Heiner Salomon
@heinersalomon.bsky.social
[On Hiatus]
Doctoral researcher at the research cluster for Global Social Policy Dynamics at @unibremen.bsky.social. Interested in quantitative social sciences, social protection, anti-racist and climate activism and cycling (not in that order).
Doctoral researcher at the research cluster for Global Social Policy Dynamics at @unibremen.bsky.social. Interested in quantitative social sciences, social protection, anti-racist and climate activism and cycling (not in that order).
I’ll be taking a break from Bluesky. I need to focus on my dissertation for a bit. See you in the new year.
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’ll be taking a break from Bluesky. I need to focus on my dissertation for a bit. See you in the new year.
Not all heroes wear capes.
Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.
September 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
Also, 528 Megawatts?!? I just did a quick google search and that is roughly equivalent to the smallest nuclear power plant in the US. Just for this one data centre.
Now Google says they need 497% more diesel tanks than they originally lied about needing and also they need 547% more diesel generators than they lied about needing and our city & county leaders are gonna pretend to think about it then say lol ok obviously sure
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www.wane.com/top-stories/...
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Also, 528 Megawatts?!? I just did a quick google search and that is roughly equivalent to the smallest nuclear power plant in the US. Just for this one data centre.
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The hardest part of academic writing is remembering which synonym for important you haven’t used yet
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The hardest part of academic writing is remembering which synonym for important you haven’t used yet
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I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters.
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
Threats to social status and support for far-right political parties
How economic threats to social status in the form of unemployment risk and rental market risk affects support for the far right in Europe.
equitablegrowth.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters.
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
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This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
The US military killed three people in another deadly strike on a vessel in international waters around South America allegedly "transporting illegal narcotics" from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post. https://cnn.it/4na60EM
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad.
Or wasn't, until now.
Or wasn't, until now.
I mean, that reply though, 10/10, no notes
remembering the time @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social got into a fight with them on the old site
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I mean, that reply though, 10/10, no notes
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Aus einem heutigen Artikel in Haaretz über die psychischen Problem von Soldaten, die in Gaza in den letzten Monaten gedient haben. Quelle: www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazin...
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Aus einem heutigen Artikel in Haaretz über die psychischen Problem von Soldaten, die in Gaza in den letzten Monaten gedient haben. Quelle: www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazin...
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Help: I remember seeing a recent-ish paper (economics?) on cross-disciplinary citations in social science. Anyone here can confirm I'm not hallucinating?
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Help: I remember seeing a recent-ish paper (economics?) on cross-disciplinary citations in social science. Anyone here can confirm I'm not hallucinating?
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So, listen up, kids:
When Russia deliberately launches dozens of drones against Poland and Romania, that is NOT warmongering and NOT a threat of war between Russia and NATO.
When Russia deliberately launches dozens of drones against Poland and Romania, that is NOT warmongering and NOT a threat of war between Russia and NATO.
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
So, listen up, kids:
When Russia deliberately launches dozens of drones against Poland and Romania, that is NOT warmongering and NOT a threat of war between Russia and NATO.
When Russia deliberately launches dozens of drones against Poland and Romania, that is NOT warmongering and NOT a threat of war between Russia and NATO.
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Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
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LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
September 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later.
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website.
Many implications for knowledge 🧪
Uhm, he suggested to just kill people with mental illness who commit crimes. On air. I am not even sure what to say any longer.
I hardly believe my own ears.
FOX host Brian Kilmeade suggests KILLING homeless people.
BRIAN KILMEADE (FOX HOST): Or involuntary lethal injection.
JONES: Yeah.
KILMEADE : Or something. Just kill them.
FOX host Brian Kilmeade suggests KILLING homeless people.
BRIAN KILMEADE (FOX HOST): Or involuntary lethal injection.
JONES: Yeah.
KILMEADE : Or something. Just kill them.
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Uhm, he suggested to just kill people with mental illness who commit crimes. On air. I am not even sure what to say any longer.
