Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's WhoGov workshop on Political Elites! It is amazing to see so much great research presented on political elites and meet so many great people. And thank you to @inalkristiansen.bsky.social and @jonaswschmid.bsky.social for co-organizing the event

I had a great time presenting on the WhoGov workshop on political elites. Great feedback and an amazing program.

MDG ber velgere stemme taktisk for å passere sperregrensa (mdg.no/taktisk). Illustrasjonen 👇 er litt optimistisk, men viser en viktig diskontinuitet i valgsystemet. I 2021 ville 1720 flere stemmer til MDG gitt 4 ekstra mandater – tatt fra FrP (2), SV og H.

Oh so it does have phd level intelligence

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Jesus Christ, vi har investeringer MIDT I BOSETNINGER?! Nå må to ting skje: 1. Vi må umiddelbart ut av alle Israelske investeringer, for å sikre at vi ikke er mer delaktige i folkemord og folkerettsbrudd enn vi allerede har vært. 2. Hele systemet for oljefondets etiske krav må revideres.

This was the plan the entire time and it was always going to be targeted towards Democratic run cities. It’s not about law and order. It’s about controlling by force the areas where Trump does not control by ideology.

Detta kommer att bli viktigt att arbeta för i flera länder: ’French anti-terror prosecutors have opened an investigation into French-Israeli nationals for "complicity in genocide" after having allegedly helped block humanitarian aid from entering the territory.’ www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Israel tells people it's safe to go and get aid from a site Israel itself set up. Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food. Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.

Kritikken mot å bruke tilfeldig utvalg for å teste skattegrep for unge avslører én ting: Manglende forståelse for kunnskapsbasert politikk. Vi trenger mer eksperimentering, ikke mindre. Samfunnet bør styres av evidens – ikke antakelser. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Just utter lawlessness from the Trump Administration, with no goal other than to punish institutions for refusing to bend the knee. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Morgenbladets forside i morgen, fredag 23. mai 2025. Jeg minner om at avisen i sin helhet er tilgjengelig via Vy-app'en. Denne utgaven muligens ikke før i morgen fredag.

Kid at NYU just lost his diploma for speech you can overhear by tuning into the UN security council.

He didn't even say Israel. And, the students applauded and gave him a standing ovation. Once you lose the kids... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/n...

Bra med kamp mot ensomhet, men NRK må klare å ha et minimum av rolleforståelse. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Hanne Skartveit kaller det «ensidig» og «mangel på empati» at norske artister ber om boikott av Israel i Eurovision, fordi Israels artist overlevde terrorangrepet 7/10. Ta det fra en som har overlevd et terrorangrep: dette argumentet er helt absurd. Ikke stem på noen fordi det er synd på dem.

Do political careers harm health? In a new @cesifo.org working paper, we link mayoral promotions in Norway to detailed data on healthcare use. Results may surprise you. Start 🧵👇 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

Lad, the EU are ignoring a genocide. I doubt they're gonna overturn a penalty.

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

My NSF was officially terminated “Beyond the Myth: Political Geography, Electoral Institutions, and the Evolution of Women’s Voting Patterns in Rich Democracies” I’ve been collecting historical data on the gender turnout and preference gaps after suffrage using old ass books…

Looks like almost everyone studying gender has their NSF funding revoked today.

They’re arresting judges now

A US citizen terrorized by this immoral, racist administration.

This is where we are headed. If you don’t believe me, ask what basis the government had to send me and my family to a prison camp in Arkansas. We “looked like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.”

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Poeta chileno

The Trump administration is quietly drafting a bold new policy for combating terrorism that targets a wide range of perceived foes, from Tesla vandals to protesters, intelligence sources tell me. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-team...

Christian Borchgrevink var klubbspiller lenger enn de fleste. En Vålerenga-mann som har kjempet mot mye, men som også har stått støtt som en kontinuitetsbærer når det har vært som mest turbulent de siste årene. Bare å ønske lykke til i Edinburgh og å gi en skikkelig avskjed i løpet av våren 💙❤️

Not much to investigate lol

A serious question: Is Trump doing this just so politically-connected investors can profit from insider trading, or is that merely a side benefit?

Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation

We hang together or we hang separately. Could not be clearer what is happening and how universities must respond.

Absurd hvordan nedbyggingen av psykisk helsevern i Norge endte med bevæpning av politiet. Det har ikke vært særlig farlig å være politi i Norge, men det blir et litt mindre trygt samfunn for oss alle, inkl politiet selv, nå.

Papers published in Psych Science following January 1st, 2024 are candidates for I4R to computationally reproduce, stress-test and replicate. This is an official collaboration with @psychscience.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... We are looking for reproducers and replicators!

my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20

This is how you defend democracy www.bbc.com/news/article...

🇺🇸 Agentes da imigração detêm estudante de pós-graduação de Tufts por ativismo pró-Palestina: vídeo mostra agentes do Departamento de Segurança Interna dos EUA usando máscaras que cobrem parcialmente o rosto enquanto detêm Rumeysa Ozturk na rua www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Run for Congress... even if you're a barista or a bartender, you could win. Believe it, it's true. "She worked hard, and she pulled off a major upset. ... The reason I say all of that is not just to praise Alexandria, but to tell you—and the people of America—that what Alexandria did, you can do."

The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Støres regjering er balansert på kjønn. Men hvor er distriktene og arbeiderklassen? @nedregardoda.bsky.social, Henning og jeg skriver i DN om vårt paper som er under publisering Journal of Politics www.jon.fiva.no/docs/FivaNed... www.dn.no/innlegg/poli...

Hvis SV gikk ut og sa at det viktigste for å styrke norsk forsvar var gratis aktivitetsskole, eller hvis MDG mente at det viktigste for forsvaret er bilfritt sentrum, så hadde alle ledd seg ihjel. Omtrent så latterlig er Høyre og FrPs påstand om at kutt i formuesskatten er viktig for forsvaret.

Meet Gracie Himes, age 20. Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines. On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

Si los americanos no comprenden que Trump está instalando una dictadura no sé qué más necesitan. Se prohíbe la protesta en las universidades.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: "Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."

In 15 years on social media I almost never ask my followers to do anything. If you live in the United States, please stop now & call your representative. I just called. They answer and listen. The phone numbers are here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... Demand action to stop this authoritarian threat:

"I'm burning America down and making it illegal for you to complain about it."