Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoManlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I have created (with AI, of course) this image to summarize an ongoing debate on Substack about AI detectors. I think that there is much more behind it, and I tried to “formalize” it. It looks very, very, similar to the situation we have in academic publishing, just at a larger scale. 011
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoChris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I have signed this petition. If you're a UK resident, I think you should do so too 65336
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDanielle Myles @dmyles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I spoke with @abenewman.bsky.social about how the US started weaponising control of international networks in the wake of 9/11 and how globalisation laid the foundations for economic coercion we see today. Watch the Economic Security Watch's podcast here: www.fdiintelligence.com/video/ed0d7a...fdiintelligence.comEconomic Security Watch podcast | The weaponisation of globalisationPolitical scientist Abraham Newman on the genesis and future of modern-day economic statecraft 093
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoCarbonPlan @carbonplan.org · 29/07/2026We’re hiring a Research Associate to expand our work on climate risk. If you’re passionate about ensuring public access to high-quality climate risk data, and informing just and scientifically-grounded adaptation policy, please apply.apply.workable.comResearch Associate - CarbonPlanCarbonPlan is a nonprofit organization using science and data to accelerate climate action. Our team analyzes the design and implementation of climate programs across the public and private sector, an... 11417
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDiane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...sciencespo.frCall for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027 04751
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatoeuobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/04/2026Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can reveal.euobserver.comHow Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental tollMicrosoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can reveal. 26967
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDaniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 08/04/2026There is a rare permanent job in the UK - assistant prof (lecturer) in political science with a focus on quant methods www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD143/a...jobs.ac.ukAssistant Professor in Political Science at University of NottinghamRecruiting now: Assistant Professor in Political Science on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 02433
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183456900
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJosh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I noticed the UK government's estimate of CO2 from future AI data centres was implausibly low. I asked for the methodology underpinning the analysis, but got nowhere. When I wrote an article about it they just... deleted the analysis. Now, @adamvaughan.bsky.social has covered this for the Times. 512563
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz 696239206222
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoEd Hodgson @edhodgsoned.bsky.social · 15/03/202694% of Britain's MPs are on X - I've made a website so you can explore who they follow on there. 🔍Search for any username and see which MPs follow them. 🏅There's also a leaderboard so you can see who has the ear of Westminster Link here: site.mpfollowers.workers.devsite.mpfollowers.workers.devWho Do MPs Follow?Find out how many UK Members of Parliament follow any Twitter account. 98037
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26/02/2026As we (rightly) focus on the threat of U.S. government funding far-right parties and "think tanks", this excellent @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social report is an important reminder of the crucial role that the Orbán government already plays in developing and financing a far-right infrastructure in Europe. 26931
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/02/2026JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.time.comPope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing IslandPope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year. 468173984315
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Humans, what a waste amirite. 4383
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 14/02/2026Given today's @appgfairelections.bsky.social letter, it's worth noting that - as things stand - PR would work out better for every party except Reform and the SNP. FPTP (Electoral Calculus) vs Perfect PR: ➡️ Ref 355 v 189 🌹 Lab 101 v 130 🐥 LD 59 v 78 ✖️ SNP 45 v 20 🌳 Con 35 v 124 🌍 Grn 18 v 91 153
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 26/01/2026A++++++++ 421953244
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19/01/2026Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has confirmed he received a message from Donald Trump at the weekend saying he was no longer interested “purely” in peace due to not getting the Nobel Peace Prize.politico.euNorway’s PM says Trump sent letter tying Nobel prize snub to Greenland ambitionsAmerican president says his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize has shifted his focus, as he ramps up bid to take over huge Arctic island. 29184127
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This is an excellent piece on the purge of public servants from the federal government. So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe PurgedDonald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation. 10464167
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Jan and Feb tour dates for my film 'Fires and Fascism' announced! I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next. Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk 98041
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMilena Büchs 🌎🌻🐌 @mmbuchs.bsky.social · 08/01/2026PhD position @ Uni Leeds on justice & UK climate policies shorturl.at/WNqiV supervised by myself and Dr @anneowen.bsky.social - pl consider applying / forwarding to potential candidates 🙏 Please note: only UK fees applicants will be eligible. Application deadline: 6 March 2026shorturl.atJustice implications of the UK's net zero carbon policiesProject opportunity - Justice implications of the UK's net zero carbon policies at the University of Leeds 003
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMichele Scotto di Vettimo @michelesdv.bsky.social · 06/01/2026How do central bankers talk when their reputation is at stake? Here's a brief post about a recent study by Christel Koop and myself on the Bank of England: shorturl.at/uGnF7 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @govjournal.bsky.socialshorturl.atCentral bank shifts tone when reputation is threatened, study finds | King's College LondonNew research has found a stark contrast in how policymakers at independent technocratic institutions such as central banks respond to different types of reputational risk. 042
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoSteven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Want to come spend two years in the UK working on a research project? Come to KCL on British Academy International Fellowship. Guidance for our internal selection process available here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun... happy to chat about itkcl.ac.ukFellowships for Early Career Researchers | King's College LondonJoin a vibrant, dynamic community of postdoctoral and early career researchers 058
