1/ New @Nature! We study how powerful institutions shape the information environment for LLMs. Commercial LLM training is opaque, so we trace a path from state-coordinated media -> training data -> model responses.

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Teaching intro comparative politics to room full of undergrads is the highlight of my professional career. Just wrapped the last lecture of the year: Democracy in America. My reflections on this awesome responsibility, in these times. libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...

Walter Benjamin aspired to be “the foremost critic of German literature,” but his real talent was for grasping the richness and complexity of vernacular culture. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bLegNI

Deeply wrong, and we show, unpopular. We find strong SUPPORT for allied migrants. Support cuts across parties and moves both public (US and UK) and local/state elites. Allyship abroad generates strong support for resettlement at home. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

What a weird reality we live in.

Thrilled that this is out at the APSR! 😀 I document how male elites creatively adapt to electoral reform in Indian village councils. Relevant for how we think about: 1) limits of reforms meant to equalize power, 2) (male) elite capture, 3) the "proxy" representative debate. A (late) 🧵

While many critics view rising global chaos strictly in geopolitical terms, political philosopher Lea Ypi argues that it’s really ideological — the result of an increasingly coordinated global right. To compete, the Left must internationalize in equal measure.

The end of Viktor Orbán’s ‘Hungarian model’? New data show why Orbán’s Fidesz party finally fell after 16 years in power. Read the latest from @grigopop.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/the-end...

Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5

Hungary: National parliament election Turnout at 3:00 PM CEST 2010: 46.78% 2014: 45.02% 2018: 53.64% 2022: 52.75% 2026: 66.01% Source: Nemzeti Választási Iroda ➤ europeelects.eu/hungary #Hungary

America, 2026.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Never understood paying anything above $2€ for pasta sauce. A can of tomatoes in a blender and then cook in a pan with some tomato paste and olive oil will make you a sauce superior than this.

From our FirstView article: The Political Transformation of Corporate America, 2001–2022 by REILLY S. STEEL doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Great cover by Libé! The 3 largest cities in France have elected a Socialist or Green mayor. All have a strong mandate for continuing their progressive agendas. Marseille is more dynamic than ever, Paris is leading the world in urbanization, and Lyon is reversing historic inequalities. Very happy

🗳️ Municipales à Pau: le candidat PS Jérôme Marbot annonce avoir battu François Bayrou.

🔎 Glucksmann : beaucoup de bruit pour 0,3% des élus de gauche aux municipales Le patron de Place publique écume plateaux télé pour imposer son récit : aucune alliance avec LFI. Il est bien plus discret sur les (faibles) résultats de son parti. ✒️ Pierre Jequier-Zalc, Basile Roth buff.ly/BaGbSP3

Really surprising exit poll in Lyon, it was assumed that Aulas would have roughly 45% and Doucet in the low 30%. Great evening for the left imho.

Exceptional score by Olivier Grégoire in Paris. I was expecting him to overperform polling that was way too generous with Dati. Almost certain that Paris will have it's third left-leaning mayor in a row. A first for the capital & one of few major cities to be governed by left leaders for 30 years.

Perpignan, the largest city with a far-right mayor, Louis Aliot just won a first round re-election with 51,4%. Up from 35,65% first round score in 2020. It seems voters enjoy their far-right local mayors.

The city’s transition away from the car, though fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model, says Simon Kuper: ft.trib.al/CWZvaG8

My latest for ISPI explores how LAAF-RSF cooperation is transforming logistics & border corridors' governance into geopolitical currency in the competition between Saudi Arabia & the UAE - playing out across the Horn, Sudan, Libya & Chad.

What a depressing event. Outrageous how incompetent this authoritarian regime is.

My coach!!!

Great piece by Anas El Gomati.

Impressive lack of a personality once again from Starmer.

Not surprised that bad political scientists can't win races.

Very surprising polling by Ifop.

ICE unlawfully arrested & detained Rümeysa Öztürk after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian op-ed as a PhD student. Her recent op-ed reveals the trauma she faced. Cases like this led the AAUP to sue the Trump admin in AAUP v. Rubio. We won the lawsuit & protections for non-citizen students & faculty.

Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who mounted two groundbreaking but unsuccessful bids for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died aged 84. ft.trib.al/jlMv97E

From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.

We're 9 years close from this gem, what a time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZY...

Exceptional interview by Libé with Gisèle Pelicot.

I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Wow, America is about to give us a chance to run a reverse Card & Krueger design.

Great piece by the Arab Barometer.

This really changes the political arena in Libya.

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Excellent reporting here on Egypt's growing intervention in Sudan flying Turkish-made drones from a remote base at the Sudanese border. Since last November, Egyptian drone attacks have largely closed down the UAE-RSF supply route via Kufra in Libya.

🎉 This is now out in the latest @apsrjournal.bsky.social issue with page numbers! We find that modernization and expanding state reach through railroad construction in Europe tended to produce backlash and separatism among peripheral ethnic minorities.

Happy that my article just published in PSRM! In "Inclusion to Exclude“, I show that when politicians invoke women's rights to justify anti-immigration positions, it shifts citizens' policy preferences - but differently so depending on their prior views. doi.org/10.1017/psrm... [Thread below]

In 1978, the World Cup helped whitewash the Argentinian dictatorship. In 2026, we refuse to let football distract from mass deportations and state violence in the U.S. No football between camps. #BoycottWorldCup2026

This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country. newrepublic.com/article/2056...

Hâte de commencer mon cours au Collège de France comme Professeure invitée sur la chaire annuelle "L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures"en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture de France. Ouvert à toutes et à tous! ❤️😍

Excellent speech by Macron. Pushed back against the international far-right and ridiculed Trump, making fun of him multiple times.

It’s shocking to me the lack of response from the American population (elite & non-elite) to the craziness of the current administration. Protests against ICE are good, but at the same time Americans seem to be brushing off the imperial craziness of the regime and barely any public opposition.

On the subject of World Cup boycotts, this is a story which ought to be much better known: why African countries decided not to compete for a place at the 1966 tournament. One of Fifa's most shameful moments, which hardly ever gets a mention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...

But Merz and Schoof want to buy €90B of American weapons. Cowards.