🍂 17.4 🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away. A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳

1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...

Woke up to an article acceptance, a toddler who now **really gets** this whole potty training thing, and stunningly beautiful weather. Holding onto the bright spots.

President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly revoked the visas of three international students at Syracuse University without explaining why the students were targeted, SU officials told syracuse.com.

I used to teach in the town right next to Nampa and let me tell you--this is really something

So I read that group chat and...shouldn't the main story be that these clowns COLLAPSED AN ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS to kill one guy after explicitly stating that there isn't really any rush to get him?

Shut down the government. Do it, do it now, do it right in the middle of 5th avenue, do it and let the English see you do it. Tell them it was you who voted against GOP madness. The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov

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I guess I was naive but I really thought it would take more than 3 weeks to hit full-blown constitutional crisis.

Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”

The weird cognitive dissonance of having a snow day here in central NY, with over 3 ft of snow drift in our backyard, while historic fires rage 20 miles north of my parents' house, demolishing landmarks of my childhood.

My review of Goran Hyden's newest book is out in Political Science Quarterly--this book is a really interesting retrospective of 60 years of comparative politics research, and what the field misses when it ignores Africa. Gift link here: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...

I wrote the year correctly on the letter of rec I submitted today. Please clap.

Making a real effort this year to ward off seasonal depression (light therapy, vit D supplementation) and this book tells me I should have special wintertime rituals/activities. What are your favorite winter things (that aren't skiing)? Bonus if they are little kid friendly.

After two years of repeated rejections and re-writes, a piece that is very important to me just got an R&R! Trying to take my own (and @mirya.bsky.social's) advice and celebrate academic wins. Okay, back to grading...

🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4. More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆

Thrilled to share that my new article, “Voting out autocrats: evidence from Zambia” is out with Democratization. A short 🧵 1/6 www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....

oh no

Happy Release Day (Taylor's Version), to all who celebrate

 Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking  Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous Speaker of yore  Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

Love an article that says "this phenomenon is universal" and proceeds to cite studies exclusively from the US and Western Europe 🙃

Literally every time I start a new paper

Getting one conditional accept and one desk reject back-to-back for two articles from the same project is a real emotional ride. Reminding myself and everyone else to celebrate the wins when they come, and also rejection is normal and fine and worth celebrating too (thx @mirya.bsky.social for that)

Even better, my citation manager was so appalled by making this change that it opted to simply delete 90% of my citations rather than changing their format. Cool cool cool

This is a niche complaint but if a journal is going to include references in the word count, why oh why would they also require you to use Chicago w/ endnotes?

We are hiring! Come work with as a Program Manager, at the Penn Development Research Initiative- DevLab. Your primarily responsible would be managing a portfolio of research projects. Our team is fun, the university benefits are generous, and the city is great. Details at: shorturl.at/flIJY

Hey PoliSky! I am on the academic job market this year. I study (+ teach) education FOR democracy. My work explores how education shapes political participation, public policy, & governance. I teach courses on education, political behavior, public policy, & governance. Website: cameronarnzen.com.

Hi everyone - I may have just created a curated feed for African Politics => Afripolsky Please help me check if it works by asking me to add you, liking the feed and posting cool stuff to it.

Today's the day! @goodauth.bsky.social is here! Good Authority is the successor to The Monkey Cage, a site about politics + political science founded in 2007 + published at The Washington Post from 2013-22. The spirit of TMC will carry on here. Excited to be on the team! goodauthority.org #polisky

Welcome new.....Blue Skiers? Blooskers? Blueskis? Anyway, here's how to connect with the other polisci nerds.

The Maxwell School at Syracuse is hiring a Director of Research Administration. Work with faculty to find research funding, help support the process of applying for grants and administer research support. Reach out with any questions! Application here. www.sujobopps.com/postings/100...

Hey polisky - I'm wading into the world of pre-analysis plans for observational data. Can anyone share practical resources about what should/shouldn't be included?

Oh no, this was a mistake.

I'm still trying to find the folks who study Africa here on Bluesky... please repost and share. 🚨Podcasting Fellowship🚨 The Ufahamu Africa podcast is calling for applications to be a non-resident fellow. https://www.ufahamuafrica.com/call-for-applications-podcast-fellows/

One week until classes start so obviously this is when the writing inspo hits. Who's with me? Anyone else decide to be in denial about class prep and resurrect a 2.5yo working paper instead?