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Linus Westheuser

@lwestheuser.bsky.social

Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Political and Social ScienceใƒปClass, morality, cleavage politicsใƒป๐Ÿ”— linuswestheuser.com

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Well that is just bait to make a chart for @neilwarner.bsky.social

observablehq.com/@yusuf-imaad...

04.03.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

feels like what happens if the manosphere seized control of the Pentagon

04.03.2026 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ich fรคnd gut, wenn Wolfram Weimer einmal im Monat durch die ARD- und ZDF-Mediatheken scrollt und alles lรถscht, was ihm nicht gefรคllt ๐Ÿ—ฝ Bitte Admin-Zugang bereitstellen

04.03.2026 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 525    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Deutscher Buchhandlungspreis: Weimer schlieรŸt Buchhandlungen nach Prรผfung durch Verfassungsschutz aus Der Kulturstaatsminister kann Kรผnstler, die sich um eine Fรถrderung bewerben, vom Verfassungsschutz รผberprรผfen lassen. Ein Erlass des Innenministeriums macht es mรถglich.

unfriendly reminder: Das Bundesamt fรผr Verfassungsschutz wurde jahrelang von einem Aktivisten der extremen Rechte gefรผhrt. Nun nutzen Wolfgang Weimer und anderen Kulturkรคmpfer:innen den "Verfassungsschutz", um Buchhandlungen zu diskreditieren und anzugreifen. 1/2
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/wolfr...

04.03.2026 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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AfD-Filz in action: Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Thomas Korell erkennt nicht mal seine eigenen Angestellten.

(Quelle: ZDF frontal)

04.03.2026 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 859    ๐Ÿ” 334    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

If after reading @gelliottmorris.com's excellent piece on how most voters are non-ideologues you want to know how these non-ideologues still reason about politics in a halfway predictable way - we have a paper on that:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

03.03.2026 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Diese Plattform ist chronisch untergrindet

20.02.2026 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From our November Issue: What Is the Wrong of Capitalism? by Chiara Cordelli. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

03.03.2026 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My favorite paper of 2019 has just been conditionally accepted at AER (lmao)

The Voting Rights Act rapidly increased Black wages in the South via public employment & redistribution

static1.squarespace.com/static/59dc0...

03.03.2026 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 307    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New from Picketty's lab: The world can raise incomes toward global equity & stabilize the climate under "under very strict conditions"

โ€”reduction of work hours
โ€”consumption shift toward immaterial sectors
โ€”major change in food habits
โ€”a fast energy transition requiring massive low-carbon investment

03.03.2026 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

"Switzerland highly resilient to populism and polarization"

*cries bitterly in Swiss*

03.03.2026 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

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Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights.
That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

03.03.2026 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1027    ๐Ÿ” 293    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 140
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The Green Gender Gap: Environmental attitudes and pro-environmental vote choice across Europe Does gender matter for how we engage with green political ideas? Using more than twenty years of data across 36 European countries, this paper identifโ€ฆ

Still controlling for gender without thinking about why? You can cite me๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ’š

I show that the gender gap in progressive climate and environmental views is a persistent empirical regularity that cannot be explained by differences in socioeconomic background, political ideology, or risk aversion.

03.03.2026 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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YouGov has the Greens in second place for the first time

03.03.2026 06:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 374    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

Stop arguing, start describing

02.03.2026 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Earlier today I read the phrase (about Proust in fact) โ€˜It came to an end but it wasnโ€™t finished.โ€™

02.03.2026 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Markwayne Mullin: "It's up to the Iraqi people -- I'm sorry, the Iranian people -- to choose their next leader"

02.03.2026 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1953    ๐Ÿ” 411    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 363    ๐Ÿ“Œ 189
Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".

Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Reference groups and electoral behavior - https://cup.org/46neAJZ

- Rune Stubager, Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & Michael Lewis-Beck

#FirstView

02.03.2026 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

15.02.2026 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4179    ๐Ÿ” 1851    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 129    ๐Ÿ“Œ 320
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The Biden Admin directed hundreds of billions to clean energy/manufacturing.

Did these investments shift public opinion?

We find that these projects are visible but not traceable: People notice nearby investments, but connect them to Governors, not Biden.

Thread ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

26.02.2026 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

satisfy the needs of every living creature:

02.03.2026 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez has barred the U.S. from using Spanish military bases for attacks on Iran.

02.03.2026 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4566    ๐Ÿ” 872    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136
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Listen up liberal,

02.03.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 796    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future

1/2 - 30 March| 6:30pm|LSE
50 years after labour movements launched radical plans to democratise the economy & gain control of big business: whatโ€™s their legacy & the prospects for economic democracy today? On the anniversary of the โ€œMeidner Planโ€ join us to discuss๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ
www.lse.ac.uk/events/democ...

14.02.2026 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Berlinโ€™s TV Tower during construction in 1968.

02.03.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CfA: Call for Applications fรผr bis zu zwei Post-Doc Fellowships 2026/27. Die Fellows werden insbesondere Teil des #NormativeOrdersResearchNetwork sein. Allgemeines Thema ist "The Future of Democracy". Bewerbungsschluss ist am 15. Mรคrz 2026. ๐Ÿ‘‡

English version below.

02.03.2026 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

02.03.2026 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the first page of the PDF showing the title, author names and abstract of the paper. Title: Between โ€œCancel Cultureโ€ and Campus Culture: Debate and Dissent in the Discursive Space of the University.

Screenshot from the first page of the PDF showing the title, author names and abstract of the paper. Title: Between โ€œCancel Cultureโ€ and Campus Culture: Debate and Dissent in the Discursive Space of the University.

Based on a representative survey of academics at German universities, Christiane Thompson and I find little support for "canceling" controversial views on campus. Instead, universities are widely expected to facilitate debate on controversial issues. Our two main findings:
doi.org/10.1007/s110...

02.03.2026 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0