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoPhilip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 22/12/20252026 Political Networks Conference: 4-7 August 2026 at the University of Manchester. Save the date! More info will be released in early spring. #SNA #polinetworks #polnet #polisky #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #politicalnets #policynetworks #complexsystems #netsci #polmeth #polisci 088
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatoweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026We had a good run 96141603100
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/12/2025This is one of our favorites! 8097982160
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDerek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Christmas and friendly reminder that Jesus was a brown, woke, anti-capitalist refugee from the Middle East who had two dads, became a rabbi, wore flowing dresses, ran around with sex workers, preached radical inclusion, railed against income inequality, and was brutally killed by the police. 7242120
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/12/2025For this piece, I compiled a systematic dataset of California environmental litigation going back to 1973. Wealthy homeowners and businesses account for the vast majority of lawsuits restricting growth.open.substack.comHow Regulation by Litigation Strangled American AbundanceEnvironmentalists aren't blocking housing. Wealthy homeowners are. 517747
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Journal article: “the data are available on request” The data: 530664
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatomolly taft @mollytaft.com · 12/12/2025new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI? i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:wired.comYou’re Thinking About AI and Water All WrongFears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. 17422135
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025An analysis of 700,000+ climate change papers found that the five most climate-vulnerable countries produced 0.04% of them. US, China, Uk, Germany, Australia, meanwhile, account for 52%.science.orgBridging the climate research divide: A global imperative for equitable resilienceNations most vulnerable to climate contribute minimally to climate research, creating stark global disparities. Such imbalances undermine resilience, perpetuate injustice, and threaten effective adapt... 110644
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoChris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Thanks to @johnholbein1.bsky.social I learned about this paper on rent control in Berlin. Because I was marking, I immediately downloaded the replication materials. bsky.app/profile/john... 47217
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatotheresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...stellen.uni-hamburg.deResearch Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG 05171
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 09/12/2025🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨 I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions. Link and more information in second post. Position Start: Fall 2026 Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️ 17668
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatojenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪 301669893
Reposted by Francesca Vantaggiatojanoskertesz.bsky.social @janoskertesz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025We are hiring! The Department of Network and Data Science of Central European University (Vienna) has an open position for an Assistant Professor in network science and computational social science.careers.ceu.eduAssistant Professor (f/m/d)Assistant Professor (f/m/d) 11218
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoShelby Edwards @sedwards.bsky.social · 05/12/2025We humans have such a hard time letting go... and an equally hard time with abstract risk. There is no saving places like this, we will see bigger storms and higher seas, so it is either find a way to transition or suffer abrupt, too often cataclysmic shifts. Great article. 0113
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Geographers in December are like, “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away, this year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone spatial” 7386
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Republicans in rural Georgia are voting for Democrats for the first time in their lives in order to stop expansion of data centers and escalation of their utility bills, leading to landslide upsets www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...nytimes.com‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills 314841
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoProfessor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Yes but no-one could have predicted this at the time www.thetimes.com/business/eco...thetimes.comWe Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving EuropeBreaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it 042
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.eastangliabylines.co.ukNew: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half rightNearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer 531058494
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoAurélia Bardon @aureliabardon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de! Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher 3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026 Please share widely 🙏stellen.uni-konstanz.dePostdoctoral Research PositionDeadline: 15.12.2025 01830
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoImmy Grainger #FBPE 🇪🇺 @immyg97.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The proofreader deserves a medal 725446
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoRobert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🚨 New draft 🚨 We built an LLM-enabled system to measure greenwashing scores in 1 million worldwide Facebook ads. We found vast networks of Facebook pages sharing pro-fossil fuel messages & show that ads are targeted at left-leaning areas with fossil fuel investments. Link: doi.org/10.48550/arX... 24913
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Based on very cool analysis by @benkeys.bsky.social and Philip Mulder @nber.org www.nber.org/papers/w32579nber.orgProperty Insurance and Disaster Risk: New Evidence from Mortgage Escrow DataFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 0116
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMarina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen? My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world! 📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560academic.oup.comThe Making of International StatusAbstract. With great power rivalry on the rise again, many worry that struggles for status among states could lead to war. As a growing consensus indicates 33014
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoMollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 17/11/2025The weird jewellery policy, first in Denmark, is back! I wonder why these kind if strange policies are proposed. Any ideas? One possibility: they distract people from other unpopular policies, or make other unpopular policies seem relatively more reasonable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comAsylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office ministerIdea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK 143
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Modern rightwing populism is the belief that billionaires will fight for you but they/them baristas are out to get you 110719
Reposted by Francesca VantaggiatoJack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 11/11/2025Too good not to share, even if it is from twitter. 071