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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 19h

Betting agency data strongly suggest an information leak of some kind in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize award. Between 00:40 and 02:00 last night, the Polymarkets probability of a Machado win rose from 4 % to 73 %
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/o3...

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr is the OG p-hacker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Undead in Chicago @mosermostly.bsky.social · 22d

Fukuyama and Find Out

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22d

the history will continue until morale improves

poorly photoshopped die Hard 2 poster with Francis Fukuyama wielding a gun in front of explosion. caption: "History 2"

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Vincenzo Emanuele @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social · 22d

🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇

Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 22d

There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"?

This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says he plans to designate antifa as ‘major terrorist organization’

It is unclear how anti-fascists, an umbrella term for far-left-leaning groups rather than a single entity, will be labeled

www.theguardian.com

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 22d

We must support our colleagues working in autocratic regimes

Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

German journalists' union criticises decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air reut.rs/41WavKK

German journalists' union criticises decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air

Germany's main journalists' union urged major U.S. media to support journalists after Walt Disney-owned broadcaster ABC pulled 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in a row over comments by the show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23d

I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice

I would like to file several complaints

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Alona O. Dolinsky @alonadolinsky.com · Sep 10

Please share this information and the call for papers in your departments, serve lists, emails etc. so it reaches especially those who aren’t using this platform! We very much hope to see as many people attend the EPSS inaugural conference in 2026 so spread the word!

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨

If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!

More here 👇🏽

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Sep 10

Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.

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Hein Goemans @heingoemans.bsky.social · Sep 9

In my field in #polisky, the literature on war typically starts and ends with states as actors. But if you read history about war, as in Horne's 'The Price of Glory," war is always about individuals. There's not enough research in IR that bridges that gap (but @jaylyall.bsky.social). We need more.

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Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 8

What if ICE is standing around outside the polls arresting people off the street in heavily Latino areas? What if the National Guard are deployed outside the polls in heavily Black areas?

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Papers, please" elections, even if the opposition wins, will not clear the bar of "free, fair, and democratic elections"

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Sep 7

Gratulerer!

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Sep 5

This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.

But we do need your time. ⏰

zohranfornyc.com/events

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Sep 5

Impressive! Congrats!

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats!!

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats @carlmc.bsky.social!

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Vegard Eldholm @vehuardo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Russland sitt undertrykkingsprosjekt i Ukraina har pågått i hundrevis av år, og Putin vil ikkje akseptere eit fritt demokratisk Ukraina.
Europa må sørge for at Kyiv ikkje tapar, eller bli dominert av Russland i uoverskuelig framtid.
Obligatorisk lesing frå @torewig.bsky.social
Lik og del :)

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Sep 3

Alle vil ha «forskningsformidling» men etterspørselen er lav. Valgforskere brukes f.eks lite og dårlig i valget. Istedet får vi dumheter som dette her.

Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tenkte akkurat det samme 😂 Ipsos har oppdaget GAL-TAN 40 år senere og målt det med kjøttkaker. Artig inngang til debatten om man vil gjøre det litt folkelig, men litt stretch å fremstille det som en ny oppdagelse

Jonas Stein @tromsojonas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Herregud for noe tull med kjøttkakeindeks når man har GAL-TAN indeks som forklarer den egentlige skillelinjen. #nrkdebatt www.scup.com/doi/full/10....

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Trond J. Strøm @trondjs.bsky.social · Aug 30

«Akkurat nå gir jeg det amerikanske demokratiet 50/50 sjanse til å overleve Donald Trump», sier Carl Henrik Knutsen. Han er professor i statsvitenskap ved Universitetet i Oslo og en av Norges fremste demokratiforskere.
www.aftenposten.no/shared/verde...

I Washington D.C. kikker en jente ut på en bevæpnet soldat.
Foto: Brian Snyder / Reuters / NTB

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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · Aug 29

The article is open access, and the dataset is publicly available: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm... We hope that many will use it!
Together with: @sirianned.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social and Carina Strøm-Sedgewick

dataverse.harvard.edu

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Aug 29

Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups Dataset 1789–2019 in @cpsjournal.bsky.social together with @mariannedahl.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social

Read about the paper👇

Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Aug 28

Det er jeg nok enig i. Men her kan det være mange resonnementer som ikke er med, etc. media velger ofte sitater løsrevet fra det de er forankret i

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ja. Kanskje. Vet ikke. Jeg tenker at professorer i statsvitenskap i alle tilfeller bør brukes på best mulig måte. Det er ikke alltid så lett når etterspørselen fra medier er så mangeslungen og ofte weird som den er.

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