I could not agree more. #PoliSky #EconSky

First day here on Bluesky :)Join me in Rome 🇮🇹 I'm convening an open panel in the RC01 Concepts & Methods track at the IPSA World Congress, July 2027. Deadline: 4 Nov 2026. #PoliSky #IPSA2027#AcademicSky Reposts🙏 Panel call: wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/panel/for... Submission via: wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/home 🧵

Associate Professor of Diplomacy, International Relations, and International Organisation #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 PhD in International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Public Administration or similar
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⌛ Wednesday 30 September
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This 1955 cartoon refers to Kefauver's hearings on civil defense. He accused Ike's administration of insufficient planning for evacuation of major cities in the event of a nuclear attack.

“We should support civil defense or we should quit it,” was Kefauver's motto.

#skystorians #history #polisky

"Highlights the pivotal role of LGBTQ politics in leveraging or thwarting authoritarian designs" - Kathryn Abrams

Pre-order "A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy" by R. K. Maril today

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"Highlights the pivotal role of LGBTQ politics in leveraging or thwarting authoritarian designs" - Kathryn Abrams

Pre-order "A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy" by R. K. Maril today

#LawSky #PoliSky #Democracy #BookSky

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A fair price between unequal parties is still an unequal exchange.

#econsky #philsky #polisky

#polisky: are there any papers you would recommend with SES polarization as outcome? Specially, where the difference between preferences between rich and poor is the DV. Ideally US and ideally using elections to operationalize that, but anything recent you think is good works.

What is brittle prosperity?

My latest essay on Substack.

#philsky #econsky #polisky #history

This is the clearest illustration I have ever seen of the way infection control and public health refuse to act responsibly on aerosol disease transmission.

Doing the right thing today would mean admitting they could have yesterday, but chose not to.

Repeat, forever.

#medsky #polisky #scisky

Both Henry Cabot Lodge and Estes Kefauver had ample grounds for grievance with this pair of photos from the Houston Post in May 1952, depicting them in awkward moments.

#polisky #skystorians #history

Jennifer C. Nash's "Going Back" contrasts the future envisioned in Kristin Luker's Abortion & The Politics of Motherhood with today’s reality, where “we will not go back” highlights the regression in reproductive rights. #Abortion #Feminism #PoliSky
Read it: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Submit #TLC2027 Proposals for:

"AI in Political Science Education"

Using AI in political science education is under debate, but this track is for instructors who are mindfully considering or already using AI in the classroom.

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Treat design decisions as what they are: political-economic power.

The user interface, the default settings, the autoplay, the pre-checked box, the products on a shelf.

Someone (or something) chose each one for you.

#econsky #philsky #polisky

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🏫 Universität Konstanz
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Four people have already died from measles, an infectious disease that can be prevented by vaccination. We are living in a new age of superstition. 🧪 #MedSky #PoliSky

Why do we put our health at risk by using unchecked chemicals? For money. Money is the driver of our decisions, not the public good. #EconSky #PoliSky 🧪 #MedSky

What's the only thing more valuable than a first-day issue? One signed by Kefauver!

This stamp is one of a set issued by the United Nations in 1951, the first year that they issued stamps.

#skystorians #history #polisky

An example of how competition hinders progress. Imagine drug companies made all their data publicly available. 🧪 #MedSky #EconSky #PoliSky