This is pushing the boundaries of modest hardware, but I think like my immediate neighbours, I'm still just about within the #PolSci cluster
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is pushing the boundaries of modest hardware, but I think like my immediate neighbours, I'm still just about within the #PolSci cluster
Politicized pejoration - @erikbleich.bsky.social, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more: buff.ly/E9Cra12
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February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Politicized pejoration - @erikbleich.bsky.social, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more: buff.ly/E9Cra12
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Today, 10th febuary, 11 AM, webinar on "Open Political Corpora. Structured search and analysis of political text collections with [#PoliCorp](policorp.pollux-fid.de)." (in english) 🏛️ #GermaParl #StateParl #TextasData #politicalscience #polsci
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Open Political Corpora. Strukturierte Suche und Analyse politischer Textsammlungen mit PoliCorp. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Open Political Corpora. Strukturierte Suche und Analyse politischer Textsammlungen mit PoliCorp. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Today, 10th febuary, 11 AM, webinar on "Open Political Corpora. Structured search and analysis of political text collections with [#PoliCorp](policorp.pollux-fid.de)." (in english) 🏛️ #GermaParl #StateParl #TextasData #politicalscience #polsci
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MORE JP politix speculations (browser xl8 works fine):
"The birth of a queen dreamed of by "conservatives"
I should stick to #anime but this stuff is catnip to ghosts w/i
me that sat through too many polsci classes and wasted my youth reading "national newspapers"
news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...
"The birth of a queen dreamed of by "conservatives"
I should stick to #anime but this stuff is catnip to ghosts w/i
me that sat through too many polsci classes and wasted my youth reading "national newspapers"
news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...
「保守」が夢見た女王の誕生（古谷経衡） - エキスパート - Yahoo!ニュース
・「保守」の夢が「正夢」になった自民党単独３１６議席 この国の「保守」は、自民党（とりわけ旧清和会系）を支持しながらも、それがそのまま純粋な自民党を形成することが出来ないと知っていた。それは、巨大な自
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February 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
MORE JP politix speculations (browser xl8 works fine):
"The birth of a queen dreamed of by "conservatives"
I should stick to #anime but this stuff is catnip to ghosts w/i
me that sat through too many polsci classes and wasted my youth reading "national newspapers"
news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...
"The birth of a queen dreamed of by "conservatives"
I should stick to #anime but this stuff is catnip to ghosts w/i
me that sat through too many polsci classes and wasted my youth reading "national newspapers"
news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...
Our February issue is now out! 📘
Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics & #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3Q7MYjF
The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky @uoypolitics.bsky.social
Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics & #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3Q7MYjF
The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky @uoypolitics.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Our February issue is now out! 📘
Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics & #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3Q7MYjF
The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky @uoypolitics.bsky.social
Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics & #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3Q7MYjF
The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci #polsky @uoypolitics.bsky.social
A lot of polsci academics need to figure out that laam chau wasn't a policy, it was a prediction.
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
A lot of polsci academics need to figure out that laam chau wasn't a policy, it was a prediction.
Personally, I am thrilled to have added my little contribution to this exciting discipline, which I still believe offers a great perspective on today's problems. I encourage everyone to study globalization and its effects.
Stay tuned for more updates. #PhDLife #EarlyCareer #PolSci #Globalization
Stay tuned for more updates. #PhDLife #EarlyCareer #PolSci #Globalization
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Personally, I am thrilled to have added my little contribution to this exciting discipline, which I still believe offers a great perspective on today's problems. I encourage everyone to study globalization and its effects.
Stay tuned for more updates. #PhDLife #EarlyCareer #PolSci #Globalization
Stay tuned for more updates. #PhDLife #EarlyCareer #PolSci #Globalization
Yeah I've heard about CrimsonEd but there are two parties involved in that deal.
And how callous/ignorant do you have to be as a polsci student to think that the current climate is nothing more than an added bonus because it's interesting to observe first hand?
