Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate. n.pr/45EkyF3

I wrote a whole paper about revisions! They are a statistical best practice but can erode public trust in institutions. Governments don't revise their data unless they're forced to - which is why revisions are more prevalent among democracies (see Ireland, Greece) www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...

This was a fun paper to write and we are very grateful for the recognition!

there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine

Hello from Barbados, where I had the privilege of asking Prime Minister Mottley what developing countries must do in the face of the US and other rich countries abandoning their responsibility to act on climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"the crucial question is: What $1tn problem will AI solve?" www.goldmansachs.com/images/migra... (via @edzitron.com)

“We’ve always been told that North American institutions are really strong – but the institutions that showed themselves to be truly strong were the Brazilian ones, which did not allow a coup to take place,” says @freixomarcelo.bsky.social

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

The left map shows the parts of Germany with the highest percentage of Syrian refugees. The right map shows public support for the anti-migrant AfD. Something to keep in mind when reading stories that posit a direct link between refugee numbers and support for the far-right.

Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

The one thing you can say about oil and gas in the US is that it has been "unleashed" for years. In fact, 2023 broke a new record, and 2024 probably broke that record.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS.

Important insights against the “young men have it so bad now that they have to support the far right” narrative

scoop: will oklahoma be the first state to ban renewable energy? its becoming increasingly likely. as investments from the inflation reduction act flow into red states, we're seeing backlash. republicans are disliking renewables *more* than before. cc @heatmap.news heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

Gov. Abbott has spent billions on a border wall. But it's a fragmented mess, more gap than wall. Immigrants don't have to scale it; they can just walk around it. @texastribune.org did the digging that shows this project purely symbolic and utterly wasteful. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...

With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians

[Robbie Williams voice] "And through it all, it has kept paying interest" ... on.ft.com/3OQkmL1

I rewatched the prequels recently and they're surprisingly less terrible than I remembered

I really hate how many time's I've had to say this in the past month, but MAGA seems to want to become 1900s Argentina Going into the 1900s Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world - it has flatlined for over a century now due to terrible monetary & trade policies that Trump likes

Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue Germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #16daysofactivism

Brainstorming what 🇧🇷 did right that 🇺🇸 did not: impeached/convicted candidates can’t run for office. Supreme Court with term limits is less ideological. Multiparty system provides alternatives. Hypervigilance due to a history of coups. No illusions about the strength of our young, messy democracy

A vast deportation campaign will begin in 11 weeks. The new US president will order national guard troops to sweep public and private locations across the homeland, to seize and deport "millions per year". 🧵 A thread on research about the economic impacts to expect www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...

Some misinformation in today's US presidential debate about who bears the cost of tariffs. So let's talk about how tariffs affect what you pay for a suit. 🧵 (1/20)

When oil revenue is high, Latin America has easier access to credit. You'd think states would seize this opportunity to borrow more. In a forthcoming World Development article that is open access until June 26, Stephen Kaplan and I show that they don't authors.elsevier.com/a/1j2gk,6yxD...

Polisky! In a new ISQ piece, Terry Chapman and I look at the effects of IMF surveillance on natural resource governance. We find that developing countries like Guyana are more likely to create natural resource funds when the IMF advises them to do so doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Folks, I'm still on the job market. Looking for data scientist/analyst/researcher roles. Interested in risk, security, and generally figuring out complex problems. Experience mentoring/managing research, policy research, working w/ stakeholders. Portfolio here: www.hansingelangoe.com/portfolio.html

A pediatrician’s two weeks inside a hospital in Gaza www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Call for proposals: Visions in Methodology Conference 2024! VIM is designed to support women who study political methodology! WUSTL will be hosting it on May 24! Send your proposals! Spread the voice! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

How much do Republicans and Democrats disagree about political facts? In the news, we can frequently find reports of large gaps in how partisans perceive the world. Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7

This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in the "Global North". Scholars who are geographically located in the "Global South" will be given priority. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...