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Alessandro Nai

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Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social http://www.alessandro-nai.com .. more

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Dec 26

🚨Dark Politics is now out at OUP in paperback, hardcover, ebook

Feeling that politics is getting dark? We have a book for ya

We investigate dark personality traits in politicians worldwide, and why they matter - for voters, elections, and democracy

mini🧵(& voucher!)

book cover for "Dark Politics" (Nai & Maier, 2024), Oxford University Press

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 9h

It really is

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks! Will have to check it out :)

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 17h

In Tokyo?? Where!

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe a coincidence. But the fact that it very well might not be one says a lot about the current situation. And about disturbing times ahead.
Solidarity with Mark Bray

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 23h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 22h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 22h

Brutal

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 23h

Bubbles expert here.
This is not normal behaviour, these bubbles are afraid; they seem to move erratically, suggesting high levels of anxiety and distress. Being jumped at by large flightless birds tends to generate frenzied group responses in bubbles, that in turn exacerb

I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 23h

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 23h

Penguin losing its mind over bubbles...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #animals #wildlife #nature

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 23h

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with & ❤️ for Mark Bray.

#FCKNZS

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

That is the way

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 1d

JUST OUT: "Boundaries and Cleavages: Elements of a Cultural Sociology of Political Divides."

OA: direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

It develops what the cultural sociology of group formation can contribute to research on political cleavages.

(And why "Somewheres vs Anywheres" really doesn't cut it.)

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not. But is more hesgethian

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

But then it gets deep fried in batter, right? Right?

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

“Tough tofu” was just there

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

:)
Fully agree on the substance of your post, by the way

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 1d

Would be so nice if the 2022 election was sill ahead. Those last few years have been a lot

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

Love it profoundly

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

Oh nothing, just our cat entering Dark Mode

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

I always thought that landlocked meant no direct access to an ocean - but the main point about AI of course stands

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the shoutout - and indeed sending strength to @booksupstairs.bsky.social! Strong yes to independent bookstores <3

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and!! @kellyclancy.bsky.social and I have opened up applications for our next writing retreat - July 2026 in war torn (joking!) Portland, Oregon. Come write with us where you get to experience long duration, high frequency, high intensity all at once!

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

#42
Grave of the Fireflies (Akiyuki Nosaka, 1967)

Brutal and uncompromising short novella about two war orphans during the 1945 firebombing of Kobe. I have not yet seen the Ghibli version, so cannot compare, but this was a bleak - if riveting - affair

#booksky 📚🖋️

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 2d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Christian Odendahl, Tim Bale , and 4 more Kim L. Scheppele, Christian Odendahl, Tim Bale, Chris Hanretty, Orin S. Kerr, Scott A. Imberman, Alessandro Nai

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 2d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

SPSS, R, Stata

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 2d

Brutal

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Andy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · 3d

Opinion Science is back from its summer break, and I'm happy to share this conversation with @dbroockman.bsky.social.

We discuss why it’s so hard to predict which messages will work + the gap between political insiders’ instincts and what actually resonates with the public. (Links in comment)

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 3d

Australian remake of that famed Rodriguez/Tarantino flick is much mellower

Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Alessandro Nai

Wiebke Drews @wiebkedrews.bsky.social · 3d

📢 New Publication Alert!

Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues

This paper investigates how spatial party competition shapes topical negative campaigning during Germany's 2021 federal election. We define topical negative campaigning as attacks on opponents that...

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