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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16h

🚨JOBS: Information influence campaigns are at the center of hybrid conflicts. As part of a new initiative on Hybrid War and Democracy that I lead at @d-ias.bsky.social, there are openings at post-doc and assistant professor (tenure track) levels. 🗓️: DL Nov 23 Share 🫶 🧵 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

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Vacant positions at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark

Do you merge research excellence with immense curiosity and a sense of playfulness? We are currently hiring tenured DIAS Professors and tenure track DIAS Fellows across multiple disciplines - apply t...

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 15h

🌍 As Europe rethinks its position in a changing world, China has become increasingly important and contested. 🌐 Esther D’haeninck of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social explores how European political parties navigate these differences, and how partisan cooperation contributes to the debate. ⤵️ buff.ly/qUXDvgy

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Preparing for the European Council: political families and China

As Europe rethinks its position in a changing world, China has become increasingly important and contested. European actors broadly agree on the need to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy and glob...

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

i really am not convinced the Telegraph isn’t a massive satirical art piece

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You can inform people (correctly) that refugee pop'n is more female than they think, and they'll accept that, but they don't change their views about refugees impact on crime or the economy

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is Putinesque (but with more racism)! 🚨🚨🚨

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

⛑️ Refugees are not born of persecution; they are made by states. 🛡️ And a person only becomes a refugee once a state decides they qualify for protection. ⚖️ Asylum is thus not simply a humanitarian matter; it is also a question of how states work, says @piervanwoll.bsky.social ⤵️ buff.ly/QTUsojW

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How governments shape asylum outcomes

Refugees are not born of persecution; they are made by states. People may flee war, violence or persecution, but they only become refugees once a state decides they qualify for protection. Asylum is t...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 11/10/2026

I'm so sorry.

Elon Musk spliced into the Brita Perry "I can excuse racism meme".

Above is a tweet from Elon Musk that reads, "Zelensky has gone too far."

The caption on the image itself reads, "I can excuse Putin mudering civilians but I draw the line at Ukraine bombing a Yandex data center."

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Of course the donor is a lawyer with tax and disciplinary issues who is also a talkshow host who is also a franchise owner

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Irregular Galaxy Doods @igdoods.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

gimme some of your controversial opinions 🐦

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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 21/09/2026

For Americans saying, “What do you expect us to do?”. This. This is what the world expects from you. Except A LOT MORE of you. Looking at the video it’s obvious to see that it’s mostly people from immigrant backgrounds protesting. Immigrants doing all the hard work again.

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vrtnws @vrtnws.be · 31/08/2026

Moeder van journalist Bart Eeckhout stierf aan gevolgen van hittegolf: "Ik ben boos over het politieke stilzwijgen" vrtnws.be/p.Ray8QBBBM?t=178... @vrtnws.be

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Moeder van journalist Bart Eeckhout stierf aan gevolgen van hittegolf: "Ik ben boos over het politieke stilzwijgen"

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That first line is worth consideration

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

skeptical of our AI future?

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Pensioenspook @pensioenspook666.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Het is altijd grappig hoe dezelfde mensen die hysterisch reageren op een jointje en pleiten voor een hardere aanpak drugsproblematiek (die niet werkt) aan goedkope profilering doen inzake consumptie van alcohol. Enfin. Rode draad is demagogie en populisme. Niet de wetenschap of de feiten.

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Wim Van Lancker @wimvanlancker.be · 17/08/2026

Dit. 👇 De aanwerving van Jason Arday was geen teken dat DEI universiteiten verblindt in hun aanwervingspolitiek, hij was een symbool om het gebrék aan diversiteit te maskeren.

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026

An explanation of the latest row on Bluesky...

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Curious why so much of #Europe is on fire 🔥 right now? NASA GRACE Soil moisture is in the bottom 1% across the vast majority of the Continent. This is what happens when the climate warms at 2X the Global rate, with 5 #heatwaves so far this summer.

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Andy Kerkhofs @andykerkhofs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Like clockwork:

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 17/08/2026

If you don’t have an FT sub the summary is: because MAGA is race-obsessed, they are trying to impose their white nationalist vision on our continent, and they are supporting quislings in our own politics to help make that happen.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A part of the "hidden curriculum" of academia that was entirely unknown to me until fairly late in my career is the thing where people cold-email each other about meeting up at conferences. So here's general advice to junior scholars, and an offer: (1/n)

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Russia has found a source of near-slave labor and “cannon fodder” in North Korea. For Pyongyang, this is a way to earn foreign currency, gain access to Russian resources and technology, while maintaining complete control over its citizens abroad⤵️

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Calling North Korea "unthreatening and respectful" when they send missiles, shells, and troops to kill Ukrainians is a special kind of lunacy.

