Sander André
@sanderfjaerestad.bsky.social
Democracy enjoyer @ University of Bergen
''When they wrote their satirical novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, in 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner meant to parody the corruption, greed and social inequality of post-Civil War America. It wasn’t meant as a compliment.''
The Gilded Age Is Back — And That Should Worry Conservatives
Corporate dominance over politics brought power, wealth — and backlash.
www.politico.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
''When they wrote their satirical novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, in 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner meant to parody the corruption, greed and social inequality of post-Civil War America. It wasn’t meant as a compliment.''
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New publication alert! Polisky Dictatorsky
@brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social (@uniofcam.bsky.social) has recently published:
“Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences" in Democratization. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social (@uniofcam.bsky.social) has recently published:
“Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences" in Democratization. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences
Why do authoritarian regimes maintain access to open U.S.-owned social media platforms like Twitter and how do pro-government supporters use them? While the literature on consultative authoritarian...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New publication alert! Polisky Dictatorsky
@brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social (@uniofcam.bsky.social) has recently published:
“Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences" in Democratization. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social (@uniofcam.bsky.social) has recently published:
“Collaborative authoritarianism and its unintended consequences" in Democratization. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
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We do need to understand how Israeli is using AI to carry out its genocide and enforce its apartheid regime, but that can’t allow the blame to be diluted and shifted from actual people to the technology.
Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground, triggering a debate among top commanders about whether humans were sufficiently in the loop.
Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza.
Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground. Critics charge overhaul has fueled the death count in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:40 PM
We do need to understand how Israeli is using AI to carry out its genocide and enforce its apartheid regime, but that can’t allow the blame to be diluted and shifted from actual people to the technology.
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Min prediksjon som samfunnsvitar er at det i 2025 vil skje noko dårleg, men også noko bra
December 29, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Min prediksjon som samfunnsvitar er at det i 2025 vil skje noko dårleg, men også noko bra
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Things we're reading: Can democracy survive the disruptive power of AI? The Carnegie Endowment’s Raluca Csernatoni looks for answers. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Can Democracy Survive the Disruptive Power of AI?
AI models enable malicious actors to manipulate information and disrupt electoral processes, threatening democracies. Tackling these challenges requires a comprehensive approach that combines technica...
carnegieendowment.org
December 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Things we're reading: Can democracy survive the disruptive power of AI? The Carnegie Endowment’s Raluca Csernatoni looks for answers. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...