And how callous/ignorant do you have to be as a polsci student to think that the current climate is nothing more than an added bonus because it's interesting to observe first hand?
February 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Yeah I've heard about CrimsonEd but there are two parties involved in that deal.
And how callous/ignorant do you have to be as a polsci student to think that the current climate is nothing more than an added bonus because it's interesting to observe first hand?
And how callous/ignorant do you have to be as a polsci student to think that the current climate is nothing more than an added bonus because it's interesting to observe first hand?
Do referendum winners stay satisfied? Kris Dunn, Fiona Wang & @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social tracked #Brexit voters over 5 years & found dramatic fluctuations in democratic satisfaction. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/E6YgHo8
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WinnerLoserGap #Referendums #polsci #polisky
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WinnerLoserGap #Referendums #polsci #polisky
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Do referendum winners stay satisfied? Kris Dunn, Fiona Wang & @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social tracked #Brexit voters over 5 years & found dramatic fluctuations in democratic satisfaction. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/E6YgHo8
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WinnerLoserGap #Referendums #polsci #polisky
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WinnerLoserGap #Referendums #polsci #polisky
Like... One could REALLY do some polsci/ recent history stuff and find all kinds'a interesting stuff about, say... war crimes and horse racing/ boatya racing and pachinko in Japan just by... Oh nevermind..
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Like... One could REALLY do some polsci/ recent history stuff and find all kinds'a interesting stuff about, say... war crimes and horse racing/ boatya racing and pachinko in Japan just by... Oh nevermind..
Has #technocracy reshaped cabinet formation in Greece? Manina Kakepaki & Gerasimos Karoulas examine ministerial careers since 2000, showing the rise of academic technocrats under strong PMs & coalitions. Read more: buff.ly/VxiM5nA
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #CrisisPolitics
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #CrisisPolitics
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Has #technocracy reshaped cabinet formation in Greece? Manina Kakepaki & Gerasimos Karoulas examine ministerial careers since 2000, showing the rise of academic technocrats under strong PMs & coalitions. Read more: buff.ly/VxiM5nA
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #CrisisPolitics
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #CrisisPolitics
Same. Intriguingly it is also quite recent, in that all these guys were aligned with the polsci consensus most of the time before they were in charge.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Same. Intriguingly it is also quite recent, in that all these guys were aligned with the polsci consensus most of the time before they were in charge.
🔊 Neue Episode des AUTside #Podcast ist online: "Nation-Branding: Die Marke Österreich". autside.podigee.io/9-new-episode
In diesem Podcast-Kanal beschäftigen sich Studierende der @polsciuibk.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social mit Themen der 🇦🇹Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
🧵 #polsci #teaching
In diesem Podcast-Kanal beschäftigen sich Studierende der @polsciuibk.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social mit Themen der 🇦🇹Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
🧵 #polsci #teaching
Episode 6 - Nation-Branding: Die Marke Österreich
Mozart, Neutralität, Brückenbauer - Was ist die Marke Österreich und wie entsteht sie? In dieser Episode von AUTside sehen wir uns an, welches Bild Österreich von sich in die Welt sendet. Wir werfen e...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
🔊 Neue Episode des AUTside #Podcast ist online: "Nation-Branding: Die Marke Österreich". autside.podigee.io/9-new-episode
In diesem Podcast-Kanal beschäftigen sich Studierende der @polsciuibk.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social mit Themen der 🇦🇹Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
🧵 #polsci #teaching
In diesem Podcast-Kanal beschäftigen sich Studierende der @polsciuibk.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social mit Themen der 🇦🇹Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
🧵 #polsci #teaching
And to be clear by "we" I mean us fun-sucking "Politically Correct" "woke" "Social Justice Warrior" polsci feminist lackadaisical internet sociologists who are inevitably the people who do the stupid grunt work for all the volunteer functions and are pushing "The Agenda" in less progressive spaces..
