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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 7d

This is part of a larger project on Zambian politics. Two paper have already been published by our team:

doi.org/10.1080/1357...

doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

And much more in the works!

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 7d

To do this, we have digitalized the corpus of parliamentary debates for the full duration of the Northern Rhodesian Colony, 1924 - 1964 -- A source hope will help generate more research on colonial legislative politics in the future

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 7d

In this work, @antonkronborg.bsky.social @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social and I try to understand how discrimination on the parliamentary floor changed as the African population won (limited) representation in the colonial Northern Rhodesian Legislative Council.

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 7d

Happy and thankful that our WP "Debating threats to authoritarian rule: Inclusion and Discrimination in the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia" has won the David Olson Award 2025!

rc08.ipsa.org/post/2025/09...

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 10d

Det her er et fantastisk interview med demokratiforskningens nestor @adamprz.bsky.social. Hvis du interesserer dig for USAs demokratis fremtid (og det bør du, for det er afgørende for både din og dine børns egen fremtid) er det læsværdigt!

How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine

An interview with Adam Przeworski.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Hans H. Tung @hanshtung.bsky.social · 11d

Echoing Ilaria—what a way to kick off the weekend! Our project just won a three-year grant from Norges forskningsråd the Research Council of Norway 🎉 (I was told only ~8–10% of proposals got funded. What a tough competition!).

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations!

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hcekroll.bsky.social @hcekroll.bsky.social · 17d

Fredag drepte Israel 31 journalister og andre mediefolk i ett angrep alene: cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

cpj.org

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 20d

Exactly!

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 20d

David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 21d

Hurra, gratulerer!

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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 22d

Utrolig spennende og å få 12 millioner kroner til å forske på partienes rolle i å etablere den norske velferdsstaten ved hjelp av omfattende historisk datamatrialet og naturlig eksperimenter.

Les mer her: www.usn.no/forskning/fo...

Får 12 millioner til forskning på politiske partier og velferdsstaten - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

USN-statsviter er med i eksklusivt selskap av erfarne forskere som får penger fra Forskningsrådets FRIPRO-ordning.

www.usn.no

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 22d

Hører på radioen at Christopher Sjuve mener Norge har ost i verdensklasse. Det er i så fall helt sykt. Ingenting gjør meg mer EU-tilhenger enn en norsk ostedisk.

Så, hvor får jeg kjøpt all denne gode osten?

Er det kun nisjebutikker som Maschmanns og Gutta på Haugen?

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 26d

Mdg sin løsning fremstår mer effektiv både i pris, treffsikkerhet, og sosial utjevning: la prisene bestemmes av markedet og fordel overskuddet Norge tjener på det progressivt (gjennom lavere skatter eller whatever)

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 26d

Enig. Og selv når man skjønner opplegget fremstår det ikke som en bedre løsning. Man vil bruke markedsmekanismen, men legge til et slags mellomledd for å unngå høye priser. Det vet vi koster penger, uten å vite hva det vil spare. Og vi vet av prisregulering av strøm er regressiv fordelingspolitikk

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 29d

Norwegian democracy is boring. They all congratulate each other, no one storms the parliament, and the results are in so you can be in bed well before midnight. Is it even a 21st century democracy?

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 29d

The polls prior to election day were even quite close to the final results. I mean come on...

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 7

New article by @amalienilsen.bsky.social in Democratization on the effect of HK protests on pro-democracy voting

And there is more to come from Amalie on how protests shape pro- and anti-democratic behavior

Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

www.tandfonline.com

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hoooooraaaay congrats!!!!!

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yeah I'm also wondering here, even if my name only appear 5 times.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 5

Whereas traditional media caters to a range of views, with moderate positions well-represented, extreme views — of both left and right — are heavily over-represented on social media. on.ft.com/3HNwX1M

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 5

En statsministerkandidat som roper "notorisk løgner" til en ungdomspartileder under hans taletid må vel være noe av det nedrigste denne valgkampen #nrkdebatt

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 5

En ting jeg sterkt misliker er når programledere stopper resonnement fordi de mener politikerne sier noe som er for komplisert

Jeg tror de undervurderer velgerne. Tar jeg feil og det er for komplisert så får de ikke stemmer

Ekstra grelt når de aldri klarer å stanse de endeløse listene til Listhaug

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Det betyr ikke at det er redelig, men det fremstår helt likt som det partier alltid har gjort: De tar tall som er bra for seg og fremhever dem

Fremstår helt likt som hva H gjør når de velger tall for familieøkonomien siste 4 åra #nrkdebatt

Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Debatten var vel ikke summen av forskjellige ting Høyre skulle gjøre for barnefamiliene, men hvorvidt AP sa noe feil om hva H mente om barnehageprisene #nrkdebatt

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