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Katja Kleinberg

@katjakleinberg.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of Political Science. Hallenser. If my engine works perfect on empty I guess I'll drive

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This Day in Labor History: September 30, 1919. A shootout occurred between armed guards protecting a union meeting of sharecroppers in Elaine, Arkansas and whites seeking to intimidate them. The next day, the governor ordered the military to crack down. Let's talk about the Elaine Massacre!
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
SORRY THESE ARE LATE I WAS BUSY IGNORING REALITY IN THE HOPE OF EXPERIENCING A BRIEF MOMENT OF HAPPINESS
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FINALLY www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC. The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting. Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3 📷 me
A close-up photograph of a grayish-brow stone sculpture of an elk head, shown diagonally against a black background. The elongated muzzle points toward the lower right, with rounded antler-like forms rising at the top.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this week has gone on long enough tbh
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14/09/2026
A federal judge just enjoined one of the US Administration’s sharpest attacks on international students. The ruling references research by me & my stellar co-authors six times. Facts matter. Facts are necessary for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. Research delivers them.
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Memorandum & Order – #50 in Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration v. United States Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-13799) – CourtListener.com
District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. Plaintiffs' motion for APA § 705 relief, a preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, summary judgm...
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Let you in on a secret. There's a connection here." Herblock in 1951.
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Boyo Have You A Valediction Boyo
Alt: Captain Smith (James Cromwell), leaning over Detective Sergeant "Hollywood Jack" Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), saying "Have you a valediction, boyo?"
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I’m happy to say that my essay in Current History is now out AND NOT PAYWALLED. Look for some other great essays in this and recent issues! Thanks to @rebeccabestir.bsky.social for organizing this special issue. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
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On the Deployment of Federal Troops in American Cities
Unprecedented federalization of National Guard units and domestic troop deployments into major American cities bypass traditional statutory frameworks like the Insurrection Act, sparking critical lega...
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
250 million birds flew across America last night, tracked by radar. Migration season is upon us, and it’s wilder than you could imagine. Birdcast’s live migration maps and forecasts (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology) are brilliant, and you can find them here. birdcast.org/migration-to...
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Where's that 'Death At The Claw Machine' meme when you need it?
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 24/08/2026
How New Visa Limits Are Already Affecting Colleges Fifteen institutions submitted testimony explaining how the rule, which allows international students to stay in the U.S. for only four years without an extension, is already impacting their campuses. bit.ly/3SMWu0p #EDUSky #AcademicSky
An illustration of a hammer smashing a visa.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 14/08/2026
"It’s comforting, after all, to see fascism more as ugly rhetoric than actionable ideas. To imagine they will stop short of the most extreme implications of their worldview. If this were true, it would at least preclude the worst outcomes. "But there is very, very little reason to think that it is"
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Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🔥🔥🔥 noahdasanaike.github.io/sage.html
The Small-Area Global Elections (SAGE)
Dataset
Noah Dasanaike*
June 30, 2026
Conditionally Accepted at Nature Scientific Data
Abstract
Cross-national research on electoral behavior has been bounded by the granularity of comparative election data. Existing archives aggregate to constituency or country level, omit spatial information, or restrict coverage to a small set of well-documented democracies. The Small-Area Global Elections (SAGE) dataset collects lower-house parliamentary and presidential returns for 110 countries and territories at the smallest unit each electoral authority publishes, geocodes the units, and harmonizes party and candidate identifiers across languages. For most countries the unit is a polling station with fewer than a thousand voters; the full dataset carries roughly ten billion votes cast across more than eight million units. The dataset is openly available in tabular and spatial formats, with companion R and Python packages providing direct access. SAGE supports spatial analyses of electoral behavior across democracies and hybrid regimes at a granularity not previously available for cross-national comparison.Map
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Verified Account Tracker @verified.evil.gay · 08/08/2026
✅ @stlouisfed.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is why people don’t report domestic abuse. The cops love to say “This is a family fight” and “there are 2 sides to every story” until the abused party winds up dead.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just gonna go ahead and share this again, 'cause it keeps being annoying relevant.
A poem and a drawing. The poem starts at the top left of the page, is titled "Humanities" and is made up of a set of 6 haikus. The first and last ones are on the left side of the page, but haikus 2-5 are increasingly indented, The text of the poem reads:

Who needs history?
Literature? Languages? 
Art? Philosophy?

These can only help
    you to better understand
        our humanity.

Best to let machines
    read your books. And write your books.
        Do your art for you.

You will never need
    to think. Never need to learn.
       You’ll learn to like it.

And when the end comes
    you’ll have never burdened your
        soul with any growth.

Someone selling this
sees profit in destroying
your humanity.

