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Journal tells author it’s retracting three papers for concept that ‘violates’ law of thermodynamics A physics journal has informed an embattled rocket scientist that it will retract three of his papers, citing concerns raised by the retraction of another of his papers last year.  All three a…

backsliding, backsliding everywhere

The US may be reversing course on child labour Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors

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The US may be reversing course on child labour - on.ft.com/43MGQFu via @FT

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Evergreen

How Americans really feel about deporting immigrants – 3 charts explain the conflicting headlines from recent polls Conflicting polls can make it seem like Americans back Trump’s deportation plan. A psychologist and survey researcher explains how to make sense of the numbers.

Some 2024 polls showed majority support for mass deportation, others found it below 40%. A psychologist specializing in survey research says the key to this contradiction is the way the question is asked.

By Leo Gugerty, Clemson University #polisky

YouTube video by Friend Dog Studios GOP Jesus

First laughed, then thought someone is already thinking of this as the next judeo-christian roots for some MEGA project

youtu.be/SZ2L-R8NgrA?...

The Uncomfortable The Uncomfortable is a collection of deliberately inconvenient everyday objects by Athens-based architect Katerina Kamprani.

Pure art!
www.theuncomfortable.com

Project 2025

I spent the last few months channeling all my election anxiety into a giant sprawling spreadsheet tracking all 109 (i think) Project 2025 orgs, their top funders, staff, networks they belong to, + tax status and whether they appear to be violating it. Go wild: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Connecting the past and present: Political scientist brings expertise to Wikipedia during election year - Midwest Political Science Association by Colleen McCoy, Communications and Outreach Coordinator at Wiki Education This blog has been reprinted with permission from Wiki Education. […]

Political scientist @drsusanliebell.bsky.social is using her expertise to improve Wikipedia articles on law, politics, & history—like the Comstock Act of 1873 and women’s suffrage. She urges scholars to join the fight against misinformation this election year. Read the blog here:
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I'm looking for the actual text of the 2019 Pact of Free Cities declaration co-signed by the mayors of Budapest, Warsaw, Prague and Bratislava. (The one you can see in the photo 👇)

Any leads? It's proving surprisingly tricky to find.

eusky polisky @martapardavi.bsky.social

(repost = 🙏)

I'm organizing a panel with @adamonte.bsky.social & Nir Kosti for the new International Regulatory Governance Association Conference in Philadelphia this June. Details below. We welcome paper proposals for the panel at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

Or, he may accept BRICS' invitation and...

At a closer look, you might realize the true message is even weirder and says that if you want to prove you're real, you have to wear German sandals

The lit on the tools of government can help to make the point and say how it can be studied (Etzioni, Salamon, Bemelmans-Videc, Vedung, Schneider and Ingram, ...). The streams on citizenship, compliance, and resistance (more in sociology & political economy) help to cast light on the other half