Picture of the day: Partisans in the US are increasingly polarized about presidential approval.

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Ihr Computer läuft auf Microsoft? Es gibt eine unabhängige Alternative: Linux. Früher ein Fall für IT-Nerds. Doch Linux ist längst nicht mehr so sperrig, wie es mal war.

Check out our new paper in the European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I like how Marco snatches the note back so that the President doesn't read it aloud again.

What? TG&DJT suing Obama? Then tell me why THAT was not treason? www.npr.org/2017/05/15/5...

CN Brutaler Mord Ich habe erst heute erfahren, dass ein Mann, der unzählige Waffen & NS-Memorabilien besaß, 2023 in Rickenbach einen asylsuchenden Tunesier erschossen & zerstückelt hat, als er heute zu 6 Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde. Wir wissen alle, wie es wäre, wenn es andersherum gewesen wäre.

Now available on arxiv: "Large Language Models Are Democracy Coders with Attitudes" (with Mats Faulborn and @dgarcia.eu) arxiv.org/abs/2503.22315

I am super-proud and happy that (and how well!!) Tatjana Brütting defended her doctorate this week. Congratulations!

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For those who are looking for a European alternative to ChatGPT, here is one: Mistral Le Chat (chat.mistral.ai). There is also an Android app, which is not as popular as it deserves.

Are violent incidents in Germany more widely reported if the perpetrator is a migrant? It seems so.

Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."

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Thrilled that our paper has found a home at British Journal of Political Science !

NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

Das wirtschaftsnahe Ifo-Institut widerspricht in einer Studie Friedrich Merz' aktueller Politik - und gesamter aktueller Debatte: "Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten." Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung www.ifo.de/pressemittei...

The first time as farce, the second time as tragedy.

The land of opportunity: You may not be able to vote in Virginia or Kentucky when you are a felon, but at least you can become president (provided you are a white, rich Republican).

Ruth Dassonneville and Romain Lachat are organizing a summer school on “Challenges to Electoral Democracy”, which may be of interest to you. Details can be found here: www.chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/... #ECPR-POVB

Wow, that's progress!

To put things in perspective: If American judges were as lenient towards ordinary people as Republican senators are towards Trump's nominees, then US prisons would be much less overcrowded.

Hey, what Cabinet would YOU pick if any normal person would in the future use the 25th Amendment to remove you from office?

We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you. All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

Aus aktuellem Anlass: Für Updates aus der Welt der Universität Wien habt ihr die Möglichkeit, uns hier auf Bluesky, Mastodon, auf Instagram, Facebook, unseren YouTube-Kanälen & auf LinkedIn zu folgen, überall unter '@univienna'. 🏛 🔍 Unseren Twitter-Account haben wir heute ruhend gestellt. #eXit 👋

Simple answer: No. Can Wall Street Billionaires Deliver on Trump’s Blue-Collar Promise? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...

The PG/ Musk exchange reads a lot like one of those Microsoft community pages where people ask why some simple function has been taken away and the Microsoft employee answers that it’s fine because you can still do it if you click 30 buttons or enter five DOS commands.

They did it. They did the funniest thing ever.

Out now open access at @ajpseditor.bsky.social. 194 potential exclusion-restriction violations for studies using weather as an instrumental variable onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

it's official — 1,000,000 people have joined Bluesky in just the last day!!! welcome and thank you for being here 🥳

and so it begins... www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...

In the week since the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Some of X’s users have decided they want to post elsewhere. Among the largest beneficiaries of that desire is Bluesky. nyti.ms/48JtYAt

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My R plot of the day: Western European Parties' and party families' positions on two interesting political dimensions. (Data source: Chapel Hill Expert Survey) - Learn to do this here: essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...

Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen und politische Einstellungen in der DVPW an der Uni Siegen: x.com/_AckermannK/...

studyinternational.com/news/3-leading-schools-for-international-relations-preparing-graduates-for-global-success/?text=3 leading schools for international relations, preparing graduates for global success - ZU (www.zeppelin-university.com) is one of them ...