Maybe being a tech executive is genuinely hard, but as a casual doom scroller so much seems to be “don’t shoot yourself in the d**k challenge (impossible).”

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members: – Assistant Professor in Political Economy – Assistant Professor in International Politics – Assistant Professor in Political Science Deadline: 15 Jan 2026 More details: jobs.tcd.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social

When Trump turns to renaming DC streets after himself, which street(s) will be targeted? My guess is Pennsylvania Avenue, and he’ll also ask to renumber so that the White House is at 1 Trump.

As an angsty teenager, of course I liked Depeche Mode. I feel like the song “Personal Jesus” should get a new lease on life as a critique of LLM chatbots.

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life. apply.interfolio.com/178796

Whatever the Puskas award for best post is, this is a strong contender.

Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is keen to light its brand on fire?

At this point in PL, Spurs are in remarkably similar position to last year. I humbly submit that the Spurs underlying talent — when fully fit — is somewhere between 4th and 9th, and that given current long term injuries (JM, DS, DK, and also now DU) the available talent level is more 7th to 13th.

Between Spurs losing one match 3-0 and winning another match 3-0, I strongly prefer the latter.

Get your flu jab folks! This “mutant super flu” is no joke. Hit me like a freight train Saturday night, and have been basically incapacitated since.

Andy is a great scholar and even better person. Highly recommend.

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

Spread the word: I'm looking to hire a postdoc to explore the concept of attention (as studied in psych/neuro, not the transformer mechanism) in large Vision-Language Models. More details here: lindsay-lab.github.io/2025/12/08/p... #MLSky #neurojobs #compneuro

If you are interested in the latest methods research from the Survey Futures programme, and especially if you are interested in surveys in Wales, come to our next Survey Practice Forum in Cardiff on 29 January. It's free but places are limited. Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-survey...

I think I have this flu, and it really really sucks! Be careful out there. I procrastinated getting my flu shot — I strongly encourage you to learn from my dumb mistake and get yours if you haven’t yet.

This is my all time favorite Onion headline (complete with picture to make the joke work), which is apropos today given the passing of architect Frank Gehry. theonion.com/frank-gehry-...

I can’t believe that FIFA — the organization that paid millions of dollars for a biopic movie to show the true heroes of football, the executives — has (was going to say the Trump peace prize, but really there are so many snarky things one could put here)

Not that anybody cares about other sad dad music in rotation, but here's featured prominently: Frightened Rabbit, Manchester Orchestra, El Ten Eleven, and Taylor Swift (most notably Midnights). Doubt I can still make the whole room shimmer though, or really that I ever could.

I don't know if this is prediction, or just what I'd like to see for Spurs tomorrow. Vicario Spence Romero VDV Udogie Bergvall Gray Kudus Simons Johnson RKM (Spence gets nod to shore up defense generally and against Schade specifically; would like to see wings to switch sides periodically)

So Spotify says my most listened to artist this year was The National. Yeah, that sounds right.

One of my all-time favorite lines from a song comes from @themountaingoats.bsky.social "Best ever death metal band out of Denton" (from memory, probably slightly off): When you punish a person for dreaming their dream Don't expect them to thank or forgive you That line lives in my head.

There are different reasons why some results are wrong. I applaud the forthright way all researchers here have approached this problem. There are different reasons why some results are wrong even in good faith.

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for nominations of folks making a difference towards promoting civic health and helping people and communities navigate the complex information systems that we all seem to be caught up in. If you know of someone making impact, please nominate them!

🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)

The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901

📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de! Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher 3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026 Please share widely 🙏

📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!

As they say “Huge, if true” (For context, something like 10^11 is the total number of humans who have ever lived)

As AI becomes ever more sophisticated, its effects on those (like me) who use online surveys and experiments may be dire. (As one coauthor called it -- the botpocalypse!) The second POAL methods brief by the excellent @laurenleek.eu digs deeper into the problem. Very important reading!

Very happy to see that former Spurs academy player Troy Parrott is scoring goals for club and country. For all those saying Spurs should have kept him, I’ll just point out that Vincent Janssen also scored a ton of goals for AZ Alkmaar. Just some perspective for those suffering seller’s remorse.

Happy to report I am now a Tottenham Hotspur season ticket holder. Oh my, what have I done?

Marriage is crazy given how people change over time. When we got married, my wife preferred smooth peanut butter and I was a crunchy evangelist. In 22+ years, our positions have entirely switched. Do we even know each other anymore?

The Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) is a collaboration by Southampton, Reading, and the LSE to leverage our strengths in public opinion research for academia and beyond. Today we've published our first methods brief— a short primer on conjoint experiments by the fantastic Thomas Robinson (LSE).

Van de Ven has submitted his Puskas entry.

Rage Against The Bastards

Temple Political Science is hiring in International Relations, specializing in security. Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply! members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...

NEW - 'The Power of the Crowd: How the Public Can Both Spoil and Improve Social Media as a Source of Information' This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks. cup.org/4344Tyl #cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky

Taylor Swift singing about peer review

“If we read this bad faith thing as if it were good faith, it doesn’t sound that bad.” 10/10, no notes.

I’m not saying I feel the same way about Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, but it did take me way longer than it should have to clock they were not the same person. Like years after I moved to the UK (which was after their playing careers were over).

I’m not a mega-brain political strategy genius, but the Tories stridently and vocally taking unpopular positions (more austerity! less compassion! climate change good!) seems like a party really committed to locking up 4th place at the next general election. Big ups to them, I guess.

Seeing some “well, what did people expect posts?” in response to this. Just a reminder that it can simultaneously be true that (a) people expected it to be very bad, and (b) it is worse than what was expected.

Regarding the Meta AI product demo fail, I have a food question about the setup. Is a Korean inspired sauce to put on a steak sandwich even a good idea? (Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Korean flavors.) But wouldn’t it make more sense to have marinated the beef and cooked it with the sauce?

If Mike Myers ever comes back to SNL, there’s an update for the “Coffee Talk” when the host is feeling verklempt. “AI psychosis is neither artificial intelligence nor psychosis. Discuss.”

LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome! Please reach out if you would like any more details.

I see the world did not magically get better while I was on a plane for 8 hours. It seemed to even get slightly worse.

Of course it was intentional! Russia is always testing NATO defenses.