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🧵 👋 I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia). Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧵 with thoughts & resources for: WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:

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It’s so cold that Ralph took about three steps outside this morning and started yeowling at us in a way we hadn’t heard from him before. Kinda sounded like he was yelling at us about turning up the temperature. Silly hoomans! He was picked up and taken inside immediately obviously. #cats

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It’s -30 degrees air temp this morning. Feeling cranky about it, but also grateful for the fireplaces. And the sun is shining even if democracy is dying today I guess. But the sun always shines when it’s this cold.

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It’s still negative a million degrees, but that’s not what I’m cranky about at the moment.

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The moon a couple evenings ago. It’s negative a millions degrees out there now and coyotes are yappin’, so no moon pics tonight. #nature #northernMN

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