Christofer Talvitie

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

Strongly worded, but 🎯

"Trump is putting Europe under pressure to water down its digital rulebook. But now more than ever, Europe should hold large US tech firms accountable"

The time is ripe to put the DSA, DMA, AI Act etc to work. Not pause or water down.

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09.10.2025 13:03 — 👍 35    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 3

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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07.10.2025 11:27 — 👍 112    🔁 55    💬 4    📌 7

Qualtrics promoting synthetic data instead of doing focus groups.

😡 ABSOLUTELY NOT! You cannot replace humans with synthetic data! Stop trying to cut down on costs and automating human interaction and researchers inference. This is an inseparable part of SOCIAL science research!
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24.06.2025 12:42 — 👍 34    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 7

That is an incredible achievement🤩 Congratulations!!

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