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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 5d

German Reunification Day invites both gratitude and reflection.
Gratitude, because the peaceful revolution of 1989 was nothing short of a miracle — a bloodless dismantling of a repressive regime.
Reflection, because the wounds of the transition still mark the country —and because

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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Sven Hegewald @svenhegewald.bsky.social · 7d

Just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨
Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised?
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Is the Urban-Rural Divide Affectively Polarised? Comparative Evidence from Nine European Countries - Sven Hegewald, Dominik Schraff, 2025

Recent studies in the United States and Europe have documented a growing divergence in voting behaviour and political attitudes between cities and the countrysi...

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Martin Kleiner 🧻 @kleinergag.bsky.social · 7d

2024 haben die KI-Serverfarmen in den USA so viel Strom verbraucht wie ganz Polen. Und diese Zahl wird sich in den nächsten Jahren locker verzehnfachen.

Den Planeten für diese Zufallsgeneratoren mit Massendatenspeicherung anzuzünden ist nicht "Künstliche Intelligenz", das ist menschliche Dummheit.

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 10d

One of the guys buying US TikTok

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 11d

As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 15d

Coming up on Monday the @medem.bsky.social conference at @gesis.org in Cologne. Stay tuned for the future of democracy research infrastructures www.medem.eu/coming-up-th... Keynotes from @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social and @sldelange.bsky.social

Coming Up: The 2025 MEDem Conference & Workshop! - Monitoring Electoral Democracy

Coming Up: the 2025 medem Conference! We are thrilled for the upcoming 3rd MEDem Conference, scheduled to take place from September 29-30 at GESIS in Cologne!The 3rd MEDem conference will bring togeth...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

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Kathrin Ackermann @ackermannk.bsky.social · 18d

🥲 Thank you for the kind words, @nilssteiner.bsky.social! It was a great honor and pleasure for me to serve as spokesperson for @dvpw.bsky.social #AKWahlen for 6 years and to work with you, @conradziller.bsky.social, @heikogiebler.bsky.social and @melff.bsky.social in the steering committee.

Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

The conference marked the end of @ackermannk.bsky.social’s second term as spokesperson.

Kathrin, thank you so much for your dedicated service to the #AKWahlen over the past six years!

Conrad and I will miss working with you in this capacity.

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 18d

That was very cool! Many thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social, @ackermannk.bsky.social, @conradziller.bsky.social and everyone else for these two great days 🚂

Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

Two fantastic days of the annual conference of the #AKWahlen are now behind us.

Many thanks for the many excellent presentations, the friendly atmosphere, and to the local Berlin team for the fabulous organisation on site! ❤️

Watch out for the special issue in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

The #AKWahlen will meet again in Mainz on May 7-8, 2026, returning to our regular schedule. We hope to welcome many of you to beautiful Mainz next year!

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

At the business meeting, @sgarritzmann.bsky.social was elected as a new spokesperson of the #AKWahlen of the @dvpw.bsky.social. 🎉

Welcome aboard, Susanne! We are very much looking forward to steering the working group together with you.

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

The conference marked the end of @ackermannk.bsky.social’s second term as spokesperson.

Kathrin, thank you so much for your dedicated service to the #AKWahlen over the past six years!

Conrad and I will miss working with you in this capacity.

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d

Two fantastic days of the annual conference of the #AKWahlen are now behind us.

Many thanks for the many excellent presentations, the friendly atmosphere, and to the local Berlin team for the fabulous organisation on site! ❤️

Watch out for the special issue in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 19d

🗳️ Tag 1 der AK-Wahlen-Tagung @ FU Berlin

💡Hervorragende Präsentationen und intensive Diskussionen zu aktuellen Themen der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung

🤝 Viele Gelegenheiten zum Networking

📝 Wir freuen uns auf den zweiten Tag mit weiteren spannenden Einblicken!

#Wahlforschung #AKWahlen

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 23d

Kommunalwahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Konsolidierte Koalitionsparteien, erstarkte AfD und Verluste bei den Grünen.

Darüber konnte ich am Wahlabend mit dem Deutschlandfunk sprechen 🎙️➡️ www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-n...

#Kommunalwahl #NRW
@emppolitikwiss.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 27d

#APSAbyseaplane maybe not the environmentally friendliest way to travel, but certainly the coolest 😎
Looking forward to discussing latest polsci research and meeting friends and colleagues at #APSA2025

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Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 28d

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, @conradziller.bsky.social will present the paper „Understanding Public Support for Integration Councils in Germany“ (co-authored with @hummlerteresa.bsky.social and @paulvierus.bsky.social ) at #APSA2025!

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Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · Sep 6

@conradziller.bsky.social and @hummlerteresa.bsky.social investigate differences in the acceptance of two different parenting styles between Muslim and non-Muslim respondents. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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DemCastDonGA @donshantajr.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 16

The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost.
Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions.
No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · Aug 15

🇺🇸‼️ The Alaska summit marks a major success for Putin, as it effectively ends his diplomatic isolation. His true goal is not peace, but securing Trump’s support, NYT reports.

📍 The Kremlin seeks to ease Washington’s frustration over its delays in implementing a ceasefire.

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Aug 13

How does the second-order national election (SONE) theory hold up in the 2024 European Parliament election?

I explore this in a short letter now published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social.

Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · Jul 1

📢 New publication in Social Science Research: "Beyond Religious Categories" (with @hummlerteresa.bsky.social )

📊 In a survey experiment, we investigate why Muslims are more likely to accept violent parenting practices than non-Muslims

📚 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Beyond religious categories: Understanding differences between Muslims and non-Muslims in accepting parenting styles involving physical discipline

Public discourse on immigrant integration often refers to cultural differences between immigrants and members of receiving societies, particularly imm…

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Aug 9

🤬 Putin appears to have teamed up with a Libyan warlord to trigger a fresh migrant crisis in the EU, - The Telegraph

The European Commission has tracked an increased number of flights between the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi and Minsk.

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