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Peter Egge Langsæther
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Oslo. Political/electoral behaviour & party politics, cleavages and social class. https://sites.google.com/view/peterla/start
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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Sep 10
My book on party families in Western Europe has been out for a year now so why not do an anniversary thread? 🧵 #polisky

www.routledge.com/Party-Famili...
Party Families in Western Europe
This comprehensive and comparative book makes clear what party families are and, in doing so, helps categorise and make sense of parties in different countries. It describes the ideology of the famili...
www.routledge.com
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erikangner.com
Croatia thinks Trump should steal territory from Norway, not Denmark
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 AM
peterla.bsky.social
Jeg er litt overrasket over at det ikke får mer oppmerksomhet at en alliert (Kroatia) anbefaler å stjele territorium fra oss?

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/d4...
Kroatias president: – La dem ta Svalbard, ikke Grønland
Nato-landets leder mener at Donald Trump burde skifte fokus fra Grønland til Svalbard. Nå får han svar fra det norske Utenriks­departementet.
www.vg.no
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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davekeating.substack.com
Meta (Facebook & Instagram) is now under Trump's control.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d
Trump’s former Deputy NSA and wife of Republican Senator Dave McCormick.
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
peterla.bsky.social
Definitely worth going to this! Nice people, nice city, interesting research 😁
jacobnyrup.bsky.social 𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 8d
We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!

It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.

You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
NYT: “Asked in a wide-ranging interview if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: ‘Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.’”

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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peterla.bsky.social
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
peterla.bsky.social
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
peterla.bsky.social
Imponerende, spesielt når ruspolitikk har blitt så mye mindre sentralt i samfunnsdebatten de siste par årene. Tryggere Ruspolitikk gjør en fantastisk jobb, det er bare å melde seg inn!
spinnangr.bsky.social Ina Roll Spinnangr @spinnangr.bsky.social · 16d
Vi klarte det! 🙏🏻❤️🎆

Jeg har ikke det endelige resultatet, men denne grafen viser at vi klarte å slå fjorårets medlemsrekord. (Vi fikk inn flere etter at grafen ble laget!)
TUSEN TAKK til alle som er medlem i Tryggere Ruspolitikk. Dere gjør det mulig for oss å være ambisiøse også i 2026. Love you!
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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spinnangr.bsky.social
3433 betalende medlemmer i Tryggere Ruspolitikk nå! Det er bare 33 medlemmer unna rekorden vår, og klare vi dette er vi kanskje landets største medlemsorganisasjon på rusmiddelfeltet i 2026 også.

Det koster bare 50 kr i året. Blir du med oss? 🙏🏻
Rusreform.no
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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fresejoris.bsky.social
🇪🇺🇩🇪 Published Today in @bjpols.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇫🇷

How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments:

shorturl.at/2ekBj

TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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theajohansen.bsky.social
Yesterday I defended my thesis and officially became a doctor 🎓
Huge thanks to the committee @chknutsen.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social for the thoughtful questions and helpful suggestions for future work!
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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drjennings.bsky.social
There is no better example of America's moral decline than Trump himself.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Dec 15
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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thorbenson.bsky.social
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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lotemhalevy.bsky.social
Dear hiring committees,

I miss writing anything that isn’t a custom-fit job market package. Please consider standardizing the materials so I can return to the research and writing that motivates these applications.

Signed,
A tired postdoc who just finished a 12-page package and misses her work
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
peterla.bsky.social
Ap sa noe klokt på #dax18 i dag: Tar vi bort profitten, tar vi bort mye av drivkraften bak kriminalitet. Synd de ikke følger opp med regulert salg av cannabis, så tar vi bort en viktig del av profitten og drivkraften bak organisert kriminalitet og kan bruke inntektene på mer politi og forebygging.
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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bjpols.bsky.social
From October 2025 -

Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ

- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract describing the introduction of a global database called PtP, which contains detailed individual-level data on political, occupational, and social backgrounds from 144,789 cabinet members across 141 countries between 1966 and 2021. The text highlights the database's relevance to researchers in various fields including political and social sciences.
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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josimarfootball.bsky.social
Det har senket seg et mørke over fotballen, uansett hvilken horisont du skuer mot.
Som symbol er det vanskelig å se for seg noe mørkere enn en «fredspris» i fotballens navn til Donald Trump.

josimar.no/artikler/abs...
Absurditetens teater • josimar.no
Da fotballen fikk fotfeste blant arbeiderklassen i England ble den kalt «the working man’s ballet». Nå danser verdens vakreste idrett diktatorenes dans. Har fotballen sunket lavere enn øyeblikket Fifa...
josimar.no
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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leonardocarella.bsky.social
Use of mental health medications in the population of Swedish PhD students is 40% higher than a matched sample by the fifth PhD year.

Be kind to PhD students. Don't take up PhD students you can't invest in. Alert prospective students of the reality of a PhD.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
peterla.bsky.social
www.goeuropean.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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k2mey.bsky.social
Good job universities haven't switched their entire digital infrastructure to... oh hang on
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · Dec 4
Microsoft will increase prices for commercial Office subscriptions on July 1, 2026, including a 33% jump for front-line worker plans like Microsoft 365 F1 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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ingvildzinober.bsky.social
A week has passed since I successfully defended my dissertation at @eui-sps.bsky.social, and I still feel extremely proud of the skills I have learned and the research I have produced.
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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jacobnyrup.bsky.social
Which countries have the most representative governments?

You guessed it; the Scandinavian countries.

The graph shows the share in government in the given category minus the share in the population (from 2000-2021).

Joint work with @peterla.bsky.social.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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johanp.bsky.social
Brannfakkel: Hvis du synes "kraften i fortellingen" i en fagprosabok ikke svekkes av at fagfolk slakter forfatterens kildebruk, så bør du ikke settes til anmelde fagprosabøker i allmennkringkasteren.
Han ble kraftig imøtegått av fagøkonomer, som blant annet fant feil i tall­grunnlaget hans. Uten at det tok bort kraften i den store fortellingen han skisserte om hvordan olje­formuen hadde gjort oss late og ute av stand til å foreta tøffe og nødvendige valg.
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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amstradsen.bsky.social
Vi gir alt, alt for Norge.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM