EU states have provisionally agreed to curb Russian diplomats' travel and ban imports of liquid gas, but Austria and Slovakia still have objections to the next round of sanctions.

Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️‍🌈

But is this really the case?

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

⚠️New publication @ssreditorial.bsky.social

📖 #ethics in the practical implementation of #migration information campaigns

➡️ Sender credibility and Anxiety-trigger both impactful for information provision
➡️ but via distinct paths: No double-down-effect

🛄 Multi-treatment RCT, N=2612 in Nigeria

reminded today of the incredible Summerhill parody in The Day Today, which is both *extremely* specific and very funny even if you have no idea what Summerhill was.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tebh...

IN NEW ISSUE: British attitudes to ‘Europe’ have been long characterised as ‘reluctant’. @jamesrdennison.bsky.social explores the exception between 1988–1992 - Britain’s Pro-European Moment: buff.ly/3D41PIx (OPEN ACCESS)

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #ECRs @sagepub.com

New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

The light of dawn hits cirrus clouds just right for a beautiful palette of cool and warm colors. Photo taken at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. August 2025.

#Stunday #CratersoftheMoon #Idaho #NationalParks #photography #travel #camping #dawn #clouds

1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

Another problem is that UK politics has a serious "pipeline problem".

If Starmer keeled over tomorrow, I've no idea who would replace him.

I don't even know who the frontrunners would be.

There are no experienced, tested candidates in either main party, because UK politics no longer develops that

The evil that men do lives after them

The pretty draft is now online.

Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Donald Trump, Peter Mandelson & Jeffrey Epstein. From Matt.

Well done, this looks great. And, yes, the firepower going into this is terrifying.

Remembering my childhood in Camberley, Surrey (at a later date, Michael Gove’s seat) where the Conservative controlled council proudly flew the 🇪🇺 flag outside their offices, at about that period of time.

IN NEW ISSUE: British attitudes to ‘Europe’ have been long characterised as ‘reluctant’. @jamesrdennison.bsky.social explores the exception between 1988–1992 - Britain’s Pro-European Moment: buff.ly/3D41PIx (OPEN ACCESS)

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #ECRs @sagepub.com

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Excellent article on the rapid and generally positive changes across the South of England right now
www.economist.com/britain/2025...

We asked people who experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments to write about it in their own words.

In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us about how her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal:

If you work in message testing or persuasive communication, this may be the most importantly paper you will read this month, perhaps all year. From @carnes.bsky.social and Henderson in @bjpols.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“transformed a once mono-ethnic country into one where a fifth of the population was born overseas + anger over a lack of affordable homes has fuelled resentment towards immigrants and asylum seekers” Are you sure about that? Ethnicity of victims suggest attacks were racially motivated.

And were I the new President of the EUI I might be a little concerned if I had briefed the journalist and given them this impression…

So apparently we’re wizards 🧙‍♂️ now??

Hilarious take down of the Hundred by Barney Ronay. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...