-- John Wyatt Greenlee

The drawing is at the top right. It's a black and white ink pen drawing made of abstract shapes and lines. It might look like a tree made of bird heads.
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hell yes. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
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UEFA nations agree to boycott World Cups over FIFA’s private investment plans (Gift Article)
On Tuesday, FIFA confirmed its plans to sell a significant minority stake in a new entity that it is setting up to run its main events.
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I think Americans consistently assume that because they know nothing about other countries other countries know nothing about them, and nothing could be further from the truth
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/07/2026
Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
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Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Morning visitors at the feeder.
A female pileated woodpecker at a cone feeder. Red bellied woodpecker on separate feeder in the background.
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
corsirosenthalfoundation.org/instructions/
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How to build your own Corsi-Rosenthal Box - Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation
Dedicated to providing cleaner safer air for all.
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Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wir suchen Verstärkung für die Greifswalder Politikwissenschaft! Die Stelle (E13, unbefristet) umfasst u.a. Lehraufgaben in der Politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte. Bei Fragen gerne bei mir melden. t1p.de/3kgfv
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Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Politikwissenschaft 26/ES17
Stellenausschreibung - Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New voices join Good Authority in 2026! We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows. Read their bios below and say hey in the comments! goodauthority.org/news/new-voi...
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New voices join Good Authority in 2026
We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows.
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TIL🧵
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Defector @defector.com · 19/06/2026
FIFA's hydration breaks change the game for the worse.
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FIFA's Hydration Breaks Break The Essence Of The Game | Defector
Soccer is all about momentum. The distinguishing aspect of its competitive structure is that it’s unsegmented, with a simple, 15-minute halftime bisecting two 45-minute blocks. The neophyte might see…
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New York State Political Science Association @nyspsa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Even more time to submit a proposal! The New York State Political Science Association has extended its proposal submission deadline to July 15, 2026! Call for Papers: tinyurl.com/CallforNYSPSAPapers Submissions: tinyurl.com/NYSPSASubmissions #politicalscience #polisci
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Doug Webber @dougwebberecon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The most ambitious crossover event in history: SHED data in FRED! news.research.stlouisfed.org/2026/06/fred...
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FRED Adds Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) Data | St. Louis Fed Economic Research
FRED has added 85 data series from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) reported by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The survey measures the economic well-b...
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
friends, the takes are bad out there today, be careful
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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
What the actual f$&k. Trump is dismantling the OOI. A shining achievement of oceanography. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
For #RomanRoadsFriday a section of the 'Via delle Gallie' in Donnas, Val d’Aosta, Italy. The wheel ruts are still visible. The arch was carved into the rock. The road that was built under Augustus. It began at Mediolanum, present-day Milan, and passed through...🧵1/2 📷 🏺#archaeology
The arch of the Via delle Gallie in Donnas, Italy, carved into the rock face, with deep wheel ruts still visible on the  roman road leading through the arch, framed by a mountainous landscape beyond.
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Katja Kleinberg @katjakleinberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Okay, why not... Iron Maiden Dr. John Radiohead Alice Cooper Pulp Lyle Lovett Black Sabbath Nine Inch Nails Tom Petty The National
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/05/2026
Q: Does my thesis adviser pick the snake? A: No. Your adviser just tells the guy who picks the snakes how good your thesis was.
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FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense
March 13 2022 4/24/23 5/8/24 5/13/26 CALENDAR 2027
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Happy birthday to John Brown, who knew exactly how to handle the south’s “Peculiar Institution”
John Brown, no beard, arms crossed, looking intense as hell like usual
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A student who sets out to write a research paper will now encounter chatbots who will offer to do their work in their word document, in their learning management system, in their email, in their web browser, and in certain library database interfaces.
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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Government affairs professionals: @piie.com is hiring a director! Please spread far and wide. We're a lean machine, been drinking gasoline ... maybe you can make our hill advocacy motor run? www.piie.com/about/employ...
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Director of Government Affairs
Position: Director of Government AffairsSupervisor: Vice President for Communications Updated: April 15, 2026 Status: Full-time ExemptLocation: Washington, DC (Hybrid) Salary: $115,000 – $140,000 Abou...
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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This went out to Notre Dame students: "You're paying $90k a year to be here. The goal is the degree, the network, and actually enjoying college -- not memorizing orgo at 3am..." www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2026...
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Notre Dame students receive promotional email about AI start-up company
Freshman Caden Chuang sent a mass email to the campus community promoting an AI company, Kerra, on Monday evening.
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Lovely footage of the first bear born in Aragon in more than 50 years, shortly after emerging from hibernation. Part of the slow recovery of brown bears in the Pyrenees. Via Aragón TV.
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