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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 12h

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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ODI Global @odi.global · 10d

What are the implications of Western donors' retreat from official development assistance?

A new joint special issue of our Disasters and Development Policy Review journals is now out – featuring 14 free-to-read articles on the future of aid from a range of leading thinkers: buff.ly/3LAy61x 📚

A description of a new special joint issue of ODI Global's Development Policy Review and Disasters journals on 'Critical perspectives on the future of aid'

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Patrick Schmidt @pdwschmidt.bsky.social · 4d

political cartoon featuring a commander standing in front of troops with a placard, "Operation Circular Reasoning", and a caption underneath: "We're being deployed because of the protests about us being deployed."

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d

This was not a sample of academics.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 3d

I mean

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ÖFSE @oefse.at · 3d

📣 Veranstaltungstipp: Does the "Zeitenwende" mean the end of international aid?

Im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social gibt's morgen eine spannende Diskussion dazu mit Stephan Klingebiel (@stephanklingebiel.bsky.social) & Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou.

Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...

Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog

Das Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog wurde im Jahr 1991, ein Jahr nach Kreiskys Tod gegründet, um jene Anliegen weiterzuführen, die ihm Zeit seines politischen Lebens besonders am Herzen...

www.kreisky-forum.org

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Lukas Schlogl @schl.bsky.social · 4d

Klar, aber Frust worüber? Fälle wie Schmid & Co begünstigen sicher Denken à la "Die sind eh alle gleich (korrupt)" - schadet VP/SP wohl zu gewissem Grad.
Aber rechte WählerInnen sprechen FP durchaus Lösungskompetenz bei genannten Problemen zu. Trump ist Paradefigur des Nepotismus - they don't care.

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Lukas Schlogl @schl.bsky.social · 4d

Ich stimme zu, dass Nepotismus und fehlende Meritokratie ein Problem in AT sind. Aber ich bezweifle, dass dieses Problem einen starken (direkten) Anteil am Aufstieg des Rechtspopulismus in AT hat. Die FP hat in dieser Frage selbst keinerlei Glaubwürdigkeit und es ist den WählerInnen ziemlich egal.

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Arditi d Popolo @arditidpopolo.bsky.social · 7d

They are trying to kill Wikipedia.

Elon has made it his personal project.

I have a small recurring donation now set up - join me.

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Raimund Löw @raimundloew.bsky.social · 8d

Anton Pelinka 1941-2025 ist tot. Er war eine wache Stimme der lebendigen Demokratie. Das letzte Gespräch über seine Politisierung und sein zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement mit @arminthurnher.bsky.social und @matthiaswinterer.bsky.social
www.falter.at/podcasts/rad...

Podcast: Am Lebensabend: Anton Pelinka blickt zurück, Teil 1

Der Politikwissenschaftler Anton Pelinka über die Entwicklung Europas und Österreichs ab der Nachkriegszeit und seine prägende Jugend- Folge #1424

www.falter.at

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Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 8d

Sehr traurig!
Anton Pelinka, der die Politikwissenschaft in Österreich populär gemacht hat, ein fantastischer Hochschul-Lehrer und jahrzehntelang der wichtigste Public Intellectual des Landes, ist 83jährig gestorben. RIP.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 8d

The deepest harm of arbitrary power isn’t any specific act, but the fact that no rules or laws constrain the next arbitrary act.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9d

And it's not a one-time capitulation. If DOJ ever says you violated the vague and unconstitutional terms, they will take back ALL federal funds from that year and you have to return ALL private funding from donors who want their gifts back from that year. It's a never-ending protection racket.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9d

The Act of Capitulation that Trump is demanding that all colleges and universities are to sign surrenders authority over vast areas to Trump, as the Dear Leader. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

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JPB @jpb.bsky.social · 8d

I've never been more happy to see errors in student writing than this semester

Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 10d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 9d

[I had been waiting for this] Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations

International organisations (IOs) collect and disseminate a wide array of statistics. In many cases, the phenomena these statistics seek to quantify defy precise measurement. Hard-to-measure statis...

www.tandfonline.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 14d

Muntosh was six when his brother died in a cobalt mine. Today, his labor powers your ChatGPT queries. #AI aylgorith.com/cobalt-chatg...

The Human Cost Of Every ChatGPT Query: Inside The Cobalt Mines That Power AI

Muntosh was six when his brother died in a cobalt mine. Today, his labor powers your ChatGPT queries.

aylgorith.com

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ÖFSE @oefse.at · 11d

The EU has 14 Strategic Partnerships on critical raw materials – but do they deliver on promises of sustainability & mutual benefit? 🌍

Our new research report takes a closer look 👉 www.oefse.at/fileadmin/co...

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tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social · 14d

So many echoes from this article for US politics....

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Nikolaus Kowall @nikowall.bsky.social · 15d

Betrifft die Finanzierung des Lobau-Tunnels nun das Budget oder nicht?

Die Asfinag ist eine ausgegliederte Aktiengesellschaft im Eigentum der Republik. Weil sie sich über eigene Einnahmen finanziert (Maut) werden ihre 10 Mrd. EUR Schulden gemäß Maastricht nicht zu den Staatsschulden gezählt. 1/5

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