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What was it again that JD Vance blamed the Europeans for in Munich? Censorship? Oh well, look at the Trump team in action … www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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New Trump rules are drastically limiting what universities can research, and it's going to have an enormous effect on higher education and the nation's competitiveness for a long time to come

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If you're looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here's a thread of where to start. 1. Check out Choose Democracy's website with incredible guides on action you can take: choosedemocracy.us

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Billionaires’ “freedom”, plundering the commons.

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Musk's manipulations: his platform promotes both pro-Putin far right and pro-Putin far left ahead of the German elections.

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The world feels upside down and we might think the climate no longer matters, but it's still changing rapidly with devastating consequences, and we are still doing far too little. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

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How hard is cognitive science? 🎬📽🍿 Video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdK... 📖 Paper version: psyarxiv.com/k79nv/ Summary in #PaperThread below 🧵 1/n

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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

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‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

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“We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within” - Nikita Khrushchev, 1956

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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda. Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is really saying. Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Why employers (especially SME's) must learn to love the index mechanism. = It buffers pessimistic expectations an stabilizes consumption.

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Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this. 🎈In a new working paper, @steffenmurau.bsky.social and I set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money. A thread 🧵

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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Among other things, what a terrible fucking negotiator

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The university just decided to cancel our event. Dark times for academic freedom and international law and a very dangerous precedent www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/franc...

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).

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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

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Erasure. At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social

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During my tenure, I witnessed senior officials under intense pressure from ministers to skew the legal assessment. Reports were returned with instructions to “rebalance” the findings – to downplay evidence of civilian harm and emphasise diplomatic efforts www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“A dark day… today we all lose….” Shuttering U.S.A.I.D. is impacting the soybean industry — Tennessee’s #1 cash crop, contributing billions to our economy. More: arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/u...

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Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire Explications détaillées 🧵

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Reminder that the ICC is expecting sanctions from Trump which may cut off the Court‘s Microsoft Azure/365 access. Relying on US tech infrastructure is even more of a systemic risk for a big organisation now — even more the NSA access you have to typically assume. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...

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Shows once again how too much focus on GDP growth makes us blind. … The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...

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Horrible news about Michael Burawoy. Just awful. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...

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Political theory/philosophy job! Here is the third postdoc (36 months) on our Gerda Henkel Foundation project on anti-oligarchy. This one will be based at TU München, and supervised by my co-PI Manon Westphal. www.hfp.tum.de/hfp/aktuelle...

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Nu de regering-Trump hard ingrijpt in de wetenschap als die volgens politici de verkeerde woorden gebruikt, en nu het duidelijk is dat grote Amerikaanse bedrijven door de knieën gaan en het nieuwe regime steunen, wordt het belangrijk om keuzes te maken. neerlandistiek.nl/2025/02/waar...

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Like other economists I'm being asked to comment on Trump tariffs. We should do so - it's our job. But first we should make the point stated eloquently here by @alanbeattie.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c26b...

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