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plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel
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Bluesky doesn’t get to position itself as an alternative to the Nazi app and suspend Black women for being flippant about someone who was a MAJOR factor in attacks on our well being and livelihood, while his own folks actually killed him is still frying my brain. And you’re gonna hear about it.
September 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Bluesky doesn’t get to position itself as an alternative to the Nazi app and suspend Black women for being flippant about someone who was a MAJOR factor in attacks on our well being and livelihood, while his own folks actually killed him is still frying my brain. And you’re gonna hear about it.
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I think we should have never stopped highlighting how deeply, deeply weird these guys are. Just so strange.
Kash Patel: "To my friend Charlie Kirk. Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you at Valhalla"
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I think we should have never stopped highlighting how deeply, deeply weird these guys are. Just so strange.
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Big shout out to the Austrian politicians who are destroying Schengen because they're too scared to stand up to a bunch of racist Facebook Uncles. I hate you all.
Related: 10 minutes of pointless security theatre at the SLO/AT border and I've lost the first connection on a 14 hour journey home.
Related: 10 minutes of pointless security theatre at the SLO/AT border and I've lost the first connection on a 14 hour journey home.
September 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Big shout out to the Austrian politicians who are destroying Schengen because they're too scared to stand up to a bunch of racist Facebook Uncles. I hate you all.
Related: 10 minutes of pointless security theatre at the SLO/AT border and I've lost the first connection on a 14 hour journey home.
Related: 10 minutes of pointless security theatre at the SLO/AT border and I've lost the first connection on a 14 hour journey home.
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BREAKING Brazil’s supreme court finds former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a military coup, with plans to assassinate Lula, to stay in power after his 2022 election loss. Trump, a Bolsonaro friend, had pressured the court to drop the case
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled the former president tried to reverse his 2022 election loss with a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
BREAKING Brazil’s supreme court finds former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a military coup, with plans to assassinate Lula, to stay in power after his 2022 election loss. Trump, a Bolsonaro friend, had pressured the court to drop the case
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
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Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
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Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
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Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
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Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
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900-year-old coins from Kilwa (Tanzania) that were found in northern Australia
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/africans-i...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/africans-i...
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
900-year-old coins from Kilwa (Tanzania) that were found in northern Australia
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/africans-i...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/africans-i...
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Was Helsinki geschafft hat, ist der Beweis, dass die #VisionZero keine unerreichbare Utopie bleiben muss. Wir brauchen auch in Deutschland endlich eine ambitionierte #Verkehrswende. 🚲 #StädteFürMenschen 💚
#NoIAA 🚘🚫
#NoIAA 🚘🚫
September 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Was Helsinki geschafft hat, ist der Beweis, dass die #VisionZero keine unerreichbare Utopie bleiben muss. Wir brauchen auch in Deutschland endlich eine ambitionierte #Verkehrswende. 🚲 #StädteFürMenschen 💚
#NoIAA 🚘🚫
#NoIAA 🚘🚫
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Colin Murray Award. Deadline: 30 September 2025. The award supports post-doctoral researchers to carry out original ‘engaged field research’ in Southern Africa. Please see the link below for more details jsas.blog
Journal of Southern African Studies
Publishes leading research concerning the history, economics, sociology, demography and anthropology of Southern Africa.
jsas.blog
August 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Applications are now open for the 2025 Colin Murray Award. Deadline: 30 September 2025. The award supports post-doctoral researchers to carry out original ‘engaged field research’ in Southern Africa. Please see the link below for more details jsas.blog
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After 14 years, the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric power dam on the Nile River, is complete. The dam was officially inaugurated.
It is a huge achievement for Ethiopia, with hopes that the power generated can reduce poverty & power shortages.
It is a huge achievement for Ethiopia, with hopes that the power generated can reduce poverty & power shortages.
Ethiopia launches Africa’s biggest dam | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
After 14 years, the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric power dam on the Nile River, is complete. The dam was officially inaugurated.
It is a huge achievement for Ethiopia, with hopes that the power generated can reduce poverty & power shortages.
It is a huge achievement for Ethiopia, with hopes that the power generated can reduce poverty & power shortages.