Such a stupid headline, not even two weeks after this banger, btw (which likewise engages with Helen Andrews' "ideas")

Such a stupid headline, not even two weeks after this banger, btw (which likewise engages with Helen Andrews' "ideas")

From the series, "women, always too much and never enough". 🤷🏻‍♀️

The German 'Die Zeit' is just as horrendous as the NYT and others when it comes to clickbait-y coverage of the far right.

Ein Gespenst geht um in westlichen Demokratien, aber glaubt mir, es ist nicht der Sozialismus.

# of seats held by far-right parties in the Dutch Parliament after the 2023 elections: 41 # of seats held by far-right parties in the Dutch Parliament after the 2025 elections: 42 The media: "The centre returns! 🥹😍" Ok then. 😂

I love that I have to take a mandatory cybersecurity "training" twice a year as a state employee, while members of this administration discuss war plans in random group chats.

Here I am, wondering if it's a coincidence that the second sentence has 14 words. Because you know, you never know.

If you already insist on having lunch with and giving a politically irrelevant ex-chancellor of a small EU country a platform, then at least do everyone a favour and consult political scientists to comment on and fact-check some of his outlandish poli-sci claims.

I had a dream that I was in Vienna, and that I made plans to grab a coffee and walk around town, and I was happy. ❤️‍🩹

There's no point in trying to justify or explain away what Merz's comment about the German cityscape really meant or whom he was referring to. It resonated with the extreme right, who now prominently use the term in their discourse and propaganda. That tells you all you need to know.

Man darf an dieser Stelle Rebecca Solnit zitieren: "Gewalt hat keine Rasse und keine Klasse, keine Religion und keine Nationalität, aber sie hat ein Geschlecht."

Warum Begriffe, die so eindeutig von rechtsaußen Akteuren besetzt sind, in einer "bürgerlich-liberalen Qualitätszeitung" einfach so verwendet werden, muss man nicht verstehen. So viel sei dazu gesagt: Man reproduziert den Diskurs von Rechtsaußen.

This data on Gen Z's gender divide is fascinating. Gen Z men and women largely agree on what it takes to get ahead in a job and share the top 3 markers of personal success. But then differences emerge: being married and having children rank 7th & 8th for Gen Z men and 9th & 10th for Gen Z women. 1/

This does have international ramifications too, as far-right parties abroad can claim that the term is not “extremist” because the U.S. government also uses it.

Just the Department of Homeland Security, using a term hijacked and popularised by the extreme-right Identitarian Movement.

I'd be curious to learn what kind of "training exercises" these 19 people conducted with 50 semi-automatic weapons on a farm in Upper Austria, and why 15 of them fled into the house when the police arrived, but well, surely nothing weird going on there?

For anyone wondering, it’s pronounced "Laaasslooo Kråssnåhorkå-i"

Students applauded me today for finishing grading their exams. This must be how pilots feel when passengers applaud them for landing a plane.

Qual, quant, mixed methods

A somewhat fascinating read that shows how the politics of strategic alliances has become about pleasing and feeding one man's ego.

A somewhat fascinating read that shows how the politics of strategic alliances has become about pleasing and feeding one man's ego.

Wie traurig. Ein schöner Text über Anton Pelinkas Lebenswerk von Hans Rauscher. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Kaum ein seriöser Politikwissenschaftler würde heute noch behaupten, dass die Übernahme rechter Positionen nicht zu deren Normalisierung beiträgt. Ausreichend Forschung gibt es bereits dazu. Man muss sie nur lesen (und dann meinetwegen auf dieser Grundlage gegenargumentieren).

Im Februar hat @tabouchadi.bsky.social die Forschungsergebnisse dazu mal gut zusammengefasst. Auch @valentimvicente.bsky.social und @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social haben tolle Beiträge geliefert. verfassungsblog.de/aus-dem-abse...

I always knew being governed by these men would be terrible, but I didn’t expect it to be this pathetic.

To summarise Hegseth's speech in one sentence: We're bringing masculinity back, "War Department" instead of the "Woke Department". That's really all.

This @voxeurop.bsky.social event starts in 30 minutes! 🚨

I don't know what social democratic parties stand for in the 21st century, and I think neither do they.

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Rechtsaußenparteien sind nicht Parteien 'des kleinen Mannes' und ihre Politik ist nicht im Sinne der Arbeiterschaft, wie unsere ETUI-Studie vor einem Jahr gezeigt hat: www.etui.org/publications...

Was Strache 2007 gefordert hat, wurde dann unter ihm als Vizekanzler 2018 für Mädchen in Volksschulen umgesetzt, 2020 vom Verfassungsgericht wieder aufgehoben und dann 2025 wieder von der Dreierkoalition (ohne FPÖ) für Mädchen unter 14 in Schulen eingeführt. Ich lasse es so stehen.

Exxpress, der österreichische Ableger des deutschen rechtsaußen Onlinemediums „Nius“, wird vom österreichischen Staat mit der Qualitätsmedien-Förderung mitfinanziert. www.standpunkt.press/exxpress-und...

Public opinion is outcome of complex interaction between fact, perception, and ideology — which are shaped, to large part, by (social) media and politics. The gap between fact and perception is growing because neoliberal media emphasize extreme outliers and dominant ideology emphasizes mistrust.

Ich glaube, wenn Konservative ihre eigenen Positionen nicht mehr von extremistischen unterscheiden können, dann haben wir ein Problem.

Anti-immigration demonstration in the Netherlands escalates. This is exactly what happens when far-right ideas are tolerated and normalised over an extended period of time. The far right gains confidence and grows, both at the ballot box and in the streets. nos.nl/artikel/2583...

Yesterday, I was wondering how long it would take the Austrian far-right FPÖ to jump on the bandwagon and call for "Antifa" to be designated a terrorist organisation. This morning, I got my answer. FPÖ in a press release talking about "systemic violence by left-wing extremists in Austria".

Who is Antifa, and where can I find her?

The NYT wielding its full toolbox of euphemisms to sugarcoat the administration's attack on democracy and free speech.

It's been a while, but I've finally written something again. I think the title and lede speak for themselves, but I explain a bit more why I think that is in the piece. www.socialeurope.eu/the-far-righ...

Excellent by @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social on how social democrats must not accommodate the far right: www.socialeurope.eu/the-far-righ.... Progressives need to defend universal norms and use the Council of Europe work on #intercultural integration, based upon them (edoc.coe.int/en/living-to...).

“The combination of ‘responsible’ economics (austerity) and ‘responsive’ identity politics (anti-immigrant, anti-muslim) represents a catastrophic miscalculation.”

It's been a while, but I've finally written something again. I think the title and lede speak for themselves, but I explain a bit more why I think that is in the piece. www.socialeurope.eu/the-far-righ...

This is absurd. A black mourning flag was raised in honour of Charlie Kirk outside the municipal office of a small Austrian town. Arranged by a mayor from the People’s Party (yes, really).

The beauty of academia, where desk rejects reach your e-mail inbox even on a Sunday afternoon. 💌

With kind regards to NYT et al.

Meanwhile in Austria, the government agreed on a headscarf ban for girls under 14 in schools, and the interior minister (People’s Party) hosted representatives of the Taliban regime (on 9/11, of all days) to help identify individuals for their deportation back to Afghanistan.

My brain when I first heard him say, "And I'll see you in Valhalla"

Today’s a good day to turn off the news and take your morning coffee out for a walk