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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · May 16

Cool paper by cool @lkavadia.bsky.social

Leandros Kavadias @lkavadia.bsky.social · May 16

New paper 🏫!

We present the Schooled Society Index: a multidimensional indicator that maps cross-national differences in the centrality of schooling on a global scale. Written with
@bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Data is publicly available: osf.io/49xy5/

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Apr 18

Goed Interview met pionier Anne Verougstraete
www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...

Abortuspionier Anne Verougstraete: 'Het recht op abortus zal altijd ter discussie staan'

Nu het debat rond zwangerschapsafbreking weer op volle toeren draait, waarschuwt Anne Verougstraete voor nieuwe tendensen die het verworven recht onderuit kunnen halen.

www.bruzz.be

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Apr 14

Go @sanders.senate.gov !

Lectrr @lectrr.bsky.social · Apr 14

#cartoon #berniesanders @sanders.senate.gov (via www.lectrr.com)

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 27

"... how could you speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen?” (...) “And if you can’t speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen, when will they come for the American citizens? ”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

www.theguardian.com

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 27

Light the Beacons!

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 20

(By way of @aliamjadrizvi.bsky.social on fb) The play-button might be all too appropriate

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 20

No education, no problem?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Mar 20

Breaking: President Donald Trump signed an executive order to largely dismantle the Department of Education — an organization created by Congress and tasked with sweeping responsibilities — in a dramatic step for his bid to overhaul the US government

Trump Signs Order to Largely Dismantle Education Department

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to largely dismantle the Education Department — an organization created by Congress and tasked with sweeping responsibilities that involve billions in ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 17

Last calls voor de studiedag van @brio-brussel.bsky.social morgen over de Rand als Regio ...
www.briobrussel.be/node/19221
Inschrijven kan nog via forms.gle/gJwm5UL7X9Ro...

Studiedag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' | BRIO Brussel

Op dinsdag 18 maart organiseert BRIO de studienamiddag ‘De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand’ in GC de Zandloper, Kaasmarkt 75, 1780 Wemmel.

www.briobrussel.be

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 12

Claude Malhuret in the French Senat on the US position concerning Ukrain ...
youtu.be/G-lh0TUTtvI?... (with subtitles www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSS... )

Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret

YouTube video by Public Sénat

youtu.be

Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 11

Op 18/3 organiseren we een studiedag over de Rand als Regio.
Deelname is gratis, maar wel graag inschrijven via => docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Allen daarheen!

brio-brussel.bsky.social @brio-brussel.bsky.social · Mar 11

Volgende week dinsdag is het zover! De studienamiddag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' focust op de eigenheid van de Randgemeenten binnen Vlaanderen. Meer info en inschrijven op: www.briobrussel.be/node/19221

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brio-brussel.bsky.social @brio-brussel.bsky.social · Mar 11

Volgende week dinsdag is het zover! De studienamiddag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' focust op de eigenheid van de Randgemeenten binnen Vlaanderen. Meer info en inschrijven op: www.briobrussel.be/node/19221

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Mar 9

(via @eds66.bsky.social op FB)

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G-EPIC Project @g-epicproject.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢 Join the Final MSCA Lunchtime Conversation on Democracy!

🗓️ Date: 7 March 2025
🕛 Time: 12:30 – 14:00 CET
💻 Format: Online
🔗 Registration Deadline: 6 March 2025, 12:00 CET

Don't miss this insightful conversation!

👉 Register now: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/event/msca-l...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Mar 1

Tim Snyder brilliantly analyzes what this bit of Trump’s lunacy yesterday revealed:
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 28

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

snyder.substack.com

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Feb 28

As a kid watching Red Dawn in the 80s, I definitely though the Russian takeover of the US would involve at least *some* tanks

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · Feb 23

Even more distinct among young women:

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Feb 21

from another medium

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Feb 18

Given this, and Gebbia's position as Board Chair at Airbnb, I plan to take my lodging business elsewhere.

www.newsweek.com/airbnb-joe-g...

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins growing DOGE team under Elon Musk

Joe Gebbia is the latest tech guru to join Elon Musk's growing team of staffers within DOGE.

www.newsweek.com

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Feb 20

The road to dictatorship ...

Reuters @reuters.com · Feb 20

Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on US government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence overseeing matters such as elections, stock markets and labor unrest reut.rs/4ia8KiK

Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power

Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on U.S. government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence overseeing such matters as elections, stock markets and labor unrest.

reut.rs

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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · Feb 13

It's time. Morally, economically, realistically. #TaxThePower @icrict.bsky.social

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Lectrr @lectrr.bsky.social · Feb 13

#cartoon #staking #vakbond (via www.lectrr.com)

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · Feb 12

Yet another illustration of the findings by Törnberg & Chueri? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/

When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025

The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...

journals.sagepub.com

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Feb 11

Restricting civil liberties, like free press, is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes.

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · Feb 11

Associated Press: “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.“

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