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Epistemology of Democracy; Challenges & Innovations of Democracy; Critical thinking; Philosophy https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meos-Kiik Half-baked thoughts. Occasional pics of cats, nature or stuff that surprises me. 🇪🇪 stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦
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📣 Join us for the 1st seminar in our new series: Strengthening Democracy: A Research-Practice Exchange! 📅 Tuesday, 4 March 2025 ⏰ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AEDT) 📍 Hybrid: Fishbowl, Bldg 24 University of Canberra & Online www.delibdem.org/seminar-series

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10 years ago today the democrat Boriss #Nemtsov was murdered in front of Kremlin.🕯️ @vkaramurza.bsky.social commenting on it then: After the Russian war against #Ukraine (2014), #Moscow was especially spreading hate towards opposition, calling them traitors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idf3...

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⚡️Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Kulyk killed in her home by Russian drone attack in Kyiv Oblast. Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.

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In our new #JREP #OpenAccess article, we show that racial attitudes are linked to perceptions of voter fraud and support for the #J6 Insurrection (w/ @cnicolejones.bsky.social @mattbarreto.bsky.social @michaelherndon.bsky.social) Summary: vrp.ucla.edu/vrp-article-... #polisci #politics #insurrection

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What policies do individuals at risk of automation prefer their governments to implement in response to this threat? Nicolas Bicchi, Aina Gallego (@ainagallego.bsky.social) & Alexander Kuo investigate the subject: https://buff.ly/3Qr7hII @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci

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🗓️ Submission deadline: February 28 🗓️ Join us to the workshop "The Politics of AI: Actors, Policy, Geopolitics, and Resistances" (Barcelona 2-3 October 2025). Submission form: forms.gle/daA2S1qcSnxc... Call for papers: www.ibei.org/en/call-for-...

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Interesting read! Some thoughts: not sure how to solve the dilemma between avoiding ideological bias when naming specific events and overcoming semantic gymnastics. E.g. asking people to assess if "Violence is justified against the federal government", a participant could answer "do not agree". 1/3

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Current historical moments, proposal to rob the victim and propaganda narratives from #Trump and #Russia animated in 2 minutes. (click cc for subtitles) Mandatory for schoolkids of the future. Make #Ukraine Guilty Again #colonialism #imperialism #RussiaisaTerroristState youtu.be/zdQsXAAs-hM?...

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From the Archives 📜 Looking for a comprehensive resource on research methods in #deliberativedemocracy? Check out one of our flagship publications: Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy (OUP, 2022) OPEN ACCESS: https://academic.oup.com/book/44646?login=false

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Happy 107th Anniversary of the Republic of #Estonia 🇪🇪! On the 24th of February 1918, on the last year of WW1, Estonia declared independence. However, this had to be fought for through 1918-1920 in the Estonian War of Independence. youtu.be/AL3V1XQBLOo?...

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Signatories argue that the West’s own security and values are on the line in Ukraine, demanding to double down against the Kremlin. @euromaidanpress.bsky.social @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @ukrainekompakt.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social @ukrainematters.bsky.social @uaweapons.bsky.social

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#Germany elections %: CDU (Right-wing, economy, European defense, 🇺🇦): 28,6 AFD (Far-right, Putinversteher): 20,8 SPD (Social democracy): 16,4 Grüne (Green): 11,6 Die Linke (Leftist): 8,8 Under 5% threshold: BSW (oportunist personality cult, Putinversteher): 4,9 FDP (liberals): 4,4 #Deutschland

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1) A two minute #Factcheck by euronews: #Zelenskyy has over 50% approval rating EU has given Ukraine more aid than the US, proportionally per GDP Estonia and Denmark giving most. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B617...

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History is not an accident: three years of #Russia ’s full-scale war against #Ukraine" Zoom event hosted by Tallinn University, #Estonia and @associationruta.bsky.social ruta-association.org/event/histor... Today! #polisky #illiberalism #violence #imperialism #colonialism

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🇪🇪 Embassy in Beijing hosted a screening of “After The Rain” by Sarah McCarthy who joined us here in person! A stark reminder that nearly 20 000 Ukrainian children are still being kept illegally in russia. And what is at stake when talking about making any concessions of Ukrainian land to russia…

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An rebuttal to the worldview of Friedman libertarian fundamentalism by Richardson "agreements lay the foundation of free-market voluntarism" resonates with external #Musk overtaking power, removing checks&balances. #statecapture #polisky #power From Quinlan Bowman article: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

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This is the face of #putin who #trump is trusting to "want to end the war and negotiate": executions of POWs (Prisoner of War) are a systematic policy to destroy #Ukrainian nationhood. #russia will be stopped through strength, the sooner the better. TW: killing of POW-s. www.ft.com/video/cffdbf...

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Reading an interesting paper on epistemic virtue signaling and strategies on trusting/generating trust of experts (e.g. cultivating "open-mindedness" which has downside of loose interpretations) by @kraymondh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/apa.... #philosophy #epistemology #expertise #virtuesignaling

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