I hate to break this news to you all but *every* index is selective. It’s actually what makes for a good index.
Whatever the value of the definition, the Labour government cannot be taken seriously when it come to countering the mainstreaming and emboldening of the far right when Mahmood, Starmer and co unashamedly borrow from its discourse and policies
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She's more well known on TikTok. Does a lot of communication of critical theory concepts for popular audiences.
Huge trans rights ruling from the EU's top court - if someone moves to another EU country and transitions, their home country can't refuse to amend their registration details to match their lived gender identity
I understand the reaction to Goodwin, but why the dislike of Louisa Munch in some of these comments? Her content is usually pretty good.
Excited to present ongoing work with Koen Damhuis, @mlamont.bsky.social and @stephanieternullo.bsky.social at the @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social tonight. We map the cultural dynamics underpinning core trends in contemporary working class politics. Get in touch if you want to talk about these themes.
🚨🚨 Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if #Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan. Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an #IMF lifeline and help from the #Nordics and #Baltics are set to keep it solvent.🧵
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🎉Excited to share our forthcoming paper in POQ! And don’t worry—it’s not all about our mums 😉. With @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social and @matejjung.bsky.social, we ask: did younger generations in post-communist Europe develop more conventional left–right belief systems?
Tl;dr: not really. (🧵)
We weren't aware in 2025 that woodland creatures became woke - world moves fast! And yes, the reluctance of the DOGE employee to describe the definition says a lot in itself.
We actually tried to elicit definitions of it via a survey experiment! Albeit on Americans. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
You cannot tell voters (accurately) this is a fascist regime that is hell bent on destroying us - let alone rely on it (as Dems are) as your GOTV while also voting yourselves to enable the regime.
A strong & brave intervention from Zubir Ahmed on the depressingly familiar discrimination and abuse Muslims face in public: online but also at work & on the streets. That Islamophobia is racism is shown his case: there can never be a good or British Muslim, even when they save people's lives
"They tell us it is to improve race relations and social cohesion, to placate implacable white “patriots” over and over, to create a happy, clappy, multiracial Britain. Say, do, fail, repeat." @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social
Our paper with @emilkamalov.bsky.social is out (open access)!
Among other things, we found that Russian wartime emigrants support those fleeing Russia for political reasons not only out of solidarity but also with a motivation to shape the diaspora's antiwar image in response to discrimination.
So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to destroy nuclear material. You failed to eradicate Iran's retaliatory capacity. You brought chaos to the Middle East. You killed god knows how many people. You destabilised your own economy. All for nothing, but the ego of madman.
Good to see a current US Senator talking this way.
(No sarcasm.)
I know this is a crazy idea, but do any of the commentators who got snookered by anonymous Republicans into sticking with "Trump is strong on immigration, the public actually loves deportations" for far too long feel like it's time to ask themselves why they got so easily taken?
Chili's is a corporation, it has no personal values or lifestyle.
It would be an interesting piece of research to compare partisan gaps on 2020s vs 2010s vs earlier periods of immigration salience (much wider now) with the widest ever salience gaps on other issues (eg unemployment, defence, NHS) in last 50 years
Important work exploring Rogan's audience:👇
"...younger, male, & with low educational attainment"
More "conspiratorial" thinking & "conservative media consumption"
"politically diverse yet culturally unified"
intensifies "cultural polarization."
Preprint: preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
As we say in Welsh, llongyfarchiadau! I suggest doing literally any nice thing you’ve been putting off for prior lack of time/thinking it’s not fiscally sound.
Beginning to think that right wing defenses of free speech and opposition to cancel culture might not have been completely sincere
Roberts Courts legacy is to make it harder for ordinary people to engage in the most basic form of participation (voting), for that participation to matter (letting gerrymandering stand), while removing any constraints from billionaire influence on politics
In remarks before the U.S. Judicial Conference, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took aim at the Supreme Court's shadow docket.
Excerpt:
I decided to remove my final lecture "How to improve intergroup relations" - I talk about recategorisation, contact theory etc. To be honest, at the peak of this global invasion, I no longer believe any of these theories to make a difference. We need sane leaders to start with for anything to work.
"But he can't do that"
Yes, like he can't do all the other things.
Again, it is not doomerism to ponder these scenarios, which are obviously illegal & unconstitutional, because the institutions are not self-enforcing, & he's gotten away with all the other things so far.
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Kids: Read one (1) book
“…polarization is good. That’s when you have clarity. Sometimes people have to pick sides. You do not get authoritarians to behave better by being meek and gentle and polite. You get it by being strong.” This and other hopeful takes—> www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
The Iran War is yet just another installment in my oft repeated observation: Trump does not pursue policy in the traditional sense, nor does he engage in good faith negotiation. He demands concessions that give him wealth, status, submission, or subservience. I see no strategic goal or plan.
While "non-Whites" typically get excluded in analyses of class politics in the US, some of the real action will be what working class Latinos (and others) will do in 2026 and 2028.
