studienamiddag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' focust op de eigenheid van de Randgemeenten binnen Vlaanderen. Meer info en inschrijven op: www.briobrussel.be/node/19221
March 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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(via @eds66.bsky.social op FB)
March 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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📢 Join the Final MSCA Lunchtime Conversation on Democracy!

🗓️ Date: 7 March 2025
🕛 Time: 12:30 – 14:00 CET
💻 Format: Online
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March 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Tim Snyder brilliantly analyzes what this bit of Trump’s lunacy yesterday revealed:
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
March 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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As a kid watching Red Dawn in the 80s, I definitely though the Russian takeover of the US would involve at least *some* tanks
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Even more distinct among young women:
February 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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from another medium
February 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Given this, and Gebbia's position as Board Chair at Airbnb, I plan to take my lodging business elsewhere.

www.newsweek.com/airbnb-joe-g...
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins growing DOGE team under Elon Musk
Joe Gebbia is the latest tech guru to join Elon Musk's growing team of staffers within DOGE.
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The road to dictatorship ...
reuters.com Reuters @reuters.com · Feb 20
Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on US government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence overseeing matters such as elections, stock markets and labor unrest reut.rs/4ia8KiK
Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power
Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on U.S. government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence overseeing such matters as elections, stock markets and labor unrest.
reut.rs
February 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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It's time. Morally, economically, realistically. #TaxThePower @icrict.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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#cartoon #staking #vakbond (via www.lectrr.com)
February 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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jenvictor.bsky.social
Restricting civil liberties, like free press, is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes.
natashabertrand.bsky.social Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · Feb 11
Associated Press: “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.“
February 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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How a 21st century coup looks like? ===>
Elon Musk Reinstates DOGE Member Who Resigned Over Racist Posts truthout.org/articles/elo...
Elon Musk Reinstates DOGE Member Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
In one of Marko Elez’s many disturbing online posts over the past year, he proudly referred to himself as a racist.
truthout.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM