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Antti Gronow

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Senior researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. Interested in climate policy, social networks, political polarization, advocacy coalitions. Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sBTkYX8AAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our new publication out in Computers in Human Behavior!

With @yanxxia.bsky.social, @bolozna.bsky.social, @malkamont.bsky.social & T. Ylä-Anttila, we study what happened to climate and immigration polarization on Finnish social media after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. @helsinki.fi @aalto.fi

Do external threats decrease political polarization? Climate change and immigration discussions on Finnish Twitter after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Increasing political polarization poses a serious challenge to democracy. Research has suggested that the rise of an external threat caused by an adve…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 1d

Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on?

Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social)

Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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Levente (Levi) Littvay @littvay.bsky.social · 1d

NEW! The public opinion effects of antisemitic elite cues: a survey experiment on the Hungarian Soros campaign in @eepolitics.bsky.social w/ @bencehamrak.bsky.social @erinjenne.bsky.social G.Simonovits. Soros cues worked through partisan motivated reasoning & not antisemitism doi.org/10.1080/2159...

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 15h

Btw, how many Cambridge Elements have been published so far? Hundreds?

What is their point? That is, who needs books that are the length of two or three articles but are nowhere close to actual book length?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 18h

Pure evil.

"A study published in The Lancet journal in June said the U.S. funding cuts could result in more than 14 million deaths, including more than 4.5 million children under age 5, by 2030."

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 19h

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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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21h

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 21h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 1d

New article!

Cassandra from the far right: how the German and Austrian populist radical right links climate skepticism with economic issues by Till Hilmar / @tillhilmar.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

$ABSTRACT This article asks how two populist radical right parties, the German AfD and the Austrian FPÖ, communicate about climate on Twitter/X. Analyzing a corpus of 6,254 tweets, it pays special attention to a relatively underresearched aspect of climate communication by these actors: the way they reference the economy – in what I call ‘economic signification’ – in their discourse on climate. I distinguish four narratives promoted by them, climate policies threaten the economy as a whole; they unfairly burden specific ‘deserving’ groups; climate actors pursue hidden economic agendas; and they act on misguided assumptions and lack economic competence. By combining response and process skepticism, these narratives refract a broader vision of social order, allowing these parties to present themselves as a ‘voice of reason’ in the climate debate. Economic signification allows the far right to speak in the ‘realist’, warning mode, decrying the alleged economic ‘irrationality’ of mainstream parties.$

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 1d

"Olen ollut paska ystävä, tytär, seurakuntalainen, naapuri, lähimmäinen ja asiakasomistaja, ja koska tiedostan sen ja uskallan sanoa julkisesti olleeni paska, oletan, että saan kaiken anteeksi, enkä joudu vastuuseen mistään."

Tuija Siltamäki @siltamaeki.bsky.social · 1d

#jesuistuomasenbuske
www.apu.fi/artikkelit/t...

Tuija Siltamäki tunnustaa Tuomas Enbuskelle: Minäkin olen aina ollut liian herkkä, rikas, kuuluisa, seksikäs ja upea | Image

Koska Tuomas Enbusken elämäkerta on vähän laimeaa itsekorostusta, Tuija Siltamäki haluaa kertoa omasta erityisyydestään.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 3d

She was 15 — Anastasiia Hrytsiv. Killed by a Russian missile in Lviv overnight, along with her entire family.

They died together, in their own home — torn apart in seconds.

Just another Ukrainian family wiped out by Putin’s war.

Source: Kyiv Post

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 2d

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2d

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 2d

Former Finnish PM, Sanna Marin, on @newyorker.com

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

www.newyorker.com

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

Insanity

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 3d

Jussi is a Finnish Left Alliance MEP. And speaks truly. Give #Ukraine more and better weapons.

Jussi Saramo @saramo.bsky.social · 3d

Yövyin viime yön kellarissa Lvivissä Venäjän ampuessa kaupunkiin ohjuksia ja drooneja.

Näimme palavia taloja, yhdestä oli ohjus mennyt katosta sisään.

Iskussa kuoli nelihenkinen perhe. Tämä on silkkaa terroria, toki koko sota on täysin moraaliton.

Ukraina tarvitsee lisää aseita itsepuolustukseen.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4d

A physical representation of trying to stay positive in 2025

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

Can Miller really believe this? If so, he is delusional. If not, then he’s a reprehensible demagogue.

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Antti Gronow @anttigronow.bsky.social · 4d

Huolestuttava vaalitulos Euroopan kannalta. Myös motoristien puolue, jonka johtaja on käsittääkseni kuvassa ja jonka riveistä löytyy neuvostoaikaisen tiedustelupalvelun entisiä työntekijöitä, menestyi melko hyvin.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 6d

Remember when Hillary Clinton called some Trump supporters “deplorable“?

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 6d

In a new paper, we find that sycophantic #AI chatbots make people more extreme--operating like an echo chamber

Yet, people prefer sycophantic chatbots and see them as less biased

Only open-minded people prefer disagreeable chatbots: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Led by @steverathje.bsky.social

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 5d

Vor 35 Jahren wuchs Deutschland wieder zusammen.

Heute gedenken wir des Mutes der Menschen, deren Wunsch nach Freiheit dies möglich gemacht hat.

Und wir feiern die Einheit – auch als wichtigen Meilenstein auf dem Weg zu einem stärkeren und geeinteren Europa.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 6d

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.”
- Trump, October 31, 2024

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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