🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

There is an odd irony in censoring the teaching of Plato in order (checks notes) to protect western civilization from tenured radicals.

Hep B vaccines have been in the news recently, as the ACIP under RFK Jr voted to withdraw universal newborn vaccination. We recorded most of this episode before that happened, so we added more thoughts about why that's concerning, before explaining how special and awesome Hep B vaccines are:

On the Twentieth Century rediscovery of Smith as a Political Theorist open.substack.com/pub/digressi... With shout out to Glory Liu

In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

The De-politicization and naturalization of twentieth Century Adam Smith (traced to Halévy) open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Rubbish Mountain open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

Delighted to announce that Clientelism, a new book by my School of Social & Political Sciences colleague Aris Trantidis, is now available. Published by @universitypress.cambridge.org this is a major new study that connects clientelism to democratic theory & electoral politics.

Study in a truly walkable city - the MA International Relations at the University of Lincoln - a perspective from the US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1c3...

An important report for a realistic green energy transition www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025. US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom. open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...

Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)

Without asylum: Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist Queen would have been without a front man The other queen wouldn't have had a husband Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc

Hi there and hello! Welcome to the US Politics Thread for w/e 14th Nov 2025, or, The There’s Nothing to See Here Please Move Along Edition. (1/46)

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

On Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Addison and, yes, the origin of the balanced constitution open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

University of Warwick are looking for a Professor of Intelligence Studies www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ241/p...

It turns out that once you correct for this error, unemployment is actually rising faster for NON-degree workers - meaning that explanations in terms of AI replacing the college-educated workforce don't make much sense, and this looks a lot more like an across-the-board labor market slowdown.

From the piece: "Labour market entrants without a degree have seen a 2.4 point rise [in unemployment]. This is very different to the much more modest 0.7 point rise among... non-grads in their mid-twenties who are sheltered from today’s harsh hiring conditions." (For degreed workers, it's 1.3%).

Hi there and hello! Welcome to the US Politics Thread for w/e 10th Oct 2025, or, The We Must Defend the Federal Government from the Threat of People in Inflatable Chicken Costumes (And Priests) Edition. No Really. (1/n)

The UK’s top scientific institutions are vulnerable to political interference, finds a new @uclpolicylab.bsky.social report by Prof @chrischirp.bsky.social . Meanwhile, exclusive @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling shows 7 in 10 Britons say it is important for these bodies to be independent.

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Today the School of Social & Political Sciences hosted the inaugural session of its MA International Relations Public Lecture Series organised by Marianna Charountaki & moderated by @drnickcowen.bsky.social. Thanks to Alam Saleh, Christos Kourtelis, Nasasra Mansour & Lesley Masters for participating

The report 👇 on Free School Meals in England by School of Social & Political Sciences Prof Paul Stretesky affirms the continuing value and relevance of the social sciences to informed debate on life changing issues & policies www.northumbria.ac.uk/-/media/b9cc... www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Since I have gained new followers I am sharing again this starter pack that includes some of my colleagues from the School of Social & Political Sciences. Providing world leading research & analysis in Criminology, Politics, IR, Sociology & Social Policy

Did you know that Turkey did some ‘MMT with Islamist characteristics’ this century? They got some cool public infrastructure out of the deal (including a new airport) but the cost is obvious. Trade-offs exist.

#Lincoln looking glorious in the summer. Autumn may have arrived but we are still looking forward to meeting all our visitors at today’s University of Lincoln Open Day. Come say hello to me & my colleagues in the School of Social & Political Sciences

Here it is in print! The Guardian has ranked us 7th in Politics for undergraduate study. See why for yourself. We have lots of open days coming up: Sat 27 Sept 2025 Sun 12 Oct 2025 Sat 8 Nov 2025 Sat 29 Nov 2025 Book your open day here: www.lincoln.ac.uk/studywithus/...

The School of Social & Political Sciences (Lincoln Uni) launches the MA in International Relations Public Lecture Series that will feature prominent speakers from academia, policy & related sectors. Open to staff, students, & the wider public - register for the first session here: lnkd.in/eipaYFU7

Out now in Critical Review - The Problem of Governance: A Critical Review of Dan Greenwood’s Effective Governance and the Political Economy of Coordination

The Dewey-Lippmann debate and all that, pt. 1 (with modest shout out to @drnickcowen.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.

My School of Social & Political Sciences colleague, Elena Gaschino, reflects on her time as a student of Criminology at Lincoln University. Elena talks about her wonderful experience & is now delivering her own inspiring teaching to new generations of students www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jkn...

V good piece. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Turns out climate-driven wildfires are reversing air quality improvements in recent years. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518256...

The egalitarian moral package evolved during humanity’s ‘tribal’ experience furnishes the very kernel of what makes Hayek’s great society possible. - my review of Gaus’s the open society and its complexities

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning. The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

Now the full episode at The Inequality Podcast @ucstonecenter.bsky.social with @durlauf.bsky.social, who is a very gracious host, and @nescio13.bsky.social mostly on Adam Smith, but also a bit on evidential practices in social science at the end. open.spotify.com/episode/5L2X...

Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes

Cuts to the federal weather forecasting agency have been criticized in the wake of a deadly flooding event in Texas, where local offices were understaffed.

On Polycentrism and the New Classical Liberalism. Neoliberalism is dead; Long live Neoliberalism!, pt 1. open.substack.com/pub/digressi... with a shout out to @mattzwolinski.bsky.social @vladtarko.bsky.social, @drnickcowen.bsky.social

@drnickcowen.bsky.social That's impressive and other cities can have takeaways! yle.fi/a/74-20174831

New article by me! Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it. I explore some of the reasons behind the decline. ourworldindata.org/cardiovascul...

I had a great time speaking to Mike Pesca on The Gist about what drink driving can tell us about crime prevention: youtu.be/5zXDI4q_KDA

My work with @drnickcowen.bsky.social is salient. @bad80smusic.bsky.social & @nyayacarya.bsky.social too:)