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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · Jul 4

Someone ought to remind the new leader of Hamas that Chechen resistance ended with Chechnya being destroyed and subjugated, ex-rebels becoming Putin's henchmen and Chechen soldiers fighting for Russia. The case for minimal historical literacy has never been stronger
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · Jul 3

If you want something to distract you from all the horribleness happening [gestures everywhere wildly], might you consider briefly losing yourself in the wonderful world of Irving Finkel? www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-mirthf...

The Mirthful Assyriologist, the Real Noah's Ark, and the Oldest Writing in the World

Irving Finkel is a delightful, eccentric genius. Enter his world for a captivating glimpse of the secrets embedded within humanity's earliest writing.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Jul 2

The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for democratization

Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature

New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes: Evidence from Zambia

Elections are increasingly judicialized in many multiparty regimes. The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · Jul 3

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."

MBA-brain is real.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 3

They’re literally advertising it.

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”

www.wsj.com

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Sirin Stav @sirins.bsky.social · Jul 3

Det som overrasker meg aller mest med Norgespris er hvem som står bak det.

At de såkalte sosialdemokratene i Ap og sosialistene i SV, ja selv kommunistene i Rødt, går for en omvendt Robin Hood-politikk der de som har og forbruker aller mest også skal få aller mest. De som har minst, skal få minst.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Jun 30

Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!

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Edith Mirante @edithmirante.bsky.social · Jun 29

1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Jun 26

“The idea that taking walks, reading things unrelated to your research, and hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking, but might well meet with skepticism in practice.”

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The forgotten half of scientific thinking | PNAS

The forgotten half of scientific thinking

www.pnas.org

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.

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1. Who formed EPSS?

EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid

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www.haaretz.com

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Doremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Pressen: Ååå, alle disse fæle alternativ-mediene og podkasterne som opptrer som mikrofonstativ og propaganda-formidlere for diktaturer!
Også pressen: Fronter en ett minutts video m enellerannen tilfeldig norsking som har vært i Nord-Korea på denne måten, og uten et eneste kritisk spørsmål i videoen.

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yes. This response looks almost exactly like the response to the killing of Soleimani, and is clearly an attempt by Iran to Do Something™️ without necessarily causing escalation. Now we wait and see how the US reacts.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Jun 23

Iran telegraphing its launch against a US base in Qatar—0 casualties—suggests Iran is more interested in saving face, and wants to avoid escalation.

US could take that as an offramp, as when Iran fired on a US base in Iraq in 2020 and killed 0.

But unlike 2020, Israel is actively bombing Iran now.

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Ali C @alic.bsky.social · Jun 17

Buried in the article: "OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to show product recommendations, which means beauty advice could become sales pitches."

Ahh, advertising. Twas always gonna end like this, wasn't it.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · Jun 18

If Trump runs for a third term, Bill Clinton can also run for a third term and be the younger candidate of the two

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Gaute B. Skjervø @gautebs.bsky.social · Jun 18

Jeg husker jeg leste historiene om hvordan tyskere reiste Norge rundt på slutten av 30-tallet og kartla broer og veier samtidig som de kjøpte detaljerte kart over norske byer og bygder. Det forundret meg alltid hvor godtroende mange var i møte med totalitære makter.

Vel, helt urelatert:

hcekroll.bsky.social @hcekroll.bsky.social · Jun 18

Mens NSM og PST advarte mot kinesisk teknologi, inngikk Forsvaret en kontrakt som innebærer at kinesiske busser med avansert sensorteknologi får kjøre inn på norske militæranlegg.

www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Vz7L...

Her kjører en kinesisk buss inn til E-tjenestens topphemmelige anlegg: – Spinnvilt

Busser leid inn av Forsvaret har fått kjøre inn på topphemmelige Lutvann leir. Bussene skal også brukes ved krise eller krig. – Spinnvilt, mener professor.

www.aftenposten.no

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Sverke R. Saxegaard @sverke.bsky.social · Jun 18

www.nrk.no/urix/xl/aker...

Aker BP får kritikk – Norsk milliardfusjon vart tema på fagrørslemøte i Sør-Sudan

Aker BP bør gjere ei ny vurdering av eit oppkjøp dei gjorde i 2021, meiner tilsynsorgan. Aker BP meiner dei har gjort alt riktig.

www.nrk.no

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Jun 18

🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jun 17

Peace is a very great good and war a terrible evil to be entered into at last resort. Given what we did to Libya, contrasting with North Korea, (and the unilateral cancelling of the first Iran deal for petty internal politics reasons) the Western world has defacto incentivised nuclear proliferation.

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · Jun 16

More research on the cognitive deficit of relying only on AI... you can't even remember the information you called up. That's how learning works! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...

arxiv.org

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · May 30

📢 New book chapter
👥 Tora Berge Naterstad & Helge Blakkisrud
🔎 The Path to ‘Healthy Conservativism’: Tracing Drivers and Legitimation in the Development of Putin’s New ‘Ideology’
📖 In Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, from Edinburgh University Press
🔗 In comments

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Jun 15

Fortunate Son! An anti-war song about rich kids dodging military service!

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · Jun 14

I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.

CINEMATIC

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Jun 13

A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

The Chinese-backed UWSA is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.

www.reuters.com

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Sverke R. Saxegaard @sverke.bsky.social · Jun 12

Why This War Never Ends

YouTube video by Johnny Harris

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really honored to be awarded the King’s Gold Medal for my dissertation!

You can read more about it below, and then I want to add that I was incredibly lucky with my workplace, colleagues, co-authors and supervisors during my PhD<3 feeling grateful!!

Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres - Department of Political Science

– It is a great honour to receive recognition for a doctoral dissertation on gender equality at a time when the American president is actively working against research in this field, says Anna Nordnes...

www.sv.uio.no

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Sverke R. Saxegaard @sverke.bsky.social · Jun 12

Final deadline tomorrow!

Sverke R. Saxegaard @sverke.bsky.social · May 7

Hyunjung Park, Nathan Timbs and I are organizing a workshop on "Rebel behaviour and external support" at this year's ISA-BISA Conference in Newcastle, UK. We aim to gather a mix of experienced and early career scholars. The call is out! www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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