There are not enough scare quotes in the world for adequately covering the news.

Bit late to the party, but I'm seriously considering becoming an STV bore #PolSci

2 years ago: it wasn't me #deepfakes #ai

My friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social has ended its career amongst the Twitterati, but it is going strong here

Two years ago, a secret meeting by some AfD members with Sellner rocked the party because ”remigration” was discussed. Today, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, calls for remigration regularly on his social media platform. That’s how quickly the normalization has happened.

4.000 Menschen bei der #Demo "Narren gegen Rechts" heute in #Mainz Und eine alte #Drag Queen, die gegen Rechts anschreit #tdgr

Germany's #AfD is now openly courting an international right-wing extremist (with whom they have been playing footsie for years). The whole radical/extreme distinction is moot at this point, and so far, it doesn't make a dent in their support

An ode to globalisation and technology, found in an unexpected place

'lepenisme sans Le Pen'? #france #radicalright

Yes, but also: he was never much of an asset 👇

I doubt Vannacci's moves are going to have much of an impact on Meloni's strategy. If anything, they will convince her to strengthen her "Christian Democratic" alliance with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Forza Italia leader Tajani, to look even more pro-EU, pro-NATO, pro-Ukraine.

Very good paper about a very strange thing #farright #radicalright

#tbp Why do folks support the #RadicalRight 🗳️ ? A survey of what we know & what we don't know, and what we could learn in the future (free author's version)

Many years ago, the bloody cancer took one of my dearest friends when she was just 48. This song will always be for her.

You've probably heard about this by now,but if you haven't: it's an intriguing 𝘢𝘯𝘥 spectacularly bad idea #SkyNet

A first: an editor told me that I should better engage with @juliusk.bsky.social 's work if I want to see my manuscript published 😉

Geehrt wird sie für ihr herausragendes Engagement in Forschung und Lehre und ihre bedeutenden wissenschaftlichen Beiträge zur Erforschung der digitalen Parteienkommunikation. Wir gratulieren @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social zu dieser außergewöhnlichen, hochdotierten und hochverdienten Auszeichnung!

IDK, that's just mean

Nostalgia alert to when I became obsolete. 📼🕰️ #Throwback #BackInTheDay

'Reports'? Follow the bot, even if it is extra-awkward, again

Back in the dark ages, I wrote a PhD about political alienation. Little did I know that just a few decades down the road, #genAI would turn 'falling trust in government and institutions ... [into] a marketing strategy'

Self-evident #AcademicChatter #xkcd

In which @tompepinsky.com suggests that #genAI may have is uses for social scientists (and social science?) after all

Don't be the change you want to see in the world #PoorlDrawnLines

Have you published something that should be in the bibliography but isn't? Get in touch 📧

Woke: writing a paper about the extremist, racist, Islamophobic #EDL (2013) Broke: bagging a endorsement from the EDL's extremist, racist, Islamophobic founder (2026)

The bot just said goodbye to Twitter. You should do the same. <brushes a tiny tear away>

Letzte Forschungswerkstatt für dieses Semester: Helen Callaghan spricht über politische Reaktionen auf ausländische Unternehmensübernahmen 🎤💻

"There is now a whole network of agencies in Germany that work mainly for the #AfD and AfD-affiliated groups. These agencies would not exist if there had been no money."

Nordrhein-Westfalen: Jung, rechts, gut vernetzt – die Radikalisierung der AfD in NRW

We've (almost) made it through January, so there's that.

I feel seen

Unsere #Forschungswerkstatt endet in diesem Semester am Mittwoch, 4. Februar (16 Uhr), mit einem Vortrag von unserer Kollegin Helen Callaghan zum Thema "Von De- zu Re-Politisierung: Warum Staaten ausländische Unternehmensübernahmen wieder stärker kontrollieren" Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

An unflinching portrait of 'Alternative for #Germany' #farright

Germany’s far right bangs at the gates to get into the Munich Security Conference

By strange coincidence, I was at a workshop just two weeks ago where Batuhan presented this paper. It's not too long and well worth your time 🇮🇹 #farright

My friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social is about to leave twitter, so I had to visit that site to perform some pre-final rites. This was actually the first post I was shown. I'm generally sceptical about the social media ⇿ brain rot nexus, but what happens over there is beyond self-parody.

Nah

True story

Expanding on last week's theme

🔍 Have you faced a strange request from a publisher? Here's another bizarre tale from the trenches of predatory publishing 📚✨ #AcademicChatter

Diese Woche kehre ich an alte Wirkungsstätte zurück: An der @unimainz.bsky.social moderiere ich eine Diskussion des Fachschaftsrats Politikwissenschaft zur Landtagswahl in Rheinland-Pfalz. Wir sprechen über Bildung, bezahlbares Wohnen und Arbeitsmarkt/Wirtschaft. Kommt vorbei! @powimz.bsky.social

Germany's #AfD is now openly courting an international right-wing extremist (with whom they have been playing footsie for years). The whole radical/extreme distinction is moot at this point, and so far, it doesn't make a dent in their support

A helpful reminder: so-called 'remigration' is literally Nazi stuff

Wie lässt sich Renaturierung 🌱🌿🌳 erfolgreich politisch gestalten und umsetzen? 18 Studierende der Politikwissenschaft und des Zukunftsmoduls der JGU auf einer 2-tägigen #Exkursion 🧭 im #Nationalpark Hunsrück-Hochwald. Kalt wars schon - aber ein super Erlebnis!! Dank an die Freunde der Mainzer Poli