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For seventy years, the European project has rested on a radical idea: member states would settle disputes through common rules, not retaliation. In less than 2 weeks, that principle has been breached twice. Read my latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/after-ceut...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Society taken over by grown adults still bitter about college. I didn't get into my first choice! I was assigned a reading I didn't like! Something I said got criticism and dirty looks instead of praise! I'm still annoyed about that argument we had! That is now the basis of institutional policies.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Being on X fucks up your worldview in a way that even smart people who understand what Musk is trying to do refuse to admit. You can't sit in the sewer all day and still be disgusted by shit. Worse yet, it encourages people to feel righteous when shame might be a more appropriate emotion.

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

En "maar het kan helpen want hier zijn er lange wachtlijsten": Als een for-profit chatbot uit de VS het enige (brakke!) alternatief is voor je psychische gezondheidszorg, dan is dat een gigantische alarmbel over hoe je JE MEER IN JE GEZONDHEIDSZORG MOET INVESTEREN

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In godsnaam, lees die gesprekken die ChatGPT voerde met Adam Raine en kom dan opnieuw vertellen hoe je een LLM als therapeut kan gebruiken. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raine_v...

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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.

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Nadia Ezzeroili 🇳🇱 @nadiaezzeroili.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

‘We hebben hier sowieso teveel mensen die hier niets te zoeken hebben.’ VVD maakt een voorzichtig beginnetje met het omarmen van remigratie. Want ze bedoelt natuurlijk gewoon: Marokkaanse Nederlanders.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good grief, this hits home.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It was a complete farce. Nobody on the European side took control of the messaging, so every rightwing troll/government official seized the opportunity to hurl abuse at a fellow member state government that was facing a crisis. A terrible day for European foreign policy and for the Union as a whole.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

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Pensioenspook @pensioenspook666.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Spanje is net één van de weinige landen die zich niet liet chanteren. Het zijn net de andere landen die Spanje aanvielen die de deur openzetten voor chantage. Waarom val je Spanje aan en niet Marokko? Omdat de Marokkanen uw ballen vast hebben.

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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"People crave storytelling, but they live in a world that clouds their ability to enjoy those stories. People are empathetic, but they are persuaded to believe that societal trust is dying." Jaskaran (The Social Juice)

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

[OUT] 'Volt Europa: A Transnational Model of Representation in the EU Multilevel Party Field?', new paper by @alvarooleart.bsky.social, researcher at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with @gillespittoors.bsky.social, in Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

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Volt Europa: A Transnational Model of Representation in the EU Multilevel Party Field? | Article | Politics and Governance

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 27/07/2026

Every country is feeling some effect of climate change but Spain is a very notable case. This year's fires, the terrible Valencia flood of 2024, huge climate impacts in recent years on key crops such as olives, etc.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Actually, things were at their best during the last year of my life when I had no responsibilities. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/poof PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

5-panel SMBC comic update. A man is stating intensely "things are bad. Probably there was some time when they were good. Yesss, yesssss, the past was so much better because—" A little green haired fairy poofs into existence next to him, and says she is the history fairy. She happily says "I’m here to tell you the past was EVEN WORSE!" The man disagrees, explaining "but work was better and people had freedom and–" The fairy hugs his face, shushing him "shh. Shh honey. Things were never good."

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Harry Potter fan who fell into a coma shortly after reading The Deathly Hallows wakes up in 2026

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy excitedly sits down at their laptop, saying: Boy o’ boy, I wonder what my favourite Author’s up to!

Panel 2: Close up of a J K Rowling tweet where she says “The gay rights movement is currently host to a cannibalising ideology that blames and shames homosexuals for not sleeping with members of the opposite sex. Amnesty International is on the side of the persecutors.”

Panels 3 to 5: Purple Guy slowly closes their laptop, wondering how the billionaire author they loved has become so obsessed with the lives of people who have absolutely no effect on her existence.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Axel Springer is a German media giant — with Bild & Welt — which has become a major international player — with Politico & Business Insider. Its leadership is a prime example of radicalization of the mainstream right and of the enabling of the far right. Their newest award winner: Peter Thiel.

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Peter Thiel erhält den Axel Springer Award 2026

Auszeichnung für einen Unternehmer, Investor und Vordenker, der die digitale Transformation maßgeblich geprägt hat

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