I’ve had arguments with peers who argue that “there are still good people from Twitter left” and “we can’t let the bad guys take it over.” By now, the dangers of X make these moot.

Made the cheeseball tree from Crowded Kitchen; definitely a fan! www.crowdedkitchen.com/christmas-tr...

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

Merry Christmas!

Ok I think the Kleenex is making me feel worse

Only in the UK; a sign warning about carrying on Christmas crackers

🚨Reminder to consider this great opportunity! Clarification: timing is a bit crazy yes, but we ideally need people to express interest before the end of the year so we can potentially work on an application when we come back in early January :)

Here’s our new mini toolkit for evaluating information online, identifying AI-generated content, detecting deepfakes, and establishing content provenance. deepfakestracker.org/digital-fore...

One more impeachable offense; where the hell is the ceiling

Share with a colleague still stuck on X! Really important point here, about how our common mental model of participation in the physical world can’t equate to digital participation (where algorithms and suppression mean you can’t reach legit followers anymore, you just enable dangerous platforms)

FIFA just destroyed any last shreds of credibility it had and now stands fully exposed as a corrupt organisation prepared to suck up to anyone with power and money www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Post closes in two days, don’t forget!

Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...

Job alert! Great opportunity here (I know because I’m joint appointed in Government). Please apply and share widely! (Advanced APs also welcome!)

SIOE 2026 at INSEAD Fontainebleau! 13-15 July. Call: www.sioe.org/conference/2...

This is…brilliant.

This year has been terrible, BUT a birthday vacation helps! Neuschwanstein and Salzburg Christmas markets

Pardoning Nixon, moving beyond Watergate, brought us his henchmen for decades. Democrats aren't being magnanimous about letting bygones be bygones. They are being cowards. Holding people you know to account takes bravery, that they lack. So we need to make them do it kicking, dragging, & screaming.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.

Ok Harvard, your turn

Harvard needs to suspend Summers, now. Predators don’t belong in the classroom or in academia!

Going back to Summers' talk about how women don't want to work hard and don't have high end aptitude, we could ask: What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔 www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...

This is neat! And a very informative thread, for those of us cruising for syllabus additions

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

Also, please share! Happy to field questions, too.

The School of Public Policy at the LSE is hiring in political science! Associate or Full. I was the first political scientist hired by the SPP, come be the second! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

I also submitted to @epssnet.bsky.social! Note in Belfast, the sun sets at like 10pm in the summer ☀️

Lindsey Halligan says I’m not a journalist. But if you think I am, and you value our our non-profit legal news and analysis, you can support our work here: givebutter.com/journalism/a... You can also follow me on Substack: annabower.substack.com/about

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

Can sortition save democracy? @alicirone.bsky.social leads a conference on representation and recruitment for citizens' assemblies. bit.ly/4ni4aAW

"Expanding his authority"? Jesus H. Christ. There are people at the NYT who know better than this. Lots of them. Some of them should check the headlines, sub-heds, and "social sells."

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Destroying the environment, one sext at a time

Find a rally. Show up.

Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ? www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... #job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social

CALL FOR PAPERS A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14 www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...

🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

This op-ed is excellent and I encourage everyone to read it. Universities must reject the Trump compact. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Well done

Today we kick off this year’s Political Behaviour Seminar series at @lsegovernment.bsky.social with @alicirone.bsky.social on gender dynamics in online deliberation. Glad to co-host the seminars with @florianfoos.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social! Details below 👇

Disney/ABC put Kimmel back on air. Sinclair & Nexstar are blocking him. These are state-licensed stations funded by ads, not Disney. Pressure advertisers, file FCC complaints, and push back on corporate censorship. #FreeSpeech #NoKings #Kimmel

Pritzer gets the mechanics of authoritarianism – systemic intimidation, seizing control of elections, etc. – in a way others in national democratic leadership don't or won't say out loud.

Grandpa is being so embarrassing; turn it off

Public pressure and protest works!

Democrats should become the anti-corruption party. 72% of voters think a member of Congress would likely accept a bribe if offered one. 80% say donors run DC. The solution isn’t left vs right, it’s clean vs corrupt. But first, Democrats must reform themselves and reject big money.