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
And to be clear by "we" I mean us fun-sucking "Politically Correct" "woke" "Social Justice Warrior" polsci feminist lackadaisical internet sociologists who are inevitably the people who do the stupid grunt work for all the volunteer functions and are pushing "The Agenda" in less progressive spaces..
Our paper on ✨populism✨ and how LLMs struggle to detect it in political debates 🗣️ has been accepted to EACL main conference.
Meet the lead author @kiddothe2b.bsky.social in Rabat to discuss PolSci🤝NLP
Meet the lead author @kiddothe2b.bsky.social in Rabat to discuss PolSci🤝NLP
New preprint 📚 "Identifying Fine-grained Forms of Populism in Political Discourse: A Case Study on Donald Trump's Presidential Campaigns", joint work with @stephaniebrandl.bsky.social and Paris Aslanidis. Link: arxiv.org/abs/2507.19303 #NLProc #PoliSci #LLMs 👇A TL;DR thread 🕸️ 1/5
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Our paper on ✨populism✨ and how LLMs struggle to detect it in political debates 🗣️ has been accepted to EACL main conference.
Meet the lead author @kiddothe2b.bsky.social in Rabat to discuss PolSci🤝NLP
Meet the lead author @kiddothe2b.bsky.social in Rabat to discuss PolSci🤝NLP
trying to hold myself back from going Too Woke on my polsci group
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
trying to hold myself back from going Too Woke on my polsci group
As have countless PolSci students. Unbelievable.
February 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
As have countless PolSci students. Unbelievable.
I did not know that! There are two reasons for polsci classes to mention Dayton.
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I did not know that! There are two reasons for polsci classes to mention Dayton.
For context:
Finkelstein is a polsci professor who focuses on the Holocaust & the I/P Conflict. All appropriate Committees at DePaul, his employer in 2006, voted to grant him tenure. The administration chose not to grant him tenure for undisclosed reasons.
~I wonder why~
Finkelstein is a polsci professor who focuses on the Holocaust & the I/P Conflict. All appropriate Committees at DePaul, his employer in 2006, voted to grant him tenure. The administration chose not to grant him tenure for undisclosed reasons.
~I wonder why~
Harvard professor Robert Trivers tried to get Jeffrey Epstein in touch with Norman Finkelstein. Instead of accepting, Norman sent a reply calling Alan Dershowitz a pedophile rapist and saying Trivers should be ashamed for defending them, and both should be strangled instead
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
For context:
Finkelstein is a polsci professor who focuses on the Holocaust & the I/P Conflict. All appropriate Committees at DePaul, his employer in 2006, voted to grant him tenure. The administration chose not to grant him tenure for undisclosed reasons.
~I wonder why~
Finkelstein is a polsci professor who focuses on the Holocaust & the I/P Conflict. All appropriate Committees at DePaul, his employer in 2006, voted to grant him tenure. The administration chose not to grant him tenure for undisclosed reasons.
~I wonder why~
How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vblP2x5
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
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February 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vblP2x5
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
Most theory is targeted to folks with a much higher reading level than the average citizen in the Americas.
These folks are skilled in other areas, not university level polsci
Theory can and should be disseminated and explained by theory folks to others whose skills are more focused elsewhere.
These folks are skilled in other areas, not university level polsci
Theory can and should be disseminated and explained by theory folks to others whose skills are more focused elsewhere.
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Most theory is targeted to folks with a much higher reading level than the average citizen in the Americas.
These folks are skilled in other areas, not university level polsci
Theory can and should be disseminated and explained by theory folks to others whose skills are more focused elsewhere.
These folks are skilled in other areas, not university level polsci
Theory can and should be disseminated and explained by theory folks to others whose skills are more focused elsewhere.
How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore 2 approaches to resilience - ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/0oACgIM
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci
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February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore 2 approaches to resilience - ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/0oACgIM
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsci
there's a guy who keeps saying "This has been educational", like he's watching an OU polsci video
February 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
there's a guy who keeps saying "This has been educational", like he's watching an